“I have never sang a praise of God.”

"But today, here, in Lucie, who belongs to us, allow me to sincerely praise Him."

"He created this wonderful festival for us, He demarcated the beauty and kindness of the world for us, He made us understand the warmth of home, so we traveled across the ocean and gathered here."

"May wealth and glory accompany us forever, may our journey be smooth sailing on the sea, may we have no regrets today, the coming day, until we are called by our respective Lords, and may not forget our youth."

"Young man..."

Lorraine raised her wine glass and everyone shouted in unison

"It's enough to have a future, what's the money for!"

"Saint to our future!"

"To our admiral!"

"Merry Christmas!"

“Merry christmas!”

...

Under the elegant and brisk waltz, Carmen and her father danced on the dance floor.

Spain, who is good at singing and dancing, never lacks moving dancers, let alone the decathlon Carmen. Her dance steps have a warm smell like water, and her slender neck is like a swan, calm and flows with the waves.

Under her intentional or unintentional guidance, even though her father's dancing skills were not good, he still shone in the center of the dance floor.

With such an excellent opening, Cron soon ended with his youngest sister, Yacharin and Cecilia, Pierce and his little cousin.

Mrs. Judea encouraged Bell to send a courageous invitation to Orphe. Orphe reluctantly accepted it, and the two walked into the dance floor together.

The hem of the skirt is blooming, and flowers are blooming.

Ramos, who came from Southampton, smiled and leaned against Lorraine.

"The opening dance routine is led by the master, and you suddenly handed over this task to Carmen, which seemed to scare Mr. Xavier."

"This is a family dinner and a reunion dinner. Although social avoidance is inevitable, I at least hope it won't become all about Jin Wan. But you..."

"What's wrong with me?"

"What are you looking for me if you don't accompany them?"

"Uh..." Ramos looked embarrassed, "My Chairman, don't you really think Eddie and I were far away from the Atlantic just to attend a happy banquet, right?"

"The annual meeting is three days later, and the daytime is the working time, settlement and budget."

"That's why I need your opinion. In addition to superiors and subordinates, you and Carmen are my most trusted partners."

Lorraine shrugged: "It seems that it is wrong to let her lead the dance."

"It's extremely wrong." Ramos smiled. "This year, two Brigs were added to Northwest Europe and Northwest Europe and Northwest Europe and the four Snakus were running near the sea, and their business grew greatly."

"The profit was settled at the end of the year and the profit was barely reached 50,000. Of course, 10,000 was lent to the Caribbean in the form of an interest-free loan. I think you knew it long ago."

Lorraine tilted her head and thought for a while: "I thought it was 20,000, and I didn't know or agree with Wuxu."

"Take your left pocket and right pocket?"

"The left and right are only for the General Chamber of Commerce, and for your branch, they are two pockets."

"No wonder Eddie disapproves of borrowing Chuck Parker at that time." Ramos suddenly realized, "Get back to the point. I took stock and advance orders at all fourteen docks, and prepared to leave 30% for budgeting, and put the rest in this year's dividend."

"Forty thousand...70%...2800..." Lorraine sipped the wine, frowned and pondered for a long time, "Do you know that there will be no dividends in the Caribbean this year?"

Ramos was quite surprised: "The Caribbean was established for less than a year, and Chuck Parker's business style was bold and risky. How could Europe and Northwest apply to him to execute? Directors... Is your fleet flat? "

Lorrin thought to himself that they really didn't like the eight or nine hundred pounds that were full of blood and sweat, but they could express their faces, just a faint smile.

"The ship is very united. Under the guidance of hope, one or two years of unpaid labor is not a big deal for the elites, and they have their own channels to make money."

"real?"

"What do you do?" Lorraine suggested seriously, "I hope you will propose a proposal without dividends, and then the money left behind can be handed over to Kron. He has the relationship with the shipyard and can help you book a top high-speed Galen Class 5 ship."

"top notch?"

"12 quarters, 3 and a half. The New World's understanding of high-speed sailing ships is extraordinary. I think they will become the mainstream of armed merchant ships in the next thirty years."

"The fifth-class ship...and the high-speed fifth-class..." Ramos took a deep breath, "Is it really necessary for Northwest Europe and North to configure a fifth-class ship?"

"Of course, it is not necessary for a simple Northwest Europe and the West. Even the Baltic Sea and even the Mediterranean Sea, the fifth-class ship will not be a good choice."

