Outside the window, it was raining heavily.

Standing in the luxurious study, Lorraine rolled up the corner of the curtain and stared blankly at the scenery outside.

"Henna, what is it today?"

"May 23rd."

"It has really been raining for twenty days......"

This is Pasatra Island, one of the thousands of islands in Lake Nicaragua, located northwest of the largest island, Omepet, which is a large island in terms of area and a livable island in terms of ecology.

Freemani's mission went well, and Leif spoke highly of him, saying that he looked very Celtic in front of the Spaniards, and did not look like a sissy English man at all......

Lorraine took this as a personal compliment to Freemani.

In short, he returned to San Carlos two days after the mission, and officially went through the formalities of retirement.

Lorraine gladly accepted this highly grown young master, and in the next step he would enter the Chamber of Commerce School with Kao and the others, and now, he and Lorraine came to Pasatra on the Shengshi to receive the other half of the spoils of this battle.

That was on the 6th.

For 20 days, the rain kept falling and the wind was blowing, and Lake Nicaragua was just a freshwater lake.

Dysphoria......

Lorraine didn't know why she was upset.

It stands to reason that the mansion in Torresias is comfortable, and there is no shortage of materials and manpower.

The island of Pasatra is beautiful, and even when it rains rain, it has its own seasonal scenery.

Even Blackbeard, who doesn't match Lorraine, is gone.

When Lorraine arrived on the island, he took only the wounded hunter Nacien and a sailing pirate with him.

The sailman was to accompany him in piloting his beloved Lucia, and Nacien was driven by his education.

This amazing chasseur is an excellent graduate of the history degree of the Royal Bishop of San Jellon Nemo in Havana, and has relied on Blackbeard for all these years in archaeology and identification.

And he does have real learning.

After two days of thorough appraisal of the copies of Thomas's logbook and Torresias family research materials provided by Lorraine, he came to his conclusion after borrowing about a third of the original and draft manuscripts that were not in volume.

First, there is no problem with the authenticity of the information.

Second, Torresias's decipherment is problematic, so the original has greater research value than the copy.

This conclusion caused the capricious Blackbeard to turn his face on the spot.

He strictly demanded that Lorraine hand over the original, otherwise he would start a pirate war and make it impossible for the Drake Chamber of Commerce to move in the Caribbean from now on!

This is a serious threat of war.

Lorraine swore that he had really considered sending the original out to eliminate the disaster, but he was suspicious of the Fountain of Immortality anyway, and he had no interest in immortality.

The problem is that Blackbeard said this sentence from the stern of his beloved Lucia, and after saying that, the ship braved the wind and waves to burst out of the shelling range of the Shengshi, without giving Lorraine a chance to know the current affairs......

And so, the war began.

Following Cotton Jack, the Drake Chamber of Commerce and the second Pirate King went to war.

Thinking of this, Lorraine suddenly felt that maybe this was the reason for his irritability.

After all, Blackbeard has run away, but he is trapped inland. Chuck and the others don't know anything about the new enemy, and they are likely to be caught by Blackbeard with the time difference, which will cause huge losses to Shang.

He shook his hand and dropped the curtain: "Henna, I'm going to go first." ”

"Crossing the lake?" Henna tilted her head and thought for a while, "There are too many islands and reefs on this lake, as you said, with the current manpower, the Shengshi is very likely to hit the reef on the way back." ”

"So you stay and wait for the turmoil to subside, and I'll take Leif and a few seasoned sailors back to San Carlos in a dinghy."

"Why?"

Henna always asks so bluntly, so bluntly that there is no room for evasion.

Lorraine scratched her head in embarrassment: "Didn't Blackbeard declare war on us, I need to bring the news back as soon as possible." ”

"That's it?" Henna expressed her disdain with a blank expression, "I already asked the sailors to send the news back the day Blackbeard left, if it were you in normal times, you should have noticed that the Shengshi was missing a dinghy." ”

Lorraine's eyes widened: "You already had the news sent back?!" ”

"It's the basic process. Carmen told me that you don't pay much attention to these basic things, and if she's not there, I'm going to keep an eye on it. ”

"Carmen ...... again"

Lorraine opened her mouth, feeling as if Henna and Carmen had given birth to a lot of secrets that he didn't know overnight.

He couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything else?" I mean, apart from dresses and assistant work, what else did Carmen tell you? ”

"Choose the secret."

Select ...... What the? ”

"Carmen told me not to tell you everything, but to choose a part of the secret appropriately and keep it to bring surprises to life."

"Aha?"

It only takes the style to know that this sentence must be Carmen's original words, because when Henna quotes them, it is still straightforward and full of disobedience, from expression to intonation.

This gave Lorraine a bad premonition......

"Well, what did you choose?"

"All." "Since secrets are good, of course they have to be like throwing knives, the more hidden the better." ”

……

The news of the war was sent out by Henna.

Now that the most important business imaginable had been completed, Lorraine lost her reason to be upset.

There was a long way to go, and although he still felt irritable, he had to force himself to calm down.

Visiting the island is the best thing to do right now.

Pasatra is actually quite a sight. As one of the most ecologically dwarfed islands on Lake Nicaragua, it has a long history of human settlement.

The Mayans once multiplied here, establishing cities, civilizations, towering temples and large stone walls and statues of gods.

The Torresias family once positioned this place as the fountain of youth.

So a hundred years ago, the grandfather of the Baron Torlesias took great pains to buy the island from the Elder Miquito of Managua for 1,000 kilograms of bacon, and at the same time bought all the property rights of the island from the then Governor of Nicaragua for 600 large Spanish coins.

He landed as the undisputed master with 35 musketeers, put an end to the island's remaining civilization, slaughtered most of the natives, enslaved the remaining few to build him mansions and docks, and secretly began his quest under the cover of pleasure, all of which have now become Lorraine's property.

Seeing the ancient ruins crawling with green baskets, Lorraine whispered Torresias' name.

"Baron, in a hundred years, have you found the Fountain of Youth?"

Torresias wirled the canopy with a look of disbelief: "I have given up a long time ago." By my father's time, the family's expedition had completed its final cave exploration, and four people had died, but nothing had been found. ”

"It turns out that my grandfather was wrong, the Fountain of Youth, not here, probably in the Bay of Honduras, or Bimini."

Lorraine's face suddenly became strange: "Bay of Honduras and Bimini? ”

"Yes, the legend refers to the Fountain of Youth, which is almost certainly in North and Central America, with the exception of the Great Pool of Bihua, which no one knows about in Jerusalem, and the most likely of these are the two magical places under our feet."

Lorraine really didn't know how to put her feelings into account.

He first joked with Nelson that the Fountain of Youthfulness was calling to him, but the Fountain experts told him that there were three most likely locations where the Fountain of Youth, one had been captured by him, one had become his legitimate wealth, and one he was about to attack.

Is this a joke of fate?

Without warning, Lorraine felt a sigh of relief: "Baron, I have a proposal. ”

"Oh?"

"This inland island carries your family's history, but it is worthless to me. You have redeemed your freedom with it, and if you still have enough wealth, I am willing to redeem it back to you. ”

Torresias' eyes lit up: "Really? What valuable research materials are included? ”

"No, no, no, you're mistaken. Those materials are the subject of my war with Blackbeard, and even if you ask for a high price, I won't sell it until we have a winner. I am referring only to the island, including the land, the house, the docks, and the slaves, for five thousand pounds. ”

"Really...... Great value for money......" Torrecia almost lost his grace.

"Think of San Carlos, the British won't have it forever." Lorraine smiled and patted him on the shoulder, meaning, especially unfinished, "Don't forget that I am a businessman, and where there is an offer, it must be worth it." You can always tell me the answer before the rainy season is over. ”

Torrecia took a deep breath: "Don't think about it, I ......"

"President!"

Torresias was interrupted by a sharp cry, and Freemani ran from the rain, drenched and devoid of his demeanor.

"President, San Carlos has sent a message urgently, and the Colonel is ill! My brother-in-law wants you to bring Dr. Soland back anyway, if it's too late, I'm afraid it will be ...... I'm afraid it's ......."

Lorraine didn't listen to the rest of the story, for he had finally found the source of his irritability.

In the land of war, rain and heat spread...... This is the Plague's favorite stage!

Lorraine can even shout an ominous name that belongs to it in one bite, it is one of the most terrifying rainforest killers of this era, chronic tropical disease......