After ten days of going back and forth, Swan was very anxious and threw the residents who had pulled from Sun City into the open space north of the estuary. As soon as the tools and supplies were unloaded, he begged Hong Tao to set off quickly and he wanted to inspect his territory.

As the saying goes, step on the pedal board and change your mind immediately! This sentence is very, very philosophical.

Since Swan stepped onto the land that might belong to him, his temperament has changed drastically. He is afraid of trampling grass when walking. He is forbidden to hunt and kill any animals he sees along the way. He must protect people even more. Even if he is just a small village with dozens of people, he is cautious and does not bother to encircle a large area of ​​trouble, and eventually surrounded these dozens of people. The soldiers are not allowed to shoot at will. Those who can catch live must be caught alive, and those who can not hurt are not allowed to hurt. For this reason, he also invented a way to catch people without hurting people, which is to let two cavalry hold a fishing net on a boat and take whoever runs.

As the fishing nets were not enough. In order not to let Swan waste the fishing nets, Hong Tao taught him a hunting technique native to Africa. This thing is very simple. A rope has a heavy object tied to each end. When used, swung it up on the top of the head, rotate it at a high speed, and then throw it out. As long as it touches an object, both ends of the rope will be driven by inertia, and the same principle as the chain bullet on the naval gun.

Swan liked Hong Tao's tiny invention very much. He deserved the title of developed limbs. After practicing for a while, he found the key point of throwing ropes. He could always accurately defeat the target, which was even more neat than the inventor Hong Tao, who used it.

It’s no wonder that Swan cherishes the natives he caught so much. Compared with the Mexican Valley, the density of Indians on the North American continent was too low. After sweeping along the coastline for more than a month, the number of prisoners caught was less than 300. The reason why Swan became so kind was mainly because he didn’t want to be a commander alone in the future. In Hong Tao’s words, these are all my people!

"What a big river! There are many small boats! Your Majesty, this river should belong to me, right? Go and find where their village is, they are all mine!" When a big river appeared in front of him, or a large swamp, Swan rolled and climbed onto Hong Tao's ship. He was not stupid, and knew that if there was a big river in his country, then transportation would be much easier in the future.

"Shh... don't make a noise first, I'll see where this place is. If these people can't escape, they won't run away. It's okay to delay two days." Hong Tao discovered this alluvial plain that protruded the coastline two hours ago. At this time, the sailors were measuring the depth of the water. He was holding a sextant to look for the latitude of the sun.

"Then should I take people in and tent? What if they really run away?" Swan was still worried. Just look at the number of these small canoes, you can tell that there must be a big village nearby, maybe there are hundreds or thousands of people.

"I said I can't run, so I can't run! This river should be the Mississippi River, right? Boy, your good luck is over. This is the border line on the east side of your territory. The river cannot belong to you. Your Uncle Luo's territory is next to you to the east. Do you plan to not let Uncle Luo use this river? I think no one will return to this river. It is more appropriate for two countries to use it together. But these people can belong to you, no matter whether they live on the west bank of the river or the east bank of the river, whoever discovers it first will belong to him." After measuring the latitude, Hong Tao looked for the longitude on the map and then drew a dotted river on the corresponding position.

Whether the Mississippi River is here is still uncertain, and the final result will be measured by Swan on the shore. However, Hong Tao believes that it is likely that there should be only one world-class river between Texas and the California Peninsula. Judging from the current observation of naked eyes, it can no longer be defined by rivers. It is a river basin, with no end to the width at a glance, and it is covered with sandbanks, rivers, woods, swamps and grasslands.

Swan's territory is already vast enough. It is easy to find this big river as a dividing line on the map and is convenient to define it in fact. So Swan's small kingdom officially determined the eastern border location, which is this river. The western border is based on one hundred degrees west longitude, which is calculated as convenient. The width of the north and south is easier to do, and you don't have to go up and measure it yourself. You can use the latitude line on the map to live together.

