"No, we're both smart people, and that's the main reason I like you. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoI like to be around smart people because it's easier to talk to smart people. Whether I deliberately knew it or not, I have already made it clear. You can bully Carl, but you can't affect his emotions. You're important to me, he's just as important, and I think you should have a way to make the two of you get along better. This is the end of this problem, I am not here to settle the dispute for you, I have more important things to do this time. I need a lot of slaves at the moment, can you get them for me? Regardless of whether Jiang Zhuyi is willing to listen or not, Hong Tao still has to explain this problem. Friends, women, and helpers all need them, and since Jiang Zhuyi is a smart person, he should be able to handle this relationship well. If she can't, then she is not a smart person, and she can't get along with herself in the way of a smart person, and this principle cannot be changed.

"How much?" Jiang Zhuyi is indeed different from other women, after testing Hong Tao's bottom line, he immediately stopped trying to touch things that he couldn't touch, as if the conversation just now hadn't happened.

"As much as you want! I suppose Carl and I have gone along, and he will be back soon, so you tell him not to rest too long, and to transport the slaves to me at once, as much as he can. Hong Tao knew what Carl was doing after leaving for so long, he must have gone to Cape Town to pull slaves, and then took the opportunity to transport oil to Sun City to send it to Fort Mia by the way. This back and forth is tens of thousands of kilometers, plus the time spent in the three ports, it takes half a year. But in front of Jiang Zhuyi, he couldn't tell Carl's secret, otherwise this woman might have to use this matter as a pigtail to torture Carl.

"Give me three months, and I can get 1,000 to 1,500 people, doesn't it have to be black?" As soon as it came to serious things, Jiang Zhuyi became the capable, decisive, and resourceful strong woman again, and reported the specific number of people in a blink of an eye.

"It's a human being, and if you can do it, you can do it." Hong Tao smiled knowingly, and could hear from Jiang Zhuyi's question that she didn't plan to get the black slaves back for herself at all, as for where she got it and how to get it, Hong Tao didn't ask.

"What is to be done in the Flemish Hanseatic matter? I only have one battleship and three whaling ships here, the good sailor and the good ship Karl have all been taken away, even if there is a good ship, I will not command the naval battle......" solved Hong Tao's problem, Jiang Zhuyi still has her own problem, she wants to use Hong Tao's power to knock this nasty Flanders Hanseatic away in one fell swoop, so as not to make trouble from the old age.

"Is there anything else you can't do? So I'll teach you how about naval warfare now? Hong Tao didn't seem to take the matter of Flanders Hansa to heart, and began to smile and smile seriously.

"I don't want to go to the boat, it'......s wet and dirty," Jiang Zhuyi subconsciously fiddled with her skirt, as if she was on the deck now, the ground was full of water, and she had to walk on tiptoe.

"It can also be taught in the bedroom...... Hey, hey, hey......" Hong Tao pointed to the roof, Jiang Zhuyi said when he introduced the Baron Castle just now, her bedroom is on the highest part of the third floor.

"It doesn't have to be who taught whom...... Hee-hee-hee. "Fish looking for fish, shrimp looking for shrimp, Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi, these two pieces of materials, to describe it in an idiom, smell the same.

Hong Tao did not stay long in Karlburg, and the next day he boarded an armed merchant ship and went to Naples. Jiang Zhuyi couldn't say very clearly about the affairs of Flanders and Hansea, after all, she was just a shrewd businessman and a woman, and it was difficult to be interested in some things, so she had no way to understand. It seems that in the future, she will really have to ask Cixi to come over and teach her how to do business and intelligence at the same time. But this is all for later, now Hong Tao is going to Friedrich II and ask him how much he knows about the situation in Flanders and Hansea, after all, he is the emperor, and it is still the jurisdiction of the empire, even if he doesn't care, he has to know something.

Compared with two years ago, Friedrich II seemed to be a little younger, much better and more cheerful, and Hong Tao heard his laughter before he entered the palace hall, which was completely different from before.

"William, you are really getting younger and younger, what is it that makes you so happy? Tell me to share it with me. Hong Tao may have been an emperor, and he came from a later life, and there was no concept in his mind that the emperor needed to be particularly respected, so he pushed open the door of the hall and walked in, so casually that even the guards didn't come to stop him. At the same time, he also called the nickname of Friedrich II, just like the nickname between people who know each other well in China, hey, dog!

