Reborn As a Pirate

The wind is a bit strong at night, especially in relatively high places on the island, the sea breeze in winter will always give people a bitter feeling.

Pierce sat against the low wall, bit off the tail of the paper bullet, spit out the powder in his mouth, and carefully filled the Kentucky launch bay.

In the second step, he turned the empty end of the cartridge case over his head, bit open the end, poured the powder inside into the barrel, and pulled out the cleaning rod to compact the powder.

third step……

The general long gun has been loaded in two steps, but only Kentucky needs the third step.

He set the cleaning rod against the wall, broke off the hard and brittle shell casings with his free hand, and poured out the round silver-white lead bullets.

The lead bullet is like a pearl, and its outline is slightly larger than the barrel. It can only be placed in the muzzle of the gun, and it will not flow into the barrel by itself like a smoothbore gun.

Pierce pinched it firmly, exerted force with his fingers, and rotated downward.

Round and round and round and round. The soft lead was sliced ​​through the surface by sharp rifling and rolled into the bore like a screw.

The fingers quickly lose their strength.

Pierce picked up the cleaning rod, pressed it tightly, and used the rotation of the cleaning rod to pass the oversized bullets all the way to the end of the chamber, pressing them together with the gunpowder, until they could no longer move, and a Kentucky was considered to have completed the loading action.

The third... Heaved a sigh of relief, Pierce put the loaded guns side by side against the stack on the low wall, and stooped to pick up the next one, Third sister.

Huh? Sanmei Xiao stopped her open hand and raised her head in doubt, Jun Lang, what's wrong?

Jun...Lang? Pierce bit his voice hard, Isn't it Fu...Jun?

Husband means husband. Xiao Sanmei lowered her head, blushing, Jun Lang...Jun Lang is more complicated, he is both a husband and a master.

Before I left, my mistress told me that a wife is more expensive than a child, and a concubine is more valuable than her husband. Since I have abandoned the way of being married by a Ming matchmaker, I should keep my duty, respect the gentleman, and don't make my wife unhappy for trivial matters. In the end Make the house restless.

The third sister's words were mixed with a lot of Chinese that was not easy to translate, and they switched from Chinese to English, which made Pierce completely unable to understand.

But at this time, it is impossible not to understand. He knew this, so he bit the bullet and understood.

Aha, Chinese is really complicated. He scratched his head and put aside the miscellaneous Chinese reading, Sanmei, how many did you install?

Four.

It's so fast...

Because of this inhumane large lead bullet, Kentucky's loading speed has always been the biggest obstacle to its becoming a mainstream rifle.

Kentucky's average reloading speed is three minutes, and the most skilled shooters can compress it to a little over one and a half minutes, while Pierce takes almost four minutes. Xiao Sanmei's speed is faster than him, and she can make it to the three-point mark with both quality and quantity.

Sanmei Xiao has always been the main force for loading.

She had ten spare guns, six of which were assigned to her before the battle, and in case of a war, she would be responsible for all the loading.

Attack... Xiao Sanmei finished loading another gun, and picked up the last one at hand, Jun Lang, will someone really attack tonight?

Sister Haina's scouts have been watching the seaside for four full days, and only tonight did they see a large number of assault boats docking in the south.

Pierce raised his gun and took a false aim in the direction of Fort Williams.

The patience of that group of mice is far beyond our imagination, but 4 days is their limit.

Tomorrow is Christmas. After tomorrow, Minister Hamilton can return from injury at any time. Brother said, they can't wait.

That is to say...they will definitely come before dawn. Xiao Sanmei lined up the last gun in the corner and sat down with her legs crossed. Honeymoon, where are you going?

...

Hudson Estate has a history of nearly 150 years.

Like most buildings in the early days of colonial trade, when people built this place, the first consideration was how to resist indigenous attacks, and the second was how to make their lives comfortable.

The manor has walls.

The earliest was an arc-shaped city wall intercepted by two-meter-high logs, and 5-meter-high octagonal sea-watching watchtowers were erected every hundred steps. Later, the British changed most of the walls into wrought iron fences, which became more beautiful. Except for the city gate watchtower, which was preserved as a shape and changed to stone, most of them lost their defensive value.

