After more than an hour of debriefing, the meeting went into recess.

Nominally, the board of directors of the general meeting needs to discuss the proposal of the Northwest of Europe, but in fact the annual dividend of 35,000 pounds is not even comparable to the final dividend of the previous round of smuggling.

Whether it is to be smoothly promoted in the northwest of Europe or whether the gold coins really fall into the pocket, everyone's opinion is unknown.

That's the benefit of being all young people on the flagship.

Young people have a long-term vision, and everyone knows that smuggling is very profitable, but also knows that it is not a long-term business.

The profit of the chamber of commerce is everyone's long-term meal ticket. can increase the gold content of the meal ticket, and they are willing to support Lorraine's judgment.

In a private conference room in Lorraine, the seafarers spent five minutes arguing about the application of the Northwest of Europe before cutting the subject to something more interesting.

The Acharin thief looked at Clen with a smile.

"Mr. Chief Dispatcher, do you hear that? There is a powerful chamber of commerce that is preparing to order two fifth-class galens! As a salaried executive at Haidt Shipyard, wouldn't you want to do something? ”

Karen looked smug: "I'm very sorry, it's the factory that is about to build these two Bermuda sail-mounted high-speed fifth-class ships for a powerful chamber of commerce." ”

The crowd was terrified.

Yacharin glared: "Placing an order for an American shipyard in a state of war, that group of people in northwestern Europe is crazy?" ”

"It's just a smuggling boat." "It's not a big deal to build a ship in Boston, load it with rum, send it to St. John's, which is close at hand, and then transfer it to Channar-Basque for a permit after the handover." ”

Lorraine was also interested: "Twenty-six thousand is the price you offered Ramos?" Is the price and duration okay? ”

Clen nodded.

"Charles River's order should have almost already begun. Although there are slight differences in design, the materials and general construction of the two ships are the same. ”

"The standard fifth-class ship uses oak wood and spare parts are readily available, and the whole ship is about 12,000 pounds. In addition, the labor is 6,000, and the equipment including metal parts, sails, cables, naval guns, etc. are all produced in Boston, and Haidt can control the price at 5,000, and the rest is profit. ”

"£3,000 per ship?"

"The price for the United States is twenty-eight thousand, and I gave Ramos a discount. As for the market, it is about 25,000 without counting the ship's equipment, and the full allocation is about 30,000. ”

Lorraine shrugged in understanding: "What about the construction period?" ”

"The fifth-class ship needs to stay in the dry dock for three months, and after completing the assembly, it will go down to the wet dock to continue construction for one month, and sea trials for two months. So the order for the Northwest of Europe can follow the order of the US Navy without the need to expand the dock. ”

"Looks like you've thought it through." Lorraine glanced at the clock, "It's almost time, ladies and gentlemen, let's start the second half." ”

……

In the second half, Lorraine, on behalf of the General Chamber of Commerce, first agreed to the application of Northwest Europe, and then took the initiative to throw out the third topic, about the internal business of the Chamber of Commerce.

In his thinking, there should be an independent and perfect business agreement between the branches, including all common business items such as raw material procurement, processing, transportation, trading, and lending, with the market price of seven as the floor limit, with sufficient preferential treatment, but not excessive concessions, so as not to form an unequal business relationship between the branches.

He crossed his fingers to support his chin and whispered.

"You should have a clear position for yourself. On the one hand, you are all subordinate divisions of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, with common major shareholders, facilities and channels to share, and a relationship that is far closer than ordinary partners. ”

"On the other hand, you are an independent individual, with your own board of directors that you need to be responsible for, and you also have your own trading circles and trade relationships."

"It is already a huge advantage for the new branch to have the start-up capital provided by the General Chamber of Commerce, and the resources of the old branch can be borrowed, even for the sake of the growth and combat effectiveness of the new branch, the old Chamber of Commerce should not give help and care beyond the limit."

"Please always remember that you are brothers, not father and son, let alone mother and son, and you do not need and should not be responsible for the life of the new branch."

Lorraine's words are blatant, pointing to the abnormally large amount of borrowing between northwestern Europe and the Caribbean.

On the surface, these words seem to condemn Ramos for being overprotective, but Chuck is well aware of his selfishness, and he clearly feels Lorraine's dissatisfaction and warning about his forcible seizure of resources in northwestern Europe.

It was a warning, and an ultimatum, and like the ten thousand pounds of reserve, Lorraine expressed his disapproval of his utilitarian principles and presumptuous approach in the most tactful way......

Do you really need to slow down a bit?

Chuck asked himself, suddenly remembering Leonard's admonition to him not long ago.

He lifted his spirits and raised his hands: "Caribbean request to speak!" ”

As he narrated, Cotton Jack's injuries to the Caribbean Chapter were officially presented to the Drake Chamber of Commerce for the first time in three months.

The abnormal frequency of exposure, the excessive and excessive economic losses, all prove that Cotton Jack is working on some plans for the Caribbean chapter.

Lorraine tilted her head and listened intently, waiting for Chuck to finish speaking, and then turned her head to look at Katarina.

"Our Pirate Queen, do you have any ideas?"

