Because quite a few sailors with diarrhea didn't have time to get on deck, they solved it in the cabin! The smell made Colonel Clark, who was accustomed to the smell of ships, feel unbearable! He immediately arranged for the sailors who did not fall ill to carry all the sick sailors to the deck, and then organized the men to begin cleaning the cabins.

As soon as Colonel Clark finished arranging the affairs of the ship, the first mate ran back out of breath and said, "Captain, the situation of the other two ships is similar!" I also inquired about the situation of other ships in passing, and found that the sailors on their ships had this symptom to a greater or lesser extent! Now everyone is saying that the plague has come! ”

After the first mate finished speaking, he looked at Colonel Clark with nervous eyes, wanting to get an answer from him. The first mate originally thought that the sailors on the ship were sick and not the plague, but the situation in front of them made them unsure what was going on.

By this time, news of the illness of a large number of soldiers had reached Governor Cohen and Baron François. The two men also went to the port to check the situation, surrounded by the guards of the brigade, and they also took all the local priests with them.

When they arrived at the docks, they found that not only the sailors were suffering from diarrhea, but also the guards and workers on the docks were sick in large numbers, and the whole dock was stinking!

Governor Cohen covered his face with a handkerchief and said, "Your Excellency, what do you think is going on?" Everyone is saying it's the plague! What do you think of that? ”

Baron François, who also covered his face with a handkerchief, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Doge, but I don't know what is going on here?" They don't look good, though! ”

The two men turned and asked the priest beside them. The priest could only shake his head without knowing what to say. But at this moment, the priest, who had returned from the city of Geranza, who had not woken up from a hangover, cried out in horror: "It's witchcraft! It's the witchcraft of the Orientals! The terrible Pirate King has cast a curse on us! ”

The priest suddenly shouted such a thing, which frightened the people on the docks! Governor Cohen and the others may not believe him, at best they are only half-convinced. But the lower populace and sailors on the dock were terrified!

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Although the peak period of the meeting has passed, the people at the bottom still have not shaken off their ignorance. In continental Europe, the literacy rate of people at this time was not as high as the literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty, so it was inevitable that they would believe in religion. This gives the priest a huge appeal among the people.

And in their legends, the East is originally associated with all kinds of mysterious affairs. They all believe that the East is the origin of witchcraft. This is the same reason that the Easterners believe that there are many demons and monsters in the West. So many sailors and people knelt down and prayed that God would protect them.

Governor Cohen and Baron François were furious with the priest! His voice reached the point where Liu Pei couldn't do what he wanted to do, which was to destroy the morale of the army!

But they really can't deal with the priest here. Because the current Holy See is not dead, it still has a strong appeal. So now the countries and the Holy See are in a cooperative way. They really don't have the power to punish a priest.

So the angry Governor Cohen could only order the guards: "Send your identity back to the church, don't let him come out and be scary!" ”

The priest was escorted back, but the chaos in the city did not ease. And more and more people are experiencing symptoms of diarrhea. Governor Cohen had to gather the priests and officers and get them to come up with a solution as quickly as possible.

The officers and priests examined the records, consulted a lot of them, deliberated again, and gave a definite report. It is said that these are not caused by the plague. Because anyone who is infected with the plague is accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and an increase in body temperature. But this time these people just had diarrhea. So people are more inclined to think that they have eaten something bad.

It's a pity that these people don't know the mysteries of Chinese medicine at all. In fact, by the time the matter spread, Lang Zhong in the Han settlement had already sensitively discovered that something was wrong. But the Han people have always had a habit of staying out of things, and they have never had a good impression of those who oppress them, so of course they will not be reminded.

So in the end, the officers and priests advised: let the patient drink more than water, drink more! When your stomach is empty, you'll be fine! “

And then something even more terrible happened! These Westerners in themselves are

There was no habit of drinking boiled water, and a large number of patients were concentrated on the docks, so they pumped more laxative water into the well water and poured it into the patients! At the same time, the guards bought all the liquor in the tavern and distributed it to the sailors. As a result, among these patients, the diarrhea was mild and became severe, and the diarrhea was severe and went straight to half life. There are even many people who don't have diarrhea because they want to drink alcohol to prevent diarrhea and become patients.

At that time, medical conditions in Europe were very underdeveloped. At that time, people used alcohol as a kind of healing medicine. If you've ever read Robinson Crusoe, you'll remember a passage in which a sick Robinson soaked tobacco leaves in rum as a potion to cure his illness.

The most interesting thing is that after drinking tobacco and wine, he miraculously cured his illness. But to be honest, I don't know if it's the effect of tobacco liquor. My guess is that his body is healing on its own. And he drank so much nicotine in one go, but he was not poisoned, which is also a miracle!

On the fourth day, the massive diarrhea finally took shape. The sailor with severe diarrhea died of dehydration!

This caused even more panic in Batavia! All the inhabitants were convinced that it was the plague, and everyone hid in their homes and never showed their faces again. The whole of Batavia is like a dead city!

Unfortunately, over time, all the sick people have slowed down and improved their symptoms to varying degrees. All shouted in unison for God bless their victory over the witchcraft of the Orientals! This brought Batavia back to life.

In reality, that's not the case at all! The rum containing croton powder has been drunk. The water in the well was repeatedly drunk, which caused the powder to be diluted and finally completely ineffective. This is the first chance of life for the sick!

If it weren't for Li Qiming, a few of them would not dare to get close to the dock and castle, and there would be no way to sprinkle a batch of croton powder in the well, otherwise more people would die!

But in this case, more than a dozen people died of dehydration. The people of the small half of the fleet have diarrhea and can't walk! The entire fleet had to dock in Batavia to wait for the sailors to recover.