Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

The magnificent carriage slowly stopped in front of this great institution that produced great men such as Newton and Bacon.

Lorraine and Hiero got out of the car left and right in their most solemn gowns, stopped in unison, raised their elbows, and greeted their female companions from the car.

Hierro's female companion was his unmarried niece, Freya, a standard, vivacious, and somewhat broken English noblewoman.

Lorraine's female companion is Carmen.

She wore her long hair in a long tunic today, a long cream tunic skirt, a silk scarf around her neck, lace gloves, and a wide-brimmed top hat on her head decorated with plain lace and silk ribbons.

Conservative, pure, but smiling, still beautiful and moving.

Lorraine never thought she could see such a temperament in Carmen, and couldn't help but praise: "Today you will make all the ladies jealous." I saw that Miss Mindell was already pouting. ”

Carmen shook her head, grabbed Lorraine's arm, jumped out of the carriage, and pulled herself up.

"Miss Jesra told me that the seafarers were the private property of the captain. Without your permission, I will not be allowed to show off any more. She said it was the rules of a pirate ship. ”

"Why do you talk like an old-fashioned ......?"

"It's respect."

"Is there a difference?"

Seeing Lorraine's depressed appearance, Carmen covered her mouth and smiled softly.

Eight days after the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, the major repair of the Butterfly Flower came to an end, and rare ancient gold objects landed in auction houses one after another.

The gold objects caused an uproar in the collector's market, with more than £30,000 in cash flowing into Lorraine's pockets, converted into sailors' bounties, Viscount Alfonso's share capital, and the Clover's brand new outfit.

These three events cost Lorraine a whopping 20,000 pounds.

When all was done, the General Chamber of Commerce still had a balance of 14,000 pounds on its books, and the branch chambers were 4,000 pounds, which was abundant.

Ramos was also introduced by Carmen to have a good first meeting with Count Bidia, a well-known Count of the Basque Country.

If nothing happens, the Bidia family will make up for the loss of reputation caused by the removal of the Alfonso family and become the new partners of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Spain and the Basque Country.

All things have progressed, and the Butterfly Flower is still some time away from being launched.

Lorraine took time off to lead Pierce to a high-profile visit to Hierro, the president of the Mindel Chamber of Commerce.

Until then, Hierro had thought that Lorraine had died at sea......

In the more than 20 days since Lorraine went missing, the situation in Cantabrian has become more and more deteriorating.

The Reindeer is invincible, and the first fleet of the Desai family swept through the four fields with the blessing of this powerful warship, making huge profits.

Driven by huge interests, the French Chamber of Commerce of Kalmar, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce of Yodel and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce Herrera have sent their strongest fleets to the hunting grounds.

The entire route was filled with elite privateers, and the English merchants had become unstoppable.

Hierro was anxious, on the one hand lamenting the early death of the young man he was optimistic about, and on the other hand, because of the loss of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the current situation, he had to cut off the hugely profitable Spanish route, causing the chamber of commerce's income to fall off a cliff.

At this moment, Lorraine returned to the world like an angel.

Single-handedly, with a small broad, bravely fight the giant whale, and return safely......

Lorraine, who stood in front of Hierro again, went from a young man full of potential to a hope of victory in Hierro's eyes.

He restarted the Drake Chamber of Commerce with the utmost enthusiasm, and within a few days he had everything he needed.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce officially joined the Offshore Guild, and this grand afternoon tea held at Trinity College was the official welcome party prepared by the guild for Lorraine.

Lorraine and Carmen laughed quietly by the carriage, and Hierro took her niece in her arms and offered to play the role of host.

"Heroic little Drake, have you ever been to Trinity College before?"

Lorraine smiled wryly and shook her head: "The closest I got to Cambridge was the day I was expelled from my family, when there was a letter of acceptance from the law school in front of me, and as long as I accepted, I could become a student at Cambridge." ”

Hierro laughed: "Trinity College is Trinity College, and Cambridge University is Cambridge University. You have to be careful not to confuse the two. ”

He pointed to the corner of the gate, behind a row of large trees, the lonely apple tree planted under the window, and said, "That's the gravitational tree. Newton discovered gravitation together. Now that Mr. Newton is in the Hall of Fame, it is outside the gate, enjoying the seclusion of the courtyard to its own time. ”

"Mr. Mindell seems to be familiar with Trinity College."

"My brother and I are both graduates of Trinity College. In fact, the three chambers of commerce created by the Offshore Guild are all related to Trinity College, and the original initiative for this matter was planned by three young people by the hot springs of the Giant Garden. ”

"Trinity College still supports students in doing business?" Lorraine was surprised.

"Freedom, challenge, humor, we are different."

Hierro chuckled proudly, leading Lorraine straight to the majestic Gothic-style gate.

"In 1546, His Majesty the great Henry VIII merged King's School and Michael School to form Trinity College. In order for us to remember his grace, he gathered the best sculptors from all over England at that time, selected the most majestic one from thousands of proposals, and erected his own statue on the gate of the college. ”

Following Hierro's lead, Lorraine saw the sculpture above the massive arched portico of the courtyard gate.

Henry VIII stood on the porch with a serious expression, holding the golden orb cross in his left hand and holding the ...... in his right hand A strange stick.

"His hand ......"

"A chair leg, still lame."

"Chair legs?"

The smug look on Hierro's face intensified.

"When the statue was inaugurated, His Majesty Henry VIII was holding a golden scepter that symbolized the throne and majesty. He was high up and wanted every Trinity student to bow down to his majesty from the day he entered the school. ”

This caused dissatisfaction among the old seniors. Less than a month after the statue was completed, there was a statue named Tony. Clayton's senior sneaks up the statue, pulls off the scepter, and throws it into the stinking gutter. ”

Lorraine and Carmen were dumbfounded: "Dropped the scepter into the stinking ditch? ”

"It's really a stinky gutter." Hierro shrugged, "This caused an uproar in Britain back then. His Majesty ordered the academy to investigate, but all the teachers and students of the academy firmly guarded the secret of Senior Clayton, and even in the face of God, they were equally silent. The Academy's investigation was fruitless, and in desperation, he had no choice but to remake a scepter and stuff it back into the statue's hand. ”

Lorraine laughed and said, "That Mr. Clayton threw it into the ditch again?" ”

"There is no evidence that Senior Clayton is directly involved in the last two scepter thefts."

"The last two? Hell, this scepter has been stolen three times? ”

Hierro pointed to the broken leg of the scepter's right hand and said, "Just the third time, the scepter's thief put the broken leg of the chair into it." ”

"And then?"

"The academy's top brass thought it was good, and they put an end to the incident with a public statement. The original text of the statement reads: Although the student's behavior is mischievous, it is not without losing its cuteness, and it also expresses the independent spirit of the college in rebellion against authority. The Academy considers this to be a suitable change, and also believes that this should be the last change in the event of the statue. ”

"1546......" Lorraine was amazed, "that is, His Majesty Henry VIII has been standing at the entrance of the academy with his chair legs for more than two hundred years?" ”

"He will always stand, because the world is over, and Trinity will last forever. Want to destroy her unless God is tired of humans. ”