"What? Are you saying that volcanic ash can double the yield of food?" Ferdinand II and Juan III stood up from their chairs in surprise.

Alan shook her head and said:

"It's still a little bit closer to doubling, but it's also close. This is the conclusion drawn by the royal estates in Provence!"

Ferdinand II paced back and forth uneasyly on the edge of the throne, and asked:

"How to prove the authenticity of your statement? Also, what does this have to do with the life and death of Spain?"

Alan said without hesitation:

"This is simple. At this moment, your Majesty, you will find out if you send someone to Mount Vesuvius in Naples. The French must be digging volcanic ash now. As for the relationship between life and death and death with Spain, it is very simple. If the French royal territory is full of volcanic ash, resulting in a surge in grain production, His Majesty Louis XII will have the ability to support 100,000 troops or even more. At that time, if the French army attacks the Spanish mainland, can you stop it? Therefore, I said that this is related to the life and death of Spain!"

After hearing Alan's words, Ferdinand II and Juan III's faces became extremely ugly. Ferdinand II took a deep breath and said:

"You go down first, I will send someone to Naples to verify. If you say it's right, your knight title and the manor will not be able to escape!"

...

Although Spain was defeated this time, it still firmly controlled the maritime power in the Mediterranean, and the French were just crossing the land. Even the two small islands outside the Bay of Naples - Capri and Ischia - were under the control of the Spanish.

Inquiry was actually very simple. Ferdinand II sent someone to release the pigeons to contact Sicily and ordered them to inquire. Sicily sent another pigeon to contact Capri. Then, Capri sent a ship to reconnaissance near the coast, and found that the French were driving a large number of Spanish prisoners of war (mainly those civilians) to dig the soil at the foot of Mount Vesuvius near the seaside and loaded it away. It seemed that the scale was very large...

After receiving the accurate reward, the father and son Ferdinand II and Juan III looked even more ugly...

"Father, what should we do now? If it is true that as Alan said, the French King Louis XII has food to support a hundred thousand troops, I am afraid that we will not be able to withstand it then..."

"I know..." Ferdinand II continued after breathing a sigh of relief; "What I am thinking about now is how to apologize to Gonzalo. But I am a little embarrassed..." Ferdinand II's face looked a little ugly.

At the beginning, the famous general Gonzalo de Cordoba was transferred from Italy, but he gave an order himself. Now, if you want to fight against the French, you may have to invite Gonzalo de Cordoba back. However, if you want to invite Gonzalo de Cordoba back, you always have to give an explanation, which made Ferdinand II feel very embarrassed...

At this moment, the Queen of Juan III, who had been beside him, suddenly spoke:

"Father, you can blame all your fault on Duke Cabrera. At the beginning, I heard that he was the one who took the lead in slandering General Gonzalo, and many people knew about this. Moreover, he was the leader of the defeat this time. As long as you insist that you were bewitched by Duke Cabrera at that time, it will not affect your reputation."

After hearing this, Ferdinand II looked very happy. For the European nobles of this era, face is very important. Even the knights would shout "Honor is my life." Therefore, it is indeed a good idea to turn the blame on Cabrera.

But he hesitated again:

"Isn't this good? After all, Cabrera is a duke. If he insists on not pleading guilty, I will be helpless."

Cabrera is a famous and difficult politician in Spain, and is the best at quibbling. Moreover, this guy is a duke, and Ferdinand II can't do anything about him. If this guy insists that it is not his responsibility and then pushes Ferdinand II, Ferdinand II will be helpless. After all, in the European kingdom, the monarch is not as inviolable as the Chinese emperor. With a temper, it is not new to the duke and the past. In terms of quarrels, Ferdinand II is not as good as a quarrel master. Cabrera... If he loses a quarrel, it will not only be embarrassing, but also take responsibility...

Queen Margaret thought about it and said decisively:

"If you are worried about Cabrera's random words, then you can send a boat to Sicily to pick him up back to Barcelona, ​​because of asking about the reason for the defeat..."

"Isn't this letting him come back and quarrel with me?" Boss Ferdinand II reluctantly.

"No, he didn't have the chance to come back and quarrel with you. During the voyage, we can let Cabrera 'death suicide'... In this way, he will take all the responsibility..."

Ferdinand II was surprised:

"You want me to kill a duke in the middle? This will rebel those great nobles in Spain!"

Austrian Margaret shook her head and said:

"No, Spain was defeated to its mortal enemy France this time, and there was always someone responsible. But the person in charge was definitely not your father. So, it was only Duke Cabrera. Moreover, I heard that Duke Domingo and the other three counts had a bad relationship with Duke Cabrera when they were in Naples. We can secretly say hello to them, and then, unify the caliber and push all the mistakes to Duke Cabrera..."

"We usually want to move a great nobleman and will definitely cause a strong backlash, but at this critical moment, all Spain needs confidence and fig leaf. Obviously, letting the Duke of Cabrella admit all responsibilities alone is the best explanation to all parties. Therefore, it will not cause a strong backlash."

Ferdinand II hesitated for a long time and finally accepted the advice of his daughter-in-law Margaret.

He then sent the Clippers to Sicily, picked up the Duke of Cabrella back, and accepted inquiries from the Aragonese nobles and the Castile nobles.

Ten days later, the Clippers arrived in Sicily. Duke Cabrella, who received the order, was surprised, but he was prepared for it. What he feared most was that Ferdinand II directly ordered him to be arrested, which would make him difficult to argue.

However, if he went back to explain to the Aragon Kingdom nobles' Council... in terms of eloquence, he had never been afraid of anyone...

So, Duke Cabrella took several guards with his head held high and stood up on the Clippers, preparing to go back to defend himself.

On the boat, Cabrera conceived countless drafts in her mind and prepared to fight against the heroes. However, he did not expect that - he had no intention of letting him speak...

When the ship passed by Mallorca, the captain who was very respectful to Cabrera purchased a barrel of whiskey from the North Sea from the shore and dedicated it to the drinking Duke of Cabrera and his men.

That night, Duke Cabrella and his guards got drunk. Then, after the ship left Mallorca, the crew threw several guards of Duke Cabrella into the sea, and then placed the drunk Duke Cabrella on the rope that had been prepared in the cabin, pretending to be hanging himself...
Chapter completed!