Reborn As a Pirate

The sea cave expedition is over.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, thanks to Noah taking away most of the sailors calmly, not only did they not lose their money, on the contrary, they also made a lot of money.

After public weighing, the expedition team took back a whole box of 94 pieces of gold and nearly 200 ancient gold coins, with a total weight of 64.52 kilograms, equivalent to 8,814 pounds. According to the previous contract, Lorraine generously transferred the A harvest is directly priced at 10,000 pounds, and the boat is full of joy.

This is an expression of reciprocity.

During the retreat of the leading sailor team, something happened that moved Lorraine.

When the cave collapsed, the coral snake abandoned the fluorescent cave, and everyone knew that the battlefield had changed drastically, they were grateful for Lorraine's condescending courage. The first thing they rescued was not gold, but the symbol that belonged to the captain in their minds. The strange ballista that Inge stepped on under the throne.

When they retreated, they took this half-ton old ship suit that seemed worthless, and no one even knew if it could be used...

It was also for moving this antique that they missed the opportunity to move the gold.

There were two boxes full of gold wares, and they only snatched one box, and the rest were swallowed by the surging waves, and drowned in the dangerous deep cave hot spring where big snakes appeared and threatened.

This heavy kindness is enough for Lorraine to take the initiative to share more profits.

review and summary.

There were two sea cave expeditions successively, a total of 125 people accepted the sharing agreement, 33 sailors participated in the expedition, 15 people died, and 4 people were injured. The loss was huge, and the harvest was also huge.

The rewards of the expedition include the macaw, priced at 3,000 pounds, ancient gold artifacts, priced at 10,000 pounds, ancient ballistas that have not yet been verified by Karen, and monitor lizard skins that have not yet been made into equipment, and no valuation is made.

In this way, the income that needs to be shared also reaches 13,000 pounds.

According to the previous agreement, each sailor who signs the contract can get 20 pounds and 16 shillings, which is a free ride.

The sailors who participated in the adventure received an additional 78 pounds and 15 shillings, which belonged to the income from the adventure.

There are also pensions. The pension for each expedition victim is 81 pounds 3 shillings, and the comfort pension for the injured is 20 pounds 10 shillings.

All the dividends are here, and the living can get up to 140 pounds, which can be called overnight wealth.

Noah and Pierce issued a receipt for each sailor, and once they returned to Southampton, they could claim the receipt from the General Chamber of Commerce at any time.

As for the dead...

Their wealth and relics will be sent by the General Chamber of Commerce to the hands of their testators, and they will pay tribute to each other in silence and greetings, which is the obligation of the employer.

Just how much did Lorraine gain from the expedition?

A route leading to the New World, a Brig-type frigate that can be used for business after repairs, and ancient gold artifacts of unknown value up to 8,800 pounds are converted on a 1:50 basis. The value of the gold artifacts It also reached 440,000 pounds.

Of course, actual benefits cannot be calculated in this way.

Rare things are more expensive.

The collection market of ancient gold wares is so big, if these gold wares are put into the market in large quantities, they will only become worthless in a short period of time.

This discounting process may take as long as ten years or even longer.

In this process, there may be a lot of goldware being used as gifts by Lorraine in exchange for opportunities, and the actual cash proceeds will be discounted by 50%, or even 30%.

30% discount, 130,000 pounds, is also a lucrative deal.

The money will become the start-up capital of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, and it is the most precious gift that Lorraine's ancestors left him in this mysterious and legendary island.

After resting for three days, Lorraine took his sailors back to the longship ruins with a grateful heart, and glued the Viking oars he made by himself to the mast of the longship.

On the oars is written in Old Icelandic:

[The ancestor of the whalers, the king of wolves, Inge Anason is buried here]

【His treasure lies in the Nooton in the sea cave. If you want it, please sacrifice your life at the altar】

Ke Lun looked in the direction of the sea cave rather unwillingly: "Captain, there are tens of thousands of pounds of gold! The big snake was seriously injured, and it may have been poisoned to death by sulfur at this moment. You really don't think about sending a few people into the water." Tantan?"

"It's too late." Lorraine read a sentence in Chinese softly.

Karen froze for a moment: "What did you say?"

"This is an ancient oriental proverb, which means that when facing wealth, you should rationally obey the Lord's arrangement, and don't let greed blind your eyes."

"That ancient oriental man couldn't see the tens of thousands of pounds, and the gold utensils with a history of thousands of years!"

"Isn't this great? Yemengard guards endless treasures, and the souls of pirates hide deep in the water. This is like the true legend of Nooton. The great whaler deserves such a destination, Inge Ya Naxon deserves such a home." Lorraine smiled faintly, "By the way, what about that ancient ballista?"

"Amazing skills!"

Lorraine raised her eyebrows with interest: "Listen to your tone, does it really work?"

"It's more than usable!" Karen waved his arms excitedly, "Did you know? Its material should be some kind of whale's rib, with fine threads engraved on it, and it is dipped and infiltrated with molten metal through special techniques to change the This is a top alchemy technique!"

"alchemy?"

"It's a lost alchemy technique!" Karen gasped heavily. "This skill makes the ballista immortal for thousands of years, and its hardness and toughness are extraordinary. I heard that it was hit by a big snake and hit four times. pounder gun, but there is no trace of collision at all. I have tested the tension of the crossbow arm, as long as the appropriate string is installed, it can shoot three hundred meters stably, and the distance is amazing!"

"Immortality, tenacity...and alchemy..."

Lorraine frowned and understood for a long time, and decided to regard this ancient weapon as a memory metal formed by some kind of coincidence. Anyway, the arrows it shoots are still the same, and the general meaning is similar.

He nodded and asked, "What's it called?"

"I found its inscription on the arm of the crossbow, [Hermes Trismegistus, narwhal]."

"Narwhal." Lorraine thought he liked the name, "Can you place it on the bow like Scott's Ballista?"

"Not now, but back in Southampton, I can build a brand new launching platform for the Narwhal, exactly like the old Scott Ballista, if not better!"

"I leave this matter to you, my master."

Lorraine stretched excitedly: "Speed ​​up the repair of the ship. Naspert's diary mentioned that the reef belt has a winding but wide safe route in the northwest of the island. With this route, the two Passing through the fog zone for the first time."

"Really?" Everyone was excited.

"Really." Lorraine confirmed with a smile, "In the next two days, Yacharin and I will find it and mark it. We entered the foggy area from the northeast, even if the Reindeer is still waiting for us in the sea outside the fog , and it is not estimated that we will come out from the northwest."

"Through the foggy area, straight to the north, we return to England from the high latitude route, and no one can find us in the vast sea."

"Gentlemen and ladies, be as proud as you can," he proclaimed, looking at his sailors, standing like a proud judge on a longship, "establish a course, land on an island, traverse the jungle, explore the unknown. We have conquered the Brasil Island, completely...conquered it!"

"Long live!"