"Your Majesty, let me command the battle of Muska Harbor this time, you help me watch, I have learned a lot of land warfare techniques with Swan...... Alas, it would be nice if Swann was here, and with him, there would be no need to worry about landing and fighting. Seeing that Hong Tao's guests were gone, Mercy crept up and didn't dare to look at the dancing girls, but talked about the attack on Muska Harbor.

"That's what I'm saying, you're the commander of the fleet, who are you not commanding! You say that no one who is useless will die, but why should you be in a hurry to die if you are useful, it is really evil. At the mention of Swan, Hong Tao's mind went to the American continent again. I don't know how Luo Youde and Swan are doing over there, if they give birth to a boy or a girl. Compared to that unexplored continent, I was very bored here.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Yes, I'm the Commander! Hey, Your Majesty, what do you mean by that? Why does it sound so bad to me! "Mercy was quite proud at first, whether it was a real commander or a fake commander, he was a commander anyway. However, he didn't understand the second half of Hong Tao's sentence for a while, and when he reacted, Hong Tao had already brought a group of dancing girls into the house.

At the end of January 1244, two Royal Navy warships appeared outside the port of Hormuz with five cargo ships, led by an artistic and ornamented body full of bells and whistles. Hong Tao didn't have to wait for the flag of the lookout post to know that Bo Jiao was here again, and when he sent a ship to Kalamba Port to borrow troops, he forgot to give an order not to let Bo Jiao leave, this guy exploited the loophole of his own negligence.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Uncle, I have brought a thousand of the best soldiers. All are veterans who have fought more than one battle! After seeing Hong Tao, Bo Jiao hurriedly expressed his merits, this place is too close to the port of Kalamba. He was afraid that Hong Tao would really turn his face and blast him back.

"Even if you bring 10,000 people, don't even think about commanding the battle, it's not that I won't let me, it's him! He is the commander of the fleet, and you have the ability to get him to agree to you to take the place of the commander. It's a pity that Bo Jiao still underestimated the thickness of his uncle's skin, this time Hong Tao didn't have to be a bad person, and directly deducted this basin on the head of mercy. Listening to the mercy, he bared his teeth beside him, but he didn't dare to say a word.

"Oops...... O Commander of Mercy! The future commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy? Your precious body is definitely not suitable for fighting on the front line, in case there is a three-long and two-short Royal Navy will not be leaderless in the future! What do you think. How about letting the villain and me go on the expedition in your place? "In addition to Hong Tao, Bo Jiao didn't even pay attention to Kong Pei, he and Carl were the descendants who followed Hong Tao to fight the world with a knife and a shot, and I heard that Mercy was the commander of the fleet. The expression on his face and the words in his mouth immediately did not taste right.

"There is no child's play on the battlefield. The Governor of Po should go back to the port of Kalamba and become the Emperor of the Land. That's what the Royal Navy does, not to mention that I'm not the commander-in-chief yet, even if I do become one day, I still have to go to the battlefield in person, this is Your Majesty's regulations! "Don't look at Mercy like a pug in front of Weng Ya, this kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not only inherited the thickness of Cixi's face, but also learned Hong Tao's fake and serious appearance. I want to squeeze him with words. Except for Hong Tao and Weng Ya, Cixi is not a child.

“…… Yes. Boy, you wait! "Bo Jiao made his face red and his neck thick, and even the Emperor of the Earth came out, didn't he give himself eye medicine in front of the emperor. It's a pity that he really has no problem with mercy, now he is the governor of the empire's overseas territories, and mercy is the captain of the royal fleet, and no one can control anyone. In the past, when I was young, I didn't want to be silly all day long, but now I am an adult with a family and a job, and the original friendship has slowly been diluted by various interests.

"Hey, you dare to threaten the Imperial officers, you have the audacity! No wonder Mercy calls you the Emperor of the Earth, I think it means a little bit. "Compassion sacrificed his face to help himself withstand the thunder, and Hong Tao couldn't see death without help.

"Uncle, aren't you pulling a wrong hand!" Bo Jiao didn't dare to talk back to Hong Tao, so he had to pretend to be pitiful.

