Chapter 482: Beckett's Ambition
Beckett is their sworn enemy.
Moreover, Beckett was also the one who personally branded Jack as a pirate.
It stands to reason that Jack should hate Beckett.
However, "hate" is an emotion, and it is not right to evaluate a person based on emotions.
In fact, Beckett is indeed a very powerful person.
He was born in the poor, and his appearance was not good, and in the case of such a strict hierarchy of the aristocratic class, it was difficult to gain a foothold and develop with his background.
In this Age of Discovery, many poor people like him fell into the grass and became pirates, but he became the director of the Donindo Trading Company, and was even knighted by the queen.
The old aristocrats in the country rejected him, but they could do nothing about him, because he knew that as long as he could still grab wealth for the empire, the queen would always favor him.
How can such a person who started from hell difficulty, step by step, step by step on the blood and bones of others, climb to the pinnacle of power, and not be powerful?
Xu Feng smiled faintly: "That's right, I've seen Beckett, and I also think that he is a very powerful person." ”
In the plot of the last "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin", Xu Feng rescued Elizabeth from prison, and by the way, forced Beckett to sign a privateer license.
"At that time, I pointed a gun at him, but he was not in danger, not surprised at all, and not afraid at all." Xu Feng said with a smile: "His height is not high, and his combat strength is not strong, even if I was at that time, it was easy to kill him." However, he was not afraid of me at all, and when he saw me for the first time, he was ready to judge that I would not kill him. ”
Jack shrugged, "You are talking to me about this, are you trying to convince me to surrender Beckett at this time?" ”
Xu Feng smiled and shook his head, "Of course not!" I mean, that guy from Beckett is a human spirit, and as such a powerful person, would he be able to whistle the wind? ”
Jack frowned slightly, "...... Hmm, you have a point. However, he still came, and a large-scale naval battle was soon inevitable here, and we ...... can only be a victim. ”
Xu Feng smiled: "No, Jack, we are not victims, I just said, Beckett is a smart person, and the reason why a smart person is smart is that he knows what he wants at all times, and everything he does is also fighting to achieve his goals." ”
Jack shrugged, "What does Beckett want?" He should want my head, right? Hahaha! ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Jack, you still underestimate Beckett too much. Beckett does want your head, however, your head is not the most important thing to him. What he wants is to eliminate all pirates, so that the Sunset Fleet can fully control the hegemony of the seven seas, with this hegemony, then any country in the world will become a colony of the British Empire, as long as he does this, he will become the number one person in the East Indo Trading Company, and will also become the queen's favorite minister, and then go down in history. ”
Jack took a deep breath, "...... Well, this guy's ambition is really big. ”
Xu Feng smiled: "So, for you, he is just a personal vendetta, and what he really wants is to get rid of all pirates - of course, we also have to understand a definition, that is, what pirates are." ”
Jack shrugged, "What else does this mean?" I'm a pirate, and so are you, and besides, a good pirate. ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Thank you for the compliment, but, in Beckett's opinion, whether you are a pirate or not depends on whether you listen or not." Is David Jones a pirate? ”
Jack nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Xu Feng shook his head, "In Beckett's opinion, it's not. Otherwise, according to the pirate law, the bounty amount of David Jones should be 10 million gold coins. But now David Jones is under Beckett's control, so, in Beckett's view, David Jones is not a pirate. ”
Jack asked suspiciously, "You mean that if we surrender Beckett, we won't be recognized as pirates?" ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Yes, but of course, we will not surrender to Beckett, but from Beckett's point of view, he will feel that we can be convinced." Because, in order to achieve his goal of maritime hegemony, we still have value in using. ”
Jack then said, "I see, he wants to know where the Pirate Convention is going to be." ”
Xu Feng smiled: "That's right, the Pirate Conference, only the Pirate King knows where it is held, and no one else knows, Beckett will definitely want to find a breakthrough from our two abandoned [bait] and persuade us to tell him the location of the Pirate Conference, and then he can take the Sunset Fleet and completely eradicate all the pirates once and for all." ”
Jack grinned: "As soon as you say that, I will settle down, Beckett will not kill us, and will politely invite us to his Endeavour, ah, I have ...... I haven't been on his Struggle for fifteen or sixteen years. ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Come, let's continue to eat and drink." ”
"Okay, haha." Jack was completely relieved.
In the evening, a sea fog rises and visibility is greatly reduced.
A huge Western-style wooden warship cut through the sea fog and headed for the Hung Mao.
The hull of the Hongmao is similar to that of the Empress, and it is a large sea ship, but in front of this Western-style warship, it is like a little brother.
Jack leaned on the side of the Hongmao, looked at the big ship opposite with a solemn face, and muttered, "...... Struggle. ”
The sailors on the Struggle were all in a state of loaded guns, the guns on the side of the ship were all open, and the cannon guns with black holes were aimed at the tattered Hongmao.
Sure enough, as Xu Feng analyzed, don't look at this scene as scary, but the Struggle did not open fire, but sent a small boat and a team of soldiers led by Mather.
Mather triumphantly boarded the Struggle, glancing contemptuously at Maple and Jack, "What, just the two of you?" ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Isn't two people enough? ”
Mather grinned, "That's enough, come on board with me, Lord Lord wants to see you two by name." ”
Jack waved his hand exaggeratedly, "It's good here, I'll stay here, if you have to invite us to your ship, then I'll send my first mate as my representative." ”
Mather sneered: "Jack, I haven't seen you for many years, and you are still so afraid of death. ”
Jack laughed: "I haven't seen you for many years, Mather, your face is really getting uglier and uglier." ”
The horizontal flesh on Mather's face twitched slightly, and then he took out a short gun, "Hurry up!" Less verbose! Don't force me to shoot you. ”