Reborn As a Pirate

Late at night, the streets of New Orleans are buzzing with people and brightly lit. All kinds of noise and the noise of singing and dancing are transmitted to the port area through the night sky. While showing vitality, it also makes people who want to pursue peace easily bored.

This is the unique style of the French.

The French built this city, and stamped the label of instant gratification on every brick and tile of her. Even after being ruled by the Spanish for ten years, this label has not diminished in the slightest.

It's a pity that Lorraine tonight is precisely the group of people who are eager to seek peace.

He sat on the bow deck, looking at the street scene, his head was full of confusion.

The basic market in North America seems to be a little too big.

The Chamber of Commerce in Jamaica Island, the smuggling that is about to start, two identities, two entanglements, and now it accidentally got involved with the pirate emperor's treasure...

He has the confidence to face most situations.

But after all, it's all about desperate work, and no one can guarantee that they will always be able to do it with ease. So he was anxious to let himself go, to make his mind as clear as possible, at least to understand the priority of everything.

Only in this way, when the crisis really comes, he will not fall into confusion and miss the key to breaking the situation.

However, New Orleans does not seem to intend to give him this opportunity.

the city...

"As annoying as Acharin."

He murmured depressingly, and lay down with his hands behind his back, just leaning against a pair of straight and soft legs.

Naturally, only Henna could appear silently behind him.

Lorraine straightened up and patted the empty seat beside him: "When did you come?"

"Just now." Henna responded, opened her arms, gently covered Lorraine's shoulders with the blanket, and sat down obediently.

Lorraine put on a thankful smile: "The sailors are all gone?"

"Most of the newly boarded stragglers have gone, but they don't have any money with them, so they probably won't stay for long. The old people stay on board, they know the importance, and they won't waste their energy before doing business... Oh, except for Acharin .”

"It sounds like he is the only one who looks like a real pirate." Lorraine pouted.

"We were originally businessmen." Haina tilted her head, taking Lorraine's shoulders as a matter of course, "Why do you want to go to the muddy water of the Pirate King?"

"Because we need ships." Lorraine smiled. "These two charts are like cheese on a mousetrap, which can attract pirates to us. Most of their cars are suitable ocean-going fast ships, which are different from our needs." Collaborate."

"Haven't you ever thought of becoming an emperor?"

"For the time being, we can't make a move." Lorraine sighed helplessly, "And it can be seen that Katerina's understanding of this matter is very limited. With the current information alone, we can break through the conspiracy Very unlikely."

"conspiracy?"

"Henry Morgan hid millions of pounds of inheritance in an uninhabited secret cave, and selflessly gave up the throne of the pirate emperor, not allowing his descendants to get involved. Don't you think it's strange?"

"What's so strange?"

"First, is he a saint?" Lorraine asked himself, "No, because a saint cannot become a pirate."

"Secondly, did he ever consider himself a pirate? No, his arrangement of his life is almost the same as that of Francis. I am a descendant of Francis, so I know that even in the era known as the pirate king, Francis Never considered myself a pirate, like us."

Hana frowned: "Is there anything else?"

"Thirdly, Pavlomyu almost touched the throne of the pirate emperor, but at the most critical moment, his last opponent disappeared. It was not until two years after his death that the remaining sea charts appeared in the world. I Guess his inheritance should have been divided by then, and the six new Pirate Kings reunited in the Caribbean Sea and stabilized. This is too much of a coincidence.”

"You feel that someone is manipulating the process of winning the crown,

Don't want a new emperor in the Caribbean? "

"maybe."

"Who?"

"The biggest suspect is the Brotherhood of the Sea." Lorraine played with his fingers, and cleared his thoughts by communicating with Hana, "The Pirate Empire refers to the ancient system of the Roman Empire. Only when there is no emperor, the Senate In order to have the authority of a leader, the fraternity has reason to do so and should have the ability to do so."

"What about the Morgan family?"

"It's hard to judge. From a rational analysis, there is no reason for a wealthy family that has already washed their hands to be behind the pirate empire. But we don't know anything about this family, and we are not familiar with the Brotherhood of the Sea. Everything It's all just random thinking, no matter how much you think about it, there is no reference point."

"That's right..."

"Anyway, let's put down the little bits and pieces about pirates first." Lorraine stretched his waist, and pointed his middle finger at New Orleans, "This is our stage, and I care more about smuggling than the nasty pirate empire. How to go."

