Reborn As a Pirate

　　 "Hey, Karen, brother said that the sea chart book is worth a Brigentine, is it true?"

　　 "I'm not familiar with the market price of charts...but Wahnar is famous. The atlas he drew by himself says that 10,000 pounds should not be overestimated."

"God! The fully equipped Highbeam, an atlas of the same value as the Highbeam, as well as 3,000 pounds and a 1,200-pound mixed-sail Skuna... the money we earned from a battle, isn't it... no…"

　　 The big Karen gave little Pierce angrily: "Why do you always get rich overnight when you are a privateer? The profit of looting is never comparable to a serious business."

　　 "What kind of business is that? Go grab it!"

"We are not pirates!" Karen slapped little Pierce's head and couldn't help sighing. "It's easy to make money from robbing, but it's not easy to make... because as long as we lose once, we will have nothing. …"

　　Southampton, Drake Chamber of Commerce headquarters, Lorraine is receiving an important guest.

　　His guest is Hierro Mindel, the younger brother of the local Viscount Lumendel, the president of the Mindel Chamber of Commerce, and the teacher and guide of Raven's Navigation.

　　 Hierro is a gentleman in his forties with bright gray eyes. Although he looks meticulous, he is ridiculously open, unlike an Englishman, but a Scotsman.

　　 Lorraine couldn't love the rigid rigor that the English love, and he and Hierro had a very happy conversation at first sight.

　　 "A brave, good warrior, upright and generous young man, it seems that I am really old. I didn't even know that a young wolf had entered the sheepfold in Southampton."

Lorraine smiled bitterly and raised his teacup: "Mr. Mindel, it has only been four months since Drake formed the Chamber of Commerce, and it has only been two months since he settled in Southampton. You have not heard that it is because we are not well-known. Don't To be ignorant of oneself."

　　 "Abilities have nothing to do with seniority, Mr. Drake Jr." Hierro laughed three times. "The Drake Chamber of Commerce has just been formed, shouldn't you join the trade guild yet?"

　　 The trade association is a kind of private organization organized spontaneously in the industry, and it often has a chairman and a board of directors who are responsible for coordinating internal conflicts.

　　 Members share intelligence and information within the framework, and provide intermediaries and headhunters with mutual assistance, which is of great help to a chamber of commerce.

　　The problem is that joining a guild requires recommendation, and generally only accepts recommendations from the founding members or the board of directors. This is doomed to require the accumulation of connections and reputation to join the guild. This system can only be icing on the cake and cannot be used to give charcoal in snow.

　　 Lorraine is very self-aware and has not considered related issues so far. But listening to Hierro’s words, he seems to be interested in being Lorraine’s recommender...

　　 Pie in the sky?

　　 Lorraine was a little flattered and couldn't help sitting upright: "Mr. Mindel, what do you mean..."

"The Offshore Association is an ordinary small association. It has been established for 37 years. It has 29 members. Most of them are small and medium-sized chambers of commerce mainly engaged in offshore trade. As one of its standing directors, the Mindel Chamber of Commerce happens to have the right to recommend and hope to bring outstanding young people People recommend to a wider stage."

　　 "Grateful for inexplicable, my husband." Lorraine leaned deeply.

　　 "Wait for my good news, young man. Introduce you to the chairman and other directors. This process will take about a month."

"I look forward to it."

　　...

　　 The naval battle that took place west of Belle Island brought a huge touch to Lorraine.

　　 The sinking Kirk type, the burning Skuna type, there are blood, corpses, and sky of artillery fire.

　　 He deeply felt that the broad-bottomed merchant ship with its thin hull and weak deck could no longer adapt to the increasingly severe environment of Cantabrian.

　　 It happened that he captured the High Light. Compared with a month ago, he finally had room for adjustment.

　　 The Chamber of Commerce fleet re-adjusted.

　　The First Fleet still uses the Butterfly Flower as its flagship, and the repaired High Light was renamed Cattail Flower according to the naming rules of the Chamber of Commerce and became the only wing ship.

　　 Ramos was transferred to the captain of the Cattail Flower and still served as the deputy admiral of the fleet.

　　 As a result, the overall capacity of the First Fleet has dropped by 20%, but the firepower, speed, and response are no longer the same as in the past. Under the premise of limited reduction of route profits, the survivability has been greatly improved.

　　 Attis Beauty and Beverly Merchant were transferred to the Second Fleet to increase capacity and try to open trade routes between Prussia and Sweden.

　　Lorraine also formally formed the British mainland transshipment fleet.

　　 He bought a brand-new two-masted mixed-sail Skuna, named the Siren, and renamed the Mermaid Singing Vessel to the Mermaid, and formed a team.

