The Plan

Just as the French north of the Pyrenees were being tortured half to death by floods, Spain was struck by a once-in-a-century drought.

The relentless, abnormal drought dried up rivers and lakes. The Spaniards had only just finished their war, and already they were taking up arms again.

Water was scarce, crops withered, and people and livestock kept dying from the heat. In a country still dominated by agriculture, such a calamity was practically the end of the world.

At this time, Spain's Regency Council was made up of a group of merchants and a group of priests who had turned into merchants. In the face of disaster, all they cared about was whether they could collect the autumn taxes.

As for actually doing something, the Kingdom of Spain had been getting by this way for centuries. Wasn't it better to drink a hot cup of coffee in an ice cellar?

The Queen Regent only cared about fooling around with her lovers, while the underage Isabella II had already been completely brainwashed by the religious charlatans and turned into a fanatical believer.

She firmly believed in the "divinity" of royal authority. Whenever someone offered her advice, Isabella II's first reaction was that they should be executed.

From one perspective, the divine right of kings was even more reactionary than the divine mandate of kings. But naturally, such a monarch had the full support of the Church, while the suffering of ordinary people was something its members chose to ignore.

With no other choice, people began flocking to churches to pray for God's help. Officials also held all kinds of religious ceremonies, taking the opportunity to draw closer to the Church. After all, officials were the most keenly perceptive creatures in the world.

Perhaps Heaven really had been moved. A vast