Traveling Frog Goofing Around in the Marvel Universe

"I didn't expect, Sister Angelica, you still have such a good research on the world structure?"

Bai Ye smiled.

In fact, he also has a little understanding of this period of history.

The emergence of a golden age of piracy in the Caribbean was no accident.

This is because the competition among modern European countries and the expansion of colonies started from the expansion of the sea.

Accompanying maritime expansion was rampant piracy. As a derivative of colonial development and maritime trade, piracy played an extremely important role from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The period from 1690 to 1730 was known as the golden age of piracy, especially From the War of Spanish Succession to the end of the 18s, piracy was the most rampant period, manifested by an increase in the number of pirates and frequent activities.

During the Nine Years' War between England and France from 1689 to 1697 and the War of Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713, the warring countries granted a large number of privateers to pirates.Spain was gradually unable to monopolize the American colonies, and the Netherlands, Britain, and France competed for trade dominance in the Americas. The Caribbean region became one of the most fiercely contested regions due to its special geographical environment and mature tropical plantation economy.

Due to the complex colonial environment in the Caribbean, Britain used a large number of privateers and pirates during the war as an important armed force in the colonial waters to make up for the lack of Royal Navy's strength in the region.After the war, the demobilization of privateer pirates and the retirement of a large number of sailors from the Royal Navy led to a large number of sailors losing their jobs. In addition, the mistreatment of sailors by merchant ships and naval ships led to a large number of sailors turning to pirates, which in turn caused the proliferation of illegal piracy in the Caribbean.

——British merchants appeared in the Caribbean, not initially as pirates, but as an attempt to break Spain's trade monopoly through smuggling trade. In 1568, John Hawkins's smuggling fleet was attacked by a Spanish convoy in the West Indies. After that, British merchants gave up their attempts to break the Spanish trade monopoly through peaceful smuggling, openly attacked Spanish merchant ships, plundered coastal towns, and transported the stolen goods. Sold back to England and became a pirate with government support.

——Queen Elizabeth’s support for the pirate Drake’s plundering of Spanish transport ships is a manifestation of the extraordinary measures adopted by Britain due to its yearning for capital when overseas trade was frustrated in the early days of mercantilism.In its overseas trade during the [-]th century and the early [-]th century, Britain used pirates as its vanguard and mainly focused on directly plundering wealth. It did not take the establishment of colonies as its main goal throughout the century.

At the same time, when the British government gained a firm foothold, it immediately turned back and began to strengthen the suppression of pirates in the colonies, and strengthened the suppression of pirates through military and legislative means. The heyday of pirates in the golden age was also the beginning of their decline. A tool pioneered by state colonization has been transformed into an object of severe attack.

Angelica sighed and said:

"Actually, there are not too many smart people who dare to wander in the sea. Most people are not unaware of the British government's attitude of wanting to kill donkeys. It's just that they don't want to believe it and deceive themselves!"

"The decline of the profession of pirates will happen sooner or later. If you hold on to the old thoughts of the past, you will almost certainly die under the guns of the British government."

Bai Ye laughed and said: "Never mind him, anyway, sister Angelica and I don't rely on the little money you get from being a pirate to support yourself. If the pirates are down or not, let him go!"

"Of course, if sister Angelica you lose your job then, come to me and I will support you for the rest of your life!"

"If I ask you to support me, how degenerate will I be?" Angelica rolled her eyes at Bai Ye and said, "You should use your money to support your little lover!"

"People must rely on themselves to live!"

"No matter at any time, everything may betray you, but only money will not betray you!"

Bai Ye looked reverent:

"Sister Angelica, your realm is so high! In my hometown, a doctor also said this to me, you must rely on yourself! No matter you are a good person or a bad person, in the end you can only rely on It’s up to you.”

……

night.

In the bright moonlight, the sea shimmered.

The waves gently kissed the rocks, as if sleepy.

In the sea, there is a quiet mystery hidden.

A black dilapidated ghost ship sails on this sea.

Under the moonlight, the laughing and slapstick sailors on the ship turned into skeletons, looking mysterious and terrifying.

In the captain's room where the moonlight was not shining, an unshaven old guy wearing a pirate captain's hat, with a big beard and unkempt appearance, held a green apple in his hand, put it to his mouth, and took a bite.

"Oh!"

The old guy only took a bite of the apple, then angrily threw it on the ground:

"Damn Jack Sparrow! Now I don't even feel like eating my favorite apple. It's you, the bastard, who made me turn into the inhuman, ghost-like situation in front of me!"

