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In mid-June, the patriarchs of several major Chinese families in Zamboanga rushed to Flying Fish City to negotiate with Flying Fish. On behalf of the Flying Fish Company, Long Yufei told the patriarchs of these big families that the Flying Fish Army would not forcibly recruit Chinese into the army, and whether the young people joined the Flying Fish Army or not was entirely voluntary. However, after Zamboanga joins the Flying Fish Company, he must pay taxes to the Flying Fish Company, and the Flying Fish Company will send troops to Zamboanga to ensure Zamboanga's safety. In addition to this, it also stipulates the respective rights and obligations of the parties.

"Lord Commander, we pay taxes to the Flying Fish Company, and there is no problem with that. What is the tax rate, though? Is it heavier than it is now? A middle-aged man asked, he was the patriarch of the Lin family, Lin Zihao's eldest brother Lin Zifeng. The Lin family is in Zamboanga, and it is also the largest Chinese family, and almost all other families are based on the Lin family.

Hearing Lin Zifeng raise this question, all the patriarchs of the big families looked at Long Yufei. If they have to bear heavy taxes after joining Flying Fish, it will be a huge loss for them.

"Mr. Lin is too worried! As far as we know, Zamboanga now pays 30% of the profits in taxes to the Sultanate of Maguindanao! Flying Fish will not increase taxes, just pay it back at this rate! However, I know that in order to reduce losses, all Chinese factories or shops are trying to evade taxes. This point will not work with Flying Fish! I have only one demand, that is, the tax is as much as it should be, and if anyone dares to play tricks, then our agreement will be null and void! At that time, all the consequences will be borne by you! Long Yufei warned. These Chinese have a lot of eyes, they played those natives before, Long Yufei didn't care at all. However, if these Chinese were going to use these methods on him, he wouldn't mind letting the bayonets of the Exoces be stained with blood!

Lin Zifeng's face was a little unnatural, but then he said: "Lord Commander, please rest assured, how can we treat our compatriots like natives?" The tax that should be paid, our Lin family will definitely not pay a penny! ”

The patriarchs of other big families also said that they would never evade taxes. Although before that, they had not necessarily had such thoughts. However, now that Long Yufei took the initiative to raise this issue, if they continue to commit crimes against the wind and try to fool the Flying Fish Company like the natives of the Maguindanao Sultanate, it will be death. When they arrived in Flying Fish City, Long Yufei deliberately held a small live-fire training, which greatly shocked the patriarchs of these big families!

An infantry battalion of the Flying Fish Army conducted live-fire training, intensive rifle shooting, and mortar fire, which made the patriarchs of these big families really feel the strength of the Flying Fish Army. In this case, strong military strength is the fundamental guarantee of everything. Although Zamboanga was very prosperous and wealthy, they lacked strong force, and in such a situation, they certainly did not dare to offend the Flying Fish Company.

In addition, the patriarchs of these large families were also very interested in the extensive use of indigenous slaves in the mines and farmlands of the Flying Fish Company. Some members of the large family have been in private contact with the top management of the Flying Fish Company, asking if they can buy some slaves from the Flying Fish Company. These big families have a lot of mines and factories, and they were all hired Chinese before, and if they can use slaves, the cost will definitely be able to go down even further!

As for the sale of slaves to other Chinese factories and mines, Long Yufei did not prohibit this. However, the construction of Flying Fish City is still continuing, and the steel mill and non-ferrous metal smelter are further expanding, and more and more slaves are needed. There are more than 60,000 slaves captured by the Flying Fish Army, but they are still not enough, and there are no surplus slaves to sell to other Chinese for the time being. However, the Flying Fish Company assured the Chinese that the Flying Fish Army would continue to take large-scale actions against the natives in the future, and when more slaves were caught, they could be sold to them except for the Flying Fish Company's own use! This makes these big families very satisfied. They chose to cooperate with Flying Fish, in addition to ensuring their own safety, in the hope of obtaining greater benefits!

On June 18, Long Yufei reached an agreement with the Chinese people of Zamboanga on behalf of the Flying Fish Company, and from now on, Zamboanga officially joined the Flying Fish Company and became a city under the Flying Fish Company, with Lin Zifeng as the mayor. Zamboanga's taxes and defense were taken over by the Flying Fish Company, while the rest of the affairs were taken care of by the Chinese in Zamboanga. Once agreed, Exoces will send two infantry battalions to Zamboanga within a month to strengthen the defenses there and deal with the threat posed to Zamboanga by the Maguindanao Sultanate.

