Pirate empires in the Caribbean......

In front of Lorraine stood two small wooden frames framed in glass and nanmu, padded with fine French velvet and transparent film as thin as cicada's wings, one in front of the other, and a small, triangular fragment of a nautical chart was encased.

Henna sat next to Lorraine.

As her first companion since going to sea, she has always had a special trust in Lorraine's heart, and she has to say everything to her, and both of them take it for granted.

Caterina stood opposite Lorraine, and an earth-shattering secret of the pirate empire flowed out of her beautiful mouth, constantly washing away Lorraine's traditional perception of the word history.

Lorraine never imagined that the pirates of the Caribbean had really built an empire, and the founder of that empire was the famous Henry. Morgan.

In 1671, almost 100 years ago, Captain Morgan led his army to capture Panama and crushed the Spanish army in a complete victory.

This is a battle for the gods.

Through this battle, his previous glorious achievements were enhanced, and he became the only leader of the Caribbean pirates who were born for freedom.

He unified the pirates of the Caribbean.

Having assumed supreme authority, he traveled to Turtle Island at the northern tip of Hispaniola Island to meet the Dutchman who was then in charge of the Pirate Brotherhood. David. Nou launched the challenge.

They fought for two days in a one-on-one naval battle. Nou was smashed to the mainmast, and he lost his laurels.

The coronated Captain Morgan tried to revise and refine the code that had been circulating in the pirate world for hundreds of years, codifying it into a book called the Code of Pirates.

This code made him truly emperor, the first and so far the only pirate emperor in the Caribbean.

He built his empire on the foundation of the Pirate Brotherhood, and at the enthronement ceremony, he crowned seven pirate kings, each of whom was a famous pirate of the time.

He also referred to the senate system of the old Roman Empire, and declared the supremacy of the emperor and the equality of classes under the emperor.

The Maritime Brotherhood is the senate of the pirate empire, which governs the Pirate Code and has the power to interpret, arbitrate, and amend the code.

The seven pirate kings have absolute command over their own seas.

He also stipulated that every pirate should be treated fairly, and that even the emperor could not deprive him of his life and property.

After doing all this, he returned to England with a great fortune, and by bribing the king of England, he was knighted by Charles II and made him lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

He became a wealthy merchant, an official who presided over the party, an invincible sergeant, a respected plantation owner, and at the same time, he remained the emperor of pirates.

Port of the Loire became the imperial capital of the pirate empire, and Turtle Island was the home of the capital and the Brotherhood, an order that remained unchanged for 14 years during his lifetime.

In 1788, Morgan died of illness.

Before his death, he surprisingly did not pass on his throne to his heirs, but justly divided his vast wealth in two, leaving only fixed assets to future generations, and hiding more than a million pounds worth of gold and silver treasures in secrecy.

He said to the world, "Do you want my riches? I hid them there...... It was an inheritance that belonged only to the emperor. ”

This selflessness prevented the collapse of the pirate empire and allowed Morgan to maintain supreme authority until his death.

He summoned the Maritime Brotherhood to revise the Empire's succession system, in which the obscure charts in front of him were used as tokens.

Lorraine gently stroked the glass surface of the charts, and realized: "These charts are the charts of the treasure land?" ”

"Yes, they point to the treasure trove of the Pirate Emperor, representing the inexhaustible riches and supremacy of the Caribbean."

"Then why shredd? Or who would be bored to cut ...... pieces" Speaking of this, Lorraine's eyes widened, "The seven pirate kings, the scattered charts, is the way of inheritance...... Seven kings to win the crown? ”

"As you said, the succession system of the pirate empire is that the seven kings win the crown."

Caterina took a deep breath and, with a little fear and disgust, began to explain the laws of succession of the pirate empire.

With the treasure field as the midpoint, the treasure map is subdivided into a core and twenty-one perimeters.

The core piece was kept by Morgan's descendants, who swore that they would not participate in future battles for the throne, while the remaining twenty-one pieces were broken up and ordered, three pieces each, and handed over to the seven pirate kings for safekeeping.

Only the Pirate King, who has obtained all twenty-one charts, can claim the last chart from the Morgans.

Only those who find the treasure can become the new emperor.

These are the two basic principles of the pirate empire's succession.

