Reborn As a Pirate

As a type of architecture born for religion, Gothic architecture is actually very unsuitable for private residences.

Holding an umbrella, Lorraine walked alone on the long red velvet carpet, with swaying bright candles on both sides and a towering vault above her head.

These elements are all amplifying people's senses.

Although there is only a short passage of more than 30 meters, Lorraine feels that he has quickly crossed hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters.

At the end of the aisle, he walked around a carved shadow wall and stepped into the castle hall covered with blue carpets. Behind him is a rose bed with a diameter of five meters, and in front of him are three rows of upper, middle and lower rows, neatly juxtaposed, thin and narrow willow-leaf arched windows.

Between the two windows is today's negotiating field.

A long table with two lone chairs, a slim lady in a plain gown and black gauze sits in the main north seat, and a vacant guest seat in the south sits in front of Lorraine, obviously reserved for him.

He was not in a hurry to take a seat, and walked towards the lady with a smile.

The lady got up and left the seat, took two steps towards Lorraine, and stretched out her gloved slender fingers towards Lorraine.

Lorraine nodded in greeting to the lady, raised her hand to hook her fingertips, put it on her lips, made a fake kiss, and said softly: "Beautiful Baroness Yordle, Lorraine Drake sends you my greetings."

The baroness returned the salute holding the hem of her skirt, and responded in a slightly hoarse voice: "You are younger, stronger, and more savage than I imagined."

"You shouldn't expect gentleness from a pirate's offspring."

"Francis contributed to the rise of the Netherlands and was a friend of the Dutch. Although we didn't grasp it, we finally gave it back to the English."

"It was destiny, ma'am."

The baroness smiled noncommittally: "Take a seat, I heard that you brought a beautiful female companion, I'm afraid you don't want to chat with an old woman like me for too long."

Lorraine nodded again, neither explaining nor agreeing.

The two parties sat down and looked around across the long table more than ten meters away.

Lorraine slowly leaned the long umbrella to his side, took off his top hat, and crossed his fingers: "Ma'am, how are you going to compensate the English merchants for their losses in this innocent disaster?"

"Are all young people so impatient? I heard that English gentlemen like to start with the weather."

"That's why England is often accompanied by cloudy and rainy days. Because it is always said inexplicably, its mood has not been good."

The baroness laughed dumbfoundedly: "It?"

"it."

The baroness's voice cooled down, and through the black veil, Lorraine could still feel the sense of alienation that was completely different from before.

She slowly took off the glove that Lorraine had touched before, and threw it on the ground.

"The Yodel Chamber of Commerce did not authorize the First Fleet to privately plunder outside the waters of the Netherlands. Everything has nothing to do with the Chamber of Commerce, and it has nothing to do with me."

"So there's nothing to talk about?" Lorraine shrugged. "I'm curious, since there's nothing to talk about, why do you condescend to come to see me, a little sea merchant, in person?"

"I want the Liberty Tulip."

"Just a boat?"

"Just the boat."

Lorraine was a little stunned, because the negotiation ended so abruptly.

No matter what conditions he raised next, the baroness would agree, because she took the initiative to reveal her hole card, and she was no longer willing to make false claims.

She actually handed over the choice to her opponent.

Lorraine pondered, staring aimlessly at the colored flower window behind the baroness, and suddenly understood the deep meaning of her choice of this castle as the negotiation site...

He smiled bitterly: "You are a qualified nobleman, madam."

"Let's talk about the conditions."

"The Yodel Chamber of Commerce withdrew from the Cantabrian Hunting Alliance, and paid ship damage and personnel compensation to the Alliance of Three Chambers of Commerce, totaling 3,762 pounds, 18 shillings and 4 pence."

"Eighteen shillings... 4 pence?" The baroness stared at Lorraine in surprise.

"In the battle with the Yodel Chamber of Commerce, the three Chambers of Commerce spent a total of 762 pounds, 18 shillings and 4 pence, but you cannot compensate at the original price. The hunting alliance hurt the relationship between me and the two allies. You need to pay every month for the choices made in the previous few months." One thousand pounds compensation from a chamber of commerce."

Only then did the baroness suddenly realize: "Reasonable price, wise choice, it seems that you are also a qualified nobleman, even if...you don't believe in a benevolent God."

"I am waiting for your envoy in Southampton." Lorraine stood up, put on her top hat, and raised her long umbrella. "It's a pleasure to meet you, madam. I wish you eternal youth."

"I also wish you prosperity and peace."

The two nodded goodbye, Lorraine left the table and left the stage, and at the moment when he was about to turn out of the shadow wall, he suddenly heard a faint long sigh behind him.

"Vacuity...Obviously all he needs to be handsome and considerate is enough, but he wants more. A free tulip entrusts her deceased husband's lifelong dreams, and those who can't protect her... are not worth living in this world."

