Six Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Build Solomon's Temple

Compared with later generations, New York at the end of the 18th century was far from being able to live up to the prosperity symbolized by the word "city".

It took the Dutch half a century to build their New Amsterdam at the confluence of the East River and the Hudson, and the English took her, pulled down the walls, and leveled a road where the walls left.

Wall Street (wall str.) has now become the latitude of New York, the Dutch Town on the south of the street is the lower town, and the English Town on the north of the street is the upper town.

The British didn't like the names of Dutch City and British City. In order to declare their sovereignty over the entire New York, they planned three more meridians in New York.

The meridian of the downtown is Broad Street (broad str.), which connects the port and Wall Street in an arc shape. The starting point points to the New York Harbor where thousands of sails have passed, and the end point is the City Hall, the heart of the city.

The meridian of Uptown is Queen's Avenue (queen str.), which rises from Federal Hall on Wall Street to the suburbs.

The Third Longitude is another Broad Street in New York.

Broadway (broadway str.) is the only avenue in New York that spans the upper and lower cities. One end is tied to the past of New York Fort George, and the other runs to the future of New York, the vast undeveloped Manhattan wilderness.

After all, villages and forests still occupy about 3/4 of the land in Manhattan, and the New York inherited by Americans is actually only an area of ​​3,700 acres (about 15 square kilometers).

Americans subdivide their New York City into six major districts.

To the east of Queen's Avenue is the Newport District, to the north of Queen's Avenue is the suburbs, to the west of Queen's Avenue-Wall Street-East of Broad Street is the East District, to the west of Broadway Street is the West District, and the East District and the West District are bounded by Wall Street, which divides the South District and North District. district.

The Mercury Manor of the Drake Chamber of Commerce is located in the lower city of the Eastern District, at the intersection of Wall Street, Newport District and the East River, at the East Pole.

Corresponding to it, the West Pole is the Garrison of New York, which is the starting point of Broadway, the stone bastion Fort George favored and trusted by three generations of soldiers from the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States.

Fort George was built in 1625. It was the first artificial building and military facility built by the Dutch on Manhattan Island. It was originally a wooden square fortress.

I think Peter Minute, the first governor of the New Netherland, relied on this simple fortress to fight the local Lenapes. At the negotiating table, and bought the ownership of the entire island of Manhattan with 60 Dutch guilders and some cheap scrap.

In 1626, the Dutch officially settled in Manhattan, with only 300 first residents. In order to prevent the IQ of the Lenape people from going up (crossed out) and treachery at any time, they kept strengthening the fort. It took about 10 years to build the original square fort into the current bastion.

However, they did not wait for the attack of the Lenapes in the end. In 1664, the British fleet invaded the Hudson River and demolished the wooden bastion into scorched earth with devastating naval guns. Knowing that he was powerless to resist, Te raised his hand and surrendered.

After the change of ownership in New York, the new British also took a fancy to this scorched ruins that symbolized the backbone of the Dutch. A large number of Lenape people were captured as slaves, and a more majestic stone bastion was built on the basis of the original site.

The New Fort was built around 1700, including a series of fortifications such as forts, walls, forts, moats, ramps, etc., collectively known as Fort George.

Since then, the new Fort George has become the core of New York's coastal defense and army garrison. Under the eager expectations of the people of New York, it was peacefully reversed in the early days of the Revolutionary War, and it was reversed again at the moment when the British army came back.

When the war ended and the eve of the withdrawal of the British troops, it was peacefully handed over to the Americans for the second time, transforming itself from the patron saint of the British colonists into the capital guard of the American Confederacy.

Undoubtedly miraculous, it never fell when it was not expected, and never went to war when it was trusted.

The Dutch settlers back then firmly believed that it would allow them to survive safely, and later British soldiers and current American soldiers also firmly believed that it would allow them to survive safely.

...

Night, north wind.

Standing on the deserted bastion wall, Stephen Girard stared at the quiet Hudson River.

There is darkness there, and there are waves in the darkness, constantly reminding people that there is still an old military port there.