The southern border of Carl's Kingdom of Virginia is 35 degrees north latitude. Hong Tao simply used this line to penetrate the North American continent, and the northern border of Swan's Kingdom of Texas also came out, which is the 35 degrees north latitude. The southern border is a naturally formed coastline. The southernmost end is near the twenty-eight degrees north latitude, and the longitude of the Mississippi River is about 91 degrees west longitude.

One latitude is about 111 kilometers, and the corresponding distance of longitude is floating, which is about 111 kilometers on the equator. For every latitude of one degree, one osθ is multiplied by latitude. This θ is the latitude. Swan's territory is between 28 degrees and 35 degrees north latitude. Hong Tao calculated that at this latitude, the first latitude is about 90 to 95 kilometers.

In other words, the Kingdom of Texas in Swan is more than 800 kilometers long from east to west and spans more than 700 kilometers from north to south. It is basically a rectangular shape with an area of ​​more than 500,000 square kilometers, which is similar to the local area of ​​France.

However, the Texas Kingdom drawn by Hong Tao is smaller than that of Texas in the later United States. A large piece of it was cut off to the north and west, and the area south of the latitude of 28 degrees was also cut off. The areas originally belonged to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi were cut into the east. The reason is still the same, lazy! The square territory is not messy.

"You can help me find a place to build the capital, and give my capital a good name." Most people dislike Hong Tao's name everywhere, but Swan didn't dislike him. He was highly consistent with Hong Tao in this regard, thinking that the name was just a code name, so don't call it a dog shit egg.

"It's better to be closer to the seaside. It's convenient for you to sell livestock to other countries in the future. Just be here, called Houston City!" Hong Tao, Texas, has been here, but he is not familiar with it. He doesn't know the coordinates of the big city. This is not a must-pass place for sailing, so there is no need to remember the coordinates of the port. However, there is a city that is more famous in later China. It is Houston, the home court of the NBA Rockets, and it is also an important space base. It is built next to a bay, and Hong Tao has explored the coastline along the way, so it's easier to find this bay.

"Houston...it doesn't sound very powerful, but it's better to have a name than not. Hehehe... Your Majesty, can I go back to Port Malacca once to let my father know that I have become the king!" Swan did not entangle with Hong Tao in his name, but made another request.

"...After a while, for many of your acquaintances, you are dead, and it is not appropriate to appear suddenly." Hong Tao thought Swan had forgotten his father. For so many years, he never took the initiative to mention his father. Now it seems that he did not forget it, but thought that he had no shame to go back to show off his father without doing well.

"That's right, I'm all dead..." Swan asked Hong Tao to remind him that he realized his identity.

"Don't think too much. If I have the chance, I will let you go back secretly. It's not that I'm cruel. Your father is the lord of Yifang, and it's similar to the governor. He has no reason to leave Malacca Port casually. That will make many people uneasy and violate the imperial laws. It can easily cause unnecessary trouble to him." Seeing Swan's lonely look, Hong Tao also softened. This child is very simple inside and will not say many feelings casually. This is a habit he developed when he was a child. But not saying it does not mean that he doesn't want it. He can only say that he is mentally tough and can hold it back.

"I understand that even if Your Majesty doesn't become an emperor, he is still the royal family of the empire. It's okay, I just suddenly had an idea. Even if I ask me to go back, I can't get away. I don't even know what my own kingdom is like, and I won't go there before!" Swan sometimes made sense, and Hong Tao was willing to consider it for him, but he felt that he had asked too much.

"I'm afraid you don't have time to explore your territory yet. We still have a lot to do. Let your soldiers get on the boat. This swamp is difficult to pass through land. Take a boat to cross it and continue moving forward. I'll take you to see Uncle Carl's territory. That place is also good." Hong Tao was very happy to think so. The little eagle that left the nest should have its own sky.
Chapter completed!