Greece’s Roman Road

In the current Congo market, Greece has no room to intervene at all. As an agricultural country, Greece itself relies on imports of industrial products such as textiles. Except for artemisinin, there are no other commodities circulating in the Congo.

Constantine also watched helplessly as merchants from various countries made a lot of money in the Congo, but there was nothing he could do.

Hearing Constantine's answer, William was silent for a moment and said; "I'm sorry, Constantine, to establish good diplomatic relations with Turkey, this is the interest of Germany, and it is impossible to help Greece because we are in-laws. "

From a geopolitical point of view, a powerful and stable Turkey will benefit Germany a lot.

First of all, Germany's close ally, Austria-Hungary, will be more dependent on Germany. Due to its expansion ambitions for the Balkan Peninsula, its strength is not good. Under the pressure of Russia and Ottoman Turkey with certain strength, Germany will occupy the German-Austrian relationship. greater initiative.

Secondly, Turkey will be like a magnet, firmly attracting Russia's attention. The Russian-Turkish war has lasted for more than 200 years. Almost every 20 years, the two countries will have a war.

The Bosphorus and the capital of Ottoman Turkey, Constantinople, is a coveted strategic location for Russia.

As long as Russia is interested in Turkey, the pressure on Germany's eastern border will be greatly reduced.

Russia will certainly ease relations with Germany.

This will make Germany's diplomatic activities more flexible.

Therefore, it is a joint decision of the entire German leadership to actively develop relations with Turkey, and it cannot be changed because of the marriage between the royal families.

Because the Ottoman Turkey can give Germany the benefits, the weak Greece cannot.

"William, in fact, you don't have to take this too seriously," Constantine comforted.

"The Greeks can achieve something even on their own."

Constantine was reluctant to show weakness in front of William.

Makes it seem like Greece is an orphan of Europe.

Although in fact, King George and his wife, who strongly advocated marriage, made a move to approach other great powers in Athens, Greece, after they were threatened by the navy of Britain, their long-time friend.

Three days later, Constantine and Princess Sophie, in a church in Berlin, almost all the royal families sent personnel to participate in this grand event, and held a grand wedding according to Protestant etiquette.

(because Sophie is a Protestant)

In the reception room of Sanssouci Palace.

Princess Sophie, who is about to leave her parents, and Constantine bid farewell to Constantine's father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Crown Prince Frederick and his wife, looking at their daughter and son-in-law who are about to leave for Greece, are filled with reluctance.

"Constantine, as a mother, I hope you can take good care of Sophie, and I hope you can be happy", Princess Victoria (Constantine's mother, Princess Victoria from England, daughter of Queen Victoria) sincerely Bless the newlyweds in front of them.

Holding Sophie's arm, they looked at each other and said goodbye to the two elders.

Accompanied by King George and his wife, the newlyweds returned to Greece by cruise ship.

When the people of Athens heard the news that Prince Constantine had married Princess Sophie of Germany, the whole city of Athens was filled with joy.

On the day the newlywed couple landed in the port of Piraeus, the people of Athens spontaneously gathered in the streets of Athens.

On the road leading to the Tatoi Palace, Constantine and Sophie, riding in an open-top carriage decorated with golden yellow, slowly passed through the crowd of onlookers, led by two pure white horses. street.

The enthusiastic Athenian people loudly offered their sincere wishes to the newly-loved couple in the carriage, kept walking forward, and put the flowers in their hands on the carriage.

The carriage only traveled a few hundred meters. The two of them were almost overwhelmed by flowers. Constantine's facial muscles were stiff because he kept smiling for a long time.

After the convoy returned to Tatoi Palace, Constantine finally relaxed and let out a sigh of relief.

Looking at his wife, Princess Sophie of Germany, Constantine's mind was complicated.

To be honest, the two of them didn't know each other at all, so they became husband and wife ignorantly.

"Sophie, do you have any hobbies?"

Sophie, wearing a white gauze dress, sat quietly on the sofa, the living room was quiet.

As a boy, Constantine had to take the initiative and break the silence.

"I like gardening, especially English gardening," Sophie said to Constantine uneasily.

During Constantine's schooling career in Germany, although the two met twice, they didn't have much interaction other than that.

"Sophie, you are now the crown princess of Greece. There will be many social events on weekdays, which is unavoidable." Looking at Sophie, Constantine said.

The royal family has frequent entertainments on weekdays. Sophie, the crown princess, is unlikely to be at leisure.

"I want to hand over the responsibility of the Royal Greek Educational Foundation to you, how about you being the president of the foundation~www.readwn.com~ Constantine said after careful consideration.

"Foundation? What can I do? I, I have no experience in this area, Constantine." Sophie was very surprised when she heard Constantine's words.

As a matter of fact, it would be more appropriate for Sophie to be in charge of the Royal Greek Educational Foundation.

In the first place, this was originally a foundation funded by the royal family with a lot of money, and there should have been a member of the royal family in charge.

Secondly, the purpose of the foundation is to promote the development of Greek education. With the progress of this significant cause, the royal family will also gain great fame.

If the crown princess of Greece is actively engaged in education in Greece, it can bring a good reputation to the royal family.

If many talents from all walks of life in Greece have benefited from the royal family in the future, there is no doubt that the rule of the Greek royal family will be greatly consolidated.

Times change, even the Wang family has to think about how to win the favor of the people.

She told Sophie her plan, and after Sophie thought about it, she finally agreed to Constantine's request.

The next day, when Coredis and Ichios came to report on the progress of compulsory education, Constantine told them the news.

"His Royal Highness, this is good news. If Crown Princess Sophie serves as the president of the foundation, it will definitely be good news for Greek education," Ikios said happily.

Seeing Constantine and Coredis looking at him puzzled, Ikios explained: "Nowadays, German academia is full of talented people, and those famous German scholars or scientists in the past did not look down on Greek schools at all. , but now the crown princess of Greece, the princess of Germany, has invited these scholars to study in Greece, these arrogant people, it is not easy to shirk.”

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