Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 303

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https:///> Thinking of this, Venizelos sighed and still said with a fluke: “Maybe things won’t go in the worst direction”

In the bottom of his heart, Venizelos did not want a war that would affect the entire Europe at this time.

Greece’s economic situation is just right. As long as Greece has digested the territory of Macedonia, its national strength will be further enhanced.

In Greece now, the only thing needed is time.

Moreover, in a short period of time from 1912 to 1913, Greece has participated in two consecutive wars. Now it is only the middle of 1914. Will it be baptized by another war?

“Well, because of the potential risk of war, we will hold a meeting immediately and invite the heads of major companies in Greece to come to the meeting and prepare them to minimize the impact on the Greek economy,” Venizelos said.

In Venizelos’ view, Greece does not have the ability to influence the political situation in the whole of Europe. It can only try its best to prepare itself to resist the impact of war.

All European countries are small and medium-sized countries (except Russia), with small land and limited resources. They cannot achieve self-sufficiency and need to communicate with each other. Trade between countries is extremely close.

As a country with an incomplete industrial chain, the Greek economy is highly dependent on foreign countries. Once Europe falls into war, even if Greece does not participate in it, it will be disastrous for the Greek economy alone.

The next day, in the large conference room of the Palace of the Constitution Square, in addition to the officials of the Greek government, representatives of major Greek companies gathered together.

Andros Machinery, Philip Pharmaceuticals, Greek Steel Company, Railway Company, Royal Oil Company, Electric Power Company, Royal Bank, Alpha Bank, National Bank Three Commercial Banks, Wine Association, Textile Association, Agricultural Cooperative Association and other major Greek companies, Or the representatives of the organization, after receiving the invitation from the Greek government, were all invited to attend the meeting.

“The reason for inviting everyone to the meeting may have been guessed by everyone. Due to the influence of the Sarajevo incident, war may break out in Europe,” said Venizelos, who chaired the meeting.

Before Venizelos finished speaking, it was like a bomb exploded in the conference room.

“Is there going to be another war? Isn’t this too frequent? Didn’t the war just end last year?”

“The domestic development momentum is right now, why are we fighting now?”

Discussions filled the entire conference room.

“Okay, everyone, keep quiet,” Constantine, who was sitting opposite Venizelos, maintained order.

“It’s not that the Greeks are going to go to war, it’s that there may be a war in Europe that will sweep almost all countries, and we need to prepare in advance to reduce possible losses”

After all, Constantine told everyone in detail about the current political and diplomatic situation in Europe.

Hearing that Greece was not the first country to bear the brunt, the attitudes of the representatives in the conference room were obviously different.

Omilis, the head of the railway company, heard that Britain might also be involved in the war, and said: “At present, almost all of the coal used in Greece comes from Britain. Coal supply will be interrupted”

Railway companies, which are owned by the Greek government, have long been Greece’s largest user of imported coal after steel companies.

There is only lignite in Greece, which has low calorific value and large dust, and cannot be used as steam engine fuel for trains and locomotives.

If coal supplies are lost, Greece’s railways are at risk of being paralyzed.

After the completion of the railway network connecting all parts of Greece, the railway is the main means of transportation in Greece. The suspension of railway operation will seriously affect the domestic economy of Greece.

For a long time, British coal has firmly occupied the international coal market. With the rise of Germany, UU reading www. uukanshu.com Coal from the Ruhr region is in fierce competition with British coal.

It’s just that due to its geographical location, the cost of importing German coal is too high for Greece, so it has been importing British coal for a long time.

Venizelos hurriedly asked with concern: “How much British coal did your company consume last year?”

“Last year our company used 850,000 tonnes of British coal. Normally, it should be higher this year. To reduce the risk, should we stock up on coal in advance?” Omelis asked.

“Your railway companies and steel companies should immediately stock up on coal. Do your best to stock up as much as you can. You must hurry up,” Constantine ordered decisively.

The railway company is a company in which the Greek government has a shareholding, and the steel company is strongly supported by the royal family. Unlike ordinary private enterprises, Constantine can directly intervene in their operations.

Steel mills are also crucial factories. Once the steel mills affect production due to the lack of coal, the adverse impact on the Greek economy will not be much less than the outage of the railway company.

The head of the Wine Association, Volgaris, heard the news of the war, not only did not panic, but was rather delighted: “For Greece, the outbreak of war in Europe is not all bad, at least our wine will not worry about sales. Once the war starts, the price of food for industrial raw materials such as coal, wood, ore, etc. will go up.”

“Because the output is too high and it has to compete with French and Italian wines, Greek wines would be unsalable in previous years. In the past two years, the situation has been better because the army has purchased a large number of wines.”

Soldiers in the war will have a sharp increase in the demand for tobacco and alcohol. During the two Balkan wars, in order to boost morale, the Greek Logistics Department purchased a large amount of wine in Greece.

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