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Chapter 4491 Chapter 4493 [Blessing in disguise]

"I heard that the East India Company's headquarters was robbed, resulting in a huge loss of one million pounds. Therefore, the newly appointed director, Callett Beckett, took such radical measures in order to make money and make up for the huge deficit." Xiang Nan said.

"Beckett?!" Weatherby was stunned, then nodded, "I know this person. He used to be the head of the East India Company in Africa. I met him several times and I had a good impression of him.

It is said that under his management, the East India Company's profits in Africa increased by more than 25% each year, so he was very popular with the East India senior management.

I just didn't expect that after he became a senior executive, he would be so cruel and impose such high tariffs, which is simply going to drive someone to death."

"There is no doubt that they want to kill us." Xiang Nan sighed, "As a soldier, I would rather go to war with the enemy than wield the butcher knife against my own people."

"So do I." Weatherby nodded, "But what can we do? If we don't do it, I believe he has ten thousand ways to deal with us."

"You're right." Xiang Nan nodded, "But I don't think he will always get what he wants. The harder you compress the spring, the greater the force of its rebound."

"I understand that," Weatherby said worriedly, "I hope there won't be any trouble in Port Royal. I still want to work hard for a few more years."

He also understood the principle that when officials force the people to rebel, Britain had already experienced two revolutions before.

One was the revolution led by Cromwell, who even hanged King Charles I; the other was the Glorious Revolution, in which the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy overthrew the rule of King James II, and replaced him with his daughter Mary II and son-in-law William III.

Even the king could be driven out by his angry subjects, so what more could he, the governor, do? If the more than 50,000 townspeople in Port Royal really rebelled, could Xiang Nan really suppress it with the more than 200 soldiers in his hands?

If he was kicked out, it would be the end of him. He hadn't earned enough money for his old age, and he hadn't married Elizabeth off.

Moreover, he could not afford to lose Port Royal. Even if he could escape back to England, he would become a clown in the upper class, being laughed at and despised by people.

So he really hopes to be safe and sound.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen with me here." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled. He already had an idea.

He wanted to take advantage of the situation, not only to humiliate Beckett, but also to use this incident to help himself.

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Afterwards, Xiang Nan asked the priests of the Sea Goddess to spread Becket's atrocities everywhere, and said that as long as the believers prayed devoutly, the Sea Goddess would teach the arrogant Becket and the East India Company a lesson.

Since its establishment in 1600, the East India Company has done most good things. However, after Beckett came to power, the laws he promulgated to increase taxes made the colonies suffer.

Many businessmen and people complained about this, so when they heard the priestess of the sea goddess preaching Becket's atrocities, they naturally supported him very much and became even more angry.

And when they heard that as long as they prayed devoutly, the goddess of the sea would respond to their call and punish the evil, arrogant East India Company and Cutler Beckett, they all came to the temple to pray.

Then Xiang Nan began to take action, carrying the Sword of Cortes and the Trident of Poseidon inlaid with the Heart of the Ocean, attacking the East India Company's merchant ships, warships and ports everywhere.

He created strong winds and huge waves, overturned merchant ships and warships, and summoned huge waves to destroy the ports. Within a few days, the East India Company suffered a major blow in the Caribbean Sea.

Many merchant ships and warships sank, and many ports were destroyed by huge waves. It would cost a lot of money to purchase merchant ships, build warships, and rebuild ports.

Moreover, before these merchant ships, warships and ports were destroyed, the sailors, soldiers on the ships and the people in the ports all heard a loud and majestic voice, "In the name of Calypso, the goddess of the sea, punish Becket and the East India Company~" Seeing this, the people were naturally shocked.

Unexpectedly, the sea goddess Calypso really punished Becket and the East India Company. Naturally, people's worship of Calypso became more devout.

The temple was crowded with believers who came to worship.

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But Beckett and the East India Company were extremely angry when they received the news.

They didn't expect that the sea goddess Colibuso would be involved in such a matter. This had never happened before.

Because gods rarely interfere in the affairs of mortals, even when the Aztec Empire and the Mayan Empire, which believed in Quetzalcoatl, were destroyed by Spanish colonists, their gods did not intervene to stop it.

Since its establishment in 1600, the East India Company has committed many crimes in Africa, Australia, America and Asia. Many tribes and city-states were uprooted by them, and many people were turned into slaves by them.

But more than a hundred years passed, and the gods worshipped by those tribes, city-states, and believers did not punish the East India Company.

Not only did the East India Company not perish, but it grew even stronger.

Therefore, although the East Indian high-level officials all knew that there were true gods and mysteries in this world, due to the inaction of these true gods, they had long lost their awe of God.

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That is why, when the sea goddess Calypso retaliated against Beckett and the East India Company, their first reaction was anger.

Just like in “The True Story of Ah Q”, Ah Q often bullied Little D, and when Little D learned to resist, Ah Q’s first reaction was to get angry.

So Beckett and the East India Company ordered that the belief in the sea goddess Calypso be banned in all British colonies. The goddess' temple was destroyed, her priests were arrested, and many of her believers were also arrested to serve as a warning to others.

Therefore, the belief in the goddess of the sea suffered some setbacks for a time.

"How did such a big mess happen?" Kolibuso asked Xiang Nan.

"It's normal. The more setbacks one encounters, the purer one's faith becomes." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "When Christianity first began to spread, almost all of Jesus and his twelve disciples were martyred. As a result, it is now the religion with the most believers in the world."

"You have a point." Colibuso nodded. "If it is true as you said, I will reward you well."

"Thank you, it's a deal. I'll wait then." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

He then launched a second blow against Beckett and the East India Company.

This time, he was no longer limited to the Caribbean Sea. From America to Australia, from Asia to Africa, from colonies to the mainland, all the merchant ships, warships, ports, and factories under the East India Company were attacked.

Merchant ships capsized, warships sank, ports were damaged, factories collapsed... Before each attack, Xiang Nan would use a "loud voice" to declare war on Beckett and the East India Company.

"Rebuild the temple, release the priests and believers, and stop exploiting the colonies... Otherwise, I will let you taste the wrath of the sea goddess Colibuso..."

(End of this chapter)