I Am Louis XIV

   Chapter 496 The King's Third Royal Expedition (6)

It's not surprising that he said such a thing, in people's legends, plays and novels, the blood tribes will subconsciously favor those who are pampered when they choose their descendants, and even victims, this is not surprising - fact When a king chooses officials, generals choose soldiers, priests choose choir members, teachers choose students, and craftsmen choose apprentices, they will unconditionally favor those with identities and surnames.

It has nothing to do with discrimination. Before medicine and education could reach everyone, only wealthy people could have health, morals and beauty - poor people couldn't get enough nourishment in their mother's belly, and after birth We have to face hunger, disease and the torture of insects and rats, and we have to work hard in the fields when we grow up. We also know that after high-intensity and physical work, people will be too tired to think, let alone think. To learn and recuperate yourself.

When the Duke of Orleans fled with the King and the Queen Mother, he saw a lot of refugees or peasants. When you see them, it is hard to imagine that they are also a person, just like you, they look like Just like animals, or animals that have been imprisoned for a long time without food and water, dirty, thin, unresponsive, crawling with lice and fleas, and covered in dirt that can almost be used as armor. More importantly, the pressure of survival will make their minds go blank, they have almost no ability to think, they will not think about anything except finding food and drink, and they will not place their hopes on the future. French communicated with them verbally, not even sticks and whips.

   Even the Nopheles, when they choose their descendants, they will try their best to avoid the homeless and beggars who share the sewers with them.

Another point is that if the blood clans convert a lord, or even just a wealthy manor owner, when they choose their descendants, they can develop their own power in this territory as they want within a decade or a few decades. Look for prey, such as the famous Vlad III and Elisabeth Bathory.

However, if he chooses a young man who already wears a crown like Amon, it is too arrogant, but even if he achieves his goal, the value of Louis XIV will drop greatly, and there may not be a duke or a duchy. It is the lord of the earldom who has come quite a lot - in this way, the Duke of Orleans suddenly realizes that he is still worthy of being transformed. He has money, territory, and the favor of the king...

It's just that now even the crazy Sabbat member Amon no longer has such extravagant hopes. His brother, just like his title "Sun King", always declares his existence with brilliance and heat, tens of millions of people. The people of this country are even more attached to it, and no one can shoulder such a heavy and huge responsibility.

Prince Uriel, the parent of Mokawi, must have regretted it. Of course, he did not expect things to deteriorate to this level. The king of France will become the father of the king of Spain. Even if the two countries cannot govern together, they will at least introduce laws from France. And the system, according to Louis XIV's idea, the Spanish world is afraid that there will be no peace, and Mokawi and the dark wizards have old grudges with Louis XIV, and Louis XIV will not have any mercy to punish them. .

Prince Uriel's desperate gamble failed to achieve any good results in the end. It is difficult to say whether the action of the Duke of Orleans was a conspiracy or a trap. Theoderic was an excellent warrior originally, and Amon was a member of the Sabbat Undoubtedly, he is also very good at fighting. Under their two-phase attack, Prince Uriel didn't even have a chance to escape. Most of his descendants were damaged, and he himself suffered a lot of damage.

   So the duke saw that Theoderic and Amon brought back a beautiful coffin.

"This is…"

   "Prince Uriel." Amon said.

Theodoric waved his hand lightly, and the vampires on the deck retreated silently—"We'll take him back to Toledo." He looked at the Duke of Orleans: "He may sleep for decades. , the blood clan is one of the most powerful forces in the world, without Morkawi, Ciel will be able to avoid more threats in the future."

"If you want me to say, it's better that we tear him apart and share it." Amon said with a smile, as if he was not talking about a **** terrible thing, but a prank that was not worth mentioning, "A prince Well, good sir," he said to Theoderic, "if we take away the power of Marcawi, it will take at least a hundred years for them to recreate a prince and a patriarch, which is not for our little Louis. Isn't it better?"

   "Stop talking nonsense," Theoderic pressed his forehead, although the vampire wouldn't have a headache: "Are you going to start a second **** battle?"

   "It's not impossible." Amon said lightly, with "I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic."

