Reborn As a Pirate

University of Cambridge, Trinity College.

The luxurious carriage slowly stops in front of this great university that has cultivated great figures such as Newton and Bacon.

Lorraine and Hierro got out of the car left and right in the most solemn dresses, stopped together, raised their elbows, and greeted their female companions from the car.

Hierro's female companion is his unmarried niece Freya, a standard, vivacious, and a little bit of a broken-hearted English lady.

Lorraine's female companion is Carmen.

Today, she has her long hair coiled up, wearing a cream-colored tunic dress, a silk scarf around her neck, and lace gloves. Even the wide-brimmed top hat on her head is decorated with elegant lace and ribbons. There is no gold or silver decoration on her whole body. The only valuable thing is the pansy brooch made of pearls on her chest.

Conservative, pure, but cleverly smiling, still beautiful and charming.

Lorraine never expected to see such a temperament from Carmen, and couldn't help but praised: "Today you will make all the ladies jealous. I saw that Miss Mindell has already pouted her lips."

Carmen nodded, helped Lorraine's arm to jump out of the carriage, and pulled it up.

"Miss Yesra told me that seafarers are the private property of the captain. If I don't get your permission, I'm not allowed to flirt. She said this is the rule of the pirate ship."

"Why do you make me sound like an old-fashioned..."

"It's respect."

"Is there a difference?"

Seeing Lorraine's depressed look, Carmen covered her mouth and smiled tremblingly.

Eight days after the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, the renovation of the Butterfly Flower came to an end, and rare ancient gold artifacts landed in auction houses around the world one after another.

This batch of gold wares caused an uproar in the collection market, and more than 30,000 pounds of cash flowed into Lorraine's pockets, which was converted into sailor's rewards, Viscount Alfonso's share capital, and Clover's brand-new ship equipment.

These three things cost Lorraine a total of 20,000 pounds.

After everything was done, the General Chamber of Commerce still had a balance of 14,000 pounds on its books, and the sub-chambers had a balance of 4,000 pounds, with sufficient funds.

Ramos also had a good first meeting with the famous Count Bidia in the Basque Country under the recommendation of Carmen.

If there is no accident, the Bidia family will make up for the reputation loss caused by the liquidation of the Alfonso family, and become the new partner of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Spain and the Basque Country.

Everything has progressed, and there is still some time before the launch of the Butterfly.

Lorraine took time out and led Pierce to make a high-profile visit to the president of the Mindel Chamber of Commerce, Hierro.

Before that, Ye Luo always thought that Lorraine died at sea...

During the more than 20 days when Lorraine lost contact, the situation in Cantabrian became more and more deteriorating.

The Reindeer is invincible, and the first fleet of the Desai family swept across the wilderness with the blessing of this powerful warship, making huge profits.

Driven by huge interests, the French Kalmar Chamber of Commerce, the Dutch Yodel Chamber of Commerce and the Spanish Herrera Chamber of Commerce have sent their strongest fleets to the hunting grounds.

The entire route was strewn with elite privateers, and English merchants were already at a loss.

Hierro was devastated, on the one hand lamenting the untimely death of the young man he was optimistic about, and on the other hand because of the loss of the chamber of commerce.

In the current situation, he had to cut off the hugely profitable Spanish route, causing the chamber of commerce's revenue to fall off a cliff.

At this moment, Lorraine returned to the world like an angel.

Single-handedly, with small gains, bravely fighting giant whales, returning safely...

Lorraine, who stood in front of Hierro again, jumped from a young man full of potential to the hope of victory in Hierro's eyes.

He restarted the membership of the Drake Chamber of Commerce with the greatest enthusiasm, and got everything he needed in a few days.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce officially joined the Offshore Guild, and this grand afternoon tea party held at Trinity College was the official welcome party prepared by the Guild for Lorraine.

Lorraine and Carmen were teasing softly beside the carriage, and Hierro came over with his niece on his arm and took the initiative to play the role of host.

"Brave little Drake, have you ever been to Trinity before?"

Lorraine shook her head with a wry smile: "The closest I was to Cambridge was the day I was expelled from my family. At that time, an admission letter from a law school was placed in front of me. As long as I accepted it, I could become a student of Cambridge."

Yerro laughed. "Trinity College is Trinity College, and Cambridge University is Cambridge University. You have to be careful not to confuse the two."

He pointed to the corner of the gate, behind a row of big trees, the lonely apple tree planted under the window, and said: "That is the tree of universal gravitation. It discovered the force of gravity together with Isaac Newton. Now Mr. Newton is in the Hall of Fame, It is outside the gate, enjoying the tranquility of the courtyard.”

"Mr. Mindell seems to be familiar with Trinity College."

"My brother and I are both graduates of Trinity College. In fact, the three chambers of commerce founded by the Offshore Guild all have a relationship with Trinity College. planned."

"Trinity College actually supports students in business?" Lorraine asked in surprise.

"Freedom, challenge, humor, we are different."

Hierro smiled proudly, and led Lorraine towards the majestic Gothic gate.

"In 1546, His Majesty the Great Henry VIII merged King's and Michael's Colleges into Trinity College. In order to remind us of his grace, he summoned the best sculptors in England at that time and selected from thousands of proposals The most dignified one erected a statue of himself on the gate of the academy."

Following Yerro's guidance, Lorraine saw the sculpture above the huge round arched porch of the courtyard gate.

Henry VIII stood on the porch with a serious expression, holding a golden holy ball cross in his left hand, and a strange stick in his right hand.

"His hand..."

"A chair leg, still lame."

"Chair legs?"

The smug look on Hierro's face grew stronger.

"When the statue was completed, His Majesty Henry VIII was holding a golden scepter that symbolized the throne and majesty. He was so high that he asked every Trinity student to bow to his majesty from the day they entered school."

"This aroused the dissatisfaction of the old seniors. Less than a month after the statue was completed, a senior named Tony Clayton secretly climbed up the statue, pulled out the scepter, and threw it into the stinky ditch."

Lorraine and Carmen were dumbfounded: "Did you throw the scepter into the stinky ditch?"

"It's indeed a stinky ditch." Hierro shrugged. "This matter caused an uproar in the whole of Britain. His Majesty ordered the college to investigate, but the teachers and students of the college firmly kept the secret of Senior Clayton, even in the face of God. , also kept silent. The academy’s investigation was fruitless, and in desperation, they had to redo a scepter and put it back in the statue’s hand.”

Lorraine couldn't laugh or cry: "That Mr. Clayton threw it into the ditch again?"

"There is no evidence whatsoever that Senior Clayton was directly involved in the theft of the latter two scepters."

"The last two times? Hell, this scepter was stolen three times?"

Hierro pointed to the broken chair leg on the right hand of the scepter and said, "On the third time, the person who stole the scepter stuffed this broken chair leg in."

"and then?"

"The higher-ups of the college thought this was good, and they ended the incident with a public statement. The original text of the statement was: Although the student's behavior was mischievous, it was still cute, and it fully expressed the college's independent spirit of rebelling against authority. The Academy believes this is an appropriate change, and also believes that this should be the last change to be made in relation to the statue."

"1546..." Lorraine was amazed, "That is to say, His Majesty Henry VIII has been standing at the entrance of the college with his chair legs up for more than two hundred years?"

"He will stand forever, because the world will end, and the Trinity will last forever. Want to destroy her, unless God is tired of human beings."