Part 6 Glory Days 2, Flying Holland
Now that Drake has become the mayor of Plymouth, will he still patronize the New World?
The answer is yes! Born into a Protestant family and devastated by the Roman Catholic Church, Drake crossed the Atlantic three times to reach the New World, where he was mainly in the Caribbean, during which time he formed a bitter enmity with the New Spanish authorities.
Fernando teamed up with Lin Feng to kill Hendry, and under the guise of robbing Spanish gold merchant ships, he deceived the "sea beggar guerrillas" to the Gulf of Mexico.
As early as the time of King Carlos I of Spain (1534 AD), he wanted to build a canal between Panama and Colombia, but due to the constraints, only the Isthmus of Panama was surveyed, and a post road across the isthmus was laid along the ridge, but it was never dug up, so Drake had to cross the Pacific Ocean if he wanted to escape back to England.
As early as when Zhu Hui and others were trapped in the Solomon Islands, Drucker loaded the stolen gold and silver from Panama to the ship, and hurriedly left the New World while the Spanish Navy was preparing for the Osea.
Drake crossed the Pacific Ocean and took with him tons of gold and silver, and then, after years of hiding in Bermuda, he failed to take away the treasures, so Jack knew that he would definitely return!
As early as 1578 AD, King Sebasti of Portugal expedition to Morocco, unfortunately defeated and died, resulting in a vacancy in the Portuguese throne, King Philip II of Spain took advantage of the fire to rob, put pressure on Lisbon, and wanted to take the opportunity to annex Portugal, after more than two years of efforts, in April 1580 AD, issued an ultimatum to the Portuguese, if he refused to let him inherit the throne, he would send the Duke of Alfa to wash Portugal in blood. Political, economic and diplomatic considerations forced the Portuguese to compromise.
Just as Drake was mayor, the two countries suddenly merged.
After Philip II unified the Iberian Peninsula, the Spanish Empire was strengthened, with as many as 1,000 warships and more than 3,000 cannons......
Despite this, for Philip II, the conquest of England at this time was not a good opportunity, the seven northern provinces of the empire had been independent for decades, Portugal's overseas colonies were not obedient, and the countries of the European continent did not want to see a unified Iberian Peninsula, Queen Elizabeth I saw the opportunity and personally sent Drucker to the ocean-going ship, hoping that he could show his strength again in the New World and open up a British colony as soon as possible, which could not only reduce the military pressure on the homeland, but also make the Spaniards uneasy in the New World.
In this way, Drake sailed his English fleet into the Atlantic, and at the same time, Jack and Sophie married and lived in the small town of San Juan to make a living as a fisherman. However, Zhang Fan couldn't wait, chasing Jack every day and asking him when he would be able to leave for Bermuda......
As a former pirate leader, Jack is destined to not be at ease, as early as in Oseia, he was envious of Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and other Oriental super pirates, and has always been curious about how they collected so many rare treasures, the legendary "Golden Ark of the Covenant" given by God to Moses, so that the entire Western world worships the "Holy Grail", and even the emblem worn by the Egyptian sun god, all fell into their hands, which is really incredible.
Now, the legendary "Golden Ark of the Covenant" has been sunk to the bottom of the sea forever, Lin Feng snatched it from the son of the governor of Puerto Rico, whether it is the "Holy Grail", no one is sure, so far, no one has been able to rejuvenate anyway, then, whether the Egyptian sun god badge exists, in fact, Jack is not sure, but, in order for Sophie to no longer be cursed by the devil, he vows to wear this badge on her body.
In addition to accompanying Jack to the sea to fish, Zhang Fan followed him everywhere to inquire about this badge, which is said to be made of pure gold and has an eagle eye on it. The ancient Egyptians had two basic beliefs, one was that man could "rise from the dead", and the other was that the sun was the "source of life" of people and all things......
Zhang Fan has never heard Bai Haishan mention that Wang Zhi's inheritance still has such a divine object, but it is not surprising if you think about it carefully, except for the "Golden Covenant Ark" where who moves and who dies, the remaining artifacts are counted as the mysterious bronze mirror, if you don't know its origin, it looks really ordinary, what is the magic of this badge that makes Jack so fascinated by it?
Legend has it that when the old governor of Puerto Rico was in power, there was a mysterious incident on a sugar cane plantation, and all the rum that the owner had just brewed was stolen, so he hired a wizard to "solve the case".
One dark night, all the slaves of the plantation sat cross-legged in the fields, each at a distance from each other, to prevent them from touching each other, and then, placing a bowl in front of each of them, the bowl was full of water, and the shaman told them that if anyone stole the rum, he would be abandoned by the gods, and the gods would not drink the water in his bowl, and if they did not steal it, leave it alone at all, and the gods would naturally drink the water in the bowl cleanly.
Night, deathly silence, time passes little by little, some people are as still as water, some people are anxious, and the wizard repeatedly emphasizes to them that if you don't steal, the gods will definitely not wronged you, so don't move the bowl in front of you easily, and wait for the torch to light at midnight.
