Mr. Hong...... She's still a child, if she has to be punished, I'll do it for her! I sent these boats over! Luo Dacai watched Weng Ya, who was about the same age as his daughter, being tortured like this, and couldn't hold back any longer, and pleaded with Hong Tao again. But this time, his voice was more loud, and his tone was more impulsive, not like a plea at all, more like a denunciation.

"Yes, yes, Hong Gangshou, we are all willing to take the ...... for her" As soon as Luo Dacai spoke, the maritime merchants on the deck who took the ship also made a noise, which was a bit of a palace. They are kind, but sometimes good intentions can do bad things, maybe more troublesome than bad intentions.

"You don't have that qualification, on my ship, Luo Youde is here, and you can't order any of my crew, this is the rule! If there are outsiders in your shop, can you instruct your account office and guys, are you happy? If you'd like, tell me the name of the shop and I'll go ashore and try it! Hong Tao slanted at Luo Dacai, he didn't save face for him at all, no matter who dared to challenge his authority on the ship, no matter who he was, there would be no good fruit to eat. It's the same when Chen Mingen comes, as long as you want to make rules, there can be no exceptions.

"......" and the maritime merchants didn't expect Hong Tao to be so ruthless, which is very different from their concept of life, but the goods and everything are loaded on the ship, and they can't shake their hands away, and they all stop talking with a stupid face. Luo Dacai was also said to be a big neck, but he couldn't refute it, Hong Tao was right.

"Go back to your boats, and tell the boats to get out of here, lest they be affected later." Hong Tao did not intend to ease the atmosphere, and directly issued an order to evict the passengers, except for the maritime merchants whose goods were on his ship, everyone else was sent off the ship by the sailors. They were sent to other boats in dinghy.

The fleet slowly left the anchorage two hours after the morning bell rang, this time Hong Tao's six sailing ships were divided into two parts, Hai Bo and Zhenzhou opened the road in front of five nautical miles, Qiongzhou and Hong Salamander in the middle, behind them were six Southern Song Dynasty sailing ships, and finally Hong Tao's flagship Guangzhou and Bo Shrimp's Quanzhou pressed the formation. Since more than half of the captains are in confinement. Including Weng Ya, so Hong Tao had to act as a temporary captain and personally went to the stern tower to command, and there were two shadows standing beside him, one black and one white, one fat and one thin.

With the six Southern Song Dynasty merchant ships in the team, the fleet traveled very slowly, with an average speed of less than 3 knots, and Hong Tao did not have a problem with this problem. These six ships have been selected by Luo Dacai to be the most suitable for running to the open sea, not only the boats. It is also equipped with the best boatmen, and the current speed is the epitome of the level of navigation at this time. No rut does not mean no action, Hong Tao asked each ship in the escort fleet to send three midshipmen to those Southern Song Dynasty merchant ships to assist in the navigation. By the way, make a backup, in case some of these merchant ships are forced to leave the fleet due to a storm or something, you can also rely on the navigation skills and sextants of these midshipmen to find the assembly point.

As for the issue of secrecy, Hong Tao didn't worry about it, and all the midshipmen had in their hands was the route map. All they need to measure is a few correction angles per day. The specific value of the flood has been marked on the route map, and they do not need to calculate it, as long as it is measured at a certain time interval. If you deviate from the course, you can choose to be close to the route according to the measured angle difference. And that sextant, even if it was given to the Song Dynasty shipwrights at this time, they would not use it. Not to mention trigonometric functions, it's a complete waste one.

Not only is he not afraid of leaks, Hong Tao also hopes that these Southern Song Dynasty maritime merchants and sailors will come to explore this new way of navigation, and the more curious and convinced they are about this new thing, the more useful their future students will be. After he firmly controlled the route from the coast of the Great Song Dynasty to the Arabian Sea. These Southern Song merchants could gradually break away from their own protection and run their own ocean-going trade, and then they could only hire their students to be navigators, or risk their lives. Their own ideas and concepts will be slowly instilled in these maritime merchants who were the most courageous, pioneering and rebellious in the Southern Song Dynasty society through their own students. Once they have gained enough benefits from the ocean trade, they will bring more Song people to join the ranks of maritime merchants.

When the time comes, as long as you go to the sea, you will have your own voice, and you must not only listen to it, but also listen carefully, because these navigators are related to your own life. These maritime merchants are like participating in a training course for many years, once they don't succeed twice, twice they don't succeed three times, ten times or a hundred times, Hong Tao doesn't believe that they will be indifferent, sooner or later someone will take another step forward, and then it will be the season of their own harvest.

With the assistance of the midship-in-command officers stationed on each ship, although the speed of the ship could not be increased much, the entire fleet was finally able to maintain a basically complete formation through the flags and light signals. The two bird boats that run a little faster will not run blindly, and the remaining four big-bellied lucky boats will not have to rush to the road, everyone will be unified to a fixed speed, even if it is slow, as long as you maintain a stable course, there will always be a moment when you can reach your destination.

