Chapter 846 Plague
On the other hand, Drake selected a group of black slaves to teach navigation techniques. The smarter black slaves have already mastered some simple navigation knowledge. These natives from the Atlantic islands have a natural sensitivity to the ocean! Even without the theodolite, they will not get lost in the vast ocean. They just need to look at the night sky and be able to distinguish the directions through the stars. These natives even took their simple canoe boats to cross the Atlantic record of the True Spirit Nine Changes! They just don’t have the ability to make big ships. But it is not difficult to drive such a big sailboat, just give them time.
Drake and Hawkins felt that these black slaves became cute. They were thinking about how to quit a group of lazy and good-wine crew members after returning to Plymouth Harbor. But not long after the good days, the Hawkins fleet encountered something very troublesome again...
"What did you say? Plague?!" Hawkins roared, "These damn dirty black slaves carry so many terrible viruses! Tell me quickly, how many black slaves are infected now?"
"Report, there are about a hundred black slaves who have obvious symptoms! One of the black slaves with poor resistance is dead, and his internal organs are rotten! The belly is as disgusting as a toilet filled with stinky feces! The doctors on the boat are helpless about this acute infectious disease. He has never seen such a violent virus! It is even more terrifying than the Black Death in the Dark Age! Some of our crew members have also been infected. If they are not effectively isolated, they will probably endanger the safety of the entire fleet!" The captain said frowningly.
"Go and invite the Baron who is proficient in medicine. These mysterious Orientals may have a way to cure such a fierce infectious disease!" Drake suggested, "The black sailors are also temporarily isolated. I wonder if they look very healthy now. Will they also carry this deadly virus!"
Hawkins seemed to have grabbed the life-saving straw and shouted loudly: "Yes! Yes! Get Baron Shi Fan quickly, he must have a way! How could it be like this..."
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After checking the condition of a crew member, Zhang Fan's face changed drastically. In his eyes, this strange disease actually formed a terrifying black disease aura on the patient's body covered with red rashes and abscesses. The black breath twisted into an ugly skeleton zombie form! Although he had known for a long time that this was the masterpiece of an indigenous wizard, he was still very shocked after seeing this plague!
"We must land immediately and move the black slaves in centralized detention to the shore. In such hot weather, in the narrow and crowded cabin, the disease will be more likely to spread! In another ten hours, Captain, you may lose all your money!" Zhang Fan frowned and said loudly, "Concentrate all the rum, whiskey, and all kinds of strong alcohols and alcohols that can be found! Our ships, clothes, personnel, and all supplies need to be thoroughly disinfected!"
"The ships without infection are far away, but all items must be disinfected with strong alcohol! Every person must undergo my inspection, and anyone with signs of disease must be isolated! This is a very terrible infectious disease! It is even more terrible than the Black Death in the Middle Ages in your European Middle Ages!" Zhang Fan's colorful Buddha light lit up on his hand, dispelling the black gas from the patient's body. The guy was obviously much better. But Zhang Fan did not completely cure him. He was still very weak under the torture of the black gas.
"Hurry! Pass the orders of your Baron to me!" Hawkins's eyes almost cracked when he heard that he had lost all his money. He grabbed the whiskey from a crew member's hand, "Get out! Listen to me, from now on, no drop of wine is allowed, and I will keep it for disinfection! Whoever dares to drink a drop of my wine, I will throw him into the pile of infected black slaves!" There are six large ships in this fleet that need to be disinfected!
Zhang Fan's request was quickly met, and the fleet immediately broke down in an unmanned bay, and all the black slaves were moved from the dark and narrow cabin to the land. Hawkins did not deliberately take care of them. In his opinion, these black slaves attacked by the terrible plague had no strength to escape!
All the black slave sailors selected by Drake were also driven ashore, and the ship carrying black slaves was abandoned on the shore. Hawkins, Drake and their confidants were all riding on several other large ships and avoiding them from afar. While asking the sailors to disinfect items with liquor, they prayed that Zhang Fan could rescue them.
Old Gale was scrubbing the cabin with a torn rag dipped in whiskey. The strong smell of alcohol on the boat made him salivate, and the wineworms in his stomach were already squeaking! Many sailors were like him, and seeing so much good wine was wasted on wood, their hearts were even more painful than meat-cutting. They were all the masters who would rather have no food to eat than drink without wine.
"***, why didn't the captain's golden rum come out to scrub the deck?!" Old Gale cursed, and looked around at no one left and right, then got into the corner, held the bottle, poured a sip of whiskey into his mouth, quickly wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeves, and then looked around sneakily. He made sure no one saw it, so he continued to wipe the cabin. Such behavior was happening in every corner of each ship.
