"Hey! Your Royal Highness Zhang Meng, my dear friend, I am so glad to meet you! ”

"Me too! The Grand Chief of Latu came to pick up the plane in person, and Zhang Meng was flattered! ”

The two hugged each other when they met, and it could be seen that Latu attached great importance to Zhang Meng, otherwise it would be impossible to pick up Zhang Meng in person.

The purpose of Zhang Meng's visit to Latu already knows, because Zhang Meng often gives Latour's mother and wife some extremely valuable gifts, and their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have already been bought by Zhang Meng, so Zhang Meng naturally has to reveal some to them in advance so that they can blow the wind to Latour in advance.

Latour didn't care that Zhang Meng asked him to lease Nadi Airport, in fact, the airport was of no use other than to provide refueling services for British naval aircraft, and the British had occupied a large area of farmland around it on the grounds of a military restricted area, and Latour and his tribe had long been dissatisfied.

"It's okay to give you this airport! You don't even have a problem building what you call an air base! But—"

Latour changed his words and suddenly said, "You have to help me drive the British away!" ”

Zhang Meng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Latu's idea to be quite bold. But it's also reasonable to think about it, Latour is the largest chieftain in Fiji, but he has to have an Englishman at his head to do the trick.

"Grand Chief Latu, I don't understand what you mean."

Zhang Meng deliberately pretended to be confused, he was not sure about Latu's determination, and it was a temptation.

"Since you can defeat the Japanese, it means that you also have the ability to deal with the British, and I need your help!"

Looking at Latour's eyes, Zhang Meng was sure that he was not simply talking.

However, any person can achieve the status of dominating one side, which proves that he is definitely not a simple person, so Zhang Meng will definitely not easily show his position when this kind of person speaks.

If Latour is real, then Zhang Meng is happy. Fiji has a land area of 18,000 square kilometers and its geographical location happens to cover the Tang Empire like an open umbrella, which is definitely a natural barrier for the Tang Empire and the number one target for the Tang Empire's territorial expansion.

Zhang Meng was happy in his heart, but he couldn't agree to Latu immediately, otherwise Latu's cleverness would inevitably guess Zhang Meng's intentions.

"Well...... this is the case," Zhang Meng explained, as a look of embarrassment: "I also want to help you, but our Tang Empire currently has to rely on the British." If the British knew that I had rebelled against them, I would not have been able to eat and walk away. I advise you to bear with it first! ”

"I've had enough of the anger of the British! If I endure it any longer, I should lie in the cemetery! Latour paused and said, "You also know that my son is very useless, and if I am gone, the great chieftains around me will surely swallow him up." Therefore, while I still have the strength to move, I have to lay down an iron bucket for myself. Oust the British to unify Fiji! You are a good friend of mine and I hope you can help me! ”

"You know, at the moment when Tang and Japan are at war, I need the diplomatic support of the British!"

"If you don't help me, then I'm afraid I won't easily give you the airport and offend the British!"

Seeing that Latu began to show a threatening tone, Zhang Meng knew in his heart that he was going to take it seriously.

"You know, I need this airport so badly!"

"You know my temper too!"

The two of them collided with each other, and no one let anyone, and the atmosphere in the living room suddenly condensed.

But soon, Zhang Meng deliberately lost the battle first, and said dejectedly: "Okay, I'll help you!" But I can't have a showdown with the British, I can only support you behind your back. ”

Latu really thought that he had succeeded in threatening Zhang Meng, so he hurriedly raised his eyebrows and said: "You don't have to have a showdown with the British, I just need you to provide my army with the most advanced weapons and equipment and related training." In return, the Nadi airfield is at your disposal, and if the Japanese come to attack the Tang Dynasty, I will lead the army to fight alongside you. ”

Naturally, Zhang Meng would not count on Latour's army, but he really had his eyes on Fiji. As the strategic depth of the Tang Empire, Fiji will have to be included in the territory of the Tang Empire in the future, so Zhang Meng has to pave the way in advance.

"You know that our Datang may not be able to defeat the Japanese, and once the Japanese invade on a large scale, Datang may not be able to defend it, so I hope that Grand Chief Latour can allow our Datang to temporarily transfer some of the ordinary people to your country for refuge, and then let them go back after the Tang-Japanese war is over."

Latu didn't know what Zhang Meng was thinking about, and really thought that Zhang Meng was looking for a way back for himself. He knew that Zhang Meng had money, and thought that Zhang Meng would transfer a large amount of money and materials to Fiji, so that he could get close to the water and get the moon first. But he forgot how Zhang Meng seized power in Tonga in the first place, and now Zhang Meng's old tricks are so similar, but he has no vigilance.

"How about you provide me with advanced weapons and equipment, and I will set aside a place for you as a refugee refuge?"

"Deal!"

The two of them touched each other's wine glasses, and they both smiled with their own ghosts.

Zhang Meng and Latu reached a secret agreement, and the specific matters were handled by their own subordinates.

Zhang Meng was very generous with the weapons and equipment that Latu requested, providing him with 4 SRA light tanks, 2 75mm infantry guns, 6 53mm mortars, 200 M1 submachine guns, 1,200 Enfield rifles, as well as 400 boxes of related ammunition and other ancillary weapons and equipment.

The equipment was soon transported to Viti Levu, where Latour's army of 2,000 men was armed. With these weapons and equipment, Zhang Meng sent a group of military personnel for simple training, which was enough to deal with the British troops in Fiji with less than 300 men.

Latour also kept his promise, and on the issue of Nadi Airport, Latour annulled the contract with the British and unilaterally subleased the airport to the Tang Empire.

The British government was very annoyed by this, but they also noticed Latour's move, and the British troops in Fiji were immediately on alert.

For a time, Latour was pitted against the British.

No matter how Bain protested to Zhang Meng, asking Zhang Meng not to use Nadi Airport, otherwise it was very likely that the British Empire would also be dragged into the Sino-Japanese War. But Zhang Meng ignored Bain in addition to pretending to be pitiful, and immediately began a large-scale expansion of Nadi Airport and built fortifications.

At the same time, according to the agreement reached between Zhang Meng and Latour. Zhang Meng divided the Nadi airport and the nearby 20-kilometer area into a military exclusion zone, where the Tang Empire built an air base. Expand the original dirt runway into 12 premium aircraft runways with special cement and reinforced concrete pouring, enough to take off and land any aircraft up to 50 tons.

In addition, Latu enclosed a 50-square-kilometer piece of land near the port of Lautuca, which was dedicated to the creation of a refugee area, allowing the Tang Empire to transfer people and equipment to this area for refuge.

In order to be able to annex Fiji in the future, Zhang Meng recruited people from all walks of life from Chinese mainland on a large scale, and once the Tang Empire was saturated, he moved to Fiji.

Thus, a silent wave of mass migration began.

This time, Zhang Meng decided to spend 50 million Tang Yuan, and no longer set restrictions such as knowledge level, and directly recruited two million young and strong laborers from Chinese mainland. They no longer went directly to the Tang Empire, but were sent directly to Fiji.

These people will always live in Fiji, and the Tang Empire will provide them with the means of living they need, and they will build the first residential building, the first school, and the first shop in the so-called "refugee area", until the Tang Empire has the opportunity to directly annex Fiji, they will all contribute to the Tang Empire silently in the form of refugees.

After Jihua, who was encroaching on Fiji, was put on the agenda, Zhang Meng suddenly hummed a little song proudly.

However, soon Zhang Xinhai called Zhang Meng over.

"Meng'er, the Han family sent a letter over, asking you to go to Nanjing, and discuss your marriage with Qingxuan by the way."