After studying the gold coins for a while, Shao Zifeng put them away and continued reading.
"November 1711, the butt is not very comfortable, the departure is postponed."
"In March 1712, after saying goodbye to my parents, I set out on a sailboat with the glory of the Karen family. May God and the Queen bless me with good luck and return to the Empire with great wealth and honor. I swear, I will Let Sir Charlesson enjoy the feeling of not being able to sit on the bench."
Mad is retarded.
Shao Zifeng flipped through his notebook in a frenzy how many times he talked about such a trivial matter back and forth.
The four of you, please, no, plus Jack.
Please get the five of you married in place!
Shao Zifeng flipped through his notebook, Xiaolu raised his head and looked at it, then continued to rest on his lap.
Apart from the unreadable content and this Mr. Karen's broken thoughts, there is not much content in this diary that can be read.
"In May 1712, the valiant Mr. Karen with his knights captured the enemy's castle, harvested a sheep, two hens, and two sick old slaves. At last the merciful Mr. Karen pardoned them The crimes of their own, left their land, an island no bigger than my garden. Damn, I'm tired of life at sea, I need women!"
"In June 1712, I can't stand it, Miss Charlesson. No, as long as it's a mother, that sheep."
"June 1712, that sheep was fine, I liked it."
Shao Zifeng's hands trembled, and he suddenly felt that the notebook was dirty.
Taking a deep breath to suppress the depression in his heart, Shao Zifeng continued to read.
Um.
Why did the diary stop.
Although this Mr. Karen does not keep a diary every day, he has never kept a diary for three months.
He quickly turned over a few pages and found that some lines similar to the track chart were drawn on the paper, and the brush strokes tore the paper. It could be seen that Mr. Karen was in a very grumpy mood when he drew these lines.
After a few more pages, I finally found something new.
"In September 1712, we got lost, damn XXX and damn XXX, we got lost at sea, may the Lord and the Queen forgive my sins."
"In October 1712, for survival and food, I killed several servants with a dagger with my own hands. I am guilty."
"In November 1712, the Second Mate fell ill. He had constant fever, decayed gums, and swollen legs."
Gum decay.
Swollen legs.
Seeing this, Shao Zifeng showed a clear expression.
He probably understood in his heart what the second mate was sick with.
From the very beginning when he saw them go to sea, Shao Zifeng wondered if this would happen to them, and the disease still appeared.
Both the East and the West have experienced the era of great voyages. The difference is that the western crew often suffers from a strange disease.
In 1521, Magellan led more than 200 sailors to start the circumnavigation of the world, and in the end only 18 people completed the feat of circumnavigation.
In 1740, a few decades after Mr. Karen went to sea, six warships and more than 2,000 crew members led by British Admiral George Anson sailed around the world. The fleet returned to port four years later, and it was found that only one flagship ship was docked. , Hundreds of sailors were very weak, and the remaining more than 1,000 were all killed by illness.
Scurvy.
It has been a nightmare for sailors to escape for hundreds of years, and it is also the most feared existence for Western crews.
The main reason for this is the difference in dietary structure. Western crews mainly use meat and bread, etc., because of lack of vitamin C, which leads to scurvy. In the East, in order to eat fresh vegetables during the voyage, people will cultivate fresh crops such as bean sprouts on the boat, and the disease rarely occurs.
After figuring out the reason, Shao Zifeng silently prayed for Mr. Karen and the others, and continued to look down.
"In December 1712, the second mate died, and several others got the same strange disease."
"In December 1712, I ended a patient with 'Glory of the Karen family', and he dared to insult me. The dagger after killing people was not stained with a trace of blood, and I suddenly had a feeling that our ship must have been killed by our ancestors The witches who killed it are cursed."
Appeared! Feudal superstition!
Shao Zifeng pouted, but just as he was about to turn the page, his eyes swept to the 'Glory of the Karen Family'
He was silent for a while, although their ailments could be explained scientifically.
But with the existence of this sword, who can tell if it is a feudal superstition or not.
"February 1713, dead, all dead, only me and the third mate, and the sheep who ran away when they saw me. The good news is that wine and jerky are plentiful, and I hope to land soon. "
"In April 1713, the third mate disappeared, just last night. The sheep died before my eyes. I wanted to feed it some jerky, but the damn sheep wouldn't eat it."
There was the sound of water droplets in the dark cave in the distance.
Shao Zifeng looked more and more seriously as his slender and fair fingers crossed word by word.
He had a hunch that what happened next was why Mr. Karen came to the South Pole.
The changes in Mr Karen can already be seen between the lines, most notably it has been a long time since he prayed to God and the Queen.
The whole person seems to be slowly becoming numb, and the disappearance of a person is even worse than the sheep in his heart.
"May 1713, maybe it was May, the weather was getting colder and colder, I saw a lot of ice floes, they kept hitting my boat, the night was getting longer and longer, the sun came out for a while and then turned back to night again , I feel like I must be crazy."
Be nice.
Impressive.
These short sentences are full of clues.
This is near the Antarctic Circle. May is about to enter the Antarctic winter. The night is getting longer and longer, and finally it becomes a polar night that lasts for half a year.
"In June 1713, my ship was shrouded in endless night, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Someone was knocking on my door just now. There seemed to be a strange cry from the sea, and I dared not open the door. I might die. it's here."
"In June 1713, the thick sea fog seemed to return to the capital of the empire, which was also shrouded in fog all the year round. Song, is that the siren singing, I really want to sleep. I really want to go back to my hometown. ."
Siren Siren.
Shao Zifeng frowned. When he encountered the fog before, the stationmaster Cui had told a similar story.
If the story of Webmaster Cui can be interpreted as a myth reprocessing.
But Mr. Karen is from the 18th century. At that time, the world was advancing according to the normal historical process. There were still more than 200 years before the outbreak of the 'unknown recovery event'.
Is it the hallucination of being alone for a long time
This is not impossible.
After all, people in those days were more superstitious than they are now.
After thinking for a moment, Shao Zifeng continued to watch.
"In 1713, I woke up and found myself wrapped in a quilt and thrown into the snow. There was ice and snow everywhere. Am I exiled by God?"
"1713, this may be my last diary, monster XXXXXXX magic XXXXX day punishment XXXXXXX"
(For the sake of my hard work, the big guys will give me some votes.)
(End of this chapter)