Reborn As a Pirate

Scandinavia has a long history of wrought iron, and its swords have always been famous in Europe for their sharpness and exquisiteness. Among them, Finnish swords and Viking swords are the most famous, and each has its own characteristics.

A group of three people, Lorraine, Hannah and Pierce were wearing loose casual clothes, talking and laughing as they walked in the cold alleys specializing in swords in the port area.

There are many mountains in Northern Europe but few people. Most of the streets and alleys are built along the mountains, which is completely different from the densely populated Western Europe.

Stavanger's Black Harbor is no exception.

The wide alleys are paved with scattered bluestone floors. Following the ups and downs of the mountains, a series of pure wooden pointed buildings facing the street are built. The white walls and colorful roofs are bright in color, just like a fairy tale.

People are rarely seen in the streets and alleys, and even if they are seen, they are mostly far away. The greetings and greetings are all two meters away, and they are not particularly familiar with each other, and they hardly walk together.

This made the three of Lorraine extraordinarily noisy and eye-catching.

Walking and laughing all the way, they stopped in front of a store called [Martini \u0026 Asbert], rang the bell, and pushed open the glass-panelled door.

There is no one in the store.

There are messy and exquisite swords and swords everywhere. The boss is basking in the sun in the sunny front yard. Even if he sees guests entering the house, he has no intention of coming over to say hello.

In Scandinavia, this is the standard example of hospitality.

The three of Lorraine chose to leave on their own.

There are a wide variety of weapons in the store, such as knives, swords, shields, spears, axes, hammers, and hooks, each of which is a type of weapon that pirates love, and the most eye-catching ones are still their knives and swords.

Lorraine saw three pure Viking swords on the sword stand on the wall. The blades were made of Utz steel, with two sharp edges and a blood groove in the middle.

They are seventy to ninety centimeters in length, and the sword body is clearly engraved with [Ulfberht] inscriptions, which is the origin of [Esbert] in the name of the shop.

The number of Finnish knives on display is much more than that of noble-like Viking swords. Long knives, short knives, machetes, and straight knives, some are wrapped in oilcloth and inserted obliquely in wooden barrels, and some are scattered on the counter with leather sheaths. .

They are unobtrusive, and the only thing that sets them apart from other knives, aside from the sleek, unadorned blade, is their distinctive, carved birch leather handle.

From the barrel in the corner Lorraine drew a pair of broad straight-bladed long knives bundled in the same oilcloth.

They look almost the same, with a palm-wide thick blade, a hair-thin, shiny blade, a straight back, and a pointed tip.

The blade is nearly 120 cm long, with a birch leather handle without calyx in one hand, and the total length is nearly 140 cm.

Its single-blade weight is about four to five kilograms, which is slightly heavier, but Lorraine tried to swing it a few times, and found that the perfect center of gravity makes it feel like a finger, and it hardly feels the sense of stagnation caused by the weight.

Lorraine immediately fell in love with this set of knives, picked up the knives and savored them carefully.

He saw complicated anti-slip patterns inlaid with copper wires on the handle of the knife. In the center of the pattern is the inscription [Marttiini] in floral style, which presumably is the origin of [Marttiini] in the name of the store.

Hana came over with two thin short knives in her hands, and she couldn't help feeling a little strange when she saw Lorraine playing with the knives.

"Don't you use bayonets? Why are you looking at knives?"

"After a fight with Leif, I think I might need to strengthen myself."

"Longer, heavier, more?" Hana looked at Lorraine dissatisfied, "A good weapon is a good weapon. I thought you wouldn't make such a mistake."

"There may be a little misunderstanding here." Lorraine rubbed her nose embarrassedly, "The ancestral deck fighting technique of the Drake family is actually a pair of swords. I have practiced it under the guidance of my father and elder brother since I was six years old. Wrong, it should have been practiced for ten years."

Hai Na's eyes widened: "The stabbing sword is not your usual weapon?"

"The rapier is the standard for the Navy. Drake only uses it because the Navy requires us to use it."

Everyone has a clear goal,

The selection of equipment will soon have a result.

Lorraine bought the long knife set, with two thick fish-skin scabbards and a leather strap to hang it on, for sixteen pounds.

Hannah chose a set of eight red velvet throwing knives, and bought two fine Finnish knives for seven pounds.

Pierce bought a cable ax for Keren, and he also took a fancy to a fake Viking dagger about 50 centimeters in length, creaking and pleading.

Lorraine frowned and looked at him: "Pierce, do you want to learn sword?"

Little Pierce bit his lip and nodded vigorously.

"why?"

"Because I don't want to be a burden!" he said firmly. "I stood behind Mr. Scott when the twin pirates robbed the ship. But not only could I not be of any help, but I also distracted him. As for being injured... I don't want this!"

"If it is for this reason... this sword is not suitable for you."

"Not suitable?"

"The short sword is a toy for Viking children to learn swords, and it is also a weapon for women to defend themselves, but it has nothing to do with warriors, and it doesn't even deserve its own name." Lorraine rubbed his head, untied the command sword on his waist, and stuffed it into his hand Li, "If you want to learn the sword, you can use it later."

Pierce stared blankly at the sword in his hand: "Sir, it is..."

"It is the sword my father took when he captured the first enemy ship. He traveled the world and slew pirates. It is the sword of the brave. Promise me that it will not be dusted."

"Yes! I swear on the reputation of the Artis family, I will definitely... not disappoint your expectations!"

...

The twists and turns of the process, the perfect result.

A group of people equipped with new weapons returned to the ship and made the final preparations before leaving the port together.

Two days later, the side of the ship damaged by the hook line was repaired, and the exquisite Nordic glass was also filled in the bilge.

The energetic Artis Beauty sailed away from the pier stepping on the shore waves, and under the escort of the Superstar Gemini, sailed out of the Borken Fjord, where it had been staying for more than ten days, and started a new journey westward.

This time the destination is in the remote Iberian Peninsula, in the vast Bay of Biscay, in Spain, on the edge of the declining and bustling port of Bilbao.

There are calm harbors and passionate flamenco dances.

There will be the origin and terminus of the Lorraine Triangle Trade Plan.

There is the most important link.

Once the Spanish trade route is opened, he will be able to import goods from the New World into Britain, send Scotch spirits to Scandinavia, and then feed the luxurious furs and exquisite utensils of Northern Europe back to the European continent. So far, a high-quality circulation system in the offshore business district has been formed.

That will bring him wealth, and how fast the accumulation of wealth can be... Look at the wind, look at the sky, and no longer need to look at people's faces.

"Spain, which started the Age of Discovery...what is waiting for me?"

Lorraine stepped on the guardrail of the forecastle deck with one foot, crossed his arms, and suddenly heard Pierce's immature shout behind him.

"The wind is southeast and south, level five, stroke!"

Lorraine grinned, let go of his hand, and pointed straight ahead.

"Quarter sail, set sail! Head southwest, aiming for Bermeo! Attis Belle, let's go!"