Chapter 127

Chuck used his achievements to refresh Lorraine's judgment on his ability again and again.

Two days after the interview, he bought a whole plantation for Lorraine in Luxi town adjacent to the Beibu Gulf.

The plantation covers a vast area, facing the sea in the north and the mountain in the West. It includes the manor, horse farm, farmland, sugarcane garden, coffee manor and a private fishing port. It has a total area of more than 300 mu. In addition, it is attached with 22 slave contracts of four families working in the plantation and 12 Aboriginal employees responsible for managing the manor villa.

Those aborigines are nominally free people, eight women and four men, generally under the age of 30, and many are even around the age of 20.

They signed a lifelong employment contract with the manor. The terms were as harsh as slaves. Lorraine even saw the stupid word "first night right", which had long been swept into the pile of old papers.

And the price of such a plantation... Is only two thousand pounds.

This price is far lower than Lorraine's psychological price, so he has to suspect that chuck has done some bullying activities offline with his last name.

For the sake of fame, Lorraine chose to directly question chuck.

Chuck didn't explain too much. He just found the original owner and Lorraine for face-to-face industrial delivery, which was the third day after the interview.

A ridiculous misunderstanding came to light.

The ancestor of the original owner was a pioneer from tonkster, England. With courage, eloquence and luck, he soon broke away from the class of bankrupt farmers, bought an industry in Jamaica and established stable trade relations with North America.

Their family had enjoyed a good life for three generations as if they were masters, and once ran for the Jamaican parliament as the representative of the owner of the Luxi town manor.

In terms of gold content, the members of the colonial Parliament are different from the parliaments at all levels of the British island.

They were under the jurisdiction of the local governor, who was only appointed by the king, was responsible to the king and the Royal parliament, and took charge of all the administrative rights of the colony.

In short, the colonial Parliament was like a beacon of democracy lit only during the day. They could participate in and discuss politics, but the laws passed were like waste paper without the signature of the governor.

However, no one can deny that this is a great class leap.

Unfortunately, when the moon is full, the good times will not last long. The North American War of independence broke out without warning.

Their trade channels in North America were cut off, the income of plantations fell precipitously, and the accumulation of three generations could no longer afford the original luxury life after only a few years.

It was they who came up with the idea of selling plantations and wanted to go back to England to start a new life while they still had some savings.

Jamaica's plantations are not worth money. Compared with England, the land here can only be described as cheap.

As early as half a year ago, they put up a price of 3000 pounds, but no one paid attention to it. Chuck simply analyzed the industrial price in England for them and expressed his purchase desire and psychological price, so the business was concluded.

Including the land and all accessories on the land, the price per mu of land is controlled at 6 pounds and 13 shillings, and 300 mu is 1985 pounds, of which 10% is the Commission of the middleman, fair trade and clearing money and goods.

Without worries, Lorraine moved into the new manor that day and comfortably enjoyed the corrupt life of the colonial manor owner.

In another five days, chuck asked Arthur Leonard, the new vice president, to report to Lorraine on the progress of the preparation of the branch chamber of Commerce. Lorraine set out afternoon tea on the grass in front of the manor and welcomed his loyal subordinate who abandoned the ship from Wen.

"Well, are you still used to life on the ground?"

"It's a sailor near the sea. He wanders on the land for less than half a year. What's not used to it?"

"Don't call the captain, call the president." Lorraine shook his head with a smile. "And don't pretend to be stupid. You know what I'm talking about."

Leonard showed a wry smile: "president, I'm an old man. If it weren't for your help, I couldn't even go out of Europe. Now you suddenly let me be the vice president of the branch chamber of Commerce..."

"You have prestige among sailors and are meticulous on board. Karen and Wang have praised you and mentioned to me more than once that they want to promote you to be the third mate on board."

"The two gentlemen look up to me."

"They underestimated you." Lorraine smiled and waved his hand. "You are solid and steady. You just manage the equipment and sailors on the flagship. It's really a little overqualified for you."

"President..."

"President Parker is a young man, energetic, capable and has a prominent surname. What you have to do is to help him and find out and fill in the gaps for him. The first thing is to control the 20 people who are transferred to the General Chamber of commerce with you and will soon become the representatives of the colonies. Don't let them compete with President Parker based on their qualifications."

Leonard's eyes lit up and finally understood Lorraine's purpose of driving him off the ship.

