I Am Louis XIV

It is not surprising that he said such words. In people's legends, dramas and novels, when the vampires choose their descendants or even their victims, they will subconsciously prefer those who are pampered and privileged. There is nothing surprising about this—— In fact, when kings select officials, generals select soldiers, priests select choir members, teachers select students, and craftsmen select apprentices, they all unconditionally favor those with status and surnames.

It has nothing to do with discrimination. When medicine and education were not yet available to everyone, only wealthy people could have health, morality and beauty - poor people could not be adequately nourished in their mother's belly and were born. Later, we have to face hunger, disease, and torture by insects and rats. When we grow up, we have to work hard in the fields. We also know that after high-intensity and physical work, people will be so tired that they don’t even have the energy to think, let alone It’s time to learn and take care of yourself.

When the Duke of Orleans fled with the king and the queen mother, he saw many refugees or farmers. When you see them, it is difficult to imagine that they are also a person, people like you. They look like Just like an animal, or an animal that has been imprisoned for a long time without food and water, it is dirty, thin, unresponsive, covered with lice and fleas, and the dirt covering its body can almost be used as armor. More importantly, the pressure of survival will make their minds go blank, with almost no thinking ability. They will not think about anything except finding food and drink, and they will not place their hopes on the future. You don’t have this kind of person. It is impossible to communicate with them through words, even sticks and whips are ineffective.

Even Novel, when selecting their descendants, they will try their best to avoid the vagrants and beggars who share the sewers with them.

Another point is that if the vampires transform into a lord, or even just a wealthy manor owner, when choosing their descendants, they can develop their own power in this territory as they please within ten or decades. Look for prey, such as the famous Vlad III and Elizabeth Bathory.

However, it would be too arrogant to choose a young man who already wears a crown like Amon. However, even if he achieves his goal, the value of Louis XIV will be greatly reduced. There may not be anyone who has a dukedom or a crown. The lord of the earldom was worth a fortune - speaking of this, the Duke of Orleans suddenly realized that he was actually worthy of being transformed. He had money, territory, and the king's favor...

But now, even the crazy Sabbat member Amon no longer has such extravagant hopes. His brother, just like his title "Sun King", always shows his existence with brilliance and heat, tens of millions of people All the people are involved in this, and no one can bear such a heavy and huge responsibility.

Prince Uriel, the parent of Mokavi, must have felt regretful. Of course, he did not expect that things would deteriorate to this extent. The king of France would become the father of the king of Spain. Even if the two countries could not govern together, they would at least introduce laws from France. With the system, according to Louis XIV's ideas, the inner world of Spain is afraid that there will be no peace. Makavi and the dark wizards have old grudges with Louis XIV. Louis XIV will not have any mercy if he wants to punish them. .

Prince Uriel's desperate move failed to achieve any good results in the end. It is difficult to say whether the Duke of Orleans' actions were a conspiracy or a trap. Theodric was originally an outstanding warrior. As a member of the Sabbat, Amon There is no doubt that he is also very good at fighting. Under their two-sided attack, Prince Uriel did not even have a chance to escape. Most of his descendants were lost and he himself also suffered a lot of damage.

So what the Duke saw was that Theodric and Amon brought back a beautiful coffin.

"This is……"

"Prince Uriel." Amon said.

Theodric waved his hand gently, and all the vampires on the deck retreated silently - "We will take him back to Toledo." He looked at the Duke of Orleans: "He may have to sleep for decades. Years ago, the Vampires were one of the most powerful forces in the world, and without Mokavi, the Shire will be able to avoid encountering more threats in the future."

"If you ask me, it's better that we tear him apart and share it." Amon said with a smile, as if he was not talking about a bloody and terrible thing, but a prank worth noting, "A prince Well, good sir," he said to Theodric: "If we take away the power of Malkavi, it will take at least a hundred years for them to create a prince and head of the family again. What will happen to our little Louis? Isn’t it better?”

"Stop talking nonsense," Theodric pressed his forehead, even though the vampire would not have a headache: "Are you going to trigger a second bloody war?"