"General, at this time you should release your captain and appease her, this is the art of maneuvering." Hong Tao has different names in front of different people, for example, the crew calls him captain, Luo Dacai calls him Mr. Hong, Medini calls him lord or master, and Wen Nan calls him general. Some of them were spoofed by Hong Tao and forced others to call them, and some of them were called by the other party.

"A slap to a sweet date? I don't have to be so troublesome, and I'm not so stingy, so I just give a date, and what I give them directly is the future! You don't understand, there is a generation gap between the two of us, and you may understand it in the future. Or tell me about the relationship between these countries in Nanfan and the Great Song Dynasty, first of all, from the city of Zhancheng, does it have a vassal relationship with the Great Song Dynasty? "Hong Tao is not interested in Wennan's elementary thick black science, it is easy to get addicted to playing with others, and then go crazy, and finally even play himself. So it's best not to try this thing, it's not the material to do it yourself, people play with talent, there is no natural character advantage, and no matter how hard you work the day after tomorrow, you can't play at the master level.

"The fifteen countries that occupy the city are all countries where the imperial court pays tribute." Wen Nan didn't quite understand why Hong Tao asked Zhancheng, but he still gave an exact answer, his answer was very authoritative, a diplomat in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Oh, then I'll be polite." Hong Tao was very unhappy, since the vassal states of Zhancheng all paid tribute to the Southern Song court, it was best not to use force. Not using force means spending money, and what can be obtained for nothing, maybe you can still make a profit, but now it has become a money to buy, and it is not certain whether others sell it or not, and no one will be happy. So what does Hong Tao plan to buy in Champong? Wen Nan asked the same question.

"Buy land! Build a warehouse near the dock to facilitate the supply of the Great Song Sea ship, they can't run too far in one breath, I'm sending the Buddha to the west, this bodyguard is interesting enough, right? Hong Tao was unhappy, so he said it with a thorn.

"What if it weren't for the land of Nagong?" Wen Nan felt that there was still a lot of content in Hong Tao's words, but he couldn't figure out what these contents were, so he asked again.

"Not the land of Nagong? Is this country of Gorofusha a country of tribute for the imperial court? Hong Tao rolled his eyes, and then pointed to the location of the port of Malacca on the chart.

"This is the death of Sri Buddha, also called the Three Buddhas, and there is no tribute." Lying on the chart of Hong Tao and looking closely, Wen Nan easily recognized the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, and said the correct name of the country. On the boat these days, Hong Tao does not shy away from him and Martini peeking at their charts from time to time, estimating how many times they have already seen them, just pretending to look like they have just seen it in front of themselves.

"My lord, this country is at war!" As soon as Wen Nan's voice fell, Martini on the side stretched out his fat finger and pointed to the Indian peninsula.

"War? And the country here? As soon as Hong Tao heard that there was a war going on, he immediately became excited. If the whole world is peaceful, it will not be easy for him to start, because if there is a big move, it will attract the attention of the surrounding countries, just like a bad boy suddenly appears in a group of good children, which is too dazzling. But if this group of children is not good, then it will be very inconspicuous to toss and toss by yourself, and this simple and effective method of pulling one faction and fighting another faction can only be used in countries and regions with conflicting interests. Under normal circumstances, there are people in every country who sell their national interests to foreigners for personal gain, and Hong Tao is not clear whether the king of Malacca Port is this kind of person, but he knows that if he wants him to be him, he must be, or not, he can only be eliminated and replaced by a yes to be the king!

"Yes, my lord, your erudition is as good as the stars in the sky, and whatever I say, you can immediately understand it better than anyone else......" Medini basically followed every sentence with admiration for Hong Tao, whether it was sincere or not, but it was extremely sincere. People who pray a lot are very skilled in this set, such as Carl, although the way of praying is different, but it has the same effect.

"Is it here? Chola country? This Nima's name is vulgar, pig! Which of them is better? Hong Tao followed Martini's finger and understood that just above Ceylon, there was another country called Chola.

"The Chola Kingdom is more powerful, it has occupied many states to the west of Srivijayaja, and we have also helped the Chola Kingdom transport soldiers." Matini then used his fat finger to point on the western side of the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, indicating that these places might be occupied by the Chola Kingdom.

"Lao Wen, where did this Zhuluo country come from?" Hong Tao understands it, and the Chola Kingdom is seizing all port cities, and these two countries are probably grabbing maritime trade ports. But he didn't know anything about the Chola Kingdom, there are more than ten countries on the Indian Peninsula at present, and they all have different beliefs, which are not at all the same as India in later generations, and Wen Nan should know more about this matter. (To be continued.) )