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Beckett said with a faint smile: "You have spent so much money and thought to build all this, just to win over Brigadier General James, oh sorry, it's the former Brigadier General, you want to win him over to be your son-in-law, right?"

Governor Swan said coldly: "This is my private matter."

Beckett said with a smile: "It's a pity that James didn't live up to it. He didn't win Elizabeth's heart. A good girl like Elizabeth was actually abducted by a pirate, which made Elizabeth a pirate too. And you let Elizabeth go, you It also violated the king's law."

Governor Swan said coldly: "I know, so according to the procedure, you should send me back to London and let the parliamentary court judge me, instead of putting a person of status like me in a dirty prison. Hmph, I will definitely report this matter to the council!"

Beckett smiled and said: "Governor Swan, I know you are very angry now, and I also know that although you are not a nobleman, your ancestors are quite influential in London and Parliament. Existence, once I send you back to London according to the procedure, you will unite with the people in the parliament to deal with me and pull me down as a lord who came from a commoner, right? Haha, don’t deny it, politics has always been A war of exclusion, you are the real noble class, noble children, and me, even if I can be promoted to a duke in the future, you will not look at me. Your class is full of arrogance to the common people, you just want to Hold power in your own hands, but refuse to give civilians a little chance."

Governor Swan said with a sneer: "Don't you know how you climbed to the position of Lord?"

Beckett said lightly: "Of course it depends on my own efforts."

"You sell opium, black slaves, and plunder foreign people. Your position as a lord was forged by the blood of others!" Governor Swan loudly accused.

Beckett was not angry, but smiled and said: "Tsk tsk, what a sanctimonious remark, Governor Swan, seeing your appearance, I have already thought of the group of gentlemen sitting in the parliament in London. How despised."

He shrugged and put the water-breaking sword back into the scabbard, "You can continue to despise me, but don't forget that the reason why you can do nothing is to sit peacefully in the council and drink tea. That's because there are people like me. You enjoy the wealth, money, and capital I brought to you, and you still call me an executioner. Don't you think that you have double standards? All double-standard people, It's either stupid or arrogant, and most of the time, stupid and arrogant go hand in hand."

"I am now a lord, which proves that the queen recognizes me, and the queen needs more of me, for her, for the British Empire to search for wealth in the world, and to fight potential enemies. Some countries have a history greater than ours The English Empire is even longer. If you study their history carefully, you will find that they are actually stronger than us. However, the Age of Discovery created a natural opportunity for our island-type country. Once When those countries wake up, our chances will be gone. Therefore, we must take advantage of this time to plunder them, attack them, and let them exterminate their species. If they cannot exterminate their species, then we must also prevent them from turning over in the next 500 years. .”

"When all our potential enemies are weakened by us, our British Empire can become a real empire on which the sun never sets."

"No." Governor Swan frowned and shook his head, "Our country shouldn't be like this. We, us"

Beckett smiled faintly, "No wonder you have been the governor of Port Royal for more than ten years, but you haven't improved because your vision is limited. There are only so many resources in this world, and whoever can grab them first will win." Whoever owns it, and whoever owns resources and wealth is a powerful empire, and whoever has the right to speak."

"But, in this case, isn't our Great Britain Empire making enemies all over the world?" Governor Swan said with a frown.

"Haha!" Beckett laughed loudly: "Make enemies? Don't you have no enemies if you are not strong? No, as a country, you will always have enemies. When you are not strong, someone will take the opportunity to bully you. You Want to rely on politeness and negotiation to avoid enemies? This is a joke. The relationship between people can still maintain a civilized state, but the relationship between countries is naked oppression. We are strong and we have the right to speak , As for those areas that were plundered and colonized by us, you can rest assured that as long as our rule there can last for 100 years, then after 100 years, those descendants in the colonized areas will be attached to our strength, and they will even forget themselves ancestors."

Governor Swan was speechless for a while.

He didn't think people like Beckett were right, but he did feel that his vision and cognition were not as good as Beckett's.

Beckett was able to rise from a commoner status to become a director of the East Indus Trading Company and a lord conferred by the queen, without any real skills, it was impossible.

Chapter 370 Love has a shelf life

"Did you come to me just to tell me this?" Governor Swan said in a deep voice.

"Of course not." Beckett smiled faintly, "Look, I am Lord, and I am the director of the East Indus Trading Company. I came to your Port Royal just to fight against the arrogant pirates here and to restore our British empire. Save face, just find one more thing by the way."

"When these things are done, I will definitely leave Port Royal."

"I have no intention of destroying the structure of Port Royal. I still hope that you will be the governor of Port Royal, provided that you are willing to reach an agreement with me."

Governor Swan immediately frowned and said: "I committed a crime! I let go of the two people whom the queen asked to be executed, Elizabeth and Will! According to the queen's law, I should be tried by the court of parliament. How can you let me continue to be Governor of Port Royal?"

