Putting aside Cixi and Ciqi, Hong Tao was not idle at this time. He was huddling in the captain's room that was more than twice as narrow as the original Jinhe River. There was also a locked suitcase on the table. [Novel updates quickly, please search] The boxes were full of whale scrub paper with words. This was a navigation report compiled by the captain and the navigator after each ship in Jinhewan sailed in the past decade. In addition to describing the major events that occurred during the voyage, most of them were coordinate data and hydrological data from various places.

Hong Tao always carried this box with him. When he returned home, he put it in the safe of Mr. Bofu. It was the safest place in Jinhe City. Hong Tao felt that these information were more precious than anything. With these data, he could draw an accurate chart that was closer to the actual situation. Even if he hadn't been to some places, he could be as familiar with it as he had been to it according to the data recorded in many materials.

Without this information, this more than ten years of navigation career will be wasted. It is not enough for an ocean navy to have strong ships, powerful guns and reliable navigation techniques. An accurate naval chart and hydrological data from all over the country are the real connotation of the navy. This thing seems useless in normal times, but once a war breaks out, they can come in handy.

Do you want to fight the other fleet in a certain place. Are the climate, currents and reefs in the local waters clear? If you don’t know, go rashly. Then you have to go while walking, otherwise the entire fleet will be in great danger. Maybe your fleet will hit the reef and rest at the bottom of the sea, and even have a fart naval battle.

This is not an alarmist statement. This situation has happened twice or twice in history. Even in later generations, advanced radio and ********* navigation, there are many tragedies that have occurred due to lack of understanding of the sea area.

Now Hong Tao needs to sort out these information and divide it into several parts. Among them, the three parts of Asia can be disclosed as regular combat information of the Royal Navy. These three parts start from the Japanese archipelago in the east, end at Kalamba Port in the west, end at the Bohai Bay in the north, and include the Java Islands in the south.

With these information, the captain of the Royal Navy no longer needs to receive the route map separately every time he sets off. He just needs to check these information and can be unobstructed in the entire Asian waters.

As for some of the information from Africa and Europe, Hong Tao does not intend to hand over it. First, the information is incomplete, second, the Royal Navy cannot use this information for the time being, third, he wants to leave more backup for himself to deal with the needs of time. Hong Tao himself is not clear about what needs of time. Anyway, he has this personality, and he has never been completely sure that he is safe, and is more willing to assume his situation a little more dangerous, and then start preparing for the future.

I don’t know how long I have been writing and painting. Hong Tao felt his eyes and neck were a little tired. With the car light, the cabin was bright enough, but the temperature was a little high. Hong Tao stretched, sorted out the information on the table, locked it all into the box, then walked to the window and pushed open two wooden window sashes. At this time, the sun was already shining outside the window, and I had been busy all night. The floating glass factory was still under construction. If I waited for a few more months, these windows would not have to be made with wooden boards, and they could be completely transparent. They were both weather-proof and light-transmitting.

"Lingling...Linglingling..." The last time I had eaten, I just left Jinhewan, Hong Tao felt a little hungry and reached out to pull the bell on the bulkhead.

"Your Majesty, you call me?" Soon, the hatch door was opened and a chaotic curly head came in. The battleship Hong Tao was riding this time was captained by Swan. The guy was very excited to be able to sail with Hong Tao. Needless to say, it was written on his face.

"When is it now?" There was a timed hourglass in the captain's room, but unfortunately Hong Tao forgot it. He didn't flip it, and the hourglass was already empty at this time.

"Ten o'clock in the morning..." Swan's head disappeared from the door and soon reappeared, telling Hong Tao the time he saw from the steering wheel.

"Go and ask the chef to make a bowl of soup cakes for me. A big bowl and two eggs!" When he heard that it was ten o'clock, Hong Tao felt that his hunger had worsened and decided not to wait for lunch, but to eat some cushion first.

"...Your Majesty, when will your big ship be built?" Swan disappeared for a few minutes again and then crawled his head in again.

"If you have something to come in, you are a captain with half of your body outside the door and half of your body inside the door. Are you not afraid of letting the crew see a joke?" Hong Tao leaned on the chair, put his feet on the desk, and lit a cigar. This place should have been Swan's captain's room, and after he got on the boat, he was used by himself. This table is really new, and it seems that Swan doesn't use it very much.

"Hehehe, they can't beat me. Whoever dares to laugh at me will beat me..." Swan got Hong Tao's order when he got on board. This captain's room did not allow anyone to enter without permission. He rarely sailed alone with Hong Tao, and he didn't know Hong Tao's habits.

"Why do you ask me when my new flagship will be built?" Hong Tao likes this straight-tempered child. He has no hobbies except for war and lives an extremely simple life. Moreover, he is a very learning person. He can transform from a cavalry into a qualified sailor in more than half a year. Hong Tao is very clear about the hardships in it, which is impossible for ordinary people to do.

"I want to go to the new ship to be the captain for you! This ship is too small, I like big ships! I heard that the new ship is bigger than the original Golden River, so that's so satisfying." Swan didn't hide anything, so he could say whatever he thought.

