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"Here, the narrow Pacific coast of this area, named Chile, is very important......"

Ferdinand pointed to the map and said, although he did not reveal the whole thing, he had already made Columbus feel that he had heard something amazing.

"You need to build a stronghold here, but the ideal place is not there, further north...... However, the indigenous peoples here have built a powerful empire: the Inca Empire......"

"Fortunately, the vicinity of this harbour is deserted at the moment...... So there is no loss of the possibility of development...... This would require the establishment of two strongholds......"

After Ferdinand's coercion, Columbus vowed never to reveal today's contents, and it was not long before he learned more shocking information - natural saltpeter mines......

Now he knew that the reason why His Majesty had asked him to come back early was to let him lead the fleet around the Strait of Magellan and go to Chile!

Looking at the map, you know that it will not be an easy task, and that it will be the longest voyage the Spaniards have ever made on the American continent.

At the current level of remoteness in Central and South America, it is no easier to go north to Chile around the Strait of Magellan than Vasco da Gama to reach India around the Cape of Good Hope. Portugal's expansion was intertwined, and spies visited and inspected the coastlines of India and East Africa, and found out the details of the Indian Ocean region. On the basis of the predecessors, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope is easy to turn into a regular track.

The only basis for Spain's trip is the "Atlas of the World's Tribute Atlas (Anyway, the Ming Empire must be a fine product)". And then there's the navigator's own ability.

But the outlook is also tempting. The copper and natural saltpeter mines of Antofagasta were the first to be acquired. Next, to the north, you can sail over the entire west coast of the New World. To the west, you can cross the Pacific Ocean and reach the "southern continent", Polynesia and the Far East......

"I think you're up to the task of leading this voyage." Ferdinand stared at Columbus.

"If you succeed, in the future, I will support you in sailing westward and truly reaching China and Japan. The South Asian subcontinent will allow the Portuguese to be complacent for the time being, and we can keep East Asian trade for ourselves. ”

"Your Majesty, I will do my best to ensure the success of the voyage!"

Columbus was still full of confidence in this, and the soul of the explorer in him began to burn again......

While the King of Spain and the Italian navigators were discussing their plans for a voyage to Chile, the Indians, the indigenous people of the Americas, still did not know what had happened to the outside world. In particular, the two empires are still developing relatively closed and independent.

The Inca Empire, which is currently conquest and suppression of resistance from the northern natives in Ecuador. Emperor Vayna Capak fell into a vigorous love.

And the Aztec Empire in Mexico, they were also suppressing rebellions.

The monarch of the Aztec Empire once again suppressed, the rebellion of the Tlaxcalas.

It must be used again, because the Aztec Empire, with the Mexican Valley at its core, has been in a cycle of rebellion and repression.

The Aztec Empire was different from the Inca Empire in that the Indian peoples or tribes in this area had greater independence and differences, and the development of the political system of the Aztec Empire was far less than that of the Incas.

Every time the Inca Empire conquered a territory, it had to promote the strict system of the Incas, promote the Inca language, gather the craftsmen and soldiers there, pacify the chiefs and nobles there, admit the children of the nobles to school, intermarry the children of the nobles, send governors to seize power, and levy labor to build roads-

Although in the opinion of Vaina Capac, the road traffic of the Inca Empire was still not smooth, in fact, the national road system of the Inca Empire was definitely the first in Latin America, connecting the entire empire together. Vaina Capac further improved the road network in the north, facilitating traffic from Cusco to the Kingdom of Quito. Unfortunately, this paved the way for two major events, the massive civil war of the Inca Empire for the throne and the Spanish colonial conquest spearheaded by Pizarro.

But as far as the indigenous peoples of the Americas are concerned, the former enemies were quickly assimilated into the subjects of the Inca Empire, so the Inca Empire was able to rapidly expand into a vast empire since the middle of the 15th century, and three emperors succeeded to the throne. While inheriting everything from the previous emperor, who was also his father, he was able to launch new conquests of the surrounding areas, and then assimilate the conquered lands to future generations.

And the monarch of the Aztec Empire, he did not have such good luck. First of all, there is no stable order of their monarchy succession itself, and it mainly depends on who has high personal qualities and who inherits the throne.

This personal quality actually refers to cultural and martial arts.

To put it bluntly, it is martial arts.

To put it more bluntly, it's war.

The emperors of the Inca Empire must be the sons of the previous emperor and his sister's close relatives, all of whom are pure blood, and are regarded as the incarnation of the sun god Inti, and the whole pope is also the status of the emperor, with a high status of politics and religion.

And the emperor of the Aztec Empire, hehe, if he had not fought several great victories before succeeding to the throne, and could not quickly suppress the resistance of the vanquished after succeeding to the throne, then no one would trust him and respect him. If this emperor was captured by the enemy...... So is he still worthy to be emperor?

So this is the problem of Cortés and Pizarro's different situations, Pizarro captured the Inca emperor and called it a mezza, the Incas obeyed you all the way, and the emperor was also the emperor when he was arrested, so he didn't think about setting up a new king.

And Cortés captured the emperor, and immediately this emperor was no one to respect. This is not the situation of Ming Yingzong, it is not the bigwigs of the empire who think about the country, but a purely primitive concept - the chief has been arrested, and you still have the face to be the chief?

Cortez was not lightly pitted by this question.

However, if your own problems can be pitted by others, the one who will be cheated the most must be yourself-

Because of the Aztec Empire's porous polity, the core kingdom of Tenoztilan could not be stable on its own, and naturally, it was even more ineffective in assimilating and controlling the conquered peoples. In the conquered areas, the Aztecs did not remove their original chieftains, did not change the original system, and let it go as it should.

In this way, it is true that the conquered areas will fall to their knees without fierce resistance, but it is clear that everything they have is still there, so they can start a rebellion at any time, and after the death of the king who has achieved great succession, the beginning of the succession of the new king is a good time for the peoples to start a rebellion.

Therefore, every time there is a change of throne, the vanquished will rebel, and the new monarch must suppress it, and if the suppression is not successful, the son will not be able to keep it, and if it is suppressed, everything will be as usual, and wait until the next emperor succeeds to the throne to continue to complete the process of reconquest to show his ability, and then have the spare strength to expand the new territory......

A "periodic law", a very classic periodic law. The Aztecs were caught in this cycle of death without realizing it, focusing only on the emperor's personal abilities and military exploits, and did not think about why every time the emperor succeeded to the throne, he always had to do the same old things that his predecessor had done many times.

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