Five Hundred and Sixty Second, I Love Painting in Dreams

"This island is called Outer Rust. It is located at the mouth of the eastern bay of Massachusetts Bay. It is the outermost island of the Ruster Islands. It is the private domain of the Morgan family in Boston. The Shelter Villa is located here."

"In 1688, after the death of the pirate emperor Henry Morgan, the second generation of Morgan immigrated to Boston and bought the island. Legend has it that he provided services to the pirates through the island's secret dockyard, and at the same time received top-notch booty and made money by reselling it. take profit."

"However, this statement has never been confirmed. The property of the Morgan family brigade is well documented. Although it is not as rich as your Drake Chamber of Commerce, it still has a total annual profit of more than 100,000 pounds."

"The Back Bay Shipyard is the core of the Morgan family's industry, with an annual output value of more than 400,000 pounds, and the net profit of the last three years has also exceeded 50,000 pounds."

At this point in Rashid's introduction, Karen intervened in a rare way.

"An output value of 400,000 pounds and a net profit of 50,000 pounds, isn't it a bit low for an old shipyard whose ship materials are mainly provided by its own forest farm?"

Lechde glared over angrily: "Before 1783, Boston's Back Bay had an average profit of more than 30%. You are so familiar with your business opponents, don't you know why their profit margins have dropped?"

"Uh... Could it be because of us?"

"It's the Maritime Group." Laixide breathed out a long breath, "Since the Maritime Group launched a clipper with a knot of more than 13 knots, the shipbuilding industry in Back Bay and even the entire New World has been impacted."

"There are two things they can do. The first is to increase investment in design and launch high-speed ships that can compete with you; the second is to lower the price of shipbuilding. Value for money is better than yours.”

Lorraine rolled her eyes when she heard that.

"Please organize your wording carefully before speaking, it is not us who disrupted the shipping market."

"In the final analysis, the core business of the Drake Chamber of Commerce is still ocean trade. We have never lowered the price of ships, and even new ship models that have passed sea trials will be warmed up in the Baishang Association first, because the freight bonus is what I fancy thing."

"I got it, I got it, the shipbuilding industry in the New World is not your opponent at all, thank you for giving them a chance to survive." Laixide poked the chart impatiently, "Come back to business, today's focus is on Shelter Villa. "

"Like you, the Morgan family is not able to rule Back Bay because of the shipyard. Their ancestors are role models for lawbreakers. As descendants, their wealth is not clean."

"In 1714, the third generation of Morgan built the Shelter Villa in Wai Rust. At the completion ceremony of the manor, he successfully organized a high-level underground auction."

"In that auction, a total of 16 lots were sold, with a transaction amount of 1.02 million pounds. Morgan took 10%, and made a full 100,000 pounds in just one day. Three years later, in 1717, three generations of Morgan, who had tasted the sweetness, organized the second At the auction, 22 pieces were sold, with a turnover of 1.27 million."

"After that time, the Shelter Villa auction has become the core property of the Morgan family. It is held every three years, and only twenty-four invitations are issued each time. With the reputation of the Morgan family and the unique structure of the Shelter Villa, buyers The identities of both the home and the seller have been best protected, and there has never been a precedent for leaks.”

Lorraine raised her eyelids unexpectedly: "Never?"

"Never."

"That is to say,

Everything can be sold there, everything can be bought from there, right? "

"Yes." Laixide nodded solemnly, "The world's highest-profile and most secret underground auction, the Shelter Villa Auction, is where we are going. This year is the 25th, and it will be held in July. 20th."

"July 20th..." Lorraine pondered for a moment, "There are still 35 days left, have you received the invitation letter?"

"What a joke! Didn't your brother say that it's your job to bring me into the venue?"

"Not even an invitation letter?"

"There are only 24 in total." Lechde stretched out his hands and opened them in front of Lorraine, "Do you think it is possible for a low-key tutor to get that kind of thing?"

"A low-key...family...teacher..."

Rashid proudly puffed out his chest, this action made the eyes of Katerina and Yacharin beside the chart shine at the same time.

