Chapter 79

Henry VIII, holding the legs of a chair, founded the college, which was designed by Thomas Neville, the dean of the college in the early 17th century.

Entering the gate, Lorraine saw a vast Gothic courtyard with green grass. There was a fountain in the middle of the courtyard, and the spired auditorium towered in the middle.

Jero introduced to Lorraine that Trinity College has retained an interesting tradition since its inception. Freshmen must try to run around the giant courtyard when the bell tower rings at noon on the day of the school opening banquet.

The perimeter of Juting is 367 meters, which is almost equivalent to a standard stadium, while the noon bell lasts only 43 seconds. Every freshman who completes the challenge will become the most eye-catching star at the welcome banquet.

He suddenly took out his pocket watch and smiled at Lorraine: "little Drake, today is also your welcome party. Don't you want to try to challenge the glorious tradition of Trinity College?"

Lorraine looked strangely at her dress: "are you going to let me challenge a sport in a tuxedo?"

Jero was stunned for a moment, and his smile gradually embarrassed: "also, the challenge of a group of philosophers, poets, scientists and theologians is not a challenge for you at all. Please, your banquet is in the Neville courtyard in front of the Ryan library. We have to go through the auditorium."

Passing through the auditorium and coming to the courtyard, Lorraine saw a long row of square tables with exquisite food.

Dozens of men and women scattered in groups in the courtyard, keeping an appropriate distance, whispering, but talking and laughing.

Including Lorraine, the offshore association has 27 member chambers of Commerce, of which 13 operate the Cantabrian route.

This number only accounts for half of the guild members, but the transportation and combat power account for 70%.

They are the leaders of the offshore Association, among which Roy chamber of Commerce in Liverpool is the most powerful.

Roy chamber of commerce is an old chamber of commerce with a history of nearly 200 years. It has 30 ships, two of which are Karak destroyers of the same level as the reindeer.

Carrack is the predecessor of Galen, also known as Spanish Galleon. With the prosperity of Galen, it has gradually faded out of people's vision in recent years.

The two destroyers of Roy chamber of commerce are old ships over 80 years old. History has proved that they are not worth mentioning in other aspects except that they can compete with Galen in firepower configuration and deck layers.

The essence of the buffet is social.

Men and men, women and women, the talk before the banquet is often more important than the banquet itself, the topic is more real, and can better represent the real mentality of the participants.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, Jero's niece took Carmen from Lorraine with a smile and said to Lorraine, "Mr. Drake, do you mind if I take Miss Xavier to meet the ladies of the guild?"

Lorraine knew this was Jero's meaning and nodded gently: "Carmen is a free unmarried lady, miss Mindell, you don't need to ask my opinion."

"Yes," Freya said, wrinkling Carmen's nose. "Girlfriends say that God has kissed my eyes and I can see through everything."

"You can't see the sailor. We are wrapped in a mirage." Lorraine motioned to them, "I hope you have a good time."

Politely watched the two women integrate into the ladies' circle. Yelo took Lorin to a small circle of gentlemen in a corner of the courtyard.

Roy chamber of Commerce, sbrandy chamber of Commerce, shacklen chamber of Commerce and Samuelson chamber of Commerce. All the chambers owned by the four presidents are leaders of the offshore Association. Like Mindel chamber of Commerce, Roy chamber of commerce is a member of the Council, and Roy chamber of commerce is the president of the association.

"Gentlemen." yello greeted everyone in the circle, "let me introduce you to today's protagonist, Lorraine Drake, the president of Drake chamber of Commerce, a member of Tavistock Drake family, a young gentleman in England, and a brave, powerful and trustworthy excellent supervisor."

Lorraine nodded to the presidents: "Lorraine Jonathan Drake, I'm just an abandoned son of the Drake family. I'm a drop out sea school student. I don't deserve Mr. Mindel's praise."

"Don't belittle yourself, young man." like the stars and the moon, the serious gentleman arched in the center by the presidents held his mouth and held out his hand to Lorraine. "John Roy, I'm the president of Roy's chamber of Commerce."

Lorraine looked at his face carefully as he shook hands.

Fifty, gray hair and green pupils. The old gentleman in front of him gives people a strong and rigorous feeling. Each hair is fitted to his head, covered with a wig, and there are no wrinkles on the dress, which perfectly conforms to the traditional definition of nobility in England.