   "Louis won't be happy about this." Theoderic said coldly: "Do you believe he will unite all human beings and strangle the vampires and even the entire inner world first."

  The blood clan has been reproduced for four to five generations to this day-of course, the "breeding" of the blood clan refers to the transformation of humans into vampires. As we all know, the first generation of vampires was Cain. He and Satan's lover Lilith co-bred the second generation of blood races. The second generation had thirteen descendants, but because they were dissatisfied with the control of the second generation of blood races over them, they established a new blood race. After his own clan, he betrayed and annihilated the second generation of blood clan.

These thirteen clans have continued to this day. Because of their different philosophies, there have been many wars between them, but more battles are due to the fact that the blood clans can make themselves stronger by ingesting the same kind before, and the authority of the church is established. Before, the vampires were not as secretive and "gentle" as they are now. They launched large-scale wars like humans and hunted humans recklessly. It was not until part of the wizards differentiated into the priests of the Inquisition that they gradually converged.

Although the two clans of Sabbat and Mysticism have already parted ways, they are still quite consistent at one point, that is, the hunting and predation of the same clan—especially the descendants’ “parents” or the arrogance of the superiors. Any descendants with such signs will be executed immediately, and only the prince has the power to hunt the blood.

If it weren't for the fact that the war between humans in the outer world had seriously affected the inner world and the blood clan, the three princes would not have fought each other to this extent, but the Duke of Orleans could see that Amon was just joking with a serious nature. Theodoric, in addition to the tacit understanding between the blood princes, as Theodoric said, if the blood race started a **** battle no less than 1484, causing uncontrollable chaos and panic, he would definitely Stand on the side of humans and completely bury the blood race in the darkness.

When Amon turned his head, the smile had disappeared. As a member of the Sabbat, he, like the radicals of mankind, yearned for the blood race to rule mankind completely, just like a shepherd herding sheep, but the facts proved that , This possibility is getting smaller and smaller with the rapid development of human technology - they had to succumb to the number of humans and choose to avoid the world in 1484. Now, in addition to the number, the weapons of humans are even better than the fangs of the blood clan with talent...

Thinking that there are always some stubborn idiots in the thirteen clans who don't want to be reared like a wizard!" They probably didn't think that compared to a wizard, the blood clan might not even be worth being reared - it's not necessarily that they all do tricks Well... Thinking of this, Amon really wants to go crazy once...

The duke remained silent. Although Theoderic and Amon seemed to have come for him, he also knew that he had no say in this vampire ship, just like the arrangement for Prince Uriel—a Food is not qualified to issue orders to the owner, but even as Amon said, if Prince Uriel dies, Mokawi will need a hundred years to choose a parent again, but a hundred years is not enough for a human being. Although it is long, it is so short for a blood family and a country.

Louis XIV was able to expel Nophile from France because Nofeille had the lowest status among the thirteen clans, and Nofeille violated the treaty between the inner world and the outer world. Filler's parent hangs on a lamppost in Paris... He just expelled Nofille, which caused dissatisfaction among the vampires for a long time. If he does this again, he will face a group of real, unscrupulous devils Well, even Theoderic would not favor the king of men again.

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The Duke of Orleans went ashore the next day. The only thing to be happy about was that he thought the dead attendant was in a coma because of excessive blood loss. Perhaps Uriel wanted to appease the Duke who was about to become his descendant, so Not condoning the descendants of slaughtering the Duke's attendants, but there were also unfortunate victims, several crew members and first mates, the Duke gave their families a generous pension, and set foot on the way home with a heavy heart.

Thanks to the continuous hard work of Louis XIV for 20 years, there is a smooth road from the port to Limoges. The Limoges were hired by the king to build the Palace of Versailles and later became the king's ceramic craftsmen. It is very rich. There is no doubt that everyone here is a supporter of the king. The duke can feel at ease when he arrives here, not to mention that there is a wider and safer road with Orleans. Orleans is the duke's territory, but he Instead of disturbing the people in the city, the car simply followed and continued to go to Paris.

At Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, the Duke of Orleans had to stop and rest, perhaps because he was about to see Paris and so relaxed, he developed a low fever, even though he insisted that he could ride in a carriage, but his The attendants were terrified on the boat, how dare they be negligent this time, and tried every means to finally keep the duke behind.

The Duke drank the soup made with **** and wine and fell into a drowsy sleep. When he woke up, the window of the bedroom was opened, and the white gauze veil was blown by the breeze. The sweet air made the Duke unable to bear deeply. Taking a breath, he was wondering how the attendant opened the window without permission when he saw a person standing beside the bed.

   "I think you need some fresh air," Louie said.

   "Oops!" The Duke of Orleans couldn't help widening his eyes: "Why are you here?"

   "What's so strange here," said Louis calmly, "if I hadn't known that you've left, I might be on my way to Barcelona."

The Duke of Orleans shrank back in guilt, but fortunately Louis did not intend to turn over the old accounts at this time. He raised his eyes, and Bontang went out and let his servants bring breakfast and potions. I took a look at the situation in Catalonia - of course, the duke has always sent letters, but they are also worried that the letter will leak secrets or cause misunderstandings, so the key things are still left in person.

The chaotic situation of the Catalans can be said to be unexpected and reasonable. When they asked Louis for the Duke of Orleans, they probably did not expect that this French aristocrat who liked to dress up like a woman finally turned the tide. It was a miscalculation of the trust between the duke and the king, and the bargaining chips needed to buy the duke - Catalonia is too small compared to the whole of France.

   "I'm going to go to Catalonia myself," Louis said. "Then the Duke of Luxembourg, and Marshal Vic, will attack Castile and the Costa del Sol."

During this period of time, the duke, who was almost as familiar with the map of Spain as the map of France, was able to analyze these three offensive routes after a little thought. Generally speaking, the royal expedition did not necessarily require the king to do it himself. Louis XIV, who knew that he had no military talent, also Never interfering with the generals' decision to get Catalonia means that France has cut off any possible support from Spain - if Leopold I of Austria could cross the Mediterranean from Italy...but Catalan Nia is in the upper left corner of Spain. Before the Duke returns, the Catalans are still attacking Palma Island and are about to succeed. Once this happens, the fleet of Leopold I may not be able to pass through the Strait of Citrus Flowers... This The emperor probably would not have dared to put his carefully built fleet at such a risk.

On the contrary, the French fleet, which has been cruising near Italy, may go all the way to the Andalusia region of Spain, which is the place where the French pro-French faction in Spain is lingering, since the Golden Coast - Citrus Flower Coast - White Coast - Costa del Sol, where Barcelona is located. Louis XIV did not want to destroy this place, but to rule it, so it is quite necessary for the servants who have succeeded from Philip IV to remain - only those who are pro-French.

The attack route chosen by the Duke of Luxembourg was to go to the original Castile. This area is the most stable and important heart of Spain's anti-French forces, and it is also a tough bone. Once the Duke of Luxembourg can win here, Just like Paris without Reims and Orleans, Toledo and Madrid without their hard shells are just soft nuts.

   "Can I go to your side?" said the Duke, "Little Eugen and others are also with you."

The king nodded and shook his head again: "Little Eugen is here with me, but you have to stay in Paris, Leopold I will not watch us get Spain, he will start a war, you have to pacify the people and ministers on my behalf Emotions, ensuring the supply of the army, and maintaining the smooth flow of roads and intelligence, I can’t safely hand these things over to others.” There may be others, but capable people may not have authority, and those with authority may not have the ability and authority. A person with ability...not necessarily without ambition.

   He patted the Duke's hand: "And you should also accompany your child."

   "I really don't know what to do with him," said the Duke.

"He is raised by the queen, he is very sensible and understands things." What Louis did not say is that some people were indeed muttering some disgusting provocations in the ears of the son of the Duke of Orleans, especially the British. The Duchess of Orleans is because of her heart She was sullen and unfortunately died young, but in the eyes of the British, she was poisoned for interfering with the duke's pleasure - the king was furious when he heard this, and rarely allowed Madame Milady and d'Artagni Count Ang executed these men in secret, without even formal arrest and trial.

   Only these things do not have to be known to the Duke of Orleans.

   (end of this chapter)