On March 1, 1494, the remaining 24 ships of the "Second Detachment" left the Lanceoz pasture and began the process of moving south.

The fleet sailed through the Bell Isle Strait, the Bay of St. Lawrence, and arrived at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York on March 7.

Ferdinand took a look at Manhattan Island, where a large area of land had been cleared and the planting of spring corn was about to begin. Nearby Long Island has also cultivated fields to grow spring wheat as a supplement to its diet. After all, if you only eat corn, you have a high chance of getting pellagra, and wheat bran can effectively supplement tryptophan to prevent niacin deficiency from causing pellagra.

Ferdinand stayed on the island for a while, and that evening Alonso Córdoba prepared the freshly caught roast turkey, which Ferdinand and Juana ate with relish, as well as some cod brought back from Newfoundland.

Alonso Córdoba was shocked to learn that there were extremely rich shallow fishing grounds off the southeast coast of Newfoundland, and he was even more shocked when he learned that Fonseca had used a big trick to sell him and help them count the money.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea. It's not a long flight from Manhattan to Newfoundland, so why not try to make a connection between New York City and Lanseoz and exchange people and goods? For example, if you say that if you eat too much corn, you may get pellagra, then Newfoundland can provide us with cod...... "Gonzalo, as a military attaché, had an idea for a brilliant idea, and was very excited and eager to try it, hoping that His Majesty would take his advice.

"If the people of Newfoundland are short of food, or if they can't tolerate the cold, they can come to us to recuperate, and you said that if anything happens, the people of Newfoundland will run away...... If you come to us, you might as well make this connection on a regular basis. ”

"Yes," Ferdinand's eyes lit up, "communication and exchange are not achieved overnight, we must have a long-term vision and far-reaching planning, give full play to the advantages of the two settlements, give full play to the subjective initiative of people, sustain temporary communication, normalize occasional exchanges, establish a long-term communication and exchange mechanism, consolidate and improve the development and construction of settlements, vigorously promote the development of the western territories, strengthen the ties between settlements in the New World, and promote communication and exchanges among the various detachments of the Reclamation Corps......"

Alonso Córdoba was completely stunned, what is this?

After "Ahem ......" showed his wisdom, Ferdinand still had to withdraw from the news broadcast state and talk about business.

"Your idea is very good, but be careful, the safety of the ship must be taken into account. Sail along the coast of the mainland to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and then north through the Strait of Belle Isle to the Rancelands of Ranseozz," Ferdinand had to emphasise, "except for fishing, all ships traveling between New York and Newfoundland should not take the waters east of Newfoundland, where the sea fog becomes very great after spring." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Alonso Córdoba agreed.

"And, in that case...... Ferdinand came up with an idea.

"In May 1497 the English sent an expedition westward, and they would reach the northern tip of Newfoundland one day in June, which happened to be the Lance Oz Meadows, and you need not know how I know, and this is something that only those who should know know is not what you ought to know......

After the tongue twister, Ferdinand cleared his throat and continued.

"I know exactly when they will arrive, I let Fonseca know, but you don't have to...... But apparently you know, we should 'send' them back, right? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Alonso smiled with a knowing evil, "we should treat them politely, and then 'send' them away with gentlemanly demeanor." "The naked threats of the pioneers of imperialism are not suitable for direct transformation into official articles, and subordinates will naturally carry out the necessary polishing, and even Ferdinand's own five letters, the sharp threats are at least preceded by some warm performances.

"Well, I'm relieved when you say that." Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction.

"Then in May, you send some men to Newfoundland, two or three hundred, four or five hundred, to give Fonseca a strong momentum, although Henry VII will soon be my own family, but my own brother still has to settle accounts? Not to mention ......"

What's more, you are not a competent in-law at all, and your son is not a qualified son-in-law. Ferdinand did not say the rest of the words. To tell you the truth, I wish Henry VIII had a brain convulsion like this! If he was really an exemplary husband and a devout man, Ferdinand would not be able to wage war.

"For the sake of Henry VIII's mentally handicapped person to launch the suicide artifact of the Supreme Act, Catherine, I have to wronged you, and when the time comes, what Henry VIII does to you, all will be paid back."

At this time, Alonso Córdoba suddenly thought of something important: "Alas, Your Majesty, I almost forgot to tell you that there is a good thing that has been sent to the door no less than Fonseca......"

