Chapter 278: Malaria

An hour later, Master Hong had enough tossing and turning in the belly of the bow of the boat, announcing the end of the spell, he had already communicated with his relatives in the sky, and this time he would let go of the people on the ship first, but he would keep an eye on them to see if they really repented, if they dared to deceive the gods, then wait for the punishment anytime and anywhere, if it didn't work, it would be a disaster for the family.

The Golden River hoisted up its sails again and continued on its way, but the atmosphere on board was very oppressive, and many young sailors had tears in their eyes. When the water on the side of the boat turned dense black, some people began to cover their faces and cry. Those black things stretched around the ship, and there were many corpses of small fish and shrimp on them, some of them were not dead, they were beating unwillingly, and they were trying to breathe the air with their mouths open, but the final result was definitely death, death in this sea of sin.

So far, none of the people on the boat dared to doubt what Hong Tao had just said, and while sneaking a glance at the terrible scene on both sides of the ship, he silently prayed to the back figure at the bow of the boat, which at this time seemed taller and more solemn than usual.

"It would be perfect if I could have an aperture on my head now, or a beam of direct sunlight...... See who of you will dare to deceive me in the future, and I will punish him on behalf of the gods! Hong Tao was a little proud of the success of this trick, and at the same time felt that superstition was a little powerful in the era when science was not very developed, it was simply a brainwashing miracle, if someone dared to stand up and question themselves at this time, they didn't have to distinguish by themselves, those frightened sailors didn't ask about the green pine, and they would directly throw that person into the sea and drown!

It's a pity that the sailors don't know what Hong Tao is thinking when he is standing at the bow of the ship. If only I knew. They can tie up this fucking captain and the emperor and throw it into the sea and drag it all the way back to Jinhe Bay. Tynyima is not a thing anymore. Pretend to be a god and deceive people! The most hateful thing is that the confessions written by everyone were not burned at all, but some other noteless notes were burned, and those charges were all in Hong Tao's arms at this time.

The Sea of Sin should be called the Sargassum Sea as the scientific name. As the name suggests, those dense things on the sea are not heavenly soldiers, but countless sargassum. It's a collection of many species of seaweed, all over the world, but only in a very special hydrological environment. They're going to come together on a large scale. How big is that? The sea within a radius of dozens of kilometers is full of this thing.

In later generations, Hong Tao had not caught up with this natural phenomenon, but he had heard of it. The Gulf of Mexico is the area where the Sargasso Sea phenomenon occurs frequently, because this is the place where the Mexican Warm Current is generated, this current is like a huge whirlpool, rotating clockwise dozens of meters below the sea surface, sucking all the surrounding seaweed, and it may be when and in a certain sea area such a large Sargasso Sea is formed (in fact, the Sargasso Sea is a natural phenomenon that occurs near the Bermuda Islands, and it is necessary to change places here for the sake of the plot).

During the Age of Discovery, there were many stories of the Sea of Sins, most commonly of which were ships that accidentally entered a dark sea. Then he lost his way and couldn't get out of it again. The people on board would starve to death. The whole ship floated alone on the surface of the sea, turning into a ghost ship.

This is not surprising, because the Sargasso Sea looks calm due to the influence of ocean currents, but it is actually moving all the time, rotating clockwise. In the Age of Discovery, when navigation technology was backward and many natural phenomena were not understood, the sailboat would soon involuntarily deviate after entering, and if there was no sun or bad weather conditions for a day or two, it would definitely get lost. At this time, people will naturally think of things like God, and then they will lose their fighting spirit and go with the flow, which is also in line with human nature, who will fight with God if they have nothing to do?

And in the sargassum sea, the natural conditions can also change a lot, such as the foul smell! Seaweed, once exposed to the sun, will soon stink, that smell...... Smoke to death! Another example is transparency, where there is a sargassum sea, the sea water transparency is particularly high, some people have done experiments, put the film in the sargasso sea hundreds of meters deep water, the film can still be exposed. If you are driving on the surface of the sea and suddenly find an underwater object at a depth of several tens of meters clearly visible, you will definitely not be happy, but frightened. For example, there are very few creatures here, because the salinity of the sargassum sea is particularly high, so most of the fish do not like to come, and without creatures, it is not a dead sea, which increases its horror.

But as long as you understand the principle and reason for the formation of the Sargassum Sea, and have certain navigation methods, this thing is actually no different from a piece of oil floating on the surface of the sea. Although the wind in the Sargasso Sea is relatively light, as long as you find a good direction and have sufficient supplies, you can pass through it in a few hours, and it is nothing more than the hull of the ship being soiled and smelling bad.

