Reborn As a Pirate

The setting sun reflected the surface of the sea where the battle had just ended.

The sea was in a mess, with broken wood, corpses, drifting cargo, and ships that were burning with smoke.

The battle has come to an end.

After three hours of fierce fighting, the English won a complete victory. Lorraine took the ship and captured the enemy's flagship, the High Light, and made an emergency landing on the Skuner Mermaid Song, which had lost its mainmast.

Ravenchad received strong reinforcements, and with the joint efforts of the two ships, he fought a bloody battle with the enemy in front of him. He paid the price of heavy damage to the wing ship, and captured the Gold Coast, while the other Skuna escaped.

Faced with this result, the pure white sand beach, which was busy putting out the fire at that time, chose to surrender rationally.

Lorraine rendezvoused with two of his Kirk-type ships, and while the sailors were busy cleaning the battlefield, he received Raven on the deck of the Butterfly.

"Dear Sir, I am Raven Shogner, Admiral of the Second Fleet of the Southampton Minder Chamber of Commerce. Thank you for your generous help. I sincerely admire the courage and strength of you and your subordinates."

"Mr. Shogner, I'm Lorraine Drake, the president of the Plymouth Drake Chamber of Commerce. The headquarters of our chamber of commerce is also located in Southampton. Speaking of which... what a coincidence."

A wonderful battle, almost complete victory.

Lorraine and his Butterfly completely dominated the battle situation on the battlefield, and of course had the right to decide on the distribution of benefits after the war.

Raven had no doubts about this.

This battle has been fruitful. In terms of ships, one Brigantine type, Yuanguang (slightly damaged); three mixed-sail Snaku type, Mermaid Song (largely damaged), and Gold Coast (moderately damaged) were captured. , Pure White Sand Beach (neutral break).

In addition, Lorraine also obtained Acharin's saber, short gun, atlas, and worthless sailing diary, and found property worth nearly 1,000 pounds, and goods worth nearly 3,000 pounds.

The total value of the cargo was well over ten thousand pounds.

Lorraine could have taken everything for himself. Even if it was moral, he could only hand over the Gold Coast that was independently captured by the Minder Chamber of Commerce to them. No matter what he did, it would not break the rules of the game at sea.

But after careful consideration, he gave Raven the uninjured Gold Coast and the pure white sandy beach.

Raven was quite surprised: "Mr. Drake, this assignment is for you and your crew..."

"We are both English gentlemen, and close friends of a port. Although Drake killed two and wounded seven, your loss is greater."

Raven shook his head rationally: "We are prey, and it is our duty to fight, but you could have stayed out of this battle."

"Impossible." Lorraine smiled slightly. "The French, Spaniards, and Dutch have set up hunting grounds in this sea area. We need friends instead of doing things on our own and fending for ourselves."

"Hunting ground?"

"This is important information from our Bilbao manager, Ms. Xavier." Lorraine pulled out a roll of parchment and handed it to Lei Wen. "This matter should not be a secret anymore. Even if it is for myself, I I also don’t want honest gentlemen who can become comrades-in-arms to be out early.”

Lorraine looked at Raven solemnly: "Mr. Shogner, please accept Drake's kindness."

The allocation of ships ends here, and personal items and goods do not need to be allocated to the Mindel Chamber of Commerce.

Lorraine generously distributed all the goods to the 120 sailors who participated in the war, and the injured chamber of commerce issued a subsidy of 50 pounds, and the compensation for the dead was as high as 200 pounds.

Such a huge reward made the morale of the ship break through the sky, almost reaching heaven.

The rest are Yacharin's personal belongings.

The logbook Lorraine is handed over to Pierce to observe and study. He can ask Acharin for the code, or he can try to decipher it himself.

The saber Lorraine gave to Ramos, it is the officer's sword of the French Navy, not only well-made, but also of great significance.

Yacharin's short gun made Lorraine a little embarrassed.

It is a good gun, not only heavy, but also accurate, with an effective range of 10 meters. It is a sharp weapon for self-defense.

But it is not a weapon, the gold-wrapped barrel and the ivory-decorated butt are inlaid with gems, and are exquisitely carved, which can be called a luxurious work of art.

This gun was supposed to be very suitable for young Pierce's self-defense, but because of the excessive redundancy, it was too heavy for a child, even if the child was very strong...

It's really superfluous aesthetics.

Lorraine pouted and inserted the gun into his waist, officially declaring ownership of the firearm.

One last thing...the sea atlas.

This is a rarity, bound in black Moroccan leather, thick and clear folio pages hand-painted, exquisitely painted, gold and silver lace and decorations everywhere...

This atlas draws a total of forty-four nautical charts, covering the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the surrounding areas of the British Isle and the Isle of Ireland, the Strait of Dover, the Cantabrian Sea and the Celtic Sea, comprehensively covering all sea areas in Northwest Europe , and according to the discoveries of the times, a layered transparent film correction was carried out without damaging the original painting...

Lorraine saw the signature of Lucas Jansson Wachner at the end of each chart, and the name of this chart book...is called "Mirror Mirror of the Sailor".

The Netherlands is the benchmark of cartography in the world today. Since the fifteenth century, top cartographers have emerged in endlessly.

Mr. Wachner was the absolute leader and the real leader of the stellar Dutch cartographers.

In 1584, he published The Mirror of the Sailor, which included a total of 44 maps of Nordic waters, mainly including coastlines, landmarks, coastlines and water depths that can be seen from the seaward position.

Waggoner's atlases were once so popular that the British adopted the term "waggoner" (a variation of Waggoner's name) to refer to all atlases depicting the coast.

This is an atlas of masters, and it is also hand-painted by Mr. Wachner.

Lorraine, as if he had won a treasure, was also shocked by the wealth of the Desai Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Wachner has been dead for many years. No matter how much practical value such a well-preserved atlas has, if it is put in the auction house, it is estimated that it can be worth a fully equipped Brigantine...that is, ten thousand pounds.

crazy……

The biggest harvest of this battle was actually in Yacharin's cabin...

After packing up his excitement, Lorraine returned to the deck with the album in his arms.

The cleaning of the battlefield was coming to an end, the dead sailors were thrown into the sea, and the living ones, wounded or not, were gathered in the small boats.

According to the rules of the sea, they will be exiled. The winner only needs to provide food and water that are barely enough for them to eat for two days, which is considered moral, and Lorraine gave them three days.

The Yuanguang, which was basically not damaged, was assigned sailors, and the severely damaged Mermaid Song was also pulled on the tow rope, and now it is floating behind the Yuanguang, heaving quietly.

Lorraine watched the sailors row their boats to the coastline of France, took over the red and white double flags, and signaled to Raven.

【Set sail, friend】

Raven responded with a precise semaphore.

【If you can't wish for it, the wings are behind you】

Lorraine laughed and raised her arms high: "The Butterfly, the destination is Southampton, set sail and go home!"