The encounter with Nelson was probably a surprise in Kingston.
When he heard that Lorraine was going to declare war with cotton jack, Nelson did not persuade him from his position, but immediately volunteered to go to the fleet intelligence office to copy relevant information for Lorraine.
Contemporary Britain attaches far more importance to intelligence work than the world average. Its many and wide sources of information and the professionalism of espionage personnel are amazing.
How much secret information about Jack lies in the fleet intelligence office of the new world?
Lorraine doesn''t know.
He only knew that this unexpected joy was likely to have a great impact on the next war, and it was absolutely worth his temporary stop in Kingston.
Of course, this value will not exceed the value of pirate war itself.
There is no need to delay the smuggling work, and Wang Ye''s lunar new year will not be postponed, so all arrangements can be as usual, as long as the relevant personnel slightly adjust their itinerary.
After thinking through the next arrangement, the carriage carrying Lorraine also drove to the water tank of Drake chamber of Commerce.
Lorraine jumped out of the car and saw the sailors talking and laughing outside the warehouse. There were a lot of them.
This made Lorraine different for a long time.
"What? What''s the smell in the water tank?"
Karen smiled and said, "no, people are just looking forward to your response."
"My reaction?"
The doubt was soon answered.
A group of people entered from the gate, turned around the main warehouse and entered the inner wharf. In front of Lorraine was a completely different golden deer.
The bowsprit is lengthened, about 10-12m, and four large triangular sails are set.
The other sails on board were also Bermuda adjusted.
The transverse sails became narrow and slender, and the number of sails of the main mast increased to six, five foremasts and three aft masts.
The tall stern sail has been replaced by a soft sail with bone, which is at least 12 meters high. Now it is closed at the stern and seems to occupy the back deck.
There are also wing sails. The installation of wing sails makes the whole sail heavy, so that the wind catching sails in the front four and the back two between the two masts become less conspicuous.
The exchange of blood from the canvas drives the cable.
Today''s cables are much more complicated than the original ones. Thick cables are stretched straight and connected to the deck from the mast tip, driving the sails spread all over the mast surface. It seems to move the whole body.
The change of bow hold must be mentioned.
After the narwhal crossbow was destroyed, the upper deck lost its highly representative harpoon gun and became flat. Instead, there are long strip-shaped huge openings on both sides of the bow image, from which two large gun ports are looming, pointing straight ahead.
Lorraine''s eyes sparkled.
"Leonard, you took advantage of this overhaul to change the golden deer?"
Leonard nodded proudly.
"Captain, when you asked me to buy a Baimu ship in crow nest, I knew you were more and more concerned about the type of high-speed ship."
"But the golden deer is an old ship. Although it is classic, speed is always her weakness. In fact, except for the cutting-edge destroyers with high-speed sails, most destroyers are not rivals of pirate ships in speed."
"So I tried to ask Scott boatman, who gave me this design overnight. According to the master craftsman in charge of reconstruction in Bermuda, although the current golden deer can not compare with the cutting-edge high-speed type because of congenital reasons such as length width ratio and bow shape, the downwind high-speed has been able to climb up to 11 knots. More importantly, the upwind has been greatly improved, and it has stably touched 3.5 knots during the sea trial!"
"Perfect!" Lorraine patted old Leonard on the shoulder excitedly. Because he couldn''t control it for a moment, he almost patted the old thing on the ground.
Leonard was happy and had shoulder pain. He covered his shoulder and grinned.
"Captain, although the effect of the transformation is very good, it costs..."
"How much did it cost?"
"The old cloth was torn down, the bowsprit was replaced, and the straight mast and bow cabin were greatly changed. The overall transformation greatly exceeded the budget. The other party offered a price of 5300 pounds, and I can''t come down at all."
The price is really high
Karen said that Haite only needed 5000 pounds to buy all the ship equipment in Boston. Now it is only part of the equipment and part of the reconstruction, and 4000 pounds is the appropriate price.
