I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 405 Special Research Projects of the Royal College of Blois

   "Actually, that might be my wish too," Louis said, in exchange for a surprised glance from Theoderic.

Louis did not explain, because it directly related to his other identity, if he was not born as a son of a king, but just an ordinary noble, he would be willing to become a wizard couple with Marie Mancini , maybe he will also seize the right to speak in the Mancini family and even the world in the future, just like in a dream - that witchcraft reflects not only Mary's thoughts.

   "And then," Theoderic asked, "how do you plan to repay Sinmore and Marcavi?"

"I have never been a man of violence," replied Louis mildly: "I only like order, Theoderic, my friend, I rule France by day, and by night I am neither involved nor involved," he read. With the blood prince's disbelieving eyes, he smiled slightly: "But if I can, of course I hope that the existences that share authority with me are my friends or allies." He did not wait for Theoderic to respond: "As far as I know You know, there was a time when the blood race was very chaotic."

   "Not now."

"How wonderful, I believe that the majority of the vampires hate chaos as much as I do, so you have created secret banquets, salamanders and neutral parties, you divide the territory of the night according to clan, and each city has fangs. Your lord, you are just like my ministers, carefully managing your people, or sheep, and all the blood tribes who pass through your territory must ask to see you and get the hunting license you have granted."

   "What do you want to say?"

"How many lords of Zmich and how many lords of Vanderbilt are there in France now?" Louis said: "Thanks to you and Mr. Amon's help, I am very willing to hand over this part of the power to Vantra and Zmich, maybe And your allies..."

   "That's your plan," Theoderic said angrily: "You're going to use vampires to deal with vampires!? You think we're going to fight because of a chip thrown by a mortal?"

"Three races," Louis said, as if he didn't hear what he was shouting: "Simmore, Marcawi, Nofele, these three races are absolutely not allowed to stay in France, the native land of France. , the newly occupied area, the colony, and all the places where the golden lily king flag is hoisted are not allowed to have blood clans from these three clans, as for the other clans, I hope to be able to reach a covenant with them..."

   "It's impossible!" Theoderic couldn't help interrupting the king: "You're just food to them..."

"The secret banquet, the Sabbat, and the war between the neutral clans are not over yet," Louis said softly, his eyes turned to the unknown darkness: "How did Simmor and Marcawi willingly become servants of mankind, not because of the secret banquet? Now they are no match for the Sabbat, even if there are only two clans in the Sabbath." He turned his eyes and looked at Theoderic calmly: "They need more and safer food sources and shelters to create more Many descendants - not inferior breeds like ghouls, but strong, intelligent, beautiful descendants to give the Secret Banquet an advantage in the war against the Sabbat. So what do you think I used to convince Amon ?"

   "You won't...how much you love your people..."

"I cherish every Frenchman," said Louis, "from male to female, from young to old, because they bring me taxes, soldiers and food, and I don't want to see needless sacrifices. , but on the battlefield, the dead are always a number, it's in the thousands, in the thousands, Theoderic, as long as I start a war, it's like with Brittany, the passing In my life, as long as I extract one-tenth, or one percent, it is enough to affect your current situation."

   "You can't be so mad," Theoderic said, "or I'll be the first to end your life."

"On the contrary, Amon and his allies will protect me like crazy, and anyone who is willing to inherit my wishes," Louis: "The biggest difference between the Sabbat and the Secret Banquet is the attitude towards humans, right? Seriously, I can understand the thoughts of the members of the secret banquet, because the development of human beings is really too fast, and now there is still magic that can do things that mortals can’t do, but maybe in a few hundred years, mortals can do you too. What can be done - I opened the curtain to Amon, and now I will show you too, Theoderic, Your Highness, the secret banquet method works now, but once the human race is better than the blood race, you It's no different than an ostrich burying its head in the sand."

  Theoderic's expression changed. Compared with Amon, His Royal Highness was more prudent and lacking in sharpness, but as long as someone pointed it out to him, he would not continue to cover his eyes.

"Even if you think a few hundred years is a long enough time, it doesn't matter, you can use another reason to convince them that I am willing to accept Vandra, Zmich," Louis continued, "not that I will only With these two allies, if you want to keep the secret banquet advantage over the Sabbat in France..." He sighed softly: "Maybe a mortal king can't do much, but if a clan, or two Clan, plus the Inquisition, plus wizards...plus an army of 150,000 people...I'm sure they'll change their minds, after all, my request is not too much."

Theodoric was silent, and Louis was right. Thirty years ago, such a threat would have only attracted ridicule, but now, the mortal king has indeed controlled two-thirds of the power of the world in In his hands, at least in France...According to the laws he made, every city, every village, every hotel must have a detailed population registration system. Under such a precise management method as a grate goes through the hair - the blood clan Without the acquiescence of the king, it is difficult for them to settle in a place for a long time, let alone a fixed hunting and development of descendants.

   On the other hand, as long as the king is inclined to a certain clan, a certain clan can surely achieve long-term and stable development. Simmore and Marcawi only got one or two cities, but Louis XIV's allies got the whole of France, and even where it could radiate.

   "Looks like there's nothing I can do," Theoderic said, his tone so tired and frustrated for the first time. "I can only say that I am amazed at your ruthlessness. In any case, Your Majesty, you are a human being."

   "No," Louis laughed heartily for the first time: "Your Highness, you should know that all kings are monsters."