Lorraine could not hear much welcome in his tone. He was dismissive of Drake, a new small businessman, and did not pay attention to lolin's fighting will and fighting ability, which Jero valued most.

This neglect embarrassed the small circle.

Jero coughed, "gentlemen, what are you talking about?"

Audiland shaklin, President of shaklin chamber of Commerce, joined with a smile: "we are talking about a new news."

"What news?"

"The four fleets of Cantabrian have become closer. Two days ago, they announced the formation of a joint fleet in the port of rarocheli. Villen Desai became the commander of the joint fleet, and the French destroyer became the flagship of the joint fleet."

Jero frowned, "did they solve the problem of booty distribution?"

"It seems that it is." odilan shrugged helplessly. "We have some differences of opinion on a powerful fleet composed of a Galen destroyer, 18 brigantin frigates and 16 mixed sail scuna armed merchant ships."

"Differences?" Lorraine did not understand what was worth differences in the news. "Is the overall combat effectiveness of the guild no better than that of the four chambers of Commerce? Lorraine looked at John strangely:" do you think the Royal Navy will declare war on the privateers on the Cantabrian route at this juncture? "

"It's obvious, isn't it?" John pleaded guilty to everyone, holding his goblet and a silver fork, and walked slowly to the north of the courtyard.

Ding

When the conversation was over, everyone gathered together, men and women, in an arc, and stood in front of John.

John cleared his throat and said, "Jero introduced us to a warrior."

"On the 4th of this month, he fought the reindeer off Cantabrian. He not only protected his teammates with a brigantin frigate, but also saved his life. Let's warmly welcome our new member, Lorraine yanason Drake!"

Applause broke out.

Amid the applause, Lorraine walked out of the crowd, took John's place and stood in front and in the middle of the crowd.

His look is not.

Jero reminded: "little Drake, introduce yourself to everyone."

"Introduction?" Lorraine chewed his words and suddenly began his initiation speech without end. "By chance, my ship cooperated with Mr. minder's fleet, defeated the third fleet of the Desai chamber of Commerce, and captured Mr. acharin Desai, the sequential successor of the Desai family. Therefore, I was able to meet with villen Desai."

"He's a madman. He set up an ambush in the negotiation venue and tried to kill me on Guernsey, the Royal possession of the king of England."

"I can stand here and naturally prove that he failed." Lorraine raised his glass and smiled. "Later, west of Yoo Island, I saw Veron again, the reindeer, and fought a battle."

"The fighting time was not long. My gun hit the reindeer 12 times in total. The biggest gain was that she burned her stern sail. She hit me three times, once in the bow, broke through two decks, once in the stern, cut off half of the stern cabin, and another gun below the waterline, broke through my two watertight compartments, almost damaging the keel."

"He chased me for 30 hours and didn't give up chasing until the western edge of Celtic Sea... This is Veron."

Lorraine was silent for a moment: "I've been a person who doesn't want to suffer a loss since I was a child. This time, I must ask Velen for it. However, it's difficult for Drake chamber of Commerce to threaten Velen's first fleet alone. Now that the first fleet has become a joint fleet, it's even more difficult to create a threat."

"I need comrades in arms."

"I need comrades in arms, so I entrusted Mr. minder to let me join the powerful offshore guild. However, I didn't expect to see a group of nerds and innocent middle-aged and elderly people in Trinity College."

"The Royal Navy was involved in the war?" Lorraine laughed disdainfully. "My name is Drake. No one here should know the Navy better than me."

"The current situation is that England and France, the Netherlands and Spain are inseparable in the new world. Only with restraint can Europe barely maintain the existing and superficial peace."

"No one dares to open a war regardless of national interests, and no one will drag Britain into the abyss of war for our small offshore businessmen."

"Does England need the Cantabrian route?" Lorraine looked at the gentlemen and ladies in front of him with disgust. "Actually... No!"

"The vast Atlantic Ocean and the Celtic Sea with high winds and waves are the core routes for goods from Asia, Africa and the new world to flow into Britain. England doesn't need Cantabrian at all, it's just us!"

"Stop having illusions about the Royal Navy. In the eyes of England, we are not worth mentioning!"

Lorraine held up her glass. "Gentlemen and ladies, I'm Lorraine Drake. Now allow me to propose a toast."

"The first cup, let's respect those who will eventually be obtained by the enemy, or who will sleep at the bottom of the sea... Our wealth!"

"Cheers."