0122 The stupid brother of the Drake family

Bidding farewell to the Jackdaw, the disorganized Golden Deer had nothing to do, packed up and sailed straight to the island of Jamaica in the middle of the Caribbean Sea.

Jamaica is a transit point of the Caribbean Sea route, bordering Cuba to the north, Hispaniola to the east, Central and South America to the southwest, crossing the Windward Strait to reach the island-covered Bahamas, and crossing the Yucatan Strait to the windy Gulf of Mexico.

The island has a long colonial history.

In 1494, Christopher Columbus led his fleet to become the first Europeans to arrive here.

In 1509, Spain declared Jamaica a colony and renamed it Santiago, and in 1538 established Spanish Town as its capital.

Their rule over Jamaica lasted a century and a half.

In 1655, William. Bing and Robert. The Venables united in the capture of Jamaica with a British fleet.

They invited pirates to Port Loire, the island's largest port, to help defend against possible Spanish counterattacks, and twice in the years that followed, thus beginning Jamaica's deep ties with Caribbean pirates.

In 1670, Spain formally recognized British ownership of Jamaica in the Treaty of Madrid.

Following the promise given to the pirates by the two fleet admirals, Charles II handed over the port of the Loire to pirate management, turning the port into a mecca for English privateers and Caribbean pirates.

By 1674, Henry. Morgan was pardoned in London, made a Royal Knight, and became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica.

He returned to the Caribbean with the support of the British royal family, and ran his vast estate openly and dutifully, but secretly led a more elite pirate team to subdue well-known pirates throughout the Caribbean, established a maritime brotherhood, promulgated the pirate code, and became the only pirate emperor in the history of the Caribbean.

Where the emperor is, it is the national capital.

The Port of the Loire became the true capital of the pirate empire, and during Morgan's lifetime, it surpassed Turtle Island, where the Maritime Brotherhood was located, and was a destination for thousands of pirates in the Caribbean.

However, the good times were short-lived.

Morgan died in 1688 and the Loire was destroyed in 1692.

A major earthquake sent half of the Port of the Loire into the sea, and the pirates who did not produce quickly abandoned the ruins, until a few years later, the British founded Kingston and built Port Royal on the site of the Port of the Loire to serve as the territorial harbor of Kingston.

It became the anchorage of the New World Fleet of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, and the unbridled songs of pirates disappeared from the beaches of Jamaica, and became mediocre, leaving only class antagonism and racial discrimination buried deep in etiquette and order, as in every backward country illuminated by the light of civilization.

Thinking of this, Lorraine couldn't help but laugh.

Since that strange conversation, he has found that he often falls into a kind of literary and artistic circle, with a love for the landscape and a moaning without illness.

Just like the mockery of the Light of Civilization just now, he didn't understand why he had such a strange idea.

Does he still want to be like Robespierre, gather a gang of scoundrels, hooligans, and bankrupt workers and peasants, tie up George III in Buckingham Palace and behead him for public display, and then be replaced by a farm master in a small corner, and die without turning a blind eye?

How free......

In a whimsy, the Golden Deer skirted Cape Morant, overlooking the white sands of Morant Bay, and slowly sailed into the bay of Port Royal.

A huge ship approached head-on.

With the huge hull and towering side, Lorraine couldn't help but stare at the bow when he saw a mighty man who wanted to be devoured in the high-spirited bow.

Shaq stood silently in the bow, like him, with his feet on the bow statue and two long knives at his waist.

Accessory Twin Swords means he will go into battle, whether against a French, Spanish, and Dutch jackal cheetah, an American rat at sea, or an omnipresent Caribbean pirate roaming the seas.

He saw Lorraine, his ice-blue eyes unwavering, like looking at a strange passerby.

Lorraine grinned slowly, raised her head, and raised her middle finger at him.

The two boats passed by, and neither Lorraine nor Shaq looked back.

Henna walked up to Lorraine with a little concern: "That ship, it's so big......"

