Reborn As a Pirate

April 20, 1793, Tavistock, England.

The chapel dedicated to the Drake estate was full of voices.

On the lawn in front of the chapel, colorful tulle sets up a garden-filled shed, and a wide variety of English or French meals are placed under the shed. The breeze blows the gauze curtains, spreading the aroma of food in the air.

The bell of the chapel rang, and the cheerful bells jingled and ding-dong. Three beauties in colorful dresses, led by their female companions, stepped into the central rostrum.

Henna is pure white, Carmen is bright red, and Noah is bright yellow. They stand shyly and timidly in front of Lorraine side by side.

The children ran and laughed and sprinkled colorful petals for the rostrum. The girls stretched out their hands, showing off their beautiful brown and painted nails, and took the bouquet of flowers symbolizing happiness with a smile.

The most embarrassing thing in the whole scene was probably the imam who was invited by Lorraine from Egypt at a high price to preside over the wedding.

Standing under the bell tower of the chapel, wearing a white round cap, he put down the Koran, which he never left his hand, and held the pure gold Egyptian Anka, which represents longevity and blessings.

He felt he had betrayed his faith, but £2,000 was enough to build a brand new gilded mosque in the Cairo countryside.

So who knows?

Perhaps only truly devout believers are willing to host this not-at-all-halal halal wedding for Viking barbarians, Catholic devils, Roma and long-overdue Assassins.

With sincere gratitude to the Lord he lifted up the heavy and regal Ankh.

"May the holy fire burn... bless our new ones!!!"

The bells sounded more merrily.

The guests in the audience raised their wine glasses high and shouted in unison: "Amen!"

...

Generally speaking, Arabic weddings are very similar to Chinese weddings, lively, cheerful, rich and full of festive atmosphere.

The only annoying thing is that the groom has to stay alone until the early hours of the morning, which is completely different from the Chinese style. On that eastern continent, it was always women who stayed alone in vacant rooms, not men.

Lorraine and his most distinguished guest complained about this incident, and his guest,

The Holy See of the Anglican Church, the leader of the Puritans, and the only saint, Archbishop St. Xinwari Berwick, was full of embarrassment.

"Little Lorraine." Archbishop Berrick interrupted Lorraine's chatter, "Did you do it on purpose? Let the **** imam hold the ancient Egyptian sacrificial scepter to preside over you, a heretic, in front of the Lord's chapel." Arabian-style wedding, are the invitees still believers of the Lord?"

Lorraine stopped, and sneered little by little: "Old guy, you know why I did this. You have postponed my wedding for five full years, and this is my gift to you."

"It's childish in my opinion."

"No, it's an oath. I'm telling those idiots in the Upper Council that Les Charlotte Drake has me behind the Reserve Baron. He is not the weakest team leader Drake has ever had, but the most powerful one. One."

Archbishop Perik was speechless.

Five years ago, Lorraine returned to Tavistock in a majestic manner, and brought Ann and Rice, an orphan and widow, to the parliament to inherit the title of Baron Tavistock.

There is no doubt about this, the only doubt is that the House of Lords considered Rice's uncles in Liverpool to be more suitable guardians of the new baronet, and hoped that they would preside over the family affairs of the Baron Tavistock family until Rice was 18 years old .

Lorraine didn't say anything at the time, and left London that day with Ann and Rice, and showed up at the Pansy Manor in Miami a month later.

This insult to the House of Lords aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire English aristocratic circle. Some people clamored to ban all the industries of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in the British territory, and completely drove the ignorant Viking barbarians out of the British business circle.

This proposal was strongly opposed by the powerful Royal Navy.

The matter of Les inheriting the title was put on hold, and Lorraine held simple and solemn weddings with Heina, Carmen, and Noah in Miami. There was no gift from the Lord, only the blessings of relatives, friends and comrades-in-arms.

Then on July 14, 1789, the revolution broke out in Paris, the revolutionary army captured the Bastille, Paris fell, and the world situation changed drastically.

The nobles of Europe watched with horror as the revolutionary wildfire burned across the land of France. The Constituent Assembly passed the "Declaration of Human Rights", declaring that "men are born and remain free and equal."

The Emperor of Bourbon's plan to use mercenaries to overthrow the Constituent Assembly failed. The Constituent Assembly abolished the titles of princes, hereditary nobles, and knighthoods, and re-divided the political districts. The Dali Yuan, the Supreme Court, and the jury system were established.

The Constituent Assembly also confiscated the property of the church and announced that the French church would be separated from the rule of the Pope and belong to the state, realizing the separation of church and state.

And during this process, when the world's top chaebols were busy drawing a line with the French revolutionaries, the Drake Chamber of Commerce and the revolutionaries got along like glue.

Everyone knew that Lorraine was putting pressure on England, and even the Royal Navy sent a commissioner to Miami to warn Lorraine of "trade in the Chamber of Commerce that he knew nothing about."

Lorraine, however, was unmoved.

On September 29, 1790, the Maritime Group of the Drake Chamber of Commerce unveiled their new ship, the first generation of "Fengxing Class" clipper merchant ships, at the Boston Haight Shipyard.

The standard length of this kind of ship is 55 meters, the standard speed is 22 knots, and it is only equipped with two six-pound short guns for driving sea beasts.

On October 7, the No. 1 ship of the Fengxing class, the Viva Revolution, set sail from Boston, arrived at the naval port of Cherbourg, France in 19 days, and was officially handed over to the Bouille Chamber of Commerce of the French Revolutionary Chamber of Commerce.

