Chapter 480: Lost Youth

"Don't you want to wait here until the outcome of their negotiations comes out?" Carl didn't understand Hong Tao's style of being so big, since they all slipped out, there was no difference between four months and five months, why was he in such a hurry to go back?

"Don't take your cousin for a fool, I don't have any advice to him about negotiations, and staying here is a hindrance. You have also made the conditions clear with the Venetians, bargaining is not your forte, so leave it to William. It is the best result for everyone to do their own work, my work is in the East, and I am in such a hurry to go back mainly to take advantage of the fact that the port of Cape Town is not yet completely controlled by the imperial government, and to discuss the future with Medini, otherwise where will I get so much sugar and rum? "Hong Tao didn't want to go himself, the climate in Naples is very pleasant, except for the cellar, everything here is beautiful.

"Are you really going to hand over the route to Karlburg to Martini? I'm afraid that one day the battleships of the Reich will suddenly appear here......" Karl's mood was not too high, and he was conflicted in his heart. He also had his credit for the establishment of the Jinhe Empire, and Hong Tao was his savior again, and he saved him twice. But he really didn't want to see the Imperial warships dominate horizontally in the Mediterranean. According to Hong Tao's character, the captain he brought out is probably not much better, once those warships come, not only his cousin's country will suffer, I am afraid that the entire northern Mediterranean will be in chaos.

"I said you've been sullen all these days, so you were thinking about it. Rest assured, the Imperial warships won't be here anytime soon, and the routes for transporting sugar and rum won't be handed over to Martini, let alone the Royal Navy, and I want you to complete this difficult task. Carl's worry made Hong Tao shake his head, this heart is a white ****.

"Give it to me! Let's, let me go to Cape Town by myself! Hearing Hong Tao's explanation, Carl was not worried, and began to be surprised again.

"What's wrong? Have you wasted your seafaring skills all these years? Don't tell me that you can't go to Cape Town, then there's no point in you staying here, just follow me back to Golden River. Carl's expression made Hong Tao very worried, and he had taken into account other problems, that is, he had forgotten about Carl's seafaring skills. He had been wandering around the coast all these years, and if he forgot his sailing skills, it would be troublesome, and it was too late to find anyone, and the whole plan had to be redesigned.

"I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten...... But are you relieved to tell me about this route? Aren't you afraid I'll tell William? Carl wasn't worried about sailing skills, he couldn't forget it once he learned it, he just felt that it was too much of a burden.

He knew exactly what the route from Cape Town to Karburg meant, and Hong Tao had told him that it was the last leg of the road between the two regions. If this section of the road is known by others, it will make the empire very troublesome, and it is difficult for Huang Jianjun to take care of such a long distance. Unless the Empire intended to start its march towards Europe, it would not open this route, and even after so many years in Karlburg, he did not know how to return to Cape Town.

"Hahahaha...... Carl, you're out! Hearing that Carl was actually worried about the safety of Cape Town, Hong Tao couldn't help but laugh.

"What? What am I? Carl instinctively thought that Hong Tao scolded him again, this emperor swears more than anyone else in the world, and Carl doesn't dare to guarantee anything else, the world's number one scolding genius is guaranteed to be Hong Tao, not one!

"Oh, it's a word from my hometown, which means you're old and can't keep up with the times. Maybe you've been here for too long, and you don't know much about the outside world. But it's okay, soon you'll have the opportunity to go back to Cape Town and go back with me. No matter what your cousin is talking to the Venetian, you'll need to go back and go to Cité Soleil yourself. Whether it's River City, Calamba, Cape Town or Sun City, you have a part of it, we are partners, and you have the right to know where they are. Of course, you also have the right to sell them, but before you sell, it's a good idea to make sure that the other party has the ability to buy them. If Medini wanted to, he didn't need the Empire to send troops, and he alone could destroy William, Louis the Younger, and Henry several times. He will take his dark-skinned army and directly beat the people here back to the Viking era, so that they can continue to go to the northern sea to catch fish and eat, hahahahaha. ”

Karl's worries are completely unnecessary, Hong Tao has long been afraid that Europeans will know about the existence of Cape Town, and even if they do, it will be in vain. Cape Town has now become a true intercontinental fortress, where there are people, resources, and geography, and even if all the countries of Europe are united, they will not be able to please Medini. The reason why he did not allow Cape Town and Karlburg to sail to each other was actually to protect Europe, or rather, he did not intend to let the empire's hand stretch too long, so as not to be greedy and chew too much.

"Hey, hey, hey...... I remember when we killed whales on the sea, when we only had a small sailboat, and we were afraid that it would not be able to resist the waves and leak the water, and we had to step on the windsurf to chase the whales. When I first ate whale meat, I thought to myself, I'm going to eat this meat for the rest of my life, it's so delicious. That's when I learned that whales stinked in their stomachs, and sometimes I would wake up from a dream when I fell asleep in Karlburg, smelling the smell wafting out the window, thinking that we were killing whales with Old Man Rong on the beach. As he grew older, Carl, who was originally optimistic and straightforward, became a person who was easy to recall, which shows that he is really old and nostalgic for the old days.

"Don't be lyrical with me, it's not an easy task. You'll probably have to keep this secret in your stomach for years to come, and then take your fleet back and forth between Carburg and Sun City, and every now and then to Cape Town. The ship will use your armed cargo ship first, and when I arrived in Sun City, I met Luo Youde, and you two discussed it by yourself if you lack. I don't have any other requirements, don't tell anyone about the location of Cape Town and Sun City for the time being, you can lead the way? "Now Hong Tao is very annoyed that someone is lyrical with him, especially when it comes to age. He didn't want to know that he was almost fifty years old all the time, and when no one mentioned it, he lied to himself that he was only thirty years old.

However, in the next 20 days, Hong Tao would feel that he was really old at any time. After he and Carl returned to Karl Castle, they only stayed for a few days, and just after talking about the later arrangements with Jiang Zhuyi, they didn't even give time to prostitute themselves during the day, and they were dragged to the ship by Carl Zheng, because Hong Tao's brain didn't know how to suddenly cut off, but he should let Carl be the captain and himself as the sailman. Calpo didn't wait to taste the taste of a captain, not an ordinary captain, but a captain who could order the emperor to be a sailman.

In fact, Carl didn't have to follow Hong Tao at all, he and Hong Tao had learned navigation, even more than the graduates of the navigation school, as long as he gave him accurate charts, logically speaking, he could find accurate routes and port locations according to the charts. But he still wanted to have another sea adventure with Hong Tao in a small sailboat, not for anything else, just to commemorate the lost youth that he and Hong Tao had lost.

He commemorated it, but it hurt Hong Tao. If two people wanted the ship to sail at full speed, they had to do all the work of five people. This is not called sailing at all, it should be called fleeing, as if there is a nuclear-powered cruiser behind him, and Karl is not happy to sail slower, pleading for a while, and losing his temper for a while. Anyway, as long as Hong Tao doesn't speed up, he won't let Hong Tao be peaceful.

"I'm about to let you toss this old bone apart, this is the last time, if you dare to get on my boat in the future, I'll throw you down!" The voyage of more than 9,000 kilometers, without stopping or replenishing the routes, was completed in 25 days, which is another new record, but unfortunately it is not officially certified. When the lighthouse of Signal Hill came into view, Hong Tao simply ignored the sail rope and lay directly on the deck, now he just wants to sleep.

(To be continued.) )