"It's almost time to get to the village where I got bark! They're my saviors and Carl's, so don't expand any further north, leave them a grove of trees and let them live their traditional lives for a few more years. What I want to say is, don't make Cité Soleil too big. The water, sanitation and land here do not support many people. If there is too much population, the management cost will be high, and there will be a lot of trouble. When Hong Tao had had enough of enjoying the warm life of his family and finally came out of his small pyramid, the management of Sun City went to the top of the pyramid for a meeting. Hong Tao doesn't like to talk about conspiracies in this kind of place, although he doesn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but there is no need to go to the altar of gods to tell gods, this is Chi Guoguo's provocation.

"There are only about 10,000 people here, and if you don't expand to the north, you can go to the south and west. But I don't understand why the city can't be too big, there are millions of people in Lin'an, and not all of them are living well. Luo Youde doesn't quite agree with Hong Tao's point of view, he is used to tens of thousands of people living in a small place, and he doesn't think there's anything wrong with being lively.

"It's tropical, it's prone to plagues, and it can't be compared to temperate cities. And we don't all have to huddle together to keep warm, Da Song doesn't have so much fertile land, so we can only squeeze together, but it's different here. Let me put it this way, there is a large area of land to the north, no more barren than here, and the area is as vast as the sea, don't you want to see it? And as I said, I will give you a large piece of land in the future, so that everyone can taste what it is like to be a king, and if the expansion is so slow, when your sons die of old age, you won't be able to occupy so much land that can be divided, right? Hong Tao didn't think that Sun City was expanding too fast, on the contrary, he thought that Sun City was overbuilt, but the expansion rate was too slow.

"Your Majesty, is this still slow? I'm almost all the people within a hundred miles of me, and the cavalry and troop carriers are all used, so I can't go any faster...... "How to determine the speed of expansion?" Swann was necessarily the key factor. Hong Tao said this is tantamount to accusing him, a general, of being lazy in his work, and if he doesn't defend himself a few words, this black pot will have to be carried on his back.

"I testify that Swann did not rest. To tell the truth, he should be the most tired one, and he has done all the work of trekking through mountains and rivers, eating and sleeping in the open, which is much harder than those of us who stay in the city. Luo Youde couldn't help but say a few good words for Swan, Hong Tao pointed fingers as soon as he came, and regarded the biggest hero as a waste, which didn't seem to be appropriate.

"The more you do, the more you get, I'm not saying that Swan is lazy, I'm saying that your brains are too stupid! Expanding one's own power should not resort to such stupid methods. Swan, show me the map, and don't tell me you don't even have a map. "I haven't done a good job, and I still have the face to intercede with others, Hong Tao has never been used to this kind of shameless person, he must be slapped in the face, let him remember it once, even if he is Luo Youde.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll take it!" Siwan knew that Master Hong was about to open the altar again, and every time he, the teacher and the emperor, made a big move after comparing and drawing on the map, it was likely to be accompanied by a big battle, which was his favorite, so he quickly took out a roll of whale skin paper from his small leather bag and spread it in front of Hong Tao.

"Hmm...... Who drew this broken drawing, must the proportions be right? Hong Tao was not idle, took out a cigar from his small leather bag and lit it, which is a necessary medicine when using his brain. Then he took out the triangular ruler, compass, and sextant made of ivory, which was the whole set of his meals. The sextant works on the sea, but it works on land, and it is more accurate, because the earth does not shake like a ship.

"Absolutely...... You don't have to measure it yourself...... "Swan's face is green, this is called a face slap in the face, Hong Tao is not happy to use the map he draws, and he has to measure the latitude and longitude himself."

"It's okay, even if you haven't regressed, make do with it." After more than ten minutes, Hong Tao put down the sextant and counted on the paper for a while, and then reluctantly admitted that Swan's map could be used.

After carefully looking at the map drawn by Swan, Hong Tao took out his own chart and compared the location of Sun City, and further determined what exactly Sun City was, which was probably the southern suburb of Veracruz, the main port on the east coast of Mexico in the future. In my previous life in Belize, I had come to this port more than once in the Mouse Superman to deliver machinery, because this port is a transportation hub in eastern Mexico, and many goods have to enter and exit from here.

"This is Sun City, and it's mountainous to the north and west, right...... All swamps to the south? Is this little circle a city? "If this is really near the port of Veracruz, beyond the mountains to the west is the central plateau of Mexico. The future Mexico City should be somewhere in the middle of this plateau, not too far away. At this time, Hong Tao found that in the western mountainous area, Swan marked a small circle with a black dot in the center. According to the legend of the Royal Navy, a small circle is a town with about 1,000 people, and a black dot in the center is the scale of 5,000 people.