On October 27, the Drake Maritime Research Center announced the successful test of a marine re-entry steam unit, and the research results of the Intrepid Project were disclosed to the world in public for the first time.

Two months later, George III's special envoy arrived at the Pansy Manor in Miami and invited Lorraine and Ann to Windsor Castle for a small gathering.

The question of Lorraine's guardianship of Baron Tavistock's house thus opened a gap.

In March 1791, the Valkyrie arrived in Southampton, carrying Lorraine, Ann, Les, Henna, and the pregnant Carmen and Noah to the newly completed Drake Bay Mansion.

The two sides started long and difficult negotiations.

This negotiation once made Lorraine feel desperate, because the representatives of the House of Lords acted arrogantly and stupidly during the negotiations, and put forward a series of demands, including Lorraine must be religious, and Carmen must be married publicly, and some people want Carmen to call her secretly. Drop the child in her stomach, because the bride must be holy before the Lord.

The smart earl was hung by Lorraine on the lightning rod of the Bay Building for a full 36 hours. It was Archbishop Berrick himself who rescued the unlucky guy from the lightning rod.

Just when the negotiation was about to break down, on May 13, Carmen's child was born, which brought a different turn for the whole matter.

Princess Charlotte sent her female officer to give the child a name, Antalan Singwori Zedrek.

The child's surname was Zedrake, not Drake, nor was it the common surname of bastards in England, which had nothing to do with their surname.

Lorraine was silent for 7 days. After 7 days, that is, on May 20, 1791, Archbishop Berik baptized Antalan Singwori Zedrek in Westminster Abbey and announced that he was the child's mother. godfather.

...

Lorraine and Archbishop Berik sighed about the past and were chatting when Carmen, who was smiling sweetly, led Little Antalan over.

Antalan is already three years old, and his round face is full of heroism. He broke away from his mother's hand, swooped on Archbishop Perrick's red coat to wipe his saliva, and called Godfather sweetly.

Archbishop Berik had a smile on his face, and he hugged Antalan lovingly and put him on his lap.

"This child is the hero who eased the conflict between you and the House of Lords, but among your three children, I have never seen you treat him preferentially." The archbishop raised his beard and complained for his godson.

"Every one of Drake's children grows up in pampering." Lorraine snorted unhappily, "Jedrake, Zedrake, Sadrake, their brothers and sisters have three surnames, Charlotte The princess wants me to promise that my descendants will not occupy the magpie's nest, and I promise her that this is the fundamental reason for me to resolve the conflict with the House of Lords."

"I'm glad you made a wise choice."

"I owe this to Shaq." Lorraine said calmly, "It's also what those idiots in the House of Lords owe me."

Another topic that cannot be continued.

Archbishop Berik stroked Antalan's little head: "Your Majesty wants me to ask, how is your fearless plan going?"

"The test ship is under design. It is a 20-meter-class scientific research ship. The whole ship is made of iron, using riveting and steel keels. At the same time, it abandons wind power and fully uses steam power."

"Master Karen Scott is in charge of this matter in Miami. According to his most optimistic estimate, the ship will be built and launched between 1795 and 1797."

"Why is it a scientific research ship?" Archbishop Berik was very puzzled.

"Because a guy who is exploring the Congo rainforest wants to, and the steam battleship needs to be equipped with a brand new firepower system. This is still in the second level of demonstration. It will take several years before the theory is formed. The design of the test ship can't wait."

"You are experts in this matter." Berrick said, "Your Majesty said that the Royal Navy must obtain the world's first dreadnought, and it is not allowed to sell it to France or Spain."

"What about America?"

"Even those country bumpkins with fake letters can't do it!" Perrick didn't hesitate, "Lorraine, I heard you're going to sail again tomorrow? The day after the wedding?"

"Actually, it was tonight." Lorraine sighed helplessly. "The French executed the emperor of Bourbon, which pushed our relationship with them to the cusp."

"Great Britain is organizing a large-scale military escort, preparing to let General Richard Howe lead the entire Strait Fleet to escort more than 100 merchant ships to the New World."

"There are 17 ships of the Drake Chamber of Commerce among those ships, and my friend Admiral Collingwood will also participate in this escort. He invited me to join him on this sea trip."

"It turned out to be the warlike General Richard Howe..." Archbishop Berwick pondered, "Is the Royal Navy ready to go to war with France?"

"Who knows?" Lorraine grinned, "Following the instructions of His Majesty, in order to give my nephew a correct patriotic upbringing, I, the guardian, have completely stopped trading with the French Revolutionaries, the Drake Chamber of Commerce Losses of over £300,000 for this."

"Those frustrated revolutionaries also confiscated Acharin's estate in Bordeaux, forcing Acharin to show his loyalty to the royalists in exchange for a predetermined title of Earl Desai."

"The Drake Chamber of Commerce has long wanted to reopen the trade route. Pierce arrived in Speedhead ahead of time with the special service unit. When I arrive, the first formation directly under me will also set sail from Southampton to join this large-scale escort. .”

"The war is about to start..." Berik murmured worriedly.

"Yet we must be victorious."

Lorraine smiled twice and stood up, taking his child from Perrick's arms:

He was holding the child and looking towards the direction of southern France, the light in his eyes was so bright that it was impossible to look directly at him.

"The magnificent battlefield is always a place of business opportunities. As long as the revolutionaries on the other side of the sea are gone, Drake will become the most powerful business empire in the world."

"This time, no one can stop it!"