The new smuggling contract with Baltimore went well, including an add-on agreement drafted by Lorraine, but it was not until noon that John Murphy was obtained. Adams's approval was codified into the official text.

In the reception room of the water warehouse, Lorraine signed Edward on behalf of the supplier. Kenway's name, Hamilton, replaced John, who never made an official appearance in front of Lorraine. Adams, who became the direct representative of the Continental Army.

In duplicate, both parties have equal rights to terminate and renew the contract at any time, and also bear the obligation to jointly complete the current contract.

After a simple ceremony, the parchment scroll, which was worth a mountain of gold, became Lorraine's possession.

Murray's sturdy soldiers began to dismount the ship's munitions in an orderly and swift manner, replacing them with soybeans and corn, and filling the entire cabin with these two cheap grains.

This was Lorraine's request, and on the return journey, they would become the Jackdaw's talisman.

Since the beginning of the Revolutionary War, smuggling in Central and North America and the Caribbean has taken on a peculiar valvular characteristic, that is, it has been unimpeded from North America to the Caribbean islands, and the archipelago has struggled to move towards the mainland.

The latter situation is in line with the world's perception of the situation in the New World.

North America was in the heat of war, and those who needed it were either arms or other materials related to the war, and Britain was entrenched in the sea like a dragon, and of course did not want to let what was unfavorable to the British flow into the hands of the rebels.

The situation of the former is much more than many people expected.

Land Island Trade ......

Unlike purely legal or illegal, this import and export trade is disguised as a humanitarian cloak and has long been openly illegal under the surface of legality.

The Caribbean islands are perhaps the most developed colonial region in the world today, with plantations on limited land filled with lucrative cash crops.

Because the whites did not allow it, the people on the island lost the qualification to produce and sell themselves, and there was little agricultural land as far as the eye could see, and food, daily consumption, and even fresh water had to be imported from outside the island.

Rigid demand constitutes the backbone of trade, a kind of smuggling business that is universal, difficult to make huge profits, has a low entry threshold, has a low risk, and is especially suitable for the participation of the whole people.

This business has been in vogue since the arrival of immigrants into the New World, and today it has far surpassed the coastal trade of Northwest Europe and fed thousands of New World maritime merchants in terms of scale and status.

As long as it can float, you can smuggle, as long as it is smuggling, you can make money, as long as you can make money, you can buy a boat, as long as you can buy a boat, you can have something that can float, a perfect closed loop.

What's more, the sharks that roam the waters of the New World generally have good intentions towards Japanese smuggling.

Few pirates have come out of their hands on these smugglers, who have limited profits, and the navies of various countries are looking up to their livelihoods and can help.

Even if Shaq strategically blocked the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, he still couldn't easily attack the Japanese ships.

The reason is simple, because Bermuda is also one of the destinations for land island trade, and once this opening is completely blocked, the first thing Shaq has to face is the major problem of fleet supply.

This gave Lorraine an opportunity.

July 8, 1779, sunset. Flying a special flag with corn and wheat motifs characteristic of a Japanese ship, the Jackdaw sailed away from Baltimore and swaggered toward the mouth of the tightly sealed bay.

As he expected, the Jackdaw, which passed through the Lion's field of view head-on at the mouth of the narrow bay, was not attacked in any way.

On the rest of the journey south, they were only routinely inspected twice by the patrolling British ships, and they simply received the order to let them go without even having time to pay bribes.

They galloped through the calm seas and completed the entire voyage from Baltimore to New Orleans in just four and a half days. By the time we officially sailed into New Orleans' harbor, everyone on board breathed a long sigh of relief.

"For the next two days, rest and recuperate, everyone except the star is allowed to move freely. At 7 a.m. on July 15, the Jackdaw will leave port on time. ”

After announcing the order, Lorraine handed three transcribed tactical manuals to Katerina, Bell, and Karen.

"Take it with you and read it carefully, this is our main business for a long time to come, and it is a matter of life and death for the whole ship."

All three nodded heavily.

Lorraine knew that her seafarers were people who could distinguish between important matters and that they didn't need to be chattered about even the most important matters.

So he chuckled briskly. 137

Next, Bell remembers to ask Pierce to make up the contract, Clen removes the excess firepower from the ship as discussed on the road, and Caterina goes to Barry Sr. to receive the latest information...... Carmen, prepare a wagon, we need to get to Baton Rouge as soon as possible. The Count is our golden doll, and we can't neglect him. ”

……

Half a day later, Galvez Manor.

During this time, the earl's estate was a little lacking in highlights.

It was originally a temporary place for him to settle down when he arrived in the New World, and the specifications and tastes were not worthy of his countdom.

After all, he had no intention of staying in the New World for a long time, and only wanted to end this unfortunate term of office early, so as to squeeze into the privy place he longed for.

No one could have imagined that the barren New France would become a place of prosperity for him.

Looking back, first General Clinton of Britain went south, leading the center of the war from the north to the present south.

Soon after, New Orleans became a target for the British, with elite Red uniforms and overwhelming Indians flocking to them.

The stupid Spanish and even more stupid Baton Rouge legions teamed up to drive him to a dead end, and in order not to become a sinner in France, the Count gritted his teeth and embarked on one of the biggest adventures of his life.

Intercept the smuggling, stop a huge business that is generating profits for the entire French aristocracy, and have the audacity to use that golden mountain of profits as bait, and turn the entire Baton Rouge army and tens of thousands of smuggling merchants into puppets in his hands.

It was one of the darkest moments of my life.

Walking on thin ice, exhausted, I wake up from my dream at midnight, and the dream is the same painting, a guillotine towering on the banks of the Seine.

It was then that the Count finally came to his senses.

A little patriotism is worthless, and in order to create glory for France, he must first learn to survive.

In the days that followed, the Count began to run a retreat for himself.

With some connections in his early years in the country, he soon contacted Queen Mary. The wife scattered the wealth accumulated by the family for several generations, and only then did she barely gain a foothold beside the lady and become a member of the illustrious group of noblewomen.

The queen is a god.

With her kindness, everything began to work for the better, including the sinister assassination that left a scar on his eyebrows, and it was in that assassination that he met Edward, a smuggler with a strange style. Kenway.

And then there was nothing to remember, a well-deserved success, a well-deserved victory, and he gave the queen enough reasons to return him with a fruitful result.

At Fontainebleau, he crossed the class divide with that nectar victory and joined the Holy First Council, a fief in Louisiana, which seemed desolate but was actually rich.

He became a man of man, a lord of the land, the preeminent noble lord of France. The original manor was no longer in line with his identity, thousands of acres of land were collected, and the new, luxurious mansion has only laid a thin foundation.

How long will it take to move into a new home that meets my status?

Count Galvez fantasized when he suddenly heard the hasty footsteps of the butler hurrying in.

"What's wrong?"

"Sir, Mr. Kenway is here!"

"Kenway? Edward. Kenway? ”

The butler had never heard of Lorraine's pseudonym before, and when he saw the count's surprised look, his first reaction was that Lorraine was a liar.

He asked tentatively: "Sir, this Mr. Kenway said that he had an appointment with you two weeks ago, if it is a fake......

"Appointment?" The Earl woke up like a dream, "He said an appointment, not a report?" ”

"It's an appointment," the butler affirmed, "if you don't want to see him......"

"No, bring him in! Mr. Kenway was my guest, that appointment...... Booking...... Yes, I remember, it did. ”