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Wednesday, December 2, 1620.

Under the control of Captain Adelaide and other veteran crews, the Mayflower slowly approached the dock.

For several days, he had to demonstrate the operation of a sailboat for a strange group of "U.S. Coast Guard officers" who had to sail the Mayflower several times around the bay of tens of square kilometers.

From downwind to headwind, from hoisting to lowering, and even to the boatswain demonstrating how to complete the gesture of a cable knot in a dozen seconds.

The "U.S. Navy officers" who seemed to know nothing about the contents looked at the qiē with strange expressions.

"Damn, even a bunch of Plymouth Docks beggars are smarter than them!" At lunch, Adelaide was holding a stainless steel lunch box and muttering on potato and venison stew, while complaining to the first mate across the table, "If it weren't for God's sake, I would be ashamed to brave the snow and wind these days to go to sea!" ”

"But Mr. Captain, I don't think their ships need sails at all, don't you notice?" First mate John ate the venison with both hands, covered in oil, "I don't think they need to ask us to do this." ”

"You're right, dear Mr. John. They have powers that we can't imagine, and a lot, and maybe because of that, they get bored. Adelaide put down his lunch box and turned his gaze to a corner of the cabin, where his most precious treasures were locked, a glass, a mirror.

"But do you believe what they say? They came from the western interior of the Americas, and were descendants of that distant eastern empire. They claim to have discovered all of North America long before that Italian hillbilly (Columbus). ”

Adelaide had eaten and drunk to his heart's content, took out a fragrant cigarette, lit it on a charcoal fire, and took a deep breath, his face full of comfort.

"Maybe it's true, Mr. Captain. Do you think that the Indians could have such battleships made of iron and without sails, as well as beautiful and expensive ...... Tobacco? The bearded John looked at the cigarette case that the other party had casually thrown on the table, thinking to himself when he would be appreciated by those people.

"Hmm...... I agree, and for this reason, I have decided to accept their employment! To hell with the Virginia Company! ”

Adelaide smiled and touched his belly, as if wondering if these "Yankees" would surprise themselves if they had perfectly completed the voyage to Europe after the beginning of spring, he was now a rich man comparable to the nobility of England, and that mirror, at least for 1,000 pounds in Europe.

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At dusk, the 516 anti-smuggling ship of the customs slowly approached the shore of the island, and then lowered the motorboat. Zheng Quan, Su Zining and Zhou Kemin landed on Governor's Island, located in the middle of the river bay.

The total area of the island is less than 400 acres, about 1,200 meters from Manhattan in the north and about 1,000 meters from Brooklyn in the east. Guarding the main channel of the Hudson River estuary, whether as a springboard for an attack or to prevent opponents from entering the port, has irreplaceable military value.

"Zhou Kemin, the task given to you by the community committee is to build a small river bend fortress here." Zheng Quan looked at his proud protégé with an extremely stern expression.

Zhou Kemin's energetic and fantastical spirit was fully reflected in his previous work, and the task of surveying the surrounding Indian villages was extremely beautiful, especially in the process of supervising the English people on Staten Island, and the wit and imagination displayed in the process of supervising the English people on Staten Island were unanimously recognized by the committee members, including Liu Lao.

The phrase "Oriental peoples from the western interior of the Americas" made the jaws of the European hillbillies fall to the ground. The Europeans of this era had too much fear and jealousy of the empire in the far east.

It was a country that lacked almost nothing, and was able to produce what Europe was so envied for. Groups of European merchants traveled thousands of miles by sea in search of the tea, silk, and porcelain that intoxicated the whole of Europe.

Although, starting with Prince Enrique of Portugal, European navigators have spent more than a hundred years searching for more routes to the East, thus enriching their charts. But for them in North America, the whole is still a lute and half covered. Even in the second half of the 17th century, many European navigators believed that there was a land of gold and silver in the northeast of Japan, and they tirelessly searched for it for decades.

Today, there is a branch of such a people, which evacuated to the Americas as early as the 13th century when the Tatars conquered the Eastern Empire called the Song. What other people in the European world can make it possible for a huge group to move thousands of miles and become strong again? I am afraid that the Old Testament account of Moses leading the Israelites apart from the Red Sea to escape is dwarfed.

Such a storyline would put any European adventurer to shame and make Europe's magnates gnash their teeth, but of course, that's a story for later.

Now that they have now reached the east coast of the Americas, it has to be said that it is a big blow to the Europeans.

In order to deepen the flickering strength, Zhou Kemin even created a special two-knife costume designer who traveled through the crowd, and cut and improved a set of imitation German-style tweed military coats. The old-fashioned solemn and handsome image of "Lieutenant Zhou" of the "Chinese American Republic" made those European buns with leggings wrapped in felt in winter ashamed of themselves.

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"What are you doing?!" Zheng Quan didn't get any answer, and when he looked back, he found that the young man born in the 90s in front of him was looking stupidly at a smaller island farther to the west.

"Uh...... It's Liberty Island, and we can build a Statue of Liberty or something there. Zhou Kemin's fantasy spirit began to play again, and his eyes flashed with enthusiasm.

Now even Su Zining began to roll his eyes. However, it doesn't seem bad......

"Be serious!" Zheng Quan glared fiercely at this young man with strong divergent thinking, "If the Europeans can come to one ship, they may come with two, ten, or even dozens of ships in the future!" The geographical position is so important that the Commission instructed our Ministry of Military Security to build a military fortification here and to house the five 24-pounder guns aboard the Mayflower. ”

"Fortress? How far can those antique cannons hit? Zhou Kemin was stunned for a moment, looked around, and was a little disagreeable.

"If you don't consider accuracy, it's probably more than 2,000 yards." Su Zining walked to a high place, looked at the south, and then gestured, "Within 1,000 yards, the fixed fortress cannon is still quite deterrent." Today's European sail warships, with their swaying and undulating hulls, are basically furnishings from a range of 300 yards. ”

"Do we still have manpower?" Zhou Kemin had a bitter face, and he was not confident that he would be responsible for such an important project at a young age.

"Didn't you and Li Xiang run so many Indian tribes some time ago? Find someone from them, and the committee will provide the necessary assistance. Naturally, the architectural plan was prepared. 'Lieutenant', do it! It must be completed by February next year. Zheng Quan patted Zhou Kemin on the shoulder and walked back to the motorboat.

"Oh, it turns out that I'm just pulling Zhuang Ding......" Zhou Kemin began to be depressed.

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