Chapter 131

The pirate empire of the Caribbean

In front of Lorraine, there are two small wooden frames framed with glass and nanmu. The wooden frame is padded with fine French velvet and transparent film as thin as cicada wings. One front and one back, a small, triangular chart fragment is wrapped.

Hannah sat next to Lorraine.

As the first companion since she went to sea, she always had a special trust in Lorraine's heart. She had nothing to say to her. They both took it for granted.

Katrina stood opposite Lorraine, and an earth shaking secret of the pirate Empire flowed out of her beautiful mouth, constantly washing Lorraine's traditional understanding of the word history.

Lorraine never thought that the Pirates of the Caribbean had really established an empire. The founder of that empire was the famous Henry Morgan.

In 1671, almost 100 years ago, Captain Morgan led his army to capture Panama and defeated the Spanish army with a complete victory.

This is a battle of gods.

Through this war, his previous brilliant achievements were sublimated. Even among the Pirates of the Caribbean born for freedom, he became the only leader worthy of it.

He unified the Pirates of the Caribbean.

After having the supreme authority, he came down to Turtle Island at the northern end of Hispaniola in the crowd of pirates and challenged Jean David no, the Dutch who was in charge of the pirate brotherhood at that time.

They fought for two days in a one-on-one naval battle. Finally, David Nuo was smashed and lost his crown.

The crowned Captain Morgan tried to modify and improve the code that has been circulating in the pirate world for hundreds of years and compiled it into a book, which is the Pirate Code.

This code made him a real emperor, the first and only pirate emperor in the Caribbean.

He established his empire on the basis of the pirate brotherhood and granted seven pirate kings at the enthronement ceremony, each of whom was a famous pirate at that time.

He also referred to the Senate system of the old Roman Empire and declared that the emperor was supreme and the classes under the emperor were equal.

The maritime brotherhood is the Senate of the pirate Empire, which is in charge of the Pirate Code and has the right to interpret, arbitrate and amend the code.

The seven pirate kings sealed the border and had absolute command in their own sea.

He also stipulated that every pirate should be treated fairly, and even the emperor could not deprive him of his life and property.

After all this, he returned to England with huge wealth. By bribing the king of England, he was knighted by Charles II and became the vice governor of Jamaica.

He became a wealthy businessman, an official in charge of one side, an invincible sergeant, a respected planter, and he was still the emperor of pirates.

Port Loire became the imperial capital of the pirate Empire, while turtle island was the residence of the accompanying capital and brotherhood. This order remained unchanged for 14 years in his lifetime.

Morgan died in 1788.

Before his death, he unexpectedly did not pass on his throne to his children, but just divided his huge wealth into two, left only fixed assets to future generations, and hid gold and silver treasures worth more than one million pounds in a secret.

He said to the world, "do you want my wealth? I hide them there... It belongs only to the emperor."

This selfless act avoided the collapse of the pirate Empire and gave Morgan supreme authority until his death.

He convened the maritime Brotherhood to revise the imperial succession system, in which the remote charts in front of him were used as keepsakes.

Lorraine gently stroked the glass surface of the chart and said, "these charts are the charts of the treasure land?"

"Yes, they point to the treasure house of the pirate emperor, representing endless wealth and supreme power in the Caribbean."

"Then why do you want to cut it? Or who will cut it in boredom..." speaking of this, Lorraine opened his eyes, "the seven pirate kings, scattered charts, is the way to inherit... The seven kings win the laurel?"

"As you said, the inheritance system of the pirate empire is that the seven kings win the laurel."

Katrina took a deep breath and began to explain the inheritance law of the pirate empire with a little fear and hatred.

Taking the treasure land as the midpoint, the treasure map is subdivided into a core and 21 surrounding areas.

The core piece was preserved by Morgan's descendants, who vowed not to participate in the future throne competition for generations, while the other 21 pieces were broken up and sorted, three pieces per person, and handed over to the seven pirate kings.

