Now the land that Hong Tao marked for Carl is bigger than ever, and its territory includes not only most of Virginia in later generations, but also southern Maryland, southern Delaware, and eastern West Virginia, but only a small part of the original western Virginia has been cut away.

The reason for this change is simple, because Hong Tao is lazy. He didn't like to divide each territory into too fragmented shapes, and it was difficult to remember when it looked awkward, so he tried to keep them as close to a rectangle as possible. As for whether it is reasonable or not, it doesn't matter, as long as it is convenient to look at and remember on the map.

This time, Hong Tao took Carl to Virginia, not only to show him his land, but also to let him follow the example of British immigrants and find a place to establish a settlement on both sides of the James River. For this reason, Karl's two armed cargo ships were basically not loaded with any cargo, except for eighty new immigrants selected from Sun City, all that remained were food, tools, weapons, ammunition, and livestock.

These men were to hold out in the settlement for at least half a year, and when Karl returned to Europe, they would select suitable personnel to come and reinforce them. In a short period of time, there will be no help from Sun City, and the Mexican Valley is the focus of construction, and if this newly occupied territory is not stabilized, Luo Youde and Swann will not be able to spare their hands to go to the North American continent to support Carl. After all, there were tens of thousands of people all at once, and it would take some time just to get these people to identify with the Helios Cult, resume production, and become familiar with the new rules.

"The bay ahead should be there, get ready for battle. Tell your sailors, don't fire first without my orders! "After driving along the southern coastline of the United States for more than 30 days, I roughly surveyed the coordinates of this area, and there were more and more solid lines on the Hongtao chart. According to Washington's coordinates, the bay that appeared in front of the port side was about the same, probably, probably the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

"My people don't have muskets, why don't you bring more people next time......" Karl, like everyone else, is more and more afraid of death, and is not willing to venture around like he used to follow Hong Tao to the sea.

"I didn't say I had to fight, I just took precautions. Don't be nervous, I'm more afraid of death than you are. "It's good to be cautious, and if you switch places with Carl, you don't want to take the risk of the unknown.

"The climate here is good, similar to Karlburg. What should we do now, so many estuaries, where to go from? "Once inside the Chesapeake Bay, Carl's eyes weren't enough. After looking at the left and the right, he climbed up to the lookout of the mast, and personally acted as a lookout, directing three ships to wander around the bay for a full day, and only climbed down after dark.

"You better arrange for the night shift first, where to go you will have to wait until tomorrow morning, and you can't go anywhere now!" Hong Tao was not idle, he spent most of his time training rats and rats to become trainee sailors, and after entering the bay, he simply took the children to his small sailboat, teaching them how to see the wind, find the wind, and eat the wind. The two children didn't seem to like the sea very much, which reminded Hong Tao of Swan, and his own children must have been influenced by that bastard!

In the early hours of the next morning, the three galleons set out again, and this time instead of scurrying around as they had done yesterday, but went a short distance northwest on the left side of the entrance to the bay, and then turned to the left and plunged into a wide river.

"Elizabeth! I have an aunt whose surname is Elizabeth. Seeing that the river was named by Hong Tao again, Carl couldn't help but complain a few words even if he didn't want to hear the story of the old fairy and the lost continent anymore. This is his own territory in the future, why does the name make Hong Tao famous?

"That's not right, even if it's in honor of your aunt...... By the way, your aunt is not English, is she? For this kind of intensity of complaints, Hong Tao didn't bother to make up nonsense, and just dealt with it. However, he suddenly remembered Mia's life experience, and his heart trembled, and he quickly asked Carl.

"Of course not, my aunt is married to a German nobleman."

"It's a pity......" Listening to Carl's answer, Hong Tao was a little disappointed.

Norfolk Military Harbor, a piece of high ground on the south side of the Chesapeake Bay and on the north shore of the Elizabeth estuary, and a piece of wooded land on the other side, later called Portsmouth, was also a naval shipyard and one of the two dry docks for American aircraft carriers, like the British Portsmouth Military Port. The other is not far away, on the north bank of the mouth of the James River, Newport News, the largest shipyard in the United States and the only aircraft carrier construction base.

The reason why Hong Tao chose to set up the settlement on this estuary plateau was not entirely because it was a naval base for later generations. No matter how glorious the later generations are, it is still a barren place, with no half of the figures to be seen, and there is no suitable wharf, so you can only rely on a small boat to ferry. However, Hong Tao believes that since this place can become an important military town in later generations, it must have its unique geographical advantages. I am not a military expert and can't see these details, but the American military experts have already made a choice, so don't think about it yourself, just follow the rules.

