The benefits of setting up a chamber of commerce are numerous.

First, the triangular trade could be expanded from just three black ports to all official civilian ports.

The prerequisite is, of course, a trade permit in the country or autonomous region.

Secondly, you can enjoy the statutory tax rate far lower than the black port ratio, and with the increase of trade volume and the expansion of the scale of the chamber of commerce, you can further enjoy policy dividends such as tax rebates and exemptions.

Third, trade contracts protected by law can be signed to ensure trade security.

Most crucially, as relations between northwestern Europe become increasingly tense, the Chamber of Commerce is in dire need of a truly armed merchant ship.

Armed merchant ships, that is, gunboats.

Thicker hulls, better materials, and mounted guns......

These things are not available everywhere.

Countries have their own recipes for building ships and guns, and in order to prevent the export of technology, laws often prohibit unqualified individuals or groups from buying ship guns.

That's how the UK is.

Only the local chamber of commerce can buy ships and guns through formal channels, and those regions with developed maritime industries even have further restrictions to maintain their technological leadership in the field.

Naturally, the black market can buy ships and cannons of unknown origin, but the price is ......

A brand new Briganting costs only £4,000 in the UK, while the black market buys a well-established second-hand ship for at least £5,000.

The price of artillery is even more outrageous......

Just like the medium-range six-pounder gun that Lorraine bought a few days ago, the official price of this entry-level gun is only 150 pounds.

And he bought 16 doors, with an average price of ...... per door 400 pounds.

Lorraine made a calculation.

Build a brand new Brigentine, £4,000, 10 nine-pounder cannons for £3,500 as standard, eight six-pounder cannons for £1,600, and two six-pounder cannons for £200 for a total of £9,300.

Buy a second-hand Briganting on the black market, £5,000, 20 six-pounder guns, £8,000, for a total of £13,000......

Spend more money and buy worse boats......

The establishment of the Chamber of Commerce may have been a future and ambition for Lorraine back then, but for the present, it was a fate......

This is finally becoming urgent!

Lorraine was determined to recruit partners for her life, did not intend to accept opposition, and was well prepared to gain support.

They began to discuss the details.

First of all, Lorraine will register with the General Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth.

Plymouth was chosen not because it was the ancestral home of the Drake family, but because the Channel Fleet was one of the largest in the world in shipbuilding and artillery foundry.

As long as there is money, you can order ships of any class and buy guns of any grade, and high-grade flintlock cannons are only open to the local chamber of commerce, which is important for the development of the chamber of commerce.

Second, make reasonable concessions to partners.

Lorraine does not intend to sell shares in the General Association. When the Drake Chamber of Commerce was still small, let the partners be dissatisfied with the less, and let the more Lorraine be dissatisfied.

MP Pidick will enjoy 30% of the Chamber's future profits in Scotland, Sir Garman is the Norwegian region and Viscount Alfonso is the Basque Country.

It is their right to share the profits, and it is their obligation to secure local trade licenses and coordinate the development process of the chamber of commerce.

The three plenipotentiaries were satisfied, and the two sides decided on the spot a new intention to cooperate, Party A is the soon-to-be-established Drake Chamber of Commerce, and Party B is three prestigious families with prestige in their respective regions.

The third part is the equity of the Chamber of Commerce.

Lorraine owns ninety percent of the profits, and promises thirty percent of the profits to his core seafarers, who are not paid their companions.

For the time being, they are Henna, Karen, and Noah.

Pierce is not on this list, he is the sole shareholder of the Chamber of Commerce and the future vice president, and still enjoys 10% of the shares that belong to him, and has full shareholder rights and obligations.

This is a fair distribution. His companions will increase, but the Chamber of Commerce will also grow in size, and the profits will only increase, and only the most unexpected circumstances will decline.

The fourth part is the establishment of a branch chamber of commerce.

After the establishment of the General Chamber of Commerce, the Lorraine Society also established its first branch chamber, the Northwest Europe Branch.

The Chamber of Commerce owns 70 percent of the chapter, with the other 30 percent divided equally between Ramos, Eddie and Carmen, with 10 percent each.

They are the shareholders of the chapter, as well as the management and manager of the chapter.

Carmen is responsible for Western and Southern Europe, Eddie is responsible for Northern and Central Europe, and Ramos is responsible for British Island, Ireland and Iceland.

At this stage, their main task is to obtain trade licenses for all countries in these regions.

Three brilliant young men gladly accepted Lorraine's invitation, and the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce was finalized.

After completing these preliminary preparations, Lorraine immediately announced that the Drake merchant fleet had moved to rest.

The Artis Beauty sailed to Plymouth with Lorraine and Clen on board, and after two years, it once again entered Pier 13 in the port of Soto.

In the afterglow of the sun, docks, docks, bustling harbours, the flow of people, the small fishing boats that glide by from time to time on the sea, and the huge and majestic Royal Navy warships on the distant sea level......

Everything here seems to be stuck two years ago, nothing has changed, and there is not much worry about the war on people's faces.

They have a powerful Strait Fleet, and the war is far from the time to worry.

Lorraine stood at the bow of the ship, glanced at the familiar dock, and then at the merchant group sailors who were busy on the deck of the Beauty, and for a while, he was full of emotion.

It was rare for Karen to see Lorraine quiet, and she couldn't help but be curious.

"Captain, you're from Plymouth, aren't you?"

"Yes." Lorraine smiled and shook her head, "I know what you're trying to ask, but it's not homesickness. ”

"Isn't it?"

"Two years ago, I was evicted by my family, and I spent all my money in exchange for a horse-drawn ticket from Tavistock to the port of Soto."

"A sixteen-year-old boy, dressed in tatters, and eating black bread, which he had bought in exchange for his father's relics."

Clen blinked in disbelief: "You...... That's how you started sailing? ”

"yes." Lorraine smiled, "No one wants to take me in, and it just so happens that Pierce's father wants to go to sea, and no one trusts him." That's how I boarded the Artis Beauty, and there were no sailors on board, and I was the only one in the crew. ”

"Pierce's father...... Lake ......"

"Ryker......" Lorraine recalled Ryke's honest and chubby face, which was already a little blurred, "I was an incompetent sailor, and I lost my captain on my first voyage. ”

He ...... I heard that he died of illness during the voyage? ”

Lorraine didn't seem to hear Clen's words, but muttered to herself in a deep voice: "I had a big fight with Henna in Cherbourg that day, killed a lot of people, set a fire, and left France, picked up Pierce, and then, kidnapped you in Elgin......"

It dawned on Clen: "Pierce told me that Lake had died of a high fever while sailing, and I thought it was strange at the time. It's just a voyage across the strait, and with your skills, you're going to die......"

"He died of a high fever." Lorraine turned around and patted Clen's arm gently, "Don't be smart, he's just dying of a high fever." ”

"I see......"

"Go if you understand, and let the sailors take care of our beauty. This trip is a bit complicated and we may have to stay longer. ”