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   If there are people who know the inside story, they may accuse Louis XIV of being ruthless, because his actions undoubtedly gave the blood tribes a pass to kill. But as a king, as a ruler, not knowing when to sacrifice, what sacrifice to make, how to sacrifice, it's really time to die - as he said to Theoderic, he cherished The people, but did not hesitate when launching a war.

   But if there is no war and no covenant with the blood race, can the people of France be able to live a prosperous life in peace and worry? Don't laugh, this answer can be answered by the exiles of Versailles, or Lorraine, Alsace, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland...even all the citizens of such powerful countries as England, Spain, and Austria can give you the same The answer is that there is no sharp sword tempered in blood, no matter how peaceful, no matter how peaceful, and no matter how rich a country is, it is just a lamb waiting to be knocked out.

   And, any time, chaos only brings more pain and death.

   In addition, what Louis XIV did not tell Theoderic and Amon was that although he was a mortal, he was indeed more arrogant than any mortal they had ever seen.

   He did not intend to give up the power in his hand forever, day or night.

   Ever since Louis XIV came to power, large sums of money have flowed every year to research projects that only a few people are in charge of and know about - silverware, sunlight, spells, spells, blood... everything related to the world.

Of course, those doctors and scholars didn't fully know what they were studying, just like when the king first arrived in Blois, the head of the medical school, the little Lom, the son of the king's former chief physician, respectfully When he came to greet him, and when he had an audience, among the fruits dedicated to the king, there was an anticoagulant drug that would make most people incomprehensible.

Of course, this potion did not have the straightforward name of "anti-coagulant potion". Like many medieval potions, it was called the "Twelve Herbal Potions", which was named after the type of material and also It can be called "Sydenham's Elixir" because the way the drug was named at the time was either by its material or by the name of its maker - or its utility, but very little - although its utility was primarily in the antidote. Coagulation, but both Sidonham and his wizard assistants, who led the invention of the potion, thought that the potion was used to separate the four qualities in the blood.

Of course,   Louis would not tell them that he intends to study this potion in order to control a major force in the inner world - the blood race.

The reason why the blood clan split into secret banquets and magic banquets is because with the passage of time, the originally loose and sparse mortal society gradually formed a prosperous big city, large village and town pattern, when the number of humans was enough to suppress the blood clan's talent, the blood clan also Only by retreating into the darkness beyond the reach of mortals, hiding themselves like beasts, instead of slaughtering wantonly, or pretending to be gods and demanding human sacrifices as they did thousands of years ago - those were good times for them.

In fact, even if Louis didn't mention it, blood princes like Amon and Theoderic knew that the blood race was on the verge of extinction, so let's not talk about the secret banquet, just talking about the magic banquet, which is too indulgent in terms of hunting and developing descendants. Compared with the former, it is not so much toughness as it is the madness before the brink of desperation.

   In order to maintain their own strength and develop their descendants, the blood race has one thing that is always indispensable, and that is blood.

Vampires can't ingest the blood of dead things. Louis knew this when he was in Gayola. Vampires can use animal blood to temporarily satisfy their hunger when they are extremely hungry, but they will become weak, but even if they use animal blood, they will They also don't **** the blood of the dead, which can hurt them with just a sip.

  Vampires only drink the blood of the living.

But this is not the reason why most of the vampire's hunting objects die. The main reason is that vampires are also afraid of being surrounded by priests and soldiers. In order to avoid the victims' shouting and reporting, after they are full - as Louis said, they only need a cup of up to three A cup of blood, up to twelve ounces, or 0.35 liters, is a long way from the life-threatening 1.9 liters - having to break the target's neck to keep himself safe.

  Although Louis is very concerned and supportive of the development of medicine, bloodletting is still very popular outside Paris, and often people bleed eight ounces or more at a time, enough to feed a vampire... Just kidding. In a word, people at this moment do not cherish and value blood as much as in the later period. If the king used money to buy blood, even in France now, some people would happily sell it in exchange for some pocket money. After all, there are still people who think that "Bad blood" should be let go on a regular basis.

It would be impossible to develop anticoagulant drugs with only seventeenth-century doctors, instruments, and drugs, but with wizards—the world has long had spells and poisons that can make people bleed. All I have to do is to open up this kind of thing that is completely incomprehensible to mortals and let the king's doctors and scholars study and analyze it. saliva.

Animals bitten by Komodo dragons will bleed continuously. Their saliva is a good anticoagulant. Wizards have long discovered and used it in poison, smeared on daggers or mixed with diamond powder. Mixed use can cause the victim's wound to bleed.

   Of course, the output of this potion is not high, and Louis XIV will have to wait until he has tested it on vampires before he can determine whether he should try to increase the output.

In all wars, the supply of the army, especially food, is the most important. If the vampires can accept blood with anticoagulant, then Louis can really control the balance between the vampires - thirteen clans, as long as there is one The clan accepted his blood, and the other clans had to follow suit, otherwise they could only watch one clan dominate. Not even Nofile, Simmoor and Mokawi are no exceptions.

   At the same time, Louis was able to avoid sacrificing too many of his own people when he made a covenant with the blood race. Sometimes sacrifice is necessary, but it does not mean that it will continue forever.

  There is nothing that cannot be changed, all Louis has to do is to take all the changes in his hands.

   He now has wizard, werewolf and vampire allies, which means he can do a lot.

   Two more delays until tomorrow morning! I guess wrong, sorry.

   (end of this chapter)