"Dismiss the alert! Yaya, forget again, this is the port of the Great Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to the door of our relatives' homes, do you still fight at the door of your relatives? That's rude, isn't it? See, you frightened the Great Song Dynasty's Maritime Patrol Camp, and my uncle and I have to go and apologize to you and others. The sound of the sirens also alarmed Hong Tao in the captain's room, who was lying on a map of Africa with Martini to study the details of the Isthmus of Suez. Don't look at the character of this fat man, but he has been to a lot of places, and when he was young, he actually crossed this isthmus and went directly to the Mediterranean to do business with the Venetians.

The Isthmus of Suez is the narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and the Suez Canal was built using several lakes on this isthmus. At its narrowest point, it is only a hundred kilometers, and if you cut away those lakes, there are only a few tens of kilometers left. If the Suez Canal can be dug up, it will be much easier to travel from Asia to Europe, at least half the voyage, which is still half of the risky.

Hong Tao didn't tell Medini about this idea, he just wanted to understand the geography at this time. Digging a canal is a huge project, especially in the era when productivity is still relatively low, a grand canal will make the Sui Dynasty lose all its money, and the people will lose money! Without absolute dominance and huge wealth accumulation, it is absolutely impossible to play this thing. And Hong Tao has not yet decided whether to dig this canal or not, once there is this shortcut, Europe and Asia can be connected, and it is an opportunity for development for both Europe and Asia. But he has not yet been able to fully control the seas of Asia, and if you add those religious fanatical crusaders, it will be even more chaotic.

"Those Arabs have bad intentions!" Yaya pouted and was unhappy, she caused trouble for her uncle the first time she became a captain, and she had to apologize to others, which made her doubt her future career as a captain.

"Hmm. You're right, but sometimes it depends on the location. If it weren't for the door of our relatives' house, they would all be thrown into the sea to feed the fish, and today they will be considered lucky, not to give them face, but to give our native relatives a face. You Uncle Qi are natives. He made all the cannonballs on our ship, right? Go, tell the boat behind to lift the alarm, and I'll deal with the people in the Coast Guard camp. Hong Tao patted Weng Ya's head, first affirmed her approach, and then explained to her why she couldn't start a war in the Great Song Sea. She couldn't understand the truth that was too deep, and she couldn't say it herself, so she could only use Qi Zu to fool her. Not far away, a Coast Guard birdboat had lowered its boat, apparently to persuade it. In order to prevent them from getting on the boat to check, Hong Tao himself also asked the sailors to lower the dinghy and rowed over with four sailors.

"Brother Hong, don't come unharmed!" The two dinghys converged on the sea, and before Hong Tao could speak, an officer wearing armor on the opposite boat suddenly hugged his fist at him and greeted him.

"Hey, it's General Yan. Forgiveness and forgiveness, it's really not my little brother's clumsiness. The main reason is that General Yan's dress is so mighty, I don't even dare to look at it more! Hong Tao squinted his little eyes and touched it carefully, and then his face bloomed with a bright smile like meeting an old friend who had been separated for many years. The person who came really knew him, it was Yan Wei who accompanied Luo Youde when he had dinner with Luo Youde the year before last, and Yan was the head of the deputy capital. It's been three years, and he hasn't changed much. It's just that this armor is too bluffing, and you can't really recognize it if you don't look closely.

"Wrong, wrong, not a general, it's called like this, Brother Luo also confessed to the younger brother before going to Lin'an. Let me take care of Brother Hong, these ships were brought by Brother Hong? Yan Wei is only in his thirties, his personality is more cheerful than his official body, and he is from Qiongzhou, it is estimated that he has a good personal relationship with Luo Youde, and he didn't put on any official stand with Hong Tao, he jumped over from his boat in one step, and he didn't have any precautions at all.

"Yes, yes, it's not that Brother Luo is going to get rich. What kind of chamber of commerce did he have, saying that he was going to Dashi to change horses for the official family and come back, at this time he was in Lin'an, little brother, I have been to Dashi, which didn't let him be brought in as a bodyguard. Brother Yan, look at these boats, can you protect this trip? Seriously, I'm good at sailing, and I'll have to ask you, an expert, to fight! Hong Tao directly explained his intentions, these things can't be hidden from the city, and there is nothing that can't be said. Organizing maritime merchants to go to sea is available all the time, and there are not a few people who are larger than themselves. As for whether to change horses for the official family, take it out first and swagger, it is estimated that a small sesame official like Yan Wei does not have the ability to listen to the sky, and he has to listen to what he says. In later generations, the communication conditions were so developed, and it was still possible to pull the tiger skin and pull the banner, and there was no way to inquire about this kind of thing.

