Greece’s Roman Road

Seeing the appearance of Constantine, Trikupis, the current Prime Minister of Greece, stepped forward.

"Your Excellency the Duke, you are welcome to come to today's meeting," Trikupis said.

It was the first time for Constantine to attend a meeting of business people.

Constantine looked at the room, and saw everyone around a long table, a dozen men in suits, and their female companions who were dressed in brightly colored long dresses.

Among them are several acquaintances, Gian Goldberry and George Steve of the National Bank of Greece.

Costerbloom of Alpha Bank.

These Greek financial giants have all come to participate. It seems that this time the gathering of Greek business people is very grand.

"It's a pleasure to be handed over to you, gentlemen and ladies," Constantine greeted as friendly as possible.

After the people were seated again, they sat at the other end of the table, facing Trikupis of Constantine and said: "His Excellency, according to the Greek Ambassador to Berlin, the Congo Commission, which you funded, was awarded at the Berlin Conference. management of the Congo”

Hearing Trikupis mentioning the colony, all eyes turned to Constantine.

The stories of European countries, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, which captured huge wealth through colonization, are well known among the European merchant class.

Now that the Greeks also have a colony, how can they not be moved.

"That's right," Constantine said frankly.

Hearing these words, Constantine knew exactly why he was invited to a business meeting.

These businessmen with a keen sense of smell, smelling the smell of money, are here to ask for benefits.

"Prince Constantine, have you ever thought about handing over the Congo to the Greek government? After all, according to the practice of European countries, colonies are generally handed over to the government of the suzerain, and you manage the Congo River through the Congo Commission. The watershed, after all, is inconvenient," Trikupis said.

"Mr. Prime Minister, has the Greek government made any efforts regarding the Congo colony?" Constantine asked rhetorically.

"The Greek government shouldn't expect something for nothing, and, frankly, I don't trust the Greek government either. You've made a mess of Greece."

Now Greece is a constitutional monarchy. King George I, the father of Constantine, is not active in intervening in Greek politics.

The affairs of the Congo colony, before and after, from paying attention to explorers in Africa, hiring people to go to Africa, to huge expenses, diplomatic negotiations, Constantine has been busy for nearly seven or eight years, and all the expenses are paid by the royal family. The purse of the Greek government has no credit at all.

Now that I want to take the Congo colony into my pocket in one sentence, the wishful thinking is too good!

In the case of the Congo colony, Constantine never thought of relying on the strength of the Greek government from beginning to end.

Even the management work, he intends to hand over to the Congolese Commission.

Because the Greek government will only make things worse.

After three or four hundred years of barbaric rule by the Turks (the Ottoman Turks are descendants of the Turks), the cradle of Western democracy, Greece, has no experience in democracy.

In the Greek parliament, the members of the parliament are all scattered, and there is no mature party system.

These congressmen rush to the scene when they have interests, and stand on the sidelines when they have no interests.

Since the current prime minister of Greece is elected by the majority of the parliamentarians, parliamentarians often unite to force the government to step down and then replace the prime minister.

This is the direct reason for the change of prime ministers like the prime minister of Greece.

Since there are no large factories and enterprises in Greece that provide employment for people, the Greek government is the largest employer in Greece.

Moreover, Greeks are keen on government employment positions, that is, civil servants.

If you want to get a position as a civil servant, you need not only have enough education, because the current Greek public office has a tradition of political parties.

That is to say, if you want to become a civil servant, first of all, you have to become a member of the political group of the authorities, so that when they are in power, they will naturally entrust the position to their own people.

What's more terrible is that the government changes frequently, which means that every time the prime minister is changed, the public officials have to undergo a shuffle.

Can you imagine what it would be like for a country's government to collapse once in a few days or in a year or two.

Because of the frequent replacements, these civil servants who worked hard to get to the top "cherish" their hard-won positions very much.

The Greek government has not yet formed a stable civil service system.

Who would dare to trust such a government?

If someone asks, is a democratic system necessarily more advanced than an autocratic monarchy?

Answering from the example of Greece, Constantine's answer is, not necessarily!

The fact that the Congolese Commission was able to get the management right of Congo by chance was originally the result of the compromise of the countries.

Handing over the Congo to such a government, I am afraid that those dissatisfied international businessmen will soon kick Greece away and hand it over to a more efficient organization.

As a veteran in Greek politics, Trikupis certainly knew what Constantine meant, and he also understood the shortcomings of the Greek government.

Therefore, he could not excuse Constantine's ridicule.

With a sigh in his heart, he said with a normal expression: "Your Excellency, even if you insist on the management of the Congo, then you should support the Greek merchants who go to conduct trade, right?"

Control is definitely not handed over to the Greek government. This is not because Constantine is selfish, but the current Greek government cannot be trusted.

However, when a Greek businessman went to Congo to do business, he naturally supported it.

It is not to be a steward of another country to get a colony with great effort.

"Dear Duke, this time, the Greek business people are kindly inviting you to learn about the situation in the Congo through you. Can you tell us about the Congo?"

After all, Gao Bai Rui was familiar with Constantine, and said the most eager to know the questions of the businessmen present.

Upon hearing this question, everyone looked at Constantine with burning eyes.

"Congo is located in the middle of Africa, with a tropical climate, suitable for the cultivation of sugar cane, palm, and rice. It is rich in water resources and has many wild animals. As for the local mineral resources~www.wuxiax.com~ Sorry, there is not much information on this."

Constantine told everyone about the basic situation of Congo, but he did not hide it.

He didn't tell everyone the details of the mineral resources, because it was useless to say it. Greek merchants are usually engaged in trade, and they are familiar with the exchange of knowledge. Very few of them are engaged in industry.

It is useless to tell them about these mineral resources. Once the news is leaked, it will actually make businessmen from other countries cheaper.

Even these news made the hearts of the businessmen present.

Needless to say, ivory, sugar cane can be used to make sugar.

Greece imports 5,000 tons of sugar every year. Before, because Greece had no colonies, they could only import from other countries, such as Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries.

Now that they have a Congolese colony, they can grow their own sugar cane and then squeeze and make sugar, which can save a lot of foreign exchange, and there is no need for other countries to make this money.

In such a vast land of Congo, there must be other commodities.

A national development strategy such as the development of industry and commerce is not something that can be promoted and led by a single person. It is the whole country, from top to bottom, all strata actively make choices that are in line with their own interests.

If Greece wants to develop, industrialization is the only way.

Therefore, Constantine wanted to unite a group of business people around him and work together to promote the industrial development of Greece.

Lonely people can't achieve great things.

"Just taking advantage of the opportunity of this meeting, I announce an announcement"

"In order to better develop the Congolese colony, I plan to set up a Greek head office. Its main business is to invest in the Congo and develop the rich resources of the Congo. If you have ideas, you can take a stake."

Constantine was shocked.

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