But
As for the so-called business behavior, rare goods can live in. At that time, Leonard didn''t know the existence of Haite shipyard, and he didn''t know shipbuilding. He took Karen''s transformation plan to find the shipyard. It''s strange that the shipyard didn''t raise the value of high technology.
Generally speaking, the other party didn''t speak much.
The only problem here is that Lorraine knows Leonard''s family. He may be able to cope with two or three thousand pounds, but 5300 pounds... Is far beyond his tolerance.
"How did you settle the account?" Lorraine asked with a smile.
"No solution..." Leonard blushed. "I have some credit in Bermuda, so I ask the shipyard for an installment. Pay 2000 pounds in advance and pay off the remaining 3300 pounds in three months."
"The vice president of Tangtang Caribbean branch is actually on credit outside..." lorington felt sad and laughing. "In this way, I will directly withdraw money from the crow nest for my tasks in the future. I will explain it there and apply for postposition."
"Yes, Captain!"
"Well, I''ll sleep tonight. Tomorrow, except for the war related personnel, the rest will take the Cyclops to the crow''s nest and do their own things. Leonard will also go and settle Bermuda''s debts first, and then come back to meet me."
"Yes!"
……
The calm days flashed for seven days.
Lorraine arranged the navigation route of the Bahamas and conceived a simple and practical formation formation.
Information about cotton Jack came one after another, including not only Nelson''s copy from the naval intelligence service, but also Katrina''s copy from old Bart.
These intelligence with different concerns are pieced together and integrated in front of Lorraine, increasingly forming a plump and true image of the pirate king, which has long been far from limited to military.
As we all know, the title of cotton Jack comes from the first generation of cotton Jack John clayham. His private life is talked about, and his lucky Lorraine has heard of it for a long time.
But it was not until this time that Lorraine knew that the Bahamas, where the turtle island was originally located, had been a public hunting area for pirates in the Morgan era and even the post Morgan era. It was not until the first generation cotton Jack proposed the pirate flag that this "hub" was sealed off by the Maritime brotherhood for the first time.
In order to recognize the tribute of the first generation of cotton jack, the pirates gave this title is actually a special honor similar to the guards.
Although it is said that this guard army will not have greater advantages than other pirate kings. Even after Morgan''s old death, pirates in the Caribbean have never had a second emperor, but the honor is a privilege.
This generation of cotton jack is the seventh generation. His real name is Alessandro dilabi. He is Portuguese American and the third generation pioneer.
He used to be a gentleman in Virginia, with a large estate and a happy family.
Under the improper competition of the British, he went bankrupt, his wife and children were separated, and his family was destroyed. Therefore, he went to the sea with hatred, and his fleet was particularly cruel to British businessmen.
However, the Naval Intelligence Department also said that under his clever tongue, an English progressive aristocrat invested 30000 pounds in him to reform production capacity and introduce steam engine operation.
But he failed.
In order to avoid the blame of the English aristocrat, he quickly sold his estate and manor, hid his wife and children in the countryside, disguised himself as a victim, and became a pirate from then on.
It is now difficult to explain which of these two statements is right and which is wrong.
However, Alessandro was 37 years old when he went to sea and had never had sailing experience before.
In only half a year, he became the captain of the Bloody Mary. With two brigantines and a group of loyal and brave crew, he began to compete for the title of cotton Jack and won the final victory.
"This sentence is hard to explain. It''s very vivid..."
Lorraine smashed his mouth and continued to tidy up.
More than three years after becoming the pirate king, Jack VII has made great progress based on the Bahamas.
Reliable intelligence shows that his nest is hidden on Bimini island.
There are eight warships under his command, including two standard destroyers [Bloody Mary] and [Saint Anne], four brigantines and two Briggs.
This is the data in October this year. It is clear that the two brigantines sunk by Shaq have been excluded.
"The combat effectiveness is very impressive, but Bimini island..."
Lorin found Bimini island with his fingers, searched in the chart pile for a while, quickly found out the details of Bimini and dozens of surrounding islands and reefs, and looked carefully.
"If those legends are true, this battle... May be simpler than expected, maybe..."