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Chapter 4485 [East India Company]

“The East India Company hopes you can help the company expand its influence in the Caribbean, and hopes you can 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 is Angelica, she is a sinister and cunning thief and liar."

Xiang Nan took the wanted poster and saw that the portrait was Jack Sparrow and Angelica who appeared in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4".

Their rewards were £2,000 and £5,000 respectively.

"Angelica's bounty is actually higher than Captain Jack's? What earth-shattering thing did she do?" Xiang Nan was very surprised when he saw this.

But on the surface he remained calm, "Yes, I will definitely pay attention."

He knew that the full name of the East India Company was "The Company of Merchants of London Trading in East India". It was founded in 1600 by a group of ambitious and extremely greedy businessmen, and the financial backers behind them were the British aristocrats.

Therefore, after the establishment of the "East India Company", it obtained the permission of the British king and monopolized the trade from East India to Britain, thus making huge profits.

Afterwards, with the strong support of the nobles, the power and sphere of influence of the East India Company grew larger and larger, transforming from its original commercial trade to a combination of military, political power, and trade.

Its sphere of influence has also expanded from India to Africa, Australia, Asia, America and other places, becoming a super interest group with influence throughout the world.

Even Port Royal and the British Royal Navy were controlled and influenced by them.

This is also why in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", Beckett, a senior executive of the East India Company, was able to remove Governor Weatherby Swann from his position.

Even James Norrington, Commodore 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 you will be promoted to a higher position within three years."

"Yes, please express my gratitude to Mr. Beckett on my behalf. I will continue to work hard and live up to his expectations of me." Xiang Nan nodded.

Carter Beckett was one of the top executives of the East India Company. According to the book "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom", Beckett was also from an aristocratic family.

However, he was born with congenital deficiencies, very thin and skinny, so his father did not value him and almost abandoned him.

Beckett was determined and did not complain about his fate. Instead, he studied harder than ordinary people, determined to stand out and make a great career.

When he grew up, he left home and joined the East India Company, where he started as a low-level employee. He was once captured by pirates, who demanded a high ransom from his father.

But his father didn't care about his life or death, so Beckett suffered inhuman abuse, but fortunately he finally escaped. But because of this, he hated pirates so much that he wanted to kill them all.

After that, Beckett climbed up step by step with his intelligence, ruthlessness and cunningness, and finally got a high-level executive position. What he was best at was helping the masters make money, so he recruited a large number of spies to help him collect various treasures.

Jack Sparrow was once his most trusted spy, and had helped him find the legendary Heart of Zerzula.

It was a sacred object of a tribe on the island, and it had incredible powers. But Jack knew that if the Heart of Zerzula was handed over, the entire island would be exposed, and not only would the treasures on the island be taken away, but the islanders would also be captured as slaves, so he returned the Heart of Zerzula.

But because of this he offended Beckett, and was eventually branded a pirate and thrown into prison.

Mr. Mather is another capable subordinate of Beckett. Unlike the kind-hearted Jack, he is ruthless and cruel, so he is very favored by Beckett.

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"It seems that the East India Company is actively expanding its influence." After sending Mr. Mather away, Xiang Nan thought to himself, "Sending the Interceptor here probably means they want to do something big."

Xiang Nan knew that the Seven Years' War would break out between Britain and France in the future to compete for hegemony over European land and colonies.

Britain won a complete victory in the Seven Years' War and seized many overseas colonies from France, including Canada, India, Africa, the Caribbean, and east of the Mississippi River.

Now that the East India Company has sent the Interceptor, it is probably actively preparing for future wars with the colonists of other Caribbean countries.

But then again, the expansion of the East India Company was not a good thing for Xiang Nan.

He still prefers his current life of getting by, being free and easy, with the emperor far away and the sky high.

Now he is the highest military commander in Port Royal, and even Governor Weatherby Swan has to respect him.

The two of them were far away from each other in Royal Port, in charge of military, political, and judicial power, like local emperors.

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But once the East India Company's influence expanded to the Caribbean, he would have a group of superiors. At that time, there would be countless people riding on their heads and bullying them.

As the saying goes, "If one was a bad person in his previous life, he will be a county magistrate in this life; if one did evil in his previous life, he will be a county magistrate in a suburb; if he has committed too many evil deeds, he will be a county magistrate in a provincial capital." By then, both he and Weatherby Swan will be so miserable.

Thinking of this, Xiang Nan used Apparition to arrive on Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl.

But when they got on the boat, they didn't see Jack on the deck.

"Jack~" Xiang Nan was stunned, then he came to the captain's room and saw Jack lying weakly on the bed.

"Hi, old friend...long time no see...please save me...I'm dying of thirst." Jack said happily when he saw Xiang Nan.

Upon seeing this, Xiang Nan quickly took out the Hufflepuff gold cup and summoned a large glass of butterbeer, lamb chops, steak, mashed potatoes, puff pastry tarts and cream cheese pie for Jack.

"Oh my God~" Captain Jack was deeply surprised to see Xiang Nan produce so many delicious foods from a cup in the blink of an eye.

What surprised him even more was that when these delicacies were taken out, they were still steaming hot and exuding a rich aroma, as if they had just been made.

"How did you become like this?" Xiang Nan asked puzzledly.

"It's hard to explain. I was deceived." Jack said depressedly, "She came to my ship and took away all my money and even my sword. I couldn't operate the Black Pearl by myself, so I drifted on the sea for several days.

I've finished my rum and my fresh water. Luckily you came, or I'd be dying of thirst and hunger." Jack grumbled as he wolfed down his food, showing that he was badly hurt this time.

"There are actually people in the world who can deceive you? That person must be a rare person." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Tell me, who deceived you?"

"Angelica," Jack said through gritted teeth.