Two Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Drake's President, Used to Being Extravagant

Lucie Estate, Jamaica, June 26, 1779.

Lorraine was wearing a tuxedo, and gently opened the curtains of the study with a smile.

Through the crystal French windows, he saw Bell and Ofie, as well as the bright sunshine and the lush green grass.

"Tsk tsk tsk, talented, feminine, poetic, and picturesque, Bell finally mustered up his courage. He who mustered up his courage... What kind of humiliation will he encounter?"

"McCarthy is hostile to him." Hannah habitually stood in the darkest corner of the study, playing with her golden sideburns idly, "or more accurately, she is a decent person, and she has respect for everyone on board. Be on guard. It's hard for me to imagine a good result if you push Bell to pursue her."

"I can't help it." Lorraine made a wicked smile, "Offie is an employee, young and beautiful, and the most troublesome thing is to be honest. It is very hard to suppress Acharin's attack on her, but her character is doomed I can't treat her the way I treat Carmen or Noah, she takes it seriously."

"It's better to say that you will be frightened." Haina added, and immediately laughed, the laughter was like a bell, and the flowers and branches trembled slightly.

Lorraine rolled her eyes helplessly, threw away the curtains and walked back to the desk: "Any news about your line?"

The words were endless, but Hana nodded her head as a matter of course.

After coming to the New World, Lorraine’s business has produced many dark sides, including the supervision of the two branch chambers, especially the Caribbean branch chaired by Leonard, the smuggling in New Orleans chaired by Carmen, and the supervision of the branch by Katerina. Pirate intelligence.

These news will flow to Lorraine through the branch's commercial channels, but will not pass through the branch. In the past, they flowed directly into Pierce's hands.

But as Pierce's value expression became more and more obvious, Lorraine began to worry that being too close to the dark side would affect the healthy growth of the little guy.

After all, the impact of knowing, understanding, and doing it yourself is completely different.

So this time when I returned to Lucy, Lorraine forced Pierce with a bunch of nautical materials in French, Spanish, and Latin on the grounds that he was lacking in his studies, and asked him to interpret Earl Gervaudan's nautical diary based on these materials, and the official start Learn fleet command.

Little Pierce was so busy that he was so busy that he didn't touch the ground. Some insignificant pick-ups and deliveries would naturally be transferred to others. Specifically, it was Henna who took over the work.

Haina is Assassin, who has a long history and is best at dealing with the dark side of business for his employer. Because of his specialization in technology, even if it is the first time to deal with clerical work,

She still did it with ease, without any jerky.

And today is the first time she has taken the initiative to report to Lorraine.

Lorraine glanced at the clean desk: "What to drink?"

"Tea."

"It's not even tea time yet."

"Milk tea is fine, no jam and snacks."

As usual with Henna, Lorraine gets up to make tea for her. The type of tea is not important, the key is the amount of milk and sugar. This shows the important value of taste education starting from baby.

When the tea was ready, Hana took a sip and moaned contentedly like a kitten.

"The first one is the news from the branch. Leonard was worried that we would leave Lucy, so he sent a briefing first. The detailed content is estimated to be handed over to McCarthy within a week or two."

"The colonial authorities of Britain, France and the Netherlands started joint talks at the Royal Episcopal University of San Heronimo in Havana. The intermediaries were Spain, Portugal, and Denmark. As for the topic, the main content is the post-war order in the Caribbean Sea, and it has been made clear that it will not involve North American issues."

"In addition, the Lefrancois tragedy is also the focus of this joint discussion. The Earl of Gervaudan of the Defense Fleet, Sir Allend of Lefrancois, Lieutenant Colonel Nelson and Captain Lechide are four people who participated in the night of the tragedy. Witnesses were asked to attend relevant topics and speak. Leonard attached Chuck’s evaluation, saying that at the end of the joint discussion, the chamber of commerce may also be invited.”

Lorraine nodded with a smile: "The chamber of commerce will definitely be invited, but not as a representative of mercenaries, but as an enthusiastic businessman who cooperates with the Royal Navy to carry out humanitarian rescue to accept thanks, which is related to the dignity of a powerful country. "

"But at that time, we probably had already gone to Amazon to find the crystal skull... We must leave a letter for Chuck later, asking him to attend on behalf of the chamber of commerce, and ask for more thank you gifts."

Hannah was noncommittal about the so-called skull, took two sips of tea, and began to describe the second matter.

"It's still Leonard, about last month's chapter financial report and this month's prediction."

"has a problem?"

Haina frowned and recalled for a moment: "Last month, the profit was 1,361 pounds, mainly because the ocean-going ships in Northwest Europe started sailing. Although not much, it also greatly improved the profits in the Caribbean. The extent of the impact on Northwest Europe Not as good as the Caribbean, 4866 pounds, an increase of 8% from the previous month."

Lorraine looked at Hana strangely and said the numbers: "Isn't it great that the branches are thriving?"

"It's good to see an increase in performance." Hana gulped down the remaining milk tea. "But this month, Leonard judged that the Caribbean branch will suffer a major deficit, because Chuck Parker has withdrawn a large amount of money."

"A large sum?"