...

Early the next morning, Lorraine spilled all available hands because he needed information.

There is great strength in numbers, and in less than two days, the business situation in New Orleans spread out in front of him.

The city has four special products, sugar and leather goods are exported to Europe, and grain is a necessity in the West Indies.

But if profit is considered, none of these three specialty products can compare to guns.

This is gun heaven.

In the market, you can find Yeager short-barreled rifles produced by local gunsmiths, double-barreled smoothbore guns with huge calibers, Kentucky rifled long rifles known as the king of shotguns, and even enjoy a great reputation in Europe, but they are not practical. There are quite a few pepper shaker pistols, and there are so many types that it is dizzying.

Yacharin bought himself two exquisitely shaped four-barreled pepper-pot pistols.

This kind of gun is the predecessor of the revolver of the later generations. It can be loaded with four lead bullets at a time, and the fire can be fired in turn by rotating the barrel. It is known as the fastest firearm in the world.

It's a pity that its fire rate has always been a huge problem.

Although the gunsmith swore to Yacharin that the pepper shakers handmade by him could achieve a fire rate of more than 85%, but Yacharin tried 100 rounds, only 70 were successfully fired, and the longest Misfires up to 7 times in a row.

In terms of reliability, it is not enough to entrust your life, but Acharin likes it.

Pierce also gained, buying himself two Kentucky long rifles.

This rifle originated from the Yeager short-barreled rifled gun. Because rifling is applied to the barrel, the effective range is up to 300 meters, far exceeding the range of more than 100 meters for maritime commuting.

But also because of the rifling, the airtightness of this gun is extremely poor.

In order to ensure the firing rate, the special paper shell bullets are often made of thick oil paper, and the diameter is made slightly larger than the barrel. When loading, it is necessary to use a small hammer to assist the cleaning rod to press the bullet little by little. in place.

This defect greatly affected its firing efficiency.

Pierce's rate of fire with the Marine Commuter was steady at two rounds per minute, but with the Kentucky, it took roughly three to five minutes to reload one round.

The rate of fire is so slow, even if it is far superior in range, it is still not as practical as maritime commuting most of the time.

But Pierce has needs.

Out of the need for confidentiality, all the maritime commutes this time were left in the Lucie Manor. Under this premise, having a gun is definitely better than not having one.

In addition, Lorraine also found information on the French Charleville-style flintlock rifle in the market.

This rifle was finalized in 1777. It is the most advanced flintlock rifle in active service in the European continent, and its data is ahead of the British Brown Bass rifle in all aspects.

More importantly, it is not only the standard equipment in active service of the French Army, but also the main battle weapon with the largest number of equipment in the US Continental Army.

This is a key piece of information, because under the pressure of the United Kingdom, France has never provided this new type of weapon to the Americans. The only way for the Americans to obtain them is to smuggle them.

The French have played a brilliant political trick.

It is an internal matter for the peaceful French mainland to send arms to the colonial army in a state of war. Since the colonial army did not have the authorization to trade arms, Britain has nothing to blame for this behavior.

In the same way, corruption is also an internal issue. The French in the colonies sell their own guns to smugglers, but the British still have nothing to do with it.

As for why the scale of smuggling is as large as more than 100,000, the French Army still has enough arms to fight...

The most powerful country in the mainland, with strong industrial strength, can't people be stupid and have a lot of money?

I'm stupid and I'm proud, can you control it?

In short, the Charleville style is now the most cost-effective product in the New Continental Arms Smuggling. Not only is the supply sufficient, the flow is huge, and each order comes with its own buyer.

The only problem Lorraine needs to figure out is how to get it.

As we all know, there is only one supply point for this gun in New Orleans, and that is the French Barracks stationed in the northern suburbs of the city. All orders are there, and Lorraine, who is interested in smuggling, cannot miss him.

After sorting out the information here, Lorraine poked his head out of the mountain of paper piles.

"I'm going to the French camp tomorrow, and Carmen will accompany me. By the way, what's the name of their supreme commander?"

"Count Galvez, Bernardo de Galvez." Carmen replied quickly.

"It's actually a count?" Lorraine frowned deeply, "A noble French count went to the Spanish port to smuggle...is the news correct?"

"Certainly, there are four reports that mention it at the same time, one of which is Cren's."

"It's so blatant, there won't be any hidden secrets..."