On the shore, a bonfire was burning violently, and a thin body turned into ashes in the fire. It was the media online game where the indigenous wizards spread this terrible plague. The strong indigenous wizard was nervous. It was hard for him to believe that those Easterners had a way to cure so many tribes infected by the demon's hands! He had the ability to spread the plague. Once the plague spreads, he could not cure it. The last time he cast a spell and cursed his opponent's tribe, almost exterminated the entire island!
Zhang Fan found that his ability could dispel these black disease auras, but he was not in a hurry to cure these patients, but just tried his best to control the spread of the disease aura. He had to scare the Hawkins fleet away! With Zhang Fan's passive slacking off, more crew members fell down, and Hawkins finally couldn't hold it in...
"His Excellency Baron, you know that I have to make profits for her with Her Majesty's trust... Uh, so you see, this is yours. Our fleet must go to the farther coast to trade first... Of course, I am sorry to leave you here, but I promise that Drake will help you choose the most expensive diamonds and gems for you. Please make sure to help me heal these black slaves..." Hawkins said goodbye to Zhang Fan with a shy face, "Uh, you see, we are not here, but will increase your burden..."
"Is this how you repay our Baron?!" Aken jumped up and asked loudly, "Your Baron serve your goods, but you patted your ass and ran away! Leave a lot of dangers to him! Are these your gentlemanly demeanor?!"
"Uh..." Hawkins' face turned red by Aken's words, but he could not refute it, so he had to look at Zhang Fan with his eyes.
Zhang Fan waved his hand, "You all go, you really can't help here. I have thought of some treatment plans these two days, and it may be effective. Akan, you can leave with the fleet first, and it is really dangerous to stay here. You know I can't let go of these natives, after all, they are also humans..."
At this time, Hawkins suddenly realized that the baron's kindness was also cute. If he had regarded these black slaves as beasts like him, he would have left long ago and all his black pounds would have died.
"Lord, please protect this baron who is as kind as you. The natives here need him..." Hawkins prayed loudly, and he was also worried that Zhang Fan would suddenly quit.
Zhang Fan smiled and said nothing. He naturally knew that Hawkins was using his soft heart to not be able to see these natives die of illness and use words to squeeze himself to leave him to treat these black slaves. This kind of thing was right and could make Hawkins alone in front of him, so why not do it! But after these natives were cured by him, they would no longer be Hawkins' property.
When the two doctors on the ship fell ill, Hawkins ran away with his fleet like a broken dog with his tail! He kept all the patients and left behind two fast merchant ships, one big and one small, so that Zhang Fan could catch up with them after he cured these black slaves. Of course, he was not at ease with these natives. If the baron cured them and released them all, he would still lose all his money. So he left a team of musketeers here to stand by.
Of course, this move is within the scope of Akan Shu Demon's consideration. Although it is a little troublesome, there are still ways to deal with it. Moreover, the team of musketeers are all sailors that the captain of Hawkins are not likable. These sailors hate such errands. If Hawkins had not made a large sum of money, no one would have been willing to stay. Even if they stayed, they would have camped in another bay from afar. It was rare to come and take a look, for fear of being infected by this terrible virus.
In order to avoid suspicion, Aken and Xuanyuan Xing continued to drive paddles and follow Hawkins' fleet to trade along the African coast. Green Wings and Dark Sakura stayed for Zhang Fan to act as nurses to treat patients. The Book Demon actually stayed. His human appearance was very similar to Zhang Fan. Hawkins and Drake considered him Zhang Fan's brother, so he was undoubtedly there. The Book Demon seemed to be very interested in this terrible witchcraft, and his essence was not afraid of various diseases.
Soon the Book Demon found the strong indigenous wizard. Under the introduction of Sarica, the indigenous wizard was also grateful to the knowledgeable oriental man, and he discussed the witchcraft of the primitive religion with him every day, and he also benefited from it. Because the Book Demon did not just ask for it, he also looked for some of the wizards from his massive amount of knowledge, and taught him a lot, and the two got along well.
Under the control of the indigenous wizards, the group of musketeers left by Hawkins fell without any suspense, no matter how far they were stationed. After going to this confidant, Zhang Fan's treatment speed increased. However, those white people were better than those of them. Zhang Fan gave the explanation that the black slaves' physique was different from those of the white people, and they had natural resistance to this virus from the African wasteland.
Chapter completed!