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"Your Excellency, your new drug will save countless poor lambs of the Lord just one day after it goes on the market," Philip said.

"Philip, I will put the new drug on the market as soon as possible. By the way, you are here today. Do you have anything else to do?" Constantine said.

Seeing Constantine change the subject, Philip no longer struggled.

"Your Majesty the Duke, you promised to provide the corpses of prisoners in the hospital and prison????" Philip was worried that Constantine had forgotten it.

"I will ask Steward Capet to take you to the warden of Athens Prison, and he will help you get it done," Constantine said.

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Constantine summoned a group of servants, went to the riverbank where Artemisia was found in the manor, harvested two wagons and returned.

Then, according to the previous method, a batch of artemisinin was made and sent to the residence of the Royal Guards by Butler Capet.

On the morning of April 28, Constantine, who had just gotten up, met George I who hurried to the study.

"Constantine, did you know that His Royal Highness Crown Prince William of Germany is going to the Greek island of Corfu for vacation," said King George I.

"Which His Highness William?" Constantine did not react for a moment.

"His Royal Highness Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany," George repeated.

Crown Prince Wilhelm was the future German Emperor Wilhelm II.

"What do you need me to do?" Constantine was still very conscious.

"You are of similar age, and I want you to receive him and accompany him on a tour of Corfu," George said.

They are similar in age, how close are they? William was born in 1858, nearly 10 years older than Constantine, which made Constantine resentful.

"Okay, I will go." Constantine knew that it was best to do this by himself.

"When you go to Corfu, maybe you will meet an elder," George I said in a mysterious tone.

Corfu is located in the Adriatic Sea on the west side of Greece, between Italy and Greece.

It was once ruled by the Republic of Venice in Italy for a period of time. Therefore, there are many buildings with Italian style on the island.

The scenery is beautiful and it is indeed a good place for vacation.

As for the mysterious elder, Constantine didn't think much about it. He would know it when he saw it.

Constantine was sitting in the royal carriage, parked at the port of Piraeus where ships came and went, looking at the busy dock in front of him, full of people.

Connecting the dock and the cargo ship through wooden planks, dock workers unloaded the yellow sacks from the cargo ship and then loaded new cargo onto the ship.

The ship whined its whistle and moved away from the dock, then the next ship docked, and the cycle continued.

Speaking of which, the only thing worth mentioning about Greece is probably the maritime industry that extends in all directions.

Since ancient Greece, Greeks have been accustomed to maritime trade. When Athens was still a city-state, it was a famous Mediterranean commercial port city.

In the 21st century, the three pillars of Greece's foreign exchange earnings are tourism, remittances and shipping. Moreover, Greece is the world's largest shipping country, and Greek shipowners have the largest tonnage of ships in the world.

The reason for this is closely related to Greece's national conditions.

The entire Greece is a peninsula, inserted from the Balkans into the Mediterranean Sea, with a long and winding coastline and many deep-water harbors. Because the land in Greece is barren and the industry is not developed, many Greeks have always made a living by working as sailors on sea ships.

On the left side of Greece, facing Anatolia across the Aegean Sea and guarding the Bosporus, Greece has become an important intermediate node in the routes between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

On the right side of Greece, across the Adriatic Sea, it is adjacent to Italy, making Greece an important node from the Mediterranean to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the strategic importance of Greece, located in the eastern Mediterranean, surged. Every year, a large number of ships passed through the Suez Strait between the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. This route was right under the nose of southern Greece.

It can be said that although the Greek state is not strong, this geographical location is extremely important.

It can be said that Greece’s geographical location gives Greece natural unquestionable influence on three strategic shipping routes.

This is the unique advantage of the Greek shipping industry, which makes it very convenient for Greek ships to travel to various ports around the world.

Such geographical location and national conditions require Greece not only to develop an army, but also to have an influential navy to protect maritime interests.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly. Compared with the gold-eating beasts on the sea, the army is more affordable to be able to fight with a gun, a few rounds of bullets, and a month of training.

This is more realistic.

Constantine, who was sitting in the carriage, looked at the busy port through the window and thought about the situation in Greece.

At this time, a graceful and beautiful cruise ship with white paint docked at the shore. The German Black Eagle flag was hung on the mast, flying high in the breeze of the sea.

Among the vigilant knights around, one of them came to the carriage and said respectfully to Constantine: "Your Excellency, the cruise ship you are waiting for has docked."

Constantine, who was interrupted in his reverie, seemed to be waking up from a dream.

"Oh, I know", waving his hand.

Constantine, who got off the carriage, looked up at the side of the white cruise ship and saw a majestic man in a black suit lying on the side of the ship boredly looking at the scenery of Piraeus Port.

It was Crown Prince William of Germany.

Constantine, who boarded the cruise ship, looked at the future German helmsman in front of him.

According to Western aesthetics, William is handsome and heroic, and the mustache on his upper lip makes him even more masculine.

"William, nice to meet you," Constantine greeted, trying not to let his eyes fall on William's left hand.

William's left hand was injured at birth and was therefore deformed. William always subconsciously turned his body sideways to avoid other people's eyes.

"Me too, Constantine," William agreed.

"Come to Greece for vacation and I will be your host," Constantine joked.

"Then I have to thank you for your hospitality."

While the two of them were chatting, the ship had already left the port and headed for Corfu Island in Adriatico.

By the end of the 19th century, almost all European royal families were related, such as Constantine himself and the crown prince in front of him.

Constantine's grandfather, King Christian IX of Denmark, was known as the "European father-in-law."

He had three daughters, namely Constantine's three aunts. One was married to Queen Victoria's son Edward VII, the British Emperor of India, one was married to Alexander III, the autocratic monarch of Russia, and the third was married to a man who had been Ernst August II, King of the Kingdom of Hanover annexed by Prussia.

In other words, before World War I, the three major monarchies, the emperors of England, Germany, and Russia, and Constantine were all cousins.

Constantine had two aunts who were queens and two uncles who were emperors.

William's mother was Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.

From this level of relationship, the two are considered equal cousins.

This is only considering the relationship line of Constantine’s grandfather.

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