Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 61: Preparing for the Founding of a Nation
After the battle of Mindanao, Lin Fei conquered a Muslim tribe, obtained craftsmen who could make ceramics, and obtained oil fields that were easy to mine. He was in a very good mood, but when he heard that something was wrong with Chiyomika, his heart became anxious again. He squeezed aside the sailors who were still getting off the ship, ran onto the Nuwa ship, came to the outside of the captain's room, and without even bothering to knock, he pushed open the door of the captain's room.
When the door opened, he saw Chiyo Mika sitting on the bed, her face full of anxiety. Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "Mika, what's the matter?"
Chiyo Mika stood up quickly when she saw Lin Fei coming in, her face full of surprise, and said, "Lin Fei, you're finally back!"
Lin Fei walked closer to Chiyo Mika and looked at her face carefully. He found that everything was normal. Knowing that her injury was not serious, he was relieved and asked, "Meika, what happened?"
Chiyo Mika lowered her head and said, "Lin Feijun, do you still remember what happened today?"
Lin Fei said: "So many things happened today, which one are you talking about?"
Chiyomika blushed and said shyly with her head down: "It's... that one..."
Seeing her so shy, Lin Fei suddenly thought of the time when he touched her breasts while bandaging her wound, so he said, "Oh, it's that thing, Meixiang, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to touch them, I was bandaging your wound, there was nothing I could do..."
Chiyomika cried out, "Oh my!" and said, "It's not that one..."
Lin Fei was confused and asked, "Which one is that?"
Chiyomika's face turned even redder, and she pointed upwards and said, "The one in front."
Lin Fei thought about it and felt that there was nothing that could make her so shy. She shook her head blankly. Chiyomika whispered, "At the city gate."
Lin Fei was stunned, thinking, what happened at the city gate? It was just that Subiya chopped the guard captain with a knife, and Meixiang blocked an arrow for me. What is there to be ashamed of?
Lin Fei still had a bewildered look on his face. Seeing Lin Fei like this, Chiyomika snorted, turned away, and said angrily, "You're so annoying. You deliberately didn't say anything just to see me being embarrassed and ashamed!"
Lin Fei said helplessly: "I really don't know."
Chiyomika turned around, bit her lip, mustered up her courage, and said hesitantly, "Lin Feijun, about the pants..."
Lin Fei thought, what's wrong with the pants? Suddenly, the scene at the city gate came into his mind. Subiya chopped off the head of the guard with a knife, and Chiyomika screamed and threw herself into his arms. Then he felt his pants get wet. She was scared and peed her pants.
Lin Fei asked tentatively: "Were you so scared that you wet your pants?"
Chiyomika nodded slightly. Lin Fei smiled nonchalantly and said, "So it's because of that incident. It's nothing. It's normal to pee your pants when you're scared on the battlefield..."
When Chiyomika heard the words "scared to pee in her pants", she stomped her feet, frowned, and said in a soft voice: "Don't say that anymore! It's so embarrassing!" When Chiyomika thought that she not only peed her pants in front of everyone, but also peed on Lin Fei, she felt extremely ashamed and quickly lowered her head, not daring to look at Lin Fei.
Lin Fei laughed and said, "Alright, alright, my dear lady, are you looking for me because you are afraid that I will tell others about this? Don't worry, I will never tell anyone."
Chiyomika hurriedly said, "No, no, no, I'm not looking for you for this matter."
Lin Fei asked: "What's the reason?"
Chiyomika lowered her head and whispered, "Lin Feijun, can you... help me change my... pants?"
Lin Fei hesitated for a moment and asked, "You are looking for me in such a hurry, is it because of this matter?"
Chiyomi nodded, and Lin Fei smiled and said, "Can't you change yourself? My clothes are in the captain's room."
Chiyomika shook her head and said, "I've tried it, but it's very inconvenient to use one hand, and it often pulls my right hand, which hurts so much..."
Chiyomika is such a delicate lady who is afraid of pain, and Lin Fei has no way to deal with it. However, Lin Fei also felt his face blushing and his heart beating fast. This is just changing pants, wouldn’t everything inside the pants be seen?
Chiyo Mika seemed to see through Lin Fei's thoughts and pleaded in a tender voice: "Lin Fei, please close your eyes and don't look."
Lin Fei agreed with an "Oh", and then said: "How about I get off the boat and find a woman to come up?"
"No, no! I can't let anyone know that I got my pants... wet..." Chiyomika said in a low voice. Lin Fei was helpless and had to listen to her. He closed his eyes and pulled her pants down. Then he laid out the new pants and asked her to put them on. After a long time, Chiyomika finally changed her pants.
Chiyomika said softly: "Lin Feijun, please open your eyes."
