Chapter 266

On September 28, 1779, he specially picked a sunny day, repaired a new Jackdaw and left Baltimore. Before Shaq and lion changed guard, he swaggered out of Chesapeake Bay.

Lorraine has two new documents in hand, one is the special contract of Boston, and the other is the Continental Congress's explanation of Boston.

Considering that there are still a lot of chores to deal with after returning to New Orleans, in order not to affect his thoughts, Lorraine left the explanation to Carmen, while he focused most of his energy on the special contract with huge long-term benefits.

The content of the contract is different from the draft.

The first is the cycle, 45 days, which is equivalent to a conventional contract round, which is conducive to the supplier's allocation of goods, especially the supplementary supplier of Lorraine, Mr. Habsburg, who is not easy to communicate.

Secondly, the content adds 400 dragon cavalry to the original 2200 chalville, which is still a special money before goods, so there will be 240000 pounds more cash on Lorraine.

The price of this money is that the side fire of the Jackdaw has been reduced from 16 12 pound guns to 12. Accordingly, the cargo hold of the whole ship has been increased to 12. This proportion is close to the armed merchant ship known as harmless to humans and animals on the market. About, there is only one cargo hold left.

The third change relates to the regular contract in Baltimore.

In the original draft, the regular renewal was calculated from the end of the special contract. With Lorraine's argument, this detail was adjusted to start from the next arrival of the Jackdaw in Baltimore.

Adams thought Lorraine wanted to make time for the upcoming peace talks, but he didn't know that in Lorraine's heart, the peace talks might not start at all.

As expected, cotton Jack would regard the conditions handed over by the Continental Congress as a statement of war. Even if he did not leave a mark on the messenger, he would also regard Edward KENWAY as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.

A formal war is inevitable.

However, Edward could not be an equal opponent of the pirate king. Even if the Jackdaw was full of fire, the situation would not be better than now.

Then, in order not to affect the next smuggling activities, Lorraine had to make sure that cotton Jack was busy. It was better to be busy going to heaven and never take care of the little enemy who paid money in Chesapeake Bay.

"First Mansfield III, now cotton Jack VII... Speaking of it, the Pirates of the Caribbean are really destined for me."

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For five days, the Jackdaw returned to New Orleans with a full cabin of gold coins.

Compared with Baltimore, Boston's contract is as long as a crime. Lorraine has no risk of overdue, but the biggest trouble is the inventory backlog caused by the disruption of supply cycle.

If this matter is not handled properly, it will affect the rare relationship of mutual trust between Lorraine and the count of galvis.

Arranged the rotation and gave the sailors a five-day holiday. Lorraine sent acharin as a messenger and solemnly invited the count to deliver gold to New Orleans.

There were 240000 pounds worth of gold coins on board. According to the proportion, 59280 pounds belonged to Drake, 53200 pounds had to be transferred from galvis to Habsburg, 38600 pounds was the cost of the bill, and the rest was the income of the count.

Of course, that's just statistics.

Due to the shrinkage of the list, there will be 200 charville, 800 dragon cavalry and 12 Land guns left in the warehouse during this contract period, with a total of 11 class stocks.

Besides, except for the 600 dragon cavalry, the rest are high-priced goods purchased from Habsburg. People are not interested whether they change hands three times or stay in the warehouse to slow down.

Lorraine negotiated with galvis and offered to buy 200 sets of muskets, worth 23600 pounds, to realize the full firearm of the Jackdaw sailor.

Galvis reciprocated. He not only accepted the American's unkind request, but also proposed that his new manor needed a batch of small guns to drive away wild animals and aborigines. He waved his hand and pocketed the twelve light guns.

The inventory problem has been properly solved.

It is reasonable to say that the next step is the popular dividend link. The balance of the chamber of commerce is 35680 pounds. Although it is not as exciting as the previous two contract periods, it is still a large amount.

However, Lorraine did not do so. Instead, he gathered all the sailors. On the third day of rest, he took the Weilan water drop and ran to Little Cayman Island.

Leonard and Orvis had been waiting there for some time. Lorraine immediately announced the convening of the board meeting of the General Chamber of Commerce, and two representatives of the Caribbean branch attended as nonvoting delegates.

The first topic of the meeting was the secret reserve of the Caribbean chapter, a total of 10000 pounds, which was kept by Leonard and judged when it would be put into use.

Lorraine had previously discussed this issue with his sailors.

Chuck is a cornucopia with outstanding business talent. The monthly profit of the Caribbean branch in September reached 3600 pounds, and the increase is amazing.

However, he likes to take risks too much. His business philosophy is advanced and radical. There is a faint smell of playing with leverage.

It was necessary to add insurance for him to ensure the normal and orderly development of the branch. The topic was passed by a unanimous vote, and 10000 pounds was handed over to Leonard on the spot.

The second topic belongs to the allocation link of the smuggling business of the General Chamber of Commerce.

Lorraine asked Leonard to buy three Bermuda sailboats.

