In order to maintain the independence of the clan, Lakebarton and other tribal leaders jointly launched an initiative to the Bengang Alliance for the first time, that is, to let the Bengang Alliance legislate, and the position of the chief of each clan will be hereditary by its clan, and the alliance must respect and agree with its choice, and must not use any means to interfere.

Its purpose is naturally to hope that from the foundation of Hongmen's foothold, it can block Hongmen's coveting of their tribes.

Hongmen is studying the indigenous tribes, and the drawing tribes are also studying the characteristics and shortcomings of Hongmen, and they have really found some places that can be used for themselves.

They found that Hongmen is very important to things like rules and credit, which has a complementary effect with Hongmen's good reputation, and as Hongmen began to compile its own legal provisions and revise the unrealistic laws in the Daming Law, their concept of focusing on the spirit of contract has penetrated into the core values of the entire team.

Almost everywhere you can see Hongmen's dedication to the spirit of contract, credit rules, leases, employment contracts, sales contracts, etc., even if they are illiterate and ignorant natives, as long as they make an open and clear contract, he does not have to worry about being deceived by others within the Hongmen's sphere of influence.

Therefore, Lake. Patton and other tribal leaders, as they began to gradually join each other's movements, also learned to use their own rights to obtain better status and more favorable conditions for their own tribes.

The annexation of the indigenous people, in fact, in Li Tianyang's expectations, more than ten years of planning, so far to see results, is not too surprising.

The current alliance tribe is in a steady stream of Hongmen provides all kinds of raw materials, such as cement and coal from the Yushan tribe, lime and grain from the Zhuluoshan Society, soybeans and cotton from the Black Panther tribe, etc., and what Hongmen pays is the cotton and linen cloth, porcelain, tea, etc. processed from these raw materials.

And as the indigenous alliance began to accept the silver dollar as currency and accepted the Hongmen team's commercial system, although these tribes got rid of poverty, they also made a great contribution to the development of Hongmen.

The new generation of indigenous children who have received the education of the Hongmen Academy are gradually coming of age, and they are no longer full of reverence for the authority of the tribal leaders in the past, and their sense of belonging to the tribe is very low, but they are full of interest and yearning for the culture and traditions of the Hongmen team from thousands of years of China, and they are more willing to regard themselves as members of the alliance led by the Hongmen.

When these new generations really begin to replace the old generation of tribal backbones, it will also be the beginning of Hongmen's ability to truly incorporate the huge population of nearly 200,000 Bengang Alliance tribesmen into their own forces, regardless of you and me.

With the expansion of Hongmen's strength, Li Tianyang's name in the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, but the nickname of the chicken coop is a little indecent.

Therefore, Li Tianyang according to the name Keelung in later history, taking the meaning of its foundation and prosperity, although it is a homophone, it is much more decent and atmospheric than the previous one.

After more than two years of preparation, the Bengang Creek Dam was enclosed, and it was the first time in this era that a grand artificial building that used manpower to cut off a big river, during which there were too many troubles and problems, but under the day and night struggle of the top Hongmen builders led by Wan Liang, and with the strong assistance of the golden finger cement, they finally tamed the Bengang Creek and cut it off at the waist twenty miles upstream of Bengang.

With the establishment of the Bengang Creek Dam, the abundant water resources on Dayuan Island began to be used by Hongmen, and heavy industry sectors such as the ore crushing plant and the musket manufacturing bureau in Hongmen were also transferred from Bengang, the king of Jilong Mountain, which was completely in line with Hongmen's intention of secrecy.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and Hongmen has been developing the Jilongshan gold mine for several years, although the vast majority of the workers in Hongmen who mine gold and smelt gold are indigenous slaves who are strictly controlled by personal freedom, but when mining gold, a large amount of gunpowder is used to open the mountain, and such a loud noise, even if there is a special combat battalion training in the Jilongshan garrison to cover it, it still attracts the attention of many curious forces.

And when Hongmen quietly created a "Jiaolong-style" Western sea ship, all forces, out of scruples about Hongmen, began to do everything possible to explore the secret places of Hongmen that they could not reach into their tentacles.

Because of the time, Hongmen increased the control and prevention of the surrounding area of Jilong Mountain, and set up stricter regulations to hang within the scope of guards, but it still could not resist the spies of various forces who quietly approached.

There are already faint rumors about Hongmen finding a silver vein in the surrounding seas, which is of course different from the actual mining vein resources of Hongmen, indicating that the other party did not understand the actual situation of Hongmen's mining in Jilong Mountain, but a glimpse of the whole picture also shows that the Jilong Mountain mine has entered the eyes of all forces, and it is only a matter of time before the sister's drop-down box is exposed.

How to solve the aftermath after the exposure of the gold vein, this is a problem that Li Tianyang has been considering, gold is the most precious metal in this era, how much sensation and impact will it cause if it exists, Li Tianyang just thinks about it in his heart, and he will feel a headache.

There is only one way he can think of, and that is to lead the trouble.

Li Tianyang wants to attract the attention of these teams, and it is also a gold mine, but the location of this gold mine is not in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but in the Luzon Islands, which are thousands of miles away.

Thanks to the blessing of the book "A Product of Official Residence" in later generations, Li Tianyang knew that he had a large area of rich gold and copper veins in the Luzon Islands.

Li Tianyang brought his father to the Luzon Islands to develop, not only to avoid the gradually emerging conflict between their team and the wild sharks, but also to lay the foundation for them to go south in the future by making arrangements in the Luzon Islands in advance.

And for a deeper purpose, Li Tianyang also wanted to use this to explore the huge mineral veins that exist in it and incorporate it into his own hands.

No one will dislike the expansion of wealth in their hands, and the more Li Tianyang and his team develop rapidly, the more they will find the huge role of wealth in expanding their power.

Li Tianyang only knew that there was such a gold mine and copper mine in Luzon, but on which island, Li Tianyang would be blind.

(End of chapter)