"My suggestion is to divide the barracks into three to four platoons as an independent unit, set a time to hand over duties during special periods, and reduce or even isolate contact between units."

"A cauldron is set up inside the unit. High heat is the easiest way to disinfect, even if we can't cook people in an iron pot, all utensils must be boiled in boiling water, especially utensils and clothes. ”

"Take a bath! Our soldiers had to take a bath, and the sick were no exception, and if there was enough alcohol, disinfect the quarters with alcohol. ”

"Then there is excretion, excretion must not be carried out in the dormitory, each unit uses a separate toilet, and the excrement must be cleaned out of the barracks and buried every day, and sprinkled with lime before burial."

"Finally, there is the daily conduct of the barracks, no drinking raw water, no eating fresh food, washing hands before and after meals, and changing clothes every day."

"Prostitutes are strictly forbidden on vacation! Locals may not be susceptible to tropical diseases, but that doesn't mean they won't be carriers. At this juncture, we cannot afford to risk new sources of disease......"

While Daniel was diagnosing Nelson, Lorraine and Spencer discussed the epidemic prevention plan in the empty study.

San Carlos is important to them, not only as a bridgehead to continue the attack, but also as the ultimate way to survive and retreat.

But now the British army has weakened so much that it has almost reached the bottom line of maintaining the stability of the town. Until Daniel finds a suitable treatment, it is now imperative to prevent the number of patients from continuing to increase.

Spencer did a lot in response to this.

He isolated the sick soldiers, set up a sterilized ward, and assigned a special person to cook, and what Lorraine needed to do was to open up ideas for him to further reduce the risk.

After listening to Spencer's basic introduction, Lorraine began to babble about some of the epidemic prevention methods that later generations had heard about, but more of them were the tricks used by the ship to prevent the spread of the disease.

Spencer recorded them one by one, interjecting from time to time.

When the discussion was over, he handed the plan to the adjutant and looked up and asked Lorraine, "How is Freemanny doing?" ”

"Him?" Lorraine's mind didn't turn for a moment, "He's healthy, and there are no outbreaks on Pasatra Island." ”

"No...... I know that your man is not sick, and I am asking him ...... on your ship."

Lorraine suddenly realized: "He is a landlubber, even if he can swim, it will not be useful for a short time." I asked Barto to teach him to swim like a real sailor, and he was starting to learn. ”

This non-perfunctory attitude seems to delight Spencer: "Hopefully he has chosen the right path this time!" ”

"It must be a richer road than an army officer, and I can't give any guarantees for the rest."

The two were chatting when a tired Daniel pushed the door open.

Lorraine looked at his face and suddenly had some bad premonitions: "How is our commander-in-chief?" ”

"Probably a curse ......"

Curse.

Leaving aside all the strange descriptions, Lorraine could roughly hear that Nelson's illness was a parasitic disease.

Daniel was unable to determine the type of parasite, which required blood to be taken and observed using a microscope.

However, this gadget invented by the Dutch more than a hundred years ago was not popular, and as far as Daniel knows, the most recent one is around Havana, and further afield is Boston University.

Far water can't quench the thirst of the near.

Alchemy's judgment of parasitic diseases stems from the research of Aristotle, the ancient Greek scientific master who could and could do everything, and who was wrong about everything, believed that "worms are not living things" and therefore could not be killed biologically.

Daniel proposed an alchemical therapy, in which an oral pill was made of mercury and sulfur, and Nelson was given it, and the vicious curses were completely killed through the aggressiveness of the mercury.

Lorraine's face turned pale when he heard this, and he asked weakly: "How much mercury does that Dan need?" ”

"The dosage is about 10 grams, which is enough for the amount I carry with me, but I can only make three servings of this medicine at most, because I don't have too much medicine to use ivory powder from Africa."

Ivory + sulphur + mercury...... And it's ten grams of mercury.

Lorraine was fully confident that most of Nelson's parasites would be killed, but if nothing else, Nelson should have died sooner than the bugs.

Daniel's treatment plan was immediately rejected by Lorraine, and Daniel regretted that conservative treatment required a lot of medicinal materials and time, and that with the current conditions, he could only stabilize his condition at best, and that if Nelson wanted to recover his health, he had to return to Europe.

Lorraine informed Nelson of the results, and Nelson was silent for a long time, nodding slightly.

"Major, please inform Major General Darling of my situation. It seems that I will have to leave from Operation Lanhai, San Carlos needs a new commander, and if we want to march on Managua after heavy rains, this sick army must also be reinforced, and this is my last suggestion......"

……

Seventeen days later, on June 14, 1780, Rear Admiral Linda's messenger set foot on the land of San Carlos aboard the Messenger Blue Dewdrop.

After these days, the condition of the army finally stabilized under Daniel's day and night work, and seventy percent of the patients, including Nelson, regained the ability to walk on the ground.

The new ethics have made a huge difference, with only 12 new cases and only 3 deaths due to the disease.

The Courier thanked the crowd for their efforts, and in Nelson's bedroom he read out Major General Darling's decision in front of Lorraine, Nelson, and Spencer.

