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Mindanao is the 14th largest island in the world and the second largest island in the Philippines after Luzon. Compared to Luzon, which was already under Spanish rule, Mindanao was largely uninvaded by the Western world. It is still in the hands of the Moros and the natives, and the Maguindanao Sultanate and Buayan Sultanate, founded by the Moros who believe in Islam, are the most powerful forces on the island. In addition, around the Sulu Sea, there is also a powerful Sulu Sultanate, which is not something that the current pirates of Flying Fish Island can provoke. Therefore, when Long Yufei chose his destination, he deliberately avoided these areas.

From the end of the Ming Dynasty, under the influence of the troubled times, a large number of Chinese in the coastal areas fled to the South Seas region, and the Indochina Peninsula, Borneo and Luzon on the east coast of the South China Sea were all covered with Chinese footprints. During this period, there were more than 200,000 Chinese in Luzon. However, most of these Chinese live in Luzon, and there are only a small number of Chinese in Mindanao, and these Chinese live in the coastal areas of northern Mindanao.

Mindanao is mountainous and has many fertile plains. The hot climate here is suitable for the growth of cereals and other crops, and Mindanao is rich in coal, iron, gold, chromium, copper, nickel and other minerals, so Long Yufei decided to use this place as a base for initial development.

After two days of sailing, the fleet of Flying Fish Island entered the Bohol Sea from the Sulu Sea and reached the northern part of Mindanao. Their destination is the mouth of the Agusan River in Burui Bay. With fertile land and Chinese people, the pirates of Flying Fish should soon be able to establish themselves there. The most important thing is that there are huge reserves of coal and iron ore in the vicinity (Mindanao is rich in minerals, but the specific location is different from the description in the book, I hope book friends don't delve into it, it was the golden finger of the protagonist at that time), which is convenient for the early establishment of the steel industry!

The Chinese living in Mindanao are not in a good situation. They were often oppressed by the local natives, who lived in the jungle and were similar to the wild people who drank blood, and often attacked the Chinese settlements, robbing them of their livestock and food, as well as women, causing great harm to the local Chinese. Although many Chinese joined forces to deal with the attack of the natives, because of the absolute numerical disadvantage of both sides, the situation of the Chinese was very difficult!

On the battleship 'Flying Fish', Long Yufei and Luo Sangu stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, and Luo Sangu at this moment looked a little excited, and at the same time confused about the unknown life. Although she made up her mind to believe in Long Yufei and believe that Long Yufei would lead Flying Fish Island on a broad road, she couldn't help but be a little worried about the distant and unpredictable future.

"Third aunt, don't worry, we have already planned it, and our plan will definitely succeed this time!" Long Yufei knew what Sangu Luo was worried about, so he enlightened! During this period of time, the relationship between Long Yufei and Luo Sangu has become much closer, and the old people of Flying Fish Island have seen it in their eyes, but most of them are optimistic. After all, Long Yufei's performance in the past month has made them very satisfied!

"Hmmm! Yufei, how long will it take for us to get to the Wurui Bay you mentioned? Luo Sangu asked.

"This? Probably soon! Long Yufei scratched his scalp and said with some uncertainty. He had never been to Mindanao before, and all his knowledge came from books. All he wants now is that the knowledge in the book is correct. Otherwise, he will be miserable!

"Are there really Chinese people on the island and the wild people who want to eat people who oppress them?" Luo Sangu changed the subject.

"Of course! In the forests of the island, there are many wild people who drink blood. And those Chinese are in a very difficult situation! They are all our compatriots, and we should go and help them! Once we have united the Chinese on the island, we will be able to easily destroy the other two sultanates on the island! When the time comes, the whole of Mindanao will be ours! Long Yufei had infinite longing. The total number of Chinese in Mindanao is not large, only tens of thousands! But if they occupy Mindanao, they will be able to attract Chinese from other regions. After all, the vast majority of the Chinese live in the heat of the water, and if they can provide a piece of paradise for the vast number of Chinese, everyone will definitely be willing to come. And when the time comes, their strength will be able to snowball, getting bigger and bigger!

