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After all the villagers of Wujia Village joined the Flying Fish Company, the number of Flying Fish Company increased by more than half. It's just that most of them are old and weak women and children, and there are not many young and middle-aged people. Because the living conditions are so harsh now, most of the young men need to be integrated into the army and participate in militarized training to be able to defend their homes. The shortage in labor was largely made up by slaves!

On September 2, 1835, the day after the Flying Fish Company, which was established by the pirates of Flying Fish Island, set foot on Mindanao, Luo Sangu, the commander of the Flying Fish Company, held a high-level meeting, which also included the deputy commander Long Yufei, the political officer Li Decheng, the logistics officer Zhao Yi and the military affairs officer Niu Meng, in addition, Wu Yongxing, the old village chief of Wujia Village, as the deputy of the administrative officer Li Decheng, also participated in this meeting!

Although Luo Sangu is the commander of the Flying Fish Company, throughout the meeting, it was basically Long Yufei who was expressing opinions and orders, and other people seemed to have recognized this. When Wu Yongxing saw this scene, he couldn't help but strengthen his judgment. The real principal of Flying Fish Company is Long Yufei, and Luo Sangu is just the leader on the surface!

"Ladies and gentlemen, in yesterday's battle, although we defeated the natives' attack, our losses were not small. Our main work in the following areas is as follows. One is to resume production and at the same time strengthen the defenses here! The second is to strengthen the construction of military strength and further develop our military strength to deal with the threat of indigenous people. The third is the development of industry. If we want to achieve greater development, we must make achievements in industry! Long Yufei said. These plans have already been drawn up, and now we just need to start implementing them gradually!

Everyone agrees with this. It's hard at first, but as long as you get through this period of time, it's much better!

"Deputy commander, Lao Wu and I will sort out the information. Our own supplies, plus the materials stored in Wujia Village, now have a total of 100,000 catties of grain. In addition, there are 2,000 acres of fertile land near Wujia Village, which can grow three seasons of rice every year and harvest millions of catties of grain every year, which is enough to support our food supply! Political Officer Li Decheng said.

"We are located in the lower reaches of the Agusan River, where the soil is fertile, irrigation is very convenient, and the climate is suitable for rice cultivation. We are never short of food, but we are often infested by the natives. In the past, as long as these natives were given some food, everyone would be fine. But now, these natives are getting worse and worse! Wu Yongxing said with some anger. The fertile land brought them plenty of food to thrive here. However, it also aroused the covetousness of those lazy natives, which made the life of the Chinese people full of misery!

"Uncle Wu, don't worry, those natives will never bully us again in the future!" Long Yufei said confidently. Although with their current strength, they are not yet able to provoke the truly powerful forces in Mindanao. But as long as they are given a certain amount of time to develop, they will complete the transformation! At that time, the lives of the Chinese people in Mindanao will be turned upside down!

"Uncle Wu! Are you familiar with other Chinese people? You can send someone and tell them that if they have trouble surviving, they can come here! As long as you are Chinese, our compatriots, and do not have any bad behaviors as traitors, you can join the Flying Fish Company! Long Yufei said. He knows very well that the most lacking thing in the Flying Fish Company is people, the so-called non-ethnic group will have different hearts, and the Flying Fish Company will have to rely on these own people if it wants to develop and grow.

"Ahh Vice-Governor, can we still accept other Chinese compatriots? Wu Yongxing was a little shocked, he realized at this time that these people from the Flying Fish Company seemed to be not small!

"Of course, Uncle Wu! As long as they are willing to accept our rule, we can provide them with refuge! Our ultimate goal is that the Chinese will no longer be bullied by other people in Mindanao and even the entire South Seas, whether it is the local indigenous or foreigners, they cannot bully us! Long Yufei said firmly!

"Okay, deputy commander, I'll send someone to inform the other villages next! Some large villages may not join us, but those medium-sized villages and small villages will definitely do! Wu Yongxing patted his chest and said. Yesterday's battle easily wiped out the main force of the Buena tribe, which will surely make other Chinese villages believe in their combat effectiveness, so it will be much easier to attract those Chinese villages! Once there are more people gathered here, the strength of the Flying Fish Company will become stronger and stronger, and when the time comes, maybe it can really unite the Chinese. Being able not to be bullied by the natives has been the dream of the Chinese people for hundreds of years!

