Calm Western Europe, turbulent North America.

On April 19, 1775, the British in Portland were ordered to confiscate their illegal arms in Concord. They passed through the meadows of Lexington and came across the Nationalist Army in shooting training......

The American Revolutionary War began with this slap in the face.

The Battle of Lexington, the British army suffered 286 casualties and was defeated.

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Army was formed. Washington became commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence, and the United States of America was born.

Great Britain behaved unusually clumsy in the face of this vigorous revolution.

On the one hand, since the previous Admiral of the New World Fleet, Elijah. Baron Drake was unexpectedly martyred on his way to office, and the navy was never able to pick a suitable successor.

The mighty New World fleet was in a leaderless state for a long time, and it was not until mid-1777 that their new Admiral, Peter Brown, finally arrived. Sir Parker.

On the other hand, the colonial army was caught in another form of chaos.

At the beginning of 1776, John. Burgoyne was inaugurated as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Region, and was inaugurated with William Brown, then Commander-in-Chief of the North American Region. Howe fought against the court and succeeded in splitting the British army, which was already small in number, into two.

In order to get along well with their colleagues at the same level, the two further divided the army into more detailed divisions and formulated a large-scale [New England Partition Campaign], which divided the troops into three routes and marched to Albany, New York.

It was a ridiculous military operation.

The three non-communicative forces, the outnumbered Colonel Barry St. Redger, were driven back to their starting point early by the Yankees.

Commander Howe changed his mind halfway through and went to Pennsylvania to capture Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress was located.

Only the honest Commander Burgaune led a mere 7,000 soldiers to persevere and continue to march towards the goal.

His troops first captured the fortress of Teconderoga, and then collided head-on with the main American army at the Hudson River, leaving them alone and running out of ammunition and food.

On October 17, 1777, John. Burgoin led his men to surrender to the U.S. forces north of Saratoga Springs, known as the Saratoga Victory.

Saratoga changed everything.

Beginning in February 1778, France, the Netherlands, and Spain recognized the independence of the United States, and their huge fleets sailed for North America.

Overnight, Great Britain's enemies went from being hillbillies "unworthy of being called rivals" to half the world.

The trade winds of early spring blew across the vast Atlantic, bringing the news of the war back to Europe.

This is the root of the maritime powers, and the kings are still talking and laughing, trying to maintain the last restraint, but the clarion call of war ...... But it has already sounded in the world of merchants.

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April 1778, Elgin Black Harbor.

The Artis Beauty slowly moored into the calm harbor, and Pierce dangled off the ship with his trouser waist in his hand, just like Lorraine in the past, and popped out a shilling and landed precisely in the pilot's palm.

In a flash of two years, the little Pierce was much taller and darker.

His every move was very similar to Lorraine, and even the faint smile on the corner of his mouth was the same as Lorraine.

"Pretty flag, Mr. Med."

Pilot Dmitry smiled and put away the shilling, put away the double flags, and rubbed Pierce's head.

"Little Pierce, how does it feel to be a captain for the first time?"

Pierce's shoulder collapsed in one fell swoop.

He wept and said, "Mr. Med, it is not a gentleman's business to knowingly ask. ”

"Huh? Intentionally...... Didn't Mr. Drake take a turn off this time? ”

"Brother is taking turns off." Pierce frowned, "But now in the form of the sea, if my brother is not here, Sister Henna must be there." With her at the helm, even if I put on the name of Admiral, don't I still have to listen to her? ”

As she spoke, Henna got off the boat.

The two years of HNA have not made her give birth to too many changes, she is still wearing a smock, hood and veil, and she is still cold and inattentive, but she is taller and taller, and she is not short when standing next to a tall man, but she is thin and light.

She jumped from the tip of her bow and stern, and the height of four or five meters seemed like nothing to her.

She frowned and walked over to Dmide, handing out a small packet wrapped in oiled paper from under her coat.

A sense of uneasiness rose in Hyde's heart, and he looked at Henna in a daze: "This is ......"

"We found Mr. Pimon's ship on the route, only wreckage, no living mouth, this is his nautical diary."

"Old Skin......

Henna nodded silently.

Dmitry took a deep breath and took the oil ladle with both hands: "I'm going to hand the relic to the council immediately, Ms. Yesla, please come with me." Little Pierce, unaccompanied. ”

He took Henna Fei as if he were walking, cursing as he went.

"Fourth resident this month! This world, is it crazy! ”

As Pierce and Mr. Hyde have said, the situation at sea has been terrible these months.

The war in the New World has escalated.

The colonial garrisons of Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Spain were in a mess on the land of the new United States, and there was no moment of peace to be found from sea to land.

The situation in Europe is more stable than in the New World, where every move affects the fundamentals, and the governments do not dare to act rashly, and they maintain peace with each other.

This is also the worst-case scenario for black merchants.

With the connivance of the state, the privateers let go of the reins.

The hunt began.

How did the number of pirates scattered along the route more than double overnight?

Endless pirates adrift the seas, and the black merchants with few people and weak guns are their best targets.

robbery, murder, throwing corpses, destroying ships......

In the past few months, Pierce has lost count of how much bad news he has heard, in Bermeo, in Stavanger, the most...... It's in Elgin.

Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong......

The bell tower on the Avenue of Blossoms once again sounded a short and anxious death knell, indicating that the Governing Council had confirmed Mr. Pimon's relics.

The death knell represents the loss of another free, optimistic and brave black businessman in Hong Kong.

"According to Mr. Med, Pimon is the fourth of the month...... Next...... Or is it the next one...... When will it be our turn? ”

Pierce bit his lip.

Lorraine is very strong, Henna is very powerful, even blushing when she sees people, and Noya, who is inconspicuous, is far more powerful than ordinary people.

But in the face of the heavenly artillery, how valuable can the strength of an individual be?

The current Drake Merchant Group is too weak.

They had only four standard Kirk-sized cargo ships, and Lorraine gritted his teeth and equipped each ship with four medium-range six-pounder guns.

The cannon could hardly penetrate the hull, nor could it hit the mast, and its only purpose was to fire shotshots at the deck, hoping to ignite the shells piled on the deck, or kill and injure sailors who were running around.

During this time, Pierce recalled more than once when he visited SuperStar Gemini in Stavanger.

Like that kind of 20-gun Brigentin-type high-speed ship, it can't be defeated, it can't run away, and as long as the Drake merchant group encounters it once, it will inevitably destroy the whole regiment, and the ship will be destroyed and killed.

They've even been through the Ghost Gate.

More than 40 days ago, on the last trade route, they were driving out of the Bokenfjord with Nordic furs and bumped into a Dutch Brigenting.

If it weren't for the heavens, the mighty Viking Skull Pirate Regiment was preparing to go to Stavanger to resupply and easily expelled the Dutch gunboat in an attacking stance......

Will the Drake Merchant Group be able to escape?

Elder brother! What exactly are you waiting for!

Pierce stared at the dangling bronze bell in the distance, took a deep breath, and quickened his pace.

He decided!

Today, Lorraine must be persuaded to buy a boat. Even if you take all the money that the Drake Merchant Group has saved in the past two years, you have to buy a real gunboat!

Otherwise, you will die!