"Boom-" A three-hundred-ton brig Galen suddenly crashed into the dock as if it was out of control, splashing the dock pier directly wet, and several hapless dock workers were directly drenched.

"Who is so rude? How dare you be presumptuous in the port of Southampton! A passing merchant exclaimed softly with his mouth wide open.

"I don't think I'm presumptuous, I'm afraid there is a problem with the rudder!"

The sharp-eyed man looked at the ship swaying from side to side, and then at the panicked sailors on board, and couldn't help but say.

On the boat, the captain who had just docked was in a cold sweat, and he breathed a sigh of relief only after the ship was stable.

"Fortunately, it was parked in time, otherwise it would have been a big joke! However, I got into a lot of trouble just now! ”

The captain wiped his sweat and walked out of the cabin to the deck, where he began to deal with the accident he had just had.

"Tell your captain to come out, I don't have time to talk to you!"

Sure enough, at the moment when he just walked to the deck, he saw a middle-aged man with a big belly and a blue uniform, who was holding his chin high and reprimanding the first mate in front of him with an arrogant face.

"I don't care what kind of Hawkins family ship you are, even if it's a nobleman's, I have to make compensation for the loss just now!"

"Please forgive our rudeness, Lord Sheriff!" Seeing this, the captain hurriedly walked over, and after a salute, apologized softly.

"I will compensate for all the losses, and there will be absolutely no delay!"

Seeing the captain who had just come out apologized in a low voice, the sheriff's face softened, and the Hawkins family, which had great power on the sea in the southwestern counties, did not want to provoke him.

"Oh well! This is the last time! I won't be spared next time! After receiving a money bag of considerable weight, the sheriff's face immediately calmed down, and before leaving, he instructed:

"Go to the Sheriff's Office and pay the fine as soon as possible, or it will cause you trouble!"

The captain accompanied the laughter to see off the vampire-like sheriff, and then turned around and scolded the various sailors who were watching:

"Hurry up and get the goods right, and when the tax officer is here again, I don't want to be blackmailed again!"

Saying this, the captain showed a look of disgust, and his face was full of gloom.

The money he lost today was all deducted from his dividends, and he lost a lot of money!

In a bad mood, he slowly paced to the cabin, feeling distressed as he walked.

......At this time, there was a sudden sound in his ears, and when he looked up, a group of black men were looking at him with angry faces, showing their teeth and claws, as if they were going to eat him.

Only then did he realize that he had come to the depths of the cabin.

He ignored the hateful gaze of this group of black people, and stared unscrupulously at the naked (luo) girl among them, and the remorse in his eyes had dissipated a lot.

These blacks, but he robbed a Portuguese merchant ship to obtain, I heard that it was to be presented to the nobility in Portugal to enjoy, and the price was not cheap.

"Sure enough, it is very different from ordinary black people, and the skin is really smooth, even smoother than that of the noble lady!"

Looking at the more than twenty tall black men with hateful eyes in front of him, he muttered.

"Where are you from?" He asked, recalling the Portuguese he had learned.

After all, it's dedicated to the nobility, so you should know some Portuguese!

"White people, let us go!" Suddenly, one of the black girls with a ball on her chest said loudly.

"Oh?" The captain was interested, and he looked at the black girl who spoke and gave her a hard look in the face.

Her face was no different from that of the aristocratic lady he had ever seen, except that it was slightly flattened, and her complexion was also carbon black, but that pale black, and in his aesthetic, she was also a beauty.

"Hahaha! Negroes, you are all my captives now, and I am ready to sell them for a good price? And how could it let you go? ”

The captain looked at her convex figure with some greed, and then looked at her big eyes, feeling a little pity!

However, there should be many nobles in England who like this taste, and virgins can sell it for a good price, otherwise they will have to enjoy it in advance.

"Sir, is your wanton human trafficking in accordance with the teachings of my lord?"

The girl asked angrily with her big eyes, revealing black and white eyes.

"I didn't expect you to be a Christian!" The captain was a little surprised by the black Christianity in front of him, but he immediately laughed:

"But your future is to be sold, and it has nothing to do with Christians!"

After saying that, the captain seemed to be discouraged by the Christian matter, and immediately turned around and chose to leave.

"Manla, what are we going to do?" Next to the pretty girl, a girl with the same pale black skin, but a slightly inferior size on her chest, asked.

"There's no way, we just have to wait!" The girl, named Manla, turned her head helplessly and replied.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait for the opportunity! A chance to escape! ”

……

"My lord, this is a little bit of our heart, please accept it!"

The captain quietly delivered a bag of silver coins to the tax collector's pocket and chuckled.

"You're welcome, it's just my duty!" The tax officer grinned and said with a smile, not at all refusal.

While smiling, the tax collector swept his eyes around, constantly checking for any contraband.

Slowly walking into the depths of the cabin, the tax collector suddenly widened his eyes, looked at the group of black men in the cage in front of him, and asked in surprise:

"What are these?"

"My lord, this is the black man we bought from outside, and we are going to sell it to the noble lord!" The captain saw that the tax officer's eyes and tone were wrong, and quickly explained.

"My lord, we are not black slaves, we are Christians, we are all Christians!" Manla, who was huge on his chest, watched a very imposing man come over, and quickly opened his voice and shouted in Latin.

"Humph!" The tax collector snorted coldly, as an official, of course he knew some Latin, he turned his head, looked at the trembling captain on the side, and said:

"As I recall, the Hawkins only had pagan warrants, not Christian warrants!"

"Well, my lord, I don't know, I don't know they're Christians!" The captain looked at the tax collector with a smile, glared at the dark-skinned girl fiercely, and stammered as he explained.

In order to regulate the slave trade, the Government of the United Kingdom sold the right to trade slaves for money by classifying Christians and infidels.

"Say no more, please wait for an explanation to the court! These slaves were all confiscated as physical evidence! ”

The tax officer looked coldly at the trembling captain in front of him and said unceremoniously.

found out this other case, and he was one step closer to being promoted.

The tax officer's face was cold, but he thought excitedly in his heart.