"Because the density of warships there is too high and the ocean is too small. No matter in troubled times or in peace, a mere five-class ship cannot make our caravan safer."

Lorraine shook her wine glass and looked at the wine hanging on the wall, looking confused.

"But our tentacles have reached the new world, and we will go to Africa and Asia in the future."

"The main enemy of ocean trade is pirates, and destroyers are the nemesis of pirate ships. Arrangement of one or two high-speed fifth-class ships in the fleet can help you effectively reduce trade losses and make your sailors more confident. In the long run, this is a huge investment."

Ramos was a little moved and was struggling for a while: "One or two?"

"Let Cron arrange his hand and get his license to be registered in Bridgetown. You can directly take the seafarers to the New World to pick up the ship, return to Southampton and replace with the elite sailors."

"But a ship of destroyers alone can build at least 25,000..."

"This is your problem." Lorraine raised her glass and ran into Ramos. "You have added two Brigs and four Skunas this year. In terms of cost, it is almost the same as a destroyer."

"I have to discuss it with Eddie, and then discuss it with Cron together..." Ramos smacked his lips, "By the way, how is Carmen and Cron's relationship?"

"It'll probably be better than Yacharin."

"A pair of old friends are like enemies?"

Lorraine was amused and crying: "Even Yacharin and Kron are not as enemies!"

"It's not this problem, it's not this problem." Ramos stomped his feet, looking irritated, "Damn it, do I need to prepare a gift for Kron!"

The old song ended and the new song started again. Ramos, who had a ferocious face, was dragged into the dance floor by his frightened wife, and returned the youngest sister, Cronze and Carmen. Wang also gathered together with talking and laughing.

"What were the two presidents talking about just now?" Carmen asked.

"I mainly talked about two things." Lorraine organized the language, "One of them is about why you and Karen can't always establish a friendship."

Carmen covered his mouth and chuckled: "Because I saved money for him, I bought his beloved shipyard. Where is the other one?"

“About how to normalize trade between chapters, including Northwest Europe, the Caribbean and Boston.”

Cron's eyes lit up: "Can Boston enter the General Trade System now?"

"It's just a few more procedures. It's equivalent to smuggling ships. It's not a big problem in the lawless New World."

Nonsense and chatting, Lorraine sincerely praised Cron and Carmen's dancing skills, and stared at Wang Ye with a little regret.

"Wang Ye, you don't want to dance at all? For example, Dylan's eldest daughter Monica?"

Wang also sighed and suddenly changed into Chinese.

"Head, I miss home."

"Um?"

"You probably don't know that foreigners have their own Christmas reunion, and we also have our own New Year, which is also reunion. Lion dances and firecrackers are set off, and it is lively..."

"What do you want to do?" Lorraine unconsciously changed into Chinese, and her face was not very good-looking. "I want to resign? I want to leave the team? At this time?"

Wang Ye was stunned for a while: "Where do you want to go..."

"What do you mean?"

"In Boston, don't those fellow villagers have their own communities... They plan to hold a New Year's Day, just before January, I want to take a leave and go and have a look..."

Now it was Lorraine's turn to be stunned: "That's it?"

"It's a few thousand pounds a month... I'm crazy and resigned now!"

It makes sense...

Lorraine looked at Wang Ye speechlessly, then looked at the curious Karen and Carmen, and quickly cleared their throats and changed into English.

"Cron, I originally wanted to ask you to travel to Boston in January. Now, the battle with Cotton Jack is about to begin, and I am afraid I can't get rid of it. If you leave again, Katerina will lack rotation."

"I am going to let Wang Ye go on a Cyclops, take 60,000 pounds with the ship, pay off the debts of the shipyard, and use the rest for the construction of Valkyrie. You can also entrust Wang Ye if you have any explanations in the past few days."

The topic was very stiff. Kren reacted for a long time before he asked, "Captain, have you decided?"

"This is the result of comprehensive consideration. When I free up my hands, if you want to go to the shipyard, I can give you three months off."

"A word is certain?"

"You know I'm not lying." After getting Kron finished, Lorraine turned her head to Wang Ye, "What about you? Can you do it?"

The king was naturally overjoyed.

"I will definitely send the gold coins safely into the shipyard safe!" Wang also promised solemnly, "But... Captain, can I make another request?"

"What?"

"I want to recruit some Chinese sailors..."

"Are you serious?" Lorraine's eyebrows frowned in the Sichuan word, "Don't forget that most of them have no experience in sailing and cannot communicate normally with other sailors."
To be continued...