【C.E.1776, April 28, Breeze, Four Festivals】

【East longitude: 356.6, North latitude: 57.7, Black Harbor, Elgin, Scotland】

【Special products: whiskey, wool fabrics, beef】

【Today is a special day for the freshman Drake Chamber of Commerce】

[We have the first permanent port, Port Alkin, Scotland]

[Just in Mr. Piddick's official document, it is called Port Ergen]

[No matter what she is called, we have opened up the market and put this small chamber of commerce with a total of three people, a standard Kirk-type and more than 400 pounds of funds officially on the track of development]

【The exquisite porcelain of the mysterious oriental is of great significance】

【Miss the East】

【When can I go back and take a look?】

[It's 1776 now, and it's nothing to hear people shouting, it's just a rat braid, it's too ugly...]

【Back to the point, it is time for the Chamber of Commerce to consider the next development direction】

[For offshore trade, triangular trade is a good model]

[With Elkin as the fulcrum and the other two corners, which one should I choose?]

With the dim oil lamp, Lorraine carefully wrote her sailing diary on the swaying waves.

Navigation diary is the basic homework of every seaship captain.

When they are on the sea, they record wind directions and ocean currents. When they are in the port, they record longitudes and latitudes and specialties.

Of course, daily experience and thinking are indispensable.

And because of the existence of these important information, no matter what era, the navigation diary is the most precious privacy and wealth of a captain, and its value is even greater than that of their own charts.

The captains also have the most strict protection of the content of the diary.

In addition to carrying it with you and keeping secrets, they often use secret words for key information when writing their diaries.

Lorraine's secret word is pinyin, and the pinyin of the flower-like body is mixed in English with the same font. At least in modern times, his diary is not possible to be deciphered.

After writing the diary, Lorraine closed the notebook and put it into the dark pavilion of the captain's room. She shook the charts of the Beihai and Cantabulian waters on the bed, and stared at the list of items delivered before nightfall.

This is a privilege for the auction guests. You can learn about the details of the sale two days in advance and decide whether to attend.

Lorraine therefore had the opportunity to be familiar with the rules of the auction.

Elgin's auction was divided into two afternoons, special goods were auctioned in the morning, bulk goods were auctioned in the afternoon, and bulk goods lasted for two days.

Lorraine's spices and tin utensils are also on this list.

Four hundred and seventy kilograms of spices are auctioned in nine times in units of fifty kilograms. In the afternoon, fourteen tin ware will be made separately and will be sold in the morning.

According to Lorraine's own estimate, these goods could probably bring him a profit of 230 to 270 pounds after tax. From the perspective of no business, this amount is not high.

He was struggling whether to clear out the inventory of porcelain and sell it.

Depressed to say.

Lao Bali doesn’t have many porcelains in his hands, only seven sets of them are totally a high-end tea set.

Three sets of cloisonné, two sets of Doucai porcelain, and two sets of blue and white porcelain. This kind of tea set with craftsmanship can naturally be sold, and it can be sold at a high price of more than 200 pounds.

But judging from Mr. Piddick's reaction, these things are obviously better for gifts. They are really useless to exchange for gold pounds, and they are really a waste of resources. The cow chews peonies.

But Lorraine was short of money.

To open an exchange, buy a ship, recruit sailors, to achieve a healthy entry and exit of goods, and to retain enough funds for the operation of the Chamber of Commerce to form a capital chain...

He scratched his hair irritably: "Damn it, if you are poor, you can stay in the auction house for a few more months! Before opening the Oriental route, use one piece of this good product, one piece less!"

"What do you use one less?" Henna interrupted in without knowing it.

Lorraine looked up and saw her wearing a coat like she was during the day. It was just late at night. She took off her veil and showed off her delicate face. Against the backdrop of the moonlight, her emerald-like eyes shone.

Lorraine smiled and shook her head: "It's time to change the job?"

"Yes." Henna nodded, "Pearce is still young, his post is one hour, and then you."

"I won't abuse him." Lorraine waved and called Henna in. "The auction will be held in two days. Elgin's specialty is whiskey. I'm going to fill the cabin. In the snow and ice of Scandinavia, there is no need to worry about selling the spirits."

"Selling wine?" Henna tilted her head, "Do you have a Norwegian Black Harbor route?"

"No. So in the first auction, we have to take that chart first. With it, we have the next anchor point..."

...

Two days passed in a flash.

On April 30, the black market auction in Elgin Port was held as scheduled in the small theater at No. 42 Fanhua Avenue.

A carriage gathers like a fish, and hundreds of merchants are in groups of three or five.

Today, Lorraine wore a decent tuxedo, wig, top hat, leaned on a closed pure black umbrella, and the pointed leather shoes under her feet were shiny.

He jumped out of the carriage outside the theater, turned around, and showed off his back like a real gentleman.

Henna was stunned for a moment.

Today she was wearing a light black gauze coat, covering her beautiful hair and covering her pretty face.

Appropriate stacking of yarns can divide layers of thick and thin shadows into the garment, which can not only cleverly cover the unique battle robes inside the garment, but also make the graceful figure appear and attract imagination.

Her big eyes hidden behind the gauze flashed and stared at Lorraine until she saw Lorraine's smile and encouraging eyes, then her brown plain hands popped out from under her coat and gently placed them on the back of Lorraine's hand.

Such a wonderful scene naturally attracted the attention of passers-by.

A strange young English gentleman holding a young, light brown-skinned African woman...

Her complexion seems to be Egyptian, was it a mixed-race descendant of Carthage or Macedonians, a noble royal family member?

They held their breath and watched Lorraine holding Henna and headed straight to Piddick and his wife.

Mrs. Piddick covered her feather and stretched out her back to Lorraine. Lorraine nodded and greeted her. Her slender fingers hooked her fingertips and leaned to her lips, making a kissing position about one centimeter apart.

Henna's big eyes began to flash again, begging whether to imitate her wife's appearance, and handed her hand to the half-Billionaire opposite her.

She is not very willing...

Lorraine saw her entanglement, and turned her head intimately, and whispered: "Just greeting, the girl doesn't have to kiss her."

Henna then breathed a sigh of relief and gave a slight salute to Mr. Piddick.

Mr. Piddick laughed heartily: "Mr. Drake, every time you meet, you always surprise me. Where are you around?"

"Hena, Hena Jesla, she is the lookout hand on the boat, my most trusted partner."

"A man and a woman!" Mr. Piddick praised, "Your room is on No. 7, and it is adjacent to me. I sincerely hope that you have found your favorite goal."

"It's indeed found." Lorraine made a gesture to Mr. Piddick, "I just hope that the competition will not be too fierce. If the bid is too high, it would be a pity."
Chapter completed!