"Wealth, status, glory..."

Jose's heart was like a knife cut. A few years ago, he was a high-spirited upstart, especially when he ascended to the throne of the Governor of New Spain, his family was proud of him, and he was even more confident. He felt that from the rise of him, his family would inevitably become an important figure in the Kingdom of Spain and even the entire European aristocratic circle.

But now everything is like a bubble. With the loss of Luzon and the destruction of the Golden Fleet, Jose knew very well what his result was. Thinking of this, Jose looked very miserable. He grabbed a bottle of wine next to him, and poured the valuable wine directly into his mouth like a drunkard mingling in a tavern. Even a lot of wine flowed out of the corner of his mouth because he was anxious to drink.

"Didn't you just force me to die? Haha! Haha!" He threw the empty wine bottle out with force. The wine bottle hit the wall and became shattered in an instant. Jose suddenly burst into laughter, but the laughter quickly turned into a cry again. The governor of New Spain actually started to cry like a helpless child.

"Your Mightiness……?"

In the small living room not far away, two people sat silently, one of whom was General Diaz, a senior general of the New Spanish colony and one of the main assistants of the Governor, but now he was as nervous as an ordinary soldier.

The sound from there was still vaguely. It had been a whole night since last night, but the governor still seemed to have not stopped. General Diaz accompanied the messenger coming from the local area, the Earl Julio who was sitting in front of him, also sat here for a whole night.

Compared to General Diaz who was a little restless, Earl Julio had a relaxed expression. He closed his eyes slightly and sat there quietly without any movement. When he heard General Diaz's inquiry, he opened his eyes and looked at the other party, but closed his eyes without saying anything.

Gwed hard, General Diaz didn't dare to continue asking again, and could only wait with a slight headache. He didn't know how long he had been waiting. After a louder roar with anger than before came from the side where the governor was, the sound soon disappeared and everything returned to tranquility.

About ten minutes later, Earl Julio opened his eyes again. He raised his hand and waved towards the distance in a quiet manner. An officer waiting more than ten meters away quickly walked up and stood respectfully on his side.

"See our Governor." Earl Julio ordered in a cold and cold voice.

The officer responded and walked quickly towards Jose. After about a few minutes, the officer returned, with no change in his face, and said, "Your Excellency, the Governor, have returned to God's arms."

"This is really a pity." Julio was not surprised at all, and raised his hand and drew a cross on his chest. This posture made General Diaz feel cold on his back.

When Julio's eyes looked at General Diaz, General Diaz suddenly reacted and quickly made a cross in panic, saying "Amen".

The body of Jose, General Diaz, who had not seen Jose's body, had been removed from office and died, had no meaning to others. Even for General Diaz, or officials at all levels of the Governor General of New Spain, Jose's death was not a bad thing, either for them, or for Jose himself and his family.

Therefore, everyone knows that if Jose returns to his country, his fate will be bleak. Although the king will not kill him directly, it is certain that he will judge and deprive him of his noble title. The loss of important colonies in the Far East, coupled with the destruction of the entire golden fleet, such a big incident has aroused the anger of the entire Spanish kingdom, and some people even shouted the slogan of hanging Jose in their homeland.

In this case, Jose's fate can be said to be destined. Especially for the nobles, peeling off their titles and becoming civilians is simply unacceptable than killing him. Once the nobles' identity is lost, it means that Jose's family will never be able to turn over again. Now Jose has made a decision in this way. Although it is miserable, it is not a bad thing for his family and future generations.

This is also the path Jose chose after despair. His death also allowed others to escape from this vortex. In other words, Jose used his life to preserve many people, and at the same time gave the kingdom an explanation.

How the corpse was restrained and how to handle the funeral, there were naturally others to do this. Earl Julio stood up and signaled General Diaz to follow him. General Diaz hurriedly followed him, and the two went down the first floor and came to the conference room that originally belonged to the governor.

"Your Mightiness……."

Sitting down nervously, General Diaz looked up at Earl Julio who was sitting in the main seat, and did not dare to let out a sigh.

"Before His Majesty the King has not officially appointed the new governor, you will temporarily act as the governor in the New Spanish colony." When Earl Julio said this, General Diaz was shocked, with incredible and uncontrollable surprise in his eyes.

"Thank you His Majesty the King and Your Excellency for your kindness..."

General Diaz was about to say a few plain words to please the great nobleman in front of him, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the other party.

"Jose, as the governor of New Spain, put all hope on the French, not only allowed the colonial army in the New World to participate in the war with the Ming Empire without authorization. It is also because of this war that the Ming Empire launched strong revenge on the Spanish Kingdom!"

Earl Julio's eyes were cold and did not hide his disgust and contempt for the dead Jose: "The reason for the outbreak of the Luzon War was in the New World. In order to aspire to the Kingdom of Spain, the Ming Empire even wooed Britain, Portugal, and the Netherlands in the Far East at the same time, which destroyed the Spanish Kingdom's operations in the Far East for a hundred years. Now, all European countries are showing gloating reactions to our loss of Luzon, and some countries are even calling us fools, even France, without any response to His Majesty's request for help, and put on an indifferent expression."
Chapter completed!