"It's not impossible." Amon said lightly, with "I'm afraid the world will not be in chaos" clearly written on his face.

"Louis will not be happy about this." Theodric said coldly: "Do you believe that he will unite all humans to strangle the vampires and even the entire other world first?"

To this day, the Vampires have reproduced for a total of four to five generations - of course, the "reproduction" of the Vampires refers to transforming humans into vampires. As we all know, the first generation of vampires was Cain. He and Satan's lover Lilith jointly bred the second generation of vampires. The second generation had thirteen descendants. However, because they were dissatisfied with the control of the second generation of vampires, they established the After his own clan betrayed and annihilated the second generation of vampires.

These thirteen clans continue to this day. Because they hold different philosophies, there have been many wars between them. However, the more battles are because the vampires could make themselves stronger by eating their own kind, and the authority of the church was established. In the past, the vampires were not as hidden and "gentle" as they are now. They launched large-scale wars like humans and hunted humans wantonly. It was not until some wizards split into priests of the Inquisition that they gradually restrained themselves.

Although the Sabbat and Secret clans have parted ways long ago, they are still quite consistent on one point, and that is the hunting and plundering of their own clans - especially the transgression of descendants against their "parents" or those above them. , any descendant with such signs will be executed immediately, and only the prince has the right to hunt the vampires.

If it weren't for the war between humans in the outer world that has seriously affected the other world and the vampires, the three princes would not have fought with each other to this extent. However, the Duke of Orleans could see that Amon was just teasing the serious person. Theodric, in addition to the tacit understanding between the vampire princes, as Theodric said, if the vampire started a bloody battle no less than that of 1484, causing uncontrollable chaos and panic, he would definitely first Stand on the side of mankind and completely bury the vampires in darkness.

When Amon turned his head, his smile had already disappeared. As a member of the Sabbat, he was like a human radical who longed for the vampire race to completely rule mankind, just like a shepherd herding sheep, but the facts proved that , the possibility of this is getting smaller and smaller with the rapid development of human technology - they had to succumb to the number of humans in 1484 and choose to escape from the world. Now, in addition to quantity, human weapons are even better than the vampires. Teeth and talent...

Think about it, there are always some stubborn idiots in the Thirteen Clans who clamor and don't want to be "raised like wizards!" They probably don't think that compared to wizards, the vampires may not even be worthy of being raised - it's not necessarily possible for all of them to go Just do some magic... When I think of this, Amon really wants to go crazy for once...

The Duke was silent. Although Theodric and Amon seemed to be here for him, he also knew that he had no say on this vampire ship, just like the arrangements for Prince Uriel—— A food is not qualified to give orders to its owner, but even if it is what Amon said, if Prince Uriel dies, Makavi will need to spend a hundred years to choose a new parent, but one hundred years is not enough for a human being. Although it is a long time, it is so short for the vampire family and a country.

Louis XIV was able to expel Nophele from France because Nophele had the lowest status among the thirteen clans, and Nophele violated the treaty between the inner world and the outer world. Even so, his brother could not expel Nophele. Filer's parents were hung on a lamppost in Paris... He just expelled Nofile, which made the vampires dissatisfied for a long time. If he does this again, he will have to face a group of real, unscrupulous people. Damn it, not even Theodric would favor the human king again.

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The Duke of Orleans went ashore the next day. The only happy thing about this incident was that he thought that the dead attendant was just in a coma due to excessive blood loss. Perhaps Uriel wanted to appease the Duke who was about to become his descendant, so He did not condone the massacre of the Duke's retainers by his descendants, but there were unfortunate victims, including several crew members and first mates. The Duke gave their families a generous pension and set out on his way home with a heavy heart.

Thanks to Louis XIV's twenty years of continuous hard work, there is a flat road from the port directly to Limoges. The Limoges people became famous because they were hired by the king to build the Palace of Versailles and later became the king's ceramic craftsmen. There is no doubt that everyone here is a supporter of the king. The Duke can feel at ease here, not to mention that there is a wider and safer road between here and Orleans. Orleans is the territory of the Duke, but he Instead of alarming the people in the city, he continued on his way to Paris in a light vehicle.

