Reborn As a Pirate

November 16, 1785, sunny.

Pierce was smeared on the deck like beach mud, basking in the sun, with layers of uppercase [WRETCHED] between his eyebrows and eyes.

The Miami Auction Night concluded without a hitch, and Lorraine's tie-in was a huge success.

The total turnover on the night of the auction exceeded 840,000 pounds, and the order for a second-generation Samurai class with free maintenance for life was awarded the night's king of ships with a transaction price of 43,700 pounds. A six-story building located in the Newport area of ​​​​Miami Beach and two An exclusive berth was awarded as the land king at a high price of 13,000 pounds.

After the auction night, Carmen released more than 20 high-quality land plots and ancillary buildings within 15 days. The second phase of the new port in Miami Beach was announced on November 5th, and the third phase of the port area was released on November 7th.

Lorraine was not idle either.

On November 10, he and the Florida Governor's Office jointly held a press conference in Miami Municipal Gardens, announcing in a high profile that the Governor's Office would hold the foundation stone laying ceremony of the coastal defense camp on Virginia Island after New Year's Day in 1786 with the full support of the Drake Chamber of Commerce.

The garrison fortress in the Bay of Biscay will officially start construction after the foundation stone is laid. Sir Tussela solemnly promised that the Governor's Palace will complete the deployment of all coastal forts within one year to fully guard the navigation safety of the Bay of Biscay.

The ensuing favorable conditions continue to stimulate the land prices in Miami. From October 15th to November 15th alone, its land prices rose by 160%.

Compared with the cost invested by Lorraine for land purchase and development, the highest premium in Miami has reached 47 times, and the average premium has exceeded 16 times.

She has become the new darling of America, and the whole New World is chasing after her prospect and vigor, and a tide of business travelers is gathering towards the vast and peaceful Bay of Biscay.

But at such a time, there is a fleet that leaves the anchorage port dejectedly and goes out against the current. It is the Piers Stein formation that just won the confrontation exercise...

This is a sad story.

In a drill with the ship as the protagonist and the main purpose of demonstrating the performance of the gunboat, Pierce used his world-class shooting skills to turn the tide and forcibly reversed the final victory or defeat by himself.

No one sees anything wrong with Pierce doing this.

Just leaving Pierce's personal achievements aside, the performance of the special service formation in this battle is indeed far from the newly formed first formation.

Lorraine's post-war review may be the most pertinent summary. He said that the special service formation had two shining points, one was a surprise change,

I caught up with Dylan, the deputy admiral of the formation, and another time I exchanged enemies, and I took the first deputy admiral Freemani.

The life of the deputy admiral has repeatedly become a sacrifice in the process of fighting for the upper hand. This is certainly not the responsibility of a certain person or order. The entire special service formation should be ashamed and reflect on it.

In order to give the special service formation appropriate punishment, Pierce was given an extra substantial job.

He left Hong Kong on November 8, and arrived in Barbados within 10 days to provide escort for a 40-ship association caravan to Europe. This trip will take about 33 days.

They will arrive in Southampton around 20 December, spend the busy Christmas break there, and escort another large caravan to Cape Town on 4 January.

Awaiting them in Cape Town was a third escort mission, from Cape Town to Havana, on 13 March.

This trip to hell will last for a full six months, including a maximum of 2 days of rest in Barbados, about 14 days of rest in Southampton, and less than 5 days of rest in Havana.

Full of malice is about to overflow...

Pierce didn't know whether this malice came from Lorraine's dissatisfaction with his being too lazy these days, or Katerina's dissatisfaction with him making Favna cry, anyway, in short, it was dissatisfaction.

Dylan drifted over to Pierce.

Admiral, the seamen's union has just handed in a protest, saying that they spent last year's Christmas on board, and today's Christmas should be compensated.

Pierce tore his flat face from the deck with a snap: How do they make it up?

They contacted fourteen unions in Miami before sailing, and learned that the average Christmas holiday in Miami this year is 22 days. They asked for a 50% increase to 33 days. If they must arrange work during the holidays, they need to be on paid On a basic basis, additional double compensation will be issued, that is, three salaries.”

Ask for 33 days off and three pay knowing we're only in Southampton for 14 days?

That's pretty much what it means.

Pierce got up from the deck with a hiss: Who is the initiator of this protest?

Future sailor Newlon Gerry Flan, he is the initiator, and there is a 15-person motion promotion team under him, two of whom are sailors of the noble lady.

How many long-term contracts are there in these 16?

Four, Newlon Gerry Flan is one of them.

Pierce snorted softly: You know, father, brother... The captain originally wanted to promote the establishment of the Federation of Trade Unions this year, so he induced those trade unions to prepare a lot of plans.

Who knows that the planned strike has not yet started, but things in Miami are suddenly put on the agenda.

Sister Carmen was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground all of a sudden, but the trade union movement that had been in preparation for several months couldn't be called off immediately, so a few days before the actual combat drill last month, the first strike started.

Do you know how Sister Carmen persuaded them to stop?

Old Dylan blinked his eyes: Fire one or two, and then give the strikers a little bit of sweetness?

Completely wrong guess. Pierce shrugged. Sister Carmen spent 15 minutes meeting with the strike representatives and agreed to their proposal without even listening to the statement. Then, she fired all three unions involved in the strike. trade union representatives.

all?

Yes, regardless of whether they participated in the strike or not, as long as they are registered representatives, they will all be dismissed according to the regulations, liquidated damages will be paid within 24 hours, and they will leave.

She didn't even bother to find a reason, and directly said that they interfered with the important affairs of the chamber of commerce, and failed to fulfill the two-way responsibility of Unicom.

Dylan opened his mouth speechlessly: Is this to make the rest of the trade unions wait for the next year?

To be precise, wait for the asset management company to lift the first level of combat readiness before playing the trick of strike. Before that, Miss Carmen will not accompany you.

Uh... You told me this, is it your intention?

We'll be in Barbados tonight, Pierce said. Tell 'em I'm going to take the union's initiative and get those 16 smart-ass off the boat right away. Compensate as much as you want and don't wait until sunrise tomorrow. .”

What's the reason?

The reason... Tell them I'm unhappy, the kind that can't be coaxed!

Pierce shook his sleeves angrily.

Brother is absolutely right. The ethos of the special service formation is too loose, and it is extremely lacking in self-motivation and centripetal force. If there is no cure, we will become a disgrace to the fleet directly under us...

These people are the first cut!