Chapter 22 Complex Relationships

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"Your Excellency the Duke, your new drug will save countless poor lambs of the Lord if it is launched one day earlier," said Philip.

"Philip, I will launch the new drug as soon as possible. By the way, do you have anything else to do today?" Constantine said.

Seeing that Constantine changed the subject, Philip stopped pestering.

"Your Excellency the Duke, you promised to provide the bodies of prisoners in the hospital prison????" Philip was worried that Constantine had forgotten it.

"I will let Butler Capet take you to see the warden of the Athens Prison, and he will help you get it done," Constantine said.

???????

Constantine summoned a group of servants and went to the river beach where Artemisia annua was found in the manor, and harvested two carriages back.

Then, according to the previous method, a batch of artemisinin was made and Butler Capet sent it to the station of the Royal Guards.

On the morning of April 28, Constantine, who had just got up, met George I who hurried to the study.

"Constantine, do you know that His Royal Highness William, the Crown Prince of Germany, will come to Corfu, Greece for vacation," George I said.

"Which His Royal Highness William?" Constantine did not react for a moment.

"The Crown Prince of Germany, His Royal Highness William," George repeated.

Crown Prince William, that is, the later German Emperor William II.

"What do you need me to do?" Constantine was still very conscious.

"You are of similar age, I want you to receive him and accompany him to visit Corfu," George said.

Similar age, where is similar? William was born in 1858, nearly 10 years older than Constantine, Constantine complained in his heart.

"Okay, I will go," Constantine knew that it was indeed most appropriate for him to go on this matter.

"Maybe you will meet an elder in Corfu," George I said mysteriously.

Corfu is located in the Adriatic Sea on the west side of Greece, between Italy and Greece.

It was once ruled by the Republic of Venice in Italy for a period of time, so there are many Italian-style buildings on the island.

The scenery is beautiful and it is indeed a good place for vacation.

As for the mysterious elder, Constantine did not think much about it. He would know it when he saw it.

Constantine sat in the royal carriage and stopped at the port of Piraeus where ships were coming and going, looking at the busy dock in front of him, which was crowded with people.

The dock and the cargo ship were connected by wooden boards. The dock workers unloaded the yellow sacks on the cargo ship and then loaded new cargo on the ship.

The ship whistled away from the dock, and then the next ship docked, and the cycle repeated.

Speaking of which, the only thing worth mentioning about Greece is probably its well-connected shipping industry.

Since ancient Greece, the Greeks have been accustomed to maritime trade. When Athens was still a city-state, it was a famous Mediterranean commercial port city.

In the 21st century, the three pillars of Greece's foreign exchange income are tourism, remittances and shipping. Moreover, Greece is the world's largest shipping country, and the tonnage of ships owned by Greek shipowners ranks first in the world.

The reason for this is closely related to Greece's national conditions.

The whole of Greece is a peninsula, inserted from the Balkans into the Mediterranean Sea, with a long and winding coastline and many deep-water ports along the coast. Because Greece's land is barren and its industry is underdeveloped, many Greeks have always relied on sailors on ships for a living.

On the left side of Greece, across the Aegean Sea and Anatolia, Greece controls the Bosphorus Strait, making it an important intermediate node between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea routes.

On the right side of Greece, across the Adriatic Sea, Greece is adjacent to Italy, making it an important node from the Mediterranean to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Greece, located in the eastern Mediterranean, has increased its strategic importance. Every year, a large number of ships travel between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean through the Suez Strait. This route is right in southern Greece, right under our noses.

It can be said that although Greece's national strength is not good, its geographical location is extremely important.

It can be said that Greece's geographical location gives Greece an unquestionable influence on the three strategic shipping routes.

This is the unique advantage of Greece's shipping industry, which makes it very convenient for Greek ships to go to various ports in the world.

Such a geographical location and national conditions require Greece to not only develop the army, but also have an influential navy to protect the interests of shipping.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly. Compared with the sea-eating beast, it is more economical to give a gun, a few bullets, and train for a month to fight the army.

This is more realistic.

Constantine, sitting in the carriage, looked at the busy port through the window and thought about the situation in Greece.

At this time, a cruise ship with a beautiful body painted with white paint came to the shore, and the German Black Eagle flag was hung on the mast, flying high under the breeze of the sea.

One of the knights on alert came to the carriage and said respectfully to Constantine: "Your Excellency the Duke, the cruise ship you are waiting for has docked."

Constantine, who was interrupted from his reverie, woke up as if from a dream.

"Oh, I see," he waved his hand.

Constantine got off the carriage and looked up at the side of the white cruise ship. He saw a majestic man in a black suit, lying on the side of the ship bored and looking at the scenery of Piraeus Port.

It was Crown Prince William of Germany.

Constantine boarded the cruise ship and looked at the future German helmsman in front of him.

According to Western aesthetics, William is handsome and heroic, and the moustache on his upper lip makes him more masculine.

"William, nice to meet you," Constantine greeted, trying to avoid his eyes on William's left hand.

William's left hand was injured at birth, so it was deformed. William always subconsciously tilted his body to avoid other people's eyes.

"Me too, Constantine," William responded.

"I'm the host when you come to Greece for vacation," Constantine joked.

"Thank you for your hospitality"

While the two were chatting, the ship had left the port and headed for Corfu Island in Adriatic Sea.

By the end of the 19th century, almost all European royal families were relatives, such as Constantine himself and the prince in front of him.

Constantine's grandfather, King Christian IX of Denmark, was known as the "Father-in-law of Europe."

He had three daughters, who were Constantine's three aunts. One married Queen Victoria's son, Edward VII, the Great Emperor of India, one married Alexander III, the absolute monarch of Russia, and the third married Ernst Augustus II, the king of Hanover, which had been annexed by Prussia.

In other words, before the First World War, the emperors of the three major monarchies, Britain, Germany and Russia, were cousins ​​of Constantine.

Constantine had two aunts who were queens and two uncles who were emperors.

And William's mother was the eldest princess of Queen Victoria.

From this relationship, the two were cousins ​​of the same generation.

This is only considering the relationship line of Constantine's grandfather.

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