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On June 14, 1845, the British used the same pretext to lease the majority of southern Albania from the Ottoman Empire.

However, due to their bitter experiences in Afghanistan, the former had no intention of venturing deep into the interior to engage in a bloody conflict with the Albanian army.

At the same time, because they were required to pay a stewardship fee of one million Ottoman Lira to the Ottoman Empire, the British had already planned to conduct looting across the Albanian plains.

The deal between the British and the Ottoman Empire immediately spread throughout Europe. Seeing that the former had continued their policy of containing the Austrian Empire, France, Prussia, and Russia all breathed a sigh of relief, and even Majid became much more at ease.

This time, the British were effectively in direct contact with the Austrians; regardless of whether the two sides would accidentally spark a conflict, internal friction within Albania was certain.

However, there was one country dissatisfied with this, and that was the British "little brother," the Kingdom of Greece.

The King of Greece at this time was Otto I, who had been elected as the first king of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832.

Although this king had ascended the throne under the escort of 3,500 Bavarian soldiers and the navies of Britain, France, and Russia, he possessed extraordinary ambitions. At the time of his coronation, Otto's title was King of Greece, not King of the Greek people, which meant that millions of Greeks remained under Turkish rule.

This king wanted to change the status quo, and the ambition he presented to the Greek people was known as the "Megali Idea."

The "Megali Idea," or irredentism, was the dream of the Greeks to restore the Byzantine Empire.

The Ottoman Empire held 2.5 million