Four Hundred and Four Communication Is the Best Way to Solve Problems

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"Manager Baker..."

The Sunflower was onboard, and Lorraine, accompanied by Carmen, greeted the distinguished guests from afar, with a slightly weird smile on his face.

"The African company is busy for the royal family. It is not easy to meet a busy person like you."

Willow Baker stretched out his hand to Lorraine awkwardly.

"President Drake, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times. I heard that you are young, but I didn't expect you to be so young."

Lorraine shook hands with him reservedly, and he walked up to Carmen again.

"Manager Xavier, your speech in Chase Alley shocked the whole of London. North America will become the most economically dynamic land on the planet. What Great Britain will lose is far from a farm."

Carmen covered her face with her fan bone, smiled and stretched out her fingers for Baker to kiss.

The virtual kiss at a distance of one finger shows that Baker knows the relationship between Lorraine and Carmen by heart.

After finishing the greetings, Baker straightened up: "Mr. President, Ms. Manager, Drake is in a difficult situation. I deeply sympathize with what you are going through, and I believe that integrity will eventually be rewarded as it should be."

"But you didn't say a word, Mr. Manager." Carmen fired first, "You didn't stand up bravely when our young vice president was framed."

Embarrassment flashed across Baker's face: "I can't help myself, haha, I can't help myself! Mr. President must understand my difficulties. I am operating in Africa on behalf of His Majesty, and every move is easily magnified."

"If you don't say a word, it will be magnified!" Carmen snapped his fan closed, "You have encouraged the stupidity of the Portuguese, forcing us to have a direct confrontation with the Navigator!"

"This... I also heard that Lisbon sent two navigators, but since you are still blocking the coast of the Muscat Sultanate, I think it should be mostly intimidation."

"It's indeed a threat." Lorraine laughed. "I told Scolari that I would bombard Lisbon."

Baker froze in place: "Scolari? Admiral of the crusade formation, Portuguese Vice Admiral Scolari? Have you seen him?"

Lorraine shrugged: "The navigator class is golden and jade, and the Portuguese are at sunset. Facts have proved that your restraint is correct,

A fallen empire is not worth fighting with Great Britain. I have already sent the complaint to Madrid. Iberia's stupidity is better solved by Iberia. "

Baker didn't respond for a long time.

After a long time, he took a deep breath: "Mr. President, my current state is not suitable for talking with you. I wonder if you have arranged a cabin for me? It is best not to be on your flagship."

Lorraine's eyes showed appreciation for the first time.

"Your frankness added points for you at the last moment. The Lady has your cabin, and the neighbors are observers from several small chambers of commerce. It seems that you arranged it." Lorraine thought for a while, "Yes, may I ask you Do you have friends in Muscat?"

"Friends?" Baker was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "I always wanted to have friends from the Sultanate."

"That's it..."

...

Baker was quickly sent aboard the Lady, but Lorraine did not leave the deck.

Eddie secretly told him that there was another VIP on the Lady, who came with a mission, but before carrying out the mission, he hoped to meet Lorraine first, alone.

So Lorraine came to the cabin of the Sunflower alone, and saw a gentleman in a white shirt leaning against the bed in the cabin.

Chris Emmons, the poisonous snake beside Shaq, a gambler and intelligence dealer, if he hadn't been abandoned by Shaq, he should have served in the Admiralty's staff office for the past two years.

Lorraine raised his eyebrows: "If my memory is correct, sir, we should have never met."

It is true that Lorraine Drake and Emmons "have never met". The brief contact in New Orleans and the intersection with Emmons were all Edward Kenway. Lorraine has nothing to do with their business. It is also impossible to know Emmons.

Emmons figured out the joints as soon as he rolled his eyes. He sat up leisurely and put down the book.

"It is indeed the first meeting, Chairman Drake. Let me introduce myself, I am the Royal Navy Captain, the chief of the third section of the staff office and the chief of the Spanish and Portuguese section of the foreign relations department. Chris Emmons. By the way, I am also the special investigator for the illegal use of non-civilian equipment by the Drake Chamber of Commerce, and I was appointed by your brother, General Shaq Drake."

Lorraine frowned: "Drake Chamber of Commerce will illegally use non-civilian equipment?"

