A few people who came to pick on the thorns didn't have the heart to toss, and the next thing was easy......

Because the serfs outside the city were kidnapped by the "rebels", there was no possibility of investigation. Therefore, the main object of the investigation team is the seven or eight hundred indigenous people living in the city.

In the fake "Havana city" of Guantanamo, in addition to the 500 defenders led by Tara and the families of the soldiers, there are seven or eight hundred indigenous people. They were mainly for the services of Tara and the defenders, and were the main workforce in the city. After all, it was impossible for Tara and his army to engage in productive labor.

The main objective of the mission was to investigate the living standards of these indigenous people and to see if they had been abused. But the problem clearly does not exist. Not to mention that this place has already prepared for the inspection, even if it is not prepared, in the real city of Havana, there will be no abuse of indigenous people.

The discipline of the army of the Beihai State is very strict, and there will never be a situation where soldiers oppress the people. Even if it is an indigenous person, the soldiers will not innocently abuse. Unless, unless, this indigenous person has broken the law, or is not subject to the rule of the colonial authorities of the North Sea State.

In the city, Bishop Rugani personally led a group of people to visit dozens of homes in the city in a surprise attack. Most of them broke in during the meal, mainly to see what the natives were eating.

As a result, they were surprised to find that the natives here had a better life than the poor in Europe......

Because rice is grown locally, the indigenous people mainly eat rice. Then, it's a matter of pairing it with some simple vegetables. Because Cuba is located in the tropics, there is no shortage of vegetables all year round. Therefore, the indigenous families in the city can eat a bowl of white rice when they eat. Then, the family will also eat a pot of vegetables with less oil and water......

This kind of life is not good, but it is definitely not bad. After all, it's white rice, pure grain without sawdust and dirt!

This alone shocked the knowledgeable officials of the investigation team. Baron Mawson asked Tara suspiciously:

"You shouldn't have served white rice to the natives in order to cope with the inspection?"

It's normal for him to guess like this, because Westerners are no strangers to dealing with inspections, and they will be a little tired.

But Tara said with a confident face:

"Of course, it's not to cope with the inspection, Cuba is a place in the tropics, and rice can be harvested twice a year. So, there is no shortage of rice. Unfortunately, the problem of local indigenous rebellion is more difficult. At the same time, the problem of syphilis is also troublesome. Moreover, there are many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the tropical jungle, which is very dangerous......" Tara said with a pained expression.

In fact, Tara still lied. The rice varieties that crop twice a year are from India. The Champa rice introduced from the Ming Dynasty (introduced during the Song Dynasty) can reach the level of three crops a year. Tara, though, can't say. Otherwise, speaking out will attract jealousy and covetousness.

Bishop Rugani is one of his own, so he cooperates and says:

"In other words, you are pioneering in Cuba, where there are both dangers and benefits?" A cultural person is a cultural person, and it can be summed up in a good way than Tara, a semi-literate person.

"Yes, yes, that's what it means! Or is it that your level of education is high, and my level is low, and the summary is not in place. Well, in general, it's both danger and benefit! Tara nodded repeatedly.

"And what about the rest of the world except on the island of Cuba?" Baron Mawson interjected.

"Elsewhere?" Tara looked at Baron Mawson and thought for a moment:

"The island of Cuba is fine, but in some places it is called horror. On the land to the south, in the Amazon jungle area, that's what is dangerous. I heard that the people who have ventured there have published books, and the description of the situation is roughly the same. Also, there's a place in our southwest called Panama, which is called danger. There are a lot of poisonous insects and poisonous mosquitoes in the jungle. As long as you are bitten, you are prone to malaria......"

"Malaria?" The members of the mission gasped. In this day and age, malaria is almost a terminal disease that must die, and it is very scary and terrifying.

"That's right, malaria. The most terrible thing in the rainforest is not the beast, but the disease. On the land of Panama, there are many poisonous mosquitoes and insects, as long as you are bitten, the light ones are red, swollen and itchy, and the heavy ones are directly malaria, and there are yellow fever ......"