This old guy, of course, is Hector Barbossa, one of the nine pirate kings, who was originally the king of the Caspian Sea, but the sea area he was in was too miserable, because that sea area could even be said to be just a lake, So he defected to Jack's father, but within a few years Jack's father retired and became the custodian of the code, and Barbossa followed Jack and became the first mate of the pirate ship Black Pearl. Rebellion, drive away Captain Jack, and become the captain of the Black Pearl himself.

"Captain, a merchant ship has been spotted ahead, and we have another prey coming."

A skeleton approached and reported to Barbossa excitedly.

"is it?"

Barbossa walked out of the cabin. Under the moonlight, his face that was full of flesh turned into a skeleton, looking extremely scary, but he obviously didn't care about it, took out the binoculars he carried with him, and looked towards the sea. Look from a distance.

"Sure enough, another prey came to the door, and it is such a big merchant ship, there must be a lot of valuable things on it!"

Barbosa's previous depressed mood was swept away immediately, and he waved his hand high-spiritedly, and said:

"Little brothers, catch up with us, we are going to get rich again!"

The Black Pearl they were on was the fastest ship in the Caribbean Sea. The structure of the ship was reasonable, the streamlined hull and the huge power made it extremely fast. There were several cannons on board with powerful firepower.

Few merchant ships can compete with them.

——The Black Pearl, formerly known as the Bad Girl, is a trading ship under the East India Trading Company led by Lord Beckett of England. Jack is appointed as the captain of the ship and ordered to deliver a batch of goods from Africa.But Jack discovered that these so-called "cargoes" were actually African slaves. Out of a sense of justice, Jack released them all.For this reason, Beckett personally branded the word "p" symbolizing pirates and sent him to a Turkish prison, while the bad girl was also ordered by Beckett to be destroyed and sunk into the sea.

After being expelled, Jack is determined to find his ship.So he found David Jones, the captain of the "Flying Dutchman", and asked Jones to save his ship, on the condition that after Jack became the captain again, in the 13th year, Jones would have Jack's soul for 100 years (in the Flying Dutchman). 100 years of service aboard the Dutchman).Jones agreed, and helped Jack rescue the bad girl, and put up black sails and renamed it "Black Pearl".

Jack goes to the port of Tortuga and recruits a crew.The crew had previously been searching for Cortez's fabled treasure.After bargaining, Jack agreed to share the treasure equally with the crew.But Jack's first mate, Barbossa, persuades him to share the location of the treasure with everyone.Jack agreed.So on the night he told the location of the treasure, the crew launched a riot under the leadership of Barbossa, dismissed Jack from his post as captain, and abandoned him to a deserted island.

After the riot, the crew, led by Barbossa, found these mysterious treasures and divided them up.Soon, this wealth was squandered by the crew on food, drink and indulgence.But they soon discovered that this batch of gold was actually under a spell.The crew was turned into the living dead, and the pirates who became the living dead were tortured. They could not satisfy any of their desires: the food was tasteless, the wine tasted like white water, and even the sea breeze at sea could not be felt.On a moonlit night, the moonlight will reveal their true colors: tattered clothes, nearly disintegrated skeletons, and remaining muscles.Even the Black Pearl is affected: Although the Black Pearl itself is not cursed, due to the influence of the crew, the Black Pearl is always surrounded by a mysterious mist.

"Yo Ho, follow orders, Captain!"

The crew on the Black Pearl let out strange screams, drove the Black Pearl, and chased after the merchant ship ahead.

It has to be said that the speed of the Black Pearl is really fast. After the merchant ship was discovered, it was quickly overtaken by the Black Pearl.

"Get rid of their guards first!"

Barbossa ordered:

"Shoot me!"

The first mate of the Black Pearl stood at the bow of the ship and roared at the crew driving the cannon:

"Fire, fire!"

"Boom boom boom!"

From the Black Pearl, shells were fired, with the sound of piercing the sky, and in the dark night, flames burst out on the merchant ship.

"Yo!"

The skeletons on the Black Pearl made excited sounds one by one.

Suddenly caught off guard on the merchant ship, the guards also felt that they had taken action, and they picked up their weapons one after another, preparing to fight the pirates.

The Musketeers and Swordsmen stood on the deck, and the gunners were at their positions. A big battle was about to start.

Bai Ye was in his room, doing some embarrassing things with Duke Zhou's daughter, when suddenly he was woken up by a "crackling" sound.