Yacharin was about to ask a question, but Bell, who re-entered the decision-making circle after half a year, suddenly said, "I don't understand what kind of items in this kind of underground auction will attract the attention of the Navy headquarters. The proof of the overlord that can dominate the Seven Seas? Or the sea chart leading to Daxizhou?"

"It's the design drawing." Lechde looked at Lorraine, and said softly until Lorraine nodded, "The standard 1770 French third-tier battleship, the complete design drawing of the French Navy's active main battleship Fury, the Ministry of the Navy got the news, it It will definitely appear in this year's auction catalog."

Flat ground...thunder!

If there is a battleship's core secret, it must be her complete design.

Unlike ordinary shipbuilding blueprints, complete blueprints include first drafts, revised drafts, fluid, sail and balance tests, designer's manuscripts, and possibly several internal sea trial reports.

These things are real treasures. In the hands of high-ranking designers, they can easily restore the design ideas of a ship or even a type of ship, and figure out the value and function of each component on a ship.

In particular, the Fury is a standard 1770 French battleship.

As the best third-tier battleship design in the world, the standard Type 1770 French is the mother body of the third-tier battleships of all mainstream maritime powers today.

Almost all cutting-edge third-tier battleships are designed on the basis of it, but because no complete design drawings have ever flowed out so far, the stealing teachers of various countries are still stuck in the analysis of the salvage of sunken ships and captured ships In terms of design, there is a lack of key design ideas, so in terms of the performance of the final ship, the French ship is still unique.

The value of this blueprint will never be lower than any French national treasure in today's world. To be more precise, it is one of the national treasures and deserves it!

Bell opened his mouth in shock: "The complete design... how is it possible, are the French crazy?"

"Probably crazy, poor and crazy." Lorraine, who learned the details two hours earlier than his crew, shrugged helplessly, "During the War of Independence, or the riots in North America, the whole country of France supported the American Revolution, including Send troops and smuggle."

"France undertook the offense and defense of most of the land fronts and almost all of the sea fronts. It paid a huge price in five years, but did not ask for a corresponding return."

"They're being altruistic because the Americans can't afford it and the British won't give it."

"The fraternal His Majesty Louis probably thought about the profits of smuggling, but what he didn't expect was that most of the profits from this line were divided up by the rich and powerful, the treasury was beyond its means, and France's financial difficulties were greater than that of the United Kingdom and the United States combined .”

"After the war, the wise Queen Mary believed that peace had come. Rather than guaranteeing the wasteful and corrupt military expenditures, she hoped to spend her limited finances on the blade, such as the gorgeous palace, her jewelry, and His Majesty Louis' favorite Lock."

"France's military expenditure has been embezzled a lot. The situation of the navy and the army is similar. But the queen has done one thing less. She is too kind and unwilling to make drastic cuts."

"All in all, all kinds of strange things will happen when the redundant army needs to support itself with limited military expenditure. These things include but are not limited to collecting special taxes in the station, actively seeking sponsorship from local plutocrats, and losing money in low-intensity training. Expensive ordnance, and unexplained base fires."

"Three months ago, an accidental fire broke out at the Cherbourg Naval Base, resulting in 7 deaths, 62 injuries, and 3 missing. The fire spread to the archives of the base, and a small part of the confidential files were burned, including the design of the Fury. .”

"One and a half months ago, it was reported that a talented painter drew the burnt design while sleepwalking, and decided to auction it at Shelter Villa."

"The above is all the news that the Admiralty has received." Lorraine dragged his voice, "I heard that our intelligence agent was lucky enough to see part of the artist's sleepwalking manuscript, and commented that the dream was very complete, and the artist's drawing level was not good. It is better than a professional designer, and the drawing paper is also thoughtfully aged, it looks like it has been sealed in the archives for several years, and it is very valuable for collection.”

Bell opened his mouth wide: "The artist's level is so high?"

"Who says it's not..." Lorraine pursed her lips, "It's a pity to dream of such a high-level blueprint. It would be great if I dreamed of the Mona Lisa..."

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