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President Drake.

The courier wore the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of the American Army, with a deadpan expression and a straight military posture.

The Office of the President invites you to drive the Valkyrie frigate of your Chamber of Commerce to berth 1 in New York Harbor at 10:00 am on June 1st to prepare for orders.

Invitation? Standby? Lorraine pondered over this obviously ill-spoken sentence, and the more he pondered, the darker his face became.

Yes, invitation and standby, said the courier. President Washington appointed to visit Boston on your warship, and even though the security service strongly objected, he still insisted that you arrange the crew list on board.

In order to make our short journey as pleasant as possible, I would like to convey to you a few requests from our position.

The sound is far away and noisy.

It was Lorraine's mood that interfered with his hearing. He was full of doubts in his heart, and he was rushing from side to side restlessly, as if he would blurt out if he was careless.

President Washington is visiting Boston?

First time this year? Or the second time?

If it was the first time, shouldn't his trip have ended on April 13?

What is the reason for the sudden change of itinerary? What happened again?

Lorraine really wanted to be a straightforward person, but reason kept telling him that asking such questions would not produce any value except to add confusion.

Whatever Washington's reasons for changing the schedule, the result was the same for Lorraine.

The key now is that the opportunity that should have been missed has suddenly returned, and all he has to do is to hold it firmly.

Thinking of this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, spread his hands, and opened his lips.

Lieutenant Colonel, please speak.

The messenger carefully took out the paper from his pocket and spread it out.

First, the Security Office hopes that you will submit the crew list and basic information to us 15 days in advance. We respect Mr. President's opinion, but we also do not want people who are hostile to the United States to appear on board.

Lorraine nodded: The list will be handed over to you before 9 o'clock tonight,

You can take it back with you on your return trip, but for the first time, I will not accept any comments on personnel.

Of course, this is your right.

The corner of the Messenger's eye twitched.

Second, the total number of the presidential entourage and security personnel is 47. We promise that there will be no more than 20 security personnel, which is also the request of the president.

Two hours before the president boards, most of the entourage will board the ship in advance. We need to take over the ammunition compartment, equipment compartment, galley compartment and the presidential cabin on a separate floor. This is to ensure the safety of the president. We hope for your understanding.

Lorraine closed her eyes and thought for a while: After half an hour, you can go to Valkyrie to select the presidential cabin in person, except for a few functional cabins that cannot be adjusted, including my captain's cabin, all are in your hands. range of options.

Valkyrie has 4 galleys, and you can choose one of them to take over. You will provide the food for the president and his entourage, and we will provide the food for the crew.

In addition, out of consideration for the trust of both parties, the equipment and ammunition compartment can be handed over to you to take over. However, the ammunition in the gun compartment and the crew's personal equipment are not within your security range. Valkyrie must maintain a minimum defense requirement.

The messenger's eyes twitched even more fiercely.

You don't need to worry about Valkyrie's safety, Mr. President, because the US Navy will arrange six destroyers to escort you personally during the journey north.

Whether to escort is your own business, and you don't need to ask for my opinion. Lorraine said, I said that keeping the personal equipment and gun bay ammunition is to maintain the trust between the two sides. If Mr. President is willing to trust me, I have the obligation to protect Mr. President's safety.

You doubt the loyalty of the security department?

If in doubt, I will directly reject your unreasonable request to take over the ammunition bay...

The atmosphere of the debate was intense and powerless.

The messenger probably never thought that this condescending envoy would cause so many disagreements. After reading out all the contents on the paper like a formula, he directly bid farewell.

Before leaving, Lorraine asked the messenger to sort out all his feedback. As for the crew information and cabin selection, the messenger didn't mention anything, as if he fled in panic.

Two days later, the courier returned, the commander of the lieutenant colonel was reduced to a deputy, and the commander was replaced by a vice admiral, and he was an acquaintance of Lorraine who had met several times during Edward Kenway's time. General Robert Smith.

The lieutenant colonel still had the expressionless face of two days ago, with a little less arrogance and a little more vigilance.

He introduced General Robert Smith to Lorraine: Because there are many differences between you and us on the defense of Mr. President, Mr. President, the President's Office has appointed a higher-level envoy to Miami this time.

This is General Robert Smith, a member of the Maryland Senate, and Vice Admiral of the Baltimore Fleet of the US Navy. He is also the commander of the escort mission to the north. I hope you can establish good communication.

Lorraine raised the corners of her mouth unobservably, and stood up: Lorraine, Lorraine Anason Drake. General Smith, nice to meet you.

Smith raised his head arrogantly, but unfortunately with his height, even if he raised his head, he could only look up at Lorraine's chin, which made him very unhappy.

President Drake... he said, You may not know that your Valkyrie was designed with a lot of my opinions. She should have become a legend of the American Navy, not a poor ship. Privateer.

