"Forehead correction! Right rudder 3, rudder 2...left rudder 2, upright!"

"Connect to the traction cable!"

"Steam towing starts, abandoning the rudder, and towing and sailing!"

"Valkyrie reverses!"

"The stern tower enters the water gate! Stable towing and stable posture!"

"The first stage is in place, ready to be connected to the dry dock, and the crew stops!"

"Lift the mast!"

"The dry dock is ready, the towing starts, go through the dock!"

"The towing is stable, the posture of the ship is stable, and Valkyrie enters the dock room!"

"Lower the gate and drain the drainage equipment to heat the car!"

"The pumping begins!"

Accompanied by the roar of the rumbling steam pump operation, the two-hour warehousing operation finally came to an end.

Half an hour later, the side pier was exposed to the surface of the water, and Valkyrie hung up in the air under the support of the side pier and the keel pier, and then officially stopped.

This is Miami. To be more specific, it is Jackdaw Town in the Miami area. To be more precise, it is located in Jackdaw Town, which belongs to the General Association Asset Management Company and is operated by the Maritime Group. Drake Ship Development Research Center Manufacturing Division No. 1 Dock .

Around the middle of 1783, when Lorraine bought the Miami area, he passed the non-profit development plan code-named [Future] at the enlarged board of directors meeting. It is estimated that it will take 30 years to accumulate a huge investment of 5 million pounds. To establish the leading position of the Drake business empire in the future maritime field.

The core components of this plan are the Ship Development Research Center at the foot of Lorraine and the University of Miami, which is upgraded from the advanced class of the Chamber of Commerce School, and will start recruiting students from the world next year, pointing to technology and talents respectively.

The start-up ship development center has seven research laboratories, including two ship design research laboratories named by Lorraine for the "flying shear" project and the "fearless" project, the sailing power research laboratory for the flying shear project, and the sailing power research laboratory for the intrepid project. Metal ship materials research room, new type naval gun research room, steam power research room and automatic fire control research room.

The center is also equipped with three unconventional and highly mechanized manufacturing docks of 80 meters, 60 meters and 30 meters.

The No. 1 dock that Valkyrie entered is 80 meters, and there are two 120 meters and 200 meters in the plan. Not surprisingly, it will be completed within 15 years according to the research progress of the research laboratory.

After the water was pumped, Valkyrie's sailors disembarked with a smile, and soon gathered in groups of three or five people and walked out with their shoulders on their backs.

Acharin walked in front of everyone, Lorraine, Karen, Henna and Noya walked in the end.

Before he jumped off the boat, Lorraine glanced back at Valkyrie’s port side, “Although I’ve seen it several times, but every time I look at it, my heart still thumps.”

Kethic pointed to the most conspicuous one of the large bullet craters and said: "In the same position, the first shot was 32 pounds pierced, the second shot was 32 pounds wounded, and then another 18-pound shell. In the middle of the bull's-eye...If we changed from eighteen pounds to twenty-four pounds at that time, our gunpowder compartment would not be accidentally perforated."

"It will definitely break down, and it will probably ignite gunpowder..."

"Thank God, let us escape!"

Lorraine patted Karen's arm: "How about it, is there a corresponding reinforcement draft?"

"Preparation to install a part of the metal endoskeleton, with steel cables to enhance the safety of artillery and artillery vehicles."

"How many steel cables will keep the artillery from tipping over?"

"No, it can only prevent the barrel from running around at best, and it is completely useless for the 48-pound mortar. If it wants to penetrate the bulkhead, it only needs to launch itself out."

"Really exciting speech..." Lorraine said with emotion, "How long will it take to complete the repair?"

"It takes 30 days to restore to the original state, and it will take 90 days for everything to go smoothly if the corresponding modifications are made."

"90 days...that means there will be three full months without going to sea, the vacation is really long..." Lorraine sighed, "Haina, do you have a heartbeat?"

"Yes." Henna replied without hesitation, "Only a dead heart will not beat."

...

Leaving the dock is Drake's Miami.

Knowing the scale of Miami’s future, Lorraine boldly applied a functional township plan when designing the town.

