Reborn As a Pirate

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The escalation of the pirate war has caught everyone by surprise.

The fanatical pirates rushed out of their lairs, and a total of 97 pirate regiments and 226 lone pirates declared war on Lorraine in three days, which increased to 149 pirate regiments and 462 lone pirates two weeks later. Even an incomplete estimate puts them at over 1,000 pirate ships and over 20,000 guns...

Lorraine waited with trepidation for a super-battle capable of destroying him and the Chamber of Commerce, but after waiting three full months from late 1781 to early 1782, Drake lost nothing except for one skuna that ran aground in a storm.

Strangely, the pirates' attacks on him have completely stopped...

In March 1782, an invitation letter was sent to Lucy. A total of 109 chambers of commerce from England, France, Spain, Holland, America, Portugal, Denmark and Holy Rome invited the Drake Chamber of Commerce to hold a salon in Havana. The topic of the salon was For After the end of the North American War, how should legal chambers of commerce ensure the safety of trade in the Caribbean Sea...

Until then, Lorraine, who was working behind closed doors, knew what kind of chaos the world had become.

In three months, that is, after the Black Baron’s jihad speech, the incidence of looting in the Caribbean sea lanes increased by 186%, the daily loss of personnel increased by 47%, and the daily loss of goods increased by 104%. The black port transactions that can be counted The amount increased by 194%.

The legal chamber of commerce is miserable, and the pirate trade is thriving. In a trance, the golden age of piracy seems to be coming again.

The chambers of commerce of various countries had hoped that their navies could bring justice to them. However, to their disappointment, because of the delay in the Paris talks, the navies of various countries have invariably received restraining orders from their own countries, and warships are not allowed to leave port without reason. Create friction.

Therefore, the merchants who had nowhere to complain thought of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in the eye of the storm, and thought of the pirate hunter Lorraine who was respected by the pirates as the pirate king, but never stopped the pirate war since he came to the Caribbean.

It just so happened that Lorraine, on the edge of the cliff, urgently needed new allies, the kind of reliable high-quality allies who would not collude with pirates, and would not be restricted by the government orders of various countries.

He came to Havana with great sincerity, and the two sides hit it off almost immediately.

On April 10, 1782, the [110 chambers of commerce jointly respond to the regional security association] was established by the fountain of the Royal Episcopal University of San Heronimo in Havana.

This huge chamber of commerce with the nature of a trade association has a total of 772 armed merchant ships of level six or above.

It is based on the maintenance of regional security, while taking into account the sharing of business information, member internal discounts and dispute arbitration.

The official abbreviation of the association is [Baishanglianshe], with one permanent rotating chairman and twelve executive directors. Its headquarter is located in Morro Castle on the cliff at the entrance of Havana Bay, which means [Caribbean Guardian of Peace].

Mr. Conceicao, the Count of Spain, who enjoys the reputation of impartiality and self-discipline, has a grand reputation in the Pan-Caribbean region and has no interest in any chamber of commerce, was invited to become the first rotating chairman of the association.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce was elected as the executive director of the association due to its million-level chamber of commerce strength, and Lorraine was undisputedly elected as the first member of the association because of its famous name in the pirate world and its unparalleled achievements in the past as a security consultant.

This position is the only position with real power in the Baishang Association. According to the Association Convention, once the council passes a war resolution within the framework of the convention, Lorraine will become the only candidate for the admiral of the United Fleet.

On April 16, 1782, the first council meeting was held at Morrow Castle, the headquarters of the Association, and a state of war was declared.

On May 27, a combined fleet of 126 armed merchant ships assembled in Port-au-Prince on the French colony of Hispaniola, with the Golden Deer serving as the flagship and Lorraine sworn in as the admiral.

On June 9, the United Fleet sent troops to Turtle Island.

On June 12th, the first association war, Lorraine and the Black Baron commanded a total of 106 pirate fleets to fight in the Windward Strait.

The war lasted for 7 days. On June 19, Admiral Van Royle Prundit, who was born in the Prundit Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, led a squadron composed of 26 armed merchant ships to cut in from the north, traversing the formation of the pirate fleet. Myu broke off the battle, and the United Fleet won.