He took a big sip of tea and exhaled a warm breath: "president, I just need to take care of good people?"

"Learn business from President Parker." Lorraine knocked on the table discontentedly. "Also, find a chance to pick up your family. I believe President Parker will make the branch more and more prosperous. You will become a celebrity. It's time to get together with your family and enjoy the happiness of your family."

Leonard stood up with a hula and saluted with his legs as if on a ship: "yes, president!"

"Sit down." Lorraine looked at Leonard with a wry smile and whispered, "if a celebrity wants to look like a celebrity, first learn proper dress and etiquette. What's the matter with this tuxedo and how it's wrinkled?"

Leonard scratched his head in embarrassment: "I was a poor man who used to wear a tuxedo... President Parker forced me to buy it before I came here."

"When you go back to Kingston, you have to order it immediately and choose a tailor to do it." Lorraine thought for a moment and said, "find Carmen... No, she seemed to have gone out of town with Hannah yesterday. Find pierce for 500 pounds, top hat, wig and walking stick... You and those bastards have to buy some clothes and change their heads and faces. It's up to you."

"All?"

"Of course! You will often use these in the future. Don't lose my face because of carelessness."

"I see!"

"By the way, I asked you to prepare a slup. Are you ready?"

Leonard nodded solemnly: "I picked a new ship last year, 15m class, which can be equipped with 30 sailors at most. In order to ensure safety, I also bought two nine pound guns on the black market and put them at the bow and stern..."

"You equipped the ship with guns?" Lorraine frowned. "Do you know what ship is the safest in the Caribbean?"

"What?"

"A fishing boat without any arms and no flag is the safest. Because even sharks know that there is no oil and water to catch on such a boat." Lorraine deflated his mouth and sipped his tea. "Go back and remove the ship, install a set of fishing net frame in the bow and hang the fishing net like a real fishing boat."

"Yes!"

"Does president Parker know about slup?"

"No one knows except me and some old brothers who handle it."

"That's good..."

Even if the private affair was over, Lorraine thought about it carefully. Without missing anything, he sighed, leaned loosely against the back of the chair and crossed his legs.

"President Parker asked you to report on the preparations for the club. Tell me, what did he do in five days?"

Once again, Lorraine was surprised by Chuck's progress.

It only took him five days to get the business license of the branch and complete the linkage with the General Chamber of Commerce in terms of equity, only to determine the specific equity ratio.

In addition, he bought the Irish style hotel previously settled by Lorraine as the branch headquarters, and rented a 2000 square meter wharf warehouse and a fixed berth in Royal harbor, with a total price of 1300 pounds.

He also bought two second-hand mixed sail skuna at the price of 800 pounds each, and formed the branch's transshipment fleet.

The two ships are called cube sugar and Luzhou coffee respectively. The captain of the fleet is cotrens recommended by Nelson, and the Deputy captain is Olmert, an excellent sailor who went down from Lorraine.

Leonard also brought the original business license of the branch and the equity agreement drawn up by chuck.

This means that in his early ten days, chuck bought the manor with the money Lorin bought him, and completed the basic construction of the whole branch.

Now everything is ready. With only further capital injection, the branch can start to operate and make profits for Lorraine in the Caribbean Sea.

This profit is certainly not worth the huge amount of money invested by Lorraine in the short term, but who didn't start from scratch?

Chuck has proved his ability. Under his leadership, it is only a matter of time before the Caribbean branch turns losses into profits.

Lorraine is a little embarrassed.

He seems to have picked up a treasure.

But the more valuable this treasure is, the more restless his heart is

So, how can we make chuck glow in the branch chamber of Commerce safely?

Lorraine thought about taking over the equity agreement, read it carefully several times, changed it casually, and handed it back to Leonard.

"Tell president Parker that the General Chamber of commerce does not need to hold 100% shares, and I do not need to hire employees. He has to be responsible for the profits and losses of the branch."

"10%..." Leonard looked at the agreement. "President, why do I have 5%?"

"Only by making profits together can the branch develop well." Lorraine smiled indifferently. "When you go, take back the remaining 10000 pounds started by the branch. In addition, I will write to President Ramos of northwest Europe and ask him to set up an ocean fleet. Please communicate with President Parker personally for specific details, so as to form the trade cooperation between the two branches as soon as possible."