The estate has a moat.

A 3-meter-wide ditch surrounds the wall, and earlier it only connected a large lake outside the manor. When the British rebuilt, they dug through the small lake in the manor, and opened a water gate at the fence. Boating from the small lake can go straight to the big lake. It has always been a favorite leisure project of successive governors.

The estate also has a castle.

The villa is built with solid bricks, rectangular overall, with a row of floor-to-ceiling windows on the wide side, three floors, eight rooms on each floor. There are towers on the east and west sides, slightly higher than the roof, and a flat city defense road in the middle, which is the position of Pierce and 30 musketeers.

The whole villa was brightly lit, and Lorraine and Hamilton were playing chess in the second room from the right on the third floor.

The queen made three moves to the right, and Lorraine knocked off the rising knight, shook his wrist, and put down the chess.

Alexander, are you nervous?

I'm playing the role of an unlucky guy who was assassinated. Hamilton withdrew his prime minister and threatened the queen, And he was betrayed by his own coastal defense force. Such a bizarre experience, don't I have the right to be nervous?

But this is a secret society, isn't it? Lorraine took back the queen, You advocate elite associations, so you have to pay the price for it.

Hamilton was noncommittal.

Secret societies are an alliance model in the mainstream of European and American politics, and their priority is even higher than that of political parties.

Hamilton never felt that there was any problem with this kind of trust. After all, compared with the differences and suspicions within the political party, it is easier for associations with an authoritarian style to unify their thinking, and wars between associations are not common. Life and death wars are even rarer.

He shrugged: Kenway, how are you sure they will come to kill me?

I'm not sure. The answer Lorraine gave surprised Hamilton. Not only was I not sure before, even now, I still can't guarantee that their target is you.

Don't want to say? Hamilton asked.

I really don't know. Lorraine ordered the soldiers to advance. I have never had contact with secret societies before. I don't know them, and I don't know if they know me.

But people are different from animals, especially when a group of people cooperate, their behavior must serve a certain purpose.

The purpose of the Canaan ceremony is the revolving door project, and the Baishang Association is their target. Then in order to gain the dominance of the revolving door, there are very limited things they can do.

Poach a corner from the Baishang Association. Lorraine raised his first finger.

Kill me, let the group have no leader, and fall apart. Lorraine raised a second finger.

Kill you, delay the progress of the revolving door plan, or arrange for their people to take over your duties, and stand in the referee's perspective to seek opportunities for them.

Lorraine clenched his outstretched fingers into fists and shook them in front of Hamilton.

Speaking of which, I haven't thanked the open and upright government of the United States. You have protected the shareholders of Philadelphia Li very well. There are more than 40 chambers of commerce whose investment is unclear. It's your pocketbook.

Hamilton looked embarrassed: Uh...Kenway...

Don't get me wrong. Lorraine waved his hand. The revolving door is very important to the United States. My allies and I understand that willingly being a target is also one of the ways we express our sincerity. What's more, only we have this qualification.

Lorraine swept away the chess pieces on the board, picked up one, and placed it on the black grid.

Target. Based on the purpose of the Canaanite ritual, I just need to put all their targets, me, you, and my allies in the same place, and then they will definitely come.

I can also set a time for them. If the Christmas dinner is canceled and postponed, they must act before Christmas, because starting from December 26, you may recover at any time and return to the social circle at any time.

But you still let your allies show off in New York. Hamilton pointed out the confusion in Lorraine's operation.

It's faint, hidden or visible. Lorraine added, Old Dukov and the others couldn't really push themselves into the Shura field. This trap doesn't have the ability to protect more than a dozen baits at the same time.

In this case, they simply appeared in New York and the island at the same time, hearing their voices, but not seeing them. The Canaanite will guess their location. The more you guess, the more conspicuous we bright prey are. The more you guess, we bait The taste is sweeter.

Can they resist the temptation? Even if they can, they are willing to hold their hands...

Boom!

The gun went off.

Lorraine froze for a moment, then laughed out loud.

The fish has bitten the hook, Alexander. He stood up, You rest here for a while, I will go to your bedroom to see the sword of the Canaanite...what the hell is it?