"Christian countries are not innate, there should be other beliefs in this land, and a hundred flowers bloom is spring!" This is how Hong Tao answered Carl's question. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"You're a madman who wants to start a religious war, and it's going to make a hard decision for William!" Karl instantly understood what Hong Tao was going to do, he wanted to make a name for the Sun God Cult in Europe, and engage in cultural invasion.

"On the contrary, I am deflecting the pressure on William's behalf of the church. In the north, where the foundations of Christianity are not yet solid, and if I provoke a religious dispute here, the Church will move its main energy northward, and the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea is William's world, which is also a kind of protection for your oil shipping routes. After playing Flanders and Hansea, I have to do another thing, whether it goes well or not, I probably won't be in Europe for many years. ”

"Lao Ka, this is your hometown, and you should guide the development direction of this continent according to your own wishes. You have this ability, and you have this condition, and the Spring Alliance is your backup. It is unrealistic to blockade Europe and the North American continent forever, and how to make the Spring Alliance take the lead in trade with Europe while you are one step ahead of others is a task that you will have to complete for many years to come, don't keep your eyes and energy on Fort Mia all day long. Swann is a good army general, and when mercy comes, he can become your naval commander, and Martini and Baron Jiang can help you suppress the European aristocracy in a merchant way. When the time comes, you and William will divide Europe between the south and the north, not the land, but the interests. ”

Hong Tao thought much longer than Carl, and he didn't talk to Carl about the changes on the side of the Great Song Dynasty, but once the canal was dug up, he had to leave the North American continent. Although I was very unwilling, I couldn't help it. The nascent alliance needed a leader, and Karl was the perfect fit, as he could use his relationship with William to get more help in Europe. The development direction of the Spring Alliance for more than ten years and decades cannot be the Pacific Ocean, and the only thing that will conflict with the Jinhe Empire will be the Atlantic, which is also the sphere of influence that Hong Tao himself has divided for the world.

The main development directions of the Jinhe Empire and the Great Song Dynasty were in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The development direction of the Spring Alliance is in Europe, each playing its own game, and there can be trade with each other, but don't step on the line yet. When they die, they can toss as much as they like, and it's okay to start a world war, anyway, they can't see it, they can't see it, they can't see it, they don't bother it.

"What do you mean? Going again! God, can't you just stop, we can't keep up with you. Carl didn't know what Hong Tao was going to do, but he could hear that this person was probably going to set off for a new realm again, as if he would never stop, always wandering around the world.

"Stop, take this step again, and I'll stop. I'm old, I can't run, I can't stop. This time I'm not going to explore a new continent, I'm going back to the Great Song Dynasty, that's my starting point, and I want to put the end there. Hong Tao kicked the side of the boat with his foot, his leg hurt a little, he was really old.

"You're not going back to war with the Golden River Empire, are you! This...... This...... Jin He is your son, is Da Song more important than your son in your eyes? Is there a difference between you father and son who is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? Carl is actually a very smart person, but like Hong Tao, he doesn't like to fight for power by nature, and he is a person who has no ambitions and lives a down-to-earth life when given a small territory. As soon as Hong Tao said that he wanted to go back to the Great Song Dynasty, he immediately realized what Hong Tao wanted to do.

"It's still hard to say, try not to fight if you don't fight, the emperor can sit on anyone, but you must not die too many people, as long as I am alive, I have to try hard." What Carl said is a possibility, and it is also Hong Tao's last plan, which is really unavoidable, and it is not impossible to fight with the Jinhe Empire. Let them re-understand the world, don't think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world all day long, it's a good thing.

"Toot toot toot...... "Every time I talk about serious things on the ship, it seems that I have to be interrupted by the alarm when I can't finish talking, which is a routine."......

"Well, let's talk about it later, our enemy is coming...... There are quite a few of them, and it looks like we've found their old nest! Yes, the Rhine, it must be the Count of Nassau. We asked him what he thought with a cannon. Hong Tao helplessly spread his hands at Carl, meaning that it was not that I didn't tell you, but that the lookout hand refused to let me.

"Not only the Flemish Hanseatic and Nassau families, but also the flags of the Dukes of Brabant, Saxony, Brittany, and some of the Counts' families, we are in big trouble. If these guys join forces, both Louis IX and the Pope will have to talk to them, are you sure you really want to go to war? Carl and Hong Tao had different feelings about the naval battle caused by the sea route. Hong Tao is left after the fight, he doesn't care who is who, but he and William still have to live here, and they don't want to be too simple and rude, which will add a lot of enemies to themselves, not to mention that the lineup on the opposite side is a bit luxurious, and there are three dukes alone.

