Greece to roman road

On October 28, the British Ambassador to Greece saw that Greek troops were still gathering and mobilizing towards the northern border, ignoring the warnings of the British Empire.

After communicating with the British Mediterranean Fleet, the British Mediterranean Fleet sailed to the offshore waters of Greece in a mighty manner and blocked the waters near Athens, Greece. Foreign ships were not allowed to enter the port of Piraeus in Athens, and Greek ships were not allowed to enter the Mediterranean.

The muzzles of the cannons on dozens of warships were raised, aiming at Athens, the capital of Greece!

The Greek ambassador William Walter came to the Prime Minister's Palace again and said arrogantly to Delianis; "If the Greek army does not stop mobilizing immediately, the Mediterranean Fleet will fire on the city of Athens."

As the news spread, the city of Athens was in chaos, and the panicked people were boiling. On the way out of the city, carriages carrying luggage blocked the roads.

As for Greece's own navy, it only has a few small boats of about 5 tons, which is not worthy of mentioning at all.

In the Tatoi Palace, Constantine and King George were shocked when they heard the news.

You know, since Greece became independent in 1823, Greece and Britain have always had a close relationship. It was Britain's active support that allowed Greece to get rid of the rule of the Ottoman Turks.

In the 1830s, after the news of the Greeks' struggle for independence spread to Europe, it won widespread sympathy from the European people.

Greece is regarded by European intellectuals as the birthplace of European civilization and the birthplace of democracy (in fact, the democratic system of ancient Greece was a slave-owner democracy, similar to the democracy among slave planters in the South before the American Civil War. ) There is a special feeling among the European elite.

When people talk about European civilization, they usually mention ancient Greece and Rome.

For example, the famous British poet Byron regarded it as his mission to help the Greek people gain independence. After learning about the Greek people's independence movement, he resolutely went there and funded a small army to fight against the Turks.

Therefore, the Greek people generally have a favorable impression of the British.

But now, Greece has been threatened by force from the British Mediterranean Fleet. This kind of "betrayal" by the British is difficult for the Greek people to accept.

There is no doubt that Greece's national dignity has been severely trampled on by the British.

"Your Excellency, Chief of General Staff, as the King of Greece, I order you to stop mobilization immediately. The mission of the Greek army has ended," King George made a decisive decision.

In the Tatoy Palace, after King George I heard the news, he immediately summoned the Chief of General Staff Emmanuel.

The next day, news came that the main activist Deryannis was ousted from office by members of the National Assembly, and former Prime Minister Trikupis was welcomed back.

King George, who originally did not want Greece to participate in this war, took advantage of the slope to prevent the Greek army from moving due to the British threat.

It just doesn't look good on the face.

"The people enthusiastically support the war against Bulgaria. Although the British's threat of force will definitely make the people feel disgusted with Britain, but, Constantine, you have to know that the relationship between countries has never been maintained by emotions." George I said to Constantine.

"I understand, but the relationship between Britain and Greece will never be what it used to be. From now on, the relationship between Britain and Greece will be purely a small country relying on a powerful country, and getting closer to the need of a powerful country to control the situation," Constantine responded.

Probably the British authorities don’t take Greece too seriously.

Whatever the outcome of this war between the Slavs, it had nothing to do with Greece.

On November 14, 1885, Serbia declared war on Bulgaria, and the war for hegemony between the two small Balkan countries composed of Slavs officially broke out.

The winner will become the regional hegemon in the Balkans.

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Prime Minister's Residence, in the reception room.

"Prime Minister Trikupis, congratulations on becoming Prime Minister again"

Constantine came here again to discuss the future of Greece.

"Your Highness the Duke, after all the troubles made by Delianis, the country of Greece was in a state of panic," Trikoupis said tiredly.

Trikupis has been busy spinning like a top these past few days, all trying to wipe out the aftermath of Delianis's war mobilization order.

"Prime Minister, it is impossible for Greece to open up a situation militarily, at least for now. We still have to find a way in industry and commerce," Constantine said.

If a country wants to develop and grow, it is nothing more than military conquest and self-development.

The so-called military conquest is easy to understand. It is the expansion of resource-rich areas through military means, such as establishing colonies and expanding territory to solve the problem of mineral resources and food shortages needed in the process of economic development.

To put it bluntly, it is to develop itself through plunder.

The so-called development of oneself means based on existing conditions and finding ways to develop existing resources to develop the economy.

Of course, these two lines are not an either-or relationship. In fact, most of the current big countries walk on two legs, combining military conquest and economic development, which is the so-called sword-holding business.

They use force to find markets and sources of raw materials for their own goods. Economic development in turn stimulates military growth, stimulating each other.

But for Greece, the failure of Delianis proved the failure of the military expansion route, which was unworkable.

Then we can only temporarily base ourselves on our existing resources.

"In terms of industry and commerce, we have to find a way. No matter how much raisins and olives Greece exports, how much money it can make. Apart from these agricultural products, Greece has no other competitive products," Trikoupis said with a wry smile.

"Without coal and iron mines, developing industry and commerce is just trying to make money out of water. It's too wishful thinking. To be honest, I have exchanged opinions with some well-informed elites and discussed it over and over again, but I haven't found anything good. Method"

"Although I don't agree with military adventures without the support of major powers, I can actually understand Delianis's mood. With resource endowments like Greece's, it doesn't have anything. Economic development is half the effort, and peaceful development is really hard to find. to the way out”

When it comes to Greece's development issues, Trikupis is helpless.

"Mr. Prime Minister, have you ever heard of a specific medicine for the treatment of malaria that is unique to Greece?" Constantine asked.

Originally, Constantine only wanted to use artemisinin as an emergency product. In addition to secretly providing a batch to the Athens City Hospital, he only provided it to the Congo Committee as a regular supply to deal with the evil strategy in the Congo River Basin. environment.

This kind of special medicine for a certain disease has huge profits. Behind the discovery of every special medicine is a carnival of capital.

Once the news of this special medicine spreads, countless people will pay attention.

With Greece's strength, it is doubtful whether it can retain such a large gold mine.

But now, the difficulties in Greece's economic development have forced Constantine to take some risks.

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