This method is the ship. Hong Tao had to drive the Haibo to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Is the sea ship with three masts a big 30-meter-long sea ship considered a big squad in the Southern Song Dynasty? It really doesn't count. Hong Tao has seen a larger sea ship, which has 5 masts! Judging from the size, the displacement must be at least 500 tons. ⊙ However, Hong Tao has never seen a sailboat like the Haibo, and has never seen a sea ship with so many sails hanging like the Haibo and such a high mast. If it is taller than the mast, the seabo will definitely rank first. Other sea ships in the Southern Song Dynasty are hard sails and cannot make the sails too tall, so they use the method of increasing the number of masts to make up for it.

In addition, the chart north from Hong Kong has not been surveyed yet, and Hong Tao also wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to turn Wanwan Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japanese Islands, Korean Peninsula, Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula and southeastern coastal China. Even if we basically put together the charts in Asia. Especially in the coastal areas of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, Hong Tao should pay special attention to it. It is an occupied area of ​​the Mongols, and he might go to war with the Mongols. Only by knowing himself and his enemy can he be invincible for battle. Surveying and mapping battlefield maps is a top priority.

After the rainy season in Jinhewan, just in October, the Haibo took 60 crew members and headed towards Wanwan Island in the cool north wind. It was the season to go to the South China Sea along the monsoon. The Shanghaibo also encountered two large Arab schooners along the way, probably from Quanzhou or Guangzhou to return to their hometown with cargo. Carl is familiar with their ships because he has been a ship slave on it for several months, and from time to time he gave Hong Tao instructions which one is more like an Arab warship and which one has many ship slaves.

Hong Tao is not interested in these sailboats. Their tonnage is rarely more than 100 tons. The hull is slender and pointed at both ends. Generally, there are two decks. The lower layer is the paddling slave. If the wind is low and the sails cannot drive the ship, the shipboat slaves will have to extend their long paddles and start rowing day and night. This longitudinal spinnade is very useful for small ships in sea conditions with weak winds. However, like China's hard sails, it is not suitable for high sea conditions for oceans, and the driving force is insufficient.

"What a pity, I want to catch a few Arab slaves!" Seeing the five or six schooners getting farther and farther away from the Haibo, Hong Tao raked his mouth. He had been thinking about how to keep all these ships, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a suitable solution. If the Haibo was equipped with artillery, he wanted to try to annihilate such a small fleet. Unfortunately, it is now crossbow arrows. Even if they are equipped with incendiary bombs, they are too small. Once these ships escape in dispersed and flee, they are all sailboats, which is really difficult to chase in a short time, because a few Arab slaves put the Haibo into the situation of pirate ships, which is still a bit unprofitable. According to Luo Youde, these Arabs are very powerful, because they are rich and too rich! If they really make trouble, the Haibo will not be able to dock in the Southern Song port in the future.

"Arab women are very good, my cousin likes them very much!" When Carl heard that Hong Tao was willing to go against the Arabs, he immediately became interested. As a European Crusader, he wished everyone was an enemy of Arabs.

"Oh? Then I have to find an opportunity to talk to your cousin and see if he has any experience or experience. By the way, you said that I have gone to your Latin now, can others understand it?" Hong Tao also felt energetic when he heard the woman. This is called death. Although he has been peaceful since he married Bozhu, he will still reveal his true colors whenever he has the chance.

"The adults speak Latin better than my Chinese, but it only has an accent. But that doesn't matter. If you can bring a ship of sweet candy, they will immediately forget your accent and forget it all! Maybe you, the aristocratic accent from the wonderful East, will be popular in the palace." Hong Tao and Carl discussed the sugar matter, mainly asking him about the sales of sugar if they were transported to Europe. When Carl heard that Hong Tao could also make sugar, he immediately regarded Hong Tao as the second only to the pope, and was basically on par with his emperor cousin. According to Carl, a ship of sugar was transported to Venice, which was equivalent to a ship of gold, and everything he wanted...

