"Woooo", with the sound of the whistle, a ship approached the pier of Piraeus Port.

After disembarking, Kemal, wearing a suit and carrying a suitcase, followed the flow of people and got off the ship.

As a cadet of the Istanbul Military Academy, Kemal planned to take advantage of the holiday to come to Athens to have a look.

How did this small country, Greece, which was independent from the Ottoman Empire for only a few decades, do it, and how did it defeat the Ottoman Empire?

Although the Ottoman Empire had suffered successive defeats in foreign wars before this, those countries were old European powers, such as Austria-Hungary and Russia, which were old rivals of the Ottomans.

Although losing the war is not glorious, but losing to a big country, the Ottoman people can comfort themselves that the enemy is too powerful.

Only losing to a small country like Greece made the entire Ottoman Empire feel a heavy humiliation, and could no longer find a reason to prevaricate.

After disembarking, since the port of Piraeus is still some distance from the center of Athens, take a public carriage at the pier and head to the center of Athens.

In the same car with Kemal was a young man with gold-rimmed glasses and a bushy mustache. He was well-dressed and looked polite, like a teacher.

"Sir, I'm Kemal from Thessaloniki, nice to meet you." Kemal extended his hand to greet him.

"Mr. Kemal, Hans, from Germany." Hans stretched out his hand.

Looking at the bookish Mr. Hans, Kemal asked curiously, "If you don't mind, sir, can you know why you came to Athens from Germany?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter. I used to be a lecturer at Heidelberg University. This time I came to Athens because I accepted the invitation from Princess Sophie to come to Athens University for academic exchanges."

Academic exchanges are very common among European universities. Talent exchanges are also frequent in various countries. Many British people come to Germany or France to work. Similarly, it is also common for German or French people to go to the United Kingdom.

Then, from Western Europe to Greece is naturally also possible.

Moreover, in order to attract high-quality talents from Western Europe, various universities in Greece have tried their best to pay all the fees and corresponding remuneration for the scholars who come.

"Oh, so that's how it is, a lecturer at Heidelberg University, that's amazing," Kemal complimented.

"However, since you are a lecturer at Heidelberg University, why did you come to Athens? Isn't Heidelberg University, such a famous institution of higher learning, a better platform for development?" Kemal asked curiously. Could it be that higher education in Greece has developed to this point? Equal level?

"It's not wrong to say that, but because it is a famous university, Heidelberg University's teachers are very competitive, and promotion is very difficult," Hans said with a sigh.

The personnel system of German universities is mainly based on the professor system, which is known as professors running the school. However, the drawbacks are also obvious. Professors have great rights. Before young teachers become professors, they almost do white jobs for professors.

In the traditional German scientific research career, there is no clear upward trajectory from getting a doctorate to being promoted to a professor.

The German system is dubbed "all or nothing", which means either become a professor or nothing.

In Germany, the average age of tenured professors is 41.4 years.

If you can't get a tenured professorship, you can only run between various teaching assistant contracts, or do administrative work in universities or scientific research institutions.

After explaining these things to Kemal, Hans said: "I am only 25 years old now, even if my luck is really good and my academic level is good enough, I have to stay in my 40s before I have the chance to become a professor, but I can't wait that long"

"Later, my teacher, Professor Schmidt, suggested to me that if you don't want to get your qualifications in Germany, you can think of a way to do it in a foreign university, so he wrote a letter of recommendation to Princess Sophie in person." Hans said here with a look of joy .

"Who is Princess Sophie?" Kemal heard the name twice in a row, but didn't understand who it was.

"Oh, Princess Sophie is His Majesty's younger sister. She is married to the Crown Prince Constantine of Greece. She has been serving in the Greek Education Foundation and is the president of the foundation. In fact, I should be more appropriately called Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess."

"After receiving the recommendation letter from Teacher Schmidt, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess personally wrote a reply letter and invited me to come to the University of Athens for academic exchanges." Hans, who was only 25 years old, said this with a very proud expression.

"There were some young German teachers who were hired by Greek universities with high salaries during their exchange in Greece. Teacher Schmidt told me that Greek universities have developed rapidly in recent years, and the talent gap is relatively large. The ability is good, and it can be recognized by the university. It is not a problem to be promoted to a professor for a few years. If it is in Germany, it is completely impossible.”

Hearing this, Kemal had mixed feelings, thinking of the current situation of the Ottoman Empire. Except for some universities run by foreigners, the Ottoman Empire actually had no institutions of higher learning that could be obtained.

In a feudal autocratic country, it is hard to imagine what it would be like for a sultan or a royal family to write a letter to a little-known young teacher in person.

Emphasizing education from top to bottom is probably the key to Greece's victory, Kemal concluded in his heart.

The carriage was carrying two people, driving on the flat asphalt road. The farmland on both sides of the road stretched as far as the eye could see, and it was the season for farming.

Kemal looked at the black smoke machine in the farmland through the car window, pointed to Hans and said, "Is that a tractor?"

When Hans heard the words, he turned his head to watch, couldn't it be that a tractor was turning over the ground, where the machine passed, the ground was rolling, and the black wet soil was leaking out of the ground.

"Tractors are actually the most popular among farmers in the United States. Recently, some farmers in Western Europe have also used tractors for farming. As far as I know, there are some more sensible people who have purchased tractors. During the busy farming season, the land area Smaller landowners will hire tractors," Hans said.

"The labor efficiency of tractors is very high. Speaking of which, I was invited to Greece to exchange academics this time~lightnovelpub.net~ In fact, it has something to do with tractors"

"What does it have to do with the tractor?" Kemal asked in confusion for a while.

"Recently, Greece is also promoting the use of tractors. I heard that the government has made a move to provide subsidies for the purchase of tractors. When I was studying for a doctorate, I studied mechanical engineering. Princess Sophie made it very clear in the letter. , invited me to come to the School of Mechanical Engineering to teach courses on internal combustion engines," Hans explained.

The future of staying in Germany is uncertain, and the competition is fierce. At the same time, it is a personal invitation letter from the princess. What he has learned is indeed useful in Greece, and the salary given is also very generous. Hans naturally agreed to the invitation.

Moreover, the early stage was just academic exchanges. If the Greek university environment and development prospects could not satisfy Hans, he could return to Heidelberg University at any time.

Kemal listened to Hans's plan, but his heart was sad. Thinking about the backward farming methods that Ottoman can see everywhere, and then looking at the tractors working in the farmland outside the window, he was originally confused about this trip to Athens. If so.

And now, before the city of Athens has even entered, the secret of Greece's defeat of the Ottomans has already been thoroughly understood.

The haze in his heart was getting thicker and heavier, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind. After returning from the trip, he inspected the mysterious organization that had been circulating among his classmates in the military academy. Osman had to make changes.

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