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The shipyard of the Flying Fish Company is located on the dock on the sea side of the Flying Fish City, but the shipyard is very small and can only build some fishing boats. Although some small merchant ships have been planned, there are still great difficulties in building the 'Shark-class' cruiser designed by Long Yufei. Even with the design drawings given by Long Yufei, the construction of a large ship of more than 1,000 tons at one time still made it difficult for the workers and craftsmen of the shipyard to rush. This is also the reason why Long Yufei only asked to build two ships at the beginning, the workers first used these two ships to practice, and after accumulating rich experience, they would build subsequent warships, and it would be much easier at that time!

According to Long Yufei's plan, the Flying Fish Navy will have at least a fleet of 24 'Shark-class' cruisers in two years. It's 1836 now, and two years later it's 1838. At that time, the scope of Flying Fish's power must be further expanded, at least to be expanded to occupy the entire Luzon Islands. In this way, the Flying Fish Company will have enough strength to confront the Western powers. It won't be long before the Western powers will invade the East in a big way, and time is running out for them.

The 'Shark-class' cruiser was nothing more than a transitional warship. Long Yufei hoped that the main warships of the Exocet Navy in the future would be steam-powered ironclad ships with iron armor. It's just that the current skills are far from enough, so they retreat to the next best. Even then, there are quite a few difficulties. In addition to dealing with government affairs and military affairs, Long Yufei now spends the rest of his time in the shipyard, discussing with the craftsmen and workers of the shipyard how to solve the problems encountered in the process.

The 'Shark-class' cruiser designed by Long Yufei is more than 60 meters long, and it has high requirements for the keel of the battleship. Originally, Long Yufei planned to use wrought iron to build the keel, but this would increase the weight of the battleship a lot, and the draft would further increase, resulting in a decrease in the speed of the battleship, which was not in line with the design concept of the 'Shark-class' cruiser. Eventually, the shipyard's veteran craftsmen suggested that teak wood should be used as the keel of the battleship. Teak is hard and resistant to expansion, making it suitable for use on seagoing vessels. Teak is mainly found in the Indochina Peninsula and the South Seas, and it is also found in the forests of Mindanao, which solves the problem of materials for shipyards, as long as a group of indigenous people are driven into the forests to cut wood, and then transported back to the shipyards with the help of the Agusan River.

This work on the construction of the 'Shark-class' cruiser was a rare opportunity for the shipyard of Exocet. If they succeed, they will master more skills, whether it is to build warships or merchant ships in the future, it will be enough!

In late May, the climate in Mindanao was already very hot. Before Long Yufei crossed over, every summer, he either stayed in the library or in the laboratory, which was air-conditioned. But now, the humid steamer-like climate of Mindanao is really unbearable for him!

"Commander, Lord Liu Mingde asks to see you!" Long Yufei's guard captain Li Hu said to Long Yufei.

"Let him in!" Long Yufei tidied up the instrument, and then said.

Soon, Liu Mingde walked into Long Yufei's study. After the establishment of the Ministry of Political Affairs, Liu Mingde was in charge of the finance, industry and commerce of Feiyu Company, and he was also a powerful figure. Although Flying Fish has big financial problems and industry and commerce are almost blank, the future potential is absolutely limitless. Therefore, Liu Mingde, the old man, seems to have ushered in the second spring of his life, and the whole person is full of energy.

"Uncle Liu, please take a seat!" Long Yu flew up to greet him.

"Xie Commander!" Liu Mingde bowed to Long Yufei before sitting on the chair. Among the many high-level executives of Feiyu Company, Liu Mingde is undoubtedly the most disciplined one. However, these rules made Long Yufei a little uncomfortable. As a modern person, watching an old man salute himself, Long Yufei always felt very awkward.

"Uncle Liu, what's the matter?" Long Yufei asked directly to the point.

"Rule, that's it! The envoy of the Lin family is here, and I think the commander should meet him personally! Liu Mingde said.

"The Lin family? Which Lin family? Long Yufei was a little confused.

"Rule, it's Zamboanga's Lin family! The second master of the Lin family has come to Flying Fish City in person! Liu Mingde said.

Zamboanga is an important port city in western Mindanao, located on the narrow Zamboanga Peninsula. Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, visited here when he went to the West and promoted the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Chinese people came here from China and have continued to survive here. The Chinese gathering place in Mindanao is the coastal plain of northern Mindanao, and the other is Zamboanga. It is estimated that the total number of Chinese in Zamboanga is about 30,000. The Lin family, on the other hand, is the big family among the Zamboanga Chinese, equivalent to the head of the local Chinese.