"This may be difficult. Based on military rank and qualifications, Xiaoyu Xiaozhe will definitely be ahead of you, unless both of them take the initiative to make concessions." Hong Tao did not consider the issue of the new captain of the King of the Sea. He just deliberately wanted to tease Swan and see what he reacted.

"I can fight more than them. Not only at sea, but I can also go ashore to fight. They will definitely not be able to do it. If you want to go ashore one day, I can protect you." Swan felt that Hong Tao's words made sense. He tilted his head and thought about it, and then expressed his advantages.

"That's right, you turned out to be a cavalry... I ask you, after being a navy for so many years, have you forgotten the cavalry skills you learned?" Hong Tao didn't expect Swan to say this, and was stunned involuntarily. It seemed that he suddenly remembered something. He stood up and lowered his head and paced back and forth for a few steps, suddenly raised his head and asked Swan a question very seriously.

"Of course I haven't forgotten. I have been following my father on the back of the horse since I can remember. Even if I forget to eat, I will not forget to ride a horse... You didn't want me to be a cavalry, right? I don't want to go, there are only a hundred people. There is no war to fight. It's boring. I can't be the captain of the new ship." Swan was quite proud at first, but as he spoke, he understood. He immediately started begging for mercy with a hard face. In order not to be a cavalry instructor in the Marine Corps, he didn't even fight for the position of captain.

"I mean if... come in!" Hong Tao stared at Swan with his eyes slanted for a few seconds, and a wicked smile appeared on his face again, as if the wolf grandmother saw Little Red Riding Hood. Just as he was about to use his magic trick of deception, a knock suddenly came from the door. The chef brought him the prepared hot noodle soup in.

"Dulu...if...I'll ask you...ha... to lead a real cavalry, there are...ha...thousands of people, maybe more. There are endless battles every day. Are you willing to continue to be the captain, or be the commander of the cavalry?" The noodles were very hot, Hong Tao was very hungry, and with a mouthful of hot noodles in his mouth, Hong Tao began his deception.

Swan was the right person he thought of to develop in America. The tribe with Luo Youde and the craftsmen who went to the map seemed to be lacking. If Swan, a natural cavalry, would be even more perfect.

There are countless Indian tribes on the American continent, some of which can be won over and conquered by economic means, and there must be some who want to fight against them to the end. Originally, Hong Tao wanted to use infantry to deal with those Indians, but now he has thought about what is more efficient in the vast prairie than a cavalry to strike the enemy? Moreover, there is no such creature as horse in the Americas. He has cavalry but others do not have it. This is a huge advantage. This advantage can last at least ten years or even longer before horses will reproduce on the American continent.

"There are wars every day? Don't you lie to me?" Swan actually didn't want to be a navy or cavalry, he just liked to fight. He liked to be whatever he had wars.

"Suck... do I look like someone who likes to lie?" Hong Tao was still fighting against the bowl of hot noodles. The hunger he was, the more anxious he became. The more anxious he was, the less he could not eat the hot noodles.

"Then I'll be a cavalry!" Swan felt that Hong Tao was more credible and immediately made his own choice.

"I am not that easy to be a cavalryman. There is a condition that you must agree to me before you can go." After sweating, and the noodles were not eaten, Hong Tao simply put the bowl aside and did not suffer from this. When it was cold, he would eat it again.

"I promise to obey the command! Don't change the order at will!" When Swan heard the word "condition", the first thing he remembered was that he was often punished for violating the order. In fact, he did not violate it all, but he was always discounted when executing it.

"This time I authorize you. Except for the necessary principles, when to go to war and when to stop, it is up to you. No one will be staring at you by your side. You are the supreme commander of this army. There is no need to listen to anyone's command. I will only see you once a few years." Hong Tao has figured out Swan's character. He is a rebellious guy. His favorite thing is to act according to his own preferences and give him full autonomy. This is a big **.

"Did you ask me to go to overseas territory to attack local natives... Is it Kalamba Port or Cape Town Port?" Swan was not stupid. He could understand with a little use of his brain that the model Hong Tao said could not be used in the Jinhe Empire at all. The Song Dynasty and the Mongolian Empire were not reliable. Only overseas territories could do this.

"None is, it's a new piece of land. The condition is that you will leave your current life and cannot have it with anyone. I will declare to the outside world that you are dead. This may be five years, or ten years. The land is too big and may not be able to conquer it in ten years."

"...I swear, I will never tell anyone! As long as I give me enough horses and weapons, I can help the empire occupy a large area of ​​land like my father." As Hong Tao thought, Swan only hesitated for a few seconds before making a decision. A young man like him thought all day long about how to make achievements, and he was full of passion. Family and relatives were not important to them. This is also the tradition of the Mamuliuks. They have lived in the cruel tradition of survival of the fittest since childhood, and they have different thinking from ordinary people. Being able to have their own territory means success, and it doesn't matter who they serve.

"Okay, when I arrive in Cape Town, I will arrange for you to die if you have an accident. There are some people who go with you. When you are the captain of their ship. Come here and look at this coordinates and remember it in your heart. Your ship is going to meet me here." Hong Tao has slightly modified the original plan in his mind. With Swan's participation, the plan will be more perfect when implemented.
Chapter completed!