A person who can command hundreds of captains must be a god-like existence, and Hong Tao is currently this god. As long as the sailors knew that he was alive, they were no longer afraid of any wind and waves, because when the wind and waves were at their highest, this tall figure would always stand next to the helmsman and shout at the sky. It's so fancy to scold it, it can make a boatload of rough old men blush. The person who can communicate with God like this, and the person who has succeeded again and again, no one has ever seen him, he is the only one.

Oh no, it's not the only one. The first mate on the Golden River used his linguistic talent to learn many of Hong Tao's curses. Regardless of whether he understands what it means or not, anyway, when it is his turn to be on duty, don't change the sky on the sea, as soon as the sky changes, he also scolds with his throat, and it actually has some effect, anyway, there has been no problem with the ship. This behavior not only earned the ship a blessing, but also the respect of the crew for Mercy himself. They felt that the commander who scolded people so fancy, so unique, and so neat must have the ability, and following him to the sea would ensure his own safety.

"Who's going to touch my bag! Mercy, isn't it you, my glasses? "The ship is not a place to be civilized and polite at all, not only in ancient times, but also in modern times, if you ask the people in that industry the most rude, there must be seafarers in the top three. A literati of the Song Dynasty who was as thorough as Wen Nan stayed on the ship for a long time, especially with Hong Tao for a long time, and also learned a few words of oral language. It wasn't learned deliberately, he didn't know when he would have these unknown words in his mouth, and he spoke them quite smoothly.

"Whoever wants your thing, after wearing it, everything looks like a double shadow. Give it back to you! Mercy pulled gold-rimmed glasses out of her pocket. Hand it to Wen Nan. Although they are all the first mates on the ship. But when he wasn't on duty, he still maintained the character of a child, and curiosity was one of them, and he wanted to touch anything he hadn't tried.

"Don't touch my schoolbag in the future, Mr. won't move, you dare to flip it casually! Where have we been? Wen Nan took his glasses and examined them carefully like a baby, and found that there was no damage. Only then did he loosen his tense face.

"It's past the Cape of Good Hope, and we'll be in Cape Town in three or four hours. By the way, Mr. Wen, let me ask you something, what does this Cape Town mean? Compassion glanced at the captain's room, saw that Hong Tao did not come out, and whispered to ask about things he had not understood.

“…… This really caught me, I really don't know, it sounds like a personal name. Kai is an ancient surname, and it is estimated that he is from Mr. 's hometown. Bao Buqi is his relative. Wen Nan didn't know the origin of Cape Town, in fact, it was on the globe made by Hong Tao. Many of the names he didn't know the origin of. Hong Tao never explained, asked or asked, he could only guess.

"Oh...... I think it's a relative of the owner, it turns out that there is really a surname, or Mr. Wen, you know more. Compassion also had a bit of a sudden realization, and by the way, he also slapped Wen Nan, which is also his family heirloom, and ordinary people can't bear it.

"Bang bang...... "Wen Nan was still about to be polite, but suddenly a rapid copper bell sounded on the top of the mast, this is an alarm!...... There is an alarm of ships on the sea!

"There are boats! Two ships! Sailing boat! …… Hang the battle flag! Hearing the bell, Mercy immediately jumped out of the state of the hippie smile, looked up at the flag of the lookout, gave the battle order without hesitation, and then trotted into the captain's room.

"Hey...... Ho! Oh my nose! Mercy, when will you get into the habit of knocking on the door! As soon as he pushed open the door of the captain's room, there was a roar from inside, and he covered his nose and came out with tears in his eyes. Obviously, Mercy pushed the door too hard, and the door panel hit Hong Tao's face who was about to go out, why was it so inch.

"Master, there are two boats and sailboats in front...... Cape Town is less than thirty nautical miles ahead, don't you say there are no boats in this place? "Compassion has touched Hong Tao's temper, if you admit your mistake at this time, you will be punished, if you say that the matter is wrong, you may be able to escape.

"Sailing! Seeing the fucking ghost, could it be that the Europeans started their voyage ahead of schedule? No, I have to go up and take a look, you take my place first! Sure enough, as soon as Hong Tao heard that the Cape of Good Hope had actually come out of the sailboat, he immediately didn't care about getting angry with mercy anymore, and didn't even wear the shirt he was holding in his hand, and ran on the rigging of the backmast, and then like a big monkey, he followed the spiderweb-like rigging, and soon climbed to the mainmast, and then climbed along the rigging of the mainmast to the lookout.

