Reborn As a Pirate

"Open the window."

Under Daniel's instructions, the four assistants walked to both sides of the long row of bookshelves, and shook the winch hidden behind the bookshelves.

The winch is connected to the heavy flannel curtain, just like the curtain of the stage, and it is located directly behind the huge star map.

The double-layered curtain slowly receded, revealing a strange window, perfectly circular, with a diameter of two meters, and the height from the bottom to the ground was only 50 centimeters, which was consistent with the hanging height of the huge star map.

The assistants opened the curtain, walked over, took off the photo frame of the star map from the ladder shelf, and pushed out a thin iron frame from the back of the bookshelf. The four sides of the frame were tied tightly with an identical map, and they were made of thin, pure white cloth. , which is studded with stars made of metal nails.

Lorraine couldn't understand it, and asked softly, "Daniel, this isn't a ceremony, is it?"

Daniel had a cold face: "There are a lot of bookshelves that have been moved in in the past two years. The reference picture should have been hung on the wall, but now it has to share a place with the comparison picture, so...that's it."

"Compared?"

The second shelf rolled out, a transparent film with a Caribbean chart drawn in colored ink, superimposed on the metal star map.

The harsh sky light came in through the window, passed through the white cloth, passed through the film, and softened, printing the corner of the Caribbean Sea and scattered black stars in Lorraine's eyes.

"Save the process of argumentation, you don't care about that anyway."

Daniel pointed to the picture and said.

"During the period of 15 keepsakes, we confirmed a total of 17 stars and 9 constellations. Through the positioning of astrology, we narrowed down the scope of the Fountain of Youth to the north and Bermuda Islands, south to South America, west to Mexico, and east to Windward The scope of the archipelago, in other words, we have determined that the Fountain of Youth is in the Caribbean Sea."

"Then there are three pieces of Blackbeard." Daniel clicked three unrelated positions on the map.

"Any location map, whether it is a sea chart, a map or a star map, if it is cut into pieces, the information it expresses must increase as the number of pieces increases. A single piece may not represent anything, but a piece that fills a gap does. A lot of information can be revealed.”

"Blocks 16-18 help us identify 8 bright stars and 11 constellations. The original range is further narrowed, specifically centered on Jamaica Island, north to the Bahamas, south to the Albuquerque Islands, and east to Port-au-Prince , reaching the Yucatan Strait in the west, which is the small piece of sea area on the map."

"I argued with Professor Rittenhouse just now, because I think the existing scope can be further narrowed, but this requires professional and top-notch knowledge. But the professor feels that he has delayed the registration time by two months, From your point of view, it will be difficult to delay another two months,"

The bullet suddenly turned to Lorraine.

Lorraine shrugged innocently: "It turns out that the professor is right. Compared with the mysterious Fountain of Youth, Lorraine Drake pays more attention to the Mint Commission and the First Bank that can generate money. He is a desperate for money."

"The enemy of science!" Daniel revealed his emotions.

Lorraine was speechless.

He looked up at the sea chart in front of him. It was very detailed, and even a larger reef could be seen in its basic shape. It looked like it came from the top Dutch drawing technology.

"How much did this picture cost?"

"The original map is the 1782 version of the French military nautical chart. It cost nearly 7,000 pounds to get through the joints. It contains the French Navy's deployment and anchor port plans in the Caribbean. If you plan to hand it over to Great Britain, I can give it to you at any time."

Lorraine felt that he was no longer surprised: "The original picture, that is, enhanced?"

"We have the best Dutch cartographers in the world, and three more," said Daniel coolly.

"Understood." Lorraine reached out and touched the picture, feeling the rough bumps of rubber and ink, "If you add a red cross to this picture..."

"The red cross is on the remaining four pictures, no accident, in the safe of the Morgan family."

"Are you sure?" Lorraine looked at Daniel with interest, "Maybe there is no red cross at all?"

...

Daniel wants the red cross,

This wish can only be realized by the Rose War, which is in full swing.

On February 18, 1788, the United States, which had reached an agreement with the Baishang Association, couldn't wait to announce to the world that the Pirates of the Caribbean Empire needed to pay the price for their century-long crimes.

