Chapter 2

In April, the grass grows and the warbler flies.

Lorraine stood on the Yinyin grassland in front of the manor with a thorn sword.

He was wearing a white shirt pressed like cardboard, a black vest outside and breeches below. The breeches were covered with pure white riding boots and gloves inlaid with gold border.

He stood straight and serious. The left hand is back on the waist, and the right hand raises the stabbing sword forward.

The thin and long sword body coincides with the central axis of the body, and the sword tip just blocks the center of the eyebrow.

The polished hand guard is curved towards the opponent, and the fist clenching the hilt is closed in front of the chest, so that you can hide the slightly white fingertips due to force.

This is a fencing class.

His teacher and opponent were the middle-aged gentleman with a beautiful moustache opposite and his father of his life, Baron Elia Drake.

Lorraine nodded slightly to Elijah.

Elijah raised her sword and said, "don't keep your hand. I'm different from those mediocre talents in Haixiao."

"Yes, father."

With a gentle answer, Lorraine suddenly took out his sword.

He stepped heavily on the ground and stabbed his sword into his opponent's throat like a poisonous snake.

Elijah brushed aside her sword, stepped on her side, whirled around Lorraine and waved her hand.

The target of this sword was Lorraine's arm. Lorraine had to turn back and take back the sword, cross block and counterattack.

Elijah immediately took a step back.

As soon as I stepped back and entered, I not only avoided Lorraine's second sword, but also started up like a spring, and the sword tip stabbed directly into Lorraine's eyebrow.

So fast!

Lorraine was surprised.

At the critical moment, he opened his neck sideways and let the strong wind wipe his cheek. At the same time, he raised his elbow and put up Elia's arm.

This is not fencing at all.

The middle door of Elia, who was unprepared for defense, opened wide. Lorraine took advantage of the situation to bully him and approached him. Sweeping the floor was a side kick.

Boom!

Two people's shins hit each other heavily, one touch is the point.

Lorraine jumped back and immediately recoiled. Just as the sword was about to come out, Elia suddenly said, "that's it."

Lorraine almost didn't stop

He stopped awkwardly and gasped for breath. Then he stood up straight, raised his sword and nodded to Elijah as at the beginning.

The servants came up, brought towels and took their swords.

Elijah wiped the fine sweat on her forehead and said discontentedly, "Lorraine, you are absent-minded."

"I'm thinking about Mr. Henry's declaration."

"Mr. Henry? The self righteous hick of the new world?"

"If you don't want to be free, you'd better die. The hillbilly can't say such a thing." Lorraine smiled bitterly. "North America is ready to bleed, but listen to you, but England has no similar consciousness."

"Because they are not worth being treated as opponents."

Elia smiled disdainfully and pointed to the sun umbrella not far away: "go, Helena is waiting for you."

Lorraine followed Elia's arm and saw a lady in blue standing under the sun umbrella.

She has the same black curly hair and brown eyes as Lorraine. She looks gentle and waves to Lorraine.

Her name is Helena, Helena ananson, the biological mother of Lorraine I, a Viking, and a pagan who believes in her ancestors.

She was the descendant of the Icelandic conqueror inger yanason. She was originally an Icelandic fisherman. Later, she met and fell in love with Elia at sea, bravely moved to England and became the [most unpopular barbarian] in the aristocratic circle.

The English nobles were very unfriendly to Helena, who did not want to give up her ancestor's faith. Even if she and Elia had been faithful in love for 17 years, no one was willing to marry them.

Therefore, legally speaking, Lorraine is still an illegitimate child, a strange illegitimate child loved by his family and never wronged because of his identity.

Lorraine admired Helena's courage to pursue love and Elia's generosity to her lover.

As a devout Puritan, he not only accepted Helena's belief ancestors, but also allowed Lorraine to follow Helena's belief without baptism and religion. Even his middle name was inherited from his mother's surname and openly labeled as a pagan.

If this is not love, is there still love in the world?

Lorraine stepped up quickly and took Helena's arm.

"Mother."

"I saw you foul just now." Helena nodded Lorraine's forehead. "What a little cunning."

"It's a pity it's not thorough enough." Lorraine shrugged. "If you could take your father's arm just now, that foot would sweep him down."

"Even if a real gentleman breaks his leg, he won't let himself fall in front of a beautiful lady."

Elia came up with her mouth in her mouth, took Helena from Lorraine, and asked with concern, "how did you get out? Don't forget you're coughing. It's not suitable for a hair dryer now."

"My husband and son are going to sea," Helena coughed. "It's just a little cough. It's not worth wasting my time with them."

This time, the servants put tea under their umbrellas.

The three sat down against the round table. Helena took off her gloves and asked softly, "what were you talking about just now?"

"Lorraine thought the Hicks in the new world would start a war and worried that I was not prepared enough."

"War?" Helena frowned. "At this time?"

"Don't worry about me, Helena." Elijah patted Helena's hand. "Baltimore has only fishing boats, but the lion is the latest class III ship. In the face of 74 large caliber cannons, the outcome of all resistance is doomed."

"But they have a long coastline, but you can't leave your defense area or even fire at will." Lorraine absently added milk to his black tea. "Father, I want to drop out of school."

"Drop out?"

Lorin's sudden attack made Elia and Helena a little unprepared.

Elijah frowned deeply: "I know you want to serve on the lion early. But now you drop out of school, you have to start as a sailor and change three years for one year..."

"I can be the captain directly." Lorraine interrupted Elia without looking at the surprise on his face. "I hope you can give me Francis's plunder certificate and lend me 3000... No, 1000 pounds. I will take the fleet to the new world in three years at most, which can not only make up for your shortcomings, but also make profits for the family."

"You want to be a businessman?" Elijah was unbelievable and flushed with anger. "Did Drake's descendants want to be a businessman?"

"Uncle Fran and uncle mitya are family businessmen. Even Francis Drake was a privateer when he was young..."

"Francis was not a nobleman when he was a privateer, and Fran and mitya... They were abandoned children!"

"It's just a nominally abandoned son." Lorraine put down the milk pot and sat upright. "Father, you and your brother need an excellent privateering fleet as a tactical supplement. After the war in the new world..."

"This is not what you should consider!" Elijah stood up and said word by word. "You should consider how to become a good Navy, not a profit merchant!"

"Father..."

"I think your holiday is too long. From tomorrow on, cancel the holiday and board the ship, and let Sir Leighton take good care of you."

"... yes."

Looking at Elijah's angry back, Lorraine blushed and looked helpless.

He found himself ignoring the situation in Britain.

After the glorious revolution, the constitutional monarchy of unification but no rule was basically established in Britain.

But the power of the country is still in the hands of the conservative new aristocrats, and the Drake family is their representative and backbone.

In the view of these nobles, the only way for family children to go is to engage in politics and the army. When they can't get through, being a scholar or doctor won't hurt the face of the family. But they must not become businessmen and lawyers.

These two industries lack a position, pursue profit and pleasure, and the wind review is incompatible with the character and cleanliness of the traditional aristocracy.

Although the family cannot lack them, those who are really responsible for working in the family are often illegitimate children who are nominally expelled from the family.

Lorraine felt very depressed.

How appropriate! I'm just an illegitimate son of Miao Honggen

He thought, but dared not say it in front of Helena.

He just never thought that the first obstacle to pursuing his dream would be the selfless care of his family.

This is really

Helena coughed softly twice: "you... Too reckless..."