Greece’s 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 went to the coastal waters of Greece and blocked the waters adjacent to Athens, Greece. Foreign ships were not allowed to enter the Athens port of Piraeus, and Greek ships were not allowed to enter the Mediterranean Sea.

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

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

When the news spread, the city of Athens was in chaos, and the panicked people were boiling. On the way out of the city, a carriage carrying carry-on luggage blocked the road.

As for Greece's own navy, it only has a few small boats of about 500 tons, and it can't be on the table at all.

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

You must know that since Greece became independent in 1823, the relationship between Greece and the United Kingdom has been very close, and it was the active support of the United Kingdom that allowed Greece to get rid of the Ottoman Turks.

In the 1830s, when the news of the Greeks' struggle for independence reached Europe, it gained 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 ancient Greek democracy was a slave-owner democracy, similar to the democracy between slave planters in the South before the American Civil War. ) among the European elites, a special feeling is generally cherished.

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

For example, the famous British poet Byron, he regarded it as his mission to help the Greek people gain independence. After learning the news of the Greek people's independence movement, he resolutely went there and invested in organizing 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 "betrayal" by the British is unacceptable to the Greek people.

There is no doubt that the national dignity of Greece has been trampled underfoot by the British.

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

In the Tatoi Palace, after King George I heard the news, he immediately called the chief of staff Emmanuel.

The next day came the news that Delia Niss, the main war fighter, was ousted by the members of the National Assembly building, and the former Prime Minister Terry Kupis was welcomed back.

King George, who did not want Greece to participate in this war, just took advantage of the **** to stop the action of the Greek army, citing the threat of the British as an excuse.

It's just that the face doesn't look good.

"The people fervently support the war against Bulgaria, and although the threat of force by the British will certainly lead to disgust with the British, you must know, Constantine, that the relationship between nations is never maintained by affection." George I said to Constantine.

"I understand, but the relationship between Britain and Greece will never go back to the way it used to be. In the future, the relationship between England and Greece will be purely a small country's reliance on a strong country, and it will be close to the need for a strong country to control the situation," Constantine responded.

Probably the British authorities did not take Greece too seriously.

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

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

The victor will become the regional hegemon of the Balkans.

The Prime Minister's residence, in the reception room.

"Prime Minister Terry Kupis, congratulations on being Prime Minister again"

Constantine came here again to discuss the future of Greece.

"His Royal Highness, after some tossing about by Andreanes, there was a lot of turmoil in Greece," Trikupis said wearily.

These days, Trikupis has been busy spinning like a spinning top, wiping his **** off for the aftermath of Teresa's war mobilization order.

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

For a country to develop and grow, there are only two paths: military conquest and self-development.

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

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

The so-called self-development is based on the existing conditions, to find ways to develop the existing resources to develop the economy.

Of course, these two routes are not me-or-he relationship. In fact, the current major countries are almost always walking on two legs, combining with each other through military conquest and economic development, which is the so-called sword-holding business.

Through the use of force to find markets and sources of raw materials for domestic commodities, the development of the economy in turn stimulates the growth of the military, which stimulates each other.

But for Greece, the failure of UUkanshu.uukanshu.com Delianes proved the failure of the military expansion route, and this road would not work.

Then you can only temporarily rely on your existing resources.

"Think about ways in terms of industry and commerce? Duke, even if Greece exports more raisins and olives, it can make some money. Apart from these agricultural products, Greece has no other competitive commodities," Trikupis said with a wry smile.

"Without coal and iron mines, the development of industry and commerce is just catching the moon in water, which is too wishful thinking. To be honest, I have also exchanged opinions with some well-informed elites, and we have discussed and discussed, but I have not found anything very good. Method"

"Although I don't approve of military adventures without the support of major powers, I can actually understand Derienes's mood. With such a resource endowment as Greece, there is no need for anything, economic development is twice the result with half the effort, and peaceful development is really impossible to find. to the way out"

When it comes to the development of Greece, Trikupis is helpless.

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

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

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

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

With the strength of Greece, it is doubtful whether such a large gold mine can be kept.

But now, the plight of Greece's economic development has forced Constantine to take some risks.

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