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"No! The muskets used by the Exocet are highly confidential and cannot be sold! Long Yufei directly refused, there was no room to speak. The performance of the Exocet rifle is much more advanced than the current mainstream rifles in the West, which can be said to be a difference of an era. Although Long Yufei knew that once the Flying Fish Army and the Western powers fought, with the scientific and technological strength of the Western powers, they would soon be able to develop similar rifles. However, Long Yufei still hopes that this time can be postponed as much as possible. This makes the Exocet have to be very strict in terms of gun control. All rifles can only be equipped with the Flying Fish Army or the police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Flying Fish Company, and each rifle is recorded when it leaves the factory, and once damaged, it must be returned to the arsenal for destruction, and it is impossible to sell it to the outside world.

Lin Zihao was stunned, he didn't expect Long Yufei to refuse directly. They are not asking for nothing, but they are willing to pay real money to buy it. Long Yufei's attitude is inevitably too faceless! Anyway, everyone belongs to the same line of overseas Chinese!

"Dragon Command, our Lin family is willing to pay twenty pounds a shot to buy a rifle from the Flying Fish Company!" Lin Zihao said. This price, which is already much more expensive than Western rifles. The Burka rifles, which were equipped with the British Army, were sold for only ten pounds in the South Seas, and at most twelve pounds. Buying at almost twice the price, in Lin Zihao's opinion, the Flying Fish Company has taken a big advantage.

"I'm sorry, Second Master Lin, there is no room for bargaining on this issue!" Long Yufei said stubbornly. It's easy to say about other problems, just this problem, he won't back down, to put it seriously, this is directly related to the life and death of Flying Fish Company!

Lin Zihao's face was a little unsightly, and the atmosphere was a little heavy for a while.

"Second Master Lin, our rifle production is limited, and even our own army is not enough to equip it, let alone sell it to the outside world! So, I'm sorry! Liu Mingde hurriedly said, he saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and hurriedly played a round. As a local Chinese in Mindanao, he naturally knows the energy of the Lin family. The current Flying Fish Company, although it is not afraid of the Lin family, but one more friend is also one more way!

Lin Zihao nodded and accepted this statement. However, he didn't seem to be going to give up just like that.

"The dragon is in control, and the situation of the Chinese in Zamboanga is not very good now. The Sultanate of Maguindanao covets our wealth and has recently been rearming and is likely to attack Zamboanga. Would you like to see the Chinese of Zamboanga slaughtered by those Moros? Lin Zihao said. The industrious Chinese have accumulated a lot of wealth through their own labor. However, the good Chinese did not have the military strength to protect these wealth, so the local natives coveted these riches very much, and this also brought the disaster of killing to the Chinese. This is also the case with the Chinese in Zamboanga, and the Maguindanao Sultanate has always coveted the Zamboanga region. However, the previous sultans adopted a relatively moderate policy towards Zamboanga, and as long as the Chinese paid taxes, they would not interfere too much in the Zamboanga area. However, the new Sultan does not seem to be satisfied with a little tax, and what he wants is to take away all the wealth of the Chinese.

"Zamboanga has 30,000 Chinese, and with your financial resources, you can arm at least 5,000 troops. Although the Maguindanao Sultanate had a population of more than 100,000, the soldiers who could fight were only tens of thousands. Will they be able to achieve victory on their expedition to Zamboanga? Long Yufei asked suspiciously. As a defensive side, the Chinese in Zamboanga were well placed to strike at the forces of the Maguindanao Sultanate. In Long Yufei's view, this has a great chance of winning.

"Well, this, dragon domination, Zamboanga doesn't have an army in the true sense of the word. The guards of our various families together are only more than a thousand people. Moreover, the Chinese of Zamboanga were mostly merchants and workers, not systematically trained, and were no match for the regular army of the Maguindanao Sultanate! Lin Zihao said.

Long Yufei was a little speechless, he understood. The Chinese people of Zamboanga have enjoyed such a stable life for so long that they have long lost their bloodiness, and they are afraid of fighting the Maguindanao Sultanate, and they are afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice. The Chinese in Zamboanga are far from being able to compare with the Chinese in northern Mindanao, they have been fighting against the natives, and the blood in their hearts has not cooled, so the Flying Fish Army can grow so quickly.

"Second Master Lin, I have a way to solve the dilemma encountered by the Chinese in Zamboanga!" Minister of Political Affairs Li Decheng opened his mouth and said.

"Minister Li, if there is any way, please let me know!" Lin Zihao hurriedly said.

