Chapter 112: Crowning the Emperor
"President, some people down here are talking about you, talking about you."

Guan Mao said with some hesitation.

"What do you say to me? Don't be so hesitant."

Zhang Feng said with an unexpected look on his face.

"Some people down there are saying that you don't want to be an emperor or a king, and that you have a problem with your brain."

Guan Mao gritted his teeth and said.

After finishing a day's work, it was afternoon and Zhang Feng called the head of the Public Opinion Survey Office to learn about the progress of the Mozambique plan.

The current Longhan Kingdom has two intelligence organizations. One is the original Public Opinion Survey Office, which is a private intelligence organization.

The other is the National Intelligence Agency, which is under the Ministry of National Defense and is actually the intelligence department of the Yulin Mercenary Company.

These two intelligence agencies are usually under the dual leadership of Long Han State and the Zhang family, but the personnel power is in the hands of the Zhang family.

"The reason why I named our country Long Han is because I hope that every Han Chinese person can be like a dragon. They are their own emperors and the masters of this country. The Chinese have been kneeling before the emperor for two thousand years. Isn't that enough?"

Zhang Feng seemed to explain, as if talking to himself, "There is no emperor in the Far East anymore. No one is worthy of your kneeling, and I am not worthy of your kneeling. I came to Longhan Kingdom to do only three things: equality, equality, and fucking equality."

Zhang Feng just wanted to move himself, and then move and fool others. After it is spread out, it will become a famous quote and can be nominated for World Heritage.

"President, they don't understand your good intentions. Do you want to arrest them all and give them to..."

Guan Mao was also very moved after hearing what Zhang Feng said. Then he looked vicious and made a gesture of nipping his neck and said.

"No, time will tell them the truth. Besides, it is better to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river. Freedom of speech is the right thing to do. But I also have an idea. Since they want an emperor, I will grant their wish. Please tell me about the progress of the Mozambique plan first."

Zhang Feng said magnanimously.

"Yes, President. The Yao tribe has organized an army of 1 people, equipped with rifles and semi-automatic rifles from Thor Military, as well as more than 2000 20mm caliber artillery pieces. After two months of training, they are already combat-ready."

Guan Mao was as respectful as ever, and it had nothing to do with whether Zhang Feng was the president.

"Well, let them start taking action. War is the best teacher."

Zhang Feng said calmly. In fact, he felt that one should work for the money and should not waste money on supporting these black people. It didn't matter if a few more of them died anyway.

"In addition, I have decided to send our army to directly participate in the war and end it as soon as possible before I return to America. You go and communicate with the Yao tribe leader. He needs to pay a price for our strong support."

"Yes, President, I will arrange it right away."

Guan Mao was a little surprised and thought that this was what Zhang Feng was thinking.

After Guan Mao left, Zhang Feng called his secretary in.

Let him submit his decision to send troops directly to help the Mozambican people overthrow Portuguese rule to Congress for approval.

A day later, Lei Wanting, the interim speaker of the National Assembly, came to the president’s office in Weiyang Palace in person.

"President, after our discussion today, the whole country is developing rapidly, and the government really can't afford the extra money to send troops to Mozambique, so..."

Lei Wanting also began to hesitate. Zhang Feng was speechless. What happened to him in the past two days?

Lei Wanting's meaning was very clear. Congress was unwilling to pay for military expenses. Now that Long Han Kingdom had been established for one year, its debt had reached 1 billion dragon coins, while this year's GDP was expected to be only nearly 120 billion dragon coins, which just reached 500% of the US GDP of nearly 1000 billion US dollars.

Congress believes that the current debt is already very high and that the country will continue to borrow money for development.

For Mozambique, we should follow the original plan and provide support behind the scenes. The expenditure only needs to be allocated annually, which is still affordable.

In fact, Congress did not hold a final vote in the morning. Many people agreed to Zhang Feng's proposal without thinking, but there were also some more sober-minded congressmen who expressed their ideas and gained the tacit agreement of some people.

Everyone is loyal to Zhang Feng, but for the sake of Longhan Kingdom, many people also retain some conscience. In the end, the Congress did not dare to give a final conclusion directly, and asked Lei Wanting to explain to Weiyang Palace and test Zhang Feng's intentions.

"I have decided that we must send troops to Mozambique. Congress may not agree. Meihua Company and Maple Leaf Group will provide sponsorship, and the land obtained will be the interests of the two companies."

Zhang Feng said lightly.

"President, I understand. Congress will immediately renegotiate and vote, and we will give a result as soon as possible."

Lei Wanting replied respectfully.

After Lei Wanting left, Zhang Feng was thoughtful for a moment. In fact, he was still somewhat relieved that some people still had feelings for the country they founded. They had the country in their hearts and did not completely disregard the country's interests for their own sake.

He was also full of guilt at this time. In his heart, family interests always came before national interests.

Zhang Feng felt extremely ashamed of this, but he knew he couldn't change it.

Longhan National Congress Building, Conference Hall.

"These are what the president meant just now. Let's discuss it again."