He rubbed his eyes, yawned, and walked out of his room:

"What's the situation? It's so loud at night, and people are not allowed to sleep? The neighbors in the neighborhood have to go to work tomorrow!"

But see.

Angelica in the arm room walked out of her room a long time ago, looked at the approaching ship in the distance, with a solemn expression, and said:

"Bai Ye, we are in big trouble this time!"

"watt?"

Bai Ye yawned again.

"The merchant ship we chose to take this time encountered pirates!" Angelica said: "As far as the configuration of this merchant ship is concerned, if we encounter ordinary pirates, it is fine, but what we encountered is likely to be the Black Pearl No!"

"What happened to the Black Pearl?" Bai Ye looked at the ghost ship in the distance, and said unconvinced: "Their ship is not as big as ours at first glance!"

Angelica couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Bai Ye, when it comes to the combat effectiveness of a ship, it's not about who fights who is the smallest! The Black Pearl is a ship with magical power, the fastest ship on the sea, and it is also very energetic. Ferocious, and more importantly..."

Bai Ye: "What is it?"

Angelica: "The crew members above are all immortal. They can't be killed at all. They are undead wandering in the sea!"

"Combining all kinds of advantages, the Black Pearl has even destroyed a lot of sailing warships in the navy. What's more, the ships we are on are just merchant ships. So do you think it is possible for this merchant ship to defeat the opponent?"

"So scary?" Bai Ye said, "Then what should we do? Shall we escape before the pirate ship approaches?"

Angelica sighed and said:

"It's probably too late, how could the speed of the Black Pearl be so fast!"

Bai Ye looked.

Sure enough, the Black Pearl, which was still some distance away before, was already very close at hand.

Above the Black Pearl.

Barbossa pulled out his long knife and ordered:

"Everyone, get ready to fight on board!"

"The captain has an order, all crew members, prepare for boarding."

As the shouts spread, all the crew members of the Black Pearl were eager to try.

"Little brothers, kill them all, take all the treasures, kill them!"

Barbossa growled.

Hearing this, all the pirates fell into extreme excitement and screamed.

After a round of musket fire, the crew on the Black Pearl rushed to the merchant ship.

"What's going on? They're all a bunch of skeletons!"

"Ah, ah, ghost!"

After the guards on the merchant ship came into contact with the crew of the Black Pearl, their morale plummeted immediately. After all, few normal people could calm down and fight a group of skeletons.

Moreover, Barbossa and his group of skeletons also possessed immortality, so they couldn't be hacked or killed at all.

The bullets would go straight through their bodies, and the knife would cut off their heads, but they could still pick them up and press them on their necks.

In the midst of the chaos, Angelica held a sword in one hand, and pulled Bai Ye in the other, interested in the direction of the merchant ship.

When boarding the merchant ship, Anjelica had already checked the information, the general structure of the merchant ship, and the feeder on the ship.

There was absolutely no need for her and Bai Ye to fight the Black Pearl because of this merchant ship, they just escaped in a small boat.

just.

I don't know if it was because Anjelica was too beautiful, or Bai Ye was wearing too clean clothes, but they still caught the attention of the crew of the Black Pearl.

Five or six skeletons with knives and guns surrounded Anjelica and Bai Ye with malicious "hehe" smiles.

Angelica also had to temporarily let go of Bai Ye's hand, ready to fight, she said:

"Bai Ye, you have to pay attention to yourself, be careful not to die!"

"Come on, cut that little boy into eight pieces for me, and that pretty girl will snatch it back. Although we can't use it, it's good to play with it!"

A group of skeletons smiled wretchedly.

A cold light flashed in Angelica's eyes, holding a long sword in her hand, she took the lead in attacking, one step forward, the long sword slashed down obliquely, and a skull's head was sent flying.

The skeletons turned pale with fright, the lady in front of them seemed to be difficult to deal with, so they rushed to meet the enemy.

Seeing that Angelica was too strong, a skeleton was a little timid, and when he rolled his eyes, he saw Bai Ye, and his heart was broken. He smiled cruelly, avoided Angelica, and shot towards Bai Ye.

After killing the man who was with this woman, let's see if this woman can continue to be so powerful.

"Whoosh-!"

A buckshot hits the head.

Bai Ye sighed:

"I originally wanted to get along with you as ordinary people, but I didn't expect that what I got in exchange was gunfire..."

He stretched out a hand and caught the lead bullet that had reached the front door between his fingers:

"I'm done pretending. I'm showing my cards right. In fact, I'm a wizard!"