Caterina stood up, walked to the conference table, and asked the Indian maid outside the door to fetch the full map of the Caribbean. Hundred Flowers Literature

She drew a circle on the chart.

"The pirate kings have their own hunting areas, and Cottonjack's hunting area is in the Bahamas."

"To the west to the Grand Bahamas and to the east to the Mona Strait, the northern coastline of the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola is his southern boundary, and the continental shelf of the Bahamas is his northern margin."

"So the early raids can be seen as hunting in the hunting area, with normal motives and, from a pirate's point of view, normal behavior."

"But the Strait of Anegada ......"

Caterina poked hard at the border between the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.

"The Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands were hunting grounds for the hound, Henry VI, and the successive successors of this honorific title have been similar to theirs, aggressive and difficult."

A group of people nodded frequently with their heads in their heads.

"By implication, Cotton Jack crossed the line?"

"From the time of the attack on Admiral Kortrans, he crossed the line." Caterina nervously tapped the thin wooden strip in her hand, "If he hadn't made a deal with that hound, this behavior would have undoubtedly touched the authority of another pirate king." ”

"Are there any consequences for that?"

"Reparations, apologies, and the most serious thing is the war, a war between the Pirate King and the Pirate King!"

"In that case, he has a deep grudge against us." Lorraine laughed inexplicably, "Chuck, what do you think?" ”

Chuck took a deep breath: "Just like Lady Caterina said, war!" ”

His suggestion was unexpected, and even Leonard hadn't heard of any of it.

Only he knew why he had suddenly changed his course in a matter of days.

Before coming to the annual meeting, he had a long conversation with Sir Parker at the Christmas dinner at Parker's house.

Sir Parker affirmed his ideas and achievements in developing the Caribbean chapter, but on the issue of Cotton Jack, Sir gave more radical advice than Leonard.

Sir said that Lorraine was a pure privateer who was rare in his time.

Looking at the development trajectory and organizational structure of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, it is clear that he has an aversion to petty business operations, and the overall focus is completely biased towards looting and invasion.

Lorraine was a pirate at heart, and he also adhered to the traditional privateering mentality, and commerce was only an incidental thing to feed violence in his consciousness, and it never became dominant, nor has it ever been dominant.

And Cottonjack has wrongly challenged Lorraine's dignity, especially the revenge massacre that took place in December, which has pulled the relationship to the point of no end.

The only solution to this incident is war, and if Chuck doesn't do it, Lorraine will most likely kick Chuck out of the way and replace him with someone willing to go to war to lead the Caribbean chapter.

Since then, Chuck has understood where he stands.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: "The Caribbean branch has far more combat power than most pirate regiments, and the Drake Chamber of Commerce has a chairman, the hero of Le François, who destroyed the French Atlantic Defense Fleet with only a weak Halloween fleet. ”

"We will win! It won't be long before we'll be using Cotton Jack's head to proclaim our majesty to the Caribbean world, where the petals of pansies will be embroidered with the crown of pirate kings, and pirates will flee wherever our ships go! ”

"Passionate speech...... "Lorraine took over lazily, "Chuck, how much strength are you prepared to put in the face of a pirate group?" ”

"All!" Chuck's fist swung heavily in the air, "The entire Caribbean chapter will act under the command of the Golden Deer until Cottonjack surrenders, or is beheaded!" ”

"That'...... Roughly do as you wish. Lorraine pondered for a moment, "I'll go to Turtle Island and declare war, and then ...... The Golden Deer, the Cyclops, the Three-Eyed Raven, and then the Eros (formerly Jupiter) were also drawn into the Chamber of Commerce, which was enough. ”

The impassioned Chuck was dumbfounded......

Dong ...... Chairman, I inquired about it, and there were at least seven or eight ships in Cotton Jack's pirate regiment......"

"War is not an economic account, the Pirate King is busy and will not take all the ships with him forever, and the Vulcan Mountain (formerly the Andes) is not as useful as you think in the pirate war. The two Brig and Rain Frog are not bad, but the Caribbean branch has its own business to do, and the offshore sea cannot be without escorts, and the ocean ...... Nor can there be no cargo hold. ”

"But four to eight is too ......"

Lorraine interrupted Chuck's persuasion with a wave of his hand, and said with a smile: "Business is your field, and fighting war is my specialty, so be it." Leonard and Alvis lent me a suitable captain as soon as there were too many ships, and I was a little short of my seamen. ”

"Yes......"

Lorraine leaned back in his chair and changed to a comfortable seat, and his relaxed gaze swept over the audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, the internal agreement between Northwest Europe and the Caribbean should be finalized as soon as possible, and strive to be fair and meticulous, because it is likely to become a template for the future of the Chamber of Commerce." Are there any other issues besides these? ”

"It's up to the chairman's arrangement."

"If it's up to me...... Please work hard to get me a share of the dividends next year, it doesn't matter how much. Then, please enjoy the annual dinner to the fullest, for I heard that Miss Aofe racked her brains for the arrangement of the dishes. ”

Full room chuckles.

Amid the laughter, Lorraine clapped her hands: "Break up, let's meet again next year." ”