07. Port Royal
Wang Bo remembers Elizabeth's father, Lord Weatherby, who was very kind to his daughter, seemed to be a governor. The governor of Britain was the representative of the British king in the colony and performed the power of the head of state.
Now, the place where Elizabeth's father is going to go now is the colony. Only when he arrives in the colony will his position as governor take effect.
When Elizabeth saw his father coming over, he hurriedly said, "Father, this is the king."
"King?" Weatherby glanced at Wang Bo in surprise and said, "Is this your name?"
"Wang is just abbreviation. My real name is Wang Bo." Wang Bo said.
"Wang Bo." said Weatherby; "It seems to be an Eastern name."
"Yes." Wang Bo nodded.
"Looking carefully, you really fit the appearance of an oriental person. So you are an oriental person."
"Yes." Wang Bo nodded again.
Weatherby asked curiously: "This is the first time I have seen an Oriental. Why do you appear here as an Oriental?"
"I was sold here." Wang Bo's slandering skills were already full, "When my family and I went to sea, I was robbed by pirates. After several reversals, we were wandering here."
Weatherby couldn't help saying, "I believe this is a very long story, but you speak well in English."
A little boy appeared here from the far east. If there was no quite complicated story in it, who would believe it? However, Weatherby was not a person who likes to reveal scars, so he quickly changed the topic and praised Wang Bo's English.
"Thank you for your praise." Wang Bo looked modest.
Weatherby said: "The East is very far away from us. If you want to go back, it is probably impossible. If you don't mind, I can find you a job. Maybe you can live here, at least you won't starve to death, as long as you are hardworking."
"Of course, thank you very much." Wang Bo had to make a grateful expression.
To be honest, this tests acting skills very much. Fortunately, the shuttle between several fantasy worlds has improved Wang Bo's acting skills.
What's more, Weatherby doesn't think a little boy will deceive himself.
So the matter passed.
The ship did not encounter the departing Black Pearl, and the crew did not find any trace of the pirate ship. They gradually relaxed their vigilance, and for the next period of time, everyone arrived at their destination in peace.
Colonial, Port Royal!
And this Port Royal actually has another identity, that is, the capital of Jamaica.
Jamaica was originally the residence of the Indian Alawaks. In 1494, Columbus arrived at the island, became a Spanish colony in 1509, and was occupied by Britain in 1655.
But in fact, Port Royal is still a Spanish colony in name, but it was just occupied by Britain.
Until 1670, in accordance with the Treaty of Madrid, Spain formally ceded Jamaica and other places to Britain.
At this time, Port Royal really became a British colony.
At that time, the United Kingdom specially set up Port Royal on the southeast coast of Jamaica as the base of pirates, and Port Royal became the largest concentration of the historical pirate fleet.
The gold, silver and jewelry robbed by the pirates are piled up here, and sometimes it is not the turn of ships of gold to be unloaded, so they can only be parked in the harbor and waited.
Here, all wealthy businessmen understand an unwritten rule: they will never ask where your goods come from, let alone who the former owner of these goods is.
They knew that the goods shipped by the pirates were ill-gotten, but in order to make money, they refused to accept them.
This is the most evil city in human history and the most depraved city. Although only tens of thousands of people live here, about 6,500 of them are pirates, and the luxury of the city is far beyond that of London and Paris at that time.
There is no industry in the entire city, but you can enjoy the most luxurious material life. Chinese silk, Indonesian spices, and British industrial products are all available. Of course, the most are gold bars, silver bars and jewelry.
Port Royal has become a paradise for pirates, and all kinds of people came here with the goal of making a fortune.
The Dutch, British, French, German, Nordic, Spanish, Portuguese, Irish, and Africans, all kinds of people. They open hotels, warehouses, restaurants, hotels, brothels to satisfy the pirates' spending money.
Maybe it was God or other gods who thought this place was too dirty and punished this Port Royal.
On June 7, 1692, Port Royal was still as lively as usual, with noisy people in the tavern, and the sales market was full of customers. Various ships frequently entered and exited the port. British ships loaded with industrial products were unloading goods at the docks, and transit ships on the American continent were repairing sails and adding water. It was difficult for ordinary people to identify them.
But at noon, a sudden earthquake destroyed everything.
Huge cracks appeared on the ground and buildings collapsed one after another. The land was undulating like waves, and hundreds of cracks appeared on the ground at the same time, opening and closing. The sea water was like a pot, and the waves broke all the ships in the harbor.
In the end, the whole city was lost under the sea water, and the remaining buildings on the land were washed away by the waves.
Now it is 1720. Decades have passed since the earthquake. Port Royal has been re-established. Weatherby came here to re-manage the place.
A few days before everyone arrived at Port Royal, everyone was busy, including Elizabeth's father Weatherby.
He was busy taking over the port, managing affairs, and combating pirates.
The main person to fight against the pirates was Captain Norrington, who is Miss Elizabeth's fiancé in the plot.
Now Norrington is just a mere captain, but eight years later, he will be promoted and become a brigade general, and take charge of all the military forces in Port Royal.
Even the Governor of Port Royal Weatherby Swan depends on the other party's expression.
Although he is a governor, he has no military power in his hands and no soldiers who support him, so he naturally cannot stand up straight in front of Norrington, who holds great power.
When the adults were busy, Wang Bo was actually busy, busy practicing while looking for crew members and looking for sailors to form his own pirate team.
He did not forget that in the strategy, he was going to become the nine pirate kings.
And the Caribbean is its best stage.
So among the people, there is only one person who really does nothing, and that is our Miss Elizabeth Swan.
Chapter completed!