　　 Admiral is the 62-year-old captain Carlo Merlin recommended by Hierro, a native of Southampton seaman, stable and experienced.

　　 This fleet will be fully responsible for cargo transshipment in Edinburgh, Southampton and Cardiff, and improve the efficiency of the first and second fleets. At the same time, it will strive to obtain Irish trade qualifications and open up the Dublin market.

　　 The adjustment of the Chamber of Commerce is coming to an end, and Carmen, who has contacted Porto, also heard a reply.

　　As Yacharin said, the Desai Chamber of Commerce will intentionally redeem people.

　　 But they disagreed with Lorraine's proposal to bear the wounded sailor's pension and to pay the Mindel Chamber of Commerce a Kirk-type ransom totaling 1,760 pounds. They proposed to have an interview with Lorraine.

　　 Appropriate bargaining is a reasonable requirement among the nobles, not to mention that the other party allows the Drake Chamber of Commerce to choose the negotiation location.

　　 Carmen took the place of Lorraine and chose Guernsey on the Strait of Dover as the venue for the negotiation.

　　 This small island is close to the coastline of France and is also the imperial possession of King George III. It accepts the blessing of the Royal Navy but does not have permanent troops. It is indeed a suitable place for negotiations between the two sides.

　　 Three days later, they will meet at the seaside castle belonging to Sir Cod on a cliff on the west of the island, and start a friendly negotiation on whether Mr. Acharin Desai should be identified as a pirate or a nobleman.

　　 Three days passed in a flash, and the First Fleet sailed to the west bank pier of Guernsey and headed on with a huge Galen ship.

　　 It is a standard navy tier 5 destroyer, 40 meters long, 10 meters wide, 28 meters high, and fully equipped with cross-sails.

　　 This is the type of ship Lorraine is most familiar with in the world. Because of the sea exercises that year, the HMS Heir, which he had served for half a year, was a Tier 5 destroyer.

　　 Two watertight tanks, a gun deck, and a main deck.

　　 is bounded by the main deck, the stern tower is down two floors and one floor is up, and the stern tower is down three floors and up three floors.

　　Total number of decks, seven floors.

　　 From the data, she only has one more watertight cabin and one more upper deck than Brigentine, but the combat effectiveness of the two sides is quite different.

　　 She is not a merchant ship, not a high-speed ship, but a real warship that has only lived for the battlefield from the beginning of its construction.

　　Military-grade expensive ship materials are mostly elm, oak, oak or teak. They are made of century-old wood. The wood is dense and heavy, which has strong waterproof effect and sufficient toughness to resist shelling.

　　The two-layer watertight cabin brings it extremely strong load-bearing and balance capabilities. UU Reading www.uukanshu.cOM

The gun deck is equipped with 20 18-pound long-range guns, and the main deck is equipped with 12 twelve-pound long-range guns. The aft gun is double-layered, with 2 upper and lower 4, which are all 12-pounder short guns, and 2 bow guns. It is a twelve-pounder medium gun with extremely strong pursuit performance.

　　 Lorraine saw the image of the ship's bow under the sloping mast among the two bow guns. It was a high-spirited reindeer with long horns like tree forks. It immediately corresponded to Carmen's intelligence.

　　 She is the former French Navy’s retired five-tier destroyer Reindeer, the housekeeper of the Desai Chamber of Commerce, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Chamber of Commerce...

The seamen of the 　　 Butterfly Flower stood silently behind Lorraine, watching the huge battleship with all its minions passing in front of them, taking the first step and anchoring into the port.

　　 Karen's voice was a little dry and dumb.

　　 "Desai... are the French guys going to send the housekeepers to Cantabrian too?"

　　 "We wiped out their third fleet, and the rabbit was anxious. It is not a strange thing to choose to bite."

"But..." Karen took a deep breath. "Captain, the nine-pounder can't penetrate her hull, and the eighteen-pounder can make a big hole in our thickest sideboard with just one shot... beat?"

"This is not something we need to consider." Lorraine said in a low voice, "We are different from other chambers of commerce. The merchant ship has completely withdrawn from Cantabrian. The destroyer is fully equipped with sails, with a maximum speed of 10 knots and a headwind of 2 knots. Generally speaking, , She can’t catch up with our first fleet of all high-speed ships.”

　　 "Only...Run?"

"This is the only way for the time being." Lorraine stared at the sail shadow that was sinking on the sea level. "The maximum crew of 250 people is two meters higher than Brigantine. Just these two points, she is not our family. It can be an enemy. Being brave... also needs time."