Reborn As a Pirate

"Thirty pounds once... thirty pounds twice... thirty pounds! Congratulations to Mr. No. 7, Mr. Scott will report to your ship in three days, I hope you have a good time."

Lorraine saluted Ramos far away.

He heard Ramos' overtones. Ramos, or rather the Piddick family, will stand up for him and create a good atmosphere for his meeting with Karen Scott.

This is the power of friendship.

The auction continues.

Because Lorraine, a class of private rooms, accidentally joined the competition for the lower class, the hot finale, which was originally estimated at 12 to 15 pounds, suddenly became a climax.

This is good news for the auction house.

The auction that followed was smooth and enthusiastic, with 14 pieces sold within an hour without any unsold.

Three pieces of tinware from Lorraine appeared successively, with an average transaction price of 12 pounds. The premium is the same as today's general environment, about 20% to 30%.

Lorraine also seemed to have made another move as a joke, and bought an old octant at a price of five pounds and twelve shillings.

The octant is a professional ranging tool for navigators and the predecessor of the sextant. The difference is that the angle measurement of the former is only forty-five degrees (one-eighth of a circle), while the latter has sixty degrees (one-sixth of a circle), and the measured latitude and longitude are also more accurate.

There is no doubt that the sextant is better than the octant, though expensive, but for Lorraine, the octant is at least better than the protractor, and everyone is happy.

After another half an hour, the atmosphere in the auction house became increasingly cold.

Lorraine's fourth tinware was only sold for ten pounds, and the fifth was only sold for six pounds and fourteen shillings. During the whole process, no sign was raised on the upper floor of the private room.

One of the most important auctions this morning is about to debut...

Ramos cleared his throat.

"Gentlemen and ladies. Mr. Rabbi Hooker is a top offshore businessman. He has traveled all over Northwest Europe and is famous in the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Strait of Dover and the Cantabrian Sea."

"Last month, he had double happiness, his 60th birthday, and the addition of a grandson, so he decided to retire." Ramos took a deep breath, "He entrusted the auction house to handle his retirement matters, including his own Oubeihai Both the picture and the Brigantine-size merchant ship Merlin will be put up for auction today and tomorrow."

"Today, let us have a glimpse of Captain Hook's charts!"

Following his passionate voice, two workers slowly pushed up a wooden box covered with sea-blue velvet.

The velvet cloth was uncovered, and there were more than a dozen rolls of folded charts inserted obliquely in the middle of the wooden box. It looked inconspicuous, but to black market maritime merchants, it was invaluable.

Lorraine has inquired about Captain Hook's past in the past two days.

This is a Dutchman who went to sea at the age of 23, spent 37 years offshore, and became a captain for 24 years. His main area of ​​activity is the North Sea, followed by the Cantabrian waters at the border between France and Spain.

He did not choose to sell his own charts separately, indicating that the value of these charts varies, but considering the scope of his comfort zone, Lorraine still has a strong interest in this chart.

Taking a deep breath, Lorraine took the sign from Henna.

Ramos announced in the audience: "Captain Hook hand-painted his own nautical charts, the starting price is 50 pounds, and each time the price increases, 10 pounds!"

"One hundred pounds!"

Room No. 4 was the first to bid, followed by Room No. 3, No. 9, and No. 11.

The price of sea charts rose like a rocket, breaking through 200 pounds in a short while, rushing towards 250 pounds.

In the entire venue, there were only a few large private rooms taking turns to sell.

For most businessmen in the lower class, two hundred pounds may be their entire asset, and they may even go bankrupt, and they may not be able to withdraw two hundred pounds in cash.

The composition of maritime merchants has always been a pyramid structure with disparity between rich and poor.

Two hundred and twenty pounds, Room No. 9 withdrew from the competition.

The gentleman opposite Lorraine stood up and bowed regretfully and gracefully to all the private rooms,

Immediately leave.

Two hundred and seventy pounds, the gentleman in private room No. 11 also stood up and bowed to leave.

The gentlemen in rooms 3 and 4 were chatting and laughing at the wind through the railings, while raising placards in turn, and quickly raised the price of the chart to 400 pounds.

That's more than all of Lorraine's cash, which Lorraine hasn't had a chance to sell yet.

He frowned and asked Mr. Piddick: "Sir, is the auction house's settlement after the closing in the morning, or after the closing tomorrow?"

Piddick smiled knowingly: "It's the end tomorrow."

Lorraine nodded gratefully to him, and gently raised the cards in his hand.

"Four hundred and ten pounds! Four hundred and ten pounds for private room No. 7! No. 3, Mr. No. 4, are you willing to part with Mr. No. 7?"

The gentleman in the third private room looked up at Lorraine, turned his head again, exchanged glances with Piddick, stood up with a smile, bowed with his female companion, and left.

Lorraine was surprised by this look for a long time.

Piddick said softly: "Sir Formy is one of the three members of the management committee and a good friend of mine."

"I see." Lorraine suddenly realized, "Mr. Piddick, does Sir Formie like tea?"

"I like it very much, very much."

As a result, only No. 4 was left to bid with Lorraine.

It was a fat French gentleman, and they liked to decorate their tuxedos with colorful feathers, just as the English would use umbrellas instead of staffs, which were special things that were easy to recognize by others.

Formie's exit brought him great pressure, his forehead began to sweat, and he was no longer so determined to raise his cards.

Lorraine asked softly: "Mr. Piddick, is the opposite?"

"The Desais' manager of the Ergen Exchange. He's not a big shot. The Desais seem to have authorized him five hundred and twenty pounds, as I recall."

"Is it……"

Lorraine became more relaxed, raised his legs, crossed his fingers, and smiled.

The two yelled a few bids to each other, and when they reached four hundred and fifty pounds, Lorraine suddenly said, "Five hundred pounds."

There was a chorus of exclamation from the audience.

Mr. Desai in the fourth private room stared blankly at Lorraine for a long time, trying to see the reality of the strange young man opposite him who met for the first time.

Lorraine just smiled and raised his glass to him.

Mr. Desai gave up.

He couldn't see the reality of Lorraine. Instead of being at the end of his life and being a laughing stock, he might as well leave the scene with a smile of humility and leeway like a qualified gentleman.

He also raised his teacup: "Mr. opposite, may your voyage be smooth sailing!"

Lorraine stood up and returned the salute: "Thank you for your humility and generosity. A French gentleman has heart-wrenching virtues."

The dust settled.

For five hundred pounds, Lorraine bid for Captain Hook's complete set of charts.

Seeing Mr. Desai leave, Lorraine let out a long sigh of relief.

Mr. Piddick came over with a smile: "It's a pity that Desai's authorization is not enough. I really hope Vermeer can stay, and let me see how much authorization your family has given you."

"Where's the authorization? I told you, I'm an abandoned child."

"The nobles in England have always been old-fashioned. Every family has a few abandoned children like you. After all, isn't it all thanks to the efforts of the abandoned children that your family can maintain a decent life?"

"I really can't hide anything from you." Lorraine couldn't help but smiled bitterly, "Anyway, thank you for your help today, and I will trouble you to introduce Sir Formie to me, thank you."

"Are you ready to go back?" Pidik stretched out his hand and shook Lorraine, "I will ask Ramos to deliver today's lot in person in the evening. As for the meeting with Formy, next week , you will be busy this week."

Lorraine smiled and nodded: "I am looking forward to it from the bottom of my heart."