Only the pirate king who has obtained all 21 charts can ask the Morgan family for the last chart.

Only those who find the treasure can become the new emperor.

These are the two basic principles for the inheritance of the pirate empire.

There are still some details.

For example, the recycling of charts.

When the pirate king dies, his chart will be taken back. The maritime brotherhood needs to give heavy remuneration to those who pay the map, and elect the three most famous pirates to inherit them respectively.

The three became candidates for the pirate king from the beginning of accepting the chart, and began to enter the secondary competition.

And the title of pirate king.

Each pirate king has his own title. The general structure is a combination of nickname and name.

Pirates in the Caribbean are very secretive about the surnames given by their families. Generally, they will disclose their surnames only when they are married, executed or wash their hands in a golden basin.

Like Katrina, her nickname is "red haired Katrina". It was not until she joined Lorraine's chamber of Commerce and gave up her identity as a pirate that she officially restored the surname Dibo.

But not every pirate king can use his own title.

The Pirate Code stipulates that pirates who accept the results of the brotherhood election will be protected by the code. Before they officially become the pirate king, other pirate kings can't fight them. As a price, they can't use their own title when they become queen. They can only inherit the title of the last pirate king, known as the X world.

Only those outside the election results can replace the title of the previous king with their own title, but at the same time, they can not enjoy the protection of the code.

The brotherhood will try its best to make his identity public, and everyone who has a desire for charts can attack him until he becomes an emperor or is taken away by others.

This is most of the inheritance in the code.

Lorraine touched his chin: "who are the pirate kings now?"

"Most of them are inherited from the golden age, namely cotton Jack VII, flagship Bloody Mary; Blackbeard Edward V, flagship Queen Anne revenge; black Baron pavlomus IV, flagship Royal happiness; hound Henry VI, flagship fantasy; pirate Prince Bellamy III, flagship Vida; fly Thomas, flagship prime time, i Six in total. "

"These charts belong to the seventh king?" Lorraine asked, pointing to the two charts in front of him.

"It used to belong to Mansfield II. Both me and black mamba will be honored as Mansfield III once they receive all three sea charts."

Lorraine was silent.

"First question," he asked, "is their ship an old ship or a similar ship in the period of the first owner of these titles?"

"No, while inheriting the title, inheriting the ship's name is an honor for pirates. Some people regard it as a curse. They think that if they don't do so, the grievances entangled in the title will drag them down to the bottom of the sea."

"Second question, is there a second emperor in history?"

"No," Katrina whispered, "The pirate closest to the throne in history was the first pavlomus. He seized 18 charts, controlled the maritime brotherhood and revised the code, but he could not find the whereabouts of the last three charts until his death. It was not until the third year after his death that Bellamy II's chart was turned over to the Maritime brotherhood by a sailor and received a huge reward of 3000 pounds."

"Really... He couldn't find the whereabouts of the last three charts..." Lorraine murmured to himself and suddenly asked, "Katrina, what do you think I should do with these two charts?"

"Anonymous brotherhood," Katrina thought or didn't think, "with them, you are equal to the enemy of pirates in the whole Caribbean. It's not wise."

"But how do they know I have a chart?"

"The Brotherhood has a huge intelligence network. They can easily find out that I boarded the golden deer, and the golden deer sank the black mamba. Now I'm your chief mate. Just a little inference..."

"Yes, they will eventually realize that an outsider has mastered the chart." Lorraine smiled. "Lorraine and Edward are suspected, but they probably didn't expect that Lorraine and Edward are the same person."

He suddenly stood up and brushed his fur coat: "I'll take these two charts."

"You..."

"Katrina, you misjudged one thing. We are businessmen. Since we will come to the Caribbean across the ocean, we are ready to fight pirates. The question before me is not whether we are willing or not, but whether it is worth it."

"Do you think... Is worth it?"

Lorraine avoided talking about Katrina's problem, but smiled happily: "let the pirates come to me. I took part in the battle for the pirate king."