The three-point document handed over by the Duke was, of course, an instrument of the Gordon privateer's mandate, an arms trade agreement, and a naval transfer in the Caribbean.

Although His Majesty George looks mediocre, he still looks at these documents in detail.

"Who's Evan Gordon? Strange, did you bring it?"

"Your Majesty, I am Captain Evan Gordon. ”

George looked at the young man carefully, he looked good, there was no strange attire, he was well-behaved, he had no tattoos, just like the aristocratic youth of London.

"Evan Gordon, are you willing to pledge your allegiance to the British royal family and become the captain of a privateer?"

"Of course, Your Majesty, this is my wish. ”

His Majesty George was pleased with Gordon's humble tone, and he signed his name on the privateer's permit.

By the time the three of them left the palace, Gordon had a few more eye-catching papers in his hand, as for Jon.

Jon has been reinstated as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy by the Duke, and has been ordered to follow and supervise Captain Gordon's expedition to El Dorado.

"Gordon, we actually met the Duke and His Majesty the King just now, haha, it's been a long time since we went back. ”

Kulic was in a state of dementia the whole time anyway, and of course there was no place to interject in the first place, just to meet the big guys, who had lived in England for so many years, and had never seen the king so closely.

"Why don't you continue sailing with me, and there's a chance you'll be met by the big guys. Gordon's words were full of demagogy, but they drew a wary look from Kulic.

"I refuse, you can't move me. ”

"Don't you want to see El Dorado too?"

Kulić was a little hesitant, but when he thought of something, he was extremely firm: "I don't want to!"

"Captain Gordon, I'm curious how you knew I was bringing news of El Dorado. Jon spoke at this point, feeling like he was being used the whole time, and his tone was questioning.

And Gordon just shrugged his shoulders: "I think we should get down to business first and then keep talking at night over a drink." ”

Jon had no power to refute Gordon's proposal, so he had to follow with his life.

After finding a carriage again, the three of them returned to the tavern, this time, Gordon directly gathered all the sailors, removed all the twelve-pounder cannons from the ship, pulled them in a flatbed carriage, and headed for the exchange at the docks, where he was to re-prepare himself for sailing and upgrade the Jackdaw.

Of course, these cannons only have barrels, and the pedestals don't have to be taken out completely.

Pushing open the door of a weapons shop and looking at the shells and cannons inside, fortunately there was no gunpowder, otherwise Gordon would not have dared to step into the door, because the boss was sitting in it smoking a cigarette boringly.

Looking at Gordon's decent outfit, the boss turned his head again and continued to stare out the window in a daze: "What do you want to do?"

The tone was soft, but he was not to blame, the most people in this kind of dress were young people in London who wanted to buy a short gun to show off to their friends, which was not a big business.

Business is difficult, since the end of the war, the volume of arms trading has dropped a lot, and he does not have the courage to smuggle to pirates like those profiteers, although the profits are high, but three people have been hanged.

Gordon looked at these smaller-caliber cannons, none of which were comparable to the Jackdaw's, and then directly slapped an arms trade license on the table.

"Give me a cannon of a larger caliber, gunpowder and shells!"

At this time, the boss reacted, the person in front of him was a big dealer, and he smiled instantly, and then walked directly to the end of the room and opened the curtain of covering.

"I recommend you this one, the 24-pounder fortress cannon, which is favored by the garrisons of various fortresses in the kingdom, and the three cannons are a pirate ship!"

“......”

"Can't you do it? Look at this, the latest mortar produced by the Royal Arsenal, with an ultra-long range, saturated cover shot, and a huge lethality for deck sailors. ”

"There is also this 18-pounder cannon, which is widely used in naval warships, but the disadvantage is that the rate of fire is a little slower, it may be troublesome to clean the breech, and it takes three gunners to operate normally......"

The owner of the weapon shop tried his best to sell his weapons, looking at Gordon with a fat sheep in his eyes, rubbing his hands, waiting for Gordon's final decision.

"16-pounder cannons, thirty-four. "Gordon actually coveted that mortar, but the Jackdaw's hull was limited, and there was simply no place to install it.

"OK, no problem at all, cannon plus shells, if you still need gunpowder, about fifty thousand pounds!"

The price was completely pertinent, averaging more than a thousand pounds for a cannon, and Gordon was quite satisfied, but he was not prepared to pay in full.

"I have thirty-four ninety-ten new twelve-pounder cannons on my ship, and I'm going to offset some of the price with them, what do you think?"

“......”

"Boss, I'll pay you forty thousand pounds, any more is not negotiable. ”

Gordon looked at the distorted expression of the owner of the weapons shop, and fought fiercely with himself in his heart, he didn't want to lose this order, but he didn't want to do business with Gordon like this, and he actually traded in the old for the new in the name of buying things!

Is this really bearable?

"Of course, haha, captain, I need to send someone to check the depreciation of your cannons first. ”

"Don't bother, we've actually brought it here. Alan, move here. ”

"Okay Captain!"

Allen's response came from outside the door, and four sailors walked in with an almost brand new twelve-pounder cannon.

The Cannons of the Jackdaw had been in use for less than two months, and the chances of firing were relatively small, and under the maintenance of the sailors, they were almost indistinguishable from the new ones.

At this time, the owner of the weapons shop looked much better, if he exchanged this kind of cannon, 10,000 pounds was already a very low price, but the premise was that he had to sell it to make money.

The end result was that Gordon and the sailors were carrying sixteen-pounder cannons, a lot of shells, and gunpowder, which was stored in a backlit underground warehouse.

Gordon waved his hand to the owner of the weapons shop, indicating that he would visit next time, and the atmosphere between the two was very friendly......

The sailors laboriously hoisted these cannons with the ship's pulleys and winch, and then re-installed them, and in an instant the momentum of the whole ship was completely different, the cannons had a longer range and greater power, so that the firepower of the Jackdaw could already catch up with the Black Pearl.

As for why the 16-pounder was chosen, the rate of fire of this gun is not slow, and it will not require more gunners to maneuver.

After all, the Jackdaw is not as good as a warship, and there are not so many manpower consumed here.