"Captain, at 10 o'clock, Long Island is visible!"

　　 Under the guidance of the watchman, Lorraine pushed the sight glass and moved steadily to 10 o'clock, then slowly lifted it up until the lush coastline came into view.

　　 is about 42 kilometers away. The result of the calculation quickly jumped out of his heart.

　　 The current speed is 7 knots, the wind is calm, and the view is good. The distance between Valkyrie and the central coast of Long Island is 42 kilometers, and it takes about 5 hours to reach New York.

　　 On December 12, 1787, Valkyrie arrived in New York.

　　 New York is the heart of the United States. Near the holiday season, there are still a large number of merchant ships on the busy in and out routes, and there are already more than 10 in the field of view.

　　 You must know that the Christmas holiday is the off-season for shipping. In order to make time for their seafarers and excellent sailors, most chambers of commerce have actively consolidated their business scale.

　　 New York Harbor can still maintain such a large flow at this time, which shows that it is prosperous on weekdays. It's no wonder that Chuck Parker, the president of the Americas Chapter, has repeatedly claimed that New York has more potential than Miami, and that it may become the London of the New World in the near future.

　　 It is ridiculous that Lorraine, who has the memory of later life, thinks that Chuck is talking nonsense, and other people who have no memory of later life also think that Chuck is talking nonsense. The meaning of the two nonsense is different, but there is not much difference in the blow to Chuck.

　　 Fortunately, the blow did not prevent Chuck from making a big bet on New York.

　　 Last year, he reconsidered the board of directors of the branch and used a high price of 40,000 pounds to acquire a piece of flat land adjacent to Upper New York Bay in Brooklyn, Long Island, with an area of ​​1,500 acres (about 6 square kilometers).

　　He is going to build a Drake Shipping Center there, which integrates wharf, dock, warehousing, freight and bulk trade. The project plan has been sent to Carmen's asset management company. It is estimated that the construction will take five years and cost 120,000 pounds.

　　 Lorraine supports this project in his heart.

Although the future Brooklyn area is only the lower city of Greater New York, the land acquired by Chuck is close to New York Harbor. Once completed, it can be regarded as an extension of New York Harbor, or a better extension of supporting facilities. The project prospects No need to worry at all.

　　 The main obstacle to this investment is money.

　　 The promise of the revolving door plan will be fulfilled in the near future. The asset management company’s vault has sealed up 70%, not to mention that Lorraine wants to increase the follow-up investment, the amount is as high as 240,000.

The capital chain of the General Association is already very tight. This time Carmen went north, and one of the trips was to negotiate with Chuck. Either the shipping center project should be pressed for two years, or the investment should be installed in installments, and the initial capital injection should not exceed 30,000. .

　　 As you can imagine, Chuck will definitely not be satisfied...

　　 If his mind is more serious, he might still touch the old scars of the "New World London", making him mistakenly believe that the General Conference Board is not interested in this project.

　　 Do you want Carmen to be more straightforward? After all, in addition to being the president of the Americas chapter, Chuck is also Lorraine's agent in the United States, and he is responsible for the US dollar and First Bank projects.

　　 He should be able to understand the priorities. Even if he doesn't understand, Carmen has the ability to persuade him to understand.

　　 Lorraine was thinking, Karen grumbled and climbed onto the platform.

　　 "Captain, look at the 3 o'clock direction, it's about 20 kilometers away."

　　 "Left and right?" Lorraine asked silently.

　　 "Uh...16 to 24 kilometers?"

　　 Lorraine happily decided to find it by himself.

　　 Karen’s ability to look out is not as bad as a professional seaman. In fact, even during the Attis Beauty, which was extremely scarce in manpower, Lorraine did not try to let this three-and-five-thirty Germanic man enter the lookout sequence.

　　 It's the same this time. Karen appeared on the mast to accompany his wife to find the whale. Judging from his tone, he was probably hit. As for why he had to watch Lorraine together...

　　 Lorraine prepared to wait until he found it before complaining.

　　 He quickly found the "whale" 20 kilometers away. They were two slender warships, one large and one small, all black. They were cutting through the waves on the open sea and conducting tactical maneuvering exercises.

　　 "The Constitution and..."

　　 "USS Maryland." Karen said with certainty, "Delivered to the U.S. Navy together with the Constitution in July this year is the last batch of orders in 1986."

　　 "If I remember correctly, she should have been incorporated into the Baltimore Fleet as the flagship with the other two Brigantines. She came to Long Island for some reason, and she also had a maneuver training with the Long Island Fleet's flagship USS Constitution..."

　　 "General military transfer..." Lorraine casually said.

　　 In fact, he also knew that his reasons were untenable.

　　Because the establishment of the Maryland is only five months, the transfer of ownership at this time is equivalent to admitting that its earlier arrangements were improper.

　　 What's more, during the recent Christmas, sea drills were still being conducted, which was almost equivalent to announcing that the two flagships of Long Island and Baltimore had abandoned their Christmas holidays.

　　What reason can persuade the sailors on the ship to give up their vacation? All Lorraine could think of was combat. If the United States really has a combat plan in preparation, then the reason for the Maryland's appearance on Long Island is very clear. It can only be a military build-up.

　　 "Maryland..." He murmured, lowering his sight glass and staring at the two warships wandering in the sky, "If it is really a gathering, the current Sag Harbor should have gathered all the high-speed warships."

　　 "But who is their target? Even if Christmas is not a concern, is Shaq planning to invade New York?"

　　……

　　In the evening~lightnovelpub.net~ Valkyrie finally entered the exclusive Drake berth at the mouth of the East River, near New York’s Newport. Chuck and old Leonard greeted them at the dock hand in hand, and whispered when they saw Lorraine.

　　 "Chairman, there are guests waiting for you. I have been waiting at the headquarters for a long time."

　　 "Guest?" Lorraine frowned, "America? Or association?"

　　 "Associate."

　　 Lorraine smiled and shook his head: "Really, it's still so uncomfortable even at an age, those old things..."

　　 "How many people in this world have the opportunity to participate in commercial projects worth 10 million pounds?" Chuck said disapprovingly, "Chairman, is my shipping center plan going to be postponed?"

　　 "Did you guess it?"

"I guessed it when I heard that Secretary Hamilton was going to showdown at the Christmas dinner." He said, "Considering that the promised shares will be honored, I have asked the exchanges to concentrate their funds in New York. After removing the next year's budget, it can be transferred to The total amount is 140,000 pounds, and the limit is 270,000 pounds."

　　 "Carmen has enough cash." Lorraine waved his hand, "This year's dividends have been paid, not to mention that it's like you spent money on Brooklyn Land. Don't underestimate the land price in Miami."

　　 "I see, I will send the cash back to the various exchanges after Christmas." Chuck didn't say much, "Does the chairman want to meet the guests immediately?"

　　 "Leave right away." Lorraine stretched helplessly, "Although I want to see where Pierce got married first, but if I don't see them right away, those old things will talk to death..."