Two brigantines with double masts were moored at Lusi and Kingston respectively, which were specially used as traffic ships for Lorraine and Leonard. A sloop, which is used for maneuvering with the Weilan water drop, and is usually moored in crow's nest and New Orleans.

Bermuda's sailboats are of high quality and low price. The unit price of the new single masted ship is only 400 pounds, and the new double masted ship is only 3000 pounds. With limited light firepower, the unit price will not exceed 4000 pounds.

The subject was finally negotiated for ￡ 8500, but Leonard was asked to complete the formalities and take the ship into port within 45 days.

Finally, Lorraine swept through the crowd.

"Gentlemen, it's time for war. The Jackdaw is not the opponent of cotton jack, so the main force of this war will be the Drake chamber of Commerce, the golden deer and the ocean fleet of the Caribbean chapter."

This remark shocked four people.

Bell patted the table and stood up: "Luo... Chairman, are you going to disclose the identity of Edward KENWAY?"

Lorraine smiled and waved his hand: "the Jackdaw still has sky high orders to do. I'm not willing to cut off my life for just a pirate king."

"The question of replacement?"

"It's not a replacement." Lorraine tilted his head. "Whether cotton cloth declares war on the Jackdaw or not, Drake will find an excuse and take the initiative to declare war on cotton cloth Jack."

This is a purely technical problem.

In the Caribbean, the maritime brotherhood is a united whole.

They consider themselves wolves at sea and regard merchant ships as lambs to be slaughtered.

Under normal circumstances, sheep are not allowed to provoke wolves. If someone overestimates their strength, the pirates will unite to make an example and maintain order.

But Lorraine is a privateer. Francis's blood allows him to easily integrate into the circle of Caribbean Pirates, and the keepsake of the pirate king gives him legal qualification.

If you really want to make this identity a reality and be recognized by the world, Lorraine still needs to take the initiative to go to Turtle Island for reporting.

Or more accurately, it is officially announced to the pirate world that Lorraine Drake has joined the competition for the seventh pirate crown.

At that time, the war between Drake chamber of Commerce and cotton Jack pirate regiment became a war between the pirate king and the pirate king candidate, which was in line with the norms of the Pirate Code.

Both sides can only rely on their own abilities to win allies. The maritime brotherhood will not intervene, let alone help one side and launch a crusade.

Therefore, Drake chamber of Commerce's declaration of war on cotton jack is an operational plan. The only problem is motivation.

Lorraine can't challenge jack for no reason.

His Keepsake belongs to Mansfield III. even if he wants to touch the throne of the pirate king, the target should be the third candidate who is not familiar with Katrina.

Moreover, chuck didn't know about smuggling and declared war for no reason. Even the board of directors of the Caribbean branch could not be passed.

This thing needs packaging. Just like the ladies of the Hanover Dynasty, when they go to the ball, they have to head the flower and fruit mountain and dress up as the monkey king before they can show their holiness in front of people.

Professional things should be handled by professional people. Lorraine sat down and Katrina stood up.

"The plan is as follows." she scolded Fang Qiu like a general. "During our trip to Boston, the branch will have someone to contact old Bart in New Orleans."

"I asked old Bart. Cotton jack is one of his regular customers offline, especially recently."

"The branch should spread news through Bart, such as gold ships, porcelain, silk or anything else. As long as they are valuable and in short supply in the new world, they can skillfully disclose them to him and create 3-4 seemingly targeted successful robberies in a short time."

"October is the best opportunity to carry out the plan at this stage. Cotton Jack suffered a great loss from Shaq Drake. During the lion patrol, he will pause to break into Chesapeake Bay. In other words, he is very idle."

"In the second stage, after the Jackdaw returned, it lured cotton Jack to raid the branch ocean fleet through old Bart's channel."

"Just be prepared. There are only a few pirate groups in the Caribbean that can really hurt the ocean fleet. At least cotton jack is not among them. He will lose interest in this war."

"But at this time, the chairman has enough reason to persuade the branch board of directors to launch a war and make an example. The rest are technical problems, which I won't repeat here!"

She sat crisp back to her seat and Lorraine knocked on the table with a smile.

"That's it. Katrina has done this plan for several days, fully considering the pirate's thinking and the price we pay."

"There must be a price. After all, President Drake is a friend of justice. Even if the other party is a pirate, I can't challenge him without any reason. This is not in line with my usual human design. When cotton Jack and Edward are at war, it is easy to arouse the conjecture of people with intentions."

"Orvis, this is up to you. The offshore fleet has a tradition of hiring foreign ships. You can hide the chamber of Commerce from cotton Jack. Leonard also has valuable ancient gold, which can be used for you to discuss with Leonard."

"Yes!" replied Orvis, governor of the offshore chamber of Commerce.

"By the way, your budget for this operation is also 10000 pounds. Remember to save some money."

"The bounden duty of businessmen is to weigh the input and output. It is our obligation to reduce the cost as much as possible while achieving the goal, especially in the face of the small goal of insufficient oil and water."

"Don't be blinded by the reputation of the pirate king. He's just a helpless man. Cotton Jack VII... He's not worth our investment."

"It's not easy to make money."