In the port of Tarafal, southwest of the island of Santa Antão, a group of Grape slave guards escorted a large number of black male men locked together to a slave ship moored in the harbor. Taking advantage of this gap, Isabel Walton, the captain of the "Nemesis", issued a new order: "All ships will go to the route between the Cape Verde Islands and the Portuguese colony of Sumu (Brazil) in Brazil, and wait for the Portuguese slave ships to automatically arrive at the door." ”

The Portuguese Clark slave schooner was a very pleasant event in terms of the amount of cargo carried. However, if it encounters an enemy or a privateer at sea, it can only accept the fate of being captured or sunk. Its major flaws in the design and structure of the hull made it impossible for Isabel to worry that it would run out of her palm.

When it comes to Brazil, according to the newly adjusted "Papal Meridian" of 1529, the Portuguese Empire only has the right to occupy Brazil in the Americas. The newly adjusted meridian also allowed the whole of America to form the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking regions of Latin America during the era in which Isabel lived. Ostensibly, although Portugal only occupied Brazil in the Americas, it had all the land and sea east of the "Papal Meridian"!

What a terrible act of frenzied colonial plunder! However, could the Portuguese have the power to govern a vast colony that would live half the world? It is believed that every knight who fights only for "justice and justice", and never for wealth, and never for selfish reasons, will never tolerate the continuation of the madness of the Portuguese.

Of course, when fighting the Portuguese for justice and justice, proper "supplies" of life had to be replenished. Gold, silver, spices, cane sugar, ivory, hides, slaves, and Brazilian mahogany, God's supplies to the knights, should be taken from the hands of the enemy to make their lives more comfortable and better.

At this moment, Isabel, who was fighting for "justice and justice", was sitting in front of the fence on the left side of the aft lookout, with her legs crossed on the fence in her high riding boots, holding a glass of wine in her hand, and chatting with the navigator Spaniard Cassiano Avigliana about some interesting affairs of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the Americas.

"John, get two sailors to go to my cabin and get two chairs, and some wine." Isabel turned her head to look at Captain Hawkins, who was standing next to the helmsman.

"Yes, Captain." John agreed, and trotted out of the aft lookout.

After the two sailors returned to the lookout with their chairs and John with the jugs and glasses, Isabel sat him and the navigator around the lookout. Baldwin, the adjutant of maritime affairs, then poured some wine for the group, and Isabel asked Baldwin to pour herself a glass of wine.

The young and somewhat breathless navigator held his wine glass and looked at Isabel who was sitting diagonally opposite, "Captain, the Portuguese are loading slaves, aren't you worried that they will run away?" ”

Isabel shook her head, "John, don't worry. You can ask the navigator this question. ”

The navigator sitting next to John looked at him and nodded and smiled, "Navigator, the Portuguese ships are not as fast as the captain's ships, and they will only go to the plantations of Sumu in Brazil after loading the slaves. So, we can capture them on the route. ”

"Basimu sumam?! Navigator, I know this place. I heard from my father that this kind of timber was only available in the colony of Brazilian sumac, and it was very expensive. ”

"John Hawkins, you know a lot. Did you know that the red dye in the velvet loved by the aristocracy comes from the expensive wood of Brazilian sumac. ”

Isabel had previously only known that the name of the Federative Republic of Brazil was derived from Brazil's Sumu, but she suddenly woke up after hearing the words of the Spanish navigator. It turns out that the timber is also a priceless rarity, and like spices, ivory, cane sugar and hides, it can fetch a very good price on the English domestic market.

Seeing that the navigator and the navigator were chatting with interest, she devised a new plan: to take the slaves to the Portuguese colony of Sumu in Brazil after capturing the Portuguese slave merchant ships. They were then loaded with large quantities of Brazilian sumac, sugar, hides, or gold and silver jewellery before returning to England.

The plan is good, but there are some details that need to be understood. Isabel glanced at the Navigator and looked at the subject from the Portuguese Colonial Affairs Rival Empire with a smile on her face, "Mr. Navigator, do you know which colony in Sumu Brazil the Portuguese will go to?" Or which colony is bigger? ”

Cassiano, the Spaniard, turned his head to look at her, stood up and walked to the fence to the left of the lookout with his glass in hand. Turning to look at her again, he recalled: "Captain, if I am not mistaken, the landing point of the Portuguese in the colony of Sumu in Brazil should be the current port of Seguru, which has always been the trading point of Sumu in Brazil. ”

"Well, isn't the end of our current route at this port of Seguru?"

"Yes, Captain. Still, I believe it's more likely that they'll head to the plantations along the colonial coast. You know, the plantations of hematoxy in Brazil always needed a large number of black slaves to grow sugar cane. ”

"Thank you for your candor, Mr. Navigator."

The navigator Cassiano Avigliana was also a wise man, and when he saw Isabel mention the port of Seguru, he guessed that he might lead a fleet to the port to trade with the Brazilian sumu. He raised his hand and took a sip of wine, and looked at Isabel with some hesitation, "Captain, Brazilian sumacia is a very rare kind of wood, and the Portuguese royal family only allows a small number of merchants to monopolize the mining and transportation of Brazilian sumac. ”

Isabel still put her legs on the fence, staring at the Venetian glass in her hand with her head slightly down, gently shaking the wine inside in the sun, "Sir, it seems that the power of the Portuguese royal family can only bind legitimate merchants, does it?" ”

"Captain, you're right. The unimaginable wealth that the Portuguese had gained from the wood of Brazilian sumac also made the Spaniards very jealous. The navigator understood what she meant, and said with a pirate smile on his face, "Poaching, smuggling, and sea raids, and the Portuguese royal family is powerless against the merchants who obtain timber by these means." ”

John, who had been sitting quietly in his chair, also understood the conversation between the two about the rare wood of Brazil. Holding a wine glass, he looked at Isabel and asked softly, "Captain, do you want to exchange slaves for Brazilian suma?" ”

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