Just when the wizard asked people to prepare to light the fire, they suddenly heard a series of screams, it turned out that these people wanted to pour out the water in the bowl, but found that their hands were sticky, and the thick liquid flowing out of the bowl stuck to their wrists and the back of their hands, as if there was a mysterious power, which was quickly transmitted to their whole body, and when all the torches were lit, they all seemed to turn into zombies, running in line towards the sea, trying to wash away the spell imposed on them......
Everyone thought that the twenty people who stole the rum would all die in the sea, but surprisingly, at dawn the next day, they all came back to life, one by one became green and fanged, and even their eyes turned green, these zombies were no different from demons.
These zombies are all powerful, unlike the legendary fear of the sun, they began to take revenge after resurrection, the plantation owner and the wizard were all frightened, forced to ask for help from the government, the old governor of Puerto Rico could not believe that there was such a strange thing, and personally led to suppress it, however, the seemingly powerful Spanish soldiers were not opponents at all, and even his governor's guard almost became a delicacy in the mouth of the zombies......
The old governor returned from the war, just in time for the visit of the navigators Mendena and Tridani, who brought with them a lot of treasures from the Solomon Islands, and because the price of them was too high, the old governor did not want to buy them at all, so he frightened them with a demonic attack, and wanted to send them away quickly.
Captain Mendner was helpless, and stepped out of the gate of the Doge's Palace, and casually hung a badge on his chest, and sighed to Tridani, when the twenty demons came after him, and frightened them both turned around and ran......
The demon's howl was clearly audible, and the old governor's whole family blew up......
The two kept banging on the door outside the Doge's Palace, but they didn't dare to open it inside, and Mendena and Tridani closed their eyes in despair and collapsed outside the Doge's Palace......
After a while, the old governor who closed his eyes and prayed stopped listening to the noise outside, and thought that the devil was eating the flesh of those two men, and that he was going to send someone over the wall to move his troops......
"The sun god, sure enough, is the coat of arms of the Egyptian sun god!"
The old governor could hear that this was Mendena's voice, and couldn't help but lie down on the crack of the door and look out, only to see that the twenty demons were neatly arranged, standing respectfully in front of Mendena, raising his right arm with his fingers together, and stretching his arm straight out, without going over his head, and shouting in his mouth: "Hi, hi, hi......"
Looking at this posture, one can't help but be reminded of Julius Caesar in the days of the ancient Roman Empire!
"Hi Caesar!"
It seemed that Mendena had brought a divine object, and the old governor was overjoyed, and at this moment, he was very cautious, until he was sure that all the demons had been subdued, and then he decided to open the gate himself.
Before the old governor could open the door, a young man suddenly burst out of nowhere, ran up to Mendena, and snatched the badge from him, causing Mendena and Tridani to close their eyes......
The door of the Governor's Palace finally opened, and everyone at the gate looked up, and the young man had already run away, and the twenty zombies followed closely behind, bouncing and disappearing from everyone's sight......
Mendena and Tridani were re-invited into the Governor's Palace, and the old Governor stopped bargaining, leaving behind all the things they had brought from the Solomon Islands, only this time they offered twice as much as before, and regrettably, the badge was snatched away.
The boy who snatched the emblem of the Egyptian sun god is said to be a Dutchman, who has been seen walking on the sea like flying, rarely landing, and those zombie demons are brought into the sea by him, and have not been seen here since.
There are many miracles, which have been seen in Oseia and the Solomon Islands, and when Jack was an intelligence officer, he heard people talk about this fellow flyer, and he was convinced of it, and after repeated investigations, he learned that later, the Dutch flyer was bought by the English navigator Drake, and those zombie demons were all brought to Bermuda to guard a "gate to heaven".
Jack returned from Oseia this time, was wanted by the New Spain authorities, and went to Puerto Rico to find Drake, only to know that he had already crossed the Pacific Ocean, and the Dutch flyer was still in the Caribbean, he asked Zhang Fan to follow him out to sea every day to fish, in fact, he was looking for the whereabouts of the Dutch flyer; At the same time, he is convinced that Drake will definitely return.
Anyone who has been to Bermuda can confirm that the "Gate of Heaven" not only has a whirlpool that leads to the bottom of the sea, but also a seaspout that towers into the sky and connects to heaven, and when that magical seaspout appears, it will be accompanied by a mysterious saucer.
Zhu Hui and Han Xiaoyu were both taken away by the flying saucer, so Zhang Fan decided that no matter how long he waited, he must go to the "Gate of Heaven" to have a look, even if he couldn't see the two of them, he could let the flying saucer carry a letter, he judged that his nephew Zhu Han should have been born a long time ago......
The hard work paid off, and just as Drake was about to arrive in Bermuda, Jack and Zhang Fan finally found the trace of the Dutch Flyer......