The main mast of the Jinhe is more than 40 meters high, as the saying goes, you can stand high and see far, this saying is especially true on the sea, one meter high can see a distance more. According to the current weather conditions, ships can be seen about ten kilometers earlier than on the deck from the lookout at the top of the mast. If it is in the ordinary sea area, Hong Tao will not be so cool, in the state of sailing, there is still a lot of risk in going up and down the lookout, especially if he climbs with his bare hands without wearing a safety rope.

In normal times, such dangerous behavior will inevitably be punished. But he really couldn't help but go up to see who the Holy had slipped to the Cape of Good Hope in the thirteenth century, and if it was really two sailing ships, then the one on the other side would have to be a traverser. At this time, the Europeans were still tossing and turning in the Mediterranean, and even the greatest storm would not blow their ships so far. Not to mention the Africans, who at best dug up a log and used it as a boat, wandering around the coast to catch fish, and galleons were absolutely impossible, unless the Arabs came down the east coast.

"It's a sailboat!" Hong Tao climbed onto the lookout platform, took the large telescope for the lookout, and really found two white sails on the sea in front of him, but the distance was too far to see the shape of the other party's ship.

"Winged sails, extreme top sails, full speed! Inform the boat behind and let them follow as closely as possible. "Two sails! Hong Tao pondered for a moment and decided to let the Jinhe speed up to catch up and see what was going on. If nothing else, the Jinhe can solve them independently, and if the other party is really a galleon, then it can only delay the time, so that the Quanzhou and Haibo can also catch up and encircle them. As long as the opponent does not have artillery, everything is easy, and if the opponent has artillery, it is a bitter battle. At this time, Hong Tao regretted that he should have waited another month, so that there would be more than ten more guns on the Jinhe.

The fully equipped Jinhe is two knots faster than the smaller Jiaosha-class battleship, but this advantage will soon be overtaken, and the next batch of improved Jiaosha-class will be built, the rear of the hull will be thinner, the bottom will be sharper, and the cargo capacity will be completely abandoned, and it will become a 100% battleship. Coupled with a taller mast and the same fully equipped sails as the Jinhe, the speed must be faster than the Jinhe, and how much faster it can be has to be tried.

Raising the twelve winged sails on either side of the three masts and the three pole-top sails on the top of the mast, the Golden River quickly shook off the two ships behind it, tilted its body slightly to the north, and drew a white wake on the sea, rushing towards the west. The gunners on the deck had already removed the whale skin cover covering the guns, began to scrub the barrels with a gun brush, adjusted the tightness of the sports car cables, and then used a pulley block to lift the propellant and shells from the ammunition room in the bilge one by one, shouting and screaming very lively.

"Dead fatty, Nima is very good at playing! Folded sails, extreme sails, and unraveled the fighting state! More than half an hour later, Hong Tao, who had been standing on the lookout for a long time and blowing the sea breeze, finally put down the binoculars, rubbed his eyes that were about to look at the flowers, and cursed in his mouth.

There were indeed two galleons in front, but they were so rudimentary that they looked like Arab rafters, but they had no decks or cabins, and the rowers sat on the hull with their oars exposed, and on each of the two masts, one in front and one in the back, hung a spinnaker with a diagonal spinnaker, and two more shelves beside the hull to increase buoyancy. If it sounds good, it is called a sailboat, and if it doesn't sound good, it is a large sideframe boat, or a three-body boat. They were whaling at the sea, and the main thing was that the large spinnaker had a rat's head with both cheeks bulging. Hong Tao doesn't need to think about it, he knows who painted this thing, who plays with what bird, and the fat man of Martini, everything he draws is rounder than others. Where did Metini come from, Hong Tao estimated that he built it himself, the Arabs are no strangers to shipbuilding, there are also large primeval forests on the edge of Table Mountain, there is no shortage of wood, big ships can't be built, and it's no problem to build some small boats. As for the use of their whaling, this is a question after they meet, maybe they want to eat meat, or maybe they want to exchange whale meat for other food with the local tribes. Anyway, this fat man won't suffer, unless you can put a knife to his neck.

These two ships are indeed Medini's, or the Golden River Company, because they carry the Golden River Company's flag. At this moment, Martini was on one of the boats, directing a boatload of black sailors to paddle, and it was not until the helmsman reminded him that he turned around and saw the shadow of the sail in the distance. Then he threw the drumstick in his hand, and the wounded whale did not care, and jumped high on the bow of the boat, shouting, waving his arms as if the other could see it.

You said that with a javelin and a float, you can't swim anywhere, but you have to pass by the side of the Golden River. It must not have known that the ship was a sworn enemy of the whale world, so several large harpoons were stuck in its back. This time, I couldn't run, and the huge body of the Jinhe couldn't pull it at all, but it was dragged back like a dead dog by the Jinhe. (To be continued.) )