This negotiation, together with Lorraine's entry and exit, was only a short ten minutes. The moment he walked out of the gate, Hana's face was full of doubts.

"Is there no one in the house?"

"Someone."

Hana glanced at Lorraine's umbrella: "You were not attacked."

"There is only the baroness inside, and our negotiation is over."

"it's over?"

"Yes, she took back the Freedom Tulip, and I resolved the possibility of the Prussian and Dutch Chambers of Commerce being involved in the war on a large scale. Everyone is happy, and it's good to get together and leave."

Lorraine put his elbows on Henna, and walked away without saying goodbye.

"Do you know? Wanger thinks he is a delicate flower, but he doesn't know that he is just a handful of flower mud next to a courtesan, not even grass..."

...

On December 1, 1778, the Southampton Tour Court formally convicted the Dutchman Dan Wanger of piracy.

He was hanged on an unnamed rock on the coast of Southampton, his face was no longer handsome, and his body was swaying with the sea breeze.

On the 3rd, the Dutch Jodel Chamber of Commerce officially announced its withdrawal from the Triple Country Hunting Alliance.

On the 5th, the Spanish Herrera Chamber of Commerce followed suit, announcing its withdrawal from the alliance and openly supporting Cantabrian freedom of navigation.

In a few days, the business war in Northwest Europe was surging. England obviously lost the crucial war, but with the efforts of the Three Chambers of Commerce Alliance, it achieved an incredible victory on the diplomatic field.

Cantabrian thus became a duel between the British and French offshore chambers of commerce.

The French are powerful, and Admiral Villen of the Desai Chamber of Commerce and his Reindeer are unrivaled in this sea area.

The English are powerful, and the alliance of the Three Chambers of Commerce has truly become the dominant player in the offshore business circle. Under the pressure of its peers, the Roy Chamber of Commerce can only condescend to find Hierro, and began to discuss the formation of a joint fleet to completely break through the possibility of the Cantabrian blockade.

After another round of rhetoric, the Minder Chamber of Commerce became the initiator of England's United Breaking Fleet, and Lorraine was awarded the admiral of the fleet.

He took the oath of office at Trinity College, which had left him with a bad experience. At the same time, he proposed to set up three deputy admirals, namely Lonsa Roy from the Roy Chamber of Commerce, Raven Shogner from the Mindal Chamber of Commerce, and Shaw Yashin Saklin of the Crean Chamber of Commerce.

Ships from all parties gathered in Southampton, including 1 Carrack-type, 14 Brigantine-type, 9 Mixed-Sail Schooner-type, and 6 Kirk-type ships.

The original mixed fleet was incorporated into the fleet as a whole, accounting for half of the Brigantine type.

This fleet, which had won key victories, ensured that Lorraine continued to maintain absolute authority in the huge new group.

Large ships flying the flags of various chambers of commerce gathered in various ports in Southampton along the winding coastline of England. For a while, the wind in Westport was jittery, and the docks and docks were restless day and night.

Dark clouds gather over England, and the final battle in Cantabrian is about to begin...

Lorraine found Yacharin at the training ground of the Musketeers.

"Acharin, my dear friend." Lorraine looked at him with a smile. "In Hebesia, you were brave and fearless; on the battlefield, you made great achievements; in this grassland, you were diligent and hardworking. .You have won my approval with your own performance, and I think the original self-redemption contract is...obviously unfair to you."

Yacharin was so frightened by Lorraine that his hairs stood on end, and he even stuttered in his voice.

"Boat...Captain, climbing onto Miss Freya Mindell's bed during training breaks is indeed an act of desertion. This... But I have never missed a moment in the training of the Musketeers! They can already do it. Up to 3 rapid-fire rounds per minute and 70% fire rate, this data is excellent, even if it is placed in the French Marine Corps, it is enough to be listed in the middle class!"

"Of course I know that you trained the Musketeers very well..." Subconsciously responded, Lorraine suddenly widened his eyes, "Damn it, you actually put Miss Freya to sleep?"

"You don't know?"

"Not even Hierro!"

Yacharin blinked: "Uh... so what you said just now is true?"

Lorraine suppressed his temper and took two deep breaths, trying to bring the topic back to the original track.

"Qianzhen, Wanzhen. Regarding your behavior of destroying the relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and your allies, we will calculate it later... Now, the self-redemption contract is over, and you are free."

"Am I really free?"

"You are free. According to the additional terms of the self-redemption contract, on behalf of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, I formally extend an invitation to you, and I am willing to provide you with a five-year, official flagship seafarer contract."

Lorraine slowed down, for fear that Acharin could not hear clearly.

"The choice is yours now, my gunner. Are you going to choose Drake or Desai?"