Chapter 242

As Lorraine said, Americans do understand.

As soon as the pirate flag on the Jackdaw appeared, the whole wharf and even the whole sea area were suddenly boiling.

People come and go and tell each other.

The crew of the Jackdaw couldn't understand until the two American gunboats formed a formal escort formation in front of them with a non war signal. They didn't understand that Baltimore was welcoming them.

High standard welcome.

The Navy escorted, the wharf was cleared, a huge water tank was opened urgently, and seven or eight pilots ran and dispersed, sending the Jackdaw into this luxurious VIP ship room in the form of relay.

In a short time, the ship stops steadily and the Watergate is closed.

The Jackdaw put down the board. Lorraine led Carmen off the ship slowly, stood by the plank road, and watched the pilot in the warehouse laugh without saying a word.

It wasn't his intention.

Living in a remote place in a foreign land, a smile and a greeting can often make people quickly integrate into the environment, and most of the time they make a living without cost.

But this moment is different from "most of the time".

Generally speaking, Chesapeake Bay was strongly blocked by Shaq. In those years, Baltimore, known as the Pearl of the Atlantic, was deserted and declined, and there were almost no merchant ships in and out of the row of docks.

But that doesn't mean Baltimore has no boat.

In fact, there are very few berths available here. Even if fishing boats are excluded, a large number of ships are floating on the sea.

Most of those ships are warships of the United States and France, and the total number may exceed 20. The forts along the coast are also in a state of readiness. The armed alert has been extended to 60 kilometers outside the port. Lorraine met the American warship on that invisible line.

This shows that Baltimore is always nervous about Shaq's reaction, jittery and full of bow and snake shadow.

In this case, the Jackdaw with pirate flag broke through. Lorraine can imagine the kind of expectation and vigilance.

As a child, the information given to Lorraine by count galvis included all the smuggling terminals in the thirteen states of the United States. The civil armies of the states are paid by the states themselves, and the only target of the arms delivered in Baltimore is the Continental Army.

Arms smuggling involves a large number of sensitive materials and money. It is understandable to choose a closed water warehouse as the place of delivery, but Lorraine thought they would complete the agreement on the ordinary berth before driving into the designated warehouse.

The operation of directly driving into the water tank and closing the water gate is too urgent.

Although Lorraine is confident that Americans will not buy a ship of goods for grabbing, without previous communication, Lorraine can't guarantee whether they are welcome or checked.

At present, the best way is to wait for the other party to show sincerity in communication, and then go downhill and take the initiative to make up for the missing trust link.

However, the other party seems to think so

Lorraine and Carmen waited beside the board for a long time, but no one came up to contact them. Thirty or forty strong infantry with guns were distributed around the water tank. The crew of the Jackdaw did not dare to get off the ship, and each gun gate was ready for duty.

It's just a water tank

With the firepower and defense of the jackdaw, it may be difficult to get out of the wharf, but if it just collapses the water tank, there will be no problem at all.

A contest of patience.

The senseless stalemate lasted for half an hour. Lorraine and Carmen didn't speak. But Carmen's physical strength seemed to be at its limit. He was holding Lorraine's arm more and more heavily, and he trembled a little.

When Lorraine found that she couldn't wait any longer, she put on a regretful expression and raised her arm in silence.

Katrina's voice sounded on the deck.

"Raise the anchor, open the poop gun door and fill with solid ammunition!"

The clear sound echoed between the beams and columns of the water tank, and the atmosphere in the tank was suddenly tense.

The infantry everywhere stood together, holding their long guns tightly. They wanted to lift their guns, but they didn't dare to move without order.

Looking at them, Lorraine felt more and more confident, and her raised arm waved heavily.

Karen and Wang also appeared on the side of the ship from left to right, each with 30 sailors with guns.

"Muzzle up, line up! Load!"

The sailors fell on their knees on the deck, bared their teeth, bit open the paper shell of the lead bullet and filled the ammunition into the deep chamber of charlville's gun.

"Stand by! Wait for orders!"

咵! la

All rifles were raised neatly, and the muzzle rose outboard like a hedgehog, each maintaining a subtle ten degree upward.

The agitation in the water tank was more obvious. The Americans endured and still didn't make a formal voice.

Lorraine sighed deeply, pulled Carmen tight, turned and boarded the boat again.

His shiny leather boots stepped on the board, and a meaningful sound finally came from a corner of the water tank.

"That's enough, sir. You're here to do business, but you look aggressive as if you're ready to go to war with the United States!"

Lorraine stopped without looking back.

"Business is the continuation of trust. I thought the French had trust in the hearts of Americans. Now it seems that it is just wishful thinking."

Out of the crowd came a handsome young man in military uniform with a cold face.

"Since you claim to be a friend of freedom, you should show sincerity. Tenacious Americans are strong and lack medicine all over the west coast, and Baltimore is our only hope. You should understand that there is no slack here."

"But I don't understand." Lorraine stood obliquely on the board with a straight waist. "You regard Baltimore as hope, but you sit and watch the British blockade the bay mouth and let the corpses of friends who yearn for justice sink into the sea. Even, my crew and I have been through life and death and have stood out from the siege. You still want me to express my sincerity! What sincerity? The arrest warrant signed by the king of England?"

The young man's handsome face flashed a red rhyme: "you know we just need you to take the initiative to identify yourself!"

"I've already identified myself!" Lorraine raised her hand and pointed to the rose pirate flag on the tip of the mast. "I'm a free pirate, a lawless maniac, a British nightmare and the darling of the sea! On the contrary, you, Mr. officer, I don't see anything that can be called sincerity except to scold me on the shore. Speaking of it, I don't even know your name."

The young man was stunned: "I'm Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, a woodcutter from Pennsylvania, a colonel of the Continental Army, and an aide to the commander in chief of Washington."

Unexpectedly, John Adams, the person who didn't see Baltimore, met Adams's close friend Hamilton first

Lorraine raised his eyebrows and ordered the crew to disarm.

"Colonel Hamilton, I'm Edward KENWAY, a farmer from Louisiana, the head of the rose pirate regiment, the governor of Louisiana and the freight forwarder of the new Louisiana Baron galvis."

"Freight forwarder?"

"Yes, once the Earl's supplies to the United States arrive in New Orleans, they will all be sent to my cargo hold. I am fully responsible for all matters such as delivery, delivery, coordination and feedback."

Lorraine put on a warm spring breeze smile and listened to the anchor chain falling into the water.

"The count is a noble man in the world. Even if he regrets, he can't walk in danger. But he said that justice needs blood, and countless people need blood."

He said, walked over the long plank road, stood alone in front of Colonel Hamilton and bowed down.

"Mr. Colonel, I'm just a trivial Messenger, a trivial maritime messenger who volunteered to sacrifice and bleed for the just cause of America."