Reborn As a Pirate

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After more than an hour of reporting, the meeting entered a break.

Nominally, the board of directors of the general association needs to discuss the proposal of Northwest Europe. In fact, the annual dividend of 35,000 pounds is not even comparable to the final dividend of a round of smuggling.

Whether you want Europe Northwest to improve steadily or gold coins really fall into your pockets, everyone's opinions are self-evident.

This is the benefit of young people on the flagship.

Young people have a long-term vision. While everyone knows that smuggling is very profitable, they also know that it is not a long-term business.

The profit of the chamber of commerce is everyone's long-term meal ticket. They are all willing to support Lorraine's judgment if it can increase the gold content of the meal ticket.

In Lorraine's private conference room, a group of sailors spent five minutes arguing about Oubei Northwest's application, and then switched to more interesting things.

The Yacharin thief looked at Karen with a smile.

Mr. Chief Dispatch, did you hear that? There is a powerful chamber of commerce that is planning to order two fifth-class Galeons! As a salaried executive at the Hight Shipyard, don't you want to do something?

Ke Lun looked smug: I'm very sorry, it is the factory that is about to build these two Bermuda sail-mounted high-speed fifth-class ships for a powerful chamber of commerce.

The crowd was terrified.

Yacharin stared: Placing an order with an American shipyard in a state of war, are those people in Northwest Europe crazy?

It's just a smuggled ship. Karen imitated Lorraine's appearance and didn't care. Build a ship in Boston, load it with rum, and send it to St. Johns, which is close by. After the handover, it will be transferred to Port Chanel - Basque visa, no big deal.

Lorraine also became interested: 26,000 is the price you offered Ramos? Is the price and construction period all right?

Karen nodded.

The order compiled by the Charles River should have almost started construction. Although there are some differences in design, the materials and general construction of the two ships are the same.

Standard Tier 5 ships use oak wood, and the spare parts are readily available. The whole ship is about 12,000 pounds. In addition, the labor is 6,000 pounds, and the accessories include metal parts, sails, cables, naval guns, etc. Boston has everything. output, Haite can control the price at 5,000, and the rest is profit.

A profit of 3,000 pounds per ship?

The price for the United States is 28,000, and I gave Ramos a discount. As for the market, it's about 25,000 excluding the ship's equipment, and the full configuration is about 30,000.

Lorraine shrugged to express her understanding: What about the construction period?

The fifth-tier ship needs to stay in the dry dock for three months. After the assembly is completed, it will go to the wet dock to continue construction for one month and sea trial for two months. Therefore, the order of Northwest Europe can follow the order of the US Navy, and there is no need to expand the dock.

It seems that you have thought it through. Lorraine glanced at the clock, It's almost time, gentlemen and ladies, let's start the second half.

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In the second half, Lorraine, on behalf of the General Chamber of Commerce, first agreed to the application of Northwest Europe, and then took the initiative to raise the third topic, which was about the internal business of the Chamber of Commerce.

In his thinking, independent and comprehensive business agreements should be established between branches, covering all common business items such as raw material procurement, processing, forwarding, trading, and lending, with seven of the market price as the bottom line , There are enough discounts, but no excessive profit sharing, so as to avoid the formation of unequal business relations between branches.

He crossed his fingers and rested his chin, and said softly.

Everyone should have a clear positioning for themselves. On the one hand, you are all subdivisions of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, share a common major shareholder, share facilities and channels, and have a much closer relationship than ordinary partners.

On the other hand, you are independent individuals. You have your own board of directors to be responsible for, and you also have your own trade circle and trade relations.

The new branch has the start-up funds provided by the General Chamber of Commerce, and the resources of the old branch can be borrowed is already a huge advantage. Even for the growth and combat effectiveness of the new branch, the old chamber of commerce should not give beyond the limit. take care of.

Please always remember that you are brothers, not father and son, let alone mother and son. You don't need and should not be responsible for the life of the new branch.

Lorraine's words were blatant, and every sentence pointed to the abnormally huge loan between Northwest Europe and the Caribbean.

On the surface, these words seem to condemn Ramos for his excessive protection, but Chuck is well aware of his selfishness, and he also clearly feels Lorraine's dissatisfaction and warnings against him for robbing the resources of Northwest Europe.

This was a warning and an ultimatum of espionage. Just like the 10,000 pound reserve, Lorraine expressed his disapproval of his utilitarian principles and aggressive policy in the most euphemistic way...

Do you really need to slow down a little?

Chuck asked himself, and suddenly remembered Leonard's warning to him not long ago.

He cheered up and raised his hand: The Caribbean applies for the floor!

As he narrated, Cotton Jack's damage to the Caribbean branch in three months was officially presented in front of the Drake Chamber of Commerce for the first time.

The abnormal frequency of contact and the high and large economic losses all prove that Cotton Jack is making some plans for the Caribbean branch.

Lorraine tilted her head and listened carefully, and when Chuck finished speaking, she turned to look at Katerina.

