He participated in the Crusades and had experiences that no one else could match. The ultimate goal of the war was nothing more than three, one was money, one was land, and the other was population. However, according to Hong Tao's plan, none of these three were there, and even allies were empty, so what else could he fight? In addition, Carl had a very obscure purpose, which was that he wanted to go home and see. Hong Tao fooled him several times, and waited for the child to leave at the age of three. Now his son is five years old and has not yet left. He didn't have to go back to his hometown, but he just wanted to go back to see. If he really wanted to live in Europe, he might not be able to adapt.

"This money is not only for Mongolia, but also for warships and artillery made in the future. The company's base is farthest to the southernmost tip of Africa, thousands of miles away. If there is another situation in the port of Malacca, it will be too late to rescue us. So in the future, our fleet will have to be stationed in several places in batches, and this money will be spent sooner or later. As for the issue of losing money, I promise, no! Starting next year, the route to Dashi will officially enter the charging stage. Malacca Port, Brunei Port, Penang Port, and Kabaran Port all have to pay taxes on cargo ships of the non-Straits Company. One draw for 20 yuan, and this money must be collected by cannons. I have calculated that it has to be safe.

,The taxes alone are no less than one million guan. In addition, when the number of warships is sufficient, the Goryeo, Japan, and Liaodong generation are also our targets of plunder. The money for shipbuilding is not ultimately paid by our Jinhewan, we just pay for it, and the money is sponsored by them. Not only the money for shipbuilding, but also the raw materials for producing gunpowder and shells. So, in fact, we don’t have to pay so much money in the end, maybe there is still a surplus. War is actually a very profitable transaction." Hong Tao answered the question of the old man Bofu very clearly, and patted his chest to make a guarantee that these military expenses will not be thrown away in vain, and will be earned sooner or later.

"Old Ka. Are you getting itchy these days? Come on! Let's go to the beach to have a chance to vote, and when will it end?" You can use a persuasion attitude towards Mr. Bofu, but you are not so polite to Carl Hongtao. If you dare to take revenge on your own, you must be severely punished.

Carl did vote for the vote, but it was not that Hong Tao was overwhelmed by him, but Hong Tao drew him a big pie, saying that the supply voyage to Cape Town this year will be fully responsible for the supply fleet. At that time, he can visit Cape Town Port as a representative of the headquarters to guide McInni's work. McInni is just a Cape Town branch manager, and he has to listen to the leaders of the headquarters on many issues.

As soon as he heard that he could go to Matini, the resentment in Carl's stomach disappeared halfway. In fact, Hong Tao's intention to do this was very obvious. This was to let him familiarize himself with this route alone and lay the foundation for him to return to the distant Europe in the future. He is all adults, and without saying it too bluntly, Hong Tao has given him this freedom, which means that he is indeed preparing for him to go home. What Jinhewan has done in recent years, Carl is not blind, he sees everything. Hong Tao really doesn't have time to go around Europe.

Not to mention Mongolia or Mongolia, just integrating the sea area of ​​Southeast Asia, and uniting the Southern Song Dynasty's maritime merchants has already made Hong Tao stay at home for a few days. These are the foundation of Jinhewan's foothold. Since Carl has chosen to join the big family of Jinhewan, he can still take advantage of Jinhewan's interests in major issues. He not only represents himself, but also has hundreds of European immigrants and their families behind him. If he can't set this position well, why should people choose him as their representative? It's because his hair is redder than others?

However, Carl voted against Hong Tao this time, but he did not vote for revenge on Hong Tao and did not take him home. There were indeed advantages in the objections he raised. For example, the problem of insufficient number of troops. Hong Tao himself also thought it was a big problem. Also, the attitude of the Southern Song court towards the Jinhewan armed forces has always troubled Hong Tao. If it weren't for the situation where a grandmother didn't love him and his uncle would not love him, Hong Tao would have taken the fleet to the Qiantang River mouth to show off his power, so let the Southern Song court see it first.

It depends on your own strength. Then sit down and discuss a cooperation condition. With the cooperation of the Southern Song army, I dare not say that I can push back flat, at least I can defend the Yangtze River, Han River, and Huai River. No matter how many Mongolian troops come, I will not be afraid of it. As long as you dare to cross the river, I will dare to break you into two pieces, and the head and tail cannot be taken care of. Then the troops that cross the river cannot get the supply. I see how capable you can fight, and see if you can defeat the entire south of the Yangtze River with 10,000 or 20,000 troops without logistics supplies, and you will not be able to starve you to death!

