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Chapter 4517 4519 [Cut the Gordian knot]

In fact, Xiang Nan had never intended to attack Governor Weatherby. After all, he was his father-in-law and not a bad person.

Governor Weatherby has been managing Port Royal over the years. Although he has not been very dedicated and hardworking, he is still very competent.

Under his management, the permanent population of Port Royal increased from 60,000 to 120,000, and annual tax revenues increased by more than 5%.

Since he was so competent for the job, Xiang Nan had no intention of touching him.

But now it seems that Governor Weatherby is under a lot of psychological pressure. Although I don't want to touch him, he can't hold on any longer.

It's no wonder that things have changed in almost every corner of the Caribbean these days.

Cuba, Bahamas, San Juan, St. Martin, Dominica, Dominica, Barbados, Virgin Islands, St. Lucia...

These areas have now become the territory of the Goddess Church, with only the isolated island of Jamaica left standing here, still flying the British flag. How could it not be eye-catching?

Therefore, Governor Weatherby was naturally worried that one night, believers of the Goddess Church would rush into his villa with torches, pull him out of bed, and send him to the gallows to be hanged.

He has been having nightmares about this for several days.

In fact, he is not the only one. Many people on the island who originally believed in Christianity have now secretly converted to the Goddess Church and even donated a lot of money, fearing that if the Goddess Church rebels, they will be the first target.

In this case, Xiang Nan decided to cut the Gordian knot to prevent Governor Weatherby from scaring himself.

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Afterwards, Xiang Nan instructed the priests of Port Royal to contact Governor Weatherby and invite him to join the Goddess Church.

Governor Weatherby immediately responded and not only joined the Church of the Goddess obediently, but also became the assistant priest of the church in Jamaica and was responsible for continuing to manage Jamaica.

Later, Xiang Nan and Elizabeth also joined the Goddess Church.

Elizabeth herself was a nonbeliever. Although she grew up in a Protestant family, she was not superstitious about Christianity. On the contrary, she yearned for freedom and longed for adventure.

Therefore, she was not opposed to joining the Goddess Church. On the contrary, she agreed with the "freedom and equality" advocated by the Goddess Church.

After joining the church, Xiang Nan continued to serve as the highest military commander in Jamaica. In fact, many of his soldiers had already joined the Goddess Church long before he joined.

Those soldiers who firmly believed in Christianity and refused to join the church were expelled from the army by Xiang Nan. The vacancies were selected from the local people in Jamaica.

For local people, joining the army is actually a good choice.

Because the monthly salary of a junior sailor is ten pounds, this income is already good for the people of Port Royal; if he is promoted to a third-class sailor in the future, the annual salary can reach about fifteen pounds; if he is promoted to a second-class sailor, the annual salary can reach twenty pounds, and he can live a good and decent life.

For many young people who have no proper jobs and can only do odd jobs, this is already a relatively good job.

Afterwards, Jamaica also declared independence and established the State of Jamaica, parting ways with the former colonial master, Britain. The State of Jamaica implemented a system of combining politics and religion, and designated the Church of the Goddess as the state religion.

Weatherby Swann is both the assistant priest of the Church of the Goddess and the head of Jamaica. The other officials remain basically unchanged, except for a few who swear allegiance to God and refuse to convert.

"It seems like everything has changed, and it seems like nothing has changed," Elizabeth said with emotion. Although Jamaica has become independent and seems different from before, it is actually the same as before. Her father is still the ruler, but his name has been changed from Governor to Head of State.

Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Change has its advantages. After independence, we no longer have to listen to the mother country and can make our own decisions. Moreover, we don't have to send taxes to Britain and can stay here to develop ourselves.

There are advantages to keeping things the same. Mr. Weatherby has been the governor for nearly twenty years, and the people of Port Royal are used to his management. It would not be a good idea to change him hastily."

"I hope a school can be built on the island and the roads can be repaired." Elizabeth nodded.

"I think so too." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

The British colonized Port Royal only to plunder property, so they did not care about the development of the island. It has been more than a hundred years since the colonization, but no school has been built.

Rich ladies like Elizabeth could afford private tutors, but children from poor families could only be left to their own devices and had no chance of getting an education.

The roads in Port Royal are mostly dirt roads with potholes. When it rains, they become extremely muddy and sticky. But because most of the taxes were sent to Britain, Port Royal had no money to build roads or schools.

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Wetherby then allocated funds to build schools and repair roads, a move that was also welcomed by the islanders.

They have long wanted to build a school on the island so that their children can learn to read and write.

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In fact, it is not only the Middle-earth that has a tradition of valuing learning, Europe also attaches great importance to education, because at that time, studying was a rare way for common people to climb up.

For example, in the famous work "The Red and the Black" by the French writer Stendhal, the protagonist Julien is the son of a carpenter. He became a tutor because he memorized the Bible in Latin. Later, he worked as a secretary in the Marquis's mansion and almost married the Marquis's beloved daughter, thus becoming a man of high status.

However, the British colonists and the East India Company had exploited the colonies too harshly. Not only did they impose taxes repeatedly, but they also took most of the taxes away, leaving only a little for the colonies.

This amount of money is barely enough to pay civil servants' salaries, so there is naturally no way to build any infrastructure.

But now it is different. Jamaica is independent and can use all taxes for its own use, so Governor Weatherby has money to build schools.

Building roads is naturally a good thing for the people.

After all, no one wants to walk on muddy roads all day and get their feet covered in mud.

If we lay stones and repair the sewers properly, we won't have to worry about not being able to go out even if it rains a lot during the rainy season in Jamaica.

Therefore, Weatherby's charity work for the people won wide acclaim in Jamaica, and his popularity increased sharply.

This also made the old man feel relieved, otherwise he would always worry that he would be killed in his sleep by the believers who hated him.

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After Jamaica declared independence, there were basically no colonies in Central and South America.

Subsequently, under the attack of the United States federal army and local believers, the Spanish colonists in Mexico and the French colonists in Canada were defeated.

In the end, the colonists of both countries signed their names on the surrender document, and Mexico and Canada immediately declared independence. Both countries also implemented a federal system like the United States of America, and many states designated their state religion as the Church of the Goddess.