Lei Wanting conveyed Zhang Feng's intention to all the members of parliament.

“I don’t know why the president is in such a hurry, but the president has never missed a beat.”

"Yes, and the economy is developing very fast now. We don't have to worry about such a small amount of debt."

"I think the troops should be sent in the name of the country."

"Bang, bang, bang!" After a heated discussion, Lei Wanting, sitting on the podium, banged the wooden hammer in his hand.

"Okay, let's start voting now." Lei Wanting said after seeing that all the congressmen had quieted down.

Finally, the president's proposal to send troops directly to Mozambique was successfully passed by all members.

After receiving the order, the Ministry of National Defense quickly began to mobilize the army.

After the troops were assembled, they were immediately transported to Mozambique on the other side of the river by transport ships.

The Imperial Guards also used two completed German battleships for escort. The Portuguese guards in northern Mozambique were unprepared and unable to defend themselves.

"I give the order now! The attack begins!" Li Dabiao looked at his watch and announced loudly: "All troops! Start the attack!"

"boom!"

"Boom! Boom!" On the artillery position, the 88mm caliber field gun that had been prepared long ago sprayed out dazzling flames. The Longhan artillerymen, who had already measured the shooting angles, began their battle. Through repeated exercises, they had already firmly imprinted the method of covering this land in their minds.

The sounds of "Whoosh! Whoosh" became one after another, and the entire artillery position was submerged in the smoke and dust coming out of the gun muzzles. Everyone watched as the shells raised a cloud of white smoke and flew into the distance, where waiting for these shells was the completely defenseless Portuguese army.

At the same time, above the sky.

"All fighters, take off!" Commanders' orders came from the headsets: "Cover the bombers, and keep an eye out for the Portuguese military base. It's up to you."

The roar of the engines was very loud, and all the planes began to accelerate, one after another, diving into the white clouds, like naughty birds, disappearing in the clouds in the blink of an eye.

The German fighter planes formed a battle formation and flew sideways downward like an eagle that had spotted its prey.

They roared down from high in the sky, rushed towards the Portuguese positions on the ground, and then dropped all their shells from a relatively safe distance.

Dozens of planes could drop hundreds of shells in one direction at a time, enough to cause heavy losses to the Portuguese. After the bombing of planes and artillery, the Portuguese army had basically lost its combat effectiveness, and the Yao troops on the ground also started to charge.

The Long Han soldiers followed closely and quickly occupied the Portuguese positions.

After several consecutive battles, Armando had a clear understanding of the military strength of the Longhan Kingdom, which was much stronger than the Portuguese who had been suppressing them for hundreds of years.

He no longer had any other ideas and only hoped that Longhan Kingdom would abide by the previous agreement and the conditions added a few days ago.

Allowing himself to rule the remaining territory of Mozambique in peace and stability.

The invasion of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique by the Longhan Kingdom did not cause much of a stir internationally.

Europe's attention was drawn to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

On the European continent, the two sides in the Spanish Civil War were playing a game, and Germany accelerated its pace of aggression.

All of this touched the sensitive nerves of Europeans. The painful lessons of the First World War were still fresh in the minds of the people of European countries, and everyone was trying to avoid the outbreak of the Second World War.

That is why they have always been infinitely tolerant of Germany's actions, hoping only to sacrifice other countries and satisfy Germany's appetite in order to protect their own interests. The shamelessness of a great power is fully demonstrated here.

Zhang Feng plans to finish the affairs in Longhan as soon as possible so that he can return to America to make pre-war deployments.

For now, American companies are more profitable, especially penicillin.

Two months later, all Portuguese in Mozambique were expelled.

The Portuguese continued to protest and condemn, but no one paid any attention.

In response to interviews from the international media, Long Hanguo simply said that he would help the Mozambican people get rid of the brutal rule of the Portuguese in accordance with humanitarian principles.

The Longhan Kingdom did not even receive the Portuguese envoys and simply ignored them.

No matter how much the Portuguese barked in the media, they could not cause harm to Long Han State with their verbal attacks.

In northern Mozambique, a migration movement is taking place.

"Hurry up, everyone line up and leave immediately."

An officer of the Longhan Kingdom was directing his soldiers to drive the blacks into line and head towards the nearest port.

Under the gunpoint of the Longhan soldiers, these blacks obeyed the orders numbly and fearfully.

They will go to their own country via Longhan Kingdom's transport ships.

Zhang Feng has already confirmed the date for the founding of the country for Armando, which is one month later.

Therefore, all the blacks on the territory of Longhan Kingdom will be sent back to their country to participate in Armando’s founding ceremony.

Areas close to Maputo depart from land, and areas far away depart from the sea.

Even for small tribes at the foot of the mountain, the military sent reconnaissance planes to search them, in an effort to clear them out in one go.

Black people are not allowed in Longhan, and subsequent immigration will not be open to African blacks.

On the island of Madagascar, the yellow-skinned Polynesians have dominated history for thousands of years. The Polynesians are famous navigators. They sailed across the ocean from the distant Polynesia more than two thousand years ago and settled here.

