Greece to roman road

In the original time and space, Albania, a small European country, had a very special flag, a black double-headed eagle.

This flag comes from Skanderbeg.

Historically, the Ottoman Empire's conquest of Albania was full of twists and turns.

During the Albanian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire, a national hero emerged in Albania, Skanderbeg.

This man was born into an Eastern Roman aristocracy. He initially joined the Ottoman Sultan Murad II, but later rebelled and returned to his native Albania.

Under the leadership of Skanderbeg, Albania was simply the nemesis of the Ottomans. Facing the Ottomans, whose national power was growing in strength in the 15th century, they actually won many battles.

A legendary battle took place between the two sides, the "Siege of Kruja". Eight thousand men of Skanderbeg fought against 100,000 men of the Ottoman Sultan Murad II and won.

Afterwards, during the more than 20 years that Skanderbeg was alive, Albania led by Skanderbeg maintained its independence. It was not until Osman heard that Skanderbeg had died of illness that he once again led an army of 100,000 to conquer Albania.

In order for the Ottomans to vent their anger, the Albanians were almost slaughtered at that time. This is why MSL made up the majority in Albania later, because almost all the original Albanians were killed.

The black double-headed eagle of Albania in later generations was not only the family emblem of Skanderbeg but also the symbol of Eastern Rome.

It can be said that Albania's lost population has not recovered during the 400 years of Ottoman rule.

Albania covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers and has a poor population of 300,000.

Why else would Italy covet Albania so much? There is a piece of land right under your nose, sparsely populated, and located in Europe. It is so close that it is separated by the Strait of Otranto.

For Italy, no colony can compare to Albania.

Italy, with hundreds of thousands of people immigrating to the Americas every year, cannot help but be interested in places like Albania.

If it were not for the failure of the Italian expedition to Ethiopia and the chaos in domestic politics, it would have been almost impossible for Italy to pass this level if Greece wanted to get this land.

Against this historical background, even though Albanians constitute the majority of the MSL population, it is difficult to say how much affection they have for the Ottomans.

These are what Constantine called historical factors. From this aspect, it is more advantageous for Greece to assimilate the Albanians.

"In addition, Prime Minister Alexandros, you can also send a resource exploration team to find out the details of Albania's mineral resources and see if there are any valuable mineral resources for development," Constantine said to the crowd.

Thanks to the industrial level of the Ottoman slag, no matter what minerals there are, they are still buried underground intact.

For Greece now, due to the lack of high-quality hard coal (Greek coal is all lignite), whether it is raw materials for steelmaking or thermal coal for trains, the coal imported every year is a huge sum of money, allowing the British to make money Make money with a smile.

If it weren't for Greece's considerable trade volume every year, how could the British at the London Conference be so talkative.

Apart from anything else, if a high-quality hard coal mine could be found in Albania, the Greek financial community would probably be happy to pay how much money it would cost.

Nothing is more heartbreaking to bankers than the outflow of gold and silver.

For capitalists in a certain country, as long as the money remains in the country, they will continue to generate income for the capitalists. Once the money leaves the country, it is beyond their reach.

Therefore, everyone's eyes lit up when they heard about mineral exploration.

·······

In the garden of Tatoy Palace, Nobel, who was invited, hurriedly came to attend the appointment.

This boss has now become a Greek industrial tycoon. Almost all the gunpowder for the Greek army is contracted by Nobel's factories in Greece.

Without Nobel's gunpowder, the Greek army would not have been able to win on the battlefield.

In addition, there is also the dye business, which also makes the chemical tycoon make a lot of money.

At present, almost all the dyes required by the Greek textile industry, except for imported dyes, come from Nobel's chemical plants.

This scientist + factory owner Nobel, since he came to Greece to open a factory, Constantine, who knows the importance of chemical industry, has taken care of almost everything and given the green light all the way.

Nobel also reciprocated the favor. Almost all of his business funds in Greece were stored in the Royal Bank of the royal family. He was the second important customer of the Royal Bank after the royal family.

This kind of interest relationship makes the relationship between the two parties more harmonious.

"Your Highness, congratulations on your army's victory," Nobel congratulated when he saw Constantine getting up in person to greet him.

"You have a share in the victory," Constantine replied, welcoming Nobel to the table.

Nobel was stunned for a moment, and then thought that Constantine was referring to the gunpowder used by the Greek army.

After both parties sat down, the servants brought refreshments and then left.

"Your Highness, you came to me this time. Is there anything I can do to help you?" Nobel said directly.

"That's right, Mr. Nobel, I heard that your family is engaged in the oil industry," Constantine was not polite and directly stated his purpose.

"If you don't feel offended, Mr. Nobel, can I hear the history of your Nobel family?" Constantin asked with interest.

Constantine was really curious about the history of the Nobel family, a newly rising wealthy family that started from scratch.

The Nobel Prize known to everyone in later generations came from the Nobel in front of me.

But the Nobel family, where Nobel came from, should not be underestimated either. They were the originators of the Russian oil industry and made their fortune relying on oil.

Almost at the same time as Rockefeller in the United States.

Nobel obviously did not expect that Constantine would ask about his family background, but the relationship between the two was close, and he didn't care about anything else. He organized his words and said: "There is nothing wrong with that."

"That's right, Your Highness."

"Our Nobel family originally came from Sweden. Later, my father brought the whole family to Russia. By chance, my father Emmanuel met the then Russian Tsar Nicholas I. Through this relationship, we initially Opened a military factory to produce mines, steam locomotives, etc."

"But after the Crimean War, Russia was defeated, and my father's factory also encountered difficulties, and finally sold it."

"My second brother, Ludwig, took the money and opened a factory again to produce firearms."

"Later, my eldest brother Robert went to Baku on the Caspian Sea to purchase walnut wood for guns."

After saying this, Nobel shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know what my eldest brother, Robert, was thinking at the time."

"The money that was supposed to be used to buy walnut wood, 25,000 rubles, was used to buy a small refinery on my own initiative."

"But my second brother, Ludwig, not only was not angry, but continued to send money to Robert to upgrade all the equipment in the factory."

"Because of the good quality, the refinery's business is getting more and more prosperous"

“The family also made a fortune from the oil business.”

"At that time, the oil industry in the United States was the most advanced, but your family's efforts reversed this situation," Constantine interjected.

(The modern oil industry originated in the United States.)

Nobel looked at Constantine and asked curiously: "Your Highness also knows so much about the history of the oil industry?"

Constantine shook his head: "When I was in New York, I met with the American oil tycoon Rockefeller."

"I heard these words from him."

Nobel suddenly realized.

The Rockefeller family and the Nobel family are both engaged in the oil business, so they naturally know each other.

"I see, it's not surprising."

"In fact, Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and our Nobel family's oil company are business competitors."