Reborn As a Pirate

The preparation process of the Caribbean branch can be described as smooth sailing.

On March 6, 1779, the Caribbean branch was officially established in Port Royal with everything ready.

Lorraine was invited to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony and hosted the first high-level meeting of the branch.

At the meeting, Chuck Parker was confirmed as the chairman of the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce, holding 10% of the shares, and at the same time he became the chief executive officer of the branch board of directors.

Arthur Leonard owns 5% of the shares and serves as the vice president and second executive officer. Richard Cotterence is the admiral of the transshipment fleet, and Tilby Olmert is the deputy admiral.

Barbados will establish the first exchange of the branch within 15 days, and the stationed representative will be Ster Reid, who will be stationed in Bridgetown.

In addition, Chuck also poached Pislot, a well-known businessman in Kingston, from a Portuguese chamber of commerce with a high salary. He will be stationed in Southampton, where he will be the business representative of the Caribbean branch in Northwest Europe and the third executive of the board of directors of the Northwest Europe branch.

In the same way, after receiving the letter, Ramos will also select suitable people to enter the core management of the Caribbean branch.

This kind of mutual assignment is a relatively common management mode of the Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce. It is not only conducive to the communication between the two branches in trade cooperation, but also effectively reduces the independence of the branches, checks each other, and supervises each other.

But what's interesting is that this suggestion was not made by Lorraine, but by Chuck on his own initiative.

At the reception after the meeting, Lorraine and Chuck meet in the locker room.

Lorraine raised his glass inexplicably: "Chuck, you seem to be worried about being suspected by me."

"I especially admire the president's words."

"Oh?"

"Young people, it's enough to have a dream..."

Speaking of this, Lorraine suddenly spoke up and echoed in unison: "What do you want money for?"

After speaking, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"I really don't understand why the Parker family let you out for a business genius like you."

"Because I don't want to do business for them." Chuck showed a disgusted expression. "The family's chamber of commerce is full of old-fashioned uncles and uncles. They have old ideas and no spirit of adventure. I despise them."

"But before the end of the war, I will not take the risk of opening a North American route."

"However, the war is coming to an end. I believe that you will not pay attention to His Majesty's sanctions against North America, nor will you stop me from pursuing love with Miss Alves because of the reputation of the so-called aristocratic circle, will you?"

"You should have been born in France." Lorraine smiled and toasted, "Long live love."

"Long live understanding."

...

After the long launching ceremony of the Caribbean branch, Lorraine reminisced about the conversation with Chuck, and boarded the carriage that returned to the small town of Lucy overnight.

Trust is the bedrock of human cooperation, something he and Chuck lacked, and they hadn't even heard each other's names before arriving in Kingston.

But through this conversation, at least the first brick was laid and the first soil was dug between the two.

Chuck told Lorraine that he planned to take a risky trip to Pennsylvania once the Chamber of Commerce stabilized.

That Miss Alves lived there, and he wanted to tell her the news that he had left the family's control. Whether it was elopement or maintaining a romantic relationship through correspondence, it would no longer be in the current unclear state.

Lorraine is quite optimistic about their future.

The young couple's love affair began during the war, and Sir Parker and MP Alves obviously had a personal friendship that transcended political interests.

Since the important elders of both parties supported the relationship, it is not too unimaginable for them to enter the marriage hall after the war.

In particular, Chuck also got rid of his family's financial dependence.

Whether it's emotional or planned, Lorraine has prepared a backup method for Chuck to leave the branch at any time.

He is also willing to entrust his Caribbean branch to him before he makes the decision to resign, and let his genius business mind start and expand the scale of the Drake Chamber of Commerce's ocean-going trade.

As for himself... Without the shackles of the Chamber of Commerce, he can finally take risks.

At sunrise on March 7, the carriage that had been running all night stopped in front of the seaside villa in Lucy Manor. Lorraine jumped out of the carriage and casually threw her umbrella to the maid waiting at the door.

"Maka, unload the horses and take care of them, I won't be using them anytime soon."

"Yes, sir," replied the coachman in a low voice.

Maca is one of the twelve Indians employed, who manages the horse farm on the estate and also works as a coachman in Lorraine.

The Indians use the Quechua language, and their names are often full of allegories, such as "Maca", which translates to the fort's war horse. It sounds like a natural horse breeder. And the maid waiting at the door to take Lorraine's umbrella is named Fenlier, whose name means "lighthouse" and "hope".

After a short ten days of contact, Lorraine found that all these Indians were honest and responsible. I don’t know whether hundreds of years of colonial history have imprinted the concept of race and class on these surviving natives, or the original The owner has carefully selected and only accepts such a character.

In short, thanks to the original owner, Lorraine used it very smoothly.

Watching Maca drive to the racecourse, Lorraine let Fenlier take off his top hat for him, sweep away the travel dust, and suddenly asked: "Fenlier, I heard that you and Maca are lovers?"

Fenrir's face turned red to the base of his neck: "Yes, sir."

"When are you going to get married?"

"This... It depends on what the gentleman wants."

"Listen to me?"

Lorraine thought about it for a long time without knowing it, and when he saw Fenlier's flushed face and vaguely sad expression, he remembered that damn Chu Yequan.

His mood suddenly turned bad: "I'm going out tomorrow, so hurry up today, you can ask Pierce to revise the previous contract."

"Revise..." Fenrir suddenly became terrified, "Sir, if you don't want us to get married, we don't have to get married! If you drive us away, we will be arrested by slave traders soon, we..."

"What are you thinking, just remove the right of first night. You are free citizens, you don't need such inhuman constraints, and you should freely decide the time of marriage."

The little girl's pupils really lit up with a light of hope: "Sir, what do you mean..."

"Only the right to the first night is removed, and the other terms remain unchanged. This change should not make me a target of the gentlemen of Lucy, and you can clean yourselves in the future. Every one is dirty, I look at it. Also awkward."

"Yes! Yes, sir!" Fenrir held Lorraine's accessories at a loss, "I... please forgive me for leaving first, I will wash my face now!"

With Lorraine's permission, she bounced and ran to the direction of the racecourse. Lorraine watched her leave, and happened to see Henna coming out of the house, looking at Fenrir's back suspiciously.

"What did you tell her?"

"Amend the contract and remove that stupid right to the first night."

"why?"

"Because choosing who to be my bed partner should be my sacred and inviolable right. Haven't those gentlemen with sperm and brains thought that this so-called right is actually the first violation of their own human rights?"

Hana tilted her head and thought, "Your interpretation seems a little strange."

"Who cares, this is my manor anyway." Lorraine smiled and invited Henna to join her arms. "When did you and Carmen come back?"

"yesterday."

"Where did you go?"

"To the Cape de France."

"Cape of France... Santo Domingo?" Lorraine asked in surprise, "Why are you going to the French colony?"

"The smuggling is about to start. Both Carmen and I feel that we need to prepare some small things for you. Kingston has too many people, so it's not suitable."

"Some unsightly little things, you can't buy them in a town that is not prosperous enough..." Lorraine laughed dumbly, "This means, you don't plan to make me change clothes, do you?"

"Yes, it's a disguise."

Hana looked at Lorraine, with a figure reflected in her emerald green eyes, without any joke.