“…… Hong, you are also the emperor, and this is the place where I have a meeting with the ministers...... "There were not only the emperor in the hall, but also seven or eight of the emperor's close ministers, as if they were listening to what the emperor told them. Hong Tao pushed the door and entered, and his voice was so loud that it startled everyone present. Friedrich II had to put down what he was holding and express his displeasure in a slightly reproachful tone.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that this is your palace, you talk first, I'll wait for you at the university...... William, can you show me what you're holding? Hong Tao is also very embarrassed, if someone breaks in like this when he is in a meeting, and he still calls his nickname, he can't tell how to spray people.

But they all came in, so they couldn't close the door and go out, and they still had to say a few polite words. Just as he was about to turn around and walk out of the corner of his eye, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed something that made his little heart beat violently was placed on the table in front of Friedrich II. So he walked back again, and although he was asking for the other's permission, he had already reached for the object.

"No, no, no, this is the secret of the Empire, it ......" This time Friedrich II was not used to Hong Tao, and flashed in front of the table, trying to stop Hong Tao from taking it.

"What a secret, you call plagiarism you know! It's a musket, right? Did it come from the Golden Horde, the Khorezm, or the Great Cannibals? Let me see, this thing looks like it. I'll tell you, I invented it and I had it ten years ago. "Where can the small body of Friedrich II stop Hong Tao, while verbally attacking, he stretched out his hand and pulled, if he wanted to dodge, he had to dodge, and the thing on the table was in Hong Tao's hand.

"You invented it?!" Friedrich II made Hong Tao confused, or what Hong Tao said was very reliable, so that he believed it a little. didn't care about being picked up by others, and asked the answer directly.

"I vouch for it with my personality! Whoever brought this thing to you, you ask him if it came from the East. What Hong Tao was holding in his hand was a front-loading flintlock pistol, which looked almost exactly the same as the export type exported by the Jinhe Empire to the Great Song Dynasty. Otherwise, he would have been stared at by Hong Tao's little eyes from a distance of more than ten meters, which is too familiar.

"Don't, don't...... Ay...... ......"Hong Tao not only looks familiar, but also uses it." Soon the ammunition was loaded and aimed at the wooden door of the hall, and as soon as Friedrich II reacted, a deafening roar sounded in the hall, ten times louder than the sound of shooting in the field, and everyone's ears were buzzing.

"Everyone, the quality of the barrel of this gun is not very good, and the bullets that come out are seriously deviated. I aimed at the door on the left, and the bullet hit the door frame on the right. This is only a distance of less than 20 meters, and if it is put on the battlefield, it will be considered luck if it does not hit friendly forces. Hong Tao didn't give the people in the hall time to react, strode to the door, looked for the location of the bullet, and began to find fault.

"Your Majesty, this gun is not intended to be fired alone, it should be lined up in a row when fighting. If there are a hundred buckshot in flight, the accuracy is compensated. The advantage of it is that it does not require the physical strength of an archer, nor does it need to be trained as rigorously as an archer, and I only learned it for half a day before I was able to fire continuously. It would be unfair to say that His Majesty Emperor Hong's country had been equipped with such weapons for a long time. Some people felt unfair about Hong Tao's evaluation and stood up to defend the musket.

“…… I remember you were a painter, how did you play with weapons? Isn't it good in Imperial University, why are you back again. The Hong Tao who got up to speak knew one of the more than a dozen scholars who followed Said to study in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty the Emperor may have been away from your kingdom for too long, and the university you founded was originally a paradise, but now it doesn't seem to welcome outsiders like me." The scholar seemed to know that Hong Tao had left the imperial capital after his abdication, and the expression on his face was a little complicated when he talked about the Imperial University in Port Calamba.

"What do you mean? Why did Imperial University ......" Hong Tao didn't quite understand his words, why didn't Imperial University welcome him?

"Okay, that's all for today...... Hong, you embarrassed me, and you cheated on your friend! I'd rather let Carl make those crossbows than mention such more powerful weapons. Friedrich II probably did not understand the conversation between Hong Tao and the scholar, and thought that the two of them were going to argue about the musket, so he hurriedly stepped forward to be a collaborator. After everyone left the hall, they made a straight face and accused Hong Tao of not being a friend enough.

"If I am sincere to my friends and it will harm the interests of my country, then I can only choose to be insincere. Don't forget, William, you and I are both emperors, and even if I abdicate, my son is still emperor, and you don't want your friend to be a traitor! Hong Tao did not admit a word of Friedrich II's accusations.

"Okay, I'm not going to pursue this matter, but you broke the door of my palace, should you give some compensation? This has nothing to do with whether he is the emperor or not, right? "Friedrich II knew that he could not say anything about this issue, so he simply changed his approach.

(To be continued.) )