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Chapter 4428 4430 [Fountain of Youth]

With Xiang Nan's strong promotion, the belief in the monkey god Chakbaba quickly spread in Port Royal and Tetuga.

On the one hand, Xiang Nan was indeed a man of real ability, and he spent money lavishly and was generous, which naturally attracted believers; on the other hand, people's lives in the Caribbean in the 18th century were indeed miserable.

At that time, people in the Caribbean were either farming on plantations, fishing at sea, sailing on ships, or becoming pirates.

Whether farming, fishing, sailing or being a pirate, you have to rely on the weather for your livelihood.

The Caribbean Sea has a tropical marine climate with unpredictable weather, especially from June to November, when cyclone activity is intensive.

That is to say, half of the year, people in the Caribbean face the threat of storms, rainstorms, and even hurricanes. Once a hurricane hits, crops will be uprooted and ships may be swallowed by the sea. Naturally, their wealth and lives will also be gone.

In addition to the harsh climate, dirty living environment, backward medical technology, and heavy daily work also threaten people's lives.

At that time, people had no concept or conditions to take a bath every day, and most people might not take a bath once a year. In "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", Captain Jack ridiculed himself for never taking a bath.

Domestic garbage was also thrown everywhere, so feces and urine were everywhere. The reason why Europe invented high heels and parasols was to prevent people from stepping on feces on the ground and being splashed with feces and urine while walking on the road.

This made it easy for epidemics to spread, such as colds, dysentery, typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, and even syphilis and smallpox.

Therefore, the death rate among the people at that time was very high.

According to statistics, in the 18th century, one-third of white immigrants died within three years of arriving in the New World. In Jamaica at that time, the number of people dying each year accounted for about 20% of the total population.

These were free white immigrants; the fate of the slaves was even more tragic.

When many slaves were trafficked here, a quarter would die on the ship, and of the remaining ones, one third would die within three years after arriving in the Caribbean.

Therefore, many plantation owners needed to purchase ten percent of slaves every year, otherwise there would not be enough people to work.

At the time, life expectancy in Britain was thirty-five, while in the Caribbean it was only ten.

Therefore, the people of the Caribbean cannot be said to have to keep their heads on the line all the time, but they have to endure hardships all year round and are threatened by disease, plague, and famine.

Therefore, they are more likely to believe in gods and place their safety and well-being on unknown gods. After all, as the saying goes, people don’t tell fortunes unless they are unlucky.

As a result, the number of followers of Monkey God Chak Baba grew rapidly.

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Of course, Xiang Nan’s main energy was not focused on helping Chak Baba to preach.

Because Chak Baba is a god in name, but in fact he is very weak, just a weak Loa god.

In Xiang Nan's opinion, "He" is not even as powerful as the legendary City God, and may not even have an advantage over the Mountain God or the Land God.

Because the mountain gods and the land gods can protect an area, not only do they ensure good weather, but they can also help deal with any powerful goblins or monsters to prevent the local people from getting harmed.

But Chak Baba does not have such power. He can only bless his followers to make them faster and more alert. After all, he is just a monkey god, and his followers are all black people in the African jungle. The biggest threat they face every day is that they can't hunt and have no food.

Therefore, the Monkey God Chak Baba has absolutely no ability to bless his believers with wealth, good health, love, or not being bullied.

Therefore, serving such a god would not improve Xiang Nan's strength much. If he wanted to improve his strength, he still had to rely on himself.

So he soon embarked on a new adventure, and his first stop was to find the Fountain of Youth.

He wants to explore the secret of the Fountain of Youth and retrieve Ponce de León's treasure.

Ponce de León was a 16th-century Spanish adventurer who existed in history. He accompanied Columbus on his adventures in the late 15th century and later traveled on his own.

He led his troops to conquer Puerto Rico, Florida and other places, and served as the governor of Puerto Rico, Florida and the Mini Islands. According to historical records, he did look for the fountain of youth and died in a battle with the local natives.

Xiang Nan knew that Ponce de Leon finally found the Fountain of Youth, but he was also cursed by the mermaid and eventually died there. His Santiago was now in White Wave Bay.

Whitewater Bay is a notorious and spooky place located just south of Florida.

Because it is said that there are mermaids there. Mermaids not only have amazing beauty, but also have moving voices. They will also use their beauty and singing to seduce passing ships.

When the people on the boat see their beautiful faces and hear their moving singing, they can't help but jump into the sea. Then they will be caught by the mermaids and taken to the deep sea to be eaten alive.

As a result, Bailang Bay gradually became a forbidden place, and few ships dared to approach it, even cruel and vicious pirates.

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Before going to Bailang Bay, Xiang Nan went to find Jack Sparrow first.

To be precise, these days, whenever Jack Sparrow was short of alcohol, he would come to Weird George's shop to find Xiang Nan and exchange his previous adventure stories with Xiang Nan for alcohol.

Jack Sparrow had many adventures before. He found the sword of Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortes, the treasure of the African tribe, the Heart of Zerzula, the legendary Trident of Poseidon, and almost became the king of mermaids.

He also fought with the former pirate king Henry Morgan (one of the drafters of the Pirate Code), the mysterious witch Lady Midnight, and made a deal with the devil Davy Jones...

Coupled with the true and false adventures, he really got a lot of wine from Xiang Nan.

Xiang Nan had read the "Legend of Captain Jack" series of novels and knew some of Captain Jack's past and the adventures he told. He knew that many of them were not entirely true and were exaggerated, and some were even simply fabricated.

But Xiang Nan didn't care. He welcomed Jack to play with him.

"Boss, he's just a liar. He can only tell stories. Few people in the whole Port of Tetuga believe him." Ryan Thompson, the owner of Weird George's Store, advised Xiang Nan.

Jack Sparrow has a very bad reputation now. Everyone knows that he was betrayed by his crew members and is now penniless. No one regards him as a big shot anymore, only he still thinks he is important.

So Ryan Thompson was deeply dissatisfied with his behavior of using fabricated adventure stories to cheat people into drinking.