The Spaniards made many firsts in St. Augustine.

　　 The first colony of Europeans in North America, the first colony, the first town, the first prison, the first liberation of black human rights, the first time to provide walls and protection for people of color...

　　 The coastal defense fortress of San Marcos in front of Lorraine is also number one.

　　 It is the first masonry castle built on the North American continent.

　　The history of Fort St. Augustine is **** and heavy. Especially after Francis, the ancestor of Lorraine, broke down and burned the entire town in 1586, the Indians learned the experience and began to use fire attacks more and more to destroy city defense facilities.

　　 In order to gain a foothold in St. Augustine, the Spaniards were forced to use non-flammable materials to rebuild the town, and in 1672 built the current San Marcos coastal defense fortress.

　　 Since the beginning of its completion, this castle has been entrusted with the heavy expectations of the Spaniards.

　　They wanted it to be fireproof, so they dug a moat for it, and used a large number of concrete bricks made of shells, lime and sand to build the main structure, and reinforced bluestone with stronger hardness in key parts.

　　 They wanted it to defend against pirates, so the castle was built on the Atlantic Ocean, in the outskirts of the town. Four large forts were set up on the fort, and a total of 24 large-caliber shore fire guns were installed.

　　 They wanted it to fight the Indians again, so the traditional square wall added a huge diamond-shaped horse face at the corner. No matter where the Indians attacked, the defenders could get the double-team advantage on the wall.

　　 San Marcos Castle did not live up to the hope of its builders.

From 1672 to 1763, although the town of St. Augustine was destroyed several times, the castle never fell. The Spanish musketeers fought powerful enemies 15 times and won 15 battles, saving a lot of money for St. Augustine. Vitality is the most trustworthy Noah's Ark in the hearts of all townspeople.

　　 The carriage stopped in front of the hanging door of the castle, Lorraine jumped out of the carriage, turned around, and took Carmen from the carriage.

Today’s Carmen chose a warm green and narrow-shoulder jumpsuit. The simple design of the dress is not fancy. There is no obvious make-up on the pretty face. There are scattered and elegant embroidery patterns on the clothes, which more and more bring out the owner's pure temperament.

　　 This is really not Carmen.

Although when working with Lorraine scenes, Carmen mostly converges makeup to prevent his aura from being too much, but the convergence is often the convergence of wisdom, highlighting beauty, and such a simple and fresh appearance, at least in Lorraine’s impression. This is the first time.

　　 Lorraine guessed all the way but failed to guess Carmen's intentions. He was about to meet with the Lord. He finally couldn't help asking: "Carmen, is the Governor of Turase a daughter-in-chief?"

　　 "Daughter control?" It took Carmen a long time to understand what Lorraine meant, and unexpectedly rolled his eyes, "No, he is a fishing enthusiast or an amateur silk collector."

　　 "Silk..." If Lorraine realized something, he reconsidered Carmen's long skirt.

　　 swim carp playing lotus, egret looking at the sky...

This simple-looking long skirt is not simple at all in its bones. If Lorraine is right, it should be made from a whole piece of embroidered Shu brocade, in order to preserve the integrity of the embroidery pattern and the graceful elegance of the embroidery. , This gave up other embellishments.

　　 The little fox smiled like a Carmen: "You can see it?"

　　 Lorraine nodded gloomily: "I'm just curious, should I have clothes or embroidery first?"

　　 "It's made-to-order." Carmen stuck his tongue out, "The 20 embroiderers of the Qing Dynasty embroidered for three years, and my tailor lived in Guangzhou for three years."

"Wow……"

　　 With a perfunctory admiration, Lorraine propped up his elbow and asked Carmen to pull it up, and the two moved forward together. The referrer of this meeting, the mayor of St. Augustine Fort Dipujani, was waiting outside the doorway of the castle.

　　 "Welcome to the castle that never falls." He said to them, "The Governor is waiting for them on the dock."

　　 "Trouble the mayor to show us the way." Carmen bowed and saluted.

"my pleasure."

　　 Pier refers to the subsidiary pier of the San Marcos coastal defense fortress. Its main function is to transport supplies and personnel to the inside of the castle when the land passage is blocked.

　　 So the size of the terminal is very small, there are only two plank roads, a total of four medium-scale cargo berths, and it is not connected to the land at all, can only pass through the inside of the castle.

　　 A group of three entered the castle, passed through a deep doorway with a thickness of more than 15 meters, and passed through the wide and flat courtyard atrium.

　　 Lorraine saw the red-bottomed and blue-robed patrol army on the city wall, all in neat rows. This seems to be the first time on Spanish soil.

　　 Lorraine couldn't help feeling: "San Agustin is the most dangerous Spanish town I have ever seen."

　　 The mayor of Dipujani smiled and replied: "We have never forgotten history. Every resident here knows that the next war will come at any time."

He pointed to the atrium at his feet: "Every March, the whole town takes a day off. We organize an evacuation drill here. Women, children and the elderly set up tents in the atrium, and men go to the city to participate in patrols. For us, it is with Christmas is also a grand holiday."

　　 "Please allow me to pay tribute to the residents of St. Augustine." Lorraine bowed slightly.

　　 The three of them continued to move forward, passing through the doorway again from the atrium, and reaching the pier.

From a distance, Lorraine saw a sturdy middle-aged man carrying a fishing rod and concentrating on the seawall~lightnovelpub.net~ He used an irregular rhythm to lift the fishing rod, lift it, and pause for a while. The line hammer on the sole tightens slowly, complementing the rhythm of the lift.

　　 The mayor of Dipujani wanted to report, Lorraine grabbed him and stretched out his index finger with a gesture of waiting.

　　 The three people waited by the seawall.

　　 After a while, the buoy on the fishing line sank suddenly, and the loose fishing line collapsed straight.

　　 The middle-aged man’s spirit became more concentrated, and he tightened his fishing rod, steadily and slowly, tightening the fishing line circle by circle.

　　 Wow!

　　 The hooked fish jumped out of the water, leaving a bright silver light in the human field of vision, and quickly jumped back into the water.

　　 Lorraine saw the fish clearly. The whole body was silver and the dorsal fin was spotted.

　　 This fish is less than 60 centimeters long, has a strong and powerful jumping movement, and its hook-shaped lower jaw is eye-catching.

　　If Lorraine had not admitted wrong, this is a medium-sized, energetic Atlantic Coho salmon.

　　 The fight between the angler and the fish lasted for about 15 minutes, and the fish was exhausted before being dragged ashore.

　　 The angler carried the catch and smiled triumphantly at Lorraine: "President Drake, from the perspective of a young man, you are more patient than most people. I think I already know the secret of your success."

　　 "Being good at waiting is indeed one of the secrets of my success, but it is by no means the only secret."

　　 Lorraine looked at the strange ornaments around the angler, suddenly pressed the machine spring, and the umbrella sword popped out with a sound.

　　 "This is the first time in my life that I have cooked food for my host when I was a guest. Sir Tussera, please give me this opportunity."