Everyone thinks this method is good, so now it is left to choose what kind of drug to choose. After discussing for a long time, everyone decided to use croton. Because croton is found all over the mountains and fields, it is easy to find. They don't want to buy their medicine through a local herb shop. In that case, if someone asks, they will be caught by the tail.

And Huang Tingzhu, who loves to drink, also gave everyone an idea. Even those two taverns in the city must not be forgotten, and they must also be drugged in wine. Just enough for the flavor of the sake to mask the flavor of the croton.

And the first thing the sailors did when they got off the ship was to go to the tavern and go for a binge drink. If you can put a little medicine in the barrel of the tavern, it can also be very effective. Besides, it's easy to get into the tavern.

The men agreed and rested early that night. Early the next morning, several people got up and headed into the woods. At present, Batavia is still surrounded by dense jungles, maintaining a relatively primitive style. So it's normal to want to go out into the woods to collect medicine and food, and no one notices them.

Everyone worked hard all day and collected two large baskets of croton. Several people slowly roasted the croton over a fire overnight and then ground it into a medicinal powder.

It took two days of continuous work to process all the crotons into medicinal powder. After a few people had done these things, they slept at home and waited for the arrival of the Spanish fleet.

Two days later, in the evening, more than a dozen warships sailed into the port of Batavia. This scene was watched by all seven people. But to their surprise, there were three more battleships in the fleet! The three ships were carried under the English flag.

The seven of them have been in Southeast Asia for a long time, and they can also understand the flags of various countries, and they know that there are three more third-country warships in the army. Li Qiming stared at the three British warships and said, "This is terrible! The enemy has three more ships! ”

A man beside him said, "Three battleships is not much!" Our navy will definitely be able to beat them, don't worry! ”

Li Qiming said in a low voice: "Stupid! I'm not talking about the number of three warships, which means that these Yiren have one more ally! ”

The man next to him said, "What then?" It's too late to deliver the letter now? ”

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Qi Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it, no matter how much." Take advantage of the chaos to get started! ”

As the battleship sailed into the port, the whole of Batavia was boiling! In particular, the ships that came were Spanish ships, which surprised these Dutch people even more!

You know, the Dutch and the Spaniards have a deep grudge! The rise of the Dutch greatly squeezed Spain's interests in terms of the share of maritime trade. So there have been many clashes between the two sides!

And today, these Spanish warships sailed into the port in a big way, which shows that there is already a tacit understanding between the upper echelons of the two sides. But that doesn't stop people in the city from going to see the excitement! It's human nature to love to see the excitement, and with so many warships from other countries arriving at the same time, this is a sensational event!

As a result, almost the entire city flocked to the docks to see the freshness. There are also many natives who are also mixed in with the crowd, hoping to find a job to do. Huang Tingzhu was crowded in the crowd, he deliberately swayed left and right with the flow of people, and approached the well on the dock unobtrusively.

Under the cover of the other two people, he saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he directly put down the back basket on his back and shook it into the well! A large amount of medicinal powder in the back basket fell directly into the well. Huang Tingzhu crumpled the paper into a ball, clutched it in the palm of his hand, and left.

Li Qiming and three other people divided into two groups and went to a tavern. When they arrived at the tavern, they found that except for a few drunkards with a hangover who had not woken up, only the owner was left standing at the door watching the bustle.

Li Qiming and the two jumped in from the back window and went directly to the wine cellar. He had been to this tavern a few times, and he was very familiar with it.

There is a large lock hanging from the door of the cellar, which looks very heavy. But this can't help Li Qiming and the two. Under Li Qiming, the lock was easily opened. The two of them gently opened the door and slipped in, closed it again, and began to search for barrels in the cellar in the dark.

The most common drink for sailors was rum. He also has a name called "Nelson's Blood"!

The British Navy's maritime supremacy is inseparable from drinking. Fresh water is usually present on galleons, and there is usually one near the mast

A freshwater tank called the "Sea Spring", but after a certain period of sailing, the "Sea Spring" will also stink or be covered with green algae.

So for the sake of health, sailors used to drink beer at first, and in the Drake era, sailors served 1 gallon of beer a day, about 4 and a half liters, which is equivalent to 7 or 8 bottles today, but in the early years, beer was actually an ale, which was lighter than today. Beer that is not well preserved can also go bad.

In the 16th century, after Columbus discovered the New World, the Spaniards introduced a plant native to India to the West Indies, which is Ganshu, which has a knotted stem, cut and buried in the soil in sections, and can soon grow a large area. The most valuable thing can be squeezed for sugar and shipped to Europe, which is a lucrative business, and the profit is greater than that of gold mining!

After sugar cane is extracted, there is a black molasses left, which was useless at first and was thrown away, but later it was discovered that molasses can be used to make wine, and after distillation, it will produce a good liquor with a strong amber taste, which is rum. Rum is cheap and abundant, and is unanimously loved by the Royal Navy!

Rum alcohol is very high, usually up to 57% or more, and later British sailors have invented a method to identify the alcohol content, mixing rum with gunpowder, roasting it with a magnifying glass, and it must be above 50 degrees if it can catch fire.

As for why rum is still called "Nelson's Blood"? It is said that in the Battle of Trafalgar, Rear Admiral Nelson was killed by a French sniper, and the British, with a heavy heart, soaked the body of the god of war in a large barrel of rum and wanted to transport it back to England for burial.

As a result, such a large barrel of wine on the deck attracted the attention of the greedy sailors, who actually made a small hole and drank it little by little, and when the "Victory" arrived at the port of Gibrolo, the rum in the barrel actually bottomed out!

Of course, there are objections to this statement, some say that Nelson was soaked in whiskey and shipped back to England, but since then, rum has been known as "Nelson's blood". But you can drink the wine of the corpse, these sailors have a strong taste!

The Java region, on the other hand, has a hot and humid climate, which is suitable for growing sugar cane. So the local tavern also brewed a lot of rum for sailors.