Negotiations over the ownership of the New World have been going on and off, but Ferdinand has not paid much attention to it, he is more concerned about how to order the technology tree and the voyage to the New World, and now he is finally leaving.

"João II, I won't play with you, I will use practical actions to declare sovereignty."

The trip to the New World, with 51 ships and 4,500 men, was still commanded by Columbus, but his power was weakened. The first was Ferdinand's "second detachment", which deprived Columbus of command of two-thirds of the fleet.

Of course, the king personally paid for it, and Columbus couldn't say anything.

Ferdinand's "eccentricity" is not only in this aspect, as mentioned before, the food reserves of the expeditionary team are five times that of the same period in history, but the 17 ships directly under Columbus are divided into one-fifth, and the rest are given to the "second detachment", which means that the food of Columbus's fleet has not actually increased, while Ferdinand's per capita food reserves have doubled.

Because in history, these high-ranking officials and nobles went to the New World in a noisy manner, and when they got there, they made a cloud of black smoke and miasma, all kinds of strange phenomena, and almost nothing was done, and it was a waste to give them food, and they had to die of syphilis anyway.

Secondly, the whole fleet was of noble birth, and even the sailors did not pay much attention to Columbus.

Then there is Fonseca, whom Columbus hated, who was not a navigator, but who was a master of administration, the equivalent of a Spanish colonial minister. Although Columbus was not used to him, he had to admit that without Fonseca, the arrangement and preparation of personnel, supplies, and food for this voyage would be a mess. Fonseca, like a good architect, built the structure of the entire expedition.

Before leaving, Ferdinand sought Gonzalo.

"Leave a part of the force to control Barcelona and Valencia, then concentrate the main forces in the middle of the border with Portugal, and immediately storm Lisbon as soon as war breaks out. Pay attention to the use of infantry and firearms, trenches can also have unexpected effects...... If I can't return, make sure all of Aragon is loyal to Isabella and be wary of a rebellion in Catalonia. ”

"Why are you so worried about not coming back?"

"Portugal's navy, for now, is still dominant."

Gonzalo thought about it, it is true that Portugal still has an advantage in this regard, especially since Portugal faces the Atlantic Ocean and has strongholds such as the Azores and Madeira, which can stand by to fight west of the Strait of Gibraltar.

"If you can't come back for a while," Gonzalo automatically ignored the possibility of "forever," "what are you going to do?" ”

"Stay in the new territory until the day the war is won!"

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"When a long war breaks out, Spain will win in the end. As for France, it is a big deal that we directly support Charles VIII in the annexation of Naples and even Milan and Navarre, with the stupidity of Charles VIII, enough to satisfy his appetites and plunge him into a quagmire. "Ferdinand and Isabella showed their determination to persist in the long war. Portugal and Spain were five to one in size, and the population gap was large, and the small colonies on the African coast could not play a decisive role. Sardinia had already begun to build a concrete protection system, and in the event of a war, Portugal would not have been able to get their hands on the island on the basis of destroying (if Portugal had won to that extent) the Spanish navy.

"Actually, the Portuguese navy is not as strong as I just said, and at most it may cut us off from the West Indies." Ferdinand spoke so lightly, as if he were not going to the West Indies tomorrow.

Historically, the pope has been so supportive, why did Isabella still give in. There were three reasons, the first was that Isabella did not want to tear her face with Portugal, and the second was that Ferdinand did not care about the New World.

But the third reason was the main one - Portugal threatened with war, and then Spain relented.

Incredible? Spain, which destroyed Granada, was afraid of the threat of war from Portugal? Won't Spain counter-threaten?

The reason is that the Spanish kings knew that Portugal's navy was stronger than Spain's, and communication with the West Indies might be threatened......

Well, the strategic pattern is still limited, and the two kings of Spain may think that if the local war can't destroy Portugal, the other party will not give in, so it's better to give in.

Ferdinand didn't believe it, and if Spain occupied half of Portugal, Portugal would resist for that colonial right.