"HMS Lion, a new 3rd class battleship of the Royal Navy, 52 meters long, 15 meters wide, 44 meters high mainmast, and 1,800 tons of displacement."

"She is the top third class battleship of the Royal British Navy, with two decks of fully covered guns, 28 32-pounder long-range guns on the lower deck, 30 18-pounder long-range guns on the upper deck, 3 stern guns, 12 18-pounder short guns, two bow guns, 2 18-pounder medium guns on the lower deck, 2 48-pounder super-heavy mortars on the upper deck, and 550 sailors."

"Fighting, hand-to-hand combat, artillery battles, broadside, pursuit, she can do it all. In skirmishes, the adaptability and lethality even surpass that of the old second-class battleships, and it is the real main ship of the British Navy, and it is the first choice of Admiral ships of the colonial fleet. ”

Henna opened her mouth slightly: "Lion, that's not ......"

"Shaq. Francis. Colonel Drake...... No, it's time to call him the Admiral of the Continental Fleet, Mr. Rear Admiral. This is his flagship, and it is also the flagship of his father. ”

"The one who wore the same double knife as you just now was him?"

"Yes." Lorraine shook her head meaninglessly, "Come in, I hope Lieutenant Colonel Nelson has prepared everything for us and can save us a little time." ”

……

The Lion slowly sailed out of the bay of Port Royal, and Shakmo stood silently in the bow, his mind full of passing by, Lorraine's strange movements, and the wanton smile on his face.

Bell, who had just been promoted to major, walked lazily with his pants in his waistband, smiling at the corners of his eyebrows, and did not look like a good officer.

"Admiral, I seemed to see Drake's classmate just now."

"If you have time to keep an eye on the captains of the ships that come and go, you should imprint the portraits of all the pirates in the Caribbean in your head in advance, and it will help me to capture the merits of the war."

"Uh...... I just turned my head when I turned the rudder...... You know, our ship is relatively high. ”

Shaq glanced at him coldly and turned back to the cabin.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped: "Your sister, how is life lately?" ”

Bell blinked: "Admiral, the military funds in Port Hamilton have just been counted before the handover, and you just want to fund my sister's studies, and I don't dare to touch the things there." ”

"Selling military funds is not a long-term solution." Shaq lowered his head and played with the tassels on his military uniform, "Your behavior in Plymouth has been exposed, if you don't want to go to court-martial, it's best to disembark in San Salvador." ”

"Exposure?" Bell was incredulous and lost his voice for a moment, "When was it exposed?" ”

"Just now." Shaq's voice was so steady that it was impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake, "Because a sailor has duly filed a written complaint against me, according to the procedure, I must convene a court-martial on the day I arrive in Bermuda to try you for your crimes." We all know that you deserve it. ”

Bell's eyes rolled to the sky: "Admiral, is there room for maneuver in this matter?" ”

"Yes, I can also keep your whereabouts top secret in the name of the field, so that you can keep your military status and evade trial. When the sailor dies in battle, because of the loss of the plaintiff, the court-martials will naturally end without a problem. ”

"I knew ......," Bell muttered, "where are you going to send me out on the field?" ”

"Kingston, Drake Chamber of Commerce. I suspect that its president, Lorraine. Drake intends to engage in piracy outside of privateering permissions, and the only way to get close to him and report him to me is to get aback. ”

"Credit, huh?" Bell spat on Shaq's sumptuous military trench coat, "I need a forged warrant, at least five pounds in change." Also, when I was out in the field, my salary was paid to my mother in a penny and I was promoted according to the number of years...... There were only women left in the house, and I couldn't let them worry. ”

"The request is reasonable." Shaq didn't even think to say yes, "You'll get this when you get off the boat, and besides, I'll arrange for someone reliable to beat you up." ”

"Why the beating?"

"Because there is a torture part in the court-martial, my brother is stupid, but he is not easy to deceive."

Bell hung his head heavily and sighed in resignation: "Okay, you won, remember to tell them not to slap their faces." ”

Shaq shook his head slightly.

He said: "This request is unreasonable, and I do not accept it. ”