Head start?

Lorraine raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: Hite told me about your friendship, and also about your relationship with Valkyrie. I remember... At that time, you seemed to be the admiral of the Charles River formation, right? Hite I firmly believe that you were so humble at the time that you were not responsible for the premature demise of the old navy revitalization plan. Did he guess wrong?

I'm talking about Valkyrie's design draft...

Unfortunately, the design draft of the Valkyrie is far from the design draft of the micro-battleship in the old navy revitalization plan.

Lorraine said in a mocking tone.

The design draft of Valkyrie is the main reason why I decided to acquire Haight Shipyard. Although Edward Kenway is the enemy of Great Britain, at least in terms of ship design, his vision is commendable.

It was his rigor that allowed Hite's design team to discard a lot of compromise details suggested by you, which prevented the Valkyrie from becoming a mediocre work. For this, I am very grateful to him.

The head-starting rhetoric obviously failed.

General Smith sat down in a muffled voice, and looked at Lorraine without saying a word.

Lorraine sat down opposite him and called Monica to serve tea.

It was not until the fragrance of tea filled the study that Lorraine finally made a sound.

General Smith came with Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, right? The distance between here and Baltimore is not too close. No matter how fast a ship is, it is impossible to go back and forth in two days. As for New York, it is farther...

There is no need to hide this matter. If you cooperate enough, I don't need to come forward at all. General Smith said coldly.

Lorraine smiled knowingly: It means that the United States has long been ready to fully accept my request.

I don't know what method you used to approach Minister Hamilton, and I don't know why Mr. President trusts a British person so much, and firmly believes that your request will not exceed our bottom line. Smith gritted his teeth, What did you say? Wrong, I got the authorization before coming here, unless you show the intention of murdering the president, otherwise I will accept your conditions.

So, do you think I want to murder the President?

I don't want to. Just because I know you don't want to, I need to know why you are obsessed with combat readiness.

Probably because the current US Navy cannot give people a sense of trust?

Lorraine used an interrogative sentence, but what he said was a rhetorical question.

Close protection on the ocean must maintain a ship distance of at least 15 meters. Considering that we have no experience in formation sailing, the destroyers of the US Navy are mostly old French and French modifications of the Maritime Group. There is a big difference in speed from Valkyrie. The distance between us in safe formation should be expanded to roughly 50 meters.

With a ship distance of 50 meters, I have no less than ten ways to separate the escort ship and Valkyrie in a short period of time. Although this delay will not cause the Valkyrie to sink directly, it is better to have one less thing than one more thing , Mr. President's safety, it is better to have a little more insurance.

...

Let's talk, no matter how dissatisfied the President's Security Office of the United States is with Lorraine's attitude, the guard plan was finalized in the shortest possible time.

Lorraine is doing his best this time.

On the Valkyrie, Lorraine is the captain, Katerina is the first mate, Faraming is the second mate of the special service formation, Kayo is the third mate, and Leif continues to command the stormtroopers.

The main helmsman and navigator are in the charge of Bell during the observation period. Although he was temporarily excluded from the decision-making level due to suspicion, Lorraine still trusted his skills, and judging from his performance, he really didn't look like an exposed spy.

For other positions, Henna is in charge of lookout, Karen is in charge of boatman and sail, Acharin is in charge of guns, and Wang is also in charge of galley and deck.

Noah's divination room has always been the spiritual authority on Valkyrie, and Carmen's staff room is the intellectual authority. This time, little Sharon was also transferred to the ship as the second staff officer.

In addition, the first formation, which was severely damaged in the Indian War, is being rebuilt, and it is not expected to undertake any sailing missions within half a year.

A large number of their elite sailors were temporarily transferred to the Valkyrie, mainly to fill the vacancies of the third and fourth seats.

Favna's assistant, Annie, stayed in Miami to preside over the reconstruction, and Favna herself was transferred to Valkyrie for the first time because of her superb drafting and tactical capabilities, serving as the second navigator and the chief of the tactical room.

Everything is ready.

On May 17, 1786, the fully loaded Valkyrie finally unanchored from the anchorage in the Jackdaw District.

Lorraine stood at the bow of the boat vigorously, watching the pure white embankment recede further and further away.

Raise the flag on the foremast and turn the bow! he shouted loudly. This time we are going to New York to meet a distinguished passenger.

Perhaps someone will be curious and wonder how honorable our passenger is...I can only tell you that when he boards the ship, he will live in my captain's cabin, and his flag will fly On the mainmast of the Valkyrie.

Please try to control your curiosity, you can guess, don't talk about it, let alone try to inquire about the identity of the distinguished guest from our new friends, this is the most important rule of this voyage.

Let us hope for smooth sailing. I order, Valkyrie, set sail!

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