End of February, Lucy.

The early spring sun shone on Lorraine's bed, waking Lorraine from its slumber.

He climbed out of bed, blindfolded, and gently pulled the near-transparent curtain.

"It looks like it's been another boring morning......" he said.

It has been more than half a month since the end of the Battle of Bimini, and the huge trophy fleet has entered Kingston, shocking the jaws of many people.

No one expected that this vengeful pirate war would yield such huge benefits.

15 boat ......

Even leaving aside the relatively inexpensive Skuna and sloops that could only be used offshore, the fleet consisted of a fifth-class galen, a fifth-class bag, a powerful Brig, and four versatile Brigentin.

In addition, there are dozens of cabins of expensive goods that have been carefully selected by the Pirate King, and the value of the goods alone has reached more than 15,000 pounds.

Chuck was probably the most surprised of all, as he was asked to preside over the pirate handover with the New World fleet, and by the way, help Lorraine deliver tens of thousands of pounds worth of smuggled arms to the navy.

This made him especially want to find out how much Lorraine had earned in this naval battle, which lasted a month and a half......

It's crazy, it's crazy!

After watching dozens of pirates hang en masse, he made a special trip to Lucy to get Lorraine to get his way.

As a result, he only saw Carmen, who had returned from New Orleans at some unknown time.

Carmen was tasked with representing Lorraine with the club on the distribution of battle profits and capacity adjustments.

First of all, the pirates had a total of £11,300...... This is the price of £6,000 for arms, which is attached to Sir Parker's special approval for arms, and is unified under the name of the General Chamber of Commerce;

Secondly, the spoils with an estimated value of 14,000-16,000 pounds, because the Chamber of Commerce does not participate in the sale, only takes 10,000 pounds, and the rest can be included in the club's earnings.

Thirdly, the war fleet was realigned.

The Eros and the newly arrived Black Goat were officially assigned to the fleet directly under the General Chamber of Commerce, the original war fleet was cancelled, Olvis returned to the chapter, and Leonard continued to be seconded.

The third wingman of the fleet is the Three-Eyed Raven, whose hull structure has been greatly damaged by this brutal refit, and has to be returned to the factory for overhaul for at least two months, and will have to be re-tested for half a month.

The Cyclops simply followed Carmen back, and Lorraine still had a choice when it came to the issue of quick response.

In this way, Lorraine was officially organized into a stable command lineup.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce has six subordinate ships, the flagship of which is the specially modified Galen destroyer Golden Deer, the wingship includes the Galen destroyer Eros, the Brig ship Black Goat, the Bermuda Brigenting Cyclops and the Three-Eyed Raven (not available), and the communication ship is the Bermuda large dhow Clipper Blue Dewdrop.

In terms of personnel composition, Admiral Lorraine of the direct fleet, Leonard, Deputy Admiral and Captain of the Eros, Captain Acharin of the Golden Deer, Dylan of the Black Goat, Captain Hill of the Cyclops, and the absent Three-Eyed Raven were appointed newcomers, and Thales, a sailor recommended by Olvis, took the position of captain.

Wang also served in the original war fleet, but he made a trip to Boston and brought back a group of ignorant and useless fellows, who could not even communicate normally.

Lorraine had strictly ordered that until the end of the war, the Qing sailors were not allowed to know about the relationship between the Kenway Merchants and the Drake Chamber of Commerce, so in order to train his fellow countrymen, Wang could only stay in New Orleans.

And with the determination of the fleet directly under the General Chamber of Commerce, other war ships have also ushered in the distribution.

Considering that Cotton Jack VII had completely disappeared after the fall of Bimini, and that even Turtle Island and the Maritime Brotherhood did not know his whereabouts, Carmen proposed to further strengthen the offshore fleet.

Two Brigentines were transferred to the Caribbean Ocean Fleet, and Holy Anne and one Brigentine were sent to Olvis to become the new ships of the Caribbean Offshore Fleet, along with the sloops or brigs.

As a result, the size of the offshore fleet has more than doubled.

The remaining Briganting and the only Bague ship were sent to Ramos in Northwest Europe, both because Carmen could not convince the Chamber members that Lorraine favored the Caribbean branch, and because in the eyes of old friends, the poor capacity of Northwest Europe really needed to be greatly strengthened.

