Reborn As a Pirate

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"Lieutenant General Scolari..."

On the Valkyrie, Scolari stood in front of Lorraine under the escort of six or seven strong sailors, quietly looking at this tall, strong but respectful young man.

"I'm Drake, Lorraine Anason Drake, Drake of Tavistock, I'm sorry to meet you under such circumstances."

"Tavistock?" Scolari's eyebrows twitched, "I may have met your grandfather, and I also knew your father."

"Your relationship with your ancestors made this meeting even more helpless. I should have brought Warren Ford's coffee beans to Lisbon to visit you, instead of meeting my cherished elders in Africa in a cloud of gunpowder."

Lorraine waved his hand and led Scolari to the side.

"Rescue at sea is ongoing. The good news is that not many people fell, but the bad news is that very few people survived."

"The Vasco da Gama is all right, I had the foremast and spar cut and the knots readjusted. She has about 6 knots left, but considering her center of gravity and the waves at the Cape of Good Hope, I sincerely It is recommended that you wait until the beginning of spring before considering the return of the fleet."

"The problem with the Dias is more serious. One is personnel. As far as I know, a major and four lieutenants were killed in the poop ascension incident. More deaths cannot be ruled out. After all, this is an unfortunate accident."

"The other is the rudder. My master inspected the Dias, and one third of the rudder went up to the sky, and one third of the rudder sank to the bottom of the sea with the rudder. There is no shipyard in East Africa that can repair the Voyager class , so you may have to drag her back to Lisbon..."

"You intend to return the ship to Portugal?"

Lorraine's words completely exceeded Scolari's expectations. He couldn't help but widen his old eyes, only wanting to see the traps that might be hidden behind.

"What do you want? Money? Guns? Or... pardon?"

Lorraine was silent for a long time.

"Yes, what should I want? The Majesty you are loyal to illegally robbed my property, and I took his ship, which is fair."

"The Voyager class is an excellent warship. Although it is not available for law-abiding people like me, it is sold on the black market and sold to the United States. It is worth at least 100,000 pounds, which can barely recover part of my losses."

"Of course you would say,

If I do that, I am trampling on the dignity of Portugal, but this reason does not convince me that in any case, my relationship with your king will not get worse. "

"I'm actually curious about the mentality of the Kingdom of Portugal in handling this dispute. You are acting like a barbaric tribe, the chiefs regard robbery as a means of demonstrating authority, and the elders don't say a word, completely disregarding the civilized norms of the sanctity of private property .”

Lorraine ridiculed the Portuguese with spicy words, from the king to the nobles, acting like no one else.

"I have fully entrusted your king's banditry to the lawyers of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in Bilbao."

"During the short stay in Gibraltar, they have already filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Madrid. This note should be sent to Lisbon. I just don't know if your king has a familiar lawyer, or... whether he understands the procedure of self-defense."

Scolari blushed: "Lorraine Drake, Spain is no longer the suzerain of Portugal!"

Lorraine was humble enough.

"It's really an arrogant and sensitive boring country." He said coldly, "Choosing Madrid has nothing to do with the so-called master-slave relationship in your history. I choose her only because she is the only civilization on the Iberian Peninsula. country."

"In 1780, I demolished the San Carlos Fort in Nicaragua. Last year I met Mr. Hawthorne, Governor of Cuba in Havana. He was the Governor of Grenada at the time, and he was my prisoner."

"We had a good chat. When he introduced me to the celebrities in Havana, he also talked about the experience of being captured with a happy mood, and called me a civilized and trustworthy gentleman."

"It is this noble gentleman who gave me goodwill and trust in Spain."

"I'll let you go because I need you to report this whole trip south to your savage country and stupid king, and reassure them that they didn't hurt a real pirate, but a Civilized, cultured and legitimate businessmen."

"Next, I will use my strength to prove my innocence. I will send everything I have gained to Madrid, and let the civilized people of Iberia clear up my grievances and uphold justice."

"Justice and justice never die, I firmly believe that!"

"Tell all this to your Mr. Sheikh, and ask him to select a lawyer to respond at the earliest opportunity. If he has never heard the word lawyer before, please ask him to first hire a tutor, preferably from a civilized country. private teacher."

Lorraine finally finished speaking.

Scolari's hands trembled rapidly, and his voice fluctuated due to panting, as if he was about to die at any time: "Lorraine Drake, you insulted the Kingdom of Portugal so brazenly, have you ever thought of Portugal anger!"

