Chapter 80

"Young and vigorous..."

On the edge of the quiet Jianhe river, Jero looked at Lorraine with a complex face.

Lorraine's face was light, pointing to the little sails on the Jianhe river and reciting softly.

"Quietly, I left, just as I came quietly. I waved my sleeves and didn't take away a cloud."

"You let me know that Cambridge is a magical place and will record everything that happened. Today I let the party break up unhappily, but when the prophecy comes true, they will remember today, hate me and rely on me."

"The question is, how long will that day take?"

"It won't be long." Lorraine dusted his clothes and put his elbow on Carmen. "Thank you for your introduction, Mr. minder. It's time for me to go back to Plymouth. Even if everyone decides to sit and die, I'll resist and go to Cantabrian to find a chance to win."

"The little Drake chamber of commerce is ready to fight the joint fleet independently?"

There was a loud laugh in the path, and odilan shaklin came out of the woods alone.

He failed to manage his body. He looked fat and greasy. He was a little lame when walking. He had to be supported by a long umbrella to walk steadily.

Lorraine was interested in him.

During the short-term small-scale exchange before the toast, his position seemed to be the main battle. Like Jero, he had the potential to become Lorraine's ally.

So Lorraine stopped and looked at odilan swinging forward with an umbrella handle.

"You're going to war, Mr. Drake?"

"Yes." Lorraine nodded casually. "Before coming, I adjusted the structure of the chamber of Commerce and freed three brigantines to form a temporary fleet. I will personally take them to tease the tiger whiskers of the joint fleet and turn their hunting ground into mine."

"Fight fast!" odilan stared at Lorraine admiringly, smiled and turned his eyes to Jero. "Jero, old friend, why didn't such an interesting young man introduce me earlier?"

"He died the other day," Jero shrugged. "I don't think you'll be interested in a dead young man."

"That's true." odilan accepted Jero's explanation and turned his head back. "You're going to escalate the broken war into a real war between businessmen. What about Cantabrian's trade?"

"Suspend trade, or only keep the North Sea trade. Now CANTAB has long lost its business environment. Any loss is enough to make the chamber of Commerce lose all its money."

"Suspending the Spanish line will cause huge losses to the chamber of Commerce. Young man, are you sure to make a quick decision?"

"We have no other choice, do we?"

A brief silence.

Odilan and Jero made eye contact in front of Lorraine. After a while, he asked Lorraine, "how many brigantines do you think are enough to support you in a big battle?"

Drake chamber of Commerce, Mindell chamber of Commerce and shaklin chamber of Commerce signed an alliance agreement in Southampton.

The agreement announced that the alliance of the three chambers of Commerce would suspend all trade activities via the Cantabrian route and establish a breaking fleet during the war.

The fleet consists of seven high-speed brigantin frigates, specifically the butterfly, cattail and lucky grass of Drake chamber of Commerce, the tuna and COD of Mindell chamber of Commerce, and the hurricane and shower of shacklen chamber of Commerce.

The butterfly became the flagship of the broken traffic fleet, with Lorraine as the commander. The two deputy governors were raven of the Mindell chamber of Commerce and Yassin, the young commander of the shaklin chamber of Commerce.

The three chambers of Commerce jointly promised that the price of each brigantine was 5000 pounds, the losses of the shipwreck and the sailors' pensions would be borne by the three parties, and the profits would be converted into gold pounds, which would also be shared equally by the three companies.

There are also many detailed provisions, including maintenance, repair, wear and tear, personnel expenses and other piecemeal interest related fields, which are subject to constant consultation and improvement by Carmen and the plenipotentiaries of the two chambers of Commerce in the small building of Drake General Chamber of Commerce temporarily used as the headquarters of the broken fleet.

On November 3, at the command of Lorraine, the fleet set sail from the port of sell in Plymouth.

Lorraine wrote in his sailing diary.

[the signing of the alliance agreement by the chambers of Commerce of the three countries is the first stage of the kamtabu war]

[the arrival of Velen Desai and reindeer in larocheli port is the second stage]

[in these two stages, we have been passively beaten. In the face of the superior enemy, English businessmen have no power to resist and can only let Mermaid flesh and cry bitterly]

[the formation of the joint fleet indicates that the war has entered a more cruel third stage. Fortunately, I finally have reliable allies]

[it is expected that Jero and minder will join the chamber of Commerce, while odilan shaklin is a surprise]

[if I have the opportunity, I'd like to thank Mr. rayshaw Nelson. The doomed legend is actually odilan's nephew]

[he is as pessimistic about the situation as I am, and odilan trusts his judgment]

[what a wonderful fate...]

