New World 1620

Wednesday, October 1620, 12.

Under the control of Captain Adelaide and other veteran crew members, the Mayflower slowly approached the pier.

For several days, he had to demonstrate the operation of the sailboat for a group of strange "U.S. Maritime Guard officers". For this reason, he had to drive the Mayflower several times back and forth in the bay of tens of square kilometers.

From tailwind to headwind, from hoisting sails to lowering sails, and even to the bosun showing how to complete the gestures of how to tie the ropes within ten seconds.

Those "U.S. Navy officers" who seemed to know nothing about these contents looked at all this with a strange expression.

"Damn it, even a group of beggars on the plymouth pier are smarter than them!" At lunch, Adelaide was holding a stainless steel lunch box and swallowing venison stew with potatoes, while complaining to the first officer across the table, "If it wasn't for God's sake, I'd be ashamed to be out in the snow these days!"

"But Mr. Captain, I think their warships don't need sails at all. Haven't you noticed?" The first mate John ate the venison with both hands, and the oil was all over his body, "I think they don't need sails at all. There is no need to ask us to do this."

"You're right, dear Mr. John. They have powers we can't imagine, and there are a lot of them. Maybe because of this, they feel very boring." Adelaide put down his lunch box and turned his gaze to a corner of the wooden house , where his most precious treasures, a glass and a mirror, are locked in a wooden box.

"However, do you believe what they say? They come from the western interior of America, and are descendants of that distant eastern empire. They claim to have discovered all of North America long before that Italian bumpkin (Columbus)."

After eating and drinking, Adelaide took out an aromatic cigarette, lit it with charcoal fire and took a deep breath, his face full of satisfaction.

"Maybe it's true, Mr. Captain. Don't you think Indians can have this kind of warship made of iron that doesn't need sails, as well as exquisite and expensive...tobacco?" The bearded John looked at the other party casually throwing it on the ground with a little greed. The cigarette box on the table, thinking in his heart that he can get the appreciation of those people anytime.

"Well... I agree, and for that, I've decided to accept their employment! To hell with the Virginia Company!"

Adelaide rubbed his belly with a smile, as if he was wondering whether these "Yankees" would give himself a surprise if he perfectly completed the voyage to Europe after the beginning of spring. He is now a rich man comparable to the English nobles , that mirror, at least, can sell for 1000 pounds in Europe.

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

The total area of ​​the island is less than 1000 acres, about 1000 or [-] meters away from Manhattan in the north, and about [-] meters away from Brooklyn in the east.Guarding the main channel of the Hudson River estuary, whether it is used as a springboard for attack or preventing 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 fort here." Zheng Quan looked at his favorite student with a very serious expression.

Zhou Kemin's energetic and imaginative spirit has been fully reflected in his previous work. The task of surveying the surrounding Indian villages is extremely beautiful, especially in the process of supervising the English on Staten Island. The imagination has been unanimously approved by the committee members including Mr. Liu.

The statement about "Oriental peoples from the inland west of America" ​​made the jaws of those European hillbillies almost drop to the ground.Europeans in this era have too much fear and jealousy towards the empire in the far east.

It is a country that lacks almost everything, and can produce things that Europe is extremely envious of.Groups of European merchants traveled thousands of miles to buy tea, silk and porcelain that fascinated the whole of Europe.

Although starting with Prince Enrique of Portugal, European navigators have spent more than 100 years looking for more routes to the East, thus continuously enriching their nautical charts.But the whole of North America is still half-hidden to them.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 searched tirelessly for decades.

Today, such a nation actually has a branch that evacuated to America as early as the 13th century when the Tatars captured the Eastern Empire called Song.Which nation in the European world can migrate thousands of miles as a huge group and become stronger again?I am afraid that the story of Moses leading the Israelites to escape from the Red Sea recorded in the Old Testament of the Bible pales in comparison.

Such a storyline would make any European adventurer ashamed, and make the European dignitaries gnash their teeth. Of course, this is a story.

Now they have extended their hands to the east coast of America, which has to be said to be a big blow to the Europeans.

In order to deepen the deception, Zhou Kemin even creatively found a certain Erdao Dao clothing designer in the cross-country, and tailored and improved a set of imitation German-style woolen military coats. The solemn, majestic and handsome image of "Lieutenant Zhou" of the "Republic of China" made those European bumpkins who wore leggings and felt wrapped in winter feel ashamed.

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"What are you in a daze for?!" Zheng Quan didn't get any answer. Looking back, he found that the post-[-]s young man in front of him was staring blankly at a smaller island farther to the west.

"Um...there is Liberty Island, we can build a Statue of Liberty or something there in the future." Zhou Kemin's fantasy spirit began to play again, and his eyes sparkled enthusiastically.

Now even Su Zining started to roll his eyes.However, it seems to be good...

"Be serious!" Zheng Quan glared at this young man with a strong divergent thinking, "If the Europeans come to one ship, they may come to two, ten, or even dozens of ships in the future! The geographical location here is extremely important, and the committee Instruct the Ministry of Military Security to build a military fort here, and place the five 5-pound guns on the Mayflower here."

"Fortress? How far can those antique cannons go?" Zhou Kemin was taken aback, looking around, a bit disapproving.

"If you don't consider the accuracy, it's about 2000 yards." Su Zining walked to a high place, looked to the south, and then gestured, "Within 1000 yards, the fixed fortress guns are quite deterrent. The current European sailing warships , the swaying hull makes their naval guns basically useless beyond a range of 300 yards."

"Do we still have manpower?" Zhou Kemin grimaced, showing no confidence in being responsible for such an important project at such a young age.

"Didn't you and Li Xiang go to so many Indian tribes some time ago? Find people from them, and the committee will provide the necessary assistance. Naturally, someone will prepare the architectural plan. 'Lieutenant', execute it! It must be done before February next year Finished." Zheng Quan patted Zhou Kemin on the shoulder and walked back to the motorboat.

"Oh, so I'm just a young guy..." Zhou Kemin became depressed.