When Columbus's fleet on his second voyage had just left the Canary Islands.

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Columbus had a sense of foreboding, and he worried about the fate of the crew left behind. His hunch was correct, but it was too late.

The Castilian fleet reached Hispaniola, the second largest island in the West Indies, with the colonists on the northern shore and the fleet only to the east.

Historically, Columbus's trip was intended to establish permanent colonial rule. So officials, craftsmen, technicians, priests, some means of subsistence and livestock were brought with them, and 1,500 people and large quantities of goods formed a small mobile society.

Columbus established a stronghold in the eastern part of Hispaniola and named Isabella after the Queen. Hispaniola became the base of Castilian expeditions and the earliest colonization. However, the future of Isabella is chaotic.

"Naming this place after Isabella is a shame for her." That's how Ferdinand saw it. Now, those who traveled with Columbus have discovered that it is not as perfect as Columbus portrayed. The humid environment of the tropics is home to a large number of mosquitoes, and Ferdinand almost never leaves his mosquito net fifty meters away. The range of activities of the "second detachment" was also limited to the coast.

Columbus led several ships to the north of the island, and Ferdinand did not intend to continue with him, leaving behind the second detachment, as well as Fonseca. "Fonseca, there is a difficult task that requires you to stay in the northern part of your new territory, and I will soon go north in a while, will you go with me? Tell you first, you might die there. ”

Fonseca was a man who really wanted to make a career, and now was a good opportunity to gain the king's trust, and he felt that he should fight for it. "I'm willing to give everything for you."

"Very well, then tell you some secrets, you must not tell anyone."

Ferdinand said that this sentence seemed to have become an output template, and he copied and pasted it several times, but in fact, he knew it very well.

Spain at the end of the 15th century, to be honest, Ferdinand didn't know much about it. But for domestic politics, it is clear that he has the "Six Principles of Court Affairs".

First, Ferdinand's court, except for Louis de Santon, the treasurer of the inner court, and Tomás de Torquemada, the religious confessor and inquisition, the others were basically scum.

Second, what if there are not enough court talents? Isabella was the right to borrow it. Like Isaac, like Alonso, like Fonseca, like Gonzalo, like Cisneros...... Anyway, what can be used is basically borrowed from Castile, and if you lose face, you will lose face, there is no way.

Third, except for the major events in which he personally intervened, everything else was thrown to Queen Isabella, which was absolutely not wrong.

Fourth, the church in Spain is trustworthy, of good character, and obedient, and needs to beware of the dirty water of Rome.

Fifth, most of the secrets can be told to the loyal subjects you know in history - all of them are die-hard fans, and they are extremely capable, either surrendering their military powers, bravely dedicating themselves, or going to North Africa (Sisneros) at the age of seventy-three.

Sixth, Juana is very obedient, basically listens to everything, and will not have an opinion as a puppet. Although it is a bit immoral to say this, it is really good from the perspective of grasping power, after all, Castile is the main body, and controls the entire New World, and the monarch of Aragon wants to completely control Castile, either the Castilian monarch is "mentally ill", or the other party is absolutely obedient to himself, otherwise the country will not be stable.

Ferdinand couldn't do anything about the original owner's psychotic methods, but Juana did completely listen to himself and eliminated the hidden danger in this regard.

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Ferdinand currently told the people in the New World that he had "known before", and they were famous, surnamed, and disciplined, so he was not worried about leaks.

"This part of the New World, north of 49 degrees north latitude, east of 141 degrees west longitude, west of Greenland, between the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, 3.85 million square miles of vast land, is under the jurisdiction of you, the Premier of Canada, and you are also the Minister of State for the Western Territories, and you are responsible for the general affairs of the New World. But now, you're in charge of buying a small island from the natives and staying farther north on a large island in Canada for more than four years. ”

"I'll get the job done."

"Let you develop diplomatic relations on this island, what will you consider......"

"Reassuring indigenous ......"

"Yes, don't provoke them, but you have more important diplomatic work to do."

Ferdinand took out a letter and handed it to Fonseca.

"In 1497 it was given to the emissary of the King of England."

Ferdinand looked at Fonseca's face with a look of surprise on his face.

"So I'll let you go, the King of England is trivial, and Henry VII can still speak. In the future, you will have to send away the unfriendly French, and I have not prepared a letter for the King of France. ”

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The town of Isabella was already in trouble, many people were sick and infected, and the supplies brought from Castile were already scarce - of course, due to the extravagance of the nobles. Food is hard to find and extremely difficult to eat, which of course has something to do with the spoilage of the aristocracy.