"Hahahahaha... the accent of the Eastern nobles! I hope they can still think like this at that time. Sometimes, Santa Claus is not necessarily the one who has passed by with a boat of sweet candy, maybe a devil." Hong Tao wanted to tell Carl that he went to Europe not to bring warmth and sweetness to the people of Europe, but to harm Europe. But in the end he still held back and belittled other people's motherland in front of him, which was difficult to accept. It is meaningless to be happy with this mouth.

Compared with the Predator and the Whale Catcher, the speed of the Seabo is one-third slower. One is a light cruiser and the other is a light cruiser. Different ship types and functions are different, and the speed is naturally different. Now, Hong Tao chooses, and he will still choose the Seabo as a seaboat. Because this ship has combat capabilities, the dozens of sailors and whaling crossbows and incendiary bombs on the ship give him the courage to be bullied with others. He doesn't have to sneak a bite like a big mouse, and he has to run away in a hurry.

"Bang bang bang...bang bang bang..." The Haibo sailed against the wind for four days and four nights, and the lookout hand standing on the top of the mainmast rang the bronze bell.

"Sir, the mainland was discovered at 30 degrees on the port side." As an intern officer of the ship, they performed a lot of daily work on the deck. Carl and Bo Jiao were responsible for checking their work, and Hong Tao rarely went to the deck. Now he had a real captain's room, and the largest of the three cabins with windows in the stern building was his. It not only had a bed, but also a bookcase and desk, but also a three-person sofa.

"How many latitudes are we?" When Bo Jiao came in to report, Hong Tao was lying on the desk and continued to draw his nautical chart without even raising his head.

"21 degrees north latitude, it should be what you mentioned Wanwan Island... Uncle, can I ask a question?" Bo Jiao closed the door and asked in a low voice.

"What's the problem?" Hong Tao put down the compass and whale bone pen in his hand, and flicked his little eyes.

"How did you know there is an island here? You... haven't you been to Dasong before?" Bo Jiao is already 15 years old this year. His years of life at sea and sufficient protein have made him develop very quickly. He has a layer of black fluff on his mouth. If he doesn't listen to his voice, he looks like a completely young man.

"In your uncle's country, there is a thing called satellite. It flies in high places in the sky and looks down with a very large telescope. It can see clearly wherever there is an island, land, and sea." Hong Tao felt that his story would be almost impossible to make up. The more things these kids knew about, the harder it would be to fool them. He had to say more lies to fool them. This thing would sooner or later reveal it.

"Is there anyone on the satellite? Have you ever been there?" Bo Jiao rolled his eyes and had a new idea.

"Get out of here quickly. If you don't knock on the door next time, come in. I'll let you be a sailor, you're so tired!" Hong Tao knew what Bo Jiao wanted to ask, and he yearned for flying again. This damn can't satisfy him. Even if he was just curiosity, he couldn't build a glider for him to prove his argument.

"Hey, yes, glider... If I had a glider squadron and threw incendiary bombs from the sky during the naval battle, who could beat me? It's interesting..." Seeing Bo Jiao running out, Hong Tao began to fantasize again. It would be better if he thought about it. He had to record it on whale paper quickly. It would take only a few days to forget it. His memory of all serious things was very short.

"But how should this glider take off? It can't fly without a sufficient height..." After drawing halfway, Hong Tao put down his pen again, holding his cheek and thinking about the problem of the glider take off. How to use the memory in his mind to find a weapon that is beyond the age has become his daily job. Fighting with others with real swords and guns is not in line with his personality. He is a person who likes to cheat and play tricks. If he has a way to use a slingshot to secretly hit others, he will never rush up to fight with others. This is his ethics.

The Navy hasn't been neat yet, and has started to think about the air force again. Unfortunately, no matter it is a glider, paraglider or hot air balloon, it is not enough to replace warships, because they all lack one key thing, which is power. Without power, you cannot take the initiative to attack by relying on wind power alone. Power is a thing that Hong Tao has been spared in his car in his previous life, and has played sailing and airplanes in his previous life. Whether it is car engines or marine, propeller engines, it can also be easily maintained. If he is given a set of modern machining equipment, he will definitely be able to tinker with it. The performance may not be very good, but it can be absolutely useful. And now there is mixed oil as fuel, which is theoretically possible.
Chapter completed!