Entering the Bay of Biscay, crossing the island of Biscay, the core estuary town of Lianzhen is located on the beach at the mouth of the Miami River.

She is across the sea from Virginia Island. At the center is the pure white, rococo-style city hall, surrounded by the garden market, the estuary church, the town council, and the labor square that is expected to be used as the future general trade union.

The four core buildings that have been built are located in the southeast and northwest of the city hall. Together with the other four rectangular plots that are still vacant, the town is divided into three horizontal and three vertical [well] shapes.

Qijin has already announced the completion of three communities in Hekou Town. Relying on the research center, university and dock put into operation in advance, the population of Hekou Town exceeded 2,000 at the beginning of the year, and it welcomed the first native newborn in March.

Continue north along the coast, 18 kilometers away from Hekou Town. It is a college town with Miami University as the core. The two colleges, the business school is in the west of the town, and the hillside is next to the hill, and the maritime college is in the west of the town and close to the sea. The Drake Chamber of Commerce Museum, which is of great significance to the Chamber of Commerce, is also located in this culturally rich town.

Continue north along the coast from College Town for another 20 kilometers to reach Jackdaw Town where Lorraine is now.

This is already the middle section of the Bay of Biscay, where the station, anchor port, and ship development research center of the first fleet directly under the fleet are all settled here. Therefore, it is also regarded as the heart of Lianzhen.

There is also an important component in Jackdaw Town, which is located 5 kilometers north of the town, on a beautiful beach with a lake and the sea. It is called the Pansy Manor.

Almost all the high-level dignitaries of the Drake Chamber of Commerce have built their own mansions there. They cover a vast area and are of different styles, sometimes dotted with ranches and farms operated by the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the old Drake who does not like the cramped towns. The village where we gather is full of vitality among the undulating grassy hills.

There is also an important component in Lianzhen, Miami Beach.

Miami Beach is the outline of the east coast of the Bay of Biscay, a huge and flat sandbar.

There is a commercial port in the Miami area. The General Chamber of Commerce has built a giant port with 37 plank roads and 116 large and medium-sized berths there. More than 100 chambers of commerce of the Baishang Associated Press are buying and operating there.

After more than two years of warm-up development, it has become one of the most prosperous commercial hubs connecting North America and the Caribbean.

Jackdaw Town consolidates the foundation, College Town Peiyuan, Hekou Town raises the heart, and Miami Beach advances. The development has only been two years, and the Miami area has shown the vigorous momentum of the foundation of the Chamber of Commerce.

The conditions here are unique.

Golden route, easy to defend and difficult to attack, no foreign powers to watch, even the Indians who are scattered on the land of Florida and regarded as conquering obstacles are just a group of simple and strong cheap labor in the eyes of Lorraine, who has no political intentions.

To put it bluntly, Miami can be so profitable with each passing day, bad wine, flour and used guns are the top contributors!

The carriage chuckles towards the front with lazy footsteps, Adrera opens the door, and Lorraine rides Noya into the carriage.

He turned to look at Henna, stroking his chest and making an inviting gesture.

Henna gently put Lorraine's hand: "Three months, what do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything." Lorraine made a grimace. "Since we went to Europe in October last year, we have been floating at sea for a full eight months, just taking advantage of the Valkyrie overhaul to slow down."

"So beautiful lady, can I invite you to accompany me to stroll around this beautiful and peaceful town?"

Lorraine was looking forward to a soft whisper, "It's an honor~lightnovelpub.net~Who knew Hannah stepped into the carriage and took a seat next to Noya."

"Let's go shopping, what about Noya?"

"Uh..." Lorraine held back for a long time before hesitating, "Actually, I also invited Noya not long ago..."

The carriage door slammed shut.

Henna's cold voice came from the closed car: "Go, Pansy Manor."

The hired carriage didn't know who Lorraine was, and when he followed the instructions, he swung his horse and whip.

The carriage is gone...

The gentle summer sea breeze was blowing on Lorraine’s temples, and Lorraine stood in the center of a pile of sight for fear that the world would not be chaotic...

"I saw a wild ghost! Even if Carmen is not there, I can't escape the proposition!!!"