I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 277 The King's Parent-Child Time (3)

Ludwig I had secretly discussed with Louis XIV that before the end of the war with the Ottoman Turks, Louis would transport weapons and armaments through the Baltic Sea controlled by Sweden to the Polish Royal Guard. The members of the Council of Mu must have been looking forward to seeing their new king devastated and exhausted in the war with the Ottoman Turks - or stumbled in the war so they could make another fortune from another new Polish king .

The two thousand soldiers of the new king did not attract their attention at all. This is the number of soldiers in the army of any great nobleman. With the bribe of Kongdai, they recruited forty thousand from the Cossacks alone, and three more. Fifteen thousand winged cavalrymen, of course, these soldiers would not be handed over to Ludwig I, but his son Henry, as an upstart, became the commander of a winged cavalry regiment. This regiment had four. The company, each with four hundred cavalry, also had sixteen hundred men for him to command. According to tradition, this regiment was named Henry's regiment, and it would be dispatched in a few days, even one step earlier than his father.

  Louis XIV slowly pinched the wooden villain. This is Poland on the outside, but what about the world inside?

Poland’s special past and regionality are also involved here. Poland’s religious tolerance is extremely famous in any country in Europa. Before the Roman Church tried to unify Poland’s beliefs, Poland, from nobles to commoners, had Orthodox, Ottoman Turkish sects, Christian believers and youtai people, even if they are not harmonious, at least they can be said to be non-aggressive. Before the Polish king officially converted, he even married a youtai woman and made many laws for her that were beneficial to the youtai people.

It can even be said that the culprit behind the debilitating flood period for Poland was the Church of Rome. Because the Church wanted to share the same faith, Sweden, Russia and the Ottoman Turks had an excuse to invade Poland in order to protect the people of the same faith. Before that, Shilachita in Poland was originally only some small and medium nobles, unable to compete with the king. Who knew that once the big nobles who originally believed in the Orthodox Church were converted, they would step into the center of the Sejm council and directly compete with the king. Confrontation - which ended up being this ridiculous and tragic situation.

   But compared to the beliefs that Poland once had, its inner world is more complicated. Because Poland is a very ancient region in the human world, it can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age in 700 BC, and then it was a long primitive communal society. It was even invaded by the Mongols, that is, the Tatars, who brought their beliefs here.

Although they are called wizards, servants of pagans and devils, but unlike the wizards in France, England or Italy, the wizards in Poland are not all descendants of Merlin, but priests, elders and shamans left over from mixed beliefs , they deeply disliked the nobles and kings of Poland, because to them, these Christians were pagans - this kind of thinking has always kept the inner world and the outer world of Poland deeply separated. In addition, Poland's peculiar There is no way for these wizards to gain trust or to trust a king who will be replaced at some point, and who may not necessarily have an heir, and certainly cannot occupy a place in the royal family.

To make matters worse, the inner world of Poland is in Livonia, an ill-fated place once occupied by Denmark, the Teutonic Knights, Poland-Lithuania, and now Sweden. It is conceivable that, in order to compete for this important Baltic sea export, Haikou, how many wars have broken out here.

Just like Gayola, the world of Italian wizards, the Polish world is also a territory separated by magic from wizards and magical creatures—and unlike Gayola, the Polish world is in a wasteland near the Gulf of Finland It is the only way for Sweden to Livonia. It may be able to cover the eyes of mortals once or twice, but when Sweden officially becomes the master of Livonia, it is like Louis to Flanders. What he did, Karl X, as the ruler, would also investigate and clean up his new territory... The wizards had to shrink the scope of the inner world again and again, some wizards left, and some wizards entered Zmich's territory , which is one of the reasons why Amon is angry.

If Ludwig I was just a puppet, then Louis wouldn't have to worry, but Prince Condé was willing to give up the French foundation and gamble, not for an empty title, an uninherited throne, and Louis didn't want to either Prince Condé and his eldest son are both brave and keen generals. Louis once envy Cromwell, the British protector, because the generals under Cromwell can be used by him to guard the eleventh of the United Kingdom. One military district, one per region—what kind of luxury is this? ! Even now, many young and promising generals have emerged in the war between Holland and Flanders, but compared to their experience and experience, they are still unable to compare with veteran generals like Kong Dai. Make multiple names on the list of monarchs in Schlachta, Poland!

   But with Louis in front of him, Ludwig I would not turn a blind eye to those Extraordinary people or hear them.

   I just hope that Amon can be more powerful.

At this time, the king felt that his knee was lightly touched, and few people dared to interrupt him when the king was thinking. He looked down and saw that the grand county master was hurriedly dragging the little Duke of Angie back, the little Duke of Angie. Just beginning to learn to speak, or rather, to live like a man instead of a young beast, he didn't understand why the sudden silence was, and when the grand county master didn't pay attention, he rushed over to grab the king's feet.

Louis pinched Ludvik I's villain and placed it beside Sobieski without hesitation, and made them lean against each other, "Now Ludvik I should have come to Sobieski's side, So what do you think we should do?"

   Duke Colonna thought for a while: "Should we make some gestures?"

"What gesture?" Louis looked at him encouragingly, and after a pause of a few seconds, the Duke of Colonna said boldly: "We should probably mobilize the army, send a letter, to Leopold I, and the Serb of Poland. The Council of Mu, I mean, it can both..." He was obviously thinking: "An answer to the Church of Rome, and it can also force the Polish Schlachta and the great nobles to drive the Ottoman Turks out as soon as possible."

"You don't have to say it so politely," the Duke of Orleans pouted: "We all know what's going on with the Roman Church, but you're right, little Lucy, your father and I are preparing to mobilize some soldiers to Lorraine. With Alsace, after all, the Pope's decree was sent to France, but Leopold I and the Elector of Saxony may not be pleased."

