African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 976 Beginning

In the morning, the coronation ceremony officially began. After simplifying the ceremony, this coronation ceremony in East Africa was quite sloppy. After all, Constantine was too old, and neither Constantine nor Ernst himself wanted the procedure to be too complicated.

As the East African national anthem played, Constantine sat on the temporary throne in the Rhine Palace, and the herald read below:

"On May 1900, 5, our Emperor Constantine the Great established an unprecedented empire in Africa. This achievement will go down in history and create a great cause that will last forever. God has endowed the Kingdom of Hechingen with the new Rhine Empire, and His Majesty Constantine shall be the emperor of the new empire..."

After a long speech about the great achievements of the Rhine Empire and Constantine, Constantine personally put the crown on his head.

The coronation ceremony in East Africa opened the eyes of all participants, especially the diplomats from European countries. No wonder no other heads of state were invited to this coronation ceremony. It was too unconventional, or even unorthodox.

Even the religious forces in East Africa were puppets of the Hechingen royal family. They played no role in the coronation ceremony and just acted as spectators.

Of course, it was easy to understand for Zhang Heng, the ambassador of the Far East Empire, and other non-European diplomats. Since they did not believe in Christianity, it did not matter to them what happened in East Africa.

"Everyone is welcome to participate in the founding ceremony of our Rhine Empire and my own coronation ceremony. One of the purposes of this ceremony is frugality, so I hope everyone will understand if the hospitality is not good enough." Anyway, Constantine still made an excuse to perfunctorily deal with everyone, "After the coronation ceremony, at 3 pm, we in East Africa will hold a review ceremony in Rhine City. Everyone is welcome to go to the Central Government Building to watch the ceremony."

The military parade is undoubtedly the focus of today. After all, East Africa established its country through force. With its hard power, no matter how many people are unhappy with East Africa, they have to shut up.

Even though many of the East African National Defense Force's core technologies were not displayed, this military parade still left a deep impression on those present. Wars in the 19th century were nothing more than a competition of who had more guns, more artillery, and who had braver troops. In these indicators, East Africa meets the standards of a world power.

Although the East African Defense Force currently has less than 300,000 active military personnel, the only countries in Europe that can surpass East Africa are Tsarist Russia, Germany, France, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

3pm.

At the viewing platform of the Central Government Building, the invited guests took their seats one after another, while the National Avenue had already been carefully decorated by the East African government.

Although the military parade has not yet begun, the East African Defense Force and college student teams prepared on the roadside have already revealed a strong "murderous aura".

Due to the limitation of viewing angle, diplomats from various countries could not see the specific situation, but the atmosphere had been created. Although there were only more than 19 troops on parade, it was a rare grand scene in the th century.

"East Africa has made a lot of preparations for this review ceremony. The construction of their King's Road is very distinctive. The road surface should be built with asphalt. At the same time, the road surface is very consistent with the characteristics of East Africa. It has to be said that in terms of road construction, East Africa is far ahead of Europe and the United States." Brailon said in an appreciative tone.

"That's true. In the First Town and Dar es Salaam, East Africa's roads are wider than those in Europe, and the asphalt road experience is also quite good. However, East Africa itself is a colonial country, and their land is not as valuable as that in Europe, so they can be so grand in road construction." Burs said realistically.

The value of land in Europe is indeed unquestionable, especially in the capitals of various countries, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, etc., where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. If East Africa were the same as Europe and the United States, it would obviously be impossible to complete the land acquisition task easily.

Of course, the short history of East Africa and the fact that urban planning predates urban development are also important reasons. Moreover, East Africa is still an agricultural country and the population is mainly in rural areas. Many cities have already been planned ahead of time.

"I think this kind of road still lacks historical heritage. Asphalt roads do have many advantages, but they also make East African urban planning less flexible," said Maxim, the Russian ambassador.

Zhang Heng, the Far Eastern Empire ambassador who was not on the same page with the European and American diplomats, was very impressed with the construction of Rhine City. He believed that Rhine City had a sense of grandeur that many European and American countries did not have. On the contrary, many European and American cities were petty and could not reflect the majesty of the monarch. Of course, non-monarchical countries like France and the United States were another matter. Of course, the participation of the Far Eastern Empire's court garden designers in the construction of Rhine City was also a plus point, which also made Zhang Heng think that the Hexingen royal family, a "local robe" from Europe, had vision.

Diplomats from various countries mostly hold a positive attitude towards urban construction in East Africa. After all, compared with other parts of the world, East African cities are at the leading level in terms of transportation, sanitation and environment. Even picky people cannot deny these advantages.

For example, Ambassador Thomson said that London is full of industrial beauty, but in fact London is overcrowded, with poor public security, low air quality, and serious river pollution...

This is the current situation in the capitals of most industrial countries, and Rhine City has inherited the characteristics of the first town city. Industries that are too polluting cannot be built locally. Of course, Rhine City has also changed compared to the first town city, but Ernst took this into consideration when choosing the site for the Rhine Palace. The urban administrative area is far away from the industrial area of ​​Rhine City.

As time passed, the military parade officially began. The first thing that came into view was an open-top car. General Merke, the East African Chief of Staff, stood on the car and followed the car to the viewing stand.

"Merke, Chief of Staff of the Rhine Empire's Wehrmacht, reports to His Majesty the Emperor that the troops to be reviewed are ready. Please give your instructions!" Merke stood steadily in the car and reported to Constantine.

Constantine said solemnly into the microphone: "I declare the first founding parade of the Rhine Empire officially begun."

Afterwards, the car that Merkel was in began to turn around, and another car that had been prepared long ago drove out from the direction of the Central Government Building. The person in this car was Ernst, the Crown Prince of the Rhine Empire.

Merkel saluted Ernst, who nodded. Then the car Merkel was in began to follow Ernst's car along the National Avenue towards the direction of the parade formation.

"Soldiers..."

"Friends" from various countries in the stands looked at the scene in amazement. After all, they had never seen such a scene before, and everyone was talking about it.

The East African news media are also constantly recording valuable historical materials, and these news materials will be promoted across East Africa tomorrow.

After going around a circle, Ernst's car finally returned to the finish line without any problems, which made Ernst breathe a sigh of relief. Then Ernst entered the viewing stand and came to Constantine's side.

Next, the East African artillery salute troops began their performance. Amid the resonance, the three-service guard of honor entered the venue, escorting the national flag in a resounding march towards the flag stand.

"What is the Armed Forces Guard of Honor?" The diplomats present were puzzled by the explanation given by the East African commentator.

The three armed forces are naturally the navy, army and air force. Currently, the East African Air Force only has a framework, but the three-service guard of honor has been prepared in advance. Those wearing blue uniforms are the Air Force, the Army is in gray uniforms, and the Navy is in white.

"It can be understood as an airship force!" This is how senior East African government officials explained.

Airship troops? That's fine. Although airships are indeed novel, they are still on par with the navy and the army as a separate army. Diplomats from various countries can only understand it as an East African feature.

(End of this chapter)