After another ten days, Swann was in a hurry, and threw the inhabitants of Sun City into the open space north of the estuary, and as soon as the tools and supplies were unloaded, he begged Hong Tao to hurry up, and he wanted to make a good inspection of his territory.

As the saying goes, stepping on the pedal board immediately changes your mind! This statement is very, very, very philosophical.

Swan's temperament has changed dramatically since he set foot on the land that may belong to him, he is afraid of trampling the grass when he walks, and he is forbidden to kill any animals he sees along the way, and he must protect people when he sees them. Even if it was just a small village of a few dozen people, he was like seeing his father, and he was cautious and not too troublesome to outflank them on a large scale, and finally surrounded all these dozens of people. Soldiers are not allowed to shoot at will, those who can be captured alive must be caught alive, and those who can not be harmed are not allowed to be harmed. To this end, he also invented a way to catch people without harming them, that is, to have two cavalrymen hold a fishing net from a boat, and whoever ran would be picked up.

Fishing nets were not enough, so Hong Tao taught him a hunting technique native to Africa in order to prevent Swann from wasting them. It's very simple, a rope with a weight tied to each end. When you use it, pick it up on the top of your head, rotate at high speed, and then look at the target and throw it out, as long as it touches the object, the two ends of the rope will be driven by inertia, and the object will be entangled, and the chain bullet on the naval gun has a principle.

Swan liked Hong Tao's small invention very much, he deserved the title of developed limbs, and after practicing for a while, he found the key point of throwing ropes, and he could always knock down the target very accurately, which was more neat than that used by Hong Tao, the inventor.

It is no wonder that Swann cherished the natives he caught, compared to the valley of Mexico, the density of Indians on the North American continent was too low, and he swept along the coastline for more than a month, and captured less than 300 captives. The main reason why Swann became so benevolent was that he didn't want to be the commander of the light pole in the future, in Hong Tao's words, these are all my people!

"What a big river! And a lot of boats! Your Majesty, this river should be mine, right? Find out where their village is, they're all mine!" When a large river appeared in front of him, or a large swamp, Swanlian climbed into the boat of the waves. He is not stupid, knowing that if there is a big river in his country, then it will be relatively easy to communicate and transport in the future.

"Shh......h Don't make a noise yet, I'll see where this is. These people can't run, they can't run, and it's okay to delay for two days. Hong Tao had spotted the alluvial plain jutting out of the coastline two hours earlier, while the sailors were measuring the depth of the water, and he himself was looking for latitude with a sextant against the sun.

"Shall I bring someone in and explore? What if they do run away? Swann was still not at ease, but looking at the number of these little canoes, he knew that there must be a large village nearby, maybe hundreds or thousands of people.

"I said I couldn't run, I couldn't run! This river should be the Mississippi, right? Boy, you're in luck, this is the eastern border of your territory. The river can't all belong to you, your Uncle Luo's territory is next to you to the east, and you still plan to let your Uncle Luo use this river? I think this river doesn't belong to anyone, and it would be more appropriate for the two countries to use it together. But these people can belong to you, whether they live on the west bank or the east bank of the river, whoever finds it first is whoever owns. After measuring the latitude, Hong Tao looked for the longitude on the map again, and then drew a dotted line of the river in the corresponding position.

Whether this is the Mississippi River or not is uncertain, and the final result depends on Swann to go ashore to measure. However, Hong Tao believes that it is likely that there should be only one such world-class river between Texas and the California Peninsula. As far as the naked eye can see, it can no longer be defined by a river, it is a river basin, with no end in sight, covered with sandbanks, small rivers, woods, swamps and meadows.

Swan's territory is vast enough, and using this large river as a dividing line is easy to find on a map, and it is easy to define. So the small kingdom of Swan officially determined the location of the eastern border, which is this river, and the western border is based on the west longitude of 100 degrees, which is convenient. The width of the north and south is easier to do, and you don't need to go up to measure it yourself, and you can use the latitude line on the map to live.