Nelson will return to Kingston immediately and, after further treatment, will be accompanied by William. Colonel Cornwallis's Prairie Lion returned to Plymouth for a final recuperation in London.

Major Spencer and the soldiers who participated in the battle were to be evacuated in batches within forty days, and five new companies of Miskito were to take over the defense, nominally belonging to the kingdom of the Miskitos and having nothing to do with Great Britain.

When the employment contract is terminated, the Governor-General's Office of Jamaica offers a preferential tax rate of 25% for a total of 18 months this year and next year as compensation for early termination.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce can decide on its own itinerary, but Governor Darling is personally pessimistic about the future Anglo-Spanish relations in Nicaragua, and recommends that the Drake Chamber of Commerce suspend business with the Drake Chamber of Commerce completely.

In a word, the operation to catch the sea was aborted.

Spencer expressed great incomprehension of the decision, excitedly arguing: "We have solved Grenada!" God, we solved the biggest problem and captured two major generals. Managua is almost in our pocket, why should the sea operation be cut in half at this time! ”

The Courier sighed regretfully, "The Governor knows your successes and efforts, Oliver. But the problem is not in our army, but in the navy, which even the governor cannot reach. ”

"Navy?"

"Colonel Nelson having to return home is a great loss to all of us. After his assignment was clear, there was no longer a naval commander of the right rank and ability in the third phase of the operation. ”

"Colonel Cornwallis believed that sending his friends back to England was a more rewarding job than military exploits, and that Lieutenant Commander Collingwood was not fit to command a ship of the fourth rank and above, and was not fit to be the new commander. The rest of the candidates will either be rejected or in name only. The Governor met with seven men, and after consulting with Sir Parker, he eventually abandoned the operation. ”

"Could it be...... I can't find ......."

"Yes, I can't find it!" The messenger looked Spencer in the eye, "The operation against San Carlos and Managua is in the service of the third phase, without the support of the navy, there is no chance of victory in the third phase, and there is no point in continuing this war." Go home, stop letting our soldiers bleed needlessly, enough people have died......"

The last words of the messenger made Lorraine hear the sound of the overtone, the plague caused forty-six deaths, plus the death of nearly thirty people before that, the huge losses in the non-war were probably another important reason for Major General Darling's retreat.

He stared at Nelson, who stood up and applauded.

"The war is over, gentlemen. Whatever Jamaica decides, we are the undisputed victors. ”

"Life inevitably has regrets, and this is also a gift from God. I just ask you to remember this wonderful time, and I only hope that one day, we will have the opportunity to work together again. ”

"So, goodbye, my ...... Friends. ”

……

After the decision, San Carlos entered a tight transition of defense.

Nelson, who was in stable condition, left with the courier on June 15 in the pale dewdrops, and Spencer would not return to Jamaica until about August after the entire change of guard.

Lorraine returned to Pasatra for ten more days, doing only two things, freeing Baron Torlesias and signing the resale agreement for the Pasatra estate.

The estate was sold back to its original owner, and the price was further discounted, at four thousand six hundred pounds.

After clearing the beginning and tail, the sailors sent by Chuck to receive the battleship also arrived, and the Shengshi and San Carlos formed a formation and sailed into the San Juan River, where the water level was soaring, and Lorraine stood at the bow of the Shengshi, suddenly feeling a lack of direction.

What's next?

Smuggling in New Orleans? Pirate wars in the Caribbean?

There seems to be a lack of a clear motivation.

Maybe...... Let's take a break in Lucy first. Last time, I was actually sick, and even my body began to protest to myself.

As he thought, Daniel walked up to Lorraine with his usual poker face.

"Captain, I heard that you have gained a lot of information about the Fountain of Youth?"

"What's wrong?" Lorraine raised an eyebrow, "Didn't anyone tell you about this?" ”

"I've been busy before, first taking inventory of the manor's assets, and then treating diseases and fighting the epidemic, but I haven't been able to spare my hands to look at those so-called materials."

"Then let's go see, it's not something extraordinary, piled up in the bilge with those Mayan artifacts."

"I've seen it, and it's valuable."

Lorraine raised an eyebrow and looked at Daniel in a strange way.

"Daniel, you've piqued my curiosity. What is it that makes you want to stop talking to me? ”

Daniel cleared his throat: "Captain, I voluntarily give up the proceeds of New Orleans and the Chamber of Commerce for the next three years in exchange for ownership of these materials. ”

"That's a lot of money."

"It's worth it for a half-toned doctor and an unsuccessful royal alchemist."

Unexpected answer.

Lorraine looked at Daniel in a daze and whispered, "Daniel, you never seem to have said why you got on the boat. ”

"I will say, if there is something to be gained this time, I need your help, and I will uncover the scars. But that takes the process. ”

"I'll wait." Lorraine smiled, "Those materials are yours, you don't need to give up anything, I know, your research needs money, and the cost is no less than Carmen's." ”

Daniel bowed silently, turned around, and left.

Looking at his back, Lorraine muttered to herself.

"Fountain of Youth...... Unexpectedly, in the end, I still had to fall into this pool of troubled waters. ”

"Blackbeard, are you looking forward to it?"

[Volume 4, The Legend of the Fountain of Youth...... ENDS】