"I haven't looked at it here, it's based on the data provided by Joseph." Swann looked at where Hong Tao was pointing, and gave Joseph the right to explain.

"The locals call it Saba, which probably means flat land in the middle of the mountains, and you can reach it along the Sun River all the way up the river to the west. But the boat can't go up, it's very, very high. The missionaries came back and said that there were several large villages and towns, all very close to each other, and that they lived by grazing and planting. Joseph also has his own small leather bag, and there is a notebook in it, on which he writes down what Hongtao is not clear, anyway, Saba's details are written on it.

Didn't the missionaries bring back more detailed information? Or a map can be made into it. Hong Tao held out his hand to Joseph.

"No, it is occupied by the Trotskys, who are not very friendly to the Cult of God, and do not allow missionaries to penetrate deep into their land. Swan's army was also not easy to reach them, the mountains were difficult to walk, and even less accessible by boat. Joseph had no map and no more detailed information to provide, and the mountainous area was hostile.

"Yes, that's it! Swan, don't go out to catch slaves during this time, train the troops well, and when my new guns come out, we'll go." If we don't let us explore deeply, we won't explore, this is the second Sun City, and we will take it down and use it as a base for our westward expansion. Hong Tao originally wanted to slap the table, but this is called a clapper decision. It's a pity that everyone sits on the floor, and if there is no table, then you can only slap your thighs. can't pat his thigh yet, it hurts when it's heavy, it's not momentum when it's light, Wen Xiaoqi doesn't like to make do with himself, it's him.

"Shhh...... Go to the west to fight, what are you fighting me for? Wen Xiaoqi was beaten and grinned, rubbing his thighs and shouting injustice.

"There must be a base in the west, and there must be a base in the north! But the north side is close to the sea, there are too many swamps and rivers, and the cavalry is inconvenient to move. "Fight, you have to fight in vain, and if you don't accept it, you have to hit it a second time, Hong Tao has a good reason.

"It's not that easy for the navy, is it...... I reckon that by this time next year, the first Seawolf-class should be able to be launched. No matter how early it is, there are too few craftsmen and too few skilled workers, so I will have to give me at least half a year to train them. "I was slapped in vain, Wen Xiaoqi didn't give in, shipbuilding is a technical job, it's useless to rely on a lot of people, but it's easy to make mistakes.

"I didn't say I wanted a Seawolf-class battleship, there isn't even a sailboat here, who am I going to fight if I get such a big battleship? In the future, you have to have a longer brain, don't be stupid all day long. Don't learn from your Uncle Qi, the bigger the better, practicality is the ultimate goal. I needed 10 whaling boats, and I changed them to reduce the keel depth to make them more suitable for driving in shallower river channels. It is enough to equip the ship with about six deck guns, and the most important thing is to have oars. The mast is lowered, the sails are reduced, but you have to be able to paddle upstream, you see? I'm going to fight in these boats into the river! Hong Tao slapped Wen Xiaoqi's thigh again with lightning speed, which was even harder than the last time.

"Understood, change the Flying Fish class, lower the freeboard height and you can install the oars, anyway, there are no big waves in the river. Uncle Qi, let's change positions, Your Majesty's hands are too heavy, and my legs must have been purple. "Pain is the best way to stimulate brain cells, Wen Xiaoqi was slapped twice, and immediately had a design plan.

"Your Majesty, don't hit my leg, if you want to hit my back, my leg is not good to ......" Qi Zu moved to Hong Tao's side and gave Hong Tao a vaccination.

"Hey, hey, hey...... If I don't fight, my hands hurt. During this time, you also have to put the bolt business aside first, and get a batch of double-barreled shotguns and copper cartridge casings first, and it is best to have a hundred of them. The natives here like to charge intensively, like to hide in the woods to sneak attack, a single bullet is not very easy to deal with, a large spray of shotguns is most suitable. In addition, Bush will provide you with a new gunpowder, and you will find out with him in a moment. With this new gunpowder, only a quarter of the original charge was needed to achieve better chamber pressure, with very little smoke and residue. "Hong Tao has endured so long in Jinhe Country, and he has never been willing to kill, not because he is kind-hearted, but because there are more effective methods instead of bloodshed, such as trade and interest exchange.

But on this continent it is necessary to shed some blood, because there is no basis for the economic assimilation of the natives, and all the Indians are in a state of self-sufficiency, and there is no need for too frequent exchanges, and they can live without any goods, and they do live like this. In such a situation, only the use of force, and it must be forcefully crushed, so that they cannot muster the courage to resist, supplemented by religious beliefs and material supplies, can they be completely subjugated.

(To be continued.) )