At the same time, Long Yufei asked Zamboanga to send shipbuilding craftsmen to Flying Fish City to strengthen the strength of the shipyard and train its own skilled workers and craftsmen for the shipyard. Zamboanga's big Chinese family immediately agreed to Long Yufei's request. The Lin family, who was in charge of building the ship, and the other families immediately said that they would send the best craftsmen to Flying Fish City. After that, they also fulfilled their promise and sent hundreds of craftsmen and skilled workers to Flying Fish City, which made the shortage of workers in the shipyard of the Flying Fish Company fundamentally solved, and the construction progress of the 'Shark class' cruiser was also greatly improved, and it was completely ready to serve within the time limit specified by Long Yufei!

At the same time, the Flying Fish Army's purge of Mindanao's indigenous forces is also continuing. With the continuous expansion of the Flying Fish Army, after the training of recruits is completed, the newly formed infantry battalions will be sent to the forest to fight against the natives, although this will cause certain casualties, but the soldiers who have seen blood will grow up and become excellent soldiers, which is very necessary to improve the combat power of the army! Under the attack of the Flying Fish, one by one the indigenous tribes were wiped out, bringing back a large amount of gold, precious stones, and slaves.

The large-scale attack of the Exocet caused panic among the natives. Although the natives are outnumbered, the battles over the past few months have fully proved that the numerical superiority of the natives is of no use in the face of the strong strength of the Exocet. The bows and spears of the natives looked so weak in front of the muskets and artillery of the Exoces.

Mindanao covers an area of more than 90,000 square kilometers, about the size of China's Zhejiang Province. The island is home to vast primeval forests, which are inhabited by numerous indigenous people. Among them, the Muslim Moro people established two sultanates, the Maguindanao Sultanate in western and southwestern Mindanao and the Buayan Sultanate in the south. The Maguindanao Sultanate had about 150,000 people, while the Buayan Sultanate had about 100,000 people. The remaining hundreds of thousands of indigenous people are uncivilized indigenous tribes living in the forest. The coastal areas of northern Mindanao and the Zamboanga Peninsula in the west are home to Chinese. It's just that in the beginning, the Chinese people have been oppressed by the natives and often plundered by the natives. But after the establishment of the Flying Fish Company, these Chinese people have united, but they have exterminated many indigenous tribes, which has made the natives feel the personal crisis, and also made these natives know that the Chinese are no longer something they can kill at will. Moreover, with the aggressive offensive of the Exocet, the survival and reproduction of these natives are also mortally threatened.

Mindanao's indigenous tribes are often hostile to each other, fighting each other to gain territory. It's just that now, in the face of the huge threat of the Flying Fish Company, these indigenous tribes also know that if they continue to be scattered like this, they will eventually be wiped out by the Flying Fish Company.

At the end of June 1836, Santos, the patriarch of the Rosa tribe, the largest indigenous tribe in Mindanao, called on the indigenous tribes to unite against the Chinese threat. His call was supported by many indigenous tribes. The patriarchs of the major indigenous tribes rushed to the station of the Rosa tribe in the upper reaches of the Agusan River to discuss how the indigenous tribes could unite to deal with the Chinese.

Santos is a middle-aged native in his forties, and this age is already considered to be in his old age among the natives, because of the poor living conditions, the life expectancy of the natives is generally relatively short. The Rosa tribe is the largest of the indigenous peoples, occupying the vast forests of the upper reaches of the Agusan River and employing more than 50,000 people. In addition, there were a number of small tribes attached to the Rosa tribe, bringing the total population under their control to 100,000 people. The Manga Bang tribe is only in the top five among the many tribes in Mindanao.

This time, several other major tribes also responded to Santos's call and came to the Rosa tribe.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have lived in Mindanao for generations, and this is our territory. Hundreds of years ago, those damned Chinese came to Mindanao and set foot on our land. They have plundered our riches and oppressed our people! This is absolutely unacceptable to us. Now, these Chinese are getting worse and worse, the Mang-Abang tribe is one of the largest tribes in Mindanao, but those damned Chinese have exterminated the Mang-Abang tribe, the Thornton patriarch has also been brutally killed, and all the tribesmen of the Mang-Abang tribe have become the slaves of those Chinese. If we don't unite again, the tragedy of the Mang-Abang tribe will be our tomorrow! Therefore, all our tribes must unite and fight the Chinese together! Santos said loudly!