With the approaching of the 25th asylum villa auction, all kinds of cattle, ghosts and snakes have emerged from the corners of the world and gathered towards the Gulf of Boston with their own purposes.
Lorraine guessed, wanted, but didn't intend to do anything.
After all, this time his partner is the world's top and most complete intelligence organization.
The royal secret service has long hosted internal security affairs in the kingdom of Great Britain. Since Queen Elizabeth, the Kingdom's loyal hound has powerful powers and a large number of eyes.
The actions of these spies in Boston must be beyond their authority, but combined with Lorin's knowledge of Rashid's personality and past, his acceptance of this unreasonable job proves that they are well prepared.
Although Rashid didn't say it clearly, Boston should have a complete, active and trusted spy team.
Professionals must be much more efficient than Lorraine's half hanging salesmen, and Rashid will share most of the valuable information, because the two sides have no interests and are in the purest cooperative relationship.
For this reason, as the executor of this entrustment, Lorraine has a lot of time to deal with private affairs before the first meeting.
The so-called private affairs are, of course, American business.
Before they parted ways, Washington told Lorraine that Hamilton would wait for Lorraine for a week at the Solomon chamber of Commerce in Houwan. They broke up on June 15. This unclear week would last until at least June 22.
There is plenty of time.
In the luxurious residence of Haite shipyard, Lorraine and the crew had a good sleep on solid land. It was not until dawn the next day that Lorraine called Carmen and Karen to the study.
"Karen, do you know the location of the Solomon chamber of Commerce?"
"Solomon chamber of Commerce..." Karen's mind immediately showed the beautiful and capable posture of Miss Isaiah Solomon, "I know, they are our main ship material suppliers and large parts processors. Although I haven't been there before, Emond pointed out the face for me on the way to the ball once."
"Edmund?" Lorraine was confused.
"Emond hait, your big three and the leader of the flying shear program. We are friends. You can't expect me to call him by his last name."
"Aha."
Carmen glanced at Lorraine: "does my captain miss the beautiful Solomon daughter?"
"It's to see Alexander." Lorraine glared back angrily. "Washington said he would wait for us at the Solomon chamber of Commerce for a week."
"Navy revitalization plan?"
"Probably," Lorraine said uncertainly. "It's reasonable to say that such a big order should not be decided in such a hurry, but they were stimulated by Sark. If the stimulus is big enough, it's not impossible to be in a hurry."
The expression on Karen's face was very complex. It was unclear whether it was expectation or regret.
"Well... I drank with emmond last night, and I promised him to take you to visit the first and fifth docks..."
Lorraine immediately understood what Karen meant: "Valkyrie class II and Valkyrie class II?"
"Yes, the varkiri class II has passed the internal sea trial and is undergoing the final center of gravity commissioning. It will be sent to Bermuda for the local sea trial in a month at most."
Karen nodded.
"The progress of nvwushen class is slower, so it has completed the ship body assembly. After 15 days of naked ship trial, it is necessary to stick armor and wrap copper. The new world still lacks excellent craftsmen in this regard, so it is necessary to go to Europe to find subcontracting..."
"What about ship loading?" Lorraine waved with interest. "The combination of 18 pounds long and 24 pounds short can't play the value of capital ships at all. I've been thinking whether it's too expensive for these two ships to be allocated to the American branch."
"But we can't get a new 32 pound long and 48 mortar?" Karen sighed bitterly. "These two ships are the backup ships of valkiri and the lady. It's not impossible to stay in the dock for maintenance, but the cost of preparation is more serious than that allocated to the American branch."
"Maybe we can try to get a 24 pound long approval from the United States," Carmen suggested. "We can build a 24 pound long gun factory in Miami. Once we have the approval from the United States, the British won't go too far to investigate the equipment on board."
"Moreover, the guns of valkiri and the ladies have been used for several years. Although there has been no major damage, we should also consider the bad situation. After all, a stable inventory and replenishment source have not been established."
"The source of heavy artillery..."
I was chatted to death.
The source of 32 pound long and large caliber mortars has always been the heart knot of Lorraine and others. It is not illegal. The two ships in service have exhausted their inventory, and the rest can only be used as replacement in case of accidents. Even the third ship is not armed enough.