"The total amount was 15,000 pounds, of which 8,300 pounds were paid to the Levisler Dockyard, and 3,900 pounds were paid to the Port Royal Naval Logistics Office. This is the cost of repairing the ship, and there is no problem. But in addition, Parker also paid to a man named Earl Way The woodcarver paid 1,000 pounds to the director of the Port Authority, Stanley, 1,500 pounds, and 300 pounds were spent on banquets outside of business. After investigation, they were also relevant personnel of the Port Authority, and none of them were posted. "

"Woodcarving artist and the Port Authority?" Lorraine touched his chin and thought for a long time, then suddenly smiled wryly, "I guess what he's going to do."

"what?"

"Modify the bow image, remove the hull number, mast number and other marks. If I guess correctly, he also intends to fabricate a batch of ship transaction records out of thin air, and complete the registration of the new ship at the same time."

Hana tilted her head in a daze, "What is the purpose of doing this?"

"Of course, it is to turn those French warships into second-hand ships with clear origins, and rely on the rhetoric of sinking them in actual combat reports. By the way, prevent the emergence of the kind of pragmatists who hold trade rights in their hands and lack gentlemanly demeanor in Fort-de-France."

"It's too much?"

"It's not too much to do."

"Do you think it will be useful?"

"Those who are known can't be fooled, and those who don't know don't care." Lorraine snorted disdainfully, "It's just a big country... Chuck's behavior provided Fort de France with a good excuse. The defense fleet was owned after a fierce battle. The Halloween fleet of seven battleships was destroyed, not by a mere hundred light guns."

Hai Na suddenly realized: "Sounds like a good favor."

"From a business point of view, it's perfect, but..."

"but?"

"Chuck's business style has always been confident, sharp, and decisive, which is good, but sometimes he thinks too much about timing and cost performance, so that he tends to put himself in a desperate position."

"Just like this time, including the Golden Deer, we brought back five ships in total, all of which are expensive ocean-going ships. Among them, the Golden Deer and the Totem need major repairs, and the Golden Deer and Andes need additional firepower."

"However, the economic situation of the Caribbean branch is actually not good, because the establishment time is still short, and the reserve fund has been tight due to the lack of ships in the early stage."

"What's more, Chuck has never stopped expanding. At this stage, the Caribbean branch will be more like a big hollow frame, and it depends on Chuck's business skills to maintain profit and loss."

"So here comes the problem." Lorraine drew a circle on the desk, "Last month, Ramos wrote a letter saying that Chuck borrowed 20,000 pounds from the Northwest Branch of Europe when he was communicating with the ocean, which shows that his reserves Cash is already insufficient, at least compared to his development plan, cash has become a weak link of restriction."

"At this time, his safest method should be to give priority to putting new ships with low maintenance costs into operation, and to repair and replenish them in batches and batches."

"But he wants to sell to me, so he can't delay the Golden Deer; he doesn't want to miss the rare opportunity to sell to France, so he has increased a lot of non-business expenses; the most troublesome thing is that he also wants to open the Caribbean Sea in one step." The branch’s own ocean-going channel, the result is that even the repair of the Totem and the replenishment of the Andes have to be carried out simultaneously.”

"15,000 pounds is a huge sum of money for the current Caribbean branch, which is equivalent to draining his reserves again. Lack of cash means that the chamber of commerce loses its flexibility, and its stability and anti-risk ability will become weak, so that it cannot withstand a little storm .”

Hana didn't really understand this, but just by looking at Lorraine's expression, she knew that this matter was of great importance.

"Are you going to intervene?"

"It would be great if I could intervene." Lorraine spread his hands helplessly, "I promised him that I would only send someone to supervise the accounts and not intervene in specific operations. Of course I can break the contract, but this would have to risk Chuck's separation , at this stage, the gains outweigh the losses.”

"It's a good way to prepare a part of the secret reserve fund with Leonard, but unfortunately Chuck has no money, and I have no money. The investment in New Orleans and LeLorain ended up becoming a ship. We ran out of cash, and Chuck The gram is only half the catty."

"Where are the ancient gold objects?"

"The transformation of ancient gold artifacts into money requires a specific time and environment. The Caribbean is not Europe. There are few auctions of sufficient specifications here in a year, and we can participate... probably none of them."

"That is to say, you are actually stumped by money?"

That expression, that tone, were clearly discussing serious matters, but Lorraine could clearly hear Henna's teasing.

He glared at Hana viciously: "Hey, Niord's descendants will never be helpless! It's just...it's the end of June, when will the damn smuggling be ready?"

"Actually, the third thing I want to tell you..." Hana playfully pulled out a private letter with rose patterns from her arms, "Carmen's letter."

Lorraine's eyes lit up: "Is it ready to continue?"

"This batch of goods has been put into the warehouse and counted three days ago. The letter arrived this morning. Carmen urged us to go there quickly."

Lorraine almost cheered.

He was happy for a while, thought for a while, and then hesitated again.

Hana came over and hugged him gently: "Bell Judea?"

"Smuggling, fighting against Shaq..." Lorraine leaned into Hana's arms and murmured, "Should I take him with me?"

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