Chapter 30 of 43
Chapter 30
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"Commander, all 812 villagers of our Shuanghe Village are willing to join the Feiyu Company and from now on, we will follow the orders of the Feiyu Company!" said a middle-aged man with a simple and honest appearance to Long Yufei. He was the village chief of Shuanghe Village, a Chinese village about 30 kilometers away from Feiyu City. After the Feiyu Army defeated the Mang Abang tribe and achieved a decisive victory, all the villagers agreed to join the Feiyu Company to seek protection.
"Village Chief Zhou, it's naturally the best thing for Shuanghe Village to join our Feiyu Company! Rest assured, after Shuanghe Village joins the Feiyu Company, we will treat everyone equally. At that time, each villager will be allocated ten acres of land, and the families of young men who are willing to join the Feiyu Army will receive two strong slaves!" Long Yufei said with a smile. This was already the twelfth village chief he had received in the past few days. After the Feiyu Company demonstrated its formidable combat strength, these Chinese villages were all very eager to join the Feiyu Company. For most Chinese, they had no grand illusions; they just wanted to survive well!
"I represent all the villagers to thank the Commander! Please rest assured, the people of Shuanghe Village are not cowards. After joining the army, we will definitely follow the Commander's orders and fight to the end against those damned natives!" the village chief surnamed Zhou guaranteed!
Long Yufei and the administrative officials Li Decheng and Liu Mingde saw off the village chief of Shuanghe Village. The village chief of Shuanghe Village promised that within five days, the villagers of Shuanghe Village would migrate to Feiyu City and become part of the Feiyu Company. To protect the safety of the villagers of Shuanghe Village and to prevent them from being harassed by the natives during the migration, Long Yufei specially dispatched a platoon of troops to Shuanghe Village.
"Deputy Commander, this is already the twelfth village in the past few days, right? Once they arrive, the total population of Feiyu City will probably increase to about 20,000!" the administrative official Li Decheng grinned, as an old pirate, he had never imagined that the pirates of Feiyu Island would one day develop to this scale.
"Yes! At least 20,000!" Long Yufei was also very pleased. Among these 20,000 Chinese, although there were not many able-bodied men, at least ten more infantry companies could be formed, expanding the total strength of the Feiyu Army to 16 infantry companies, or even more. Once these troops were trained, it would certainly further enhance the strength of the Feiyu Army, making it the most powerful force on the entire Mindanao Island!
"Commander, the increase in the population of Feiyu City is a good thing. However, we are now seriously lacking in land to allocate to these people. Additionally, the number of slaves is also insufficient!" the deputy administrative official Liu Mingde said. Although he had only recently led Balan Village to join the Feiyu Company, he had already found his place and quickly integrated into this community. Although he might have some small thoughts, they would not affect the overall situation.
Long Yufei nodded. Outside Feiyu City were vast plains of the Agusan River delta, and previously, the Wu Family Village had only cultivated a few thousand acres of farmland. The rest were wastelands. It was not that the people of Wu Family Village did not want to cultivate more land, but they were oppressed by the natives and had to focus their main efforts on dealing with the natives, making it difficult to sustain other aspects.
"There are many wastelands outside the city. When the time comes, we can organize the able-bodied men and slaves to cultivate them! Additionally, those forests can be burned down and turned into farmland!" Long Yufei said directly. Although this would damage the environment of Mindanao Island, he could not afford to care about that now. Most of Mindanao Island was covered by dense forests, which were the domain of the natives. Burning down the forests near Feiyu City would not only provide a large amount of farmland but also expand the defenses of Feiyu City, preventing the natives from using the forests to launch surprise attacks. After discussions among the senior officials of the Feiyu Company, each adult man and woman would be allocated ten acres of land, and minors would receive five acres. In Long Yufei's view, there were only about 70,000 to 80,000 Chinese on the entire Mindanao Island. Even if all of them were absorbed into the Feiyu Company, there would be enough land on Mindanao Island to support them. Of course, the native inhabitants and the Muslim Moros, Long Yufei did not consider them as people but as future slaves!
"As for the issue of slaves, after the new recruits are trained, we will launch an active attack on the natives. At that time, we will be able to obtain a steady stream of slaves!" Long Yufei said. Passive defense was not the style of the pirates of Feiyu Island. Active attacks to completely eliminate the enemy were the best defense. Now, the Feiyu Army was training in the use of muskets and, under the guidance of old hunters, familiarizing themselves with the conditions in the forests, preparing for the next active attack on the natives!