Hong Tao, the bad guy, thinks so, and he plans to use the unknown mysterious characteristics of the Sargasso Sea to make the aura of this god on his head brighter, so as to increase the loyalty of the people below him. Deceitful! That's right, all political tricks are deceptive, and it depends on whether you can deceive or not. Now that he is an emperor, he is a 100% politician, and he has to shout at one line of work, whether he likes it or not, he has to pinch his nose, otherwise it is better not to do it.

His purpose has indeed been achieved, in this stinking sea with no end in sight, everyone has been depressed by psychological fear, coupled with the lack of understanding of nature, they do feel that Hong Tao is amazing. Not only was he not afraid, but he was also pointing at the sky at the bow of the ship, as if he was chatting with the gods, and his attitude was not very respectful. While chatting, he did not forget to correct the course from time to time, and four hours later, the Golden River successfully crossed this sea of sin with a stinky aquatic weed. At this time, even Carl looked at Hong Tao with a lot of awe in his eyes, if he didn't believe it, he couldn't believe it, who would dare not believe it if he saw it with his own eyes?

Therefore, in our daily life, we are often ruined by what we see with our own eyes. The ancients don't all make sense, and some people use the truth that seeing is believing to deceive people, and they deceive a quasi-child! If you want to crack this scam, there is only one way, and that is to be well-informed!

"Boy, dare to drink secretly!"

"Oh, it's too bold to fool around with a black woman in Cape Town!"

Karl ...... Why don't you drown, count your boy's life big! ”

After receiving the salute of a shipload of officers and sailors, Hong Tao slipped back to the captain's room with a fairy spirit, took out those confessions from his arms and began to spy on other people's privacy. These sailors are really some of the worst people in the world, doing everything and secretly throwing other people's clothes into the sea. The most outrageous thing is Carl, he actually lied to himself! The whaling ship was not going to whaling at all, but he wanted to slip to Cape Town by himself, but he had no route map, so he could only sail south along the coast, only to hit a reef in the middle of the night and sink. He and the surviving sailors drifted adrift on the sea in a dinghy for more than ten days before returning to the Saracen village, where they were finally returned.

This one is too bold, and those dead sailors are the poisoners of this guy, so that they don't want them to reveal what he has done to themselves. However, Hong Tao didn't want to discuss this matter with Carl, he said that if the whaling ship ran into the reef and sank, it would be considered a reef and sunk, and everyone had their own unknown side, and it would be boring to make people too transparent.

"Your Majesty, go and see, the devil has not gone yet, and several people are sick, which is terrible! I felt that they were punished for not telling the truth to God! "I don't know if it's bad to talk too much nonsense, before dinner, Carl suddenly got in, his expression was very nervous, and reported a very bad news to Hong Tao, someone on the ship is sick, and he is not alone!

"What disease? Have diarrhea? Hong Tao's good mood for the day disappeared in an instant, he would rather drive in the Sargassum Sea every day to smell the stench, than hear that there are people on the ship, one disease or several, this Nima is likely to be an infectious disease.

"No, it's cold, it's useless to cover it with several blankets, it's shivering with cold...... Since the afternoon, I went to see them just now, and it changed to fever again, my forehead is very hot, and I am feverish! "Carl is a very responsible captain, he is not as chicken thief as Hong Tao, he has been paying attention to those sick numbers all afternoon, and he really can't find a way to trouble Hong Tao.

"Mosquitoes! Lao Ka, do you feel any discomfort in your body? Carl's words made Hong Tao feel like falling into an ice cave, and he couldn't help but shudder. The hot and cold climate loves colds, but if the body is hot and cold, it can only be a disease, a very deadly infectious disease, malaria!

"I ...... I seem to be fine, is there anything wrong? Carl frightened the despair that emanated from Hong Tao's body, and he couldn't help but be afraid.

"It's better if it's okay...... Let's go, go see those people. Hong Tao adjusted his mood slightly, infectious diseases are very scary, but malaria does not seem to be very contagious, it can only be transmitted through blood, and mosquito bites are the main way of transmission. Both he and Carl have been bitten, and it's too late to be afraid, so let it be fate, and now he regrets a little bit of the conversation he had just had with God standing on the bow of the boat, as if it was a little rude.

Hong Tao's suspicion was basically confirmed after reading more than a dozen patient numbers, that is, malaria. The sick were all slave soldiers who had rowed into the island of Cuba with them the other day, without exception, and if it weren't for malaria, it wouldn't have been justified. It's hard to say why only a dozen people are sick and the rest are okay with mosquito bites. Malaria has an incubation period, and it is not clear how many days it will occur, and people who are not sick now do not necessarily say that they will be fine, and they may have to fall down one day.

(To be continued.) )