Greece to roman road

After four months of busy work, with the help of British Parsons Steam Turbine and German Siemens, a small AC power plant was finally built between Greece and the Port of Piraeus.

In order to set an example in promoting the application of electricity, the Tatoy Palace of the Greek royal family directly became the first user of AC power in Greece.

After everything was prepared, Constantine hurried back to Tatoy Palace.

Crown Princess Sophie was seen standing in the courtyard, instructing the servants to clean up the garden.

Constantine stood in a corner of the courtyard and waved to Sophie.

Seeing Constantine's signal, Sophie stepped forward quickly: "What's the matter? Constantine"

"Sophie, tomorrow night, as the Crown Princess of Greece, I hope you can organize a grand banquet. Firstly, to announce your identity as the mistress of Tatoi Palace to people from all walks of life in Greece. Secondly, I need this banquet. Contact Greece’s business elite,” Constantine said.

Since the two got married and returned to Athens, King George and his wife moved to the palace opposite Syntagma Square in Athens and lived there for a long time.

Currently, only two people live in Tatoi Palace, which is extremely deserted.

"A banquet, it needs to be carefully prepared, but Constantine, this is my first time hosting a banquet, what should I do if something goes wrong?" Sophie looked at Constantine pitifully and asked for help.

"I will ask Butler Capet to assist you. Don't worry. Butler Capet is an old man in the family. He is familiar with the entire process of the banquet. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask him," Constantine pointed out.

"But a few days ago, those engineers who came to the house were arranging wires and installing crystal lamps. What exactly were they doing? Can you tell me so that I can make preparations so that I don't show up at the banquet? Something went wrong." Sophie's worried tone continued.

"That is the real protagonist of the banquet. Let me tell you in advance, the banquet will be boring."

Crown Princess Sophie had no choice but to carry out the preparations for the banquet with the help of Butler Capet with the mystery in mind.

The first is the exquisite invitation letter, which needs to be written by Crown Princess Sophie herself to show her sincerity.

The second step is to prepare the ingredients for various banquets. To prepare a banquet with a Greek style, you need to use many materials that are abundant in Greece, such as olives.

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At six o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the Tatoy Palace was brightly lit, and luxury carriages kept entering the manor.

The hostess Sophie held the arm of the male host Constantine and stood in front of the reception room, cordially receiving all the arriving guests.

After Costebrough and his wife got off the carriage, under the guidance of the servant, they came to the reception room and greeted the two of them warmly.

After kissing the hands, he said respectfully: "Nice to meet you, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Sophie"

As the general manager of the Greek Congo Corporation, Costeburu finally returned to Europe after traveling to Congo for nearly two years in order to develop the business of the Greek Congo Corporation.

"Costebru, you are not the same as before," Constantine greeted.

Indeed, after a year of training as a general manager, Costebrough has become significantly more capable and smarter. Of course, his skin has also become darker due to the harsh African sun.

Seeing that the last guest had already entered, Constantine waved to Tesla in the distance.

"How's it going? There won't be any accidents, right? If something goes wrong during the live demonstration later, it will be embarrassing in public." Constantine did not shy away from Sophie's presence and asked Tesla.

"It has been demonstrated normally three times, and it is normal every time. From a probability perspective, it is unlikely that there will be a problem. Don't worry," Tesla comforted.

"Okay, you can also enter with your female assistant," Constantine urged.

Oddly enough, as the number of interactions with Tesla increased, the two became more and more familiar with each other. This scientist, who came from a priest's family (Tesla's father was a priest), was very eccentric.

He obviously has a handsome appearance and a tall figure, but he is not interested in girls.

But this time, he really couldn't avoid Constantine's invitation. He had no choice but to find a woman from the team to accompany her to attend tonight's banquet.

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Seeing that the guests were all seated, Constantine and the two also entered the living room.

Everyone followed the crown prince and his wife from the reception room into the restaurant.

I saw a rectangular dining table placed in the middle of the spacious and bright restaurant.

The dining table is covered with white cloth, with bright silver candlesticks, crystal clear goblets, and porcelain plates as white as the bright moon, all arranged in a clear manner.

Everyone sat on high-backed chairs covered with red silk and goose down. After arranging their napkins, Sophie, as the hostess, signaled to the servants around her that the banquet had begun.

After receiving the order, several male waiters in tuxedos poured wine for the guests.

Blood-red wine swayed in a translucent goblet.

Alexandros picked up the goblet, took a sip of red wine, and said, "The strange taste doesn't seem to be French wine."

For a long time, France has been the economic and cultural center of Europe. Due to this influence, French wine is also famous in Europe.

Alexandros, who was born into a large Greek family, was worth a lot of money. He was probably used to French red wine and had never tasted Greek wine.

In fact, at this time, wealthy Greeks did not look down on their own domestic wines and generally purchased red wines from famous French wineries directly.

Greece has been under the notice of the Ottoman Empire for a long time. Because YSL is against believers drinking, the authorities have banned the production of wine, so the entire wine production has fallen into underestimation.

Greece's wealthy businessmen, therefore, look down upon their country's wines and generally feel that they are not worthy of being on the market.

When someone asked about wine, the hostess Sophie answered: "Mr. Alexandros, you have an excellent taste. This is Nemean wine."

"Nimea? It seems to be wine from the Peloponnese Peninsula, right?" Among the guests present, Kontoriotis had drank wine produced in Greece.

"Yes, I tasted the wine from the Peloponnese Peninsula in southern Greece occasionally and thought it tasted pretty good, so I purchased a batch, stored it in the wine cellar, and shared it with everyone at this banquet." Constant Ding Guo stopped talking and signaled to everyone that they didn't get the wrong wine.

Among all the people present, only Costeblu had the most contacts with Constantine and understood what the Greek prince was thinking.

So he took over the topic: "Actually, Greece also has some good wines, which are no worse than those produced by famous wineries in France."

"For example, Astiko wine is very popular. Astiko white wine has a concentrated flavor, fresh and refreshing, with a mineral flavor and sea salt aftertaste."

“The Moschofilero wine is also fragrant and fragrant, with the aroma of roses and violets, rich fruit flavor, crisp and refreshing, with balanced acidity and low alcohol content,” Constantine added.

In fact, since learning that Greece exports a large amount of raisins, Trikoupis once requested the royal family to use the royal family's special status to try to promote Greek domestic wine at banquets and other public occasions, so as to improve the reputation of Greek wine in the minds of Greeks. position in.

At the same time, it can also reduce the risk of Greece relying on raisin exports as the mainstay of its economy.