To attract more young people to join the Feiyu Army, the Feiyu Company announced that each young man who joined the Feiyu Army would have two slaves allocated to his family to help with farm work. Additionally, the soldiers of the Feiyu Army would receive a monthly salary. The Feiyu Company mainly used gold and other hard currencies, and this was also the case in transactions with Antonio. The Feiyu Company had already begun planning to mint its own currency, but since Feiyu City was just starting, everything still needed time.
"Those natives have oppressed us Chinese for more than two hundred years. This time, we will use their descendants as slaves to make them pay for their sins!" Liu Mingde said. Although Balan Village was a larger village, it had also suffered a lot from the natives. Otherwise, he would not have agreed to join the entire village to the Feiyu Company!
"Old Liu, even if we add the ten or so villages that will migrate later, the total population of Feiyu City will still be only about 20,000! According to my knowledge, there are a total of 70,000 to 80,000 Chinese on the entire Mindanao Island. If we want to develop and grow, we need all the Chinese to unite! Old Liu has great influence among the Chinese, I hope you can send people to inform the other Chinese villages and hope they will join us! I guarantee that the Feiyu Company will treat all Chinese equally!" Long Yufei said.
Liu Mingde nodded, then hesitated slightly and asked, "Commander, may I boldly ask, what level do you plan to develop the Feiyu Company to? Just to protect the Chinese on Mindanao Island?"
"Of course not! Rescuing the Chinese on Mindanao Island from their suffering is just the first step! After that, we will occupy the entire Mindanao Island, and all the natives on Mindanao Island, as well as the two sultanates in the south, will be our next targets! The same goes for the Sulu Sultanate in the west! Once we have accumulated enough strength, we will take action against the Spaniards in Luzon and drive them out of Luzon. As for all the natives in Luzon, they will also become our slaves! Dominating the entire South China Sea and driving out the Western powers from the South China Sea is our next major goal!" Long Yufei said.
"What about the homeland in the north? Will we let the Manchus occupy it?" Liu Mingde asked excitedly.
"After we dominate the South China Sea, of course, we will drive out the Manchus and restore the Han Chinese homeland!" Long Yufei said. China has a huge population resource. To compete with the powerful Western world, we must rely on China's population resource. After establishing a foothold in the South China Sea, Long Yufei's next step would be to take action against the Qing Dynasty!
"Since the Commander has such great ambitions, I will do my best to assist! I will immediately send people to contact the other large villages and ask them to join the Feiyu Company!" Liu Mingde said. He now understood that Long Yufei and his people had great ambitions. Although he was a villager, his knowledge was also good. If the Chinese could truly rise in the South China Sea, those who joined the Feiyu Company early would definitely benefit greatly!
Liu Mingde's cooperation made Long Yufei very satisfied. Among the 70,000 to 80,000 Chinese on the entire Mindanao Island, even if only half joined the Feiyu Company, it would further expand the strength of the Feiyu Company. At that time, Long Yufei would dare to take action against the natives in the south and the two sultanates. It would not be long before the Feiyu Company could bring the entire Mindanao Island under its control!
In the following period, the Feiyu Company entered a period of rapid development. With the large number of Chinese joining the Feiyu Company, the labor shortage problem was fundamentally alleviated. As for the captured natives, they were mostly used in the mines, and the slaves promised to those who joined the Feiyu Army would have to be temporarily owed.
The Feiyu Company also purchased a large amount of machinery from Antonio, further expanding the scale of the steel mill and the armory. In addition to these heavy industries, light industries also began to develop. Flour mills, match factories, textile mills, and others were all in the next development plan. Of course, the most important thing at this stage was still the military industry. For the Feiyu Company to unify Mindanao Island and deal with the threat from Western powers, this aspect was indispensable!
It can be said that at this point, the Feiyu Company had already overcome the initial difficult stage. It had successfully risen and become a significant force on Mindanao Island. Although the total strength of the Feiyu Army was only 16 infantry companies, about 2,500 people, which was still less than the strength of some large native tribes, in terms of combat power, no force on the entire Mindanao Island could threaten the Feiyu Army! Once these new recruits were trained, it would be time for the Feiyu Army to launch active attacks!
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