"The accusation made by the Portuguese." Emmons grinned his white teeth, "Combined with the fact that Portugal sent a crusade fleet and you are still waiting for a series of information, I guess you should have completely forgotten about this trivial matter."

Lorraine really forgot...although it's not the kind of complete inability to remember.

During the short berth in Southampton, he asked Ramos to use his relationship to test the attitude of the Admiralty, but the result was [without fanfare].

The intellectuals on the ship agreed that not to make much fanfare means not to investigate, and Lorraine also sent a letter to the Maritime Group, asking them to send the original external sea trial reports of the Lady and Valkyrie to Southampton, so that The legal team cooperated with the Ministry of the Navy to deal with this matter.

Who knew that the meaning of not making much fanfare was actually a secret investigation...

Lorraine adjusted the expression on his face: "Mr. Emmons, you secretly boarded my ship in casual clothes and lived in the lower cabin. And according to what my African president told me, during the half-month voyage you He will only leave the cabin when there is no one on the deck, and even Mr. Baker does not know that there are other guests on board besides him."

"Excessive mysticism will confuse people, such as me, and now I'm guessing whether you are a distinguished colonel and officer, or a brilliant fraudster..."

Snapped!

A document slid in front of Lorraine, with the title [Proposal for Secret Investigation of the Drake Chamber of Commerce], below it was the official seal of the Ministry of the Navy, the forwarding opinion to Shaq, and Shaq's signature and personal seal.

Lorraine sat down and read the text on the document word by word.

"Tell me briefly about the whole incident." Emmons folded his fingers, "Your chamber of commerce did some impulsive things in Mombasa, which caused the Portuguese ambassador to London to meet us at Buckingham Palace with excitement. His Majesty."

"Because this is a time of peace, and we have just ended the war with the French and the country bumpkins, so His Majesty is very concerned about the incident. He promised the Minister that he will definitely give Portugal a fair explanation."

Lorraine stopped looking at the document, and suddenly interrupted and asked, "Justice, are you sure you're not satisfied?"

"Portugal is not worthy of Great Britain's low eyebrows." Emmons smiled. "Compared to the Portuguese who like to cheat at cards, His Majesty is obviously more willing to believe in the innocence of his own people."

"However, the task was finally issued, because it involved the Navy's profession, and it was entrusted to the Admiralty to investigate and deal with it. The Secretary of the Navy planned to summon you to London to defend yourself, but the Secretary of Commerce and the Prime Minister warned him that the Drake Chamber of Commerce is The top chaebol in the Kingdom of England, you need to be cautious in your investigation, any unsubstantiated insults may interfere with England's economic ecology."

"So General Drake, our honorable deputy chief of staff, stepped forward and took the initiative to take over the investigation."

"I have to say that he may be the most suitable person for this matter. Baron Tavistock is a noble hereditary title, and the Drake family is a legendary naval family. , not to mention that you and him are still brothers, half of the aristocratic circles in Europe know that your brothers are incompatible."

"The Duke of Portugal praised our Majesty in the most beautiful language, and invited the general to dinner after the imperial meeting."

Having said that, Emmons coughed.

"Mr. President, you may think that your brother was malicious when he accepted this investigation task. I can only say that you misunderstood him. Handling difficult affairs for the minister was originally the focus of the work of the deputy chief of staff, and that was his duty. .And he has been very busy recently, busy handing over duties and preparing to accept new appointments."

"He has no time to work for those trivial Portuguese. Just like this matter, he randomly selected me from among his subordinates and asked me to come to Africa to fulfill his due obligations on his behalf."

"Based on the above, I'm here. I was forced to put aside all the important work I was doing, and stood in front of you in civilian clothes, hiding in the hold. Do you believe my identity now?"

"It's very clear." Lorraine digested for a while, put down the file, and tapped on the table, "So, I wonder if you have gained anything these days?"

"Harvest, this is where it gets interesting."

Emmons moved closer, eyes sparkling.

"In 1781, your Chamber of Commerce acquired a shipyard, Boston Haight Dockyard. This shipyard is unknown to the British Isles, but because of my last job, I happen to be very familiar with her."

"Before 1780, this shipyard belonged to a Spanish woman named Donna Rinca. This woman served a notorious pirate. Edward Kenway, have you heard of it?"