On February 19, the U.S. Department of the Navy established a war headquarters in Sag Harbor, where the Long Island Fleet was stationed. The commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, General George Washington, served as the commander. The Secretary of the Navy only commanded 8 warships and a total of 190 guns in his life. Admiral Davis served as the chief of staff. In addition, 12 army generals and 4 navy generals jointly formed the leadership of the command.

On February 20th, the eloquent Mr. James Madison, as the first spokesman of the General Command, issued a call to the entire New World, calling on the merchants bullied by pirates to stand up and participate in this just cause .

The manifesto became a famous joke in no time.

For 5 days, no one responded to the declaration. On the 6th day, the first businessman ran to the recruiting office, crying and complaining that because of the incompetence of the United States, his ship was robbed by pirates on the route from New York to Baltimore...

It took 7 full days for God to create the world, and the embarrassment of Americans also lasted 7 full days.

On the 7th day, February 27th, the permanent director of the Baishang Association, the fleet of the Dutch Prundit Chamber of Commerce suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​Sag Harbor, a total of 32 ships, led by three fourth-class ships of reduced caliber, Also included are 5 first-generation Samurai and 7 high-speed French destroyers.

Until then, the real smell of gunpowder finally began to spread over the seas of the New World...

On March 1, a total of 16 armed merchant ships from 7 chambers of commerce from the Baishang Association were listed.

On March 2, a total of 30 armed merchant ships from 16 chambers of commerce of the Baishang Association were listed.

On March 3, Drake's direct fleet sailed to Sag Harbor, the fleet flagship Valkyrie, Admiral Bel Judea, Deputy Admiral Katerina Dibo, Pierce Artis, First Tactician Favre Na Hanji.

On March 4, the first fleet other than the Hundred Chambers of Commerce joined the war sequence, which was the joint fleet of 12 Baltimore chambers of commerce, with a total of 19 ships.

On March 16, the Boston Combined Fleet arrived in port.

On March 19, a total of 27 armed merchant ships from the New York United Fleet arrived late, becoming the third United Chamber of Commerce Fleet to respond to the call of the motherland...

On March 26, an event that shocked the New World happened.

The Baishang Association held a banquet at its headquarters, Morro Castle in Cuba, and invited General Davis, the chief of staff of the American Rose War, to attend.

At the banquet, Count Conceicao, the executive chairman of the association, publicly criticized the bad influence of pirates on the Caribbean trade, and reiterated the original intention of the establishment of the Baishang Association.

He announced that, in addition to fully supporting member chambers of commerce to join the American Crusade Army in the form of employment, the Hundred Chambers of Commerce Association will also unconditionally open all docks and shipyards owned by the association to the Crusade Fleet during the war, and pay 20% of the market price to the United States. Provide all the materials needed for war.

As soon as this remark came out, public opinion was in an uproar.

Someone with good intentions estimated the value of this promise, and the final conclusion was... 100,000 pounds!

The Baishang Association is crazy, and this group of businessmen is crazy!

On April 7, mysterious mobs broke into Morro Castle at night. On the same day, the Havana Leviathan Manor where Count Conceicao lived was bloodbathed.

Nassau's Sea Brotherhood claimed responsibility for both atrocities 3 days later, but the Count of Conceicao was alive and the pirate counterattacks fell into thin air.

A week after the skeleton counterattack, on April 13, a total of 294 ships of the Long Island Fleet and hired ships of the United States swore in Sag Harbor, Long Island.

Commander-in-Chief General Washington announced the establishment of the Combined Fleet Land Command at West Palm Beach, owned by the Drake Chamber of Commerce, and the anchor ports of the Crusade Fleet at Santa Dina, Miami, Lucie, Havana, and Port-au-Prince.

Lieutenant Admiral Lingus, Admiral of the Long Island Fleet, took office as Chief Admiral of the Crusade Fleet and Admiral of the Headquarters Fleet; Van Royle Plundit, Admiral of the Fleet of the Prundit Chamber of Commerce, who served as Lorraine's deputy in the first association war, took office Deputy Admiral, who also leads the First Squadron.

Bell Judea and Il V. Dukov represented the Drake Chamber of Commerce and the Dukov Chamber of Commerce as the admirals of the 3rd and 7th Squadrons respectively, Earl Conceicao took up the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, and Karen Scott was appointed The general logistics officer for the crusade fleet.

On the same day, the fleet sets sail!