"Captain Ka, can I ask your daughter-in-law where the gold thread for embroidering the golden thread flag came from? It can't be the company's property appropriated from the Women's Federation, right? Everyone else was concerned about the outcome of the chase, but Hong Tao was looking up and pondering the Black Eagle flag on top of the mast. Mia's embroidery skills are good, this flag is big enough, the black double-headed eagle is full of golden light, very magnificent, and the gold thread is definitely not less.

"Mia exchanged the jewelry I gave her!" Karl did not dare to talk nonsense on this kind of issue, in the Jinhewan system, there is no private property in the absolute sense, and how to distinguish between public and private is a very troublesome problem. Therefore, Hong Tao has always been a high-pressure policy on the occupation of public and private property, and he will not be soft when he finds that he will deal with one by one.

"Oh! Where did you get your gold jewelry? I don't remember any loot like this in the fleet! The company hasn't sent it yet, has it? It can't be a bribe from a maritime merchant, right? "Hong Tao belongs to Wang Ba, so it's hard for him to bite it.

“…… Yes, it was given to me by Bo Jiao...... "Carl originally wanted to hide it from Bo Jiao and act righteously, but when he saw Hong Tao start grinning, he immediately sold Bo Jiao. He knows very well what the consequences of deceiving Hong Tao are, the more he is deceived by people close to him, the more ruthless Hong Tao will be, and he must not expect this man to have mercy.

"Oops! When did the two of you have such a great friendship, why didn't he give me some gold? Write down this account first, and then talk about the ship in front of you after you have dealt with it. It's less than a kilometer away, Captain Ka, I see what you do with it, it's running pretty well! "Bo Jiao's shield is very useful, Hong Tao can't chase it anymore, the current system of Jinhewan is only limited to Jinhewan, and Bo Jiao and Maitini belong to people with territories. They don't have to fully comply with the Golden River Bay system. This was approved by the Board of Directors. Hong Tao has also been worried about the development model of Jinhewan. This system of complete and equal distribution cannot be used forever, and slowly people will lose their enthusiasm for work. Talking about human nature is the basic principle of Hong Tao, and if human desire for wealth is forcibly erased, it is not in line with his philosophy.

“…… It's better for you to command, you're the commander of the fleet......" Karl's excitement just now had passed, and when Hong Tao said this, he also realized who should give these orders. Just now he overstepped his bounds.

"Command...... The Malacca meets the enemy on the port side! Open the starboard gun door and get ready for battle! Hong Tao grinned, hugged the salamander and re-established himself in his command position, issuing a new order.

The Golden River and the Malacca were much faster than the hot and sub-schooner, and even without the use of pole sails and wing sails, they could still overtake the ship at any time. Under Hong Tao's command, two ships sandwiched the ship in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, and kept squeezing inward, so that it could not turn. At the same time, the port and port guns of the Golden River and Malacca were ready to be fired at any time. As long as this ship dared to react violently and threaten both warships, it would most likely be shattered to pieces in an instant.

"Order the Malacca not to be the first to fire. Adjust the angles of all artillery to minus four degrees! "Actually, this kind of flanking method is very stupid, if the Jinhe and Malacca really fired, the hot \ Na \ Ya schooner must be full of big holes, but the Golden River and Malacca will also be accidentally injured by the other party's shells. Hong Tao just wanted to scare and scare the other party, and didn't want to really open fire, anyway, the ship belonged to Karl's cousin, not his cousin's country, but his cousin's own family. This point is completely different from the Great Song Dynasty, they have been very clear about the division between state and private property from a long time ago, even if it is an emperor, it cannot be said that the country's money is their own family's money, so don't mix it up, sooner or later it will be overthrown.

"Who's the captain! I'm Friedrich. Cal. Hohenstefen ...... Sail down! Stop paddling! What Hong Tao thought, Carl couldn't figure it out, he was afraid that Hong Tao would really order the cannon. But the re-Na schooner was still trying to escape, and there was no way out, so he had to pick up the microphone and stand on the stern and shout at the ship a hundred and ten meters away.

"Girl, do you understand what your Uncle Ka is shouting?" Hong Tao hugged the salamander and asked her to see this sea contact clearly, this is an actual combat exercise, and it is also to explain to her with actions how to deal with similar situations at sea in the future.

"Uncle Ka is stopping the ship, my Latin is good! Stuff mom taught me! "Hong salamanders are among the first children to receive bilingual education from an early age, and Chinese and Latin are the two compulsory subjects in Jinhewan Kindergarten. And these children also have foreign teachers, that is, those dancing girls who bought from the hands of the A-La Bo. It is more convenient to have a salamander like this, and Senia is more advanced in Latin than Karl, especially in ancient Latin. Nuns, the Bible at this time was written in ancient Latin, and the uneducated could not understand it at all, which was also a way for the church to consolidate its class.