The coastal areas of Madagascar are densely covered with tropical rainforests, and the climate is hot and humid, so people gradually migrated to the cool plateau inland. However, in southern Africa, which was still in primitive society at that time, the Khoisan people mainly lived along the Mozambique Channel in the west. They lived on nomadism, hunting and gathering, lived inland, and had not developed mature navigation technology, so they did not set foot on this huge island.

Throughout history, the Arab Empire was once the dominant power, but during this period, the Bantu people began to migrate to Madagascar, while the Polynesians had already established a foothold there, developed and grown, and formed a new nation - the Merina.

In addition to the Bantu people, there are also a small number of Arabs, Persians and even Indians on the island of Madagascar. They intermarried with the local Merina people and formed other ethnic groups, but these ethnic groups have always been a minority.

On the island of Madagascar, the Merina people in the more inland areas have purer bloodlines and lighter skin colors, while the coastal plains are mainly populated by mixed-race descendants.

With the opening of the new route, the Portuguese first discovered this place and named it Madagascar. However, due to the large size of the island, the large population and the harsh environment, the Portuguese did not operate this place much except for setting up trade bases in a few coastal areas, which led to a relatively peaceful development period for Madagascar.

By the end of the 18th century, the Merina Kingdom had successively occupied various small kingdoms along the coast and unified the entire island. It then took the initiative to establish contacts with European countries, signed a treaty with the most powerful country at the time, Britain, introduced Western technology, and even used Western letters to spell the local language and created the Malagasy writing. At that time, Madagascar was committed to large-scale Westernization.

Of course, the Western powers were not good people, and they signed a treaty with Madagascar to pursue their own interests. The British expanded here, plundered wealth, and used it as a transit point for trafficking East African slaves to the Americas and other places.

Madagascar tried to avoid direct conflict with them as much as possible, which also led to an increase in the number of local blacks. In the late 19th century, France seized the opportunity of Britain's busy expansion and seized Madagascar Island and incorporated it into its colony.

After that, they introduced black slaves on a large scale to open up plantations. These people were the last large group of black people to arrive in Madagascar.

After the founding of the Longhan Kingdom, all black people were trapped in a plantation and were not allowed to contact the outside world.

It was not until this year that we reached a cooperation with the Yao blacks, and then slowly transported the blacks from the country to Mozambique to become Yao members and soldiers.

Now that Armando has established his country, all the black people in the country have been transported to the southern part of Mozambique and become citizens of another country.

Mozambique was divided into two parts, with the northern two-thirds of the land belonging to the territory of the Longhan Kingdom and the remaining one-third belonging to the soon-to-be-established Kingdom of Mozambique.

Maputo, Mozambique.

Today is the day when Mozambique was officially founded, and Zhang Feng also attended on behalf of the Zhang family.

Most of the people attending the ceremony today were officials from the Longhan government and military, and even more were management from Zhang Feng’s companies.

At the instruction of Zhang Feng, Mozambique established a monarchy, and Armando will become the first king and emperor.

Fireworks rose in the sky, and Armando, escorted by the soldiers of the Longhan Kingdom, slowly walked into the palace from one side of the square.

This palace was also completed by the American-Chinese Construction Company within a month, mobilizing tens of thousands of black people to work overtime to complete it before the founding ceremony.

Under the guidance of the official in charge of etiquette of Longhan Kingdom, Armando came to Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng was sitting on the throne at this time. He stood up and walked to the first step.

At this time, the guard who had been waiting for a long time came to Zhang Feng with a tray, and Zhang Feng asked to take the crown on it.

Armando lowered his head, and Zhang Feng put the crown on him. Armando did not raise his head, but knelt down devoutly, prostrated himself on the ground, put his hands on Zhang Feng's feet, and kissed his boots. At this point, the coronation ceremony was officially completed, and Armando became the emperor and king of the Kingdom of Mozambique.

What followed was a lively independent cocktail party.

Zhang Feng said to Guan Mao, the intelligence chief beside him: "Look, emperor? King? It's nothing more than that."

The Kingdom of Mozambique was established with the support of Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng felt that being an emperor could be more satisfying than being the emperor's father?

What is the uncrowned king? This is the uncrowned king. What is worn directly on the head is not necessarily the real power. Legends are always more powerful than what people see directly.

According to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Mozambique, every king must be recognized by the Zhang family and have a coronation ceremony held by the patriarch of the Zhang family before he can officially become the king of the Kingdom of Mozambique.

The Zhang family will become an existence above the emperor, and Zhang Feng has already decided to adopt more imperial sons in the future.

After the founding ceremony, the Zhang family sent 1 Yulin mercenary soldiers to stay in the Kingdom of Mozambique to protect the security of the kingdom.

Its subsidiary, Meihua Company, Maple Leaf Group, helped the Kingdom to set up government agencies, the Reserve Bank, and operate various industries.

The Zhang family thus took control of the entire Kingdom of Mozambique.

(End of this chapter)