On June 21, the United Fleet bombarded the port of Turtuga, Turtle Island. Leif led a stormtrooper with more than 1,300 people to land. The Brotherhood of the Sea fled to Nassau, and the first war of association ended.

The first war of association dealt a heavy blow to the intensifying looting momentum of the pirates. A total of 57 pirate ships were sunk or ambushed, more than 2,500 pirates were hanged to death, and cross trees filled the entire Turtle Island.

Pavlomy's pirate group did not suffer much damage in this battle, but his own act of abandoning the pirates to survive by docking their tails became a stain.

The pirates no longer trusted his leader, and Blackbeard, who had been silent for a long time, replaced him, taking on the leading role of launching a counterattack against the Association.

On August 4th, the second war of association.

Blackbeard swore an oath in Nassau, gathered 192 pirate ships, and a total of 4 squadrons launched attacks on Havana, Lucie, Bridgeton, and Port-au-Prince, and the members of the association formed their own defenses.

On August 22, Lorraine led a big victory on the battlefield of Lucy.

On August 26, Port-au-Prince was looted by the squadron commanded by Blackbeard.

On August 28, Havana withdrew from the enemy.

On August 29, the Bridgeton fire destroyed half of the town and killed hundreds of people.

By September 7th, Lorraine was preparing to counterattack with 57 warships gathered temporarily, and the great pirate Drakey led his squadron to retreat from the sea off Barbados, leaving only a post-war remnant like hell on earth. scene.

There are no winners in this war.

The merchant side suffered heavy losses. Six chambers of commerce declared bankruptcy after the war, and the casualties of innocent people, especially Bridgetown civilians, were uncountable.

Pirates are not happy either. In Lucy, Lorraine hanged 700 captured pirates on the reefs. In Port-au-Prince and Havana, the sea was full of shipwrecks crushed by shore artillery.

Two successive large-scale wars made both sides tired, and the pirates couldn't help but reflect, why?

Why are the merchants united in an unprecedented way, just as they were united in an unprecedented way, for the same purpose of plundering for livelihood.

Unity is a terrible thing!

The Second War of Association meant that the Caribbean began to move towards a new order after a brief period of chaos.

Unlike the order of nations, the new order of pirates and merchants is full of jungle-like cruelty.

The small group of pirates tasted the sweetness of working in groups and began to gather spontaneously. The big pirates were no longer satisfied with the strength of three or five ships, and tried to build a larger fleet.

Hundreds of business associations increasingly strongly reflect the superiority of close cooperation.

Members of the association go to sea together, share information, adjust the supply of goods through internal low prices, and break the market.

Lorraine is the first to allow member chambers of commerce to enjoy the same internal discounts as commodity transactions in Drake Marine Group, which further reduces their operating costs such as ship purchase, ship repair, and maintenance.

The avalanche of applications for joining the association flew to Morrow Castle. Even though the requirements for joining the association were raised, the number of members of the Hundred Merchants Association still exceeded 300 on the eve of the signing of the Paris Agreement.

In 1783, the new war did not happen again, but 200 to 400 guns, this rare fleet-scale exchange of fire under the old order, gradually became the norm. This normality, Lorraine called it the third stage of the pirate war .

In the eyes of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, the third stage of war is a quagmire with endless treasures.

On the one hand, Pavlomy continued to use Lorraine's special status to expand his strength, and gradually replaced Blackbeard as the number one enemy of the Drake Chamber of Commerce.

His existence puts the Chamber of Commerce in crisis at all times, and this kind of targeted looting makes Drake's merchant ships, especially the fleet, more vulnerable to large-scale attacks.

On the one hand, the influence of the Baishang Association has rapidly expanded. The member chambers of commerce are no longer limited to the New World, and their influence has also rapidly expanded to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, becoming a dynamic leading group in transoceanic trade.

In order to maintain its own influence in the association and to deal with the increasingly powerful threat of pirates, Lorraine could hardly withdraw from the Caribbean Sea, which forced the Chamber of Commerce to slow down its expansion to Africa and the Mediterranean.

But generally speaking, the benefits of the pirate war to Lorraine still far outweigh the troubles.

He thoroughly digested the smuggling bonus and visited Baltimore on the first Sunday after the Paris Treaty was announced in September 1783.