"How delicious are roasted sweet potatoes, even if they don't taste good, they won't be swallowed?" Ferdinand tasted the delicacies of the New World while contemplating what had happened.

"At this time, they haven't realized the high yield of corn and sweet potatoes, right? It didn't even occur to think of eating them. And they can't put down their bodies to work, and many people die like this, right? Oh, and syphilis, except for single dogs...... Ferdinand roughly analyzed the reason, because Mawson had already come to him to complain, and a nobleman like himself had to look for food everywhere.

Despite Ferdinand's contempt, it appears from Mawson's performance that they did not yet know that they could grow corn sweet potatoes, and that they could be eaten. Some people are willing to work only to sow the wheat seeds they bring.

Quietly hiding half a sweet potato, Ferdinand asked, "Why don't you go and plant wheat?" ”

"Your Majesty, you can't harvest wheat now." This is true, yet Ferdinand knew that his focus was not there.

"Besides, we are all nobles, how can we do such a vulgar and lowly profession?"

"Sure enough, I knew you weren't too lazy to get home." Ferdinand sneered mercilessly, and Mawson's face turned the color of pork liver.

"Do those aristocratic sailors have the idea of mutiny?" Ferdinand continued to hit hard.

"No, we ...... No, it's them...... How dare they ......" Mawson's face suddenly turned white with fright.

"You'd better warn them, you know, I have over 2,700 fighters, they're 3 to 1 (Columbus took some with them) and the weapons are much better than these guys, and they're perfectly equipped for a massacre."

"No, Your Majesty, they really don't dare!" Mawson finally made his words clear. He replied categorically.

"They really don't dare." Ferdinand knew that one reason for the mutiny of the sailors was that the conditions were not good, the other was to look down on Columbus, and the third reason was that they were far from home, and those big men with great prestige and could control the scene were not there. Historically, three ships have fled back to Ferdinand to report and ask for punishment for Columbus.

But now that Ferdinand himself was here, and the king was present, and the king had a powerful armed force in his hands, the sailors naturally did not dare to mutiny, because then it would not be a simple mutiny, but a blatant rebellion.

"But it's hard to say when I'm gone, but I don't want to care about the mess at that time." Ferdinand casually spread his hands, then waved his hand and sent Mawson away.

"Alonso, let the men of the second detachment go ashore, this time allow to go a little further inland, and also to make contact with the Indians, looking for corn and sweet potatoes, peppers, especially sweet potatoes as much as possible from the natives, do not take wild sweet potatoes, wild sweet potatoes are not very productive. Have a good attitude and be fast. Glass beads, even small gems, don't be stingy, we are running out of time, and the proud soldiers of Columbus will soon make big news. ”

Alonso was not so pessimistic about the situation: "Your Majesty, I see that the sailors and soldiers are quite peaceful, the nobles have not made any changes, and they have not provoked the natives. ”

"Nonsense!" Ferdinand had a look of hatred that could not be made of steel, "The King of Aragon is still here!" The status is countless levels higher than theirs, how dare they do things? When we're gone, they're sure they're going to be upside down! "The king's presence in person to do micro-exercises is also hard enough, but Ferdinand can't keep them in charge all the time.

"I don't have the energy to waste time on them, we leave as soon as Christmas is over, and we must collect enough corn, peppers, and sweet potatoes, which are high-yielding crops that can change the world."

Ferdinand suddenly remembered something: "Oh, Fonseca, the galleon and the small fishing boat carried on the big fishing boat are all right?" Fishing gear is all right? ”

Fonseca said: "Yes, there is no problem. Your Majesty, is there really a super fishing ground that you said has been sealed for thousands of years? ”

Ferdinand's ship was a small Galen, but the other ships were large Clark galleons, much higher than the average of Columbus's fleet, but only 3,000 people were carried, except for more supplies, the rest was to bring fishing gear, and stuffed a lot of small fishing boats, don't doubt that small fishing boats are not used on top, Newfoundland tradition is like this.

