Chapter 193: Aftermath
In addition, Hong Tao and his fleet had finally worked most of the circles in the Bohai Bay. The Mongolian senior management allowed the attack to fail and the loss of troops and generals, but they were never allowed to be beaten passively. They could not succeed on the road or on the coast. That would weaken the pride of the Mongolian army. They were an invincible army. So, since May, they retreated the army that attacked Goryeo, and deployed defenses in the remaining two ports of Dengzhou and Mizhou, and began to cut down trees from Goryeo to build a navy to fight the harassment at sea.
"Hahahahahaha... Cixi, now I'll leave with peace of mind. Tell Kong Pei not to disturb Mongolia's fleet building. If necessary, you can order some foreign merchants pro-Mongolia to them the skills of the salmon-class warships. Don't give them all, let them think about it, and then change the information we need to get back." Hong Tao saw that Mongolia was actually going to build a navy, and his back was exposed. This saved him major trouble. He had guessed several war modes before, the simplest and most suitable for him was to drag Mongolia into the naval battle. This time, God was really blind. It was probably because he threw this favor wrong when he was struggling with God's mother, and it actually fell on his head. Where can I go to reason!
"Master is going to harm people, right? Hehehe... I thought they would definitely not be able to build a big ship like his master. It would be useless. When the master comes back, they will sink all of them. Let's cry, hehehe..." As he grows older, Cixi's back is a little hunched, and the sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks look even more vulgar. But his brain is still very useful. Hong Tao just sighed for a moment, and he probably figured out the smell. The most valuable thing is that he has no curiosity and never asks Hong Tao to do this or why he does that. As long as Hong Tao explains something clearly, he will strictly implement it regardless of whether he understands it or not.
"That's right, it's too timber for them to build sand ships, so it's better to build our large cargo ships. Let them cut down all the trees in the north of Goryeo and Liaodong, use up all the country's wealth, so that they can't worry about it in the future." Hong Tao knew very well how much resources it would cost to raise a fleet. Every warship was piled up with copper coins. The crew was even more precious. Even places like Jinhewan were so rich that they couldn't afford to support a large standing fleet. Now there are at most two pure warships added every year. If it weren't for sending them to various ports to garrison, Hong Tao wouldn't want to continue building warships. Change the salmon-class cargo ships slightly, and add a half-art gun deck, which is a good armed merchant ship. You can use this kind of semi-merchant ships and half-warship ships to trade at sea during wartime. When you have nothing to do, you can use them as warships if you're loaded with cannons.
Mongolia is arrogant and will never play small-scale naval battles with them. They have to go on a high-end and pure crushing path. In this way, the manpower and financial resources they consume will be astronomical, and the wealth they plunder everywhere is probably difficult. Now that the Southern Song Dynasty has not been defeated, and it is a problem whether Mongolia can build this large fleet well. Maybe half of the construction of their domestic economy will collapse. Play, just play like this, it's great, they are going to kill themselves. Just like the Soviet Union back then, it was pulled into the arms race by the United States. At first, it looked beautiful and very encouraging, but this was a **********. When you realize it, you are not far from death and there is no antidote.
"Compared with the master, they are not even as good as slaves, that is, we have fewer people, otherwise we would push our sailboat ashore and burn them to ashes. However, when the master left, Ci Ge and Weng Ya's marriage would not be able to catch up. Otherwise, I would let him wait for the master to come back before doing things!" Cixi didn't know much about the war, and he didn't even know where Mongolia was. Anyway, he knew it was in the north. But this did not prevent him from praising Hong Tao and asking for rewards for his son.
"Oh, yes, if you don't say I'll forget it, don't wait for me, wait for Weng Ya to become an old girl. I have nothing to give to them. Let's do this, when they have their first child, how about letting the child take my surname? Our two families have a generational relationship. Your grandson is my grandson. As long as our family has living people, your family will not suffer." Hong Tao knew very well what Cixi needed. Giving him money was useless. Money was useless in Jinhewan. It was all ration system. You can't spend much money you have.
Can't show off. Due to his background, Cixi always felt that she was half-headed and was very worried about the future direction of her family. Her brother was not as smart as him, and her son was weak, so she was always afraid that one day she would lose her power and be bullied. This worry is not unreasonable. Cixi and his brother are indeed not very popular in Jinhewan, because they both do the most offensive work. From residents of Jinhewan to slaves, they offended all of them. If Hong Tao has been around for a hundred years in the future, who can still protect their family?
