In the middle of the night, the streets of New Orleans are bustling with people and brightly lit, and the noise of all kinds of noise and singing and dancing is transmitted to the port area through the night sky, showing vitality and making it easy for those who want to pursue peace to feel bored.

This is a unique French style.

The French built the city, and they imprinted every brick and tile of the city with the label of pleasure and pleasure, even after ten years of Spanish rule.

Unfortunately, tonight's Lorraine is the one who longs for peace.

He sat on the bow deck, looking out at the streetscape, his head in chaos.

The fundamentals in North America seem to be opening a little too big.

The Chamber of Commerce on the island of Jamaica, the smuggling that is about to begin, two identities, two entanglements, and now an unexpected encounter with the treasure of the pirate emperor......

He has the confidence to face most of the situation.

But after all, it's all a desperate thing, and no one can guarantee that they will always be at ease. So he was anxious to empty himself and make his mind as clear as possible, at least to understand the priority of everything.

Only in this way, when the crisis really comes, he will not fall into confusion and miss the key to breaking the game.

However, New Orleans doesn't seem to be planning to give him that opportunity.

The city ......

"Just as annoying as Acharin."

He muttered in frustration, and lay down on his backhand, leaning against a pair of straight, soft legs.

Naturally, the only one who could appear behind him silently like this was Henna.

Lorraine straightened up and patted the empty seat next to her: "When did you come?" ”

"Just now." Henna answered, opened her arms, gently placed the blanket over Lorraine's shoulder, and sat down obediently.

Lorraine put on a grateful smile: "The sailors are all gone?" ”

"Most of the new stragglers are gone, but they don't have much money on them, so they don't think they will stay long. The old people are staying on the boat, they know the importance and will not waste their energy before getting down to business...... Oh, except for the acharin. ”

"It sounds like he's the only one who looks like a real pirate." Lorraine pouted.

"We were businessmen." Henna tilted her head and took Lorraine's shoulder as a matter of course, "Why are you wading into the troubled waters of the Pirate King?" ”

"Because we need boats." Lorraine smiled, "These two charts are like cheese on a mousetrap that can attract pirates to us. Most of their vehicles are suitable ocean clippers, which coincide with our needs. ”

"Never thought about being an emperor?"

"For the time being, I can't spare my hand." Lorraine sighed helplessly, "And it can be seen that Caterina has a very limited understanding of this matter. With the current intelligence alone, there is little chance that we will be able to unravel this conspiracy. ”

"Conspiracy?"

"Henry. Morgan hid his million-pound inheritance in a no-man's cave, and selflessly relinquished the throne of the Pirate Emperor to his descendants. Don't you think it's weird? ”

"What's weird?"

"First, is he a saint?" Lorraine asked, "No, because a saint doesn't become a pirate." ”

"Second, did he think of himself as a pirate? No, he arranged his life almost the same as Francis. I'm a descendant of Francis, so I know that even in the days when he was called the Pirate King, Francis never thought of himself as a pirate, like us. ”

Henna frowned, "Anything else?" ”

"Thirdly, Pavlomew almost touched the throne of the Pirate Emperor, but at the most critical moment, his last opponent disappeared. It was not until two years after his death that the remaining nautical charts appeared in the world. I suspect that by then his legacy would have been divided, and six new pirate kings would be back in the Caribbean and stable. This is a coincidence. ”

"Do you think someone is manipulating the process of winning laurels and not wanting a new emperor to appear in the Caribbean?"

"Perhaps."

"Who?"

"The biggest suspicion is the Maritime Brotherhood." Lorraine played with her fingers and cleared her mind through the exchange with Henna, "The pirate empire is a reference to the archaic system of the Roman Empire, only when there is no emperor, the senate can have the authority of the leader, the Brotherhood has a reason to do this, and should be able to do so." ”

"What about the Morgans?"

"It's hard to judge. Rationally, a wealthy family that has washed its hands of gold has no reason to be behind the pirate empire. But we don't know anything about this family, and we are not familiar with the Brotherhood of the Sea. All of this is just a fantasy, and no matter how much you think about it, there is no reference point. ”

"Yes......"

