The so-called Free Country is located in the Bay of Antellana at the northern end of Madagascar and was founded by Captain Messon from Provence, France.

Surrounded by coral reefs, the terrain is extremely complex, and the winding coastline provides an excellent place for pirates to hide.

Captain Messon was also building solid fortifications to the sea, and the Free Kingdom became a prosperous pirate settlement.

He also established a pirate parliament here, and whenever an important event occurs or a resolution is needed, he invites pirates active in the Indian Ocean to gather for discussion.

Captain Messon was generous and enthusiastic, and his style of clothing was the usual grace of the French. He took in many escaped slaves and disabled pirates and provided them with shelter from the wind and rain, thus winning a large number of loyal followers.

It has been more than half a year since the last time I arrived in the Free Country.

In fact, Yusuf's crew had not been ashore for more than a month, so that after entering the port, everyone was dizzy and unable to walk steadily. The pirates called this "dizzy land".

They reached one day earlier than the scheduled gathering time, but there were many people who came earlier.

The small towns were filled with pirates from all over the world, noisy and noisy. Some people laughed and sang, and some people were drinking and fighting. The shrewd second-trafficking dealers also came to hear the news, carrying smuggled weapons, clothing and fine wine, and exchanged their robbed treasures to the pirates.

Among them, wine is the most popular cargo, and it will be swept away in the blink of an eye. Freshwater will quickly rot, and after a month of sailing, the freshwater stored in the barrel will become very terrible. Pirates are more willing to drink, so they are always drunk.

In addition to being used for pleasure, wine is also an important medical product.

It is common to break hands and feet in a dangerous battle. Due to the lack of anesthetics, many pirates have to drink a lot of alcohol before undergoing amputation to get themselves drunk.

"Last time, the photo gallery doctor wanted to amputate an Arab sailor who was sent, but the other party was very pious and refused to break the verge of drinking." Isabel also joined the purchasing army, bargaining with others while talking to Qing about gossips he heard from everywhere, "The photo gallery doctor really had no choice but to be hard and stuffed him a piece of cowhide rope to prevent him from biting off his tongue. What do you think in the end?"

Qing couldn't help but tighten his mouth, as if this bloody scene was happening in front of him: "Did you really bite your tongue off?"

"He fainted early - thank God!"

The gallery doctor Isabel mentioned is Captain Messon's deputy.

Unlike the elegant captain, this doctor, who also came from France, was a big and sturdy man.

He actually can't cure diseases, and is mainly responsible for amputating injured pirates in battle - because he was a butcher in the past, he was very comfortable in doing this job.

People who can't speak can easily suffer when they meet him. It is said that once he cut off his right leg with a stutter that was about to saw off his left leg.

Qing asked with some concern: "We really want to go find him later?"

"Captain Messon asked him to go. Yousuf has already passed by early, and he should be waiting for us now."

The secret invitation that happened before the convening of the parliament always makes people feel that there are some stories behind it. In particular, the invitees also called on the name of the two girls to attend.

According to common sense, this kind of small-scale encounter is enough as long as the captains attend.

Captain Messon's villa is located on a secluded hillside on the island, a distance from the port where the boats are moored. He has been washing his hands for many years and has lived here for most of his time.

The girls climbed up the hillside, and the photo doctor was waiting at the door.

What was inconsistent with his intimidating appearance was that he spoke extremely gentlely: "Come with me, ladies and captains have been waiting for a long time."

"Captains?"

Isabel's doubts were quickly answered. When they entered the captain's study, they found that the British William was also there.

However, William did not take the initiative to greet him, and he was addicted to interpreting a chart spread out on his desk.

To be precise, half a picture.

Yousuf was whispering to Captain Messon, and it seemed that he had just arrived.

Isabel went around the front and stood side by side with William: "What is this?" She was stunned when she saw the chart clearly, as if she remembered something, "It seems..."

"Can you match your half?" Yousuf also stood beside her, "but they don't seem to be the same."

It's not the same picture indeed.

The residual charts Isabel obtained from the old chief Mwana are marked in Arabic, while the half in front of him uses another kind of square text. However, the contents drawn on the scroll seem to be in the same lineage.
Chapter completed!