0312 A Bloody Haven
Two hours after the friendly meeting, and before it was nightfall, the clumsy Three-Eyed Raven opened the passage at the mouth of the bay.
The Eros and the Golden Deer sailed into the haven one after the other, carrying Lorraine on the tour of another king's capital like King's Landing.
It was as peaceful as the German army was in Paris in later generations.
Zubaka, of course, didn't make any splashes.
He is just a businessman, greedy for life and afraid of death, and forgetting his righteousness when he sees profit.
The property and family left in Tuzipan doomed him to be as open-minded as a pirate, and he lacked the means to daydream if he wanted others to serve his life and fortune.
The clever Pedro once again played beyond Lorraine's expectations at crucial moments.
He stepped forward, humbly asked Lorraine to forgive the Spanish delegates for their rudeness, and offered to work with Zuanca to persuade the island's Spanish merchants to offer their fortunes in exchange for life.
With the help of the British and the French, he quickly did his best, so that the gates of the bay could be opened so smoothly, and Lorraine was able to enter the haven that he had been barricading for three days.
He has reaped an unbelievable harvest on the island.
Bimini is what Cottonjack thinks is a hidden nest, and although pirates have a habit of carrying their wealth with them, as a center for selling stolen goods, it will always contain a lot of wealth.
Honory opened a hidden vault on the island for Lorraine, and more than £30,000 in cash and more than £20,000 worth of smuggled arms became Lorraine's possession.
By contrast, the merchants' dedication to Lorraine's wealth was much smaller.
They came to buy goods, and after entering the port, most of the money on them went into the pirates' storerooms, and in addition, they did not pay the smuggling, and the actual money sent to Lorraine was only about 2,000 pounds, which was far less valuable than nearly forty cabins of various goods.
Lorraine gathered all the goods and munitions, and the next step would be to unify them into the Caribbean chapter's warehouse and exchange them for money through the branch channel.
The money paid by the merchants was divided into three equal parts, according to Drake's usual rules, and was used for battle bonuses, subsidies for the wounded, and pensions for the dead.
There were also ships, and the fleets captured by Cottonjack included the Holy Annie, the Black Goat, the Irian, the Rodrigues, and the Orlando.
The Rodriguez had a large hole in its side and was barely able to maintain its navigation, and the Orlando broke its mainmast and needed to be repaired in a haven for at least three days before it could go back to sea.
Lorraine's harvest was also made by Spanish and American merchant ships, including one of the Bag, two Brigentin, five Skuna and four sloops, numbering as many as twelve.
Rao was Lorraine well-informed or was taken aback by the sheer number.
Seventeen large and small ships, seven gunboats, ten merchant ships.
How to drive them away with a limited number of men, while also taking all the goods from Bimini Island, became Lorraine's top priority.
He racked his brains for this.
First, he asked Orvis to select healthy, English-speaking, and young men from among the pirate slaves in the South Island, eighty percent white, and twenty percent Indians and blacks, and eventually got 62 new sailors who lacked skills.
He then allowed Leonard to openly poach among British and French merchants.
The high benefits of the Drake Chamber of Commerce and the public dividends that happened in front of them set off a craze for job hopping? Even sailors who played for the Americans and Spaniards came to sign up? They claim to be British or French.
Lorraine could only temporarily expand the selection on the island, and finally under the bitter pleas of British and French merchants? More than 400 people were selected for it.
These people, plus the original sailors of the war fleet, must be enough to drive the ships in the bay back? Lorraine was also able to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Golden Deer and Eros, focusing on arming the not weak Black Goat and Zuanka's Bag ship.
With the loot out of the way, Lorraine's last job was to dispose of the prisoners.
Is pirate warfare the most brutal war? Life and death are just the norm, and killing people and exposing corpses is the mainstream.
The 259 captives of the Three-Eyed Raven after three days of demonstration? Fewer than 150 people have survived? Add to that the more than 370 imprisoned by the rebellious merchants on the island, bringing the total to 520.
Among them are the three pirate officers, Asaros, Chernori, and Lame Romy.
Lorraine gave the Broken Orlando to Chenori and granted him permission to pick a hundred healthy pirates and bring enough supplies to support themselves.
He wasn't in the slightest worried that Chenorly would return to Cottonjack with the boat? Wait for the bodies of Asaros and lame Romi to be found? Cotton Jack is afraid that he even has the heart to eat this traitor alive.
There were more than 400 pirates left, most of whom had no position and were hanged directly in the docks of the haven, and a few who had positions...... About 60 people were tied up and carried under the horn of Eros.
Olvis would hand them over to the New World fleet, along with the smuggled arms they had collected.
In doing so, the hanging red in exchange is definitely not worth the value of the arms, but the pirates are dead? Their death will allow the pirate world to learn to restrain the tyrannical factor the next time they rob Drake's merchant ships.
With Lorraine's dedication and efficiency? A myriad of things sorted out overnight and early the next morning? The fleet is ready to leave port.
With the exception of the Golden Deer and a Skuna ship, will the entire fleet return to Kingston under the command of Olvis and Leonard? The Golden Deer still has to go to the palm island where the battle was launched? There were also 20 sailors waiting for Lorraine to pick them up.
At the entrance to the inner sea? Lorraine watched the huge fleet depart, aboard the Golden Deer, along with representatives of Chenori, Pedro, and British and French merchants.
"Chenori."
"My lord, Chernarie is here." The descendants of the Roman Praetorian Guard hurriedly bowed down and waited.
"Hurry up and fix the Orlando, Cottonjack will be back at any time, I think he wants your life more than me."
Chernarie cried with a sad face: "Master, I want to fight for the cause of justice even more." ”
"But you're too famous." Lorraine smiled noncommittally, "Drake is a law-abiding and serious chamber of commerce, and taking you in will damage my reputation." ”
"Yes...... My lord. ”
Blocking the old passage between Chenory and Cotton Jack, Lorraine turned her attention to Pedro again.
"Mr. Pedro, as a thank you for the help you have given me in this battle, I have left you a gift, the Skuna ship parked in the harbor, the name...... It seems to be called the Star of the Future. ”
"Sailors, you have to summon yourself from the Spanish and American sailors. They're unemployed, and I've heard that several gentlemen aren't ready to take them out of this hellish place, and you can easily be their savior. ”
"As for your original ship, crew, and your son, I'll leave enough food and water for them, and don't forget to pick them up at Palm Island."
Pedro was so moved that he couldn't speak, just nodded blindly.
Lorraine nodded to him, and looked last at the British and French merchants.
"Gentlemen, my battle with Cottonjack is not over, and this time you have escaped the scourge by chance. I hope that you will abide by the humanity of gentlemen and bring as many people as possible away from this island, which is the goodness of civilization and your self-redemption. ”
"Say goodbye, the bloody haven...... I'm not going back. ”