Beckett said indifferently: "Port Royal is located in the Caribbean Sea, and London is so far away. Of course, the Queen doesn't know what happened here. As long as I don't tell you that you let Elizabeth and Will go, the Queen and the Parliament won't know. Of course you can still be your Governor in peace and security."

Governor Swan frowned and said, "Where is the king's law?"

Beckett sneered: "The king's law is the king's law when it is needed."

Governor Swan's heart ached for a while. If the matter did not concern him, he would definitely reprimand him. However, this matter is closely related to him. If he wants to survive and keep his reputation and status, he must follow people like Beckett .

Governor Swan said in a deep voice, "What do you want me to do?"

Beckett smiled and said, "It's very simple to be smart. You continue to be your governor. As for Elizabeth's execution order, I can eliminate it for you."

Governor Swan asked in surprise: "What? Can you destroy the decree signed by the Queen?"

Beckett said with a smile: "Before I came here, I asked the Queen for three things, an anonymous privateer's license, and two blank execution orders. The Queen gave me the right to fill in my name as I wish, and I can even Fill in the name of your Governor Swan on the execution order, of course, this is not good for you or me."

Governor Swann trembled all over, and he was afraid again and again.

What he was afraid of was not that Beckett could write his name on the execution order, but that the power given to Beckett by the queen was beyond the law.

The law is really just something that restrains the common people, it's really just a toy of power.

As long as the common people don't know the truth, power can play with the law as it wants.

Beckett smiled and said, "You must think why the Queen is so kind to me, a little commoner? It's very simple. I can bring the Queen what she really wants, and that is a strong country."

Governor Swan said in a deep voice: "Shouldn't the strength of the country be built on the fairness of the rule of law and the hard work of everyone?"

Beckett smiled: "Ah, that's right, that's what we say to the common people, we ask them to work hard, and then we can collect their taxes. But, if the queen wants to build an invincible fleet, the money can't be paid by taxes alone , the Queen wants to allocate funds to universities to research new technologies, and this money cannot be paid by taxes alone. If we only rely on normal taxes, we must go through at least three generations before we can make a breakthrough. However, if we plunder the assets of other countries, We can save three generations of fighting, and let those countries fight for three more generations. This positive and negative will give us an advantage of at least 100 years. This is the fastest way to become a powerful country."

Governor Swan sighed faintly, "I didn't expect that we have been committed to fighting pirates. It turns out that we ourselves are the biggest robbers in the world."

Beckett said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what we are, the important thing is that this world is based on strength. If we have strength, we are the boss. We are the boss. Naturally, there will be dog legs to attach to us, our dog legs If there are more, our status as the boss will be higher and more stable.”

"You want me to be loyal to you?" Governor Swan said coldly.

Beckett said with a smile: "Don't say it so harshly, what is loyalty to me? We are all loyal to the Queen and the English Empire."

"Hehe, then, what should I do specifically?" Governor Swan asked.

"Use your local influence in Port Royal to continue serving the British Empire. In addition, in London and the Parliament, you must speak to East Indus Trading Company on my behalf," Beckett said.

Governor Swan said coldly: "It seems that the parliament is right to oppose you."

"No, they are not against me because of what I do, they are against me because of my origin, don't think that what I do is not righteous, those who oppose me are just, the people in the parliament, like me They just want to get rid of me as a commoner and maintain their noble status." Beckett sneered.

Governor Swan nodded slightly, "Okay, I can speak for you."

Beckett said with a smile: "In addition, you need to increase taxes in Port Royal, double the entry fee, and the departure fee, as well as the shipping slot fee, stamp duty, etc., all of which must be paid."

Governor Swan frowned and said, "But Port Royal has never collected taxes like this."

Beckett said with a smile: "That was before, now you have to collect taxes, and your taxes must be directly handed over to the East Indus Trading Company."

"This..." Governor Swan hesitated.

This is emotionally and rationally wrong.

According to the current Queen's law, the governors of overseas colonies do not have to pay taxes, and of course they cannot ask for subsidies from the English Parliament.

However, there has never been a precedent for handing over taxes to a single company.

Beckett said with a cold smile: "Governor Swan, the reason why I still call you Governor is because we still have the possibility of cooperation. Your daughter Elizabeth is still in exile. My spies told me that she has gone to the The Black Pearl is surrounded by pirates. And my fleet is already preparing to chase them. Once I catch up to the Black Pearl, I will definitely sink it. At that time, your daughter will be buried in the In the sea, there are no bones left."

"No! Don't!" Governor Swan hurriedly said: "I promise you! As long as you can save my Elizabeth!"

Beckett smiled and said: "Very well, it seems that we have reached an agreement, welcome your return, Governor Swan, Port Royal cannot live without you."

Governor Swan smiled bitterly, "Thank you."