This is just the first step in Hong Tao's plan to disrupt Europe. When the capacity of Jinhewan increases, a large number of silk, tea, spices, and sugar will be transported to the Port of Cape Town and then transported to the Mediterranean. Venice? I will kill you and don't leave any of them. At that time, I will join the Arabs who were already in good relations with Frederick II. If you don't brag, no one in the Mediterranean is.

Frank, no matter how powerful England is, they have to come step by step from the land and rush to the Italian Peninsula. Hong Tao can transport mercenaries on sea boats in minutes to land from the rear of their army, and directly make dumplings. In the end, even the mercenaries don’t have to pay the military expenses themselves. They catch the nobles and ask for ransoms. Hong Tao likes to do this kind of work the most.

After defeating the traditional commercial city alliance like Venice and Genoa, Hong Tao's loan operation across Europe began. Do you want to expand your territory? Do you want to fight? I lend you military funds and fight, the more lively the better. Don't you want to fight? Do you dare, if you don't want to fight, I will lend money to your enemy and let him beat you up! By then, what is transported will not be silk and sugar, but plate armor and swords smashed by hydraulic hammers, all of which are loaned to European countries.

The main focus is on fighting. No one should rest. We will go to the Crusades a few more times, but we are not going to steal some holy city, but to fight the Mongolian army for me. Hong Tao wants to see how strong the main European army is and whether it can face the Mongolian cavalry head-on. Will there be no long debate in later generations? Let’s give you a live proof that it is a mule or a horse and you will know it. It will also cause some trouble for the Mongolian Empire. Don’t just think about how to invade the south, but the Western Expedition will be in constant trouble!

Otherwise, money is a man's courage, and the emperor is also a man. The emperor with money is immediately different from the poor emperor. In the next few days, this palace was really a bit like a palace, with people riding horses constantly coming in and out. The lords loyal to the emperor and the nobles stayed in the tower all day long thinking about how to use the money, but no one paid attention to Hong Tao, the God of Wealth.

In fact, if Hong Tao was asked to attend such a meeting, he would not go there. He could lead the crusaders to expedition to Jerusalem. The emperor who took some rights to the Holy City without bloodshed without any effort was definitely not a war waste. The emperors of the Hohenstefen family all had a characteristic, that is, they were very good at fighting, although they could not win in hundreds of battles. However, they would win more than defeat less. It would be better for them to resolve the internal disputes themselves, so they should not mix themselves with them as outsiders. That would be thankless and easy to attract hatred.

In order to hide behind the scenes and watch the fun, Hong Tao only made a private agreement with the emperor. The money was not lent to the Holy Roman Empire, nor to the two Sicily kingdoms, but to Emperor Frederick II himself. So why the emperor suddenly became rich, others didn't know why it was related to Hong Tao. Even if they guessed that it was related to Hong Tao, it was just a guess. As long as the emperor didn't say it, he wouldn't count it.

What are Hong Tao doing these days when he is idle? In the name of investigation, he plays! He also takes his family and spends public funds! What are he inspecting? Of course, he is to investigate where the special zone is appropriate. The emperor agreed to build a special economic zone. But there is no good idea where Hong Tao is built. After all, he is not a god. After all, he only has a rough impression in his mind, and the specific one needs to be investigated.

But where is it suitable? Hong Tao was not clear, so Carl resumed his position as captain of the Malacca from Hong Yu's nanny. Two warships set off from the Port of Palermo and headed north along the west side of the Apennine Peninsula, exploring while walking. He said that he was building a special zone where he needed to find a suitable place, but in fact he was detecting the hydrological data of this sea area. At this average depth, he was sailing in the bathtubs of islands everywhere. He had to find out the hydrological data to be safe. The empire's nautical chart can only be a reference, and many specific data have to be explored by himself. This is also Hong Tao's usual style. Every time he arrived at a new sea area, he would find excuses to understand the sea area before he could feel at ease.

No one dared to stop these two large ships with the flag of the Imperial Emperor sailing along the coast of the Empire. Other ships saw the Golden River and the Malacca looking from afar, and no one knew their origins. When the two ships came outside the Port of Genoa, the situation changed. The alarm bells sounded in the port. From the telescope, you could see that the people on the dock were running towards the city, and the army gathered at the dock.

"This is the territory of the Lombardy Alliance?" Hong Tao didn't care about the movement in the port. He was kneeling on the floor of the stern building, looking at the three maps laying on the ground to figure out the location of the Special Administrative Region. No matter how you look at it, how can you feel hot? Then, the port of Asia is the most suitable.