"Well, what? It's impossible for the Delaware Indians to ask for merger with us, right? ”

There are intellectual disabilities every year, is it possible that there are many of them this year? Are they all vying to help themselves count the money from the sale?

"Two pieces, to be exact!" Alonso Córdoba was excited.

"First of all, the chief of the Delaware Indians, who last time traded our glass beads with the tribes in the south, in exchange for a lot of good things! So he tasted the sweetness and wanted to sell us some more land on the shore! And the sherry we gave him made the chief so drunk that he wanted to buy a few more bottles, so he wanted to sell the land. ”

"That's it!" Ferdinand also felt that it was a surprise, "It seems that we can buy New York City without using force." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. But we can't buy the whole of New York Province. Alonso Córdoba doesn't look embarrassed or frustrated when he says this, and it's clear that he has good news.

"However, while our soldiers were buying turkeys with Indian hunters, they learned that several Indian tribes to the northwest inhabited the shores of the great lake......"

"Lake Sublier, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, I've named." Ferdinand did not miss any opportunity to show his geographical knowledge.

"Well, I forgot, Your Majesty ......," continued Alonso Córdoba, sweating on his head, "and several Indian tribes in the north have always had a grudge against the Dravaare, and now the contradictions seem to have intensified, and they continue to expand south......"

"Well, so we have to arrange manpower and find a way to sow discord and create misunderstandings!" Ferdinand suddenly grabbed Bai Dao, "Then induce them to go to war!" ”

"Well, yes, Your Majesty......"

"I'm not done yet." Ferdinand continued to steal white.

"We enter the St. Lawrence River valley from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the north, and then infiltrate the Great Lakes region, and then give support to the northern tribes to make the Iroquois tribes stronger, and then continue to sow discord, increase the intensity of the war, and make them a bloody war to the death!"

"And in the direction of New York, we pretend to be allied with the Delaware, and even have our emissaries tell the Iroquois about this plan, and then pretend to send troops to support the Delaware, and then deliberately defeat!" Ferdinand thought about it.

"Finally, when the Iroquois took over most of New York Province and completely wiped out the Delaware, they were also devastated......

"Uh-huh, aren't we allies of the Dravare Indians? Destroy the revenge of allies, how can you not revenge? Then ......"

"Our conquest of the entire North American continent is a de jure basis! Remove obstacles in implementation! ”

Ferdinand completed a thunderous strategy to steal the white, taking all the credit for proposing a "legal" occupation of North America, which made Alonso want to cry without tears, how did I meet such a king?

"Well, it's your credit, I admit it." Ferdinand was not yet able to compete with his subordinates.

"Anyway, no matter whose credit it is, in short, the problem of the Indians is solved!" Thinking of such a "reasonable and legitimate" policy of plunder, Ferdinand not only admired himself...... Or subordinates? Anyway, they have to adopt their own strategy, right?

"Well, admire me for being so far-sighted!"

Well? What's going on over there?

"Huh? Juana, don't you eat too much turkey, how many are these? If you want to live a long life...... Well, if you don't want to get fat...... "Or the second half has a greater effect on restraining the appetite of Her Royal Highness the Princess."

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Ferdinand did not stay in New York for long, only for one day, but he learned a lot from his short stay in New York and laid out the basic strategy for the future conquest of the Great Plains of North America.

On March 8, 1494, the fleet left New York and sailed toward the Caribbean.

On April 3, the "second detachment" had sailed to the island they had arrived on three months earlier, Key West, the home of Sunset.

Ferdinand landed on Key West, spring had arrived, and the cold of the north was long gone.

"In the past, I went back, rain and snow. Now I think about it, Yang Liu Yiyi. This sentence in "The Book of Songs: Cai Wei" can now be said in reverse.

"It's always a bit unrealistic to conquer the American continent like this."

After all, Ferdinand was still used to doing legal things. At home, his intrigues are nothing, after all, the king is the law. Fighting against an enemy country, naturally, there is no illegal or legal distinction. Now grab the territory of the aborigines......

"I've bought, New York and Newfoundland, I've bought the whole western continent, Indians, do you accept it?"

Don't accept it? I'll put the money here.

Ferdinand took out a ducat, imitated Hemingway, and stuck it in the hard mud of Key West.

"One gold coin for you, America is mine."

The island is breezy and the sunset will fall on the sea, and the sunset will be brilliant and bright.