As a big British businessman, he invited Hamilton to have a private meeting in a coffee shop, and used a wig as a gift to reactivate Edward Kenway's social network.

This indescribably huge network has unparalleled power.

In October, Maritime Group acquired the Lorist Shipbuilding Company of Baltimore, which owns 15 percent of the shares of the Hamilton family and 10 percent of the shares of the Adams family.

In November, the asset management company's ownership transactions in Miami and the Bay of Biscay were approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Because they are not within the scope of the U.S. territory, the transaction tax was discounted by 30%.

In the same month, the American Chapter moved its headquarters to New York and purchased a large piece of land and a luxurious Dutch manor in lower Manhattan next to the East River. The transaction was worth 100,000 pounds.

In January 1784, Carmen Xavier went to London to submit asset appraisal materials to the London Stock Exchange at the Jonathan Cafe in Chase Alley.

In February, the General Association Asset Management Company was listed on the market, with a market value of 2.94 million pounds, ranking 27th among the million-level chambers of commerce in the UK, making it a blockbuster.

In April, the board of directors of the General Chamber of Commerce decided to release 10% of the equity to raise development bonds for the development of the Miami area and the expansion of the production capacity of the maritime group.

The bonds were enthusiastically sought after by the gentry in London, and the price of a single share rose again and again, eventually raising funds of 1.14 million pounds.

In July, the Lady was delivered, and the special service formation was established immediately. Pierce took the lead for the first time, representing the General Chamber of Commerce to go to Africa to expand business.

In October, Sir Garman's messenger found Lorraine in Lucy, and sent the knight's last wish, hoping that Lorraine would preside over his funeral.

The elder's last wish must be followed, but the tension in the Caribbean cannot be separated from Lorraine.

He delayed this answer for nearly half a month, until mid-October, when the Valkyrie received good news. Keren said that the second round of sea trials had been successfully concluded off the coast of Bermuda, and all the data met the design requirements. Valkyrie Sure it can be delivered by the end of the month.

Lorraine found a chance for Jin Chan to escape.

Drake's war machine started quickly, and it took only one week to form a powerful fleet of 52 armed merchant ships and 1,200 artillery pieces with the direct fleet as the backbone.

The fleet sailed away from Lucy under the banner of avenging the victims of Bridgeton, and split into two groups in the waters of the Mona Islands. One team broke into the Mona Strait under the command of Katrina, and the other was nominally led by Lorraine. The leader, actually led by Bell into the Anegada Strait, took the initiative to provoke the war, and the target was directed at Blackbeard's hard-core ally, the great pirate Dereki who occupied the Virgin Islands.

Under the cover of the war, Lorraine led the sailors to board the undelivered Valkyrie, riding the strong trade winds at the high latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean, and returned to the long-lost Stavanger Black Harbor...

...

Before I knew it, it had been eight years...

With his feet on the broad back of the silver Pegasus, Lorraine looked blank, and even the signals that came to his ears became far and near, making it hard to hear clearly.

Something seemed to be scratching his instep...

Lorraine lowered his head and saw the grown white ears looking at him pitifully.

Meow.

Lorraine's face darkened: You are already a big guy. There are several litters of various black cats in Luxi Manor, so you are not allowed to be cute anymore!

Bai Er heard the strings and knew what he meant, turned over and twisted his waist without saying a word, and shamelessly revealed his round belly and... Ding Ding!

I just couldn't see it!

Lorraine sighed and turned his head, his eyes swept across the deck, and saw the sailors who followed him to the sky and into the earth in turn.

Mr. France, who is already a father but still flamboyant, is counting the ammunition in the gun positions.

The successful chief manager of the Maritime Group was parading on the deck as usual.

The Vikings kicked and kicked and directed the stormtroopers to carry debris.

The crappy cook from the East beat the iron pan with his spoon, because the bastard who was on duty as a cook sneaked away to raise the sails.

Ms. Assassin was holding the steering wheel seriously, and when Lorraine looked over, she immediately showed a warm and clear smile.

On his boat there are witches who never dare to look directly at others, and the lady general manager who is so magnificent that even sea parrots are fascinated by them. They are leaning on the railing of the stern cabin, waiting for the departure order to sail.

