The fortress of San Carlos.

As an important military fortress, the defense here is unexpectedly lax.

Lorraine came from the sensitive river with more than twenty heavily armed slaves, without identification, no acquaintances to guide him, and easily entered the city with only a permit from the port authority that had not dried on the ink. To any difficulties.

The scene in the city is also very desolate, with uneven dirt roads and dirty alleys.

As a settlement in the center of the rainforest, the buildings here are mostly wooden houses drawn from local materials. The panels are simply cut, but there are few carefully decorated colored paints. With the vines, you can even see strange mushrooms.

The tallest building in the fortress is the chapel in the center. The spire of the bell tower exceeds the height of the watchtower of the city wall and is about 15 or 6 meters high.

The most exquisite building in the fortress is the mansion of the garrison commander built on the lakeside. It is four stories high and has a red roof and beige walls. Even the climbing vines have been trimmed to fill the left and right sides, but they do not stain the front wall at all.

The carriage passed through the lanes with few pedestrians, turned left and right, and stopped in front of a three-story wooden house.

This wooden house seems to have history, and it is not well maintained.

The old wooden wall was patched like Masek, and the wood was patched with wood, but the owner did not choose a better-looking replacement or inlay, but nailed it in a perfunctory manner.

Lorraine saw the sign of the wooden house, New Cadiz, and was convinced that he had really come to a hotel.

He helped Henna jump out of the carriage, winking, and Fremany knocked on the door of the hotel.

"Come here, here comes!"

The fierce voice blasted out of the room, Lorraine trembled as he watched the signboard, and a thin floating ash dripped from the edge of the signboard.

The door opened with a bang, and a middle-aged woman with a big waist and apron was blocked in the aisle, with a flattering smile on her face.

"Welcome to the comfortable new Cadiz! Gentlemen, what can Aunt Poliani do for you?"

Fremani raised his chin proudly: "How many rooms does your hotel have?"

"There are eighteen rooms on the east and west floors."

"Eighteen rooms..." Freemani estimated, "Go and clean, we need all of them."

"All..." Aunt Poliani hesitated for a while, "Sorry, the eight rooms of the West Building have been booked by guests. I think the number of gentlemen is not large, or just live in the East Building?"

"Packed it?" Lorraine frowned in a different place, "There is such a large flow of people in San Carlos during the dry season?"

"Usually it is definitely not." When Lorraine asked, Aunt Poliani was more cautious. "It's just a coincidence that a few adventurers came from the other side of the lake ten days ago and occupied the west building. ."

"Mr. Adventurer?"

"It seems that they came to find some ancient treasure. Twelve people went to the rainforest in three days. No news has been returned so far."

"The adventure team of Rainforest Treasure... is it a fan of Mayan civilization?"

This group of brave men who pursued the mystery made Lorraine a lot of interest.

"Fremani, go check in, time... it should be almost a month."

"Yes, my lord!"

…

Perhaps it was the dirty and run-down hotel facade that infinitely lowered people's psychological expectations, and Lorraine discovered that the room in New Cadiz was unexpectedly good.

There are ten rooms in the west building. Lorraine and Hina live in a luxury suite with two bedrooms on the third floor. Leif, Daniel, Barto and Fremani each occupy a single room on the second floor, and a total of five on the first floor. In the standard room, ten stormtroopers lived in pairs, and all the hands brought by Lorraine were arranged.

Lorraine followed the maid to the so-called luxury suite, and saw that the furnishings inside were not luxurious, but it was new, clean, and had a clear view. From the window, you could overlook the scenery of the lakeside dock.

He stood by the window and looked at the San Carlos, which was quietly parked in the distance, before he knew it.

"Do you want to grab the ship?" Henna asked suddenly.

Lorraine glanced into the room subconsciously and found that the door was closed tightly, and the previous maid had disappeared long ago.

He sighed.

"Five companies of militias, two companies of grenadiers, eight shore defense guns, a Brigentine and full sailors. With the information we already know, the armed forces of San Carlos are already much more than Nelson's guess. Much. With our current state, it is unlikely to conquer here."

"So you want to grab the ship?" Henna asked for the second time.

"Grabbing boats is one of the reserved means, not the only choice." Lorraine pointed to the scenery outside the window, "Look, with the church square as the center, this small fortress presents a completely different scene."

"The West City is very clean. The ground is covered with slates, there are flower beds on the pier, there are fountains and benches on the church square, and there are many more people on the street, most of them wear military uniforms."

"The northernmost red roof and yellow wall, according to Mr. Pilot, is the official residence of Commander Torrecias. There is a stone barracks in front of his official residence, and it is not surprising that it should be a civilian army barracks."

"From north to south, there is a beautiful lakeside dock next to the commander’s residence. There are only two boats on the berth. Brigentine is obviously the San Carlos, and the other large Slope is our neighbor, not surprisingly. A ship for a group of adventurers."

"The Port Authority of the Lakeside Wharf is very large, far exceeding the demand for tax cards here. I guess the sailors will be stationed there. The playground on the back of the Port Authority is where they train."

"Farther south is the San Juan River Gate, a suspension bridge with stone towers on both sides. There is also a garrison. Since the militia controls the fortress, the two grenadier companies should control the suspension bridge."

"Did you see? Mr. Pilot said that this is a military city, but from the planning of the city, I think the West City is the real military city, and the East City where we are located... probably during the rainy season, the Spaniards used it Come to settle the stranded merchants."

Hina tilted her head and thought for a while, and found that she couldn't do anything, so she simply asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Um... two things."

Lorraine walked to the desk and spread out the paper, writing and talking.

"The first thing is to establish a communication channel with Nelson. When I disembarked, I arranged a task for Zogo. He would come into the city every day on the grounds of delivering wine."

"Daniel stayed and docked with him, and asked him to find a way to send my letter to Nelson without using the blue dewdrops, and bring back the dynamics and plans of the troops. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

Henna nodded.

"The second thing is that even the little pilot knows that the commander and the two majors are not superiors and subordinates but collaborators. This can only show that they are not getting along well, and they are still not getting along well. "

"We need to figure out the degree of this disharmony. Is it pretending to fight, vainly and stubbornly, old-fashioned, or waiting for the opponent to bear the defeat and die on the spot... This will determine the direction of our next course of action."

"If we want to understand this, we will go to the military city."

While speaking, Lorraine put away the pen, folded the letter paper, baked the red lacquer, took off the tuxedo's chest and stamped it on the lacquer, and affixed his private seal.

He stared at Henna maliciously.

"Castiles and Moors often have relatives, and there are many relatives of different colors in the family. How about being my cousin once?"

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