Our Miss Pirate Queen, do you have any ideas?

Katerina stood up, walked to the conference table, and asked the Indian maid outside the door to fetch the full map of the Caribbean Sea.

She drew a circle on the chart.

Pirate kings have their own hunting grounds, and Cotton Jack's hunting grounds are in the Bahamas.

As far as Grand Bahama in the west and Mona Strait in the east, the northern coastline of the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola is his southern limit, and the continental shelf of the Bahamas his northern limit.

So the early raids can be regarded as his hunting behavior in the hunting area, with normal motives, and from the pirate's point of view, his behavior is also normal.

But the Straits of Anegada...

Katerina poked hard at the border between the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.

The Virgin and Leeward Islands were the hunting grounds of Henry VI the Hound, and successive successors to that title have been like theirs, aggressive and difficult.

A group of people shook their heads and nodded frequently.

The implication is that Cotton Jack crossed the line?

Since he attacked Admiral Cotterence, he has crossed the line. Katerina tapped the thin wooden strip in her hand nervously, If he hadn't made a deal with that hound, this behavior has undoubtedly touched another The authority of the Pirate King.

What are the consequences of doing this?

Compensation, apology, and the most serious thing is war, a war between the pirate king and the pirate king!

In that case, he has a deep resentment towards us. Lorraine smiled inexplicably, Chuck, what do you think?

Chuck took a deep breath: Same as Ms. Katrina said, war!

His suggestion was beyond everyone's expectations, and even Leonard hadn't heard any clues.

Only he himself knows why he suddenly changed course within a few days.

Before coming to the annual meeting, he had had a long talk with Sir Parker at the Parker's Christmas dinner.

Sir Parker affirmed his ideas and achievements in developing the Caribbean branch, but on the issue of Cotton Jack, the Sir gave more radical suggestions than Leonard.

Sir said that Lorraine was a pure privateer rarely seen in this era.

Looking at the development trajectory and organizational structure of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, it is obvious that he hates trivial business operations, and his overall focus is completely biased towards plunder and invasion.

The essence of Lorraine is a pirate, and he also upholds the traditional privateer thinking. In his consciousness, business is only an incidental thing used to feed violence, and will never become dominant, and has never occupied a dominant position.

And Cotton Jack wrongly challenged Lorraine's dignity, especially the retaliatory massacre in December, which has pulled the relationship between the two parties to the point of endless death.

The only solution to this incident is war. If Chuck doesn't do it, Lorraine will probably kick Chuck away and replace him with someone who is willing to fight to lead the Caribbean branch.

Since then, Chuck has known where he stands.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: The Caribbean branch has far stronger combat power than most pirate groups. The chairman of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, the hero of Lefrancois, was wiped out with only a weak Halloween fleet. French Atlantic Defense Fleet.

We will be victorious! Before long, we will proclaim our majesty to the Caribbean world with the heads of cotton jacks. From now on in this waters, the petals of pansies will be embroidered with the laurels of pirate kings, and our ships will be Wherever you go, the pirates will flee!

A passionate speech... Lorraine lazily took up the conversation, Chuck, how much strength are you going to invest in facing a pirate group?

All! Chuck waved his fist heavily in the air, The entire Caribbean branch will act under the command of the Golden Deer until Cotton Jack surrenders, or is decapitated!

Then... roughly do as you want. Lorraine pondered for a while, I will go to Turtle Island to declare war, and then... the Golden Deer, the Cyclops, the Three-Eyed Crow, and then the Love The God (formerly the Jupiter) is also drawn into the General Chamber of Commerce, which is enough.

The passionate Chuck was dumbfounded...

Dong...Chairman, I inquired, Cotton Jack's pirate group has at least seven or eight ships...

War is not an economic account. The Pirate King is too busy to carry all the ships with him forever. The Vulcan Mountain (formerly Andes) is not as useful in a pirate war as you think. The two Brig and the Hyla are not bad. , but the Caribbean branch will have its own business to do, the offshore cannot be without escort, and the ocean... can not be without cargo space.

But four versus eight is too much...

Lorraine interrupted Chuck's persuasion with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: Business is your field, and war is my specialty, so that's it. Leonard and Olves will lend me. When there are more ships, I will need them. Proper captain, my crew is a little short.

yes……

Lorraine leaned on the back of the chair and changed into a comfortable seat, and swept the audience with relaxed eyes: Everyone, the internal agreement between Northwest Europe and the Caribbean must be finalized as soon as possible, and try to be fair and detailed, because it is likely to become a A template for the future within the chamber of commerce. Apart from these, are there any other issues?

At the discretion of the chairman.

If it's arranged by me... Please work hard and try to let me share the bonus next year, it doesn't matter how much. Then, please enjoy the annual meeting dinner to the fullest. For the arrangement of the dishes, I heard that Miss Offee has racked her brains.

The room laughed lightly.

Amidst the laughter, Lorraine clapped his hands: The meeting is over, let's meet again next year.