"Hmm!" Luo Sangu nodded, she also believed that they would succeed! Now, although she is still in power, she is only a nominal leader. The actual power has been delegated to Long Yufei, Zhao Yi, Li Decheng, Niu Meng and others. She didn't have any dissatisfaction with this. In the past three years, she has been under too much pressure, and now the burden on her shoulders is a lot lighter, which makes her a lot easier.

The Agusan River is the largest river in northeastern Mindanao, with fertile land on both sides of the river. However, most of the area is shrouded in dense primeval forests. Countless indigenous people live in these primeval forests, and their backward productivity will not cause much damage to nature, which also makes the civilization of these indigenous people extremely backward and lives in great poverty. The indigenous population is very xenophobic, and wars often break out between various tribes. Of course, the scale of the war is very small, but it is extremely cruel, and the losing side often has the entire tribe of men slaughtered, and the women become trophies. These natives have a very low level of civilization, and it seems that Magellan lost his life here when he sailed around the world!

After the Chinese came to Mindanao, they used their hands and hard work to build their own homes. In the beginning, the Chinese were able to live in peace with the indigenous people. Soon, however, the indigenous people became reliant on the wealth created by the Chinese people. The lazy indigenous people did not want to obtain these wealth through labor, and they chose the method of plundering by force and using cruel means to plunder the wealth of the Chinese.

In the killing of the natives, the Chinese paid a heavy price. Despite their fierce resistance, the Chinese have always been at a disadvantage compared to the outnumbered natives. However, even so, the Chinese have persevered for hundreds of years!

On the west bank of the mouth of the Agusan River, there is a Chinese village called Wujia Village, nearly half of the people in the village are surnamed Wu, and their ancestors have been living in this land since their ancestors crossed the ocean to come here two hundred years ago. The village is close to the sea, and the people of the village make a living from fishing and farming. The population of the village is not large, less than a thousand people. It's just that the situation of the village is very dangerous now!

The entire village was surrounded by a wooden fence, but outside the fence, countless black natives were looking at the village in panic with greedy expressions. In the village, men, women, and children have taken up weapons, bows and arrows, broadswords, spears, harpoons, hoes, and so on. However, most of the villagers were full of despair in their eyes. There are only about 1,000 people in the whole village, and there are only three or four hundred people in Qingzhuang, and the natives outside the village have thousands of people. These natives are ferocious, and once they break through the village, you can imagine what will happen to the whole village.

"The village chief, the Buena tribe who came, heard that they had destroyed a Chinese village to the west only three months ago. The hundreds of people in the village, all but the women, were killed by those beasts! A middle-aged man said to the white-haired old village chief.

"These brutes, if they do this, they will definitely be damned!" The old village chief said angrily, but there was more despair in his eyes. In recent years, indigenous attacks on Chinese villages have become more frequent, and many Chinese villages have been exterminated. He didn't expect that this time it would be their turn!

"Oh my God! The Buena tribe is the largest tribe in the vicinity, and it is said that there are seven or eight thousand people! Village Chief, if it really doesn't work, let's surrender to them! Someone said in a panic.

"Humph! Those brutes, there are not many of them at all, even if they surrender, they will not let us go! Even if I, Wu Da Niu, die, I will not surrender to them! A middle-aged strong man shouted, he is the son of the old village chief!

"That's right, fighting with those beasts, even if they die in battle, they can't make them feel better!" The young students of the village shouted. Young people are always very bloody. However, there was already a sad atmosphere in the village!

"Men, women and children are ready, we fight these beasts to fight off as much as possible! Also, get all the women ready to kill themselves if we fail! If they are caught by those brutes, they will be worse than dead! The old village chief ordered!

"Yes. Old village chief, we're fighting these brutes! The men of the village all shouted, looking very tragic!

Not far from the village, a skinny native was surrounded in the middle, wearing a black garment compared to those who were sleek and covered only with leaves. It's just that the color is a little ugly. Originally, the clothes were white, but I don't know how long I've been wearing them, and they've become pitch black! This indigenous person is none other than the leader of the Buena tribe, Ienado. This time, he brought two thousand people to come just to destroy Wujia Village! A few months earlier, he had destroyed a small Chinese village and had stolen a large amount of food and goods, and what pleased him most was the Chinese women, whose snow-white bodies and silk-like skin were much better than those of the black indigenous women. At the thought of these Chinese women, Enardo couldn't help but drool!