"In the most extreme case, we have half of Portugal, let the navy and Portugal lose both, and then contact the Moors, yes! It is better to contact the Moors and have them wait for an opportunity to attack Agadir, Tangier, and Ceuta. The Moors will succeed! "But I believe that my army can destroy Portugal." Don't worry about finances, tell you that Sardinia has too many textiles to pile up, and steel production exceeds the national accumulation in the previous three years. By the time the harvest is early next summer, the wheat yield is expected to exceed 60 million quarts! It is possible to feed the entire population of Iberia. If the negotiations break down, the start of the war will certainly drag on until early autumn, and we have time to prepare. It's a big deal that we will temporarily soften at the negotiating table, and then take the initiative to go to war! ”

"In short, never let the dividing line move an inch to the west."

Ferdinand took out five envelopes as his attitude in the negotiations, ready to show them to the Portuguese.

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"Cisneros, the training situation of the queue to shoot is okay," Ferdinand was now banging on the table again, "pull them all up, secretly assemble in the middle of the border, and as a last resort, tell Gonzalo about the queue to be shot, as well as the Spanish phalanx, and go all out in the direction of Lisbon." If you can't win a quick victory, you'd rather fight them in the Portuguese capital and turn it into hell on earth. Listening to the meaning of the rhythmic percussion, Cisneros couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"The Nidhogg team is going to keep an eye on Lisbon and report it home if it's certain that war is about to break out."

"When you return to Sardinia, give the letter to Isaac, and organize a harvest as soon as the wheat is ripe in early summer, and if the treaty is not concluded in June, all the wheat will be rushed back to Barcelona and Valencia, and all the royal sailing ships will serve him. The Sardinian fortifications were fully fortified to protect the factories and workers from the Portuguese landing, although I believe they would not have been able or even to think of the idea of attacking Sardinia. ”

In fact, in Ferdinand's view, Portugal would not really start a war with Spain for the westward movement of 270 leagues, and even if it really wanted to, it would definitely just want to fight a unilateral war of superiority with small friction on land at sea. If Spain had made a counter-threat, shattered Portugal's illusions, and told them that once the war started, it would be a never-ending war, and there would be no tacit understanding or compromise, then even João II would have chills down his spine, and now Europe, except for the intermittent Anglo-French Hundred Years' War, is not used to a real all-out war. However, he has to put on a posture as if he is facing a great enemy, otherwise if his subordinates do not pay attention to it, if the war really breaks out, they will suffer a big loss.

"Juana, do you want to go, let me tell you, I didn't expect it before, this time it would be life-threatening."

"If you dare to go, I will dare too."

The time to set off has finally arrived.

On September 25, 1493, a huge fleet of ships assembled in the port of Cádiz in southwestern Spain.

The aristocrats did not think as far-reaching, as in history, full of laughter.

On Ferdinand's fleet, those who knew the situation were a little depressed.

Today's farewell scene is actually not big, but there are many important people, Queen Isabella, Prince Juan, Princess Isabella's treasurer of the inner court, the chief prime minister of the Sardinian puppet kingdom, the queen's confessor and secret queue to shoot the trainer and Nidhogg leader Sisnellos, and Gonzalo, who said goodbye to his brother.

The Abridged Symphony Orchestra is now less abridged, and once again they played "Conquest of Heaven".

Mr. Torquemada, the chief inquisitor and Ferdinand's confessor, who was traveling with the king, was so pleased with the song that he asked for its title.

"Confidentiality." Ferdinand said dryly.

"If we all lived another twenty-five years, you'd know."

For this sentence, Torquemada triumphed over history and lived until 1518.

"Your Majesty, you are blaspheming God." These were the priest's last words.

Ferdinand shook hands with Princess Isabella, Juan, and Isabella, and there was no romantic kiss goodbye or anything. Instead, Maria clamored for another spinning competition with Juana this Christmas, and she thought it would take only three months to sail.

After a long day, before leaving, there was no warm farewell, no candlelight dinner, no ministers wishing you a smooth journey, but tense preparations for negotiations and war. Ferdinand laughed at himself, he really didn't think about it at first, and if he left like this, he was really in danger of life and death! Let's have a glass of wine, drunk and lying in the Americas, Mo smiled, and a few people returned to modern navigation......

Ferdinand and Juana boarded the Pelican, and the ship, which was a little small for its own identity, deftly ran to the front of the group.

The Holy Cross flag was hoisted, and the fleet set off again. This time will really begin to conquer "paradise".

"When I get back."