"Anchor, alas!"

"Whip down the rum and replace it with the day before yesterday! Damn that's Indian pottery! Handle with care, handle with care! ”

"Master Zouanka brought cheese and bacon and asked some people to row a dinghy to pick them up! His ship is too big to get into the berth! ”

"News of the watchtower, there is a live ship, Bermuda Brigentin, the bow of the ship looks like a strange crow, flying the flag of Lord Pedro of Spain!"

"Irian, go check it out! Hurry up, you lazy bones! ”

"The head of the regiment said, cheer up all this time! Drake the Kid has declared war on us on Turtle Island, but don't capsize in the ditch! ”

"The Irian is anchored! Net ...... Damn it! Tell the two boats to get out of the steering area! What about pilotage? Run! ”

The North Island berth in Bimini is full of hustle and bustle.

The big ships, the small ships, the ones who left the port, those who entered the port, those who loaded the goods, those who carried the goods, those who went towards the woods, those who came out of the woods......

If you don't look at the skull flags on the islands and reefs in the woods, everyone will think that they are in some lively fishing village, a new commercial port that is taking shape.

Cotton Jack VII was a successful merchant, whether he went to sea on his own initiative or by force, but he rose so fast that he was far from forgetting the instincts of a merchant.

So after occupying Bimini, his first move was to start planning and building the entire archipelago.

In fact, this is also the main means by which the current pirates get rid of their dependence on Turtle Island.

The Bimini Islands are in excellent condition as a commercial port. The area is large enough, fresh water is abundant, resources are abundant, and the environment is pleasant.

Cotton Jack used the poor harbor but flat terrain of the South Island as a plantation, and the captives from all over the country were stuffed into the island to cultivate cattle and sheep.

In three years, nearly 1,000 acres of land and a large pasture had been amassed there, producing cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, as well as wheat and corn, more than enough to feed a pirate group of more than 1,000 people.

He also built a fishing port and a salt farm on the beach where the anchorage of the South Island was located, and allowed slaves to drive wooden boats to fish in the central and eastern parts of the Inland Sea, and to make salted fish as a specialty of Bimini.

The North Island is the base of the Pirate Regiment.

A rudimentary berth for merchant ships was built in the haven, which was small enough to accommodate about 20 small and medium-sized seagoing vessels.

Sailboats of the fifth grade and above with a draft of more than 5 meters cannot enter such rudimentary berths.

The only thing that could accommodate them was the No. 1 plank road, which had been widened and deepened in good natural conditions, but it was a special berth for the Bloody Mary and Saint Anne, and foreign merchant ships still had to anchor in the sea of a safe harbor and transfer supplies by dinghy.

Cotton Jack didn't know that his obsession with business was crooked to make up for the blind spot of Elia's vision that year.

Because of the deformed prosperity of Bimini, Lorraine was unable to let the Three-Eyed Raven infiltrate through the east exit like Shaq. The sea was full of fishing boats, and the rock walls and ridges along the North Island were lined with lookouts to monitor the work of slaves.

However, it is precisely because of Cotton Jack's businessman nature that Lorraine has the opportunity and possibility to carry out the damming operation.

Along the underwater sand bank to the west of the island, the Three-Eyed Raven sails unhurriedly over the sea.

Just as it was about to enter the West Exit, a Brigenting flying a skull flag sailed out of the inner sea, and took up the path of the Three-Eyed Raven.

On deck, there are pirates waving flags, "Stop the ship, collect the sails, accept inspection, and do not lower anchor".

These flags fell in Lorraine's eyes without any mistakes

On the deck of the stern, he squinted and leaned against the guardrail, reading the order word by word.

A fat businessman with bells and whistles came running over and trotted to his side.

"Mr. Drake, it's the evil Cotton Jack Pirates!"

Lorraine smiled slightly: "Mr. Pedro, I also saw the pirate flag, can you be sure that it is their ship?" ”

"Of course! This is their Irian, and the captain is lame Romy, whom Cottonjack trusts very much. ”

"Do you know each other?"

Pedro wiped his sweat nervously: "Doing business in Bimini, who would dare not touch the cadres under Cotton Jack?" ”

"You can always bring me good news."

Lorraine pulled out a handkerchief to wipe Pedro's sweat, but no matter how much she wiped it, she couldn't wipe the sweat off her face.

Lorraine lost his patience after only a few wipes, and casually shoved the fine oriental silk into the arms of a passing sailor, and stopped him.

"Help Mr. Pedro wash his face and touch up his makeup. Also, let Leonard Sr. do what the other side asks him to do, with a ...... attitude"

"Contempt, but respectful." Pedro hastened to add.