In Fontainebleau, not far from Paris, the Duke of Orleans had to stop and rest. Perhaps because he was relaxing because he was about to see Paris, he developed a low fever. Even though he insisted that he could take a carriage, his The attendants were frightened on the boat. How could they dare to be careless this time? They tried all kinds of methods and finally kept the Duke.

The Duke drank the soup boiled with ginger and added wine and fell into a drowsy sleep. When he woke up, the window of the dormitory was opened, the breeze blew the white gauze curtains, and the sweet air made the Duke couldn't help but feel deeply. After taking a breath, he was wondering how the attendant could open the window without permission when he saw a person standing next to the bed.

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

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

"There's nothing strange here," Louis said calmly. "If I hadn't known that you had already set off, I might have been on my way to Barcelona."

The Duke of Orleans shrank with guilt. Fortunately, Louis had no intention of opening up old scores at this time. He raised his eyes, and Bontang walked out and asked the servant to bring him breakfast and potions. The king accompanied his brother while eating, and got a general understanding. After taking a look at the situation in Catalonia - of course the Duke has been sending letters, but they were also worried that the letters would reveal secrets or cause misunderstandings, so the key things were left to be discussed in person.

The chaos of the Catalans can be said to be unexpected and reasonable. When they asked Louis for the Duke of Orleans, they probably didn't expect that it would be this French aristocrat who liked to dress up like a woman who would finally turn the tide. It was a miscalculation of the trust between the duke and the king, and the bargaining chip needed to bribe the duke - Catalonia was too small compared to France as a whole.

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

During this period, the Duke, who was almost as familiar with the map of Spain as he was with the map of France, could analyze these three attack routes after a little thought. Generally speaking, a personal expedition does not necessarily require the king to do it himself. Louis XIV, who knew that he had no military talent, also Never interfering in the decisions of the generals, gaining Catalonia meant that France had cut off possible support from Spain - if Leopold I of Austria could borrow a passage across the Mediterranean from Italy... But adding Catalonia 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, Leopold I's fleet may not be able to pass through the Citrus Strait... ...The emperor probably did not dare to put his carefully built fleet into such a big risk.

On the contrary, the French fleet that has been cruising near Italy may go all the way from the Golden Coast-Citrus Coast-White Coast-Sun Coast where Barcelona is located to the Andalusia region of Spain, which is where Spain's pro-French faction lingers. Since Louis XIV did not want to destroy this place, but to rule it, so it is quite necessary for the ministers who continued from Philip IV to be retained - only those who are pro-French.

The offensive route chosen by the Duke of Luxembourg is to the original Castile. This area is the most stable and important heart of Spain's anti-French forces. It is also a hard nut to crack. Once the Duke of Luxembourg can win here, Just like Paris without Reims and Orleans, Toledo and Madrid without the hard shell are just soft nuts.

"Can I come to you?" the Duke said, "Little Eugen and others are probably here with you too."

The king nodded and shook his head: "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 calm down the people and ministers on my behalf." Emotions, ensuring the supply of the army, maintaining the smooth flow of roads and intelligence, these things I cannot safely leave to others." There may be others, but those who are capable may not have authority, and those who have authority may not be capable and authoritative. And those who are capable...may not be without ambition.

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

"I really don't know how to face him," said the Duke.

"Having been raised by the queen, he is very sensible and knows the truth." What Louis did not say was that some people did mumble some disgusting provocative words in the ears of the son of the Duke of Orleans, especially the British. The Duchess of Orleans was because of her heart. Unfortunately, she died young due to depression, but in the eyes of the British, she was poisoned because she hindered the Duke's enjoyment. When the king first heard this, he was furious and rarely allowed Mrs. Milady to have sex with Dada. The Count of Nyon had these men executed secretly, without even formal arrest and trial.

But there is no need to let the Duke of Orleans know this.