Chapter 19 The Foothold
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"Old village chief, we are from Feiyu Company! This is our Grand Commander Luo Yuhua, I am the deputy commander, named Long Feiyu! This is the company's government official Li Decheng and logistics officer Zhao Yi. The tall and mighty person on the battlefield is Niu Meng!" Long Yufei introduced with a smile!
"I've seen the Luo Zheng!" The old village chief Wu Yongxing didn't expect that the leader of these people was actually a woman, and he was a little surprised. However, as he was sophisticated, he suppressed his surprise in his heart. However, in his subconscious, he still believed that Long Yufei was the real leader of these people.
"The old village chief doesn't have to be too polite!" Luo Sangu said. She was deeply unfortunate about the experience of these Chinese in Wujia Village. She encountered this situation just after arriving in Mindanao, which made her have a deeper understanding of the difficulties in the future, and she also hated the indigenous people on the island even more! Although Feiyu Island is a pirate group, they tried not to attack their compatriots during the previous robbery. Since these damn indigenous people dared to attack the Chinese, they naturally would not be willing to die!
"Old village chief. We originally gained a foothold in the South China Sea! However, with the continuous invasion of foreigners, the situation in the South China Sea has become worse and worse! After discussion, we planned to leave the South China Sea and find a place to gain a foothold again! Mindanao Island has fertile soil and rich resources. We plan to find a piece of land here to gain a foothold!" Long Yufei continued.
"Ah! So that's how it is!" Wu Yongxing was shocked, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes. Among the Chinese villages in Mindanao, Wujia Village can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized village. As the indigenous attacks on Chinese villages became more and more frequent, their situation became more and more threatening. This time, the attack by the Buena tribe caused about half of the strength of Wujia Village. It can be foreseen that the situation in Wujia Village will be even more difficult. He is worried about how to solve the crisis that Wujia Village will face. And the people of this Feiyu Company actually want to find a place to gain a foothold in Mindanao. Are there many pies falling from the sky?
"Luo Tongzheng, dear lords, I welcome Feiyu Company to Mindanao Island on behalf of Wujia Village. Our Wujia Village is close to the seaside, and is on the Agusang River. The transportation is convenient and irrigation is also very convenient! There are a large amount of fertile fields and land for reclamation nearby! I hope that Feiyu Company can gain a foothold here! If the commander does not dislike it, our Wujia Village is willing to join Feiyu Company! Feiyu Company is just a new arrival, and our ancestors of Wujia Village have been here more than two hundred years ago, and have lived until now. We can provide convenience for Feiyu Company!" Wu Yongxing said excitedly. After saying that, he looked at Luo Sangu and Long Yufei nervously, as if he was afraid that they would be rejected! For Wujia Village, if Feiyu Company can accept them, this is undoubtedly the best choice. In this chaotic era and the situation is getting more and more difficult, only with strong force guarantees can we survive!
Long Yufei was stunned and then became happy. The people in Wujia Village took the initiative to join Feiyu Company, which was exactly what he wanted! The people in Feiyu Island were pirates before and were not familiar with the situation of Mindanao. If there were help from local snakes, they would spend less time here! In addition, there are now seven or eight hundred people in Wujia Village, of which more than two hundred strong men can be incorporated into the army. In addition, other pirates on Feiyu Island can almost form two more companies to increase their number of troops by one generation! As for combat skills, they can also be compensated by training! When they grabbed the "Flying Fish" battleship, five hundred Burka-style rifles were loaded on it, which was enough to arm these new recruits. The only thing they were worried about was the leadership issue. The people in Wujia Village join Feiyu Company, which will certainly increase the strength of Feiyu Company, but it will also have a certain impact on Feiyu Company!
"Old village chief, Wujia Village joins Feiyu Company, there is no problem! However, we have one condition!" Long Yufei said.
"Mr. Governor, please raise any conditions. As long as you can do it, we will never refuse!" Wu Yongxing said with a calm expression.
"Old village chief, no secret words are spoken! If Wujia Village joins Feiyu Company, we are our own people! However, all those who join Feiyu Company must obey our orders! If there is a situation of disobedience, we will never be careless!" Long Yufei said.
The old village chief Wu Yongxing thought about it for a while and said, "Mr. Governor, this is no problem! But I hope that Feiyu Company can treat the people in our Wujia Village equally!"