But it's too late, and the number of troops cannot increase much in a short period of time. The threshold for the Mamluks to select troops is very high. You can't be brave enough, but you also require physical fitness. Otherwise, they won't fight after putting on their armor, and they will only breathe heavily. There are not many tall and strong people in the Javanese. You let them farm, work, and have great endurance, but it's really not possible to let them wear heavy armor and hold a scimitar weighing more than ten pounds to charge.

Even if the Mamluks can select enough troops, Hong Tao cannot afford to support so many troops. The more army the more heavy the logistics supply task, the more people eat horses, and when they go out, they have to accompany them, which is too high. Hong Tao has never expected to be head-on with the Mongolian army. He only needs a capable, small and fast special forces, with a maximum number of no more than one thousand people. This is the supply limit of a fleet. This unit is well-equipped and advanced.

Weapons will be used with confidence, and there is no need to be afraid of being captured by the enemy, because they are not going to fight, but to destroy them. Most of the time, they are facing the people, local armed forces and small guards. Once the opponent has many people, they have strong combat power, then turn around and run to the beach. For this reason, Hong Tao also requires the Marines to be able to ride horses, not be able to be as skilled as the Mamluk cavalry, but only to be able to run wildly. They are not cavalry, they are just rushing on horseback.

What bothered Hong Tao the most was the Southern Song Dynasty court. After thinking about it, he felt it was unsolvable. This time, let Luo Youde go to Lin'an to discuss the establishment of a voluntary fleet in the Strait Company, which was actually Hong Tao's plan to throw a stone into the way. With Zheng Qingzhi's political mind and experience, he would definitely not believe Luo Youde's one-sided words and easily believe what this fleet is like Guangzhou's maritime merchants are doing to serve the country. Just ask local officials in Guangzhou to roughly understand who is behind this Strait Company.

Although his name is not very loud, Hong Tao is 100% sure that Zheng Qingzhi will not forget himself. This is the instinct of politicians. Anyone who they think may be useful has always remembered very clearly and will never forget it for more than ten years. What's more, there is a horse farm that reminds him all the time. After more than three years of expansion of the Nanning Army's horse farm, there are currently more than 50 stallions and more than 400 mares. Most of them are Arab horses, and a small number are Guang horses, Xixia horses and Mongolian horses provided by the Nanning Army. The foals born exponentially increase every year. Manu said that in three or four years, the peak breeding period will be.

As soon as Zheng Qingzhi heard his name, Hong Tao firmly believed that he would ask about his origin carefully, and maybe he had already checked it. It was not a trivial matter to let an armed fleet controlled by foreigners pass through the state and enter the Southern Song Dynasty through the most important defense line. He would not only doubt his purpose, but also his motives. If he did not get 100% guarantee, he would definitely not agree to let the fleet enter the Yangtze River.

Even if he agreed to this matter, he would not let this fleet of strange origins go to the management. Hong Tao wanted this management. How the Southern Song Dynasty court would manage this fleet and how it would deal with such things will be clear at that time. From this cooperation, Hong Tao could roughly understand the attitude of the Southern Song Dynasty court towards foreign armed forces' intervention in the Song-Meng war, and then make the right decision. Not only did he want to touch the pulse of the Southern Song Dynasty court, but the Southern Song Dynasty court would probably send people to touch their true thoughts. If he could pee into a pot, both sides would send signals of friendship to each other. If he couldn't pee into a pot, he could also reveal it at that time, and everything could only be seen.

With a red heart and two hands, Hong Tao had already made plans. No matter if he had urinated, he had to help him. It was nothing more than a difference of twice the result or half the result with twice the result. As long as he had enough ability in this area, even if he had half the result with twice the result, that half of the power should cause great trouble to Mongolia, so that it could not concentrate its efforts to invade the south. Maybe the top leaders of Mongolia would shift their strategic goals and first deploy the navy in Jinhewan. That would be perfect. Hong Tao felt that he had the ability to spend most of the energy, financial resources and manpower in Mongolia on the sea and drag them to death.
Chapter completed!