Greece’s Roman Road

After some thought, Constantine decided to agree to Cantoriotis' request.

Although the Greek royal family is not as influential as the German Hohenzollern royal family, it is enough for Cantoriotis, a Greek businessman who turned out to be a comprador.

Both sides also get what they need:

Cantoriotis wanted the political power of the Greek royal family to stand for them, so that the Congolese market and the local Greek market as mentioned by Constantine, for this new cotton textile company, must be affected by all aspects when it develops the market. take care of;

Constantine himself also wanted to use the funds of these overseas Greek businessmen to attract investment and develop Greek industry and commerce. And Cantoriotis is a sign chosen by Constantine to attract the attention of overseas Greek merchants.

For overseas Greeks like Cantoriotis, although their careers are relatively successful, their status as second-class citizens is indeed their unspeakable pain.

For example, Cantoriotis is a merchant group living in Egypt. Although Egypt is still nominally a vassal of Ottoman Turkey and maintains the status of an independent state, the British actually controlled the country in 1882.

Due to historical reasons, France also has a certain influence in Egypt (Napoleon once expedition to Egypt, the Suez Canal was built under the auspices of the French, and it took a whole decade to dig this canal).

Under such circumstances, both Anglo-French businessmen had a special status in Egypt, and Cantoriotis actually served the Anglo-French businessmen. The British and French businessmen made a lot of money, and the middlemen like them pumped some oil and water.

Relying on people economically, in front of British and French businessmen, Cantoriotis and the others couldn't help but bow their heads and bow their heads as dwarfs.

That's part of the reason why he made up his mind to invest in Greece.

"Mr. Cantoriotis, I agreed to your conditions. As for how many shares the royal family occupies, I will ask Cape Butler to discuss with you after that." Constantine responded to Cantoriotis' request. .

Having said that, he turned his eyes to the others.

"The head office of the Greek Congo has planted a lot of palm trees in the Republic of Congo. The harvest is imminent. In addition to selling part of the output to Western European countries, there will be a considerable part of the output left. In order to reduce the risk, I will represent the head office of the Greek Congo. Company, build a soap factory in Greece (palm oil is the main raw material for making soap)”

"If there is a demand from the power industry in Greece, our Greek Congo Corporation can also build a wire factory. Of course, this requires the import of copper mines. There are wild rubber forests widely distributed in the Congo region, and the Greek Congo Corporation has acquired land. There is also a certain amount of production in China, and they were all sold to Western European countries before.”

Costebrough said.

"Building a soap factory? That would be great. In the future, you won't have to travel all the way to Western Europe to import soap." Angel Heath said happily when he heard that Costerbrook planned to build a soap factory.

In the Balkans, on the Black Sea coast and on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, Greek merchants have their own commercial networks.

Due to the backwardness of light industry, these regions basically imported light industrial products from Western Europe, especially the United Kingdom, such as cloth and soap.

If the cotton mills and soap factories in Greece can be put into operation smoothly, then they can import from Greece in the future.

"Well, I will discuss with Prime Minister Trikupis to open up an industrial area on the land between Athens and the port of Piraeus, close to the port of Piraeus, whether it is to import industrial raw materials , or export commodities, it is more convenient”

"As for the upcoming large-scale alternating current power station, it will also be as close as possible to this industrial area."

Constantine said to the crowd.

Goldberry and Steve, because of their friendship with Constantine, were invited to attend the banquet as representatives of the National Bank of Greece.

Because in the last hunting activity held by Constantine, he failed to receive a positive response from the National Bank of Greece. Instead, Alpha Bank provided a large amount of funding for Constantine's expedition to open up the Congo colony.

As a result, Alpha Bank is now quite active in the commercial activities of the Congo colony with the line of Constantine.

Not only did it get a part of the strategic railway in the Congo colony, but also part of the railway from Matadi to Kinshasa.

Moreover, Costerbloom directly became the general manager of the Spanish Congolese Corporation. (The controller of Alpha Bank is Costerbloom's father)

The Greek Congo Corporation is the main economic organization for Greece to carry out colonial activities in the Congo region. It has purchased a large amount of land in the Congo and is engaged in the cultivation of economic crops such as rubber, rice, palm oil and sugar cane.

It is conceivable that Alpha Bank, through its special relationship with Costebro, will inevitably enter a period of rapid development when the Congolese colony develops smoothly, undertaking a large number of businesses from the Greek Congolese head office.

As a competitor, National Bank of Greece is naturally unwilling to see the rapid development of Alpha Bank's business.

Therefore, the two were more enthusiastic about Constantine this time.

A entourage of Gao Berry and Steve rushed in at this moment, sweating profusely, looking at the two people in the conference room with anxious expressions.

Goldberry and Steve first apologized to Constantine, then the three of them found a corner and talked quietly for a while. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Seeing Gao Berry and Steve, the entourage said excitedly:

"Two gentlemen, it's on, it's on, on the street near the National Assembly of Athens, hundreds of street lamps are on after dark."

"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Steve asked quickly.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. Many citizens gathered around those street lights to watch."

Hearing this news, Gao Berry sent his entourage back to the garden to wait.

Steve, on the other hand, walked quickly to Constantine.

"Your Excellency, the financing of the construction of your AC power station can be handed over to the National Bank of Greece. With your permission, the National Bank of Greece can subscribe for some shares, with the help of the First Bank of Greece and the National Bank of Greece. , your large AC single power station project will enter the construction process quickly and efficiently”

Having said that, he gave Costebro a provocative look.

In fact, before making this decision, the National Bank of Greece can be said to have done enough homework.

First of all, I invited Tesla, the main person in charge of AC, to come to the headquarters of the National Bank to conduct popular science - tell the bank's executives about the knowledge of AC.

Although after Tesla's popularization, the executives of the National Bank of Greece believed that AC power has a way of making money, but it has risks in the end.

After the construction of the small AC power station was completed, the load was too small to provide electricity for the lighting in the Tatoi Palace, so Constantine decided to build lighting facilities on the streets of Athens.

Let more people feel the charm of AC.

After hearing the news, in order to reduce the risk, before coming to the Tatoi Palace for the banquet, Gao Bairui appointed his entourage to observe the lighting of the street lights and come to inform him in time.

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