While dealing with European issues, Ferdinand also set his sights on the New World, the "Western Territory of the Crown of Castile".

Ferdinand definitely did not treat the New World as a colony, but as a territory, Spain did not have any colonies, only territories!

Ferdinand never let Spain have the concept of a colony from the beginning, and from the time of Columbus's voyage, he called it a "new territory of the West", and did not let the Spanish government and the Spaniards see any place as a colony.

The best way to declare a place as a territory is to establish an administrative structure directly according to the standards of the territory! The establishment of an administrative system is the best way to assert sovereignty, just like the establishment of Sansha City in China, which is much more powerful than all edicts, declarations, treaties, and rulings!

In Ferdinand's hands, there will be no so-called viceroyalty or anything, all of them will have provinces.

On January 1, 1495, Ferdinand officially announced that the "Western Possessions of the Crown of Castile" would first be divided into six provinces: Canada, New York, the West Indies, the United Central American Province, Venezuela, and Brazil.

This was a violation of the Santa Fe Agreement, according to which Columbus was supposed to be vice-king and governor of all newly discovered territories, but such an agreement would be reversed sooner or later, and Ferdinand was not burdened at all.

And Ferdinand also had a strong reason - with the exception of the Caribbean islands, all five other provinces were discovered by His Majesty the King himself! It wasn't discovered by Columbus! This reason is indeed convincing, and it can only be used by Ferdinand himself, but what king would personally go into battle to expand his territory overseas? Oh, the King of Portugal did just that, led his army to attack Morocco in North Africa, and the famous "War of the Three Kings" broke out, which turned out not very good, and he died in battle, and then Spain and Portugal had a union for 60 years.

At this time, Columbus's behavior on Hispaniola Island, especially the high mortality rate of the colonists - in fact, he cannot be blamed, it is the unorganized and undisciplined and greedy of the colonists themselves, but Columbus is the target, whoever let the voyage is led by him, and he boasted about the sea before, naturally there is a big gap - so that a large number of nobles and commoners are dissatisfied with him, especially the family of the deceased, and syphilis began to spread in Spain itself. There were many calls for the abolition of Columbus' monopoly on the administration of the colony. Historically, representatives of the Spanish government would visit the island of Hispaniola this year to announce the abolition of Columbus' monopoly on colonial administration on behalf of the Spanish kings.

Historically, however, Columbus was retained the administration of Hispaniola until he was finally arrested and returned home due to constant accusations and high mortality rates, when Queen Isabella remembered his contribution and pardoned him for all his crimes, but Columbus's privileges in the Santa Fe Accords no longer existed. But Columbus still received money from the royal family, and was a fairly wealthy man on his deathbed, and he deliberately pretended to be a depraved man in the later period (of course, his body did collapse, but his financial situation was quite good) in order to gain historical sympathy, and his descendants have been fighting lawsuits with the Spanish government over the Santa Fe Agreement.

Ferdinand would not allow Columbus to have such a chance to wash his name, and he publicly issued an edict as king, severely condemning Columbus for the blatant rape of a nine-year-old Indian girl on the island of Hispaniola. In the current environment of Columbus's condemnation, and under Ferdinand's deliberate promotion, Columbus's crime of raping underage girls, the responsibility of mismanagement, and the scandal of contracting venereal diseases spread throughout Castile and Aragon, and also spread to Portugal, and people's impression of his character declined, and Columbus no longer wanted to clear his name and give the Spanish government three days and two whole troubles.

Of course, Columbus discovered that although it was the second discovery of America, and of course he now called it "India", after all, he had made an indelible achievement, which Ferdinand would not deny, so Ferdinand still appointed Columbus as the governor of the Caribbean among the six new provinces in the West, that is, the archipelago that Columbus is currently managing and exploring, and sent a representative to inform Columbus of the news.

Columbus was not a good administrator, but the chaos that Isbagiola was like this was due to the lack of control of the colonists and the lack of prestige of Columbus. Columbus was an Italian commoner, and now he has become a high-ranking aristocracy, and the three targets of foreigners, hillbillies, and nouveau riche are properly gathered on him, attracting firepower at all times.

Now Ferdinand appointed Columbus as governor of the West Indies, and sent not only representatives, but also a dozen administrators, who he seriously treated as governors, as well as for the other provinces, and was prepared to govern them as real provinces from the beginning, and not to allow the concept of colonies to appear in the new territories of Spain (the concept of colonies had existed for a long time, as in ancient Greece).

