"That'...... Then I'll follow you......" Bo Jiao is very smart, and after staying with Hong Tao for so long, he already has a deep understanding of new sailing ships. A sailboat more than 10 meters long and a 30 meter long sailboat are not the same meaning at all, although they are both sailboats, but the former can run all over the sea in three or two people, while the latter requires a large team to drive. The difficulty has increased, and there are naturally more things to learn, and the more things he knows, the more he feels that he has endless knowledge in his uncle.

"Ah Jiao, don't forget what I told you, sailing is not a play, it is our future, not only for you to learn, but also to teach your uncles, brothers, younger brothers and sisters. Only when everyone learns that we can be afraid of no one, and the most important thing at sea is people, not ships. Uncle can't take you on a voyage forever, and soon you'll have to lead a team on your own, and you'll have to have your own helpers, your own sailors, understand? Of course, Hong Tao was willing to let Bo Jiao and Carl stay with him all the time, compared to a group of new sailors who didn't know anything, they were too easy to use, and they could help him a lot. But I can't keep the best people by my side, which is contrary to my original intention, and I trained them to let them be another of myself, and when I have ten, a hundred Jiao and Karl, I am already the overlord of the ocean.

"You mean let me pick my own crew? Church them as you did with me? Bo Jiao quickly understood what Hong Tao meant, and sailing on the sea will maximize the understanding between people, and it will be easier to develop the same thinking pattern.

"Well, take them to the offshore whaling first, and then slowly choose among them, and when you can pick 30 people, you will be qualified to command the big ship alone. Hehe, guess who came up with the idea of that watchtower on the hill. Hong Tao kept holding a telescope and searched both sides of the estuary, trying to find the person who had just found him, until he was very close to the estuary, and found a wooden tree house on the hill north of the estuary. It's hidden among the trees, and if you don't have a telescope, you won't be able to spot it, even if you pass down the mountain.

"If it weren't for the Empress, he would have done such sneaky things, and the trees around the camp were almost full of these things." Bo Jiao pursed his lips, he didn't like Cixi very much, because that slave was too shameless, too obscene, and not like a man at all. Although this is a good thing for the camp, but in terms of personality alone, Bo Jiao looks down on Cixi very much, and he doesn't understand why Hong Tao protects him so much and gives him special treatment, almost the same as the Tan family and the natives in the camp.

"Kid, you can't be a fully qualified captain yet, you have to strengthen it here. A mature man who understands everyone's thoughts and tries to understand their ideas, and then thinks from their point of view. Crew members and sailors are also human beings, and whether you can give full play to the best of each of them for a few months or even a year on board is the key to whether your ship can give full play to its capabilities. But it doesn't matter, you're still young, when I'm your age, I don't know anything, take your time, you're much happier than your uncle. Hong Tao patted Bo Jiao's head, understanding that people are a higher level of knowledge, at present, he will not require Bo Jiao to have this ability, this thing is useless, you have to figure it out yourself, it takes a long time, if you don't live in different environments for three lifetimes, you won't have these gains.

After more than two months, I returned to Jinhewan again, and the place has changed a lot, not only the size of the village has expanded a lot, the area of rice fields has expanded a lot, and two simple waterwheels have been erected downstream of the residential area. Next to the waterwheel were two earthen blast furnaces, and thick smoke kept coming out of them, but fortunately there were trees as cover, otherwise they could be seen from outside the estuary.

These two blast furnaces are more than 4 meters high, more than 2 meters thick, cone-shaped, Hong Tao has never seen such a blast furnace, he has not studied metal smelting, even if he knows a little knowledge of this, he can't use it. Those things were learned during internships in modern steel mills, and in this era, there is no use for fart. Without all kinds of modern testing equipment and reagents, he can't even measure the sulfur and carbon content of steel, and it is useless to know what to do. As for saying that you can make steel and iron by local method, this is not nonsense, a college student in a modern city, who Nima has nothing to do to learn local steelmaking, what is the use of learning? What university professor would teach this? The question is, how many professors, even technicians and engineers, know how to make steel?

Don't compare the early workers, peasants and soldiers college students with the current college students, although the college students of that era were weaker in culture, but their hands-on ability was strong, and many people went to work first and then went to college.

I don't know, Hong Tao won't go to the blind command, he just drew a drawing of a waterwheel driving the forging hammer for Qi Zu, but he didn't even give the size, and there was no data on the thickness of the specific wood, so it could only be regarded as a concept. However, he obviously underestimated the wisdom of the ancients, what they lacked was only concepts, creativity and insight, and when it came to hands-on ability, Hong Tao felt that he really couldn't compare, even the little grandsons of the Wen family were better than him. They can carve anything you want from a piece of wood, no matter how good they are.

"See, we just went out for a walk, and when we came back, so many people welcomed us, aren't you particularly excited? Think you're a big hero? Don't be too tired just yet, they will welcome you more when you go out with your team in a big boat and bring back your booty and slaves. At that time, you are the real man and the real hero in their hearts, just like who caught the most fish when our Tan family was rushing to the sea in the past. "When the two sailboats entered the river one after the other, the north bank was already full of people. The farmer, the woodcutter, the iron and copper smelter all put down their work, ran to the river and waved at the sailboat, even the slaves who were chained couldn't help cheering, I don't know why they were happy, could it be that the demon Hong Tao came back to abuse them, they were very excited?

"Hey, hey, hey......" Bo Jiao let Hong Tao say what he wanted, scratched his head embarrassedly, and turned around like avoiding this poisonous uncle, but there was nowhere to hide, so he could only smirk.

"Oops...... Oh my baby, miss me, right? Let me see if it's sunken, if there is something more in my belly! Hahaha...... "As soon as the Predator docked, Hong Tao played hooligans in front of hundreds of people. He jumped directly onto the dock, lifted Bozhu standing in front directly, and then hugged it horizontally to his chest, looked at his face for two mouthfuls, and then buried his face in Bozhu's stomach and rubbed it.

"Rong Weng Weng, there are rice seeds and cotton seeds on the ship, and more than ten slaves, let everyone unload the ship, I'll go home and sleep first, if there is anything to ask that kid Bojiao, he has written it down in the notebook." This is not the first time that Bo Zhu has been affectionate by Hong Tao in front of everyone, but he still doesn't feel very comfortable, and he doesn't dare to show his face on Hong Tao's chest. Hong Tao never put her down, simply said hello to the people on the dock, and went home with his daughter-in-law. After more than two months on the sea, not only did I have to worry about the route and the weather, but I also had to take care of the young people who were going to sea for the first time, and sometimes I had to work as a psychological counselor for them, which was not only physically tired, but also mentally tired.

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back! Old man Rong didn't blame Hong Tao, he smiled and watched him run away with Bozhu in his arms, and then turned his head to look at Cixi behind him.

"The second team is here to unload the ship! The third team went to unload the back! Be careful, dare to drop a seed and see if I don't smoke you to death! Cixi burst out in an instant, and began to shout at the top of her voice. His current Chinese is basically close to the level of the Tan family, and his pronunciation is even closer to Hong Tao, so he probably learned it on purpose.

This time Hong Tao really went home to rest, Bo Zhu is pregnant, no longer suitable for too tiring hand-holding activities, and Hong Tao has a lot of things to do, the voyage solved part of the problem at one time, but the problems derived from this are more, covering all aspects, most of them need him to consider, and no one can help.