"Deputy Commander, in this case, we will have to expand the size of the village! In addition, the land outside the village needs to be further expanded! Political Officer Li Decheng said.

"Uncle Li, anyway, there is a lot of wasteland, and we can reclaim more land. As for the size of the village, I suggest that we just build a city that can accommodate about 20,000 people! In this way, it will be convenient for our future development! Long Yufei said.

"Shall we build our own city? I'm afraid we don't have that many people! Li Decheng was shocked. Wu Yongxing's eyes also widened, and he looked at Long Yufei in disbelief!

"Manpower problem, we can find another way! Once the army is trained, we will start to attack the indigenous tribes of Mindanao. When the time comes, we will capture a lot of slaves and come back! In the future, whether it is farming or mining, it will be done by slaves! At that time, we will be able to save a lot of manpower. There are tens of thousands of Chinese in Mindanao, and I think it should not be difficult to attract 20,000 or 30,000 Chinese to join us. Long Yufei said.

"Vice-Commander! There are a lot of Chinese in Mindanao, there are 20,000 or 30,000 people in the northeast, and the total number of Chinese in the entire Mindanao, if not 100,000, is at least 80,000! Wu Yongxing said.

"Oh? In that case, then we are more likely to succeed! Long Yufei said. He originally thought that there were only tens of thousands of Chinese in Mindanao, but now it seems that his estimate is still too conservative!

Since the lack of labor can be compensated for by slaves, in this case, Li Decheng and others have no objections. It can be predicted that from now on, the entire Flying Fish company will usher in a stage of rapid development. As more and more Chinese join the Flying Fish Company, their strength will continue to expand like a snowball! After the meeting, Wu Yongxing sent people to nearby villages to attract Chinese from these villages to join the company. Most of these villages are small villages with only a few hundred people. Under the infestation of the natives, they are already miserable! Although there are some doubts about the Flying Fish company that suddenly appeared, it also gives them a kind of hope. Especially after they were convinced that the Buena tribe had been crippled by the Flying Fish Company, it strengthened the confidence of these villages to join the Flying Fish Company. This also caused the number of people in Flying Fish to increase dramatically. With a sufficient population, whether it is military or industrial, it will be able to develop by leaps and bounds!

Of course, that's all for later! What Flying Fish has to do now is to develop its own strength first, especially its military strength, which is the foundation for Flying Fish to gain a foothold and develop in Mindanao!

"Deputy commander, now we have recruited more than 200 strong men from Wujia Village to join the army for training! With the addition of our own manpower, two more companies can be formed. In terms of weapons, we are not short of them! But the ammo is running out a little fast! Military Officer Niu Meng said. It is very difficult to train an ordinary person, especially a farmer, to become a musketeer. Good marksmanship is fed with bullets, and when you start training, the consumption of ammunition will definitely increase.

"The problem of ammunition, I'll find a way to solve it! These young men who have newly joined the army can be trained for half a month in advanced behavior. After that, the previous two companies were also broken up, and all the people were reorganized into 4 companies! Long Yufei said. In this way, the balance of military strength can be guaranteed, so as not to cause a certain company to be strong, but the newly formed company is the object of garbage! Although this will also cause the combat effectiveness of each company to decrease, this is only for a short time! When they finish their training and go to the battlefield to see blood, their combat power will naturally increase! The natives are not very strong in combat, and they are often just relying on the strength of the population. In the presence of well-trained musketeers, they were simply vulnerable. After fighting these natives, the recruits were able to grow up quickly!

"Yes, Deputy Commander, I will definitely train those rabbit cubs in the future!" Niu Meng said with a smile, he was originally a fierce man, and what he wanted to see most was that the military strength of the Flying Fish Company gradually grew stronger!

"Uncle Zhao, now that we have a foothold, then our industrial development plan can also be implemented! Industrial development is very important, which will determine how far we can go in the future! Long Yufei said solemnly. With the development of science and technology, the key to determining the outcome of a war has become a country's comprehensive national strength, and among the comprehensive national strength, industrial strength is the most important point! If Long Yufei wants to occupy Mindanao, or even dominate the entire South Seas, he must first establish a strong industry!