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17. The background of the times

When Wang Bo arrived at Tutujia Port and witnessed the prosperity of Tutujia Port, a thought arose in his heart.

He wanted to master Tutujia Port and turn it into his own nest.

"Do you think my idea can be realized?" Wang Bo turned his head and asked his first mate Simba.

Simba frowned and said, "Although it's difficult, it's not impossible."

He is different from pirates like Wang Bo who became monks halfway through. He has been an old pirate for more than ten years and is very clear about the situation in Tutujia Port. This is the nest of pirates in the Caribbean Sea.

Many pirates come here to sell stolen goods.

Most pirates will abide by the order here, but the order here is not set by one person, but by all pirates coming here.

To put it bluntly, it is the unspoken rule.

For the benefit of everyone, the pirates set this unspoken rule. If they want to master this, they will inevitably break the unspoken rule, so most pirates cannot watch Wang Bo master this.

There is an irreconcilable contradiction between them and Wang Bo.

If it were other pirates, Simba would mock the other party or patiently persuade the other party to give up.

However, facing a wizard who is unpredictable, Simba can only say it is difficult. If this wizard is very powerful and occupying Tutujia Port, it is not impossible.

Wang Bo nodded after hearing Simba's words, but he did not take action immediately because he was short of manpower and was not the time to occupy Tutujia Port.

"Let's go, let's sell the goods first, and then we're going to recruit pirates."

Simba said: "We can hand over the sale of goods to others. If I want to recruit pirates, I know a good place."

Wang Bo said: "What are you waiting for?"

Simba turned around and handed it over to several deputy officers, asking them to sell the goods, and then took Wang Bo to a 17th-century bar. Here, there were a large number of drunken pirates.

why is that?

The answer is simple. In life at sea, rum that can drive away cold, boost courage and relieve pain is the closest companion of pirates on their voyage. Rum, known as "pirate wine", is the best choice for mixing cocktails.

The cocktail "mojito" that great writer Hemingway loves comes from rum. Rum is synonymous with tough guys. Only this thing can match the pirates' rough, heroic and enthusiastic temperament.

So pirates can throw away gold coins and wealth, but they can't bear rum.

After arriving at the port, the pirates sang every night, squandered money in every entertainment venue, using the best gold and silver tableware, drinking the strongest rum and whiskey, and playing the most charming girl.

Therefore, the bars in Tutujia Port are definitely the most popular place among pirates.

Looking for pirates here is definitely a sure thing.

When Simba took Wang Bo into the door of a bar, he was greeted by a smell mixed with alcohol, sweat, body odor, and other smells.

At the smell, Wang Bo couldn't help but frown.

This scene was witnessed by several drunk pirates. They laughed unceremoniously, pointed at Wang Bo and mocked: "See, friends, what did I see, a noble young master."

Although Wang Bo has become a child, because of his long-term practice of martial arts, his skin is delicate and shiny, and he has never experienced any wind and sun exposure, so he is easily considered a noble young master.

Everyone in the bar turned their heads to look at Wang Bo at the same time, and many of the pirates who were drinking showed sarcastic smiles.

"Hey, young master, this is not where you should be."

"Yes, if I were you, I would leave here immediately."

"You should be careful, young master, the people here are not friendly to the nobles."

Simba, who was on the side, looked at the group of pirates who were numb by alcohol, and a group of idiots who had their brains numbed by alcohol. Why can't you use your head to think about it, will a real noble young master come to such a place?

Well...it doesn't seem impossible.

Simba remembered that he had indeed seen a group of nobles in the bar who were curious about pirates, but these people would soon be so angry that they were shaking all over by the rude pirates, or fleeing in panic.

Faced with these sarcasms, Wang Bo remained motionless.

Wang Bo is actually very clear about why these pirates are very unfriendly to the nobles.

Because before entering this world, he had investigated a lot of information.

In this era, the motivations of pirates are roughly divided into two categories: one is the desire for wealth, the other is the resistance to class, or both.

The former is the pirate king Henry Evry, who was born in 1659 and was an intern sailor on the British Royal Navy ship as a teenager. In 1688, the Great Alliance War broke out. Because of his bravery in combat, Evry was soon promoted from an intern officer to a first mate. At this time, he was only in his early 30s and was the youngest among the three first mates on the ship.

Later, Evry began to do slave trade along the Atlantic Ocean in Africa. From 1660 to 1698, the Royal African Company monopolized the slave trade from Africa to the British Empire, and the unauthorized slave trade was suppressed by the British authorities. Despite this, attracted by the abundant profits of the slave trade, Evry and other slave smugglers still did their own things.

There is no doubt that he is the former.

In his early years, he was the British Royal Navy. After tasting the sweetness of robbery, he took the path of pirates and slave trade. His biggest deed was that in 1689, he robbed the treasure ship of the Mughal dynasty and plundered the greatest treasure in the history of pirates.

Afterwards, he fled to Nassau and other places, but in the end the official did not catch him, and he seemed to have evaporated from the world.

As for the latter...

In this era, Europe is a class-consolidated society. People at the bottom of the country have been exploited and cannot change their poverty through many exploitation.

The sailors in the Royal Navy were ordered, scolded, whipped at will by the domineering commanders, and hung onto the mast if they were disobedient, and even fell into a corpse to feed the seabirds.

Just like the "noble" Tianlong people in One Piece, they can oppress civilians with low bloodlines at will, and your birth determines your life.

Under such oppression of no hope, the pirates are eager to change their destiny through adventure and plunder.

In addition to being selfish, many sailors who became pirates just to get rid of the shackles on their bodies and to break the cage of the class with wealth.

This is also the reason why cruel pirates in reality are often shaped as romantic heroes in artistic creation. Pirates are a symbol of freedom.

Of course, art is art after all, and art cannot change the cruel character of pirates.
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