Spoils...... The distribution plan was finalized, and Chuck was driven back to Kingston without even seeing Lorraine. His doubts were not answered in the end, but he seemed to have a vague answer.

And what was Lorraine doing at that time?

He was sick.

After Cottonjack disappeared, the pirate war suddenly changed from a planned quick battle to a protracted war that would end in no uncertain time.

Lorraine's body began to protest, and I remember that this was the first fever since he fell into the water when he was young.

Good morning in the evening, good in the afternoon, good in the evening......

Sickness comes like a mountain.

Lorraine spent a whole week in a state of confusion, and even Daniel's superb medical skills could not be cured quickly, so he had to resign himself to his fate and leave it to his strong body to carry it.

And the continuous repeated fever made his body weak, and even Pierce came back to prepare his meals for him, and the manpower of the road sign was suddenly transferred to an extremely dangerous point.

Fortunately, a week later, Lorraine's illness was cured without warning, but only weak, only weak.

He was ordered not to go to sea, not to carry a knife, not to look at nautical charts, and not to receive secret reports.

The daily task is to eat, sleep, wake up and eat, and after taking a bath every night, he has to accept Noah's special massage, and even he can't tell whether this life is painful or enjoyable.

The only thing he could be sure of was boredom......

"I'm so bored every day, when can I get my work done?" He lamented.

"Cotton Jack, Bonett, the Maritime Brotherhood, the Road Signs and Smugglers, the Chamber of Commerce is accumulating more and more untapped wealth...... I have so much to do, but I can only lie down......"

He paced back and forth in the room, suddenly glancing up at his desk.

On the huge table was a striking red velvet flying knife, which was a gift from Henna when he secretly flipped through the ledger the day before yesterday, and it remained as it was, piercing the ledger and entering the wood.

I remember that at that time, I glanced at it, and the balance of the Chamber of Commerce had exceeded 200,000 pounds......

"Money piled up in the treasury doesn't make money!"

He stopped all of a sudden: "Aophee! Aophee! ”

The lively butler flew in like a butterfly: "Evil lord, are you awake?" Would you like something to eat? ”

"I eat eight meals a day now!" Lorraine kicked Aoife viciously, "Secretly help me convey three things." ”

"Things?"

"Let Carmen take fifty thousand pounds, she knows what the money will be for."

Aoye took out a small notebook and wrote it down: "Understood." ”

"Let Leonard take another 20,000 pounds."

"Vice President?" Aoife tilted his head and poked his eyes out from behind the small notebook, "No specific instructions?" ”

Lorraine thought for a moment: "Let Leonard buy the manor next door and the private beach, and expand our dock to a high standard, at least the size of an entire fleet." ”

"Yes!"

"Thirdly, St. George's Island, which is in Bermuda, the letter brought Chuck into contact with the local gentry and manor owners, especially in the area around the town of Castle."

"It is the earliest developed area of Bermuda, close to the Bermuda shipbuilding center, and the garrison control area of the continental fleet, but it is far less developed than the main island of Bermuda and the western island chain."

"Pirates are hard to deal with." Lorraine scratched her head, "As the pirate war intensifies, our enemies in the Caribbean will only grow. Bermuda is better suited to be a terminal for our cargo to and from the New World, while Kingston is only suitable for the general administration. ”

"For this purpose I have prepared 100,000 pounds for him to be the representative of the General Council, and to endeavour to acquire as much land as possible, preferably the whole island, within the year, and to build a good cargo hold and a commercial port."

"The plantations on the island aim to be self-sufficient on the island, don't be like a landlubber, and the output of just one land will not bring us more."

"100,000 pounds?!" Aoife looked demented.

Lorraine sighed, "Wasn't Chuck always curious about how much I snatched from Cotton Jack?" Now he knows. ”

Miss Aufe, who was not a lover of money, was knocked unconscious by the gold pound for the first time, and she wrote down the main points in a dejected state of mind, ready to go back to drafting them.

"Master, can I get the letter to you to sign today?"

"Gotta come secretly." Lorraine looked at the red velvet flying knife on the desk again, "By the way, where did Henna go today?" ”

"Miss Yesra......" Ofie thought for a long time, frowning, "Colonel Nelson is here, and Miss Yezra and Miss Xavier are entertaining him. Rest assured, it will be gone soon. ”

"Oh...... Well!? ”