Greece’s Roman Road

In the small town of Kiribati, Christo, who was forced to be helpless by luck, came to the city market again the next morning and asked if the price of raisins had changed.

Just at the entrance of the market, a loud noise was heard. Looking up, a group of people gathered in the small square, as if they were discussing something.

When Christo saw this scene, his eyes lit up. In previous years, when the market was very lively during the raisin trading season, there was indeed a movement.

He trotted forward, Christo stood behind the crowded crowd, raised his toes, and through the gap, saw a middle-aged man holding a newspaper in the middle of the crowd, reading the news to everyone.

"The Prime Minister announced yesterday that he will vigorously support and support the Greek wine industry and expand the domestic market demand." The man's loud voice revealed joy.

"The general manager of the Spanish Congolese Corporation, Costebrough, announced that he will purchase 5,000 barrels of wine in Greece this year and next, in response to the Prime Minister's call to supply the company's shipping companies."

For the trade between the Republic of Congo and Europe, the Greek Congo head office occupies a considerable part of the commodities such as sugar, rubber, copper ore, palm oil, timber, rice and other commodities imported by Greece. For convenience , simply set up a shipping company, in addition to a small amount of passenger transport, mainly to transport the company's goods.

So far, the total displacement of the ships of the shipping company has reached 100,000 tons, and there are 4,000 seafarers on the route between the Congo River and the Eastern Mediterranean.

In addition to transporting raw materials and agricultural products from the Eastern Mediterranean, it is also responsible for the transport of domestic industrial products from Greece, such as cotton cloth and pharmaceuticals, to the Congo.

After learning of the serious backlog of grape production in Greece, Costerbloom decided to increase the purchase of low-end and medium-end wines in the country for the seamen's supply at sea.

At Constantine's cue, the two major shareholders of the steel mill, the London-based shipping tycoons, the Laris Brothers and the Rodo Kanaski family, both expressed their willingness to purchase a shipment of Greek wines.

"Vals, don't give a shit, hurry up and continue reading."

"Yes, everyone is anxious to know whether the price of raisins this year can be restored to last year's price."

The people around were talking.

The middle-aged man Vals, who was surrounded by the crowd, said, "Looking at the form, it is impossible for this year's raisins to reach the price of last year."

"Although the government has decided to intervene in the raisin market, it is impossible to make up for the lost French market by relying only on Greece's limited volume."

Vals is also a small businessman engaged in the raisin trade. He buys raisins from Greek farmers and transfers them to Greek trading companies, or sells them directly to Europeans.

After seeing the news about the government's intervention in the raisin market published in the Southern European Times in the morning, I hurried to the market to inform everyone of the news.

"Then what price can the raisins sell for this year?" Christo cried anxiously to Vals in the crowd, thinking of the family who had no income for three years.

Hearing this, Vals pondered for a moment, and replied, "It can be about 70-80% of last year's price. Anyway, it's impossible to reach last year's price."

"Shh" Christo let out a sigh of relief, thinking about how many raisins the grapes could receive after drying.

Turning around and hurriedly running home, he couldn't wait to tell his wife Eva the good news.

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"Woo woo", the loud and low ship whistle sounded off the coast of Thessaloniki Port, and the frightened seagulls chirped, fluttered their wings, and accelerated away from the ship.

On the side of the bulk carrier, Kuros was lying on the bow side of the ship, blowing the wet sea breeze, looking at the outline of the land that was already in sight in the distance.

Before leaving, I recalled the order of the Director of Intelligence, Chavelas: "Your identity this time is an employee of the Spanish Congolese Corporation in Thessaloniki. During the incubation period, your task is to investigate, Map the topography of Thessaloniki while keeping an eye out for Ottoman Turkish intelligence in the Balkans"

After the ship docked at the dock, Kuros got off the ship with a suitcase in his hand, and after asking a Jew for directions, he followed the instructions and came to the warehouse area in Thessaloniki.

Buildings are composed of low stone bricks, only four or five meters high warehouses, connected by the stone road in the warehouse area, strung together.

Coming to warehouse No. 13, Kuros put down the suitcase in his hand, and the door of the warehouse opened.

Kuros stood at the door and looked inside: Although the light in the warehouse was dim, he could still see the sacks piled up in the warehouse, clustered in several piles, sniffing his nose, and a damp, musty smell came to his nostrils.

"Sir, we are a warehouse here, and outsiders are not welcome to enter." Just as Kuros was looking around the warehouse, a voice came from behind him.

Turning around, he saw a man in a sackcloth shirt and brown trousers, looking at him with a bad expression.

"Hello, I'm a newly dispatched clerk from China to manage the goods in the warehouse in Thessaloniki. You can call me Kuros," Kuros introduced himself.

Volgaris looked at this unfamiliar man, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, with beautiful eyes and a thin figure, UU reading www.uukanshu. especially the hands are very special, the fingers are slender.

Thinking of the fact that there was telegram communication, it was said that there would be an intelligence officer who had mastered the mapping technology and came to the port of Salonika, so he asked, "What is the task given to you by Director Vergo?"

Chloe was stunned when he heard the words, there was no Director Vergo, and he immediately realized that this was a tentative question to identify his identity.

So he shook his head and said, "I never knew that there was a Director Vergo in the Intelligence Department."

"I was sent by Chief Loves," Kuros countered.

Volgaris frowned and sighed the cautiousness of the person in front of him, "I also don't remember that there was a Chief Loftus in the Intelligence Department."

As the ruling center of Ottoman Turkey's European territories, Thessaloniki itself is also an important port, transit station, and important transportation hub along the Aegean Sea. It is connected by sea with various ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the land is inland in the Balkans. The area's window to the sea, a city with a very important strategic location.

Constantine personally instructed Chavelas of the General Staff to investigate the topography of the Thessaloniki area and draw a detailed military-level map for the General Staff to query and reference, and to be used in wartime. .

Chavelas also paid special attention to this place. Once he took office, he dispatched an intelligence officer as the vanguard to inquire about general information.

When the two heard that the other party did not directly answer the question from the director of the intelligence department, their expressions were relieved.

"My name is Volgaris. I came here to lurk after the establishment of the Intelligence Service, a few months earlier than you." Volgaris said as he shook hands with Kuros.

"Colos"

After initially confirming their identities, the two introduced themselves.

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