Lorraine shrugged: "Did you hear that?" Be respectful, but be contemptuous, and don't confuse it with pride. ”

The sailor snapped and straightened his legs, then pushed Pedro, and said haughtily and disdainfully: "If you dare to sweat again, I will put the wax on your face, and go quickly!" ”

Pedro hurried to follow the sailor, and after only a few steps, he turned around and looked at Lorraine pitifully.

"Mr. Drake, my son and crew ......"

"Your son is happily riding a cross on the Palm Island with your crew. As for who will be nailed in the end...... As we agreed, it's up to you to bring us back safely. ”

"Do your best!" The fat translator waved sonorously and powerfully, "I must do my best!" ”

……

In a short time, the two dinghys slowly approached the side of the Three-Eyed Raven, and the sailors of Lorraine threw down the rope ladder and cable, shouting trumpets and dragging the dirty pirates up.

Barry the Bald habitually rubbed his head and looked strangely at the orderly deck and the haughty and disdainful sailors.

Pedro stepped out of the cockpit with his chin high, played with his ruby ring, and greeted Leonard and a few seamen.

"First Officer Barry, why don't I remember that the ship of the Pedro Chamber of Commerce also needs to be inspected at the port? Is that what Captain Romy meant? Or is it the dictate of His Highness the Pirate King? ”

Bald Barry stared at him with a stiff grin that scared people to death, revealing his yellow fangs.

"Master Pedro, this is routine."

"Shhhh Pirate. ”

Pedro gave Leonard a disgruntled look, and Leonard took a few steps and raised his hand to shove a cloth bag into Barry's arms.

Boom, a beautiful crunch.

Barry weighed the weight of the cloth bag, and his smile softened a lot: "Master Pedro, the head of the regiment does not allow us to extort the merchant traveler. ”

"Some Havana dried tobacco leaves, haven't First Officer Barry always wanted to learn to smoke, these tobaccos are best for beginners."

"I see!" Barry's smile completely connected to his heart, "Master Pedro bought a new ship?" ”

"God forbid, met a clipper ship in excellent condition. The original owner of the ship was not doing well, and of course I had to rely on the help of volunteers. ”

"But there seem to be more faces on the ship......"

"This is serious Bermuda!" Lord Pedro's eyes widened, "The newest Bermuda, the fastest ship in the world, where can the group of third-sailers who are used to driving Snaku control!" Of course, the best sailors, the most professional seafarers, and the highest drive! ”

"Is that them?"

Barry squinted at the sailors on deck and the seamen behind Pedro, and had to admit that the haughtiness and slushness alone were nothing short of the guys he had seen before.

Then he saw Lorraine with a smile on the stern deck......

The tall figure, the lazy bearing, and the two strange long knives hanging on the waist, which ordinary people struggle to control with both hands......

Bald Barry's pupils shrank suddenly.

"The ...... Also hired by you? ”

Pedro was stunned for a moment, glanced back at Lorraine, and after thinking for a long time, he still didn't dare to take advantage of this mouth.

He ...... He was the nephew of my European cousin, an upright and brave Spanish knight. ”

"He's Spaniard?"

"Black hair, brown eyes, white skin, except for Castilian with a little Moorish blood, how can you find such a look in the world!"

Bald Barry found himself completely incomprehensible......

He rolled his eyes and subconsciously saluted Lorraine.

“Holaamigo。” Lorraine smiled back.

Spanish indeed.

A sense of pride welled up in Barry the Bald's heart.

Because he couldn't understand five sentences of Spanish, Lorraine could say half of them in one mouth, and the tone of his voice was full of enthusiasm that even he thought was very authentic, perhaps more authentic than the Spanish pirates in the regiment.

He suddenly felt that Lorraine was very pleasing to the eye.

"Seriously, Master Pedro, you have to get your nephew to learn French quickly. Spain is in decline, who still speaks Spanish in the Caribbean these days? ”

"I'll teach him! Also, he's my aunt's nephew. ”

Barry laughed and patted Pedro on the shoulder.

"Your nephew is very nice! Very good! If you can't find a suitable job, come to me, and I'll teach him to be a good man! ”

This damn cooked pirate!

The corners of Pedro's eyes twitched, and the cannibalistic eyes stared at Barry, a man who couldn't see the depravity of his juniors.

Barry laughed even more and more, and with a swing of his thick arm, he hammered Pedro to the ground.

"Gone, lads! Mr. Pedro is very honest, he is our most welcome purse! ”

"Welcome Money Bag!"

"Long live the money bag!"

"Hooray!"