Chapter 4485 Chapter 4487 [East India Company]
"The East India Company hopes that you can help the company expand its sphere of influence in the Caribbean, and it also hopes that you will help keep an eye on two people.
One is Jack Sparrow, a notorious pirate. Mr. Mather, who was in charge of transporting the ship, handed Xiang Nan two more wanted posters, "The other one is called Angelica. She is a cunning thief and liar." "
Xiang Nan took a look at the wanted poster and saw that it was Jack Sparrow and Angelica who appeared in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".
Their bounties are respectively £2,000 and £5,000.
"Angelica's bounty is actually higher than Captain Jack's? What earth-shattering thing has she done?" Xiang Nan was surprised when he saw this.
But on the surface he remained silent, "Yes, I will definitely pay attention."
He knew that the full name of the East India Company was "The Company of London Merchants Trading in the East India". It was founded in 1600 by a group of ambitious and greedy businessmen, and the financial backers behind them were Those British nobles.
Therefore, after the "East India Company" was founded, it obtained the permission of the British King and monopolized the trade from East India to Britain, so it was extremely profitable.
Afterwards, with the strong support of the nobles, the East India Company's power and sphere of influence grew larger and larger, shifting from its original commercial and trade focus to military, political power, and trade.
The scope of influence has also expanded from India to Africa, Australia, Asia, America and other places, becoming a super interest group with influence all over the world.
Even Port Royal and the British Royal Navy were restrained and influenced by them.
This is why in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", Beckett, the top executive of the East India Company, was able to remove Wetherby Swan from his position as Governor.
Even Commodore James Norrington of the British Royal Navy had to obey the orders of the East India Company.
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"That's good." Mather nodded, "Mr. Beckett has read your resume and is very satisfied. If you work harder, he guarantees that your position will be even higher within three years."
"Yes, express my gratitude to Mr. Beckett for me. I will definitely continue to work hard and live up to his expectations of me." Xiang Nan nodded.
Carlert Beckett was one of the top executives of the East India Company. According to "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom", Beckett also came from a noble family.
However, when he was born, he was born very thin and withered, so he was not taken seriously by his father and almost abandoned him.
Beckett, on the other hand, took it easy. Instead of complaining, he studied harder than ordinary people and wanted to get ahead and do something great.
When he grew up, he left home and joined the East India Company, starting as a low-level employee. He was once captured by pirates who demanded a high ransom from his father.
But his father ignored his life and death, causing Beckett to suffer inhuman abuse. Fortunately, he finally escaped. But because of this, he hated the pirates so much that he wished he could kill them all.
After that, Beckett relied on his intelligence and ruthlessness to climb up the ladder step by step, and finally reached the position of senior executive. What he is best at is helping the gentlemen make money. To this end, he recruited a large number of spies to help him collect all kinds of treasures.
Jack Sparrow was once his most valued spy, and he also helped him find the legendary Heart of Zezula.
But because of this, he offended Beckett, and was eventually branded a pirate and imprisoned.
And Mr. Mather is another of Beckett's capable subordinates. Unlike the kind-hearted Jack, he is cruel and ruthless, so he is very popular with Beckett.
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"It seems that the East India Company is actively expanding its power." After sending Mr. Mather away, Xiang Nan thought to himself, "I guess I sent the Interceptor just to do something big."
Xiang Nan knew that the Seven Years War would break out between Britain and France in the future, competing for hegemony over European land and colonies.
In the Seven Years' War, Britain achieved a complete victory and seized many overseas colonies such as Canada, India, Africa, the Caribbean, and east of the Mississippi River from France.
Now that the East India Company has sent the Interceptor, it is probably actively preparing for war with the colonists of other Caribbean countries in the future.
But having said that, the expansion of the East India Company is not a good thing for Xiang Nan.
He still prefers the current life of muddling along, free and easy, with the sky high and the emperor far away.
Now he is the top military commander of Port Royal, and even Governor Weatherby Swann respects him.
The two of them were as high as the emperor in Port Royal, and they had overall military, political, and civil power, and they were like emperors of the country.
But once the East India Company's power expanded to the Caribbean, he had a group of immediate bosses. At that time, I don’t know how many people are riding on their heads to dominate them.
As the saying goes, "If you were not good in the previous life, you will be the county magistrate in this life; if you were evil in the previous life, the county magistrate will be attached to Guo; if you are full of evil, you will be attached to the provincial capital of Guo." When the time comes, both he and Wetherby Swann will be so miserable.
Thinking of this, Xiang Nan used apparation and came to Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl.
But when they got to the ship, Jack was not seen on the deck.
"Jack~" Xiang Nan was stunned, and then came to the captain's room and saw Jack lying on the bed weakly.
"Hi, old friend...Long time no see...Help me...I'm dying of thirst." Jack said happily when he saw Xiang Nan.
Upon seeing this, Xiang Nan quickly took out Hufflepuff's golden cup and summoned a large cup of butter beer, lamb chops, steak, mashed potatoes, pastry tarts and cream cheese pie for Jack.
"Oh my god~" Captain Jack was deeply surprised to see Xiang Nan conjuring so many delicious foods from a cup in the blink of an eye.
Especially when these delicacies were taken out, they were still steaming hot and exuding a strong fragrance, as if they had just been made, which surprised him even more.
"Why did you become like this?" Xiang Nan asked doubtfully.
"It's hard to explain, I was deceived." Jack said depressedly, "She came to my ship, took away all my money, and even took away my sword. I can't control the Black Pearl by myself. , so he drifted at sea for several days.
I've finished drinking the rum, and I've finished drinking the fresh water. Fortunately, you came, otherwise I would have died of thirst and starvation. "Jack grumbled while devouring his food, which showed that he was really hurt this time.
"There is still someone in the world who can deceive you? That's a strange person." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "Tell me, who is the person who deceived you?"
"Angelica." Jack said through gritted teeth.