"Don't soak mushrooms with me, King Taba has been in bad health for the past two years, and some of his sons are not very restful, so you shouldn't leave Port Kabalan at this time. It is an important fulcrum of the empire, you don't understand this truth, once there is a problem in the port of Kalamba, the empire will be very passive! Get back to your ship at once, take the ten cargo ships in my fleet back by the way, and send them back to the port of Malacca. They still have a task, so they can't be delayed, so you should be less involved here. Compassion alone was not enough to blow Bo Jiao away, Hong Tao had to go into battle in person, and one mouth made Bo Jiao speechless, and he had to get off the ship honestly to organize the return of the cargo ship.

"How did you behave so selflessly today? Could it be that being a commander sublimates people's minds? Bo Jiao left, and Hong Tao began to turn back and squeeze mercy. The performance of mercy just now was indeed a bit too ruthless, he used to be good friends with Swan and Bo Jiao, and Bo Jiao, as an older brother, took the two of them to fool around. Now the boat of friendship is overturned, which makes Hong Tao very puzzled.

"My dad told me that if I want to live long enough, stay away from Po Jiao and Martini, and don't make too many friends in the Royal Navy, and don't think it's a good thing to be liked by many people. I'm already a father with a family and a son, and for them, I can go without friends for the rest of my life. Compassion wept and told Hong Tao what he thought.

"You don't listen to your father in the future, he has been in the Great Song Dynasty for too long, and he has learned some things that he shouldn't learn. That set of things is useful in the Great Song Dynasty, but it may harm you in the Empire. Now go after Bo Jiao, just say that I forced you to say what I just said, don't add messy explanations, Bo Jiao knows me very well, he will believe it. In this life, you can't live like your father, and you can't live like me. What your father and I are doing now is to make your life, your children, better in the future. If you don't like this kind of life yourself, and you spend your whole life being patient and depressed, then what's the use of us bothering this effort? You are an adult, and your own brain is not stupid, while understanding your father, you must also understand the true meaning of his every word. ”

Hong Tao knew that this was not his own thoughts, he had not suffered the kind of suffering of Cixi, and it was impossible for him to become so accidental and vicious. Sure enough, there is still the shadow of Cixi here, this monkey-like guy is already thinking about the problem of Bo Jiao and Maitini not falling off their tails, and told Ci Mercy unabashedly. This is a reminder of oneself in a corner, and it is better to express it in words of compassion than Cixi herself.

In fact, Cixi's concern is indeed not groundless, and Hong Tao himself has thought about this problem many times. It's okay to say that the port of Kalamba is not too far from Luzon, and even if something happens, it will not hide it for long, and the imperial government can react at any time. But Cape Town is different, what happens there, the speed of information transmission will be calculated in years, if Medini wants to deliberately conceal it, even if there are imperial officials watching, it will not be 100% effective.

Once Martini had a new idea in his mind, by the time the Imperial Government was aware of it, he would have almost prepared it. At such a distance, it is still possible to send a fleet over, but it is simply impossible to lead a large number of land forces over. Cape Town is not an island, it has a very, very large strategic space, but if it cannot solve the problem in a short time, it is a protracted war, and the empire will be dragged to death.

But at present, Hong Tao has not been able to think of a perfect solution to this problem, whether it is Cape Town or Port Kalamba, there is no rotation of governors, at least not yet. If such a rotation were to be imposed, it would seriously affect the stability and development of the two places. Po Jiao was the son-in-law of the Kingdom of Ceylon, and here he gained the approval of the King of Ceylon and the entire people.

It's the same with Metini, he created Cape Town from nothing, where the tribes only know Martini, as for who the empire is, who the emperor is, will anyone really care? How long does it take to gain the trust of the locals with a different governor? Whether or not you can gain their trust is a big question. Once the new governor fails to handle this problem, the empire will still face endless wars. (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: I'm very happy today, because anti-piracy has finally begun, as an author, it's hard to be indifferent, it's better to be alone than to be a group, add a chapter to congratulate, I hope it's not a gust of wind.