"Oh! What are they here for? Long Yufei asked in surprise. The Zamboanga Peninsula is located between the Sultanate of Maguindanao and the Sultanate of Sulu and is nominally the territory of the Sultanate of Maguindanao. However, there are more Chinese gathered there, and even the sultan of the Maguindanao Sultanate seems to have acquiesced in the autonomy of the Chinese in Zamboanga. As long as the Chinese paid their taxes normally, the Maguindanao Sultanate generally turned a blind eye to Zamboanga. However, Long Yufei is a little unaccustomed to the Chinese in Zamboanga. Now the Chinese people in the whole of Mindanao and even in Nanyang are living in the heat of the water, but they only care about their own small life and do not think about helping other compatriots. This kind of self-righteous approach, Long Yufei is very shameless.

"Our extermination of the Mang-Abang tribe has caused a shock throughout Mindanao, and the Chinese people in Zamboanga have also learned about it, so they want to come and cooperate with us!" Liu Mingde said.

"Well, let their men come, I'll meet them!" Long Yufei said. Although there are some Chinese who are not ashamed of Zamboanga's approach, but now if Flying Fish wants to dominate the South Seas, it must unite all the people who can be united. If the Chinese of Zamboanga are willing to join the Flying Fish Company and obey his orders, then the strength of the Flying Fish Company will be further expanded.

"Yes, Domination!" Liu Mingde nodded.

Half an hour later, Liu Mingde took a middle-aged man in his forties to Long Yufei's study, and Li Decheng, the minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs, also came. After all, this involves contact with other Chinese forces, which belongs to the realm of government affairs.

"Commander, this is Lin Zihao, Second Master Lin! Second Master Lin, this is the commander of our Flying Fish Company! This is Minister Li of the Political Affairs Department of Flying Fish! Liu Mingde introduced to both sides!

"I've seen the dragon system, Minister Li!" Lin Zihao smiled. The Lin family is in Zamboanga, mainly engaged in the development and smelting of red copper and red copper, in addition to shipbuilding and other industries, and it can be regarded as a relatively large Chinese family in Nanyang. Lin Zihao is mainly responsible for the Lin family's external business, is relatively shrewd, and is good at dealing with people.

"Second Master Lin, please take a seat!" Long Yufei said.

"Xie Lu Xie Command!" After Lin Zihao sat down, he began to take the initiative to find a topic to greet. In terms of adjusting the atmosphere, Long Yufei's skill house is obviously much worse than Lin Zihao.

"This Second Master Lin is not bad, if the Lin family really takes refuge, he can be the person in charge of diplomacy!" Long Yufei said secretly. He himself is not good at socializing with people, and he always admires these people who can speak well.

"The dragon rule, the Chinese in Zamboanga heard that the Flying Fish Company exterminated the Manga Bang tribe and shocked the indigenous forces of the entire Mindanao, which made us very excited! In the past two or three hundred years, we Chinese have been bullied by these natives, and the victory of the Flying Fish Company can be regarded as making us proud of ourselves! Lin Zihao said.

"It's just what we have to do! Those natives, just some uncivilized savages, dared to bully the Chinese, of course, they were looking for death! However, as far as I know, the Chinese people in Zamboanga have been living very well! Long Yufei said.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Lin Zihao's face, but it quickly disappeared, and he knew that Long Yufei was probably dissatisfied with the Chinese in Zamboanga for not helping the Chinese in other regions, so he explained: "Control, the Chinese in Zamboanga are better." However, we are also under a lot of pressure. The Sultanate of Maguindanao has always been eyeing the wealth of Zamboanga, and if it weren't for the unity of our Chinese in Zamboanga, maybe Zamboanga would have been occupied by those Moro people long ago. For the Chinese in other regions, we are really powerless! ”

Long Yufei nodded, although he knew that this was Lin Zihao's excuse, he didn't plan to delve into it. "Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles!" This is the habit of many Chinese, even overseas Chinese. As long as their little life is nourished, they rarely care about other idle things. However, since Long Yufei has come to this era, he will not allow such a thing to happen again. Overseas Chinese must unite in order to be able to compete with the West and dominate the entire South Seas!

"So, what is Second Master Lin coming to Flying Fish City for this time?" Long Yufei asked directly to the point.

"The rise of the dragon system and the Flying Fish Company makes our Chinese in Mindanao very excited, which is very helpful to improve the status of the Chinese! Therefore, Zamboanga wanted to be able to cooperate with the Flying Fish Company, and we wanted to be able to purchase a batch of advanced muskets from the Flying Fish Company! Lin Zihao said.