This problem has become an obstacle for Drake chamber of Commerce to continue to strengthen private armed forces, with shield but no spear.
The real dilemma can not be solved simply. The whereabouts of the varkiri II, which will be in service soon, and the more expensive but not necessarily more powerful nvwushen II, which will be in service at the latest in 1788, can not be determined hastily.
Taking advantage of leisure, it's better to think about how to make money from the American Kaizi.
Lorraine knocked on the table, "Solomon chamber of Commerce, who wants to go with me?"
"I'll go," Karen said quickly.
"I'll forget it. There's no need for words between the captain and Secretary Hamilton, and I can't talk about the formation of the Navy." Carmen thought, "it's rare that there are many girls on board this time. I'm going to make dresses and auctions with them. Can I use them?"
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Few people can imagine that even in the powerful Lorraine team, Carmen's action force is second to none.
She soon persuaded Noah, Sharon, Katrina and fafuna, took them into Haina's room, divided three into five, and forcibly tied Haina, who was not interested in shopping, to the carriage.
The six women marched to the commercial street in the center of Boston town until the dust and smoke fell to the ground. Lorraine and Karen were not ready to go out
Another half an hour later, the second carriage finally wandered out of the gate of the residence. Lorraine was leaning on an umbrella sword on the carriage and looked strangely at Karen's silver wig on his head.
"If I remember correctly, you don't seem to have worn a wig at the Christmas ball and annual meeting in recent years?"
"One is an internal party and the other is a business meeting. Since I represent the maritime group, I must be more serious if I can be more serious?"
"Really? Now I don't seem to know whether Americans want to do business or ask questions?"
Karen stared: "you didn't say..."
"I said that Americans were stimulated by Shaq. Since it was stimulation, it's not surprising whether they worked hard or angry."
"So you brought an umbrella sword?"
Lorraine paused at the tip of the umbrella and knocked out a rhythmic thump: "I take the sword because I am a soldier. As long as conditions permit, the soldier will not throw down his weapons. But you... Is Miss Solomon beautiful?"
Karen's face turned red: "she... What do you say? She is beautiful, excellent, born in a legendary family and has a legendary father. But the reason why I look at her differently is not these, it's attitude."
"The other day, in order to demonstrate the Navy revitalization plan, you asked me to provide technical advice to Americans. She was also included in the demonstration team because of her family industry."
"Her identity in the team is generally the spokesman and Secretary of the three generals. Most of the time, she is sorting out those complicated materials and communicating with me about the contents of the materials. Therefore, we were together most of the time in those days..."
Karen's face flashed with memories.
"Obviously, she is such an excellent lady, but she is not as arrogant and mean as Carmen, nor as inhumane as jessla. Even in the face of ordinary, I can respect from my heart and always take care of the sense of distance I want, meticulous, considerate and in harmony."
"Lorraine, I guess I may be in love." Karen raised her eyes. "Although some people talk about dreams, for the first time, I did have... Hey! What's your expression!"
"What's the expression?" Lorraine opened his big hand, rubbed his face and muttered, "I won't tell you what you think of Carmen and Haina. The key is yourself. I especially want to know what illusion makes you feel ordinary?"
"Er... Isn't it...?"
"You are two meters tall, strong and powerful. You are the flagship craftsman of the pirate king of the Caribbean and the first executive of the largest shipyard in America. You are one of the three chief designers of valkiri. Your exquisite design skills have long been famous in the world with valkiri."
"You are still a top rich man. Although I have never counted your wealth, unlike bell, who is looking for liars everywhere, Daniel, who is looking for medicine everywhere and acharin, who is looking for women everywhere, you have no special interest in spending money at all. Your wealth should be close to 100000 pounds these years?"
Lorraine opened her fingers in front of Karen and broke them one by one.
"World class popularity, world-class enterprise, world-class team, top talent and wealth can bring people a happy figure just by looking... So, it's ordinary?"
Karen opened her mouth and let Lorraine pat her on the shoulder like a wooden chicken.
"Go after it if you like, Mr. Karen Scott. You are one of the best men in the world. A Solomon family will only feel high, not married."
"Miss Isaiah Solomon is yours. In the face of ordinary love, a lady has no room to refuse!"