There are still some details to be asked.

For example, the recovery of nautical charts.

When the Pirate King dies, his charts are taken back. The Maritime Brotherhood is required to pay the payer heavily and elect the three most prestigious pirates to succeed each other.

These three men became candidates for the Pirate King from the moment they accepted the charts, and began to enter the second-level competition, competing for three and one of them.

There is also the honorific title of the Pirate King.

Each pirate king has his own honorific name, and the general structure is a combination of a nickname and a first name.

Pirates in the Caribbean were secretive about the family names they gave, and in general, they only made their surnames public when they were married, executed, or washed their hands of gold.

Like Caterina, her honorific name is "Caterina the Redhead", and it wasn't until she joined Lorraine's Chamber of Commerce and renounced her status as a pirate that she officially reverted to the surname Dipo.

But not every Pirate King can use his or her own honorific title.

The Pirate Code stipulates that pirates who accept the results of the Brotherhood election will receive the protection of the Code, and before they officially become One Piece, other One Piece kings cannot attack them, and in return, they are not allowed to use their own honorific title after becoming queens, and can only inherit the honorific title of the previous One Piece, called X.

Only those who are not elected can replace the previous king's honorific title with their own honorific title, but at the same time, they cannot enjoy the protection of the legal code.

The Brotherhood will do everything in its power to make his identity public, and anyone who desires the charts can attack him until he becomes emperor or is taken from him.

That's what most of the code says about inheritance.

Lorraine touched his chin: "Who are the current pirate kings?" ”

"Most of them are honorific titles inherited from the Golden Age, namely Cotton Jack VII, the flagship Bloody Mary; Edward V the Blackbeard, the flagship Queen Anne's Revenge; Black baronet-to-be Pavlomew IV, flagship HMS Royal Happiness; Hound Henry VI, flagship Fantasy; the pirate prince Bellamy III, the flagship of the Vidah; Thomas the Fly, the flagship of the Prosperous Age, is six in total. ”

"These charts belong to the Seventh King?" Lorraine asked, pointing to the two charts in front of her.

"Once belonging to the imprint Mansfield II, whether it is me or the Black Mamba, once we have collected all three charts, we will be honored as Mansfield III."

Lorraine couldn't help but fall silent.

"First question." He asked, "Are their ships old or of the same type from the time of the first owners of these honors?" ”

"No, it's an honor for pirates to inherit the name of the ship at the same time as the honorific ship, and some people see it as a curse, believing that if they don't, the spirits that entangle the honor will drag them to the bottom of the sea."

"Second question, is there a second emperor in history?"

"Nope." Catalina whispered, "The closest pirate in history to the throne was the first Pavlomew, who seized eighteen charts, took control of the Maritime Brotherhood, and revised the Code, but until his death he was unable to find the whereabouts of the last three charts, and it was not until the third year after his death that Bellamy II's charts were handed over to the Maritime Brotherhood by a sailor, and he was rewarded with a huge reward of three thousand pounds." ”

"Really...... He couldn't find the whereabouts of the last three charts......" Lorraine muttered to herself, suddenly asking, "Caterina, what do you think I should do with these two charts?" ”

"Anonymous to the Brotherhood." Caterina didn't want to, "It's not wise to have them and you're making yourself the enemy of pirates across the Caribbean." ”

"But how do they know I'm in possession of the charts?"

"The Brotherhood has a vast intelligence network. They could easily find out that I had boarded the Golden Deer, and that the Golden Deer had sunk the Black Mamba, and now that I was your first mate, it would be a little inference......"

"Yes, they will eventually notice that an outsider has mastered the charts." Lorraine smiled, "Lorraine and Edward are both suspicious, but they probably didn't think that Lorraine and Edward are the same person. ”

He suddenly stood up and dusted off his leather coat: "I have accepted these two charts." ”

"You ......"

"Katarina, you've miscalculated one thing. We are merchants, and since we have come across the ocean to the Caribbean, we are ready to fight the pirates. The question before me is not whether I want it or not, but whether it is worth it. ”

"What do you think...... Value? ”

Lorraine avoided Caterina's question, and only laughed heartily, "Let the pirates come to me." I participated in this battle for the pirate king. ”