Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In fact, Xiang Nan had not intended to move Governor Weatherby. After all, he was his father-in-law, and he was not a bad person.

Over the years, Governor Weatherby managed Port Royal. Although he was not dedicated and hardworking, he was very competent.

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

Since he was so competent for the position, Xiang Nan did not intend to move him.

But now it seems that Governor Weatherby is under great psychological pressure. Although he did not want to move him, he could not hold on any longer.

It is no wonder that the Caribbean region has almost changed.

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

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

Therefore, Governor Weatherby was naturally worried that one night, the followers of the Goddess Church would hold torches, rush into his villa, pull him out of bed, and hang him on the gallows.

For this reason, he had nightmares for several days.

In fact, it was not just him. Many people on the island who originally believed in Christianity had now secretly converted to the Goddess Church and even donated a lot of money, fearing that if the Goddess Church rebelled, they would be the first to attack them.

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

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

Governor Weatherby immediately followed suit, not only obediently joining the Goddess Church, but also becoming the assistant priest of the church in Jamaica, and was responsible for continuing to manage Jamaica.

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

Elizabeth herself was a non-believer. Although she grew up in a Protestant family, she was not superstitious about Christianity. On the contrary, she yearns for freedom and adventure.

Therefore, she is not opposed to joining the Goddess Church, but agrees 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. And those soldiers under his command had actually joined the Goddess Church long before he joined.

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

For the locals, being a soldier 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 Royal Port; 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 previous sovereign country, Britain. Jamaica implements a system of combining politics and religion, and designates the Goddess Church as the state religion.

And Weatherby Swan is both the assistant priest of the Goddess Church and the head of Jamaica. Other officials have basically remained unchanged, except for a few officials who swear allegiance to God and refuse to convert.

"It seems that everything has changed, and it seems that nothing has changed." Elizabeth sighed.

Although Jamaica has become independent and seems different from before, it is actually no different from before. Her father is still the ruler, but the name has been changed from Governor to Head of State.

Xiang Nan nodded, "Change has its advantages. After independence, you don't have to listen to the mother country anymore, you can have the final say. And taxes don't have to be sent to Britain, you can stay and develop yourself.

There are advantages to not changing. Mr. Weatherby has been the governor for nearly 20 years, and the people of Port Royal have become accustomed to his management. It is not a good thing to change people rashly."

"I hope that a school can be built on the island, and the road can be repaired properly." Elizabeth nodded.

"I think it should be so." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled.

The British colonized Port Royal only to plunder property, so they didn't 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 can afford private teachers. But the children of poor families can only be left to their own devices and have no chance of education.

The roads in Port Royal are basically muddy roads, bumpy, and they become extremely muddy when it rains, and shoes stick to walking. But because most of the taxes were sent to Britain, Port Royal had no money to build roads and schools.

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Then Weatherby allocated funds to build schools and roads, and this move was also welcomed by the islanders.

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

In fact, not only the Middle Earth has a tradition of emphasizing learning, but Europe also attaches great importance to education. Because at that time, reading was a rare way for ordinary 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.

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

This little money was already stretched to the limit just to pay the salaries of civil servants, so there was naturally no way to build any infrastructure.

But now it is different. Jamaica has become independent and all taxes can be used by itself, so Governor Weatherby also has money to build schools.

And building roads is naturally a good thing for the people.

After all, no one wants to walk on muddy roads all day and get muddy.

If stones are laid and the sewers are repaired properly, then even if Jamaica has a lot of rain in the rainy season, there is no need to worry about not being able to go out.

Therefore, Weatherby's good deeds for the people's livelihood have won praise in Jamaica, and his popularity has increased a lot.

This also made the old man feel relieved, otherwise he would always worry that he would be killed by believers who hate him while sleeping one day.

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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, and many states set their state religion as the Goddess Church.