"Do you prefer it here or north?" Whether to land in Norfolk or establish a settlement in Newport News, Hong Tao gave Carl the choice and gave him the right to be the master of the house.

"It's still here, facing the bay to the north, and it's windy! You really haven't been here? Carl didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore, but he couldn't help it, Hong Tao's behavior reminded one thing all the time, Hong Tao has been here, like a wanderer who has been away from home for many years, even if his hometown has changed, he can still find a few key locations with a map.

"We don't have a lot of time, it's April, I've been gone for a year and a half, and Senia is still waiting in Cape Town for news from Saifei. If you have the kung fu to grind your teeth and play with me, it is better to quickly take someone ashore, first open up a dry place, and then move goods to build a house. Hong Tao didn't want to talk about this topic without any nutrition anymore, time flies so fast, it's been more than a year since it came out in a blink of an eye, it's time to go back and see.

But the more anxious you are, the more trouble comes, just five days after the landing, and the wall of the camp has not yet been built, and trouble comes, still big trouble. Carl and four soldiers rowed out in a small boat to patrol his territory, but they didn't see anyone for the whole day.

"This time it's blind! I said it's okay, don't run around, just don't listen! Also Nima patrols the territory, what kind of big-tailed eagle to pretend! When Hong Tao heard that Carl had been missing for a whole day, he was very unoptimistic about his condition. The five big living people also have bows and crossbows to defend themselves, it is impossible to encounter any wild beasts, and there are no fierce beasts on the North American continent. The biggest possibility is that they were caught by the Indians here, and the end is likely to be death.

"Leave ten men on guard in the camp, and the others get on board for the night!" Seeing that it was almost dark, it was obviously not a good idea to send people out again, Hong Tao felt that the camp was not very reliable, so he simply withdrew to the boat with people, for fear that he would be surrounded in the camp in the middle of the night and make dumplings. The Indians on the Mexican side like to sneak up at night, and the Indians of Virginia are also distant relatives and probably share common habits.

The flood waves didn't close their eyes much this night, and they always felt that there was a noise in the river, so they came out to inspect several times in one night. I finally survived until dawn, but I still couldn't rest, Carl didn't know whether he was alive or dead, whether there was hope or not, he had to try hard.

"Toot toot toot...... "Before the dinghy could be lowered into ......the water, a sharp brass whistle suddenly sounded from the mast lookout, alarm!"

"Holy! This is a kidnapper, right? Hong Tao hurriedly ran to the bow of the boat, raised his binoculars and looked up the Elizabeth River, where more than a dozen canoes appeared on the water, and on one of them sat a white-bearded man with a red beard, who was none other than Carl.

"You two get on the boat, the other party is here to negotiate, go and talk to them, it's best to find out what they want, and agree to whatever conditions they put forward." There were dozens of people from the other party, and Hong Tao thought that it should not be for the war, and it was more likely that he would ask for a ransom.

I can't negotiate, if I die, the people on these three ships won't live, none of them know the way home, and it's a question of whether they can get back to Sun City. There happened to be missionaries on board, and in addition to being able to fool, these guys also specialized in Indian languages, and although most of the Indians spoke different languages, they were not too different, and they could even communicate with each other.

Since the other party didn't come to sneak attack, and they brought Carl over in person, they shouldn't have come to fight, as long as they didn't ask too much, even if they had to exchange boats, they could leave themselves a boat to go home. If they are too greedy, then they will have to let Carl take risks, and whether or not they can get him back is a matter of luck. The deck guns were fired to make it impossible to identify who was Indian and who was white.

The missionary soon returned, and his Indian language had not been studied in vain, and he probably figured out what the other party was trying to do. They inadvertently broke into their village, and after being discovered, they shot two Indian warriors to death while fleeing, only to be surrounded by them, and three of the five died and had to surrender. Fortunately, this Indian tribe is relatively mild, and he didn't plan to sacrifice the two of them to the ancestral gods, but brought them over to reason.

“…… Go back and ask them if it will be possible to compensate their people for the losses with the goods. You go with sugar, rum and machetes, you can let them taste it, try it in a few sips, and if they are satisfied, talk about the amount of exchange. "It's easy to be reasonable, Hong Tao is not an unreasonable person, and the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. According to historical records, the Indians seem to be particularly fond of drinking, and later generations of North American Indians also paid a handout and went to buy alcohol to drink.

(To be continued.) )