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0001 The Age of Navigation

A broken dream...

In the dream, the tunnel cracked a spider-web-like crack, and large pieces of cement fell into the car, and the yellow soup-like lake water surged from all directions, stirring up huge waves, lifting Zheng Anyue and his car into the air.

Falling... Falling...

Zheng Anyue sat up!

The iron-made bed frame swayed and made a "squeak" sound. A silk quilt that was as light as clouds slid off the edge of the bed and spread silently on the ground.

"Where is this?"

He looked at the classic and luxurious British bedroom in front of him in a daze, and his diffuse pupils gradually condensed.

Memory revived...

He hugged his head and smiled bitterly: "Why does it look like I've worn it again? This is... home."

【Home】is a luxurious bedroom with a size of 100 square meters.

A huge iron chandeliers were hung on the top of the plaster, and Akminster's flower-woven carpet was covered on the ground.

The light yellow cashmere wallpaper on the wall is the latest trend of steam woven. Oil paintings are hung on the wallpaper, recording the fierce battle of Gravolinne.

Under the oil painting is a large iron bed made of pure white paint.

The tall curved grille of the bed frame is referenced from the London Bridge. The Gothic wooden bookshelves are placed beside the bed. The bookshelf is opposite to a single Victorian sofa, which is close to the fireplace in the room.

The fireplace did not set fire, and the clean furnace cabinet stood around the stove, with only two palms wide and three exquisite decorations flat.

On the left is the Doucai porcelain exhibition plate from the Chenghua period, in the middle is the wooden pedestal clock shaped by Big Ben, and on the right is a sailing model called Jinlu. The nameplate of the model reads: [Gived to Lorraine, my dear brother].

Lorraine is Zheng Anyue.

Three years ago, a flood of mudslides brought him from China in the 21st century to Europe in the 18th century, becoming the second son of Drake's hereditary Baron family, now fifteen-year-old Lorraine Yarnson Drake.

Strange environment, strange times, strange celebrities.

He thought he knew nothing about this era, but was lucky enough to escape a lifeless killing game, and fortunately inherited everything about a drowning boy, including his strong body, excellent talent, and a happy family...

He naturally lived a carefree new life.

There is no need to think about what the future will be, because in this era, he does not know more than Lorraine.

The Drake family is a traditional naval family.

His ancestor Francis Drake is a legend in the history of British HNA and one of the main creators of the Royal Navy.

More than two hundred years ago, he drove the Golden Deer across the Atlantic Ocean under the order of Elizabeth I, and plundered French, Dutch and Spanish merchant ships in the New World as a privateer. It was once terrifying and known as the Evil Dragon of the Seven Seas.

Later, the Spanish giant ship blocked his way back home, and he was separated from his subordinates and discovered a new route to the Pacific Ocean, the Drake Strait, south of the Strait of Magellan.

The Drake Strait broke the monopoly of Spain and Portugal over the East-West trade line, and British maritime merchants rose, and Francis became the second adventurer in the world to complete a global voyage and to direct a global voyage throughout the journey.

After returning to China, he devoted himself to the military and launched the Battle of Gravolinne as a lieutenant general, defeating Spain's invincible fleet, and England became a first-class maritime power. Francis was named a lord for his duties, thus establishing the Drake family.

To this day, his descendants have become an indispensable leader of the Royal Navy.

Lorraine's father, Elia Drake, is the current patriarch, hereditary baron, and lieutenant general.

Not long ago, Alia was appointed as the admiral of the Royal Navy's New Continental Fleet. She was waiting for the delivery of the brand new flagship HMS Lion, and was preparing to set off for Kingston Port in Jamaica to take office.

Lorraine's half-brother Shaq Francis Drake is the next patriarch, ten years older than Lorraine. He is now the Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel and the captain of the Straits Fleet HMS Sea Lion, with a great future.

Lorraine is not simple either.

The child started to go to sea with his relatives' fleet at the age of eight, and has been to India, America, circled the Cape of Good Hope, and boarded the survey ship that went to the Arctic.

After drowning in the Arctic, the new Lorraine returned to the shore and was admitted to the Plymouth Naval School under the arrangement of Elia. She studied for two years and studied five items of exercise, command, chart, fencing, and navigation, with excellent performance in all aspects.

As a third-year freshman in the Maritime School, he is already a sergeant of the Royal Navy and the assault captain of the HMS heir.

When the holiday is over, he will participate in a one-year internship training. When the training is qualified, he will officially serve as a lieutenant and become a young officer of the Royal British Navy.

This is Lorraine's original life trajectory.

When a man reaches middle age, he may become a general and an admiral of a colony.

He hopes to go to East India.

Because it is close to China, one day, he may be able to use a bad person's identity to open up the wisdom of his soul to his compatriots.

But God made a big joke with him.

This morning, Elia came back from the dock at Devon Harbor and told him in a teasing tone about a trivial joke in the aristocratic circle.

The famous anti-British fighter, Mr. Patrick Henry, gave a speech at the just-concluded Virginia Legislature, saying that "it is better to die if you are not free."

Lorraine had never heard of Mr. Henry's name before, but this slogan unexpectedly awakened the memories of his previous life.

1775...

The speech of the Virginia State Assembly, the gunshots of the small town of Lexington, Washington will take over the banner of North American independence, the vigorous war of independence is about to begin, and a great era is about to begin...

After losing the rich North American colonies, the contradictions in Europe will be completely intensified, and the French Revolution is close at hand. Napoleon will walk out of the broken Sicilian farmland and embark on his kingly and hegemony in the vast European continent.

Washington, Napoleon, Grand Duke Carl, Peter I, and the British heroes who ended Napoleon's great cause, Nelson of the Navy and Duke of Wellington of the Army...

It turns out that I don't know anything about this era.

Lorraine survived the day and fell into a real nightmare at night. She resurrected the mudslide in a more tragic way. She could hardly recall everything around her for a moment, as if she had traveled again.

Why?

At this time, what exactly does God want to tell me about experiencing such a nightmare?

He got out of bed in a daze, walked barefoot to the dressing mirror, and saw a tall and thin white boy in the mirror.

With black curly hair, brown eyes, his skin is pale, whiter than ordinary white people, he is tall, slender, strong and powerful.

He was a mixed race between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. He had a mind, strength, skill, and had two lifetimes of calmness in his body. He also had a prominent family behind him.

"The great era is coming. Are you willing to be a navy who obeys the orders?"

He murmured to himself, and suddenly saw the reflection of the Golden Deer from a corner of the mirror.

Francis Drake's Golden Deer was sailing on the fireplace, holding its head, bulging its sails, riding the wind and waves, and moving forward.

Lorraine walked over and gently picked it up.

"The Golden Deer, a light Galen three-masted sailboat, twenty-three meters long and six meters wide, is equipped with a cross sail, aft spindle sail, a top sail and a slash sail on the mast, and is equipped with eighteen cannons. It is the flagship of the legendary pirate, legendary adventurer, legendary merchant, and legendary officer Francis Drake, and is known as the car of the Pirate King."

"And its owner is just a privateer..."

Lorraine's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Privateers are the real darling of the times, and they are ever-changing.

When facing enemies, they are cruel pirates; when facing friends, they are generous merchants; when encountering mystery, they are fearless adventurers; when entering the battlefield, they are brave warriors.

They sailed across the vast seven seas and drove excellent ships of the same style as the navy. On the one hand, they were rulers who were given to them in backward countries, and on the other hand, they were wealthy people in the civilized world.

Free, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-righteousness...

He wants to be such a person.

Because the coming new era will be the last and most magnificent...
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