"Old village chief, I think you promise you that we will never treat you differently! Overseas Chinese are all one family, and life is not easy for everyone. Only by uniting can we survive better!" Long Yufei said.
"What the commander said is!" After receiving Long Yufei's guarantee, Wu Yongxing felt relieved!
Afterwards, Wu Yongxing was anxious about the old people in Wujia Village and announced to them in public that from today on, Wujia Village will join Feiyu Company as a whole, and all villagers in Wujia Village will obey the orders of Feiyu Company. If anyone objected, they can withdraw now!
The old village chief Wu Yongxing's words caused an uproar. However, most people have no resistance to joining Feiyu Company! The Chinese have always been kind. If Wujia Village had not been helped by Feiyu Company this time, they would have been destroyed by the natives! Moreover, after joining Feiyu Company, it also means that they can be protected by Feiyu Company. Feiyu Company is so powerful that it can easily defeat the powerful Buena tribe! In this way, their safety will be guaranteed. When Long Yufei stood up on behalf of Feiyu Company, he promised that all those who joined Feiyu Company would be protected by Feiyu Company and would definitely treat everyone equally. No one of the more than 700 people in Wujia Village raised an objection!
"Mr. General, can we join the army of Feiyu Company?" asked Wu Daniu, the son of the old village chief Wu Yongxing.
"Of course! Then we will expand the size of the army, and the personnel will be selected first from the strength of Wujia Village!" Long Yufei said.
"Can we fire guns?" someone continued to ask. The scene of the soldiers of Feiyu Company manipulating muskets and easily massacred those natives, which shocked the adult men in Wujia Village and envied them. If they could also use these muskets, they might be able to defeat the indigenous attack!
"Of course! Once you join the army of Feiyu Company, muskets will become the basic equipment! However, it is not easy to become a qualified musket soldier, and you have to go through strict training! I tell you in advance that Feiyu Company's military training is very hard-working. If you can't endure hardship, it's better to give up as soon as possible!" Long Yufei said.
"Don't worry, Lord General, the people in our Wujia Village are definitely not cowards! No matter how much suffering we suffer, we can bear it. As long as we can kill all the natives in the future and avenge the dead tribesmen!" Wu Daniu said with red eyes.
"Yes! We are not afraid of hardship. We have to join the army and kill all the natives!" The men in Wujia Village also shouted!
Long Yufei is very satisfied with this, which means that the people are willing to serve! It seems that Feiyu Company has achieved success in its first step in gaining a foothold in Mindanao! Although the road ahead is still rugged, Long Yufei believes that no matter how many difficulties there are, they will be able to overcome them!
"Master General! What about those captured natives? Why don't you kill all these beasts and stay there instead?" someone asked. Wujia Village was attacked by these natives, and there were many casualties, which made the villagers have great resentment towards these natives!
"It would be too cheap for these natives to kill them like this! In the future, they will become slaves to use them! In the future, we will reclaim large areas of land, build roads and houses, and mine, which requires sufficient labor. Directly using these natives as animals is to let them atone for the crimes they have committed!" Long Yufei explained!
Although there are still many villagers in Wujia Village who want to kill all these natives to avenge their dead relatives. However, Long Yufei's explanation has also been recognized by them. More importantly, the strong strength shown by the Feiyu Company's army makes these villagers dare not question it anymore!
In this battle, nearly 500 natives were captured, and this was still intact. Those injured, especially those seriously injured, had already suffered life with one blow. Medicines are precious, and Feiyu Company will not waste medicines on these natives. As for slaves, there are many on Mindanao, and when everything goes on track, you can get as many slaves as you want!
Next, the residents of Feiyu Island also got off the boat one after another, and cooperated with the people of Wujia Village to start cleaning the battlefield, treating the injured, and burying the dead! The captured natives were also forcibly asked to work. The people of Wujia Village knew the local dialect of Mindanao, and there was no problem in communicating with these natives. Under the threat of muzzles and whips, these natives worked honestly. Especially after several cheating natives were beheaded on the spot, the rest of the natives worked very hard and almost exerted their energy!
With everyone's joint efforts, by the evening, the battlefield had been cleaned up! The fences that were pushed down by the indigenous people have also been repaired briefly. The residents of Feiyu Island were also invited to their homes to rest by the people of Wujia Village. As for building new houses, it is a follow-up work! Wujia Village has become the foothold for the pirates of Feiyu Island to enter Mindanao!
Chapter completed!