Greece’s Roman Road

Chapter 20: Experimental results

Looking at the emotional Constantine in front of him, Brut was a little surprised. In the previous contact with Constantine, Constantine was gentle and polite, and he had never seen him so rude.

"Your Excellency, I will do my best." Brute was also very grateful to his benefactor Constantine in his heart.

"Brut, your future and destiny all depend on this mission."

Promoted Brute, who had no senior military experience, to the position of the regiment commander. Constantine was under a lot of pressure. Originally, there were many people with deep connections and good military skills. He fell in love with the royal guard. group positions.

It's just that this position is rather special. The main responsibility of the Royal Guards is to protect the safety of the royal family. Military talent is not the most important selection condition, because the possibility of the Royal Guards going to the battlefield is very small.

If Greece is really in such a critical situation that the Royal Guards need to go to the frontline battlefield, it doesn't matter whether there are Guards or not.

Loyalty to the royal family is the most important selection criterion for the position of the Royal Guard.

Therefore, Constantine rejected other candidates and chose Brute, a person with relatively simple social relations.

From Constantine's words, Brut clearly felt the importance of this mission.

"Yes, Your Excellency, do you have any other orders?" Brute asked.

Constantine, who felt that he was a little rude, took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and continued to say to Brut:

"You also know that I have been planning colonies in Africa, because the country's strength is weak, we can't make a fool of yourself and arouse the vigilance of the foreign powers, so we can't send troops to Africa on a large scale," Constantine said.

"The Royal Guard of 500 men, spread out over the vast Congo River basin, to complete the plan, I am afraid that it is still not enough. Therefore, Brut, if the time is right, you need to prepare some indigenous armies in Africa to strengthen our The strength of the Congo," Constantine whispered to Brut.

The reason for this is that no matter how many indigenous troops there are, the nations will not care too much. After all, the indigenous people at this time are savages and ignorant in the consciousness of Europeans.

This is not racial discrimination, it is simply ignoring it.

This request of Constantine was beyond Brute's expectations.

Just let the natives appear in the army, whether it is an officer or a soldier, there will be complaints.

Fortunately, the officer said that apart from the racial sentiment factor, the indigenous people joined in, after all, to strengthen the military power in their hands, and those soldiers had great objections.

After the natives joined the army, they were under the command of the officers, doesn't it mean that they are the same as the African native soldiers.

As long as it's a European soldier, I'm afraid it will be full of backlash.

"Your Excellency, is this too radical?" Constantine's instructions made Brut feel a little embarrassed.

"Didn't I say, the timing is right, it's not for you to be reckless," Constantine said.

"Besides that, you have to be careful about the powers of other countries, such as France and Portugal, and try not to provoke them if it's not necessary."

The strength of the French is not easy to offend. The Portuguese have been operating in the Angolan colony for hundreds of years, and they are deeply ingrained. They are not something that the Greeks who have just arrived can provoke.

"Your will will be implemented, Your Excellency." Seeing that Constantine had no other demands, Brute straightened up, saluted Constantine respectfully, and turned to leave the reception room.

 

After dinner that day, Nina came to Constantine's room with a gloomy face.

"What's the matter, Nina?" Constantine asked with concern.

"Constantine, I'm going to study at the university," Nina said glumly.

Hearing Nina's words, Constantine was stunned. The two of them were about to start their schooling journey, which also meant that they were about to separate.

"Which school are you going to? What major are you studying?" Constantine asked curiously.

"The University of Athens, as for what to study, I haven't decided yet, Constantine, what major do you think I should choose, and what major do you think is more useful? Can you give me some advice."

Although Nina is smart, she still wants to seek the help of friends when she encounters a significant life decision.

The University of Athens has a history of decades and is located in the Acropolis of Athens.

The Acropolis is 156 meters above sea level and can be seen from anywhere in Athens.

The top of the Acropolis is home to the most outstanding works of ancient Greek civilization, and the Acropolis is also famous for these museums.

Among them, the most well-known ones are the Parthenon (also known as the Temple of Athena), the entrance to the Acropolis and so on.

Although the University of Athens is not bad, there is a problem that most of her majors are liberal arts, such as politics, law, philosophy, theology, business and so on.

Science and engineering majors are rare, and not many people are interested.

In this era, those who can afford to go to college are wealthy families with good money. Most of the students from such families have studied liberal arts.

Of course, this may have something to do with the current state of Greece.

Greek commerce is developed, but Greek industry, for various reasons, is still in a primitive state.

After students study science and engineering, they have little use.

In fact, at the end of the 19th century, schools with profound scientific and technological attainments, such as UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, can be counted on one hand in Europe, and each of them is famous.

However, when I think of the plan in Africa, I think I will definitely need business talents in the future.

"Nina, if you don't have any special hobbies, then go to the Law School of the University of Athens to study," Constantine said.

The law school's courses mainly include law, politics, economics and other subjects. If Nina goes to study these courses, she will definitely find a useful place in the future.

Two days later, Constantine, who was in the palace waiting for the news of the experiment, met Philip, the director of the Athens City Hospital, who hurried to the Tatoi Palace.

"Your Excellency, what exactly is the medicine you gave? You didn't pretend to be cinchona bark, did you?"

Philip, who trotted all the way from the gate to the reception room, was panting with sweat on his forehead.

Since Constantine sent the medicine three days ago, Philip first filtered the mixture, then heated and evaporated the alcohol solution, and obtained some white and green crystals.

The skeptical Philip experiment team, for the sake of safety, first used four white mice to verify the toxicity of the drug.

It was found that there was no obvious abnormality in the four mice after eating the drug mixed in the food.

Only then did Philip's team dare to conduct human controlled trials.

Of the eight patients with mild malaria who were compared to each other, the experimental team gave two of them quinine, two of the experimental drug, and four of them just some placebos made of flour (no effect, only for comparison).

"What was the result of the experiment?" This was the question that Constantine cared about.

"There is no doubt that this drug has an effect on malaria," Philip said excitedly.

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