Reborn As a Pirate

After more than an hour, Acharin and Pierce, who were riding in a luxurious carriage, finally arrived late.

Mr. Reynolds gathered all the white people in the manor and lined up at the ugly gate.

Lorraine didn't join in the excitement. After meeting Henna, he only let the accompanying second lieutenant lead the sailors to go out first, and formed Yacharin's escort at the fork.

As for himself... the guest room on the third floor, a glass of fine wine, huge floor-to-ceiling windows with an excellent viewing angle, the only fly in the ointment is probably that he can't hear the actor's lines no matter what.

But this kind of thing really doesn't matter, anyway, Lorraine knows exactly what they can say.

There was an insignificant sound of shaking the door behind her, and Hana walked in, grinding coffee by herself at the bar.

Lorraine glanced in surprise: "Why do you suddenly think of hand-ground coffee?"

"The head maid."

"The head maid? From Renault Manor?"

Haina nodded slightly, without taking her eyes off the small balance in her hand for a moment: "The head maid said that nobles like to mix coffee when they talk, and different topics have different ratios. As a reserved metaphor, it is closer than tea and wine. .I want to try."

Lorraine had a strange expression on his face: "Well... when did you get acquainted with each other?"

"I'm not familiar with it. She wants to know about Yacharin's dietary preferences, so she took the initiative to talk to me."

Probably because the coffee beans have been prepared, Haina finally let go of the balance, poured the three kinds of beans into the hand grinder, and then turned the handle.

The fine powder of coffee beans drips out from the mouth of the mortar and accumulates on the snow-white filter paper, one black and one white, complementing each other.

Lorraine put down the glass with great interest: "What kind of coffee is this time?"

"Fruit Mocha. 40% Guatemala, 30% Kilimanjaro, and Mocha Plateau Hara, which is obviously used as the main ingredient but not the highest proportion. controller."

She installed the siphon stove, spread the filter cloth, added water, and ignited the fire. Seeing that the water in the pot was slowly sucked into the filter tank, she poured in the coffee powder and stirred gently with a stirring rod every 15-20 seconds.

When the heat source is removed and the hearth is cold, the brewed coffee passes through the filter cloth and flows back into the pot, leaving only insoluble residue on the filter cloth. A cup of orthodox hand-ground coffee is finally completed. Whip it with creamy foam and place it firmly in front of Lorraine.

Hannah is very skillful with her hands.

Although it is the first time to brew coffee, there are no fancy patterns on the floating cream, but the clean cup rim and uniform liquid level can still convey the maker's attention and focus.

Lorraine smiled and took a thin glass rod, slid it a few times, and painted a light and clear imprint of Assassin on the cream layer, only then was he satisfied.

"The first cup of coffee that Hana made for me will be called Assassin Mocha from now on."

"Assassin...Mocha?"

"Don't you like it? Since the head maid taught you, how about calling the maid Mocha?"

"I just poured it out."

"sorry……"

As Heina said, fruity mocha has a very unique characteristic. It is obviously full of fragrance like the top fragrant tea, but it is covered by thick foaming cream. Even if you smell it closely, you can never smell the second taste other than bitterness.

Low-key and restrained.

Lorraine sipped the coffee beautifully, crossed her fingers, and looked at Henna with a smile.

"I'm done drinking, can you tell me what's on your mind now?"

Haina turned her head subconsciously: "It's not something on my mind...it's just that the medicine is bitter."

Lorraine frowned: "Are you worried that I'm doing something wrong?"

"You have gambled too much." Hana put away her cup and saucer, "Different from cliff climbing and raids, you have left too many factors of instability in Leloran. Assault on the manor, what if the guards fight back?"

"Kill a few, or a dozen? They are not professional soldiers. Deterrence and enough blood are enough to make them give up their duties and send Mr. Renault to me."

"What about 4,000 pounds? How can you be sure that 4,000 pounds will allow Renault to help us deceive the locals? If..."

"Do you think that 4,000 pounds is a commission?" Lorraine looked at Hana's eager face dumbfounded, "From Mr. Renault's point of view, 4,000 pounds is his reward for this performance?"

"Isn't it? Zieg's identity is fake. You also said that Renault made it clear that he didn't remember teaching this student."

Lorraine looked at Henna quietly, waiting for her to calm down.

"I vaguely feel that maybe you should be allowed to get in touch with some Chamber of Commerce affairs."

"Chamber of Commerce?"

"Yes, the daily affairs of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, such as finances, assets, personnel, systems, etc."

"Don't avoid the topic."

"I didn't avoid the topic. In fact, if Carmen was here, she should be a better candidate than me to explain. She is very good at persuading people."

Lorraine scratched her hair in embarrassment.

"Let's talk about the plight of the Renault family first. Because Mr. Renault's second son-in-law is an early pioneer, and the second daughter is not good at socializing, the New World Intelligence Department has always paid little attention to them. We have no way of knowing the size and size of the chamber of commerce. The only thing we know about the situation is that they encountered pirates a few months ago, and the people, ships, and goods were all lost, and the chamber of commerce fell into financial crisis."

