History exists objectively and cannot be arbitrarily subverted or fabricated, however, for us, history is like a huge black hole, everyone wants to explore the truth of history, but finds that it is so difficult to restore history.

A lot of the past, as if right in front of you, becomes blurry when you try to look back; Sometimes, those past events seem to be close to us, and when we reach out and want to touch them, suddenly they are all in pieces.

Historians have worked hard to restore the truth and unravel the mystery. It is very likely that facts that have been considered infallible will once be overturned, and conclusions that are considered to be conclusive may still need to be refined. There is only one truth about the past that really happened, but the search for the truth of history has become an endless topic.

Sometimes, history is like a serious old man, who does not smile, sticks to principles, and cannot be accommodating; Sometimes, history is like a naughty child, hiding in Tibet, and sometimes people can't help but laugh......

History is coming to us like this, and it is so confusing......

That's the charm of history!

Looking back on the fifth volume of this book, Zhu Hui, Zhang Fan and others accepted the entrustment of Bai Haishan and Xuande Zhenren, and devoted themselves to the Kingdom of Oseia. Later, he was deeply trapped in the Solomon Islands, the situation was complicated, the enemy was indistinguishable, and there were many difficulties, so he promoted Confucian culture on the island and opened up the work; However, when King Aureto asked them to go back to the Ming Dynasty to find the imperial court to canonize them, they deeply realized that it was impossible to get the approval of the imperial court, let alone get the emperor's canonization, and if they really dared to go back, it would be good if they didn't throw you in prison.

However, even if they were attacked on their backs and their lives were in danger, they never changed their positions and original intentions, and listened to the thunder in a silent place......

At the same time that Lord Lin Daao was becoming a monk in Pudu Temple, there was another hidden pirate leader who had become the imperial star of the future sea overlord......

In May 1580 (the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), the small town of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Although it is located in the tropics, due to the influence of the maritime climate, the climate is warm all year round, with bright sunshine, clear blue waters, white sandy beaches, green trees, gorgeous flowers, and lush rainforests......

Jack and Sophie got married, and Zhang Fan sent flowers and rum to express his deep blessings to them, and he was also very concerned about when he would be able to go to Bermuda, hoping to meet Zhu Hui and Han Xiaoyu through the gate of heaven.

This archipelago was first discovered by the Spanish explorer Juan de Bermudez in 1503 AD, and it is said that the island is uninhabited, and when night falls, ghosts and devils will appear, so the ships of Spain and Portugal have used the islands as a supply station for fresh meat and water, and no one has ever dared to live on the island.

Bermuda is more than 2,000 miles away from San Juan, if you take an ordinary merchant ship, this will come and go for at least two years, and when Zhang Fan returns to Acapulco, I am afraid that his son will call his father, at this time, he and Jack can't help but recall the two magical speedboats, and can't help but scold the stupid Sapello......

Jack hid in Puerto Rico because he was afraid of reprisals from the colonial authorities in the New World, and secondly, he heard that the coat of arms of the Egyptian sun god was left here, and the beautiful and amorous Sophie had a rough fate since childhood, as if she had been cursed by the devil, hoping to wear this badge on Sophie, so that it would bring her happiness and good luck.

To get this magical badge and travel to Bermuda to open the "Gates of Heaven", they have to wait for someone......

As early as when Jack accompanied Fernando and Sapelo back to the New World, under the recommendation of the two, he got a position as an intelligence officer, at that time, Fernando wanted to make a meritorious service, and sent him to quietly investigate the situation of the "sea beggar guerrillas", and later learned that he and Hendry were fellow countrymen, so he ruled him to the Solomon Islands, however, Jack's work was not done in vain, while contacting Hendry, he also knew a tycoon from England, this person was the hidden pirate leader - Francis? Francis Drake.

Of course, Drake's forces are far from the "sea beggar guerrillas", and after Hendry's death, if the remnants of the Dutch pirates really dare to start a rebellion in the New World, it is not necessarily Lin Feng who will benefit in the end, but it is very likely that this group of pirates from England will benefit.

Through the "Freemasonry" relationship, Cohen of the Netherlands was able to get acquainted with the Spanish colonial admiral Sapello, and pulled all the men and horses to New Guinea, so that the planned rebellion did not take place, and Drake and his fleet quietly left Acapulco......

