Hong Tao wanted to open up a new trade route and a new route to transport oil from the Arabian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea directly to Central America, which was the shortest voyage at present. Of course, it is not easy, but Hong Tao has the confidence and ability to overcome it, because he has a strong ally in the Mediterranean, Friedrich II! There was also a strong fortress at the western exit of the Mediterranean that could serve as a distribution port, and the Karl cousins were Hong Tao's hole cards.

"Wow! My dear, you are really getting younger and younger! When Hong Tao's little sailboat got into the dock below Karlburg, Hong Tao's mouth couldn't close. There are a few beach chairs and sun umbrellas on the beach, and several white bodies are swimming in the sea, and some are stretching on the beach chairs. One of them was currently in his arms, and Jiang Zhuyi was wearing only a set of thirteenth-century silk bikinis before rushing onto the boat.

"Hmph, as long as your mouth is sweet, let me taste it first!" I haven't seen her for a few years, Jiang Zhuyi, who has entered the women's stage, not only did not confiscate, but became more open and attractive, not caring that there were still workers on the dock, holding Hong Tao's head and gnawing.

"Did you really make this thing? How did you convince the slave girls to wear it with you and run to the beach to show off, forced, right? Hong Tao measured Jiang Zhuyi's waist with his hand, yes, it was kept very well, and the feel was more mature.

"They weren't slave girls, they were baroness at the least, and the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Venice. Now I'm here like the kind of high-class club you mentioned, it's the first place for them to come on vacation, and they are not allowed to bring their husbands, hehehe! Jiang Zhuyi was very proud of what she did, these things were all things that Hong Tao lay in her arms and played with her every time he went crazy with her, but she didn't expect her to remember them all, and she kept trying to reproduce them.

“…… Awesome, worthy of my Hong Mouse's woman! What about Carl? He didn't dare to come to greet the emperor! He Jiang Zhuyi got off the boat, Hong Tao looked back and forth left and right for a long time, but he didn't see the big man with red hair and red beard.

"He went across the channel, the Berbers were counterattacking, and Karl went to help them build a workshop for the production of crossbows. You don't know yet, do you? Karl, now a Berber Jamacher, built a leather workshop and a dyeing shop in the opposite port, and bought a lot of slaves to help him work. Now he was no longer the poor earl he used to be, and William had to borrow money from him. Jiang Zhuyi was talking about Carl, but there was a proud expression on his face.

"Well, don't praise him, if he can have this brain, I'll take it all down and make him king. What is Jamacher? Hong Tao didn't need to ask, he knew that these ways to make money were all thought up by Jiang Zhu, and Carl was just a stupid boy who ran errands.

"It's like the head of a village, but it's much more powerful than the village head, he holds the power of life and death in his hands, and what he says is the law in the village! If it weren't for the fact that I'm a woman, I'd have wanted to be a Jamach in the past! Jiang Zhuyi was really envious of Carl's position, as long as he looked at the light in her eyes, he knew that she was not joking.

"Men conquer the world, women conquer men, and it is women who conquer the world in the end. You better save some self-esteem for us men, if the women of the world are as capable as you, then just let the men have children. Hong Tao didn't dare to easily agree to give Jiang Zhuyi a piece of land, and really let her be the queen. This woman has the smell of a strong woman, and God knows what she would do if she had the power. If you accidentally get a thirteenth-century Wu Zetian, you will be in trouble.

“…… I want a baby, you and mine! After listening to Hong Tao's answer, Jiang Zhuyi suddenly hugged Hong Tao's arm, put his whole body up, pouted and began to be coquettish.

"It's exactly what I want, let's go, let's go to the top of the castle and prostitute ourselves during the day!" What a big deal, Hong Tao didn't think about it, as soon as he picked up Jiang Zhuyi and walked to the castle, he loudly announced what he was going to do as he walked.

"Hahahaha...... Hehehehe......" As soon as Hong Tao's words fell, all kinds of laughter came from the dock and on the beach.

"Shhhh Don't shout...... Don't shout! They can understand Chinese! Jiang Zhuyi really blushed this time, and shrunk his head in Hong Tao's arms and didn't dare to raise his head.

“…… It's okay, they'll have to hear it for a while anyway, and it's all heard early and late, it's no different. "Hong Tao really didn't expect that the Chinese language would spread to Europe, but who is he, the thickest person in the world! This little embarrassment is a fart, not only can you not avoid it, but you have to bare your teeth and squeeze your eyes at those noble ladies, so that they are embarrassed, and you can't care about laughing at yourself.

By the time Carl was picked up by the slave on the ship, Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi had been humming and chirping on the top of his castle for several days, and the noblewomen were embarrassed to stay any longer, and the hostess never showed up, so they all went home.