[I will lead the destroyer fleet into the battlefield. Villen Desai, look forward to our next meeting]

……

Robbery is the most profitable business in the world as long as it can remain successful.

The broken battle in the Cantabrian sea area entered the third stage, and the loose joint fleet of France, Spain and the Netherlands became the absolute overlord on the route.

The situation on the route has thus undergone further changes.

On the one hand, the British businessmen who were weak but unwilling to give up Spanish profits basically gave up the retaliatory counterattack and set up a large freight fleet. As long as they were not blocked by the main force of the joint fleet, they could maintain the smoothness of the trade route.

The side effect of this response is that once the huge or expensive fleet falls into the preset trap, the price paid by the chamber of Commerce will be too high to bear.

In the past month, four chambers of Commerce of the offshore Association have declared bankruptcy, among which the chalun chamber of Commerce in Dartmouth is even a director of the association. We can imagine the impact of such cruel status quo on the members of the association.

On the other hand, the small chambers of Commerce in France, Spain and the Netherlands took the opportunity of this war to dominate the foreign trade market of Spain.

The route became busier than before, and the loss of generous Englishmen did not cause too much impact on Spain's foreign trade.

Thanks to the massive expansion of scattered commerce and trade in the three countries, Lorraine's broken fleet gained a lot.

After more than 20 days of cruising, they launched two pirate raids, captured three mixed sail scuna merchant ships and seven Kirk merchant ships, sank one scuna and one Kirk respectively, and the total price of the looted goods was 6400 pounds.

Although the trade with Spain was stopped, the profits of the three chambers of Commerce in Cantabrian showed a strange upward posture.

According to the agreement, they divided all the harvest equally.

Lorraine hitty mixed sail scuna, named Naga, was incorporated into the British transshipment fleet. Two Kirks, named Celtic Warrior and Irish poet, were incorporated into the branch freight fleet.

The Mendel chamber of Commerce bought the extra Kirk for ￡ 300, which gave Lorraine another ￡ 2200 worth of goods.

The breakaway fleet also fought two battles with the joint fleet, because they were not sudden encounters, and the two sides did not play too obvious sparks.

The biggest loss was that the lucky grass was interrupted in a battle, so it had to be sent back to the Southampton dock for repair, temporarily out of the sequence of the broken fleet.

Jero and odilan did not relax the publicity of their own benefits for a moment, especially after the bankruptcy of chalun chamber of Commerce, the wind and water of the three chamber of Commerce alliance formed a sharp contrast with the heavy losses of other offshore chambers of Commerce.

The Navy's performance finally disappointed the businessmen.

They began to spontaneously set up a breakup fleet like the alliance of the three chambers of Commerce, but the effect was not good.

Not every commander can receive the full education of the Navy like Lorraine, and be familiar with and good at fleet scale naval warfare; Not everyone, like Jero and odilan, is willing to entrust their lives to outsiders and take risks together.

After a defeat, the Lufthansa chamber of Commerce, which was also a member of the guild, declared bankruptcy. After less than two weeks of prosperity, those broken fleets that sprung up one after another announced their dissolution, which became a real joke.

The smart chamber of Commerce proposed to join the alliance of the three chambers of Commerce, but the three chambers of commerce were unwilling to share the original alliance with the newcomers, and the newcomers were unwilling to give up their dominance of their ships. Carmen received three chambers of Commerce, and the end result was nothing.

Lorraine knew that the heat of establishing a broader alliance was not yet ripe

The broken fleet cruises like a cunning shark on the connecting line between Cantabrian and the Atlantic Ocean, sharpening its claws and teeth, and is ready to hang the Shanghai pirate flag and start the third robbery at any time.

Who knows... On November 26, the sea area outside Lei island.

"Three o'clock! Sixteen kilometers away, war!" Haina on the lookout shouted, "Lorraine, the main force of the joint fleet has surrounded the fleet of Roy's chamber of Commerce. The reindeer has suppressed the Karak Mamluk. Roy's chamber of commerce is in danger!"