If Columbus could indeed manage Hispaniola well, Ferdinand would have made him governor and sent people to other provinces, but if it was as chaotic as history, Ferdinand would have made him an explorer.

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Although Ferdinand was prepared to treat these six provinces as real territories, these six provinces were still in a very primitive state of "empty shelves", after all, the New World had just been discovered.

Of these, the province of Venezuela was completely empty, except that Ferdinand went south to Brazil, passed through the coast of Venezuela, and proclaimed the establishment of a cross when he was stationed there, and there was not a single Castilian. It is still waiting for the third large-scale expedition to send a detachment.

The province of the West Indies, which encompasses the newly discovered entire West Indies, is currently dominated by Castile control over the eastern part of Hispaniola. The situation on the island is chaotic at the moment, with a large number of colonists dying (syphilis being the main cause) and ongoing wars with the natives. However, the Indians could not fight against the Castilians, even the colonists, who had stabilized the situation and were advancing towards the center of the island.

In addition, thanks to Ferdinand's intervention, the cultivation of sweet potatoes and corn on the island began to spread, and the severe food problem would be greatly alleviated by 1495.

After consulting with Queen Isabella, Ferdinand arranged for three ships to carry government representatives, administrators, and 300 soldiers to Hispaniola to support, a regular Castilian army with good military discipline.

There were only 102 men in the United Provinces of Central America, and they relied on the fortress of Cologne, held out on the Isthmus of Panama, and communicated with the surrounding Indians.

The province of New York is the largest number of troops among the four strongholds established by Ferdinand independently behind Columbus, with more than 1,000 troops forming the cantonment corps, Alonso Córdoba is the prefect of the military and political integration, and is naturally promoted to the governor of New York Province, and now they control the entire territory of New York City in the future, which was bought or exchanged from the Delaware Indians, and Alonso Córdoba is also prepared to provoke the battle of the Iroquois and Drava tribes according to the plan discussed with Ferdinand.

The natural conditions in New York Province were the best, and relations with the Delaware Indians were good, with the cultivation of wheat, rye, and corn, as well as the hunting and breeding of turkeys, and the winters were difficult, but because of the alliance with the Delaware Indians, survival was guaranteed.

The province of Canada, currently controlled by Newfoundland, has a cold climate, but has four advantages. First of all, Fonseca is a master of administration and coordination, and he is very capable of managing the island in an orderly manner. Secondly, there are abundant fishery resources, the Newfoundland fishing grounds on the southeast coast of Newfoundland provide endless cod and herring, there are also large numbers of seals and beavers on the coast, deer and wolves in the forest, and wheat cultivation and animal husbandry can be developed. Again, and it is important to note that the Beoktu had complete trust in the Castilians, to the point of alternating their duties as mayor of Newfoundland, which meant that a real alliance had been formed, in which case it would have been impossible for a natural disaster to wipe out the soldiers of these cantonment regiments. Finally, as ironic as it may sound, one advantage is that Newfoundland is not syphilis. The soldiers of the Cantonment Corps are already very disciplined, and their self-control is also very good, even if they really want to pick up girls in Newfoundland, they can soak casually, and they will not contract venereal diseases like in the West Indies.

Finally, there is the province of Brazil, which has little presence, but the natural environment of the fortress in the Bay of Gabralha is also quite good, the climate is pleasant, the indigenous people are kind, sweet potatoes, corn and peanuts are easily planted, there will be no cold waves, and there will be no heat waves.

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The setting up of the six western provinces has aroused the ridicule of the Portuguese, who are also engaged in colonial business, Ferdinand, that fool, just spread the glory of God, and even want to really set up provinces and send a large number of native officials, just to treat the natives as subjects?

Ferdinand wasn't that stupid, the Indians were negligible if they were obedient, like the stupid ones of the coastal strips, but the powerful tribes that intervened in the revolt, as well as the Aztec and Inca empires, would be destroyed in the fire.

If anyone turns on God's perspective, he will be surprised to find that at the end of 1494, the coastal coast of the entire American continent, the stronghold of the Castilians has stretched from 52 degrees north latitude to 17 degrees south latitude, stretching for 7,700 kilometers, exceeding the north-south distance of the entire European continent, across the northern and southern hemispheres, from the north temperate zone to the tropics, although the total number of people is less than 10,000, but the entire earth, has obviously been changed forever.