Reborn As a Pirate

"When you were exploring the ruins, I found a small path, which is here..."

While speaking, Yacharin led Lorraine forward, bypassed a screen-like mountain wall, and turned into a sea cliff valley with a width of only a dozen meters and a length of three to four hundred meters, facing the curved sea cliff canyon in the island.

On the edge of the cliff, there is a winding and steep plank road close to the cliff. It rises and falls from time to time. There are no obvious traces of man-made excavation, but the width is very uniform, and people dare not rule out the possibility of man-made.

It went down first, and it was wet and slippery for more than 100 meters. Obviously, it only appeared when the tide was low. Then it climbed up the trough, jumped out of the water again, and became dry and straight.

Lorraine climbed up with Yacharin, climbed to the highest point in the middle of the canyon, and walked around a half arc before seeing the end of the canyon.

a sea cave.

The deep sea cave stands at the end of the gorge, and the undulating plank road goes deep into the cave, and you can't see through it at a glance.

Lorraine squinted his eyes and looked in, only to see a darkness, and asked Yacharin softly: "Have you gone in?"

"No, but the sailors found this at the mouth of the cave."

Yacharin handed Lorraine a gold coin.

The gold coins are very old in color and round in shape. On the front is a bust of a man wearing a crown and a long beard, with crosses on both sides and the inscription [FOCAS] on the left edge.

On the back is a winged statue of Victory. The goddess holds a long-handled hook in her right hand and a sphere with a cross on her left. There is an inscription [CTQPIA] on the left edge.

"This is the gold coin minted by the tyrant...the centurion Phocas?"

The centurion Phocas was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in the early 7th century. He reigned between the Justinian dynasty and the Heraclius dynasty, only a short period of 8 years.

He was originally an aristocratic general of the Byzantine Empire. He usurped the throne through an army mutiny, and was replaced by the Heraclius family in the same way, failing to establish a real dynasty.

This is a lonely history.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the European aristocratic lineages originated from Rome, and the heraldry required for noble children also had a large section to interpret the inheritance of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, Lorraine would not have understood these at all.

But now, he is not only familiar with these, but also knows that the gold coins minted during the Phocas period have always been popular among collectors and Roman fanatics because of their exquisiteness and color, and each one can be called a treasure. .

Such a thing... Why did it appear outside Hebasi's sea cave?

"The wizard who sent gold coins... the treasure of the King Wolf..."

...

Lorraine led the people back to the ruins, and returned to the windward camp in a small boat.

There may be Inger Anason's treasure in the sea cave, which makes exploring the sea cave a dangerous thing, and the danger is not limited to exploration.

He didn't dare to do it rashly, so he urgently picked up Karen and Noah, and gathered the sailors to discuss major issues.

When it was about to fall into the night, Keren and Yacharin announced to the sailors on behalf of Lorraine in the two camps that they were recruiting volunteers.

The expedition team discovered a pirate's treasure trove, which may be life-threatening, or it may hide huge benefits.

The generous President Drake decided to share this joy with every sailor, and the rewards of exploration will benefit everyone.

In order to ensure the fairness of benefits, they formed a contract council overnight.

Lorraine was the representative of the chamber of commerce, and Keren was the representative of the sailors. The two of them discussed the distribution plan of the expedition with the five sailor representatives. After several rounds of bargaining, they announced the specific distribution principles.

There are four principles:

1. The General Chamber of Commerce has the ownership of all discovered treasures.

2. The General Chamber of Commerce proposes a minimum guarantee of 1,000 pounds for the expedition, and will convert the actual weight into gold pounds according to the final weighing of the harvest, with no upper limit.

3. The converted gold pounds will be divided into four parts, 50% will belong to the General Chamber of Commerce, and 20% will belong to all personnel affiliated to the Chamber of Commerce on Hebashi Island.

Twenty percent belonged to the 20 brave men who participated in the adventure, and another ten percent belonged to the wounded and dead during the expedition, and 37% was distributed.

4. The settlement shall be settled on the second day after returning to Southampton, and shall not be in arrears.

In order to prove sincerity, everyone will sign a sacred spoils contract in accordance with the above principles. The two shareholders of the General Chamber of Commerce, Lorraine and Pierce, will be Party A. Except for them, all those who have the right to share the spoils will be Party B.

This is a contract that is fair to all.

The profit gained by the priority gainer is stable, but there is no room for growth; the bottom-line trader takes the corresponding risk when the project starts, but in exchange for the opportunity to obtain high profits and enjoy the dividend alone.

Sailors who have no culture and have a difficult livelihood cannot understand and have no channels to discover the art premium in the high-end collection market. They cannot discover the true value of ancient gold wares.

Not the same as the previous Pistor.

According to the sailors' social circle, once any gold utensils are more than three hundred years old, they only have the value of gold itself.

Having this contract is different.

The expedition has not yet started, and the 125 people on board have already jointly owned a guaranteed income of 200 pounds and enjoyed it.

Regardless of life or death, the 20 people who participated in the adventure will at least receive an additional 10 pounds each, which is a huge reward equivalent to four months' salary.

The wounded can share at least 30 pounds of condolence money equally, and everyone is looking forward to it; although the deceased can share at least 70 pounds equally, no one wants it.

They even have reasonable and uncapped room for appreciation.

So what about Lorraine?

If there are really treasures of Inger Anason in the sea cave, the thousands of years of history will make these gold utensils upgraded to high-end collections, resulting in an unparalleled high premium in the field of art.

The weight of a standard Phocas gold coin is 4.5 grams, which is only equivalent to 0.6 pounds, but its market value has been stable at 60 to 80 pounds all year round.

Although Lorraine didn't know the details, he knew that the gold wares of this period generally had a premium of 50 times more than themselves, and those with high artistic value or special history could easily reach 100 times.

From this premium, he only needs to harvest 20 pounds of gold during the expedition to not lose money, and the more he finds, the greater the profit. The General Chamber of Commerce is almost destined to enjoy all the bonuses from this accidental discovery.

This is what Lorraine wants, to enjoy the huge profits alone, without leaving the hidden danger of a financial gap for his team.

He did it.

Fair negotiation process, generous contract content, hidden huge profits...

Everyone was satisfied with the content of the contract, and rushed to sign the sacred contract, and then Keren, who was qualified as a Catholic priest, publicly announced the establishment of the contract, endowing this glittering contract with divinity.

The next selection of the adventure team went smoothly, Lorraine, Heina, Noah, Yacharin, a six-pound cannon, and sixteen capable and strong sailors.

They have been given the privilege of not being on duty tonight, enjoying enough food and drink, and will take two assault boats to enter the sea cave after dawn to explore the treasure hidden deep in Hebasi Island together.

Blind optimism and anticipation pervaded the camp, and the adventurers fell into a sweet dream listening to the waves... There, there is only heaven, and there is no danger.

Then, the night faded away...