The only one who can't be seen is Mr. Ship Doctor, who is secretly called Frankenstein by the sailors.

He must be bowing his head in his cabin to decipher the secret text of the Fountain of Youth. He has been doing this for four years, and God knows that it will take another four years...

Jenny and McCarthy yelled and flew over with ugly howls, and landed on Lorraine's shoulders from left to right.

Lorraine flicked Jenny's little head, and asked softly, Are they all ready?

Gah!

It seems to be the same as what I thought. They are the top team in the world, driving the most advanced warships in the world, even the so-called empire on which the sun never sets, they are not qualified to let them take it seriously...

Then... let's make a fuss!

Lorraine raised his arms high: Raise, Chamber of Commerce flag!

The pansies are unfolding! The sailors echoed Lorraine, shaking off the white pansy flag on the tip of the towering mainmast.

Lift, nationality flag!

St. George unfurled! echoed the mizzenmast, and England's guardian St. George waved to the wind.

Raise, battle flag!

Ruthless Viking battle flag, unfurl! Eddie, waiting at the foremast, hissed.

Trembling, he grabbed a corner of a brown flag and shook it away vigorously. Seeing the sword and shield and the polar bear Gaman emblem on the flag surging like waves, he couldn't help tears welling up in his eyes.

Lorraine still held his arms high, his quiet gaze swept across the crowd.

Drake has always upheld justice and justice.

Those beautiful things have nothing to do with religion, nationality, race, identity or other false things.

We cling to them, foolishly, stubbornly, irredeemably, as beliefs, and, at last, agree.

Northwest Europe spreads our greatness! The smoke of Cantabrian tells the legend that we are not afraid of power.

The New World spreads our greatness! The whole pirate world regards us as natural enemies!

But now, there is a poor and weak country that doesn't know the so-called Pirate Chamber of Commerce...

They have the audacity to say that the sun never sets! They have the audacity to proclaim on every corner that they discovered Africa for the world.

They regard Africa as their own property. They regard the gold there, the gemstones there, the animals, plants and intelligent species that have given birth to or will give birth to civilization as their own property, and they do not allow others to have their hands in the slightest!

They will slander whoever wants to rob!

They think they are strong! That group of fat-headed evil kings and incompetent nobles think they can make everyone obey!

We're going to wake them up from their dreams.

We won't bombard Lisbon because that's not axiomatic. We won't take it out on the miserable people because that's another loss of justice.

Let's teach their proud navy a lesson, and destroy the Voyager-class battleships they thought were invincible.

We will use our guns and cannons to unreservedly show their decline to the whole world. We will tear open their wounds and show it to every noble gentleman who has justice and justice in his heart.

This is the great mission that our respective gods have entrusted to each Drake!

who are we?

Lorraine looked up at the fluttering pansy flag.

We are the Invincible Drake!

who are we?

On the mizzenmast, St. George's Guardian Drum beat the wind.

We are England like no other in the world!

who are we?

The banner of Harald the Relentless echoes Lorraine.

We are Vikings!

Even the ice and snow of the far north can't bury the brave Vikings! It's not pure blood, it's the power that makes the whole world tremble!

If the sun never sets in Portugal, we create a sunset.

Let's go beat the sun down.

Valkyrie, battle order, set sail!

heavy breathing...

Lorraine's long mobilization failed to get a response for a long time, and the people on board panted heavily, replaying it in their minds over and over again...

Until a certain moment!

Captain's order, set sail!!!!

Prepare for departure!

Anchor!

No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 anchor chains are up!

The bow is off the cable!

The fixed cable at the dock is released, and the ship's cable is recovered!

Full sail, reverse!

The rear sea area is clear! The Gulf route is clear!

Warning roll! Full starboard!

The rudder is full right, turn!

Clear skies in the Borkenfjord! The wind is north-northeast, with a wind speed of seven knots, and there are moderate waves in the sea!

Target Muscat Sultanate, heading due west, full sail!

Mainmast, foremast, and mizzen-mast hoist! Deck is forbidden, and no one is allowed to enter the cabin!

The general flagship of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, Valkyrie, set sail!

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