"Anyway, let's put away the bits and pieces about pirates." Lorraine stretched her waist and pointed at New Orleans, "This is our stage, and I care more about the way of smuggling than the filth of the pirate empire." ”

……

Early the next morning, Lorraine spilled all the men he could use, because he needed information.

In less than two days, the business situation in New Orleans was unfolding in front of him.

The city has four major specialties, sugar and skins exported to Europe, and cereals as a necessity in the West Indies.

But when you consider profits, these three specialties are not as good as guns.

It's a paradise for muskets.

On the market, you can find Jaeger short-barreled rifled guns produced by local gunsmiths, double-barreled smoothbore guns with huge calibers, Kentucka baseline rifles known as the king of shotguns, and even pepper shaker pistols, which have a huge reputation in Europe but are quite unrealistic.

Yacharin bought himself two delicately shaped four-barreled pepper shaker pistols.

This gun is the predecessor of the later revolver, which can be loaded with four lead bullets at a time, and the barrel is turned to fire in turn, claiming to be the fastest firearm in the world.

It's just a pity that its firing rate has always been a huge problem.

Although the gunsmith assured Acharin that his handmade pepper shakers could achieve a firing rate of more than 85 percent, Acharin tested 100 rounds and only 70 were successfully fired, and the longest consecutive misfire was as long as 7 times.

In terms of reliability, it was completely inadequate to save his life, but Yacharin liked it.

Pierce also paid off, he bought himself two Kentucky long rifles.

This rifle originated from the Jaeger short-barreled rifled gun, because of the rifling applied in the barrel, the effective range was up to 300 meters, far exceeding the range of more than 100 meters for maritime commuting.

But also because of the rifling, the airtightness of this gun is extremely poor.

In order to ensure the firing rate, its special paper shell bullets often choose heavy oiled paper in the material, and the diameter is made slightly larger than the barrel.

This flaw greatly affected its firing efficiency.

Pierce's rate of fire with the Maritime Commuter stabilized at two rounds per minute, but with Kentucky, it took roughly three to five minutes to reload a round.

The rate of fire is so slow, even if it is far superior in range, it is still not as practical as maritime commuting most of the time.

But Pierce had a need.

For the sake of secrecy, all the maritime commutes were left at Lucy Manor, and under this premise, it was better to have a gun than not to have one.

In addition, Lorraine also found information on the French Charville flintlock rifle on the market.

Finalized in 1777, this rifle is the most advanced flintlock lance in service on the European continent, and is ahead of the British Bess rifle in all respects.

More importantly, it is not only the standard equipment of the French Army in active service, but also the main battle firearm with the largest number of equipment in the US Continental Army.

This was a crucial piece of information, because under pressure from the British, mainland France never provided the Americans with these new weapons, and the only way the Americans wanted to obtain them was through smuggling.

The French have played a brilliant political trick.

The delivery of arms to the Colonial Army in a state of war was a matter of internal affairs for peaceful mainland France, and since the Colonial Army was not authorized to trade arms, Britain was not reprehensible in doing so.

In the same way, **** is also an internal matter, the French in the colonies sold their guns to smugglers, and the British still couldn't control it.

As for why the scale of smuggling is more than 100,000, the French army still has enough arms to fight the war......

People are the first country in the mainland, with strong industrial strength, can't people be stupid and have a lot of money?

I'm proud, can you handle it?

In short, the Charvail-style is now the most cost-effective commodity in the arms smuggling of the New Continental Army, and there is no one, not only the supply is sufficient, the traffic is huge, and each order brings its own buyers.

The only problem for Lorraine to solve is how to get it.

It is known that there was only one supply point for this gun in New Orleans, and that was the French barracks stationed on the northern outskirts of the city, where all orders were placed, and Lorraine, who was committed to smuggling, could not miss him.

With the information gathered here, Lorraine poked her head out of the mountain of papers.

"Tomorrow I'm going to the French barracks, and Carmen is with me. By the way, what is the name of their supreme commander? ”

"Count Galvis, Bernardo. Morality. Galvez. Carmen replied quickly.

"An earl?" Lorraine frowned deeply, "A noble Count of France went to the port of the Spaniards to operate smuggling...... Is the news correct? ”

"That's certainly right, there are four reports that mention this at the same time, one of which is Karen's."

"It's so blatant, there won't be anything hidden......"