"Wait, what is yellow fever?" Baron Mawson interjected. Europeans had not been exposed to yellow fever at this time, so naturally they did not know what it was. Of course, the Portuguese are the exception. After all, the Portuguese were already colonizing West Africa. Yellow fever, on the other hand, is a common disease in tropical West Africa and the Americas.

"It is a terrible disease of jaundice born on the body after being bitten by poisonous insects and mosquitoes, and at the same time, jaundice is born on the body, and the mortality rate is very high! It's about the same as malaria......" Tara explains.

In fact, yellow fever is a terrible disease. Because, there is no treatment in the North Sea Country at present. Malaria, on the other hand, is no longer a terrible disease with artemisinin. It's just that Tara definitely won't tell the secret. After all, malaria is a major disease that scares off other countries colonizing tropical areas. If a cure is announced, it will attract colonial competitors.

"It's almost the same as malaria...... others also gasped, because, similar to malaria, in this era, it is basically equivalent to a terminal illness.

Speaking of this, Tara comforted everyone with a smile:

"Rest assured, yellow fever is relatively rare on the island of Cuba, and at most people get a malaria from time to time, so it's not a big deal......

It's good that he didn't say it, but when he said that, the people of the investigation team, including Bishop Rugani and several people from the Holy See, secretly cursed in their hearts - Nima, it's "not a big deal"? Malaria also kills people, right? Thinking of this, everyone in the investigation team felt insecure......

Only, they don't know that Tara really doesn't think malaria is a big deal. Because the North Sea country has artemisinin, malaria is a common minor disease......

Hearing that the tropics were so dangerous, the members of the mission were a little stunned. They don't want to die of malaria or yellow fever from mosquito bites here. What's more, Baron Mawson was still tossed and sleepy. As a result, the pace of the investigation has been accelerated......

A few days later, Bishop Rugani began to write a report -

"Your Holiness the Pope and the Archbishops of the Legion of Cardinals, after several days of detailed investigation, we have found that there is no enslavement and abuse of indigenous peoples in the colonies of Cuba and Hispaniola in the North Sea States.

The life of the local indigenous population is even slightly better than that of the poor in Europe. Because, according to the colonial governor Tara, the island of Cuba is located in the tropics, and the grain crop rice can be harvested twice a year. Therefore, the local natives can be fed, and each person can eat a bowl of rice at every meal. As for vegetables, there is no shortage of them in the tropics throughout the year......

But the local natives are not very peaceful and prone to rebellion. In addition, tropical forests are also rich in poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous insects. In some places, after being bitten by a mosquito, they are prone to terminal diseases such as malaria and yellow fever......

As for the missionary matter, the investigation team found that it was indeed true. However, due to the language barrier, only a small number of young and intelligent natives can learn the language of the Europeans and memorize the Bible.

Governor Tara told us that they intended to raise a group of bright young natives to become faithful Christians first. Then, let those Christians further spread the glory of the Lord to other indigenous peoples. Then, strive to develop all indigenous people into Christians in a few decades......"

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"To sum up, the pioneering and colonization behavior of the Beihai Kingdom in the wild continent is still civilized, and it has indeed spread the glory of the Lord. Therefore, the mission unanimously concluded that the North Sea States did not mistreat the indigenous people and was indeed committed to spreading the glory of the Lord. The previous rumors about the abuse of the indigenous people in the Beihai Kingdom are pure slander and rumors......"

Bishop Rugani finished writing the report and circulated it to all the members of the mission. Baron Mawsen's representatives of the German Confederation were a little unhappy when they saw it, but they could not find any evidence to refute it, so they had no choice but to sign the report. In addition, they have not slept well these days, and they are worried about getting a "terminal illness" like malaria after being bitten by poisonous mosquitoes. Therefore, they had no choice but to sign reluctantly, hoping to end the investigation as soon as possible so that they could get out of here......