Lin Fei opened his eyes and found that she had put on her pants, but she couldn't tie the belt with one hand, so she held down her pants with one hand. Lin Yuan said, "I 'll help you tie the belt, okay?"
Chiyomika shook her head and said, "No, I'm fine like this."
Lin Fei nodded, and then said: "The tribes in the eastern part of Mindanao have already submitted to us. There will be no danger for you to go out to sea again. I will have someone send you back when we return to Yanhuang City."
Chiyomika quickly shook her head and said, "Let's wait a while. I'm a little scared..."
Lin Fei didn't force her, so he smiled and said, "Okay, you stay on the island for a while, and I'll send you back when you're no longer afraid."
Chiyomika agreed. At this time, Liu Daming shouted outside the cabin door: "Lao Lin, why don't you come out? The party is about to start!"
Lin Fei agreed to go outside, and then let Chiyomika have a good rest in the cabin. Then he came to the banquet. At the banquet, Lin Fei agreed with the Bazahai Sultan to bring a large number of Chinese craftsmen in the city to Yanhuang City. Yanhuang City sent people to the Bazahai tribe to mine ore and oil.
The next day, Lin Fei led his subordinates and craftsmen such as Tao Ziqian back to Yanhuang City. After returning to Yanhuang City, Lin Fei began to sort out the resources he had.
The first is territory. At this time, Lin Fei controlled Samar Island, Leyte Island and the Surigao region in the northeast of Mindanao, which is the home of the Bazahai tribe.
The second is the population. After a series of expansions and wars, there are now 130,000 Filipinos, 20,000 Muslims, and more than 35,000 . Most of the Chinese craftsmen are concentrated in the two cities of Yanhuang City and Chiyou City.
The increase in urban population will inevitably bring about food supply problems, because urban population does not engage in agricultural production, and food can only be imported from the outside. However, for Yanhuang City and Chiyou City, the food supply is very sufficient, which is all thanks to the "Huaxia Currency".
Most of the Filipinos from the local tribes were farmers. The land in Samar and Leyte was fertile, so the Filipinos had a lot of food reserves, but they lacked salt and cloth, so they would exchange food for salt and cloth.
After seizing power, Lin Fei ordered that salt, cloth, iron, tea, wine and other items be listed as government monopolies, and private operation was strictly prohibited. After issuing the Huaxia currency, he ordered that only Huaxia currency be accepted in places selling these things. So the locals exchanged their gold and silver for Huaxia currency. However, the locals did not have much gold and silver, and could not exchange them for too much Huaxia currency. So Lin Fei asked the locals to exchange the grain in their hands for Huaxia currency. In this way, Lin Fei got a large amount of grain for Yanhuang City and Chiyou City without any effort.
However, Lin Fei also had some concerns, that is, the local agricultural technology was backward, and the rice yield per mu was only about 100 kilograms, while in contemporary China, the rice yield per mu in most areas could reach 400 kilograms. Although Lin Fei arranged for Chinese farmers to guide the locals to improve agricultural technology, the people sent out were scattered and the effect was not very good.
Lin Fei therefore decided to set up a special agency to guide the improvement of agricultural technology. As for the candidate for the Minister of Agriculture, Lin Fei thought of the old man who ran a tea stall - the Tea King. The Tea King was born into a peasant family and had been farming for half his life. Later on, he started a business. It should be no problem for him to lead the Chinese to guide the local people in growing food.
What should this specialized agency be called? Lin Fei thought of the word "Ministry of Agriculture". When he thought of the Ministry of Agriculture, an idea immediately came to his mind. This idea was that a country should be established now, and various agencies should be set up within the framework of this country.
Lin Fei couldn't help but get excited when he thought of this. He made some preparations and decided to call a meeting the next day to announce the establishment of a country.
That evening, Lin Fei notified everyone about the meeting to be held the next day. He not only asked Liu Daming, Yu Xier, Li Mingbai and others to come, but also asked each factory to send people to participate. Lin Fei had never convened so many people for a meeting before, and no one knew what Lin Fei was going to say in the meeting. They were all looking forward to this meeting.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Lin Fei was the first to arrive at the conference room. Soon everyone was there. Lin Fei cleared his throat and said loudly, "I called everyone together for a meeting today to announce an important matter."
Lin Fei paused here, and waited until everyone's eyes were focused on him before he said, "It's like this , we now occupy Leyte Island, Samar Island and the Surigao region of Mindanao Island, and the population has reached 180,000, so I decided to formally establish a country!"
After Lin Fei finished speaking, everyone was indifferent and had no reaction, as if they were deaf at this moment and did not hear what Lin Fei said. Lin Fei was puzzled, wondering why they had no reaction at all? Was my voice too soft and they did not hear it?
Lin Fei raised his voice and repeated, "We want to formally establish a country," but this time there was still no reaction from the crowd.