"Those Polish nobles will not." Louis said lightly: "But the Duke of Colonna is right, we only need to pose." In these years, at least three years, the king will not initiate or be attacked. Forced to start a war, after annexing Flanders and parts of the Netherlands, what they need is recuperation. The spoils and rewards that the soldiers plundered from the war need to be realized, become food and clothing for the family, and become the roof. Tiles and cattle in the fields; merchants will be reunited, and Louis was desperate to get Amsterdam, precisely because it was the largest financial center in Europa, although Louis had already prepared to move this center to Paris, but the credibility it has built up over the centuries is not so easily taken away.

The king's officials had to take over all the government and commerce of Amsterdam at the same time - such an odd part-time job had never happened, because many projects in the financial industry were sinful according to Catholic teaching - but the blood of Amsterdam was to be drawn as quickly as possible. To Paris, that's all.

   "I know that Mrs. Montespan is buying a lot of Polish wheat." The grand shire lord said suddenly, "and she has contacted a lot of people, and even held several dances and banquets for this.". As she said that, she bowed her head shyly in the eyes of the Duke of Orleans: "I know because my mother is one of them." The Duchess of Orleans, perhaps because of the previous incident, was ashamed of her daughter, so she promised her daughter, When the proceeds of this transaction came in, she made a custom diamond crown for her. Although the princess likes diamonds like other noble girls, she is still happy with the kindness shown by her mother to her.

  The Duke of Orleans didn't speak, so why ruin the child's sweet dreams? Besides, the Duchess of Orleans is not bad, she just underestimated the importance of the children to him and the king.

  The king grabbed a handful of wheat and piled up a yellow hill beside each of the little people representing Shirachita. "Then does anyone know why we're buying wheat?"

"Food is important at all times, especially in times of war," said Dauphin Louis. The king still remembers the famine that spread from Paris during the Frond riots, and the local nobles and armies who had prepared reserves for the war. , while scavenging for food, it is also scavenging for troops. In the winter of the first year there is the accumulation of the previous year, people scrape by, in the spring of the second year no one tills, and in the fall there is no harvest, and in the winter famine breaks out—if the king fails to produce it later. Potatoes, then France will be even weaker in the next few years.

Before attacking Flanders and the Netherlands, France had accumulated war reserves for several years. In addition to its own production, Colbert never stopped buying grain from other countries and even the possessions of Ottoman Turkey. For this reason, Louis XIV had a lot of Borrowing, even so, by the end of the war, the consumption of food will only be able to stop at the bottom line.

Therefore, the king and his younger brother often disguised themselves as children and went to the fields of Versailles and the markets of Paris to check the situation. The children not only knew that wheat grew from the ground, and fish was fished from rivers and seas. , also know that the price of bread in the market is not only related to whether the wheat harvest is good or bad, but sometimes merchants also manipulate the price of flour by hoarding or selling.

   "Who else are we going to fight?" asked little Eugen.

   "It's better to be prepared than to be caught off guard." Louis said: "And there is another reason, who can answer me?"

"It's for Shila Chita." The eldest princess said frankly: "Mother also invested in this transaction. Although the person who came forward was not her, but her mother's personal priest, it is said that he has already been with several Shila. Chita became a close friend, and he told me that if it wasn't for that handsome gain, those Shila Chita wouldn't eat with him even if they talked to the queen's dwarf."

The Duke of Orleans laughed out loud, and Louis couldn't help but laugh helplessly. Queen Teresa has never been neglected or neglected until today. From this time, people's most basic requirement for the queen is to give birth to a healthy heir. From controlling the court to suppressing those restless forces when the king left Paris, this queen has done a perfect job. There are only two places where she is criticized now. One is her foreign identity that she cannot get rid of. , the other is that after the eldest princess, she is no longer pregnant.

This aside, the king was satisfied with her, but when the queen mother was still there, the queen did not have many pastimes - like sponsoring artists, setting up salons, holding banquets and dances, these are the duties of the royal lady, queen If this is the case, people will be considered frivolous, which is not a big deal. If it is extended to one step, it is considered to be deliberately interfering in domestic affairs, or it is framed for lack of morality, which will lead to the questioning of the succession rights of the crown prince and the eldest princess. event.

  So the queen's pastime is almost always on a group of dwarfs. They always run around with the queen to make her happy. Although the eldest princess is raised by the queen mother, she often goes to the queen's suite and is familiar with this group of dwarfs.

"Everyone has what he wants," said the Duke of Orleans, "and there are only these--interests we may call them, interests of all kinds, perhaps beauty, perhaps power, perhaps liberty--the service of Poland. The Lachitas have fairly simple ideas, more troops, more land, more serfs, but to build an army, it takes a lot of money."

   "So whoever gives them money is their friend." Louis said: "It is not easy to intervene in the internal affairs of Poland, Szlachta, the great nobles are fighting each other, but they will unanimously target the king."

   "However, they would welcome outside powers, as if they had elected a non-Polish king," said Eugen Jr.

   "Then if they do have more troops, Prince Condé, wouldn't it be more difficult for Ludvik I?" asked the Duke of Colonna.

"So being their friend is the first step," said the Duke of Orleans. "Man is born with sin, but any sin can be attributed to the pursuit of pleasure, whether it be vanity or gluttony, or evil and sloth." He looked at the children: "It's human nature, it's understandable, what you need to know is that it's a very easy thing to fall."

Just like those Polish ambassadors, who at first talked about buying arms and armaments (the French muskets, throwing ammunition and artillery attracted a lot of attention in the war against Holland and Flanders), but later on, they What do you remember but a woman's bosom and a clap of chips?

   (end of this chapter)