Chapter 4517 Chapter 4519 [Cut the mess with a sharp knife]
In fact, Xiang Nan didn't want to touch Governor Weatherby. After all, he was his father-in-law, and he was not a bad person.
Governor Weatherby has managed Port Royal over the years. Although he is not dedicated and hard-working, he can be regarded as very competent.
Under his management, the permanent population of Port Royal increased from 60,000 to 120,000, and the annual tax revenue increased by more than 5%.
Since he was so qualified for this position, Xiang Nan was not prepared to touch him.
But now it seems that Governor Weatherby is under a lot of psychological pressure. Although he doesn't want to touch him, he can hardly hold on anymore.
It’s no wonder that almost everything in the Caribbean has changed.
Cuba, Bahamas, San Juan, St. Martin, Dominica, Dominica, Barbados, Virgin Islands, St. Lucia…
These areas have now become the territory of the Church of the Goddess. Only the isolated island of Jamaica is left here, and the British flag is still flying. How could it not be eye-catching.
Therefore, Governor Wetherby was naturally worried that one night, believers of the Goddess Church would hold torches, rush into his villa, pick him up from his bed, and send him to the gallows to hang him.
He had been having nightmares for several days about this.
In fact, he is not the only one. Many people on the island who originally believed in Christianity have secretly converted to the Goddess Church and even donated a lot of money. They are afraid that the Goddess Church will attack them first if they rebel.
In this case, Xiang Nan also decided to cut through the mess quickly to prevent Governor Weatherby from scaring him.
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Later, Xiang Nan ordered the priests of Port Royal to contact Governor Wetherby and invite him to join the Goddess Church.
Governor Weatherby immediately followed suit and not only joined the Goddess Church obediently, but also became the church's assistant priest in Jamaica and was responsible for continuing to manage Jamaica.
Later, Xiang Nan and Elizabeth also joined the Goddess Church.
Elizabeth herself was an unbeliever. Although she grew up in a Protestant family, she was not superstitious about Christianity. On the contrary, she longs for freedom and adventure.
Therefore, she not only does not reject joining the Goddess Church, but also agrees with the "freedom and equality" advocated by the Goddess Church.
After joining the church, Xiang Nan also continued to serve as the supreme military commander of Jamaica. As for the soldiers under him, many of them had already joined the Goddess Church long before he joined.
Those soldiers who firmly believed in Christianity and refused to join the church were expelled from the army by Xiang Nan. The vacant vacancies are additionally screened from local people in Jamaica.
For local people, being a soldier is actually a good choice.
Because the monthly salary of a junior sailor is only ten pounds, which is not bad for the people of Port Royal. If you are promoted to a third-class sailor in the future, your annual salary can reach about fifteen pounds; if you are promoted to a second-class sailor, your annual salary can be Twenty pounds to live a decent life.
For many young people who have no serious jobs and can only do part-time jobs, this is already a relatively good job.
Later, Jamaica also declared independence and established the State of Jamaica, parting ways with its previous suzerain country, the United Kingdom. The country of Jamaica implements a system of unity of government and religion, and designates the Church of the Goddess as the state religion.
"It seems like everything has changed, it seems like nothing has changed." Elizabeth said with emotion. Although Jamaica has become independent and looks different from before, it is actually the same as before. Her father is still the ruler, but his name has been changed from Governor to Head of State.
Xiang Nan nodded, "There are benefits to change. After independence, you don't have to listen to the overlord country anymore, you can have the final say. And you don't have to send taxes to the UK, you can stay and develop on your own.
There is an advantage to not changing. Mr. Weatherby has been the governor for nearly twenty years. The people of Port Royal have become accustomed to his management. It is not a good thing to change people rashly. "
"I hope that a school can be built on the island and the roads can be repaired." Elizabeth nodded.
"I think so too." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.
The British colonized Port Royal only to plunder property and therefore did not care about the development of the island. It has been more than a hundred years since colonization, but not a single school has been built.
A rich lady like Elizabeth still has enough money to afford a private tutor. But those children from poor families can only be left to their own devices and have no chance of getting an education.
The roads in Port Royal are basically dirt roads with lots of potholes. When it rains, they become extremely muddy and make your shoes sticky when you walk on them. But because most of the taxes were sent to Britain, Port Royal had no money to build roads or schools.
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Wetherby then allocated funds to build schools and roads, a move that was unanimously welcomed by the islanders.
They have long been eager to build a school on the island so that their children can learn and read.
In fact, not only China has a tradition of emphasizing education, but Europe also attaches great importance to education. Because at that time, studying was a rare way for civilians to climb upward.
For example, in the famous work "The Red and the Black" by the French writer Stendhal, the protagonist Julien is the son of a carpenter. He became a tutor because he memorized the Latin Bible, and later worked as a secretary in the Marquis Palace. He almost died. He fell in love with the Marquis's precious daughter and became a master.
However, the British colonists and the East India Company exploited the colonies too much before. Not only did they repeatedly increase taxes, but they also took away most of the taxes, leaving only a little for the colonies.
This amount of money is already stretched beyond the salary of civil servants, so naturally there is no way to build any infrastructure.
But things are different now. Jamaica has become independent and all taxes can be used for its own use. Therefore, Governor Weatherby also has money to build schools.
And building roads is naturally a good thing for the people.
After all, no one wants to walk on muddy roads all day long and get their feet muddy.
If stones are laid and the sewers are properly repaired, then even if it rains a lot during the rainy season in Jamaica, there is no need to worry about not being able to go out.
As a result, Weatherby's charitable deeds for people's livelihood won acclaim in Jamaica, and his popularity suddenly increased a lot.
This also made the old man breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise he would always worry that one day he would fall asleep and have his neck wiped by the believers who hated him.
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After Jamaica declared independence, there were basically no colonies left in Central and South America.
Subsequently, under the attack of the American federal army and local believers, the Spanish colonists in Mexico and the French colonists in Canada were also defeated.
In the end, the colonists of both countries signed their names on the surrender documents, and Mexico and Canada immediately declared their independence. Both countries also implemented a federal system like the Commonwealth of the United States, and many states designated their state religions as goddesses. church.