The Hudson Estuary was once the military port of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and even the Americans. In the early days of the War of Independence, the Hudson River Fleet, one of the three major fleets of the Continental Army reorganized by free merchant ships, was stationed here.

At that time, there were singing and dancing here every night, and enthusiastic New York girls gathered around the shore, showing their beauty in front of excellent naval officers like a golden pheasant.

And now, the Hudson River formation is still there, but the attention of New Yorkers has long been attracted to the other end of Long Island.

There's a whole new fleet out there, Drake Marine built frigates, Drake Marine built destroyers, Drake Marine built Brigs and Brigantines...

That fleet is called the Long Island Fleet, which is the first step in the revitalization plan of the US Navy. It carries and entrusts Americans' ambition and hope for the ocean.

However, Americans should not have awakened to this unrealistic ambition so early!

In the plan, the last decade of the 18th century was supposed to be the time for Freemasonry to transform the United States, and the first two decades of the 19th century were supposed to be the time for Freemasonry to develop the United States.

It was not until the middle period, from 1820 to 1850, that the United States, which had completely accepted the ideal of Freemasonry, would rise and counterattack Europe with irresistible momentum.

That's the Masonic plan!

Lorraine Drake ruined their grand plan...

No, Lorraine Drake is just a dirty pirate and a lowly businessman, and his actions are only driven by profit. It was Alexander Hamilton who really sabotaged the Masonic plan with his damn revolving door plan!

Not right either!

Alexander Hamilton is a creative person, Lorraine Drake is a practical person, these two people are equally hateful, under the avalanche, there is no innocent snowflake!

They are sinners!

Freemasonry will never let such a heinous criminal go, and Stephen Girard has prepared everything for this.

"Just wait until..."

"My lord!"

A cry interrupted Girard's imaginings, he turned his head angrily, with a pleasant expression, Zhongzheng was peaceful: "My brother Eugene, who is beautiful and born, what makes you so moved?"

"My lord!" Eugene took a deep breath, "One hour ago, Brother Meisheng Gyllenhaal from Wales asked someone to forward his application for resignation. He is one of the three candidates we buried in the Baishang Association The only one that succeeded, but he said in his resignation application that Lorraine Drake would kill the traitor, which is a price he is unwilling to pay."

Girard's eyes froze suddenly: "Lorraine Drake...that dirty Viking bear noticed our existence?"

"Probably not yet." Eugene took a deep breath, "I went to see Brother Mason Gyllenhaal and felt that he still respected us. He told me that Lorraine Drake saw through our plan , but haven't noticed our existence yet."

"He also said that Drake is going to join forces with Hamilton. If we don't have the means to counter it, we will definitely lose this Christmas dinner."

Girard's brows twisted into a rift: "Even telling us such important information, why does Meisheng Gyllenhaal betray us?"

"I guess..." Eugene swallowed nervously, "I guess Lorraine Drake might not mind his information being leaked out. Or maybe Meisheng Gyllenhaal thinks there are enough insiders for this information More, at least it won't attract Drake's butcher knife..."

"He betrayed us. He must have feared our revenge in his heart, so he presented these vital information and begged for our forgiveness."

Girard did not speak immediately.

He was silent, thinking, his brows gradually relaxed over time, and Zhongzheng's peaceful and kind face returned to his face.

"You have solved my doubts, my beautiful brother Eugene." He smiled and said, "I want you to do two things."

"yes!"

"The first thing, except Meisheng Gyllenhaal and Lorraine Drake, send people to convince everyone in the Baishang Association. Our Meisheng may expose his identity, so don't choose to be eligible to participate Christmas dinner people."

Eugene nodded heavily.

"The second thing..." Girard hissed like a snake, "betrayal must be punished. Let the matter of Meisheng Gyllenhaal be handled by Brother Siwei, please design it more delicately, enough Topic helps our work of persuasion.”

"...Yes, Lord! We will build Solomon's Temple!"

"We will build Solomon's Temple, without a doubt."

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