Greece’s Roman Road

In addition to the policy of supporting the tractor industry, the Greek government also made a decision to purchase 600 motorcycles for the government postal service and 800 for the military.

This move is mainly to promote the use of motorcycles.

Although these motorcycles, at first glance, are no different from bicycles, they are actually modified with bicycles.

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Together with the Prime Minister, on the carriage returning to Athens from the suburban farm, after entering the city, when passing the registration site of the agricultural cooperative, Constantine saw a special group of Greeks: shabby clothes and disheveled faces.

Whenever the staff responsible for registering the roster signaled, these people began to swarm forward and scramble to sign up.

Seeing this scene, Constantine knocked on the carriage of the carriage and motioned for the groom to stop.

"Prime Minister, why are there so many refugees? We have been recruiting people to reclaim land in Albania for some time now. Why are there so many refugees, shouldn't it?" Constantine pulled the curtains and pointed at the crowd in confusion.

There were not many refugees in Greece, not to mention, tens of thousands of people have already gone to Albania.

"It's a refugee from outside Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, it's all possible," Alexandros said with a frown.

"Especially recently, after the introduction of the Greek land law and policies to encourage population, more refugees came to Greece."

"What's going on? These places are not in the midst of war now? Where did so many refugees come from?" Constantine asked puzzled.

"Since the merger of Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria, the Bulgarians have started to exclude others, not only the Greeks, but also the msls living in Bulgaria"

"In addition, there is Romania. Romania is not only against the Ottoman Turks, but also against the Greeks," Prime Minister Alexandros said helplessly.

During the Ottoman Empire, in order to rule this multi-religious and multi-ethnic country, the Ottoman Empire invented a special system - the Millit system.

The essence of this system is that according to the beliefs of the people, Christians govern Christians, msl govern msl, and neither side interferes.

Since Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania were all Christian residences, during the Ottoman Empire, the officials here were mainly Greeks, who, as tax collectors, paid taxes for the Sultan.

This is also the reason why Greek is very important among the upper classes of the three kingdoms.

Now that these three countries have gained independence, it is a matter of course that the Greeks, who were originally rulers, were ostracized by the locals.

Thinking of this, Constantine still had some doubts and said, "What about the refugees from Macedonia?"

Macedonia is still under the Ottoman Empire, they have no reason to be refugees.

"Since the war of 1896, Bulgaria has begun to infiltrate the Macedonia region. Some Bulgarian soldiers, even without taking off their military uniforms, directly entered the Macedonia region, and they are attracting some local Bulgarians. As volunteers, they asked the local people to join Bulgaria." Constantine was silent for a moment, not expecting that the situation in the Balkans would suddenly change.

Thinking of this, Constantine, who realized the importance of the Macedonian issue, said to Kafka who was driving: "Let's go directly to the Ministry of Defense building."

The carriage stopped in front of the Ministry of Defense building, and Prime Minister Constantine and Alexandros hurried into the building.

The two went straight to the conference room, and at the same time summoned the Director of Intelligence and the Chief of General Staff to participate in the emergency meeting.

After the personnel arrived, Constantine asked eagerly, "What's the situation in Macedonia now? Why are the Bulgarians so unscrupulous? How can there be a large number of Bulgarian armed personnel in Macedonia?"

"His Royal Highness, this is mainly the deteriorating situation of the Ottoman Empire, especially after the defeat of the war in 1896, when most of Macedonia was chaotic, almost anarchy," said Chief Intelligence Officer Tsavelas.

"The Ottoman Empire couldn't control the situation there, which caused the residents of Macedonia to be very confused. Some people advocated independence from the Ottoman Empire and established a Macedonian state with the capital in Thessaloniki."

Having said this, Chavelas paused and said, "But recently some Bulgarians have begun to appear in the Macedonia region, and they promote the idea of ​​Great Bulgaria."

The so-called Greater Bulgaria is the Bulgaria that includes the whole of Macedonia and Thrace in the east and west.

In 1878, after the Russo-Turkish War, Russia invaded the city of Constantinople and forced the Ottomans to sign a treaty of recognition of Great Bulgaria, but Russia's unbridled expansion aroused the fear of European countries, and later under pressure from the international community, 1881 In the Treaty of Berlin in 1999, the previous treaty signed between Russia and the Ottomans was repealed.

In view of the close relationship between Bulgaria and Russia, Bulgaria is regarded by European countries as a vassal of Russia. In order to curb Russia's sphere of influence in the Balkans, in the Treaty of Berlin in 1881, Bulgaria's territory was greatly reduced, including only the southern part of the Balkan Mountains. , Macedonia and Thrace, Eastern Rumelia, all returned to the Ottomans.

It was not until 1885 that Bulgaria was reunited with Eastern Rumelia.

Greater Bulgaria only existed on paper for three years.

Bulgaria is naturally unwilling.

"However, why is Bulgaria so unscrupulous that all troops have entered Macedonia? Although the Ottomans have no time to take care of them now, the international community has not responded?" Constantine wondered.

"Your Highness~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Have you forgotten that the attention of the international community is now on the Boer War," Prime Minister Alexandros reminded.

Constantine suddenly realized and patted his head.

In 1884, prospectors discovered the world's largest Rand gold mine on a remote pasture between Pretoria and the Vaal River in the Transvaal Republic.

Johannesburg was subsequently established on this gold mine.

Profits and taxes from the gold mines have fueled rapid economic development in the Transvaal Republic, while also exacerbating friction with Britain.

Obviously, the British are moved by the world's largest gold mine.

However, the Boer Republic is a country built by Dutch descendants (Boolean means peasant in Dutch, and South Africa was originally a Dutch colony). In Europe, many countries sympathize with the Boers.

Among these countries that sympathize with the Boers, Germany is the strongest. The Boers have gold and buy a lot of arms in Germany, such as Mauser 98 rifles.

The Boers were able to be so tough and unyielding in the face of Britain, mainly because they got the support of Germany.

The filth of the British and the Transvaal, and the Germans pulling Britain's back, attracted the attention of European countries for a while. Naturally, no one cared about Bulgaria's little move in Macedonia.

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