Chapter 400: Pirates of the Caribbean
In the 17th century, the vigorous era of great maritime colonization was in full swing. Updates are fast and ad-free.
For the sake of wealth and status, major European countries have sailed on the oceans with sail warships. Expand new routes and discover new geographies.
Americas, Africa, Asia......
Truckloads of gold and silver, as well as cane sugar, tobacco, coffee and other cash crops, were continuously brought back to Europe. Countless merchants, lured by wealth, went to the ocean.
Truckloads of gold and silver were hauled, and goods were sold everywhere, bringing goods purchased from China back to Europe for sale.
The huge interests that are eye-catching have prompted countless people to go overseas.
Of course, the ancient profession of piracy followed in the footsteps of the colonists and flourished again.
Huge eye-catching interests made piracy rampant in the Caribbean at that time. Countless people were willing to risk the punishment of being hanged when caught, and they also joined the ranks of pirates.
There were even some maritime merchants who were involved in piracy.
While doing serious business, they also work part-time as pirates, killing people and setting fires, and selling stolen goods. At the same time, black slaves from Africa were pulled to the American colonies one by one to open up various plantations.
Ships with cannons, swords and muskets roamed the ocean.
I have to say that this kind of adventurous life is very desirable.
Even so, countless people know that in that era, whether or not you could survive once at sea depended on luck. But it still can't stop people's yearning for that era.
The knife licks the blood, and the days when there is no fixed place, they don't agree with each other, and they draw their knives to each other.
Perhaps, it was the 'freedom' that was bound in the social system and thus fantasized about the lawlessness of the time. However, such people are only a minority.
Despite the rampant piracy industry, the huge profits from the American colonies in the New World still caused countless people to ignore this potential danger. Rush to the top of the ocean.
Many poor people who couldn't get along with it went to sea one after another and chose to become sailors. Or, immigrate to the colonies of the New World, work as pirates, wash your name, and start a plantation.
Or, follow the colonial armies, strike at the local lands, take away their wealth and land, and become propertied landlords.
I have to say that wealth is moving.
In the face of such temptation, no one can resist it.
The pirate industry, with the passage of time, has flourished. Then, among the crowd and sailors, countless stories of treasure began to circulate.
Some people successfully find the pirate's buried treasure and become rich overnight.
As this kind of story continues to circulate, countless people have been ignited in their hearts, and many people have fantasized about finding the location where the pirates buried their treasures. and then got rich, went ashore smoothly, and bought some family business.
Moreover, what the pirates looted naturally needed a place to sell the stolen goods.
Some remote islands, occupied by groups of pirates, gradually developed into pirate ports, resting places ashore, and places to sell stolen goods. The profit-seeking businessmen are like cats that smell fishy.
On the pirate-controlled islands, open taverns, brothels.
Arms, alcohol, food, spices, industrial products and other things are brought to the pirates' ports, and by the way, they are responsible for the sellers. Acquire stolen goods looted by pirates and sell them.
They didn't care who the previous owners of these things were, and in those days, there was no corresponding means of identification.
Anyway, as long as there is money to be made.
As for the source, the merchants don't care, whoever cares who its former owner is, and when it comes to his own hands, it is his own. As for anything else, whatever.
Not only do the private sector provide such locations for the sale of stolen goods, but even the government also runs such locations for the sale of stolen goods, and there are also pirates who are hired by the government and receive orders from the government.
With a privateer warrant, the robbery became reasonable and legal.
However, it is not possible to rob the country's merchant ships.
This is a privateer, and in fact he is still a pirate at heart, but such pirates are officially recognized and protected by the government. Basically, the major seafaring nations had their own pirates.
The famous Britain was founded by pirates.
With this method, he defeated one seafaring power after another, dominated the Americas, and brought countless gold, silver, and raw materials back to his homeland. Immediately afterwards, it became an industrial product, and it was sold back to the colony, and it made a huge amount of capital back and forth. With money, for the sake of huge interests, he immediately expanded his fleet on a large scale.
Over time, it has become the world's first.
Of course, it is the 17th century, and the empire on which the sun never sets, which is now famous, has not yet grown.
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Port Royal, Jamaica Island!
A shipping center in the Caribbean, a favored refuge for privateers and pirates, the world's 'richest and most evil' city at the time, and a major commercial center.
It was the most evil city in human history, and the most depraved city, although only tens of thousands of people lived here, the city's luxury far surpassed that of London and Paris at the time.
The whole city does not have any industry, but can enjoy the most luxurious material life. Chinese silk, Indonesian spices, and British industrial products are all available. Of course, the most abundant are gold bars, silver bars and jewelry.
In 1670, under the Treaty of Madrid, Spain formally ceded Jamaica and other places to England. The British government designated Port Royal on the southeast coast of Jamaica Island as a base for pirates, and Port Royal became the largest concentration of pirate fleets in history.
This is the original history, in fact in 1692 a major earthquake sunk two-thirds of Port Royal into the Caribbean Sea, and then built on the basis of Port Royal, Kingston.
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Moreover, this act of breeding pirates is not a secret in the eyes of governments. However, some face is still needed, after all, everyone is a 'civilized' person!
Therefore, on the bright side, the faces of the various seafaring powers should still be taken into account.
Moreover, it is now the XVIII century. Around 1720 to 1750, piracy, which had been rampant across the oceans, had long since declined. England was much stronger than it was in the seventeenth century.
It won't be long before the Seven Years' War, which is in full swing, will almost begin.
The Caribbean Sea can be said to be controlled by the Royal Navy. Then, piracy was reduced to a dispensable thing, and in order to ensure its own interests, Britain also began to vigorously clean up pirates.
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With a bang, a twisted portal emitting an endless halo of light appeared out of thin air in the sea not far from the island of Jamaica. Immediately after, a figure in a black robe stepped out.
Jiang Ning lifted the wide hood that he barely lifted, revealing a silky shoulder-length black hair, long hair combed behind his ears. It was not fixed with hairpins or other things, but just hung down to the back of the head, exposing the ears.
The world of Advent is a magical world of pirates of the Caribbean.
Here, there is a female sea god, a captain with an octopus face, and a Spanish captain who is swallowed up by the Devil's Triangle and cursed...... And there's an artifact hidden under the sea.
Legend has it that the trident of Poseidon, the god of the sea!