"Oh, it turns out that the Chamber of Commerce organized by Uncle Cai is going to follow you! I said, who has such a bold son to go to Nanfan in this season, Brother Hong is really a master of art and bold! But I have to ask one more question, this trip is not far away, is Brother Hong really sure to take them to Dashi? If there is a big mistake, not only will Brother Hong lose the ship, but Brother Luo's family will probably not have a good time. Yan Wei must have heard Luo Youde mention Hong Tao's sailing skills, and the two big food horses had been sent to Guangzhou City a few days ago, so as to prove that Hong Tao's fleet had indeed been to the big food. But he still didn't trust Hong Tao very much, and he couldn't say it directly, so he could only use cryptic language to persuade him.

"Don't worry, I don't have any boats, it's a big deal to let them go with me on my boat. I don't dare to say anything else, but if you go to the big food, there is no difficulty, and there is no need to divide the season! Hong Tao said very much, whether he can go or not, it will be clear in a few months, and it is meaningless for him to be modest now.

"That's good, I'm here to wait for Brother Hong's return, so I won't bother...... By the way, why did Brother Hong have a feud with the Pu family? I heard that the Pu family in Guangzhou was very opposed to this chamber of commerce, and there were rumors that Brother Hong was eating knife rice at sea. The Pu family here is very powerful, I don't know if they will make trouble to Lord Zhizhou, in case the damage to the merchants here is too great, I am afraid that Brother Hong will be in trouble when he comes to Guangzhou again in the future. Yan Wei was afraid that Hong Tao would not understand what he had just said, so he made some more sense, so he stepped back into his boat and rowed towards the Arab fleet.

"These Arabs are quite well-informed, and it seems that there are still a lot of people who have delivered news to them along the way! Cheng, you wait, watch the master and I clean you up one by one. Go to Qiongzhou! Hong Tao understood why Yan Wei came to ask about the runner this time, it turned out that he heard some discordant voices in the city of Guangzhou. The Arabs have found themselves as the culprit, and the news can only leak from the port of Miska, and perhaps there are eyewitnesses. The old man of Bo Jiao probably wanted to play a trick with him, and there must have been many ports along the way that he had docked to provide news to these Arabs. Hong Tao had expected this situation before, but because the trip to Lin'an was delayed for the second westward trip, he didn't have time to clean up these hidden dangers urgently. Well, let's have a pot of stew this time, first remove the influence of the Arabs from the east of Ceylon, and see who will dare to give themselves eye medicine in the future!

"Carl, you take someone to find Luo Dacai, and first give me their ships to inspect and inspect. Those who can't sail away are all removed, and the goods and merchants on the ship are arranged on our ship, don't bring too much, we have to do more work along the way. In addition, I made it clear to Luo Dacai what I meant, those Arabs on the shore already knew that it was our fleet that sank the seven Arab merchant ships, and reminded him to pay attention, understand? Instead of returning to his flagship Canton, Hong Tao asked the sailors to row the boat next to Carl's Qiongzhou, climbed onto the deck and whispered to Carl. For his own safety, he didn't want to rush to Guangzhou Port, in case that Zhizhou really listened to the words of the Pu family, wouldn't it be too unjust to arrest himself, which dynasty and generation have unjust, false and wrongful cases, and he can't be this big head. It's still the same sentence, the master is in trouble, the servant go to the top, I can't save you in vain, I can only put Karsher at the critical moment.

"Understood! Is there still a chance for us to hit their ships this time? Karl did not ask himself if it was dangerous to go, but was interested in continuing to attack the merchant ships of the Arabs.

"That's a must, dare to sue us for blackness, sue them once, I'll beat them once, see if it's their hard mouth, or our grenades hard! You pay attention to your own safety, come back when you are done, let Luo Dacai handle everything, it is best not to stay in the city for long. Once you find that something is wrong, get on the boat as soon as possible and run back, as long as you are there, everything can be abandoned, if the person is gone, there will be nothing, understand? Although Hong Tao asked Carl to take the risk instead of himself, there was nothing to hide from him, and the question of what should be told still had to be told.

"Hey, hey, don't worry, my lord, I still want to go home...... But I have another wife, what will I say when I go back? Karl gritted his teeth, but soon began to cry.

"Okay, come back this time, I'll go through the divorce procedures for you." Hong Tao has heard Carl talk about this countless times these days, and he is not complaining to himself, but showing himself. He was very affectionate with that Mia, and he made a few bullshit poems for others. A man who has been away from home for several years and may not be able to go back in this life, meets a girl who is obedient and good-looking, and he can't help it without Hong Tao forcing him.

"But I'm a religious and can't get a divorce!" As soon as Carl heard that Hong Tao wanted to divorce him, he immediately objected.

"Fuck off! It's worth the that you guys are Pixiu, you can only eat it, you can't pull it! Go and repent yourself, my church is specially built for you, and I will get you a worship room on the ship in the future, and you can become a monk if you have the ability! As soon as Hong Tao heard that he had brought religion out as a shield, he immediately became angry. These grandsons all have a god and a lord in front of them, and when they have done bad things, they shake off their fig leafs, as if they were pure. Nima himself didn't have it, it was too much of a loss, and every time at this time, he especially missed Ouyang Qing and the Sun God Sect. (To be continued.) )