"Your Majesty, why did you come in a small boat? Alone! What about Mia? "Carl was blessed, and his skin was sunburned like a lobster by the North African sun. When he saw Hong Tao, the emperor was lying with Jiang Zhuyi on a chaise longue on the top of the castle.

"Oops...... Sorry, I snuck out this time and the big boat was dumped in Cape Town...... Let's be honest, I forgot about Mia. That's it, I'll go back this time and immediately ask Po Shrimp to send Mia to Cape Town, and then you can pick it up yourself, it's not convenient for me to run around all the time. Hong Tao was asked by Carl with a big red face, last time he said that he wanted to bring Mia to Carl, but he actually forgot about it. I wanted to fool the past with high-sounding words, but when I looked at Carl's eyes, I decided not to lie to him. It is not easy for someone to be alone overseas, and if you lie to him again, your conscience will not be justified.

"If you make a mistake, you can correct it, or be a good comrade...... It's not a hurry to be a year earlier or a year later, how is little Philip? "Carl has given up on Hong Tao's treatment, unless you really turn your face with him, otherwise he will always be like this Lai Pi Lai face, scolding is not, not scolding and getting angry, just don't care, who let his life be saved by him.

"The kid studied well, and he will graduate in two years. Are you going to keep him in the Royal Navy, or are you going to have him come back to help you? Don't rush to answer just yet, listen to my advice. I'd suggest you let him come back and help you, you're going to be a very important place in no time. But it's not for the Empire, it's important for me, and I'm afraid you won't be able to keep it busy alone. "Philip is Carl's son and his and Mia's only child. This kid Carl didn't let Hong Tao name him, which made Hong Tao very depressed. He actually thought about it, so he called Capello, which not only follows Carl's card words, but also has Italian flavor, what a good name!

"You're going...... There? Carl didn't bother to ask about his son, glanced at Jiang Zhuyi, and swallowed the name Tu back.

"Old Ka, Mia is here, I have to talk about the slave girl, does Philip have two more little sisters?" Who is Jiang Zhuyi, she doesn't even need to look at Carl's expression to know what's going on.

"It's useless to threaten me with anything, my loyalty to Your Majesty is not something that can be exchanged for a wife and children." Karl is actually loyal in front of the waves, which is rare.

"It's okay, Mrs. Jiang already knows, I told her. In the future, you will use this place as a supply depot for Tu's village, and you can't hide it if you want to. With Mrs. Jiang helping you keep an eye on this, I am more assured, I am afraid that you will spend a lot of time on the sea. Hong Tao has not been idle in the past few days, not only listened to Jiang Zhuyi's report on the situation in Europe in recent years, but also told her some of his plans and won her support.

"Your Majesty has resigned, no longer the Prime Minister of the Empire and Minister of Defense, but just an Emperor of Light who has not listened to anyone. You are so loyal, shouldn't you take your soldiers back to help Your Majesty Qingjun flank? Jiang Zhuyi is also a sharp-tongued woman, Hong Tao has already told her about the changes in the Jinhe Empire, and she is very dissatisfied with Hong Tao's resignation. Although this basically has nothing to do with her, she is still dissatisfied, and her dissatisfaction has to be vented, this is a woman.

"Resign! Why? Carl didn't go to argue with Jiang Zhuyi, but Jiang Zhuyi was very surprised by what Jiang Zhuyi said, and he didn't even believe it, so he had to ask Hong Tao for personal verification.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, she deliberately squeezed you, even if it was to find rescuers, I don't have to come to you, you only have a few soldiers. The resignation was real, not forced, and I took the initiative. Carl, you haven't been back all these years, and the country we built is finally getting a little bit of shape. A founding prime minister can resign on his own initiative and give way to someone else, which is not helpless, but a good start, and will leave future generations with a practice to follow. ”

"Okay, let's talk about this matter later, the most important thing now is not the development of the Jinhe Empire, but the village of Tu, which is called Sun City." Hong Tao didn't want to repeat what he had said to Cixi, Wen Nan, Medini, Bo Jiao, Kong Pei and others, he was annoyed by what he said, and he didn't come to Carl this time to cry and complain about his grievances.

"Now there are more than 4,000 people in this small city, and it's still expanding. I'm not worried about anything else, but there's one thing I can't really find, and that's oil. I can't do a lot of useful stuff out without oil, so it has to have! So I thought of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, where there should be oil, and there was a lot of it, and it was the closest to Cité Soleil. I need you to exchange oil with them, store it here, collect a certain amount, and ship it to Cité Soleil. ”

(To be continued.) )