According to the empire map, to the north is the big city Milan, which is the largest city in northern Italy. To the east is Venice, needless to say, there is the most developed area of ​​the Mediterranean commerce. To the west is the Provence Kingdom, which belongs to the Principality of Burgundy, which is the southeast coast of France, Nice, Cannes, and Marseille. It is currently also part of the Holy Roman Empire. If the Special Economic Zone is built in Genoa, it can radiate northeast and west, and is still within the empire territory, so it is very convenient to guard it.

"They are alliances of some cities. They are not like paying taxes to the empire. They have been secretly instructed by the church and have been fighting against the empire for decades. A ship comes out, it is a slurry ship! Warship!" Carl also kept holding a telescope and looking at it. He almost discovered the enemy situation with his watchman. As soon as he finished speaking, the alarm bell rang on the top of the mast.

"I think it's most appropriate to put the Special Administrative Region here. It will soon not belong to the Lombards. Go back and discuss with your cousin. I'll give him a big gift and directly eliminate the entire Lombard coalition at this port. What do you think? How many of them are there?" Hong Tao didn't pay attention to the pulp descent ships at all. They were still swaying to death five nautical miles away. Now he is paying attention to the terrain of this port city. Seeing this reminds him of Jinzhou Port. The two are very similar, so a bad idea pops up again.

"There are about two thousand people. If you include mercenaries, there are about four thousand people. These troops are mainly in the eastern inland, and there are fewer ports here. The Empire did not have a large number of ships to transport soldiers. In the past, they had to spend money to rent ships with these profiteers." The war between the Empire and the Lombards lasted for many years, and it started with the emperor's grandfather generation. The fight and stop were never completed. Both sides knew the strength of each other very well, and Karl was naturally familiar with it.

"If we look like we want to land on a large scale here, how long will reinforcements from other places arrive?" Hong Tao put down his telescope and felt that he had seen it almost the same. Some specific data need to be improved below.

"You can arrive in about a day. The Roman Avenue here is well preserved and the transportation is very convenient. Do you want to attract all the Lombardians' troops to the port and then solve them all with a gun at one time?" Carl understood what Hong Tao was going to do, and the standard surround point attacking the port of Genoa. The nearby Lombardian troops will soon gather. If the two sides fight within the reach of the naval gun, what will happen to the enemy's troops? Carl is very clear. He followed Hong Tao to do this many things on Jawa Island. The most important thing is that no European has ever seen this kind of combat method. If this trick is used to bully the Javanese again, it will definitely not work, but it will probably be more than a dozen times to torture the Europeans.

"Isn't it good? In this way, your cousin won't have to spend so many gold coins to find mercenaries to fight with them. We will do our best to fight in one battle, and the more we fight, the better. Not only do we want to attack the Lombards, but we will also give other Dukes and Martial Arts a warning to let them remember more and not mess with us. How good is it to do it once and for all?" Hong Tao did not deny his thoughts. He actually had no better way to deal with the army except this move. However, this move has been tried and done a lot and is a bit addicted. Anyone who encounters this situation will involuntarily remember that it is still a trick from Asia to Europe.

"Isn't this a bit too cruel... They are all knights, and many of them are hired from other Dukes and Martial Powers to fight. This is just their job. In the past, most of them would not die in battle. Even if they were defeated, they just needed to surrender, and then let their families pay the ransom to go home alive. But under your naval gun, they will not be more than half of them can go back. You may become the public enemy of all knights. Is there any gentler way?" Carl rubbed his cheeks hard and expressed his concerns. He himself was a knight, and he had always seen this title very sacred, and he didn't want to see this honor wiped out under Hong Tao's naval gun.

"Nonsense, there are no immortals in wars! The key is that this person must die meaningfully. I can't play the same war as your children play games, and I don't have time and money to play with them. Besides, if the Pope wants to hate Emperor Frederick II and his Knight Knight. When fighting, you have to hang the imperial flag and your Knight flag. These two ships are rented to your brothers, and I have no relationship with me. I am an outsider and don't interfere with the struggles within the empire. I think your cousin is likely to be interested in this method. Why don't we make a bet?" Hong Tao is not a knight, and he can't understand Carl's feelings of mutual appreciation. When he made a crossbow, he lamented that the knight's glory was no longer the same as seeing the devil. Now he is here to stop himself from using naval guns to solve the battle. He really shouldn't be a knight. He should be a pope, and he will definitely be able to carry forward Christianity.

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Chapter completed!