"Not only for a thousand years, but more than 10,000 years. Oh, Father Torquemada, His Holiness will be pleased, and with our Bishop of Mendoza, the Church can solve the problem of what to eat. In the future, you will be able to feast on fasting days. ”

The Catholic Church forbids meat on fasting days, and although it is of little use to His Holiness the Pope and the archbishops of Rome, the pious clergy are skinny and skinny. For example, Torquemada, Cisneros, and Mendoza, these three are of great status, but they are all slender and long, because they are very religious, and they will go hungry on the day of fasting (more than 50 days a year). Whereas, fish is allowed to be eaten.

"So, Fonseca, your task is very high, the Newfoundland fishery can feed the whole of Europe, and you have to stop the whole of Europe from coveting. In addition, fishery resources should also be protected, and when the fishing moratorium arrives, the fishing will be suspended when it should be suspended. Of course, confidentiality is also required. Ferdinand said solemnly.

Fonseca nodded: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as soon as I get there, there will be a serious moratorium!" ”

"Alas! Don't be stupid! Ferdinand said helplessly.

"Do you know how bad the environment has been in the past four years? The lives of the people left behind are threatened at any time, and you still want to suspend fishing? Catch as much as you want, hundreds of you have to stick to the desert island alone, and food must be guaranteed! ”

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In the town of Isabella, the situation of members of Columbus's direct fleet worsened, and the Castilians had to eat dog meat and reptiles to survive, but half of them were still on the verge of starvation. Of course, the Indians were not in a good situation, they were infected with all kinds of infectious diseases brought by the Europeans. smallpox, measles, cholera, typhoid, plague...... There were dead bodies everywhere, and the stench was terrible.

When Columbus arrived in the village of Christmas, he found the last thing he wanted to see: the settlers had all died, probably killed the previous month, and a dozen corpses had been abandoned in the scorching sun. What's even more terrifying is that the eyes of the dead were gouged out and the village was burned.

Columbus brought in the chieftain, whom he had once found very friendly, and by this time there were already Indians and Castilians who could act as interpreters between the natives and the Castilians.

The chief stood there dumbfounded, besetting himself as if he didn't know anything. This made the others even more suspicious and pressed harshly.

The chief then made a lame performance, covering his left leg with his hand, groaning, pretending that his leg was wounded, and trying to slip away.

It's easy to see through this scam. “TMD！” Someone shouted angrily, Castilian, of course.

Many people demanded that the chief be punished, but Columbus thought that the chief should not be killed until the truth was known, otherwise the natives of the island might come to them for trouble.

In the end, the truth surfaced, and the blame was on the side of the European colonizers.

After Columbus left, 39 settlers quickly went to loot food and women from the Indians, and when supplies were plentiful. The Europeans robbed each of the four or five Indian women, found some more gold, and then fought among themselves over it......

The chieftain could not restrain the discontent of all his tribes, and he himself was very upset, so an Indian tribe attacked the settlers, and in the end none of them remained.

Columbus did not embarrass the chieftain in the end, but the Castilians who came with him were even more dissatisfied with Columbus, who saw Columbus as a sign of weakness and incompetence and abandonment of the lives of his crew by allowing the natives to kill their fellow citizens. Even some missionaries wanted Columbus to take a hard line. Although Queen Isabella had asked him to be kind to the natives.

While Columbus was in trouble, a large number of Ferdinand's troops, led by Juan de la Cossa and Amerigo Vespucci, were about to set out on 26 December.

On the night of December 24, Ferdinand and others spent the first Christmas night in the New World on the Pelican.

Ferdinand did not give Juana a gift this time. "The gift is the whole New World."

Juan de la Cossa and Amerigo Vespucci are finally told the secrets of the New World.

Of course, Ferdinand did not say everything about them, but said that it was the result of his "inference".

Yes, there were already many people in Europe who were beginning to doubt at this time, only doubts, of course, and Ferdinand turned doubts into affirmations.

Amerigo was naturally the most ecstatic. Needless to say, Ferdinand promised to name the New World "America" as long as he worked hard for himself. It's just a matter of habit, but it's definitely the greatest honor of life for this Italian navigator.

Juan was a little depressed, after all, he was the commander, and Ferdinand comforted him by saying that he would name a river, the "San Juan River", in the middle of the new territory.

December 26th, of course, is the day when turkey is not eaten. Ferdinand's fleet prayed to God and set sail for the north.

By the way, forget a great man.

“Chairman-Mao-is-always-living-in-our-hearts.”

Why did Your Majesty suddenly speak in the English language? Everyone present was puzzled. Later, this became another anecdote about the chairman, and it is a true and reliable historical record.