Chapter 22 Complex Relationships

　　"Your Excellency, your new medicine will be on the market one day in the morning, and it will save countless lambs of the poor Lord," Philip said.

　　"Philip, I will put the new drug on the market as soon as possible. By the way, what else do you have when you come today?" Constantine said.

　　Seeing Constantine distracted from the subject, Philip also stopped entangled.

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

　　"I'll let Capet's butler take you to see the warden of the Athens prison, and he will do it for you," Constantine said.

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

　　After that, according to the previous method, a batch of artemisinin was made and sent to the residence of the Royal Guards by the cape butler.

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

　　"Constantine, did you know that His Royal Highness, Prince William of Germany, is going to vacation in Corfu, Greece", said George I.

　　"Which Royal Highness William?" Constantine didn't react for a while.

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

　　Prince William, then the German Emperor Wilhelm II.

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

　　"You are similar in age, I want you to receive him and accompany him on a tour of Corfu," George said.

　　The age is similar, where is the same? William was born in 1858, nearly 10 years older than Constantine, and Constantine was slanderous.

　　"Well, I will go." Constantine knew that it was indeed the most appropriate thing to go on his own.

　　"When you go to Corfu, maybe you will meet an elder again," George I said in a mysterious voice.

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

　　It was once ruled by the Venetian Republic in Italy for a period of time. Therefore, 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 elders, Constantine didn't think much about it, and he knew it when he saw it.

　　Constantine was sitting in the king's carriage, parked at the port of Piraeus, where the ships came and went, watching the busy pier in front of him, crowded with people.

　　The dock and the cargo ship are connected by wooden boards. The dock workers unload the yellow sacks from the cargo ship and then load the new cargo on the ship.

　　The ship whistled whistle and moved away from the dock, and then the next ship docked, cyclically.

　　Speaking of it, the only thing worth mentioning about Greece is the shipping industry that extends in all directions.

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

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

　　The reason for this is closely related to the national conditions of Greece.

　　The whole of Greece is a peninsula, inserted into the Mediterranean Sea from the Balkans. The coastline is long and winding, and there are many deep-water harbors along the coast. Because the land of Greece is barren and the industry is underdeveloped, many Greeks have always depended on sailors on sea ships for their livelihoods.

　　On the left side of Greece, facing Anatolia across the Aegean Sea and guarding the Bosphorus Strait, Greece has therefore become an important intermediate node between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea route.

　　On the right side of Greece, separated by the Adriatic Sea and adjacent to Italy, Greece became 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 a surge in strategic importance. Every year, there are a large number of ships passing through the Suez Strait between the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic. This route is just south of Greece, under your nose.

　　It can be said that although the strength of the Greek country is poor, its geographical location is extremely important.

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

　　This is the unique advantage of the Greek shipping industry, which makes it very convenient for Greek ships to travel to all ports in the world.

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

　　Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly. Compared to the sea gold swallowing beast, the army that can fire a gun, a few bullets, and train for a month is more affordable.

　　This is more realistic.

　　Constantine, sitting in the carriage, looked at the busy port through the window of the car, thinking about the situation in Greece.

　　At this time, an entire ship was painted with white paint, a beautifully-shaped cruise liner docked, and the German Black Hawk flag was hung on the mast, flying high under the blow of SITC.

　　Among the surrounding knights, one of them came to the carriage and respectfully said to Constantine: "Your Excellency, the cruise ship you are waiting for is already ashore."

Constantine, who was interrupted in his imagination, woke up like a dream.

　　"Woo, I see," he waved his hand.

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

　　It was Prince William of Germany.

　　Constantine boarded the cruise ship, looked at the future German helm.

　　According to Westerners' aesthetics, William has a handsome appearance and extraordinary heroism. The mustache on his upper lip makes him more masculine.

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

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

　　"Me too, Constantine," William responded.

　　"I'm the host for a holiday in Greece" Constantine joked.

　　"That's a treat."

　　After the two exchanged greetings, the ship had left the port and headed towards Corfu Island in Adriaco.

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

　　Constantine's grandfather, King Christian IX of Denmark, is known as the "European father-in-law".

　　He has three daughters, that is, three aunts of Constantine, one is married to Queen Victoria's son, King Edward VII of India, one is married to all-Russian monarch Alexander III, and the third is married. King Ernst August II of the Kingdom of Hanover annexed by Prussia.

　　In other words, before the First World War, the three main monarchies, the emperor of Anglo-German Russia, and Constantine were cousins.

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

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

　　From this level of relationship, the two are considered cousins ​​of the same generation.

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