Breaking through the mouth of the bay, the rest of the journey is flat.

Virginia and Maryland were the most important core pillars of the Revolutionary War, and the new United States had absolute support here and occupied the vast majority of the land.

Especially on both sides of the Chesapeake Bay, where every inch of land is overflowing with independence fervor.

The sampan fleet at home has an unrivaled war bonus in these waters, relying on dense coastal batteries and limited French allies, even beasts like the Lion dare not easily penetrate deep into the bay to challenge the bottom line of the New World hillbillies.

In short, the first part of fifty thousand pounds is already in hand.

There was a lot of joy on board the Jackdaw, and Lorraine had just announced on deck that everyone on board would receive an additional reward equivalent to one-half of their annual salary to celebrate the success of the first smuggling success.

Hearing the praise of God and the captain, Bell tickled his heart, and hurriedly handed the handwheel to the ship's fourth helmsman, and ran to Lorraine with a grin.

"Luo ...... No, Captain Kenway, how much is my half-year salary? ”

Lorraine rolled her eyes: "I don't seem to have the impression that you have a problem with money." ”

"You're wrong, I've been chasing fame." Bell rightly said, "Why can't I be hungry for money at the same time without compromise?" ”

"Admittedly, the reasons are very good." Lorraine nodded in an exaggerated gesture and suddenly looked at the sky, "Bell, it's still far from Baltimore right now, isn't it a little inappropriate for you to leave the helm for this little thing?" ”

Bell was perceptive, and his face was full of suspicion: "Why do I think you're diverting the topic?" ”

"How could it be ......"

Before Lorraine could finish his words, Clen walked over with her shoulders moving, and was surprised to see everyone in a circle: "Did I miss something?" ”

Bell hurriedly said: "I'm asking our captain what is the salary of a seafarer for half a year. ”

"Salary? Didn't you read the contract? ”

With a puzzled face, Qi turned to Lorraine.

Lorraine touched his nose in embarrassment: "For some special reasons, Bell's last contract was forged in imitation of the long-term contract template, and my signature on Party A was missing my name, and I didn't make a private seal...... Well, Bell has no experience serving in a private chamber of commerce and has been tricked perfectly. ”

Bell said in disbelief: "You lied to me? ”

"I don't trust you, to be precise, at least at the time." Lorraine waved her hand as if she were catching a fly, "But the unpleasantness has passed, and the new contract will be made up according to the signing time of the previous one, including the dividends that have been told to you, and there will be no less." ”

Bell was still incredulous: "You lied to me? Wrong! New contract ...... What is the salary for a real contract? ”

Seeing Lorraine look away again, Karen could only clear his throat helplessly and explain in Lorraine's tone.

"The seafarers of this chamber of commerce, including food, shelter, and together with the president himself, share the glorious prospects of the chamber of commerce."

Bell was utterly incredulous: "Oh God! I don't even have a salary! ”

……

Everyone knows that Bell's pursuit of a paycheck is just an unreasonable release after death and life.

After all, the Drake Chamber of Commerce is long gone, and the 30% dividend of the Chamber of Commerce is the main part of the seafarers' income.

Especially with the start of smuggling, its per capita monthly income even exceeded the annual profit of most small chambers of commerce and some middle chambers of commerce.

This also means that once smuggling is normalized, the Drake Chamber of Commerce, which earns more than 500,000 pounds a year, will officially enter the top level of the Chamber of Commerce in terms of profits alone.

The sky was high and the sea was clear, and the Jackdaw sailed smoothly in the narrow bay of the Chesapeake.

It was a huge lure bay, spanning 350 kilometers from north to south and 5 to 60 kilometers from east to west, and it lost its anxiety and persecution, and the Jackdaw barely maintained a speed of 8 to 9 knots, and it took a full day and a half to reach Baltimore, which was located at the head of the bay.

After motivating the crew, Lorraine locked herself in the captain's quarters.

He wrote a booklet on the defense of the circular formation, the advantages, the disadvantages, the trajectory, the principles, the deployment, the variants, all in detail, and he also attached a suitable method for the Jackdaw in each predictable situation.

This is a new defensive tactic that he and Shaq have perfected together, and even if the creator is not him, he will not know less about it than Shaq.

Due to talent, vision, etc., he even has to excel in coping. Now he just wants to summarize the target theoretically, and of course it is handy for him.

The motivation for compiling a book is simpler than the process.

This smuggling started out of a grudge, and this crazy idea would come to him, and the source point was that he wanted to make Shaq uncomfortable, or just wanted to fight.

But now, this original intention is no longer important.

Lorraine knew that she would not find a more cost-effective business in the Americas, and that even becoming a full-time pirate, trafficker, or opium dealer would not be faster than she could be as wealthy as selling arms.

Because life is the most stable general equivalent in the world, and only in the face of the business of war will the publisher spare no effort to invest human life.

Human favor, flow, supply and demand, performance......

When the left road sprouted, Lorraine never expected to get stable and high orders, let alone make smuggling a long-term business.

But since by chance, he has already pinched out a pie with limited condiments, and directly made himself a direct supplier of the French royal family, what reason can he have to talk to himself?

Every month, after deducting expenses, costs, and dividends, the profit that can be attributed to him is at least 30,000 pounds, and ten months is 300,000 pounds.

How much does £300,000 represent?

Since its opening, the North West European branch has largely established a well-established business chain, with a monthly profit benchmark of £5,000.

If we estimate the bonus of the Caribbean branch after the opening of the ocean, it should eventually be able to climb to 7,000, that is, maintain dozens of large and small merchant ships, and the income barely touches a quarter of the guaranteed smuggling of the Jackdaw.

The basic cost of a first-class battleship representing the strongest force of the era is 100,000 pounds, and the full allocation is generally not more than 150,000. There are only seven ships like this in Great Britain, and in ten months, Lorraine can sell two of them...... Hang on the wall and admire.

In any case, 30,000 pounds a month is far more than the windfall profits of the Nuggets, especially since it is only the middle of 1779, and if Lorraine's memory is correct, this business is far more than a year away.

The stakes are so great that anything deserves to give way, and for Lorraine, the immediate priority is to do everything possible to stabilize and de-risk the trade route.

Shaq's tactics must be cracked by the Jackdaw, not only by Lorraine, but also by Katerina, Bell and Karen, who are included in the command wheel, in order to prevent the ship's unintentional loss of lineup for various reasons during the long time span.

In this way, writing a brochure is the best option at the moment.

Who's saying that?

Books are the ladder of human wealth.

Lorraine nervously drew a gold coin in the upper right corner of the book's cover, the gold Phocas coin, exactly like the messenger when he got the first pot of gold at Hebasil.

When Phocas finished finishing his ugly beard, Lorraine rubbed his wrist and stepped out of the cabin, glancing at the bustling and deserted harbor of Baltimore at the end of the sea.

Two small armed ships came up to meet them, and the tips of the mainmast fluttered with the stars, but instead of the fifty stars that Lorraine was familiar with, they were joined into a circle, red and white thirteen stars and stripes, the Great Union Flag.

Caterina frowned and came over: "Captain, the sea of Baltimore is full of small ships of the Continental Army, we have not prepared a white flag, and it will be troublesome to wait for inspection all the way." ”

Lorraine looked thoughtfully at the empty masthead of the Jackdaw, and whispered, "Hang your Rose Pirate flag, the Americans are smart, they will understand." ”