"Zamboanga's Chinese, all join the Flying Fish Company, from now on, obey the orders of the Flying Fish Company! Flying Fish will be responsible for protecting the safety of the Chinese people in Zamboanga! Li Decheng said directly. He knew that Long Yufei had always wanted to integrate all the Chinese in the entire Mindanao, and now except for the Chinese in Zamboanga, almost all the Chinese in the rest of Mindanao were gathered under the banner of Flying Fish. Zamboanga is threatened by the Sultanate of Maguindanao, which is a rare opportunity for Flying Fish!

"Join the Flying Fish?" Lin Zihao exclaimed. He didn't seem to expect that the Flying Fish Company would have such a big appetite and want to annex Zamboanga. In Lin Zihao's opinion, although the Flying Fish City, where the Flying Fish Company is located, is very grandiose, the people here are simply poor, and there is no way to compare with Zamboanga. It's like a beggar saying to a rich man that if the rich man joins them, he will protect the safety of the rich man, which seems a bit ridiculous and unacceptable!

"What? Second Master Lin, aren't the Chinese in Zamboanga still unwilling? If the Chinese in Zamboanga are willing, we will immediately send two infantry battalions to Zamboanga! With the combat power of the Exoces, two infantry battalions are enough to protect Zamboanga! As for dealing with the Maguindanao Sultanate, when we have dealt with the natives, we will be able to free our hands! Long Yufei said. Two infantry battalions, a total of more than 1,500 men, are unlikely to defeat the Maguindanao Sultanate, but if they are used for defense, they are completely sufficient! After all, the equipment of the Maguindanao Sultanate is also very rudimentary, although it is a little better than the natives, but the basic weapons used are also cold weapons, which are far from being comparable to the Flying Fish Army!

"Dragon Domination! If Zamboanga joins Flying Fish, what kind of obligations do we have? Will it force our youth to join the army? Lin Zihao asked. The Chinese people of Zamboanga are used to living a stable life, and if they want to join the army, many young people will probably not be willing!

"The Flying Fish Army never forces people to join the army, and all soldiers join the army voluntarily! Of course, we will also give a lot of incentives to soldiers who are willing to join the army. If Zamboanga joins Flying Fish, it only needs to pay taxes to us and follow our instructions in foreign affairs. Long Yufei said. He had little hope of recruiting the Chinese from Zamboanga into the army. However, Zamboanga's handicraft industry, non-ferrous metal industry and shipbuilding industry are very developed, which can be a good complement to the Flying Fish Company.

Lin Zihao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Dragon Command, Zamboanga must join the Flying Fish Company and surrender to you?" We might be able to do it another way, such as the Chinese in Zamboanga paying for the Flying Fish Army to keep Zamboanga safe. We can negotiate the cost of employment, and we will definitely not let Flying Fish suffer a loss! ”

Long Yufei shook his head: "Second Master Lin, there is no other way!" Zamboanga will either surrender to the Flying Fish Company and join us, or prepare to fight the Maguindanao Sultanate! I promise that after Zamboanga joins Flying Fish, we will treat them equally and will not discriminate against them! ”

"Okay, Dragon Commander, I need to go back and report to the head of the family, such a big matter is not something I can decide. In addition, Zamboanga is not the final say of the Lin family, and it needs to be discussed with other families! Lin Zihao said.

"Of course, then we'll be waiting for good news!" Long Yufei said with a smile. He knew that in the face of the threat of the Maguindanao Sultanate, the Chinese of Zamboanga would give in. In this way, Flying Fish will be able to dominate the Chinese people in Mindanao. At the same time, with Zamboanga's financial support, Flying Fish's financial situation will be much better.

Lin Zihao left Flying Fish City and returned to Zamboanga by boat. This trip to Flying Fish City gave him a great shock. Although the Flying Fish City at the beginning of the grass looked chaotic, it was not as prosperous as Zamboanga. However, the steel mills outside the city, and the many natives who worked in the mines and fields, made him realize the power of the Flying Fish Company. He also inquired, and now the total strength of the Flying Fish Army is nearly 10,000 people, which is completely reckless for Flying Fish City, which only has more than 50,000 people! However, he has a lot of trust in the Flying Fish Army's force. If Zamboanga can join the Flying Fish Company and be protected by the Flying Fish Company, then they may no longer have to worry about the threat of the Maguindanao Sultanate!

Lin Zihao returned to Zamboanga and brought back the conditions of the Flying Fish Company, which caused an uproar among several major Chinese families in Zamboanga. Most of the families are opposed to joining the Flying Fish Company, believing that the Flying Fish Company also covets their wealth. However, in the face of the threat of the Sultanate of Maguindanao, they had no other recourse.

In the end, after the Flying Fish Company promised that it would not harm their interests, these Chinese families still chose to surrender!