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On the morning of September 25, 1495, at the mouth of a fjord in southwestern Greenland, the temperature was only a few degrees Celsius, and the coastal lowlands were covered with frosty meadows.

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Outside the fjord, seven sailing ships of different sizes and styles are slowly approaching.

Four of them, 500-ton Galen ships produced by the Aragon Valencia shipyard, used the inter-generational technology of His Majesty the Great Ferdinand.

The other three are "early spring ships" built by Muscovy, which are not advanced but are very suitable for sailing in the icy waters of the far north. The Russians seem to have a problem with their weapons, the technology is not enough, so they have to apply a lot of practical designs, and they are very smart when the opponent's industrial scale cannot be compared (or the pursuit of being tall and unextricable), and it will not work when the industrial scale and technology are stronger, of course, the opponent is stronger and the winning rate is low.

In short, it can be described as a classic high-low and low-end combination, like the combination of F-15 and F-16...... Of course, this is not due to the subjective wishes of their respective owners.

The first expedition of poor Muscovy was strangled by the malicious Ferdinand and his eagle dogs and lackeys on the northern island of Europe, the North Cape, before they had time to make a mark.

It's really sad and lamentable!

When Ferdinand got the news (which he didn't get at the time, but he believed it would work), he must have clapped his hands and laughed.

Ferdinand's eagle dogs, on the other hand, felt ...... I want to cry without tears!

Having just left North Cape, they sailed for more than half a month to Greenland, the world's largest island in the northwest of the Americas. Along the way, the wind and clouds changed, and the waves were undulating, but they were extremely uneasy.

Wait, is there something wrong with this?_??

Greenland, isn't it a Danish-Norwegian colony?

True, in 1261, Greenland became a colony of Norway. At that time, Greenland was so prosperous that even the Pope sent people to collect taxes in the diocese (what kind of spirit is this?). ）…… In 1380, Greenland became a joint Danish-Norwegian colony with the union of Denmark and Norway, and in 1397 it became part of the Kalmar League...... It seems to have further consolidated the fact that Greenland is part of the Nordic countries.

However, it is true that sovereignty belongs to Denmark-Norway, but now it is ...... Norse ...... in Greenland

All, dead, light, over!

That's right, it's all dead!

Everyone is dead, what sovereignty is there to talk about?

It is said that a few decades later, in the first to mid-16th century, a spontaneous group of Norwegians would come here and then die again, and that's how bad it is.

So will they come back? Yes, by 1721!

Gotthob, the capital of Greenland today, (from a European standpoint, with this official name. The Greenlandic word is Nuuk), which is the legend of the Sagas used by Lutheran missionaries in Norway in 1721 (isn't this a bit of a problem?_???) Attracted the Danish-Norwegian king to grant colonial permission (people were dead and people were not interested) to come here again.

This time, the Norwegians learned wisely, abandoned their fine tradition of self-reliance and hard work, and instead found an Inuit tribe in the area of Gothhob, and used the holy light of God to fool this tribe (it seems that there are always some places where the big flicker is very good), and then used this tribe as a basis to develop a town in three years, after all, the bitter cold land is not everyone likes to come.

The Norwegians and Danes were a bit of a discipline, did not persecute the natives, but treated them equally and coexisted peacefully, however...... In 1733, there was an epidemic of smallpox in Gotthob, and despite the temperance of the Danes and Norwegians, the Inuit, who were not strong enough to resist, died a lot, and were better off than the Indians...... Of course, the festival can sometimes be useful, and today Greenland, with a high degree of self-government, has not gained independence from Denmark. However, the Norwegians were tragic, the Danes merged all the Norwegian colonies into their side very undisciplinedly, and then they were defeated by Sweden and ceded Norway to the other side, which was actually equivalent to Norway being dismembered.

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In any case, since all the Nordics are dead, Ferdinand laughed at it and decided to take Greenland into his pocket, after all, it is also part of the Americas, and Ferdinand, who is a bit obsessive-compulsive, always finds it very exciting to control an entire continent!

As for how to do it? Just rely on the four ships of the Principality of Moscow to intercept more than 200 people, and after the Russians are settled, there is no need to return to the sea, and go directly to the development of Greenland.

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So, the flotilla that wanted to cry without tears, according to the map and nautical charts of His Majesty the King, arrived in the southwest fjords of Greenland, which had the potential of a good harbor, and set foot on the meadows of the southwest coast of Greenland. It is a concern for some Inuit who operate by the sea, as no Norsemen have previously penetrated into Gotthob on the southwest coast of Greenland, even though it is the future capital of Greenland.

Greenland, this very deceptive name is named after the fertile green meadows of the southwest coast, but this is enough, after all, Greenland's population is concentrated on the southwest coast, who has nothing to do to go inland! And going deep inland is also a high mortality rate.

But how can these Spaniards who arrived in Greenland guarantee that they would not die in Greenland, as the Norsemen did?

Ferdinand had his own recipe.

First of all, Gotthob has the geographical advantage of being located very far north, but in fact, due to the influence of the Greenland Current, it is an ice-free port, like those places in Narvik and Murmansk! The surrounding sea is also not frozen, and there is pasture on land. Don't worry about it in summer, as for winter, you can also fish at worst and try to catch a little prey in the snow. In addition, some of the food from Newfoundland can also be supplied to Greenland.

And there is no polar night in Gotthob, and on the day of the winter solstice, you can see the sun for at least an hour, and the moon is a regular on the horizon.

Secondly, drawing on the useful experience of the Norwegians, according to the instructions of His Majesty the King, as soon as the gang came ashore, they asked the natives for directions in the surroundings, and found a relatively large Inuit tribe nearby, and then they performed the great trick, and the priests who accompanied the ship beat their spirits, trembling and waving the cross and the Bible, and the primitive faith of animism was difficult to resist in the face of strict religion, and the Inuit soon fell to the ground, shouting Amen, and bowing down at the feet of our Lord.

Of course, the Inuit also accepted the Spanish expeditions, provided them with shelter and food such as fish and seals, and exchanged stained glass beads with them, which were necessary for the Great Flickering Technique, which had not changed for a hundred years, and sent some young men every day to help the Europeans build those strange wooden buildings...... With the help of the simple and kind Inuit, the Spaniards had no problem surviving this winter.

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