Reborn As a Pirate

In the afternoon, the "two-masted" Galen-type destroyer Golden Deer slowly drove into Carlisle Bay on the southwest coast of Barbados, followed the pilot's semaphore, and stopped at a large mooring pier.

Compared with Bashiba Town, this is a qualified resting place for sailors who have experienced ocean and adventure.

Lorraine gave everyone a big vacation, which lasted for six days. Except for a group of sailors who took care of the ship in shifts, they had a full five days of free time.

When the news was announced, the sailors cheered and swarmed into the bustling port area. Donna watched coldly, becoming more and more convinced that Lorraine was a son of a nobleman who had never been beaten by society.

She also followed Henna off the boat.

Because according to Lorraine, people who stay on the ship for a long time will lose their sense of affinity with the land, so during the anchorage period, the sailors have to rent a hotel at the port to rest. Although the rotation is inevitable, it has nothing to do with Donna.

Donna is looking forward to what Lorraine will look like after being beaten by society.

After seeing off Donna and the crew, Lorraine, Karen, Yacharin, and Carmen gathered on the deck and began to discuss the next action plan.

Lorraine was in charge of procuring charts and sextants.

Klond had to go to a nearby dock to see if there was a suitable fore-mast of a fifth-tier ship, and then directly started repairing the Golden Deer.

Yacharin was not allowed to disembark. As the pawn on the ship, he had to adapt to the wind and waves of the Caribbean Sea as soon as possible to ensure that his gun handling skills would not be unacceptable.

Carmen will pay a visit to the local Governor of Barbados on behalf of the Drake Chamber of Commerce.

Bridgetown is the seat of the Governor-General of the British Windward Islands, and the Governor-General of Barbados also serves as the Governor-General of the Windward Islands.

And these sporadic islands belonging to the southern arc of the Lesser Antilles and facing the northeast trade wind are the most important transshipment terminals for the Atlantic route. Even if the products are not abundant, they are still the core nodes for opening routes to the New World.

If the Chamber of Commerce wants to develop, it must win the trade license here, and this is Carmen's task.

After assigning their respective tasks, the four of them split up and acted separately. With Lorraine stuck in his waist, they officially stepped on the land of Bridgetown.

From a European perspective, Bridgetown has a long history in the Caribbean.

In 1628, the British officially started the construction of Barbados.

The builders discovered an original bridge in the Garinneji Swamp. Some people believe that this bridge was built by the Arawak Indians in the Caribbean, and they took this place as the center of the island.

They built a new bridge near the original bridge, and built the town of St. Michael's, also known as Bridgetown, around the bridge.

Bridgetown means "Indian Bridge" in English.

With its superior geography and wide sheltered bay, the town developed within a few years, and Bridgeton's nickname was far more popular than St. Michael's official name. Knowing the real name of the town, it is referred to as Bridgetown in all official documents.

St. Michael's became Bridgetown.

So, as long as the British have been in Barbados, this bustling town has a long history.

More than 150 years of colonial history have given birth to a series of exquisite small buildings with a history of one hundred years, with red walls, white walls, blue tiles, and black tiles. to Plymouth, England.

Lorraine successfully found a nautical supplies store facing the street, and bought a brand new sextant and a Royal Cartographic Bureau version of the Caribbean Sea Atlas, which was still a new product drawn in 1770.

He was very satisfied with his harvest, returned to the ship, and carefully studied the newly acquired sea chart.

On the other side, the Governor's Mansion...

With the support of the sailor, Carmen jumped out of the carriage, and casually shook the golden bone fan covered with lace, half covering her pretty face, and shook it gently.

She chose a pure purple lace bustle dress for this important public relations,

High collar, long sleeves, white silk gloves and dark brown leather boots, not showing any skin outside the face.

The face is the purest Hannover noblewoman makeup.

Crush the pearls, mix them with sheep oil to make rouge, and paint the whole face as white as a wall, covering the eyebrows.

Then I put on thick false eyebrows stitched with nutria fur on the eyebrows, and the long false eyebrows are straight up and almost reach the hairline.

She chose the brightest vermilion for her lipstick, her lips were sharp, slender and charming.

Gold foil, silver foil and some dyed confetti are pasted on the snow-white face. The shapes are stars, moons, flowers and fish, which are colorful and eye-catching.

She also wears exaggerated wigs.

The silver wig is half a meter high like a mountain, decorated with flowers, fresh fruits, gold, silver and coral, small and bright carrots hang on the temples, and a few strands of curly silk hang down from the forehead, just hanging in front of the eyes, Sway with the wind.

Dressed like this, Carmen basically forgoes her ability to communicate on the go.

But she doesn't need to communicate with the guards at the gate, she just needs to shake her fan silently, watching her sailors walk up to the guards, proudly asking, "Sir, is your governor there?"

The guards of the governor's mansion of England's serf class looked at Carmen nervously and swallowed: "Sir, the governor is in the building."

"Ms. Xavier is an old friend of the governor. I am here today to visit a friend. Please pass on a message."

"This...does this honorable lady have an appointment?"

The sailor was angry, glanced at the guard's rank from the corner of his eyes, and cursed in a deep voice: "Corporal, Ms. Xavier's schedule is very busy. If you miss this half an hour, I promise, you will go to the plantation tomorrow, and a group of The black skin cuts sugar cane together, and the time limit is...forever!"

"Yes sir!" The guard snapped to attention and saluted, "Go now, sir!"

"Run on, Corporal!"

"Yes! Run forward!"

"Wait!" The guard turned around and rushed into the governor's mansion. After only two steps, the sailor suddenly stopped him, "By the way, who is your governor?"

"Neville Carlyle, sir!"

"Okay... run ahead, Corporal!"

"Ah! Yes! Yes!"

Three minutes later, Carmen, who had all the honor written on her face, was respectfully invited into Governor Carlisle's private reception room.

The mellow Governor of Carlisle intertwined his fingers, looked at Carmen sitting on the sofa dignifiedly, and said uncertainly: "Ms. Xavier. The guard said that you claimed to be my old friend, but in my impression, I don't seem to have known you like this before." Beautiful lady."

Carmen covered her small mouth with a golden bone fan, and put on a dignified smile with only her eyes: "We have never seen it before, sir."

"In other words, you deliberately deceived my guards with your dignity?"

"No, meeting is one way of getting to know each other, but it's not the only way." Carmen winked at the sailor, and the sailor opened a small wooden box, turned to the governor, and opened the lid.

"In the seventh century AD, the coronation crown of a small country during the West Saxon dynasty. I have consulted with scholars in Southampton. Unfortunately, it is not the one crowned by His Majesty Egbert. But it is precious enough, isn't it? "

The governor's eyes stared straight at the crown, and he stared for a long time before pulling out his eyes: "Madam means..."

"It's yours now, my lord governor." Carmen smiled. "Although it's the first time we met, I don't think this will prevent us from establishing a deep friendship like old friends."

"I don't agree with what you say, ma'am. I always thought that we had a true friendship." Governor Carlisle stood up, gently closed the crown box, and said to Carmen, "I finally saw you today. As my friends said, you are so magnificent, if you hear about it, it is better to meet..."