In medieval Europe, the title duke was associated with the royal family, which meant that they were all royal relatives. Although the principality is not necessarily stronger than the Principality, it has the greatest bloodline and influence. The reason is very simple, the entire European aristocracy has had hundreds of years of marriage since this time, breaking bones and connecting tendons. They can fight with each other as much as they want, but they will not let outsiders take advantage of the opportunity.

"You and William have a fart relationship with this matter, the whaling ship belongs to the Baron, where is the Baron Castle poked, who in the whole of Europe doesn't know that you are a waste earl? Except for pouring some whale oil, hand crossbows, etc., everything else is up to the baron. See, Jiang Zhuyi didn't bully you in vain, what a thunder she did for you! You just have fun. First tell me which is the Nassau family's boat, and I'll start beating the master first, and kill one by one, so that they are all dead! Hong Tao's words were 100% false, and he had exhausted the last bit of patience with these European nobles. In the past, St. Louis and the Pope calculated themselves so much that they almost took their own lives, but for Karl and Jiang Zhuyi to gain a foothold in Europe, they could endure it. But now he doesn't want to endure it, which has a lot to do with his current mood.

Now his mind has flown back to the Jinhe Empire and the Great Song Dynasty, and he no longer has the patience to spend time here playing political and economic games, and he can use whatever method is the easiest and most direct. The war is obviously much more worry-free, and all the artillery is gone. I let you join forces and raid all your homes! I make you Henry the rich of the Rhine! I'll make you duke!

As for what Carl and Jiang Zhuyi will do in the future, it's cold! If the whole Christian world and the church can really be so united, then see who can beat whom. Don't look at Hong Tao's reluctance to beat the Great Song Dynasty into a scorched earth, he really doesn't feel so distressed about Europe, let them go directly back to the life of the Roman Empire, and there is no psychological burden at all.

It's a big deal to be prepared for all these years, and there is no loss anyway, and they have earned a lot of money and resources. There is a place on the North American road for Jiang Zhuyi to manage, and if she wants, she can go to Seattle in the future to get a kingdom to play. Hong Tao likes that place very much, the four seasons are distinct and the scenery is very good, and the most important thing is that it is located on the Pacific coast, if you have time, you can drive the boat and follow the west wind to run over and fool around with her for a few days, fishing in the bay, going to the forest to hunt, wouldn't it be happy!

"There was a blue shield on the flag, and on the shield was a standing lion. Their boat seems to be at the front, and they don't like my cousin anyway, so it's too big to fight. Seeing that Hong Tao Wang Ba was determined to go to war, Carl knew that he couldn't persuade him, so let's help Hong Tao win this naval battle first.

It's no wonder that Karl is a little timid, he has never participated in the Battle of the Three Kingdoms, nor has he experienced the scene of hundreds of real sail warships facing each other on the sea. Although there were not hundreds of them this time, there must have been hundreds of warships coming from the direction of the Rhine estuary, and although they were not all new three-masted warships, there were many merchant ships in them, but they looked majestic enough.

Hundreds of sails obscured the sky and the sun, and you couldn't see the edge at a glance. Compared to the other party, his side seems to be too thin, with only seven Virginia-class ships and two Salmon-class ships equipped with Qizu guns. The other two salmon-class ships served as troop carriers, and together with their two whaling ships, they watched the excitement from more than ten kilometers away.

"The wind is blowing...... Who can dominate this sea depends on today's battle! "The English Channel is under the westerly wind belt of the Northern Hemisphere, and strong westerly and northwesterly winds prevail in winter, and there is a fight with the Drake Passage, and only in the summer when the westerly wind belt moves southward can the wind and waves be lighter. Just as Hong Tao and Carl were talking, the anemometer on the mast suddenly let out a sharp chirp, and the already unstable sea suddenly swelled several meters high.

"Raise the Sun Flag, keep course, follow the flagship attack, full sails, strap on seat belts!" The stronger the wind and waves, the more obvious the advantage of the low center of gravity of the Virginia class. However, because the freeboard is too low, the upwave problem is also more serious. If you don't fix yourself with a safety rope, a wave sweeps across the deck, and there is no one on board.

Two fleets, which differed greatly in number and size, met at the northern entrance of the English Channel. The vast fleet that pressed southwest from the mouth of the Rhine was the Flemish Hanseatic and the expeditionary fleet of the waves that rushed north from the English Channel. If there were an air force at this time, we would be able to see from God's perspective that two arrows, one large and one small, were converging towards a point in the rough and westerly North Sea, and the distance was getting closer and closer, and a sea battle was about to break out.

(To be continued.) )