The Chinese Pirates Got Guns

Ching-Chi was probably John Politsai. He always wore purple. That was his color. And remember that the new thing in her code of conduct that if you don't follow a rule, you get beheaded? Yep. At first, the Chinese pirates told the British government they wanted the equivalent of $100,000. They settled for a very specific amount, £1,915 sterling,. Two cases each of gunpowder and opium and a telescope to see better from a distance.