Reborn As a Pirate

Walking up the steps, it was already midnight, the streets and alleys were empty, and the clothing store upstairs had already sealed its doors.

New Orleans at midnight has a tranquility like a curfew. Looking around, there is loneliness and coldness everywhere. The combination of messy planning and old and new city walls looks like long-abandoned ruins.

Lorraine has an illusion in his heart, thinking that the current New Orleans is a retaliatory correction of [prosperity]. The more active it is when it is active, the more dilapidated it will be when it is down.

Why not the Drake Chamber of Commerce?

After forming a group for several years, the reason why the Chamber of Commerce has been able to make great strides is actually because Lorraine has applied contemporary rules to the entrepreneurial model of later generations.

The flagship and the branch are independent entrepreneurial teams. They do not interfere with each other, cooperate to complement each other, and use their respective advantages to jointly build a business foundation.

Among them, Lorraine's flagship is the core of the three major teams.

Lorraine is the brain and heart of the entire team, the sailors constitute the spine and torso, the long-term sailors are the limbs and skeleton, and the employed crew members are the blood, constantly supplying nutrients to the body.

At first glance, Lorraine is the only center of the team. But in fact, no Lorraine team will die. If there is a problem with the sailor class, the team will also die.

So Bell's question cannot be overemphasized. This is not only related to Lorraine's personal feelings, but also to the unity and trust of the entire team.

testimony, evidence...

Lorraine carefully recalled every detail related to Bell.

Bell's performance so far has been very good, and his words and deeds don't look like he has a ghost in his heart.

But it is precisely because of this that the sailors are divided into left and right.

Hannah and Pierce insist that something is wrong with Bell.

Because excessive perfection itself represented the word strange, not to mention that Bell didn't even have any problems when he was alone. He was so vigilant, it could only be said that his plan was too big.

Keren and Katerina are supporters of the theory of innocence.

They insisted that Bell was an indispensable and important part of the smuggling operation. He had contributed a lot to the previous two confrontations with the Lion, and his performance was enough to prove his innocence.

Of course, it is definitely inappropriate to contact the navy personnel privately, but since his testimony is perfect, and he does not show any doubts when he is alone, then he should be trusted.

The extreme left and the extreme right are opposed, and the rest are wandering in the middle line. Everyone has their own position and thinking. If one is not careful, the team will fall apart.

Lorraine felt throbbing pains in her temples.

Bell, Bell, I would have left you in the plantation to eat the soil if I knew it, I wouldn't starve to death anyway...

The night shines in through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, and there are all kinds of clothes in the tailor shop, accompanied by puppets dancing, no lights and no fire, like a ghost town.

Lorraine was silent among a bunch of puppets. From time to time, a sailor came in, found him, stood beside him, and stayed silent with him.

Not long after, all members of the Jackdaw were in place except for Bell. Lorraine glanced at everyone's faces and said softly, Let's verify the testimony.

Catalina spoke first: I confirmed with Bart that Barambato's daydream has been established for more than forty years, not only for the British, but also for the French and Spanish. Its background is a mercenary French , has a certain foundation in the military, so the British have been his wallet for a long time.

That is to say, this intelligence point is not Shaq's, not even British. Bell didn't lie about this matter?

yes.

Lorraine turned to Keren again: Emons' testimony?

Ten days ago, someone introduced him to a big business, so he came to New Orleans for the purpose of selling information.

So simple?

Karen spread his hands together: Although he said a lot, there is only such a little content. He said that he entered the port eight days ago, and he had a dispute with the ship owner at the dock because of the charter fee. Charing confirmed that he was impressed by the captain, the dismissed sailors, and the pilot who was at the berth at the time.

Where are his four thugs?

British pioneers, I don't know much about it. They were all employed by Emmons in Hamilton. It is impossible to judge, but the testimony of the four people is consistent.

It doesn't leak... Lorraine scratched her head in annoyance.

Considering the current situation, Bell, Emmons and even the four guards have nothing to doubt.