"Come, I'll hold you and help Uncle Ka, his Latin pronunciation is not as good as yours, you help him shout." Carl was anxious, but Hong Tao was coaxing his daughter to play, and really hugged the Hong salamander to the side of the boat and asked her to shout with Carl. It's not that Hong Tao is two hundred and five, he is not afraid of hurting his daughter, but the lookout has seen it clearly, this is a pure merchant ship, there are no long-range weapons on it, and the number of sailors is not very large.

"Hey, hey, hey! See? My daughter's shouting is better than yours, they lowered the sails! Carl was unlucky, he shouted at the top of his voice for a long time, but it didn't have any effect, but as soon as the salamander shouted a few words, the hot \ that \ sub schooner really lowered its sails, retracted its oars and was ready to surrender. Whether the salamander is working or not, it is difficult to say, on the sea 100 meters away, no matter how good the little girl's voice is, it is estimated that it will not be able to pass. The other party either saw that he really couldn't run away, or he stopped the boat when he saw or heard Carl's appearance or shouting, and it had nothing to do with the salamander. But Hong Tao can be hypocritical, and if he doesn't have it, he has to say that he has it, so that the girl can be happy, as for whether Carl is happy or not, whether he loves to be happy or not, he is not a child, there is no need to coax.

"Are they relatives of Uncle Carl?" Seeing Carl rowing towards the boat in a dinghy, Hong Salamander felt a little strange, according to the rules she understood, it should not be sunk on the sea before touching.

"Well, your Uncle Carl hasn't seen anyone back home in ten years, and if I leave you here and come back to pick you up in ten years, will you be willing?" Hong Tao wants to tell his daughter what Carl's mood is now, although Hong Tao may not understand, but he must tell her.

"Then I'll play with Sister Jiang, and I'll have to leave me a big boat!" It's a pity that Hong Tao's answer is not what Hong Tao wants.

"You don't want Mom and Dad?" Jiang Zhuyi was also quite surprised by Hong Salamander's answer.

"I don't usually want to, but when I think about it, I will drive the big boat back to see ......" Hong Salamander once again said an answer that surprised Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi.

"Your girl is not very close to you......" Jiang Zhuyi quietly leaned into Hong Tao's ear and politely commented on Hong Tao's performance.

“…… Maybe my kid will go out more open-minded than her......" Hong Tao knew what Jiang Zhu was going to say, but unfortunately he didn't recruit him, the child he raised was this virtue, Hong Shan in the previous life They were like this, and in this life, even girls have a heart to fly.

As soon as Karl's skiff had landed on the schooner, he climbed up the rope net on the side of the ship, and stood on the side of the boat talking to two bearded men, and soon a short man emerged from the cabin, hugged Carl, and kissed each other on the cheek. Hong Tao felt as if Carl had found a relative, so he no longer cared about his safety, but began to carefully observe the construction characteristics of this ****** schooner from the telescope, trying to learn more about the shipbuilding level of southern Europe and the Arabs.

The length of this schooner is about 30 meters, similar to that of the Jiao Shark class, with a length-to-width ratio of about three to one, two masts in front and one in the back, the front mast is slightly higher, the spinnaker with the leading edge on all sides is the mainsail, and there is a small spinnaker at the stern. Compared to the Jiao Shark class, this ****** schooner has a higher bow and a bow tower on top, and the stern is also upturned and the stern is higher. This is also the reason why it is about the same size as the Jiao Shark class, but it can only stand two masts, and the bow and stern space are occupied by the bow and stern.

In terms of overall appearance, the hot \ Na \ sub schooner resembles a crescent, the mast is relatively low, the lower part of the hull is not U-shaped or V-shaped, let alone flat-bottomed, from its upturned stern, it should be more like a semicircle, and there is no outer keel, stabilizer plate, stabilizer fins and other devices. This type of ship is more suitable for offshore sailing, and the stability is poor in high sea conditions. Without waiting for someone else to hit, the currents and wind and waves can put the whole ship in danger of rolling at all times.

"Dad, their ship doesn't have rudders!" Hong Salamander is worthy of being Hong Tao's daughter, who has been playing with sailboat models and learning sailboat knowledge since she was a child, so that her understanding of sailing ships tends to be instinctive, and she soon discovered the uniqueness of the other party's boat.

"Well, their stern is too high to fit a rudder, but they have two tail rotors, and they probably rely on this pair of tail rotors to adjust their direction." Hong Tao looked more carefully than Hong Tao, and his daughter regarded the sailboat as a thing, but he was evaluating the shipbuilding technology of both sides at a glance.

In addition to the obvious feature of the tail rudder, there is another huge difference that can be seen by anyone who knows how to build a ship, and that is the shipboard. The hull of this ****** schooner resembles fish scales, one piece of wood on top of another. Hong Tao had heard of this shipbuilding technology in later generations, it was invented by the Vikings, it belongs to the relatively early splicing method, mostly used in the northern seas of Europe, the most typical is the Viking ships, are using this splicing method, I did not expect to be seen in the Mediterranean. This illustrates a problem, a very important question! The cultures and technologies of Northern and Southern Europe are blending, and the reason for the blending is not only maritime trade, but also a more important driving force, which is war!

(To be continued.) )