"Honestly, I've thought about it." Lorraine smiled lightly, "I know there are eight Navigator-class ships in Lisbon, and I also know that there are about 30 provincial-class ships scattered in Portuguese colonies all over the world. Your sun hasn't set yet."

"It's just that you have thought about Drake's anger again?"

"For example, for a Valkyrie class like yours, how many do you think we can produce?"

...

Scolari left, and Da Gama, who was faltering, helped Dias, who was not good at walking, and four loyal guards who couldn't even muster the courage for reinforcements, and embarked on the road back home with Lorraine's goodwill.

Lorraine didn't send it.

After intimidating the old and conservative Portuguese lieutenant general, he held a meeting of all seamen in the tactical room, closed the door, and discussed the specific plan for the next step.

The work of restoring reputation is a lot of work, not to mention that the key to reputation is not reputation, but allies, cards, how much pressure can Lorraine bring to Portugal to make them admit their mistakes in front of a small chamber of commerce.

The difficulty in this can be imagined, and the difficulty of the meeting is self-evident.

Before the discussion came to a conclusion, the aisle suddenly remembered running around randomly, the cabin door was roughly pushed open, and Pierce led his sailors out of the cabin door panting heavily. When he saw Lorraine Just started yelling.

"Brother! Uh... my lord brother, could it be that we let that old Portuguese dog run away so easily?"

Lorraine didn't answer his words at all, but stopped discussing and raised his chin with great interest.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I thought it was the Portuguese calling back, but I didn't expect it to be the great Admiral Artis."

Pierce was so frightened that he took half a step back, and only half a step back, a silver light flashed in front of his eyes.

In the cold light, several silver tarots and two red velvet throwing knives poked around the door frame in no particular order, wrapping Pierce in the middle, with the hatch as the side, forming a perfect irregular symmetry.

Pierce's legs were weak, if it wasn't for the support of Third Sister Xiao, he would have been able to sit on the ground just now.

His voice began to float: "Sister Haina, Sister Nuoya, although it's my fault for not knocking on the door..."

"Of course you were wrong for not knocking."

Lorraine slapped his hands with a smile, Yacharin flicked his sleeves, untied a colorful leather whip from his waist in a super doggy manner, and held it in front of Lorraine with both hands.

Lorraine shook her whip... Crack!

Pierce swallowed heavily: "Brother, brother, captain, president, chairman! Everything is easy to discuss!"

"Before coming, Mr. Ramos Pidik, the president of the European branch, and nearly ten shareholders of the board of directors of the general chamber of commerce made a solemn request to the chairman, boy, you lack a strong whip."

"But...my crew is..." Pierce replied tearfully.

Lorraine hesitated.

Pierce's team members are indeed a problem, because the young man in the rebellious period still needs a little face.

Carmen interrupted suddenly: "Gentlemen, if I remember correctly, your salaries are still settled by the General Chamber of Commerce, and there is no independent branch under the name of Artis. And although the vice president of Artis is not the same as any of you Some of them have signed special equity sharing contracts, but considering that the Special Service Fleet has not made any profit so far..."

Freemani raised his hand high: "Excuse me, my respected and beautiful manager Xavier, where can we get the basic salary for these few months?"

"One floor below the poop, the flagship accounting room."

"Farewell!"

Hula la, the brave sailor is half gone. Pierce looked gratefully at the remaining half, especially the honest Kayo, who was the only one left in the advanced class.

At this time, he heard a series of thunderous laughter, it was Leif.

"Captain, the stormtroopers have broken several bones recently, and I happen to be short of sword practicers around me..."

Kayo's face suddenly paled, and he also raised his hand: "Excuse me, my respected and beautiful Manager Xavier, we didn't hear clearly just now, where is the salary?"

"One floor below the poop, the flagship accounting room."

"Farewell!"

Crashing, Pierce found pitifully that only Sanmei Xiao and Bai Er, who had come to watch the fun, were left behind him.

"Third sister..."

"Wow, third sister."

Two men called out to a woman at the same time, one was Pierce, and the other was Wang Ye with a strange tone.

Wang Ye's fingers were drawing circles on the conference table, and his tongue was twirling in his mouth.

"Before you joined the Chamber of Commerce, I told my senior sister that there is no girl in this world who loves people more than you. Do you remember the day before the Noble Lady left Hong Kong? Look at me playing the leaf flute from my hometown, and I will tell you Promise to learn Jiangxi dialect within three months to comfort my homesickness..."

Xiao Sanmei's face suddenly turned pale!