Lorraine thought for a while and nodded: "A smuggler, I heard about him among the pirates."

"I almost forgot that you are still a pirate king who specializes in killing pirates!" Emmons exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "Edward Kenway, he is the most evil villain in Great Britain in the past ten years. His smuggling and murder Thousands of honorable Englishmen, even! To a great extent our defeat in the New World!"

Lorraine raised his eyebrows: "If he is really so...evil, why would he be allowed to get away with it?"

"He's cunning," Emmons said. "His industries are protected, like Haight Shipyard, his operations are planned, he seems to have a reliable eye in the Navy, and more importantly, his ships are too big. Come on, we can't catch him."

"In any case, I was ordered by the general to track him the most deeply in the New World, so I know some special things, secrets that the entire Admiralty does not know."

Emmons laughed mysteriously: "Mr. President, when you acquired the Hight Shipyard, did you find anything special in her warehouse?"

"Special?" Lorraine stomped the board under his feet, "I guess Valkyrie is that special thing."

"No, no, no! A big ship is a big ship. The list of non-civilian ships is classified according to the guns. As long as the guns do not exceed 60, even if you build the ship to a length of 100 meters, that is your freedom. I mean , some thirty-two-pound long-range shipboard guns stamped with the stamp of the French Royal Gun Factory."

Lorraine could not help but narrow her eyes.

Emmons continued to say excitedly: "I have a secret message, Edward Kenway, the demon of the New World once bought at least 50 thirty-two-pound guns from his demon partner, the French count Galvez. The French Said they had a whole ship of heavy guns sunk by the storm, but I know they're in Kenway's hands."

"It sounds... This seems to be a past event that is not easy to be traced." Lorraine interrupted seemingly absent-mindedly, with a slow tone that made it impossible to distinguish his mood, "The story of four years ago, the distant New World, The flow of military industry in France, a noble count and a disappearing criminal..."

"In this way, in order to wash away the framing and grievances suffered by the Chamber of Commerce, I am willing to subsidize a thousand pounds. Please dig those cannons out of the legendary seabed."

Emmons was taken aback for a moment: "Sorry, what did you say?"

"One thousand pounds, pay me back."

Emmons blinked: "But it seems that I should report this kind of news to the Ministry of the Navy and ask them to deploy more people to conduct a more detailed investigation..."

"Two thousand pounds." Lorraine tapped Shaq's stamp twice with his fingers, "Before everything is revealed, it's better not to make a big show of it, lest your ability to work be questioned."

Emmons is still in a dilemma: "However, this kind of investigation is very difficult. Thirty-two pounds are strictly prohibited non-civilian firearms, but for non-professionals, it looks almost the same as an eighteen-pound legal cannon ..."

"Three thousand pounds." Lorraine tapped the stamp for the third time. "The investigation can be carried out slowly. Anyway, the Kingdom of Portugal will not perish in a short time. Although the king is stupid, he does not seem to be short-lived."

"As you said, this matter is also related to diplomatic relations..."

"Four thousand pounds."

"You forgot to count His Majesty's attention to this matter..."

"Five thousand pounds."

Emmons finally hesitated.

He stood up and paced back and forth in the small cabin: "Are you really going to subsidize me five thousand pounds to dig deeper into this secret?"

"Sincerely."

"When will I get the money?"

"Someone will come to connect with you in 10 minutes, and you can designate the time, place, and recipient."

Emmons thought again: "Mr. President, you should understand that I cannot delay the investigation report indefinitely. In fact, the best state is that I can submit a sufficiently detailed preliminary report before the end of this incident."

"I have copies of the full set of sea trial documents for the Valkyrie and the Lady, and the originals are sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. I think having these, together with your next on-site inspection, should be enough to form a detailed report .It is also good for me to say this, after all, the whereabouts of those artillery has nothing to do with me, I just want to be innocent."

"Sure enough, communication is the best way to solve the problem!" Emmons stretched out his hand to Lorraine happily, "Mr. President, where is your fleet going next? Check it out, I hope to see the ship-mounted guns live ammunition."

"You will see." Lorraine got up and shook hands with Emmons, "I have already found a shooting range. Muscat has beautiful scenery, a pleasant climate, and is located in a remote area, which has nothing to do with the civilized world. There You can look at it for as long as you want when you shoot it."

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