"Why take advantage of this crisis?" Lorraine asked himself, "It should be because this news tells us enough information."

"The Drake Chamber of Commerce also started as a penniless small chamber of commerce. You should still remember the situation when it was in Ergen and Southampton."

"As a maritime chamber of commerce, we make a living on the price difference between different places. Small chambers of commerce without strength will not get the privilege of credit. After we have a certain strength, we will try our best to avoid debts, because debt interest will increase costs and maximize profits. It is contrary to the principle of transformation.”

"This is the principle of limited trade. The goods and ships are the assets of the Chamber of Commerce. Only the personnel are hired. Even if they are lost, they will only hurt the muscles but not the bones."

"However, intelligence tells us that the plight of the chamber of commerce includes compensation for the goods, and they exceed the principle of limited trade."

"Under what circumstances will the Chamber of Commerce give up the safe principle of limited trade? The answer is naturally an opportunity. In the face of huge interests, the Chamber of Commerce decided to fight hard. If it succeeds, it will increase in scale, and if it fails, it will lose its strength. At this time, merchants and Gamblers are no different."

"We have also experienced such gambles, far away is the decisive battle between Cantabrian and the French Merchants United Fleet, and the closest one is naturally the New Orleans smuggling contract we just signed. They all exceeded the Drake Chamber of Commerce itself at that time. strength."

"The Chamber of Commerce of the Renault family is the same. It can be guessed that they have obtained a batch of highly profitable commodities due to a coincidence. They have manpower and transportation capacity. Once sold, the Chamber of Commerce can make huge profits. However, they have no funds."

"So they adopted the method of credit, which put pressure on the future of the Chamber of Commerce and the reputation of the family, but in the end they ended up with a bloody mess."

"Assuming that their ship is the common Skuner in the inland sea or the main force of the ocean, the Brigantine or the Brig, then the value of all the goods they bet on must be greater than five thousand pounds."

"At least 5,000 pounds of goods, as well as personnel pensions and the daily expenses of maintaining the chamber of commerce, but the loss of the main merchant ship has caused their income to drop significantly...their financial gap is so large that 4,000 pounds is not enough to solve any problems. .”

Lorraine came to the conclusion categorically, and smiled more and more proudly in front of Hana.

Hana opened her mouth slightly: "So...the four thousand pounds is just a gift?"

"Yes. An ordinary meeting gift, a proper value given to a teacher by a student who has not been short of money for a long time. Money is only the most suitable form of expression at this stage. If Mr. Renault did not encounter such an unreasonable disaster, it would be replaced by fine wine or Crafts, the effect is no different."

Hai Na became more and more confused: "In this way, wouldn't Lei Nuo have no reason to help us?"

"Who said he was helping us?" Lorraine sneered, "First of all, the Aigner of Porto, this family is real, he is a branch of the royal family, and there is nothing false."

"Mr. Renault's glorious past is equally real, and his loss of power and exile are also real experiences."

"The intelligence also says that he is deeply respected in Martinique, he is the first choice of etiquette enlightenment for Martinique's upper class, and he has huge connections and influence, but are they true?"

"A person with a glorious past and great influence is not a member of Martinique, and even in a remote area like Le Lorin, he has not been able to join the regional assembly, and has no say in local affairs."

"Immigrated for more than 20 years, the assets are not rich, the in-laws are not visible, and the second son-in-law has encountered a small crisis, but he is helpless."

"There are too many things to prove that he may really have a huge social circle, but whether it is connections or influence, it is all fake."

"To the country squires of Martinique, his etiquette and learning are indispensable adornments for children, and he himself is... nothing."

Lorraine stood up with a teasing tone, spread out her hands and drew two semicircles.

"Let us put ourselves in the shoes of Mr. Reynolds. He was once brilliant and honored, but he lived a life of no dignity when he came here. Recently, even the basics of food and clothing have been threatened."

"At this time, a student who claimed to be a nobleman of the royal family appeared. The arrogant and powerful guards first rejected his idea of ​​refusing, and the expensive meeting ceremony immediately ruled out the possibility of defrauding money. There is also the big boat on the pier. He is probably gone now. I know the existence of the Golden Deer."

"Is Chigurh's identity real? Does he hope that Chigurh's identity is real? Or to put it another way, admit that a student related to the royal family traveled thousands of miles to the remote Leloran to care and help him , is it good or bad for him?"

Hearing this, Hana finally figured out all the joints.

"Admit Zieg, Renault can reap huge prestige and huge benefits. The only risk is Zieg's authenticity. But you have told him that we are only staying for a few days... Even if there are really good people to verify the authenticity, wait until The results came back, and we disappeared long ago, he was just one of the victims, and even if he operated properly, he could become the most injured one, and continue to harvest a wave of sympathy and comfort..."

"There is no harm at all..." she murmured, "Reynolds' character is not an employee who cooperates with our acting. He really hopes that Chigurh is real. Even if he is not, in the next few days, he will also Will do everything in my power to make Chigurh real, because from the beginning of accepting Chigurh's existence, he has been our accomplice."