The southern border of the Kingdom of Virginia of Carl is 35 degrees north latitude, and Hong Tao simply uses this line to run through the North American continent, and the northern border of the Kingdom of Texas of Swann also comes out, which is the 35th parallel of north latitude, and the southern border is the natural coastline. The southernmost point is around 28 degrees north latitude, and the longitude of the Mississippi River is about 91 degrees west longitude.

A latitude is about one hundred and eleven kilometers, and the corresponding distance of longitude is floating, which is about one hundred and eleven kilometers at the equator, and every degree of latitude is multiplied by a cosθ, and this θ is the latitude. Swan's territory was between 28 and 35 degrees north latitude, and Hong Tao calculated that at this latitude, a longitude was about 90 to 95 kilometers.

In other words, the Kingdom of Texas in Swan, which is more than 800 kilometers long from east to west and more than 700 kilometers from north to south, is basically a rectangle, with an area of more than 500,000 square kilometers, which is about the same size as the French mainland.

However, the Texas kingdom outlined by Hong Tao is smaller than the Texas state of the United States in the future. Large chunks were cut off to the north and west, as were areas south of 28 degrees latitude to the south, and the east included the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The reason is still one word, lazy! The square territory looks unchaotic.

"You can help me find a place to build the capital, and by the way, give me a good name for the capital." Most people dislike Hong Tao's problem of naming everywhere, but Swan doesn't dislike it, he is highly consistent with Hong Tao in this regard, thinking that the name is just a code name, don't call it a dog\egg.

"The capital, it's better to be closer to the sea, and it will be convenient for you to sell livestock to other countries in the future, just this one, called Houston City!" Hong Tao has been to Texas, but he is not familiar with it, and he does not know the coordinates of the big city, this is not a necessary place for navigation, and there is no need to memorize the coordinates of the port. However, there is one city that is more famous in China in later generations, Houston, the home of the NBA Rockets, and it is also an important space base. It is built next to a bay and the coastline has been explored along the way, making it easier to find.

"Houston...... It doesn't sound very imposing, but it's better to have a name than nothing, hehehe...... Your Majesty, can I go back to Malacca once and let my father know that I am already king! Instead of dwelling with Hong Tao over the name, Swann made another request.

“…… After a while, you're already dead to a lot of your acquaintances, and it doesn't seem appropriate to suddenly appear. Hong Tao thought that Swan had forgotten about his father, and for so many years, he never took the initiative to mention his father. Now it seems that he didn't forget, but thought that if he didn't mix well, he wouldn't have the face to go back and show off with his father.

"That's right, I'm all dead......" Swan reminded Hong Tao before he realized his identity.

"Don't think about it, I'll let you go back secretly if I have the chance. It's not that I'm ruthless, your father is a city lord, and he is about the same as the governor, and he has no reason to leave the port of Malacca casually, which will make many people uneasy, and it will also violate the laws of the empire, and it will easily cause him unnecessary trouble. Seeing that Swan was a little lonely, Hong Tao also softened. This child is very innocent in his heart, and many feelings will not be said casually, which is a habit he developed when he was a child. But not saying it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to, it can only be said that he is psychologically tough and can endure it.

"I understand that even if Your Majesty is not the emperor, he is still the royal family of the empire. It's okay, I just had a sudden idea, and even if I was asked to go back now, I wouldn't be able to pull away. I don't even know what my kingdom looks like, and I won't go anywhere until I figure it out! Swan is sometimes very sensible, and Hong Tao is willing to think about him, but he feels that he is asking too much.

"I'm afraid you haven't had time to explore your territory yet, we still have a lot of work to do. Let your soldiers get on the boat, this swamp is difficult to pass by land, take a boat over it, and move on, I'll show you Uncle Karl's territory, it's a good place too. Si Wanneng thought so, Hong Tao was very happy, the eaglet who left the nest should have its own sky.

(To be continued.) )