On the eve of Cohen's attack on Oseia, the group of Englishmen had arrived in the Mariana Islands, and soon after crossing the Tropic of Cancer, at the end of September of that year, they returned to the port of Portsmouth, where they were called "national heroes" by Queen Elizabeth I of the United Kingdom.

Since the Spanish conquered the New World, Spain had soon become the richest maritime empire in Europe, bringing back more than 5,500 kilograms of gold and 250,000 kilograms of silver from 1545 to 1560 A.D. alone, including the silver mines mined by Mr. Filip the Elder.

The luxury of the Spanish royal family aroused the envy and jealousy of the royal families of Europe, especially the United Kingdom, the textile and light industry developed through the "enclosure movement" forced them to urgently find overseas commercial markets, at this time, it was the era of shipbuilding and navigation technology innovation, which strengthened the queen's ambition to seize the colonies.

For the Spaniards, naturally, other countries were not allowed to divide up their interests in the colonies of the New World.

The British began to rob merchant ships at sea and also eyed the New World of the Americas, seriously threatening the Spanish monopoly on the colonies and arousing the hatred of King Philip II.

At first, Philip II did not want to resort to force, he colluded with the British Catholic forces to try to put Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne of England, and then engaged in a series of subversive activities, unfortunately, Mary fled to England due to the Scottish coup d'état, and was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I.

At the instigation of the Spaniards, the English Catholics plotted to assassinate Elizabeth and make Mary queen, so Elizabeth took the opportunity to put Mary to death; King Philip II was determined to conquer Britain by force, and the British navy was so weak compared to the armed forces of the Spanish Empire that they could only rely on pirates.

At that time, Francis Drake was only about 30 years old, just in the prime of life, he worked as a sailor on a transport ship bound for the Netherlands in his early years, because the Protestants of the seven northern provinces of the Spanish Empire wanted independence, which led King Philip II to impose an embargo on the Netherlands and other places, and only then did he create two major organizations: the "Sea Beggar Guerrillas" and the "Forest Beggar Guerrillas".

While Hendeley led the "guerrillas" to wreak havoc in the Philippines, Drake joined the fleet of the Hawkins family in Plymouth, and together with his cousin John Hawkins, they went on three expeditions to the Americas, during which they attacked Spanish merchant ships, plundered slaves and sold them to plantation owners, became real pirates, and were brutally attacked by the Spanish navy.

Speaking of Drake and Hawkins, many people may be more familiar with it, right! Chapter 498 of the "One Piece" manga, X?Drake and Basil who appear in episode 392 of the anime? Hawkins is their archetype.

In 1572, Drake began to have his own fleet, mainly active in the Caribbean, and in more than two years, plundered about twenty tons of gold and silver treasure, because their fleet could not take it away, so they had to find a place to bury it, and in this way, Bermuda, which no one dared to live in, became an ideal treasure spot, which is the source of Drake's treasure mentioned in various pirate stories and games.

Drake climbed a tall tree in the mountains of central Panama and became the first Englishman to see the Pacific Ocean, and when he looked out at the vast ocean, he made up his mind that he would have a trip around the world.

Although Drake himself kept a low profile in the New World, and his "activities" in the Caribbean were so successful that they forced the Spanish government, which was trying to conquer the British, to make compromises, and by the time he returned to Plymouth the following year, the two countries had already signed a temporary armistice, so the British regarded Drake as a hero, while the Spaniards considered him a pirate.

In 1577, at the behest of Elizabeth I, Drake was finally able to realize his dream, following in Magellan's footsteps and setting sail on the globe, named after the Golden Hind, the flagship of the fleet due to the family crest of the sponsor Sir Haydn, who accidentally discovered a "Gate to Heaven" while passing through Bermuda to replenish fresh water.

Two years later, after the "Utrecht Alliance" was established in the Netherlands, Hendry's "Sea Beggars" came with great fanfare, and finally let him take advantage of the chaos to seize the opportunity to transport back the treasure he had accumulated for many years.

As an explorer, Drake brought back tons of gold and silver, mostly dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, who opened up this new route, which greatly contributed to the development of British seafaring, and he also discovered the wide Drake Passage, and since then, the Pacific Ocean has ceased to be the sea of the Spaniards, so he was knighted by the queen and appointed mayor of Plymouth, thus becoming an imperial star.

However, as a de facto pirate, Drake was not destined to settle down......

(End of chapter)