Although Pierce couldn't understand a single word of Wang Ye's Chinese, it didn't prevent him from feeling that the scene in front of him seemed familiar.

He had a very bad premonition: "Third sister, don't you..."

"I'm sorry, Master! I suddenly remembered that I promised my mother that every time I pay my salary, I would send it home on time, and take care of my seven younger brothers and four younger sisters! So..."

Before she finished speaking, Sanmei Xiao covered her face and fled.

Only White Ears remained behind Pierce.

He blinked at the empty aisle, turning his head back and forth as if rusted.

"Brother, no matter what, can you make me understand..."

"It turns out that you still don't know why the Navigator class of the Portuguese town country suddenly became your enemy."

"It must be because of the lady's size..."

"And you still overlooked why Valkyrie and I arrived on the same day as the Navigator and saved you just right."

"Could it be..." Pierce's face finally turned ugly, "I... still got into trouble?"

"Armedly invaded Mombasa, attacked Portuguese warships for no reason, and military blocked the ports of neutral countries. You have done a lot, and the Drake Chamber of Commerce has gained a lot of goodwill for this, and the biggest goodwill..."

"The Drake Chamber of Commerce was identified as a Pirate Chamber of Commerce by Lisbon, and Portugal terminated its business relationship with me. If the Kingdom of Portugal controlled it, Drake's property should be confiscated, resulting in a direct loss of 70,000 pounds and countless indirect losses. " Lorraine shook off the whip, "Put your butt up obediently, as I said, you need a whip."

Boom!

There was a dull bang.

That was not the sound of Lorraine teaching Pierce, but the sound caused by a delicate girl clumsily knocking down the railing outside the cabin.

The principal, tortured, accomplices, and theatergoers all looked away, and Lorraine had a weird smile on his face: "Sharon Artis, why don't I remember that I also ranked you on Valkyrie ?”

Sharon, Pierce's quiet little cousin, will be 15 years old in December. Carmen is amazed by her sensitivity to numbers and social interactions. Year.

Sharon rubbed her knees and stood up red-eyed. She saluted first to Carmen, then to Lorraine and the others, but skipped over Pierce.

"President, I originally stayed in London to handle some trivial matters of the exchange for the teacher. Later, Valkyrie stopped in Southampton, and the teacher recruited me on board to preside over the entry and exit of the accounting office."

Lorraine glanced at Carmen suspiciously, and Carmen shrugged: "After all, most of the time, women who only fight and kill are of limited help to men, and not much help to women."

That said...Henna's murderous aura suddenly exploded, and it was as if a strong wind of magnitude eight was blowing in the cabin.

Lorraine coughed awkwardly: "Sharon, tell me loudly, what is your purpose for coming here?"

"Looking for you!"

"Find me?"

"Yes!" Little Sharon plucked up her courage, "Mr. President, according to the provisions of Item 7, Article 69, Chapter 4 of the "Regulations on the Administration of Ships and Fleets of the Chamber of Commerce", after the ship leaves the port, only the ship The managers directly under the post and the admiral and deputy admiral of the fleet to which the ship belongs have the right to execute corporal punishment on the subordinate employees; the first item of the first paragraph of article 228 of Chapter VII of the "Management Regulations" also stipulates that when the squadron performs independent tasks, it shall be regarded as As an independent formation, it is only responsible to the task issuing unit before the task is completed or changed, and no longer accepts the original fleet control order."

"Admiral Artis led the special service formation to carry out the independent task of the African branch in July, and up to now, you have not relieved him of his duties. So he made a mistake, you can impose a fine on him within the framework of the board of directors , demotion, even redemption of stock rights, dismissal and termination of the contract, but there is no position and right to punish him with corporal punishment.”

She took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Lorraine.

"Mr. President, the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce are the cornerstone and reliance on which Drake grows and thrives. As an employee, I sincerely hope that you can set an example, actively maintain the sanctity of the regulations, and ensure that it runs smoothly and orderly in the Chamber of Commerce. Run! Please seriously consider my opinion! Thank you!"

Lorraine opened his mouth wide, and looked at everyone around him inquiringly: "Have hundreds of regulations for our chamber of commerce been enacted?"

Karen cleared his throat: "To be exact, there are a total of eight regulations, totaling 1,433 articles, and more than 5,000 minor items."

The whip... fell to the ground.

Carmen poisedly raised the corner of her eyes at Henna: "What am I talking about, I can only fight and kill... I can't help men."

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