But Bell's confession is so affordable that there are still many things that cannot be confirmed, such as Emmons' motives, identity, and most importantly, the document that marked the details of the Continental Squadron's rotation in the past three months and the commander's detailed information. authenticity.

If all is true, Bell is clearly committed to the Chamber of Commerce, so it doesn't matter whether he has ties to the Navy or not. I love to read the Chinese website

Because as one of the main messengers of smuggling, if he exposes all this, it is tantamount to confessing his guilt, making meritorious deeds, staining witnesses and other rhetoric.

But if any of the intelligence was falsified, Bell's motives are open to question.

What is his purpose, what is he going to do, whether it is a discovery of conscience or a deliberate undercover agent, whether it is the navy or Shaq behind him, all of them represent completely different meanings, and what Lorraine has to face is also a completely different situation.

In the end...is it still a trip to Bermuda?

Lorraine sighed: It's past zero... It's July 29th, and the first contract expires on August 18th, so there's still plenty of time.

I'm planning to go to Hamilton with Hannah. Chuck opened an exchange there. The manager is an old man from the Butterfly. I have enough people available there.

But Hamilton is Shaq's lair, and it's easy to cause problems if I come forward in person... Yacharin, you and Daniel go to Kingston, let Leonard join me in Hamilton as soon as possible, and keep it secret.

As for the remaining people...stay here to prepare the supplies for the third ship, and let Bell go to the ship, and Wang will also take care of him personally. If there is anything unusual about him...

Wang also laughed without a smile, and said softly in Chinese: Murder is silenced, the corpse is buried in the deep sea, gods don't know, ghosts don't know.

Lorraine approved his arrangement with his eyes.

Let's arrange it like this... I will find out the matter as soon as possible.

If there is any delay, so that I or the conclusion is too late to send back to New Orleans... the Jackdaw must set sail on August 10th at the latest. Catalina is the main ship on the sea, and Carmen is the main ship on land. You need to find a free pilot. As a backup, Katerina will take care of that.

After talking about all the arrangements, Lorraine shook his head.

Rent a boat, prepare gifts... Carmen, it seems you won't be able to sleep tonight, sorry.

It's just my job. I've received money before. Carmen stuck out her tongue playfully.

Her words and smile tore apart the solemn atmosphere tonight like a ray of sunshine.

Everyone suddenly remembered that it was the job of a privateer to take risks with his head.

It is normal to die when, no matter which side Bell is on, it is impossible to make them more dangerous.

That being the case, why bother mediocrity?

Lorraine laughed heartily for the first time: Everyone, is there anything unclear?

Everything is at the command of the captain!

Sailors who cannot trust cannot set sail, because of Njord's dislike, they will never find the direction of the wind. If my mother didn't lie to me...good luck, friends.

Bless our captain!

...

The sadness and joy and anger of the clothing store cannot be transmitted to the old tavern underground.

When it was almost dawn, the smiling Wang also opened the door and picked up the smiling Bell.

Before leaving, Bell glared at Emmons viciously with cannibalistic eyes, which seemed resentful, but Emmons saw the taste of Don't act rashly.

He is obviously only the executor of the plan, but he is actually worried that the planner will not be able to hold his breath...

Emmons lay down, eyes closed as if dozed off.

He thought to himself, that look might not only be as simple as [Don't act rashly], it might also contain the meaning of [Don't struggle even if you die].

It's just...was it worth dying for Shaq?

I dug me out of the sealed tomb with my own hands, and it takes ten years to pay back. I paid back the usury of two thousand pounds. The lieutenant colonel's annual salary is eighty pounds, and I need to pay back twenty-five years.

He whispered in a small voice that could only be heard by himself.

I'm thirty-two this year, and I've owed thirty-five years, and I've paid it back for six years... Calculated in this way, I will be sixty-one years old if I pay it off. If I really die, I seem to have made money...

However, even though I have prepared to this point, I still can't completely remove the suspicion. With such a serious suspicion, this guy is really only nineteen years old?

His cold-faced and warm-hearted brother is much cuter than him...

I really want to play cards... If it doesn't work, leave me three pennies, I can guess odd or even...

Work is really not a pleasant thing... Tch, go to sleep.