"That's the best, that's the best!" When he heard the gift from Hong Tao, Cixi's hunchback was straight, which was better than he expected. In the future, the compassionate son would be Hong Tao's grandson. As long as the Hong family did not collapse, his family would have basic guarantees. In his opinion, the Hong family would definitely not be ruined. Hong Tao was a god-like person and would eventually pass it on to his descendants.
"Are you compassionate and happy? And compassion doesn't count. Your son has married a powerful wife!" Hong Tao felt that it was a bit early to say this now, and compassion could not agree to Weng Ya's master.
"Hehe... I know that my son, Weng Ya can't beat him." Cixi was not worried. He was very confident in compassion. When he said this, Hong Tao was worried that Weng Ya was coming. What Cixi said made sense. Weng Ya was a straightforward person. He probably wouldn't be able to gain any advantage when he caught up with such a shameless guy as Mercy and a bunch of bad water.
"Let the children think about the children's affairs. Let's not worry about it, and we don't point fingers at each other. How is the matter I asked you to do?" Hong Tao didn't want to interfere with Cixi's life. He felt that Cixi's hearts were in vain. Who can tell the things that will happen decades later? Instead of thinking about those things, it's better to think about what's happening in front of you.
"She is here, I will forward your letter to her the next day, and she went to the dock to find me. Now she is in the cabin, and she is the follower who will board the boat with me." When Cixi heard Hong Tao talk about serious matters, she immediately lowered her voice a lot and her expression was sneaky.
"Let her do it, I'm not ****, there's no need to be so mysterious." Hong Tao made Cixi's expression a little uncomfortable, and she straightened her back, trying to make herself look taller and more upright.
"Where is Boss Luo? Did I arrange him on the Carl boat?" Cixi didn't feel any righteousness from Hong Tao. The person Hong Tao asked him to pick him up was Jiang Zhuyi from Mingzhou. Cixi knew exactly what this woman had to do with Hong Tao, but he had been helping Hong Tao take the blame from the beginning to the end, and he took the initiative. All arrangements about Jiang Zhuyi were his instructions, and he had never told anyone except him.
"Please come together. At worst, I'll marry another fourth wife. What do you think?" Hong Tao's face was even thicker, and he said that he was justified and said that no one was afraid of anyone. This master and servant are really a natural couple. Don't dislike anyone, and they are not good at it.
"Isn't there still a little Hongluo? I'm afraid that the child will notice it. My daughter said that Hongluo is so smart in school. Every teacher praises her. I'm afraid that this kind of thing will not be hidden for a few days." Cixi still didn't move. He was picking up the leaks for Hong Tao. Hong Tao is his good, so he can't be careless.
"It's okay, the child will know sooner or later. Instead of hiding it from her, it's better for her to know it earlier, so that they will get along well in the future." The theory that Hong Tao said made Cixi speechless. He was so impressed that he was so impressed that the master was the master. This grandeur, without blinking before Mount Tai collapsed!
"Wait, there is one more thing... Listen to me, don't interrupt or refute it. Just remember every word I said." Just as Cixi was about to leave, Hong Tao called him back again, with a serious expression.
"I'm ready..." Cixi knew that Hong Tao had something serious to explain, so she took out a small notebook and a pen from her pocket and arranged her posture to record it. It's not a bragging thing. No one else could understand what Cixi recorded except himself, and even Hong Tao couldn't understand it. He used the cryptographic system invented by Hong Tao to integrate the words he created in his hometown dialect, and mixed them together, just like ghost drawing talismans.
"If Carl and I haven't come back within two years, it's very likely that we can't come back! It's possible that the boat was storm halfway through, or it's possible that I was killed in Carl's hometown. No matter what, you don't have to avenge me, or you don't have to find me to death, just take care of my family. If there is any change here and you think there is danger, then take my family on a boat to find Bo Jiao. I will explain to Bo Jiao, and he will take you to find Metini, where to settle his home, do you understand?" Hong Tao was explaining his funeral. He might have to go to America for a long voyage to Europe, and maybe he has to go to America. The road is full of dangers, both natural factors and people's possible. If something really happens, you can't ignore anything. Jinhewan and Dasong themselves can't take care of their family and Cixi.
Chapter completed!