I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 179 Louis XIV's first expedition! (4)

   Well, first of all, sorry here.

The author's urban epidemic prevention situation has suddenly escalated, because the elderly at home are susceptible people, and they dare not let them go out at all (and they have quarreled several times, but they are helpless and have headaches), and everything starts from receiving express delivery (the family members are Fans of Pinduoduo) Buying food, applying for a passport, getting a mask, and throwing garbage all need the author to handle it. At first, the author was naive and thought it would be done soon, so he took the time to update it... As a result, ah... I didn't dare to be like that Staying up all night like before... Before you know it, my God! Goo for so long!

  Sorry, sorry, but luckily things are almost done, and then you can stay home and update with peace of mind—in order to apologize, buy one get one free for chapter 175, give one chapter as a gift... Alas, I'm so sorry everyone...

   Only now did I realize how much difference there is between an active house and a passive house…

   I am frightened every day and don’t know when it will be…

   I wish everyone good health and all the best... (Add after the above modification, not counted in the word count)

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Louis XIII's original hunting palace has been renovated before the huge Versailles Palace, mainly to add sanitary equipment and bathing facilities, and because of this, this small two-story building can accommodate fewer people. Only the king's brother Philip could share this comfortable new home with the king. The rest, from Condé to the lieutenants who were allowed to see the king, had to find shelter elsewhere. Fortunately, even without Versailles, the rough houses built for the workers would be Enough for these people to stay temporarily, it is said that many nearby squires are coming here in an endless stream, hoping to see the king.

Louis took a bath under the service of Bontang. He had previously read in a book that a monarch traveled with at least hundreds of vehicles to ensure his most basic needs. He still thought it was quite incredible, but When he came here and became Louis XIV, he realized that in an age where survival resources were extremely scarce, this was a necessity rather than a luxury - in many places, something common to nobles, some commoners have never heard of, let alone Configuration and preparation - and the ten years in Paris have made it difficult for Louis, who has gradually evolved towards a real king, to be as accustomed to patience and submission as when he was young, and the people around him, from Bontang, Philippe to Condé , servants and soldiers, do not think it is strange that a king's luggage can almost be compared with a company's baggage, or that this is the correct way to open, if the king is willing to share weal and woe with a soldier, people will not say that he With a high character, he would only think that he had some unspeakable eccentricity.

Louis didn't intend to challenge people's perception, and he didn't want to - until tonight, he didn't know that Bontang had packed him a glazed ceramic bathtub, which Louis admitted he liked very much... But how did Bontang do it arrived? The bathtub weighed at least a thousand pounds, and later he learned that Bontang had also helped him move some other heavy "equipment"... Anyway, Louis had to admit that he really couldn't do without this intelligent and meticulous valet , he put on a loose shirt, holding a hot glass of milk, and was about to spend a leisurely time with one of the books that Bontang brought, when someone asked for an audience - since Bontang informed him, he said This man must have been what the king wanted to see.

The person who came was Lois, whose father was the first Minister of the Army of France, who was once the military right-hand man of the Bishop of Mazarin. After the death of the Bishop of Mazarin, facing the young king, this seasoned courtier wisely He chose to wait and see. He first sought a post of consul- He had served as a secretary and assisted his father in his work, but it was the "spear thorn" that he and the craftsmen developed together in the end that led him to the king, which was the one the king used to replace the halberd company. "The king wasn't going to expose it so quickly, so today people in Paris see the halberd, but tonight all the spears will be distributed, and when the battle begins, the soldiers will put it on. on their own guns.

Louis thought that this was what Lois had come to pay back, or that there was also a company of artillery pieces—a trump card that had not been revealed to the Parisians, mounted in chariots and guarded by soldiers—in the courtyard , the king left the room with Lois in high spirits, and went all the way to them, the tarpaulin covering it had been lifted to reveal the cold and exquisite killing weapon - no, the author did not mistake the adjective here, this statue of ten The two-pound brass cannon is surrounded by ornate reliefs—near the muzzle is a circle of elegant patterns, and behind the patterns is a small bust of a saint. Under the bust is the name of the cannon, called "" The one and only", and below this is Louis's traditional motto "the last argument of the king", which is similar to what people would say hundreds of years later "the truth is within the range of the cannon, "Further down, is the coat of arms of the artillery commander, surrounded by two artillery handles shaped like dolphins (used to carry stationary artillery), and further down, is the coat of arms of the king, just as As Louis once mentioned to his brother Philip...it was a sun, to be precise, a sun with facial features and face contours. Although Louis thought this symbol was really scary, he really couldn't refuse his son. That is, the enthusiasm of the prince, little Louis.

  Eh, yes, this human-faced sun is the masterpiece of Little Louis. His masterpiece undoubtedly surpassed the samples provided by a group of artists headed by LeBron, and became the final pattern chosen by the Sun King Louis XIV.

Supporting this sun is the coat of arms of the French royal family. The coat of arms under the crown is inlaid with three golden lilies, and the bottom is the edge of the cloth. Under the royal coat of arms, that is, the cannon base, is decorated with a circle of scallops and scroll The pattern of the grass pattern, inside is the statue of the goddess of victory.

Although Louis knew early on that the craftsmen who had not fully broken away from the Renaissance would not deliver a bare brass pipe to him, he could not help but be startled by their excellence - this was to be used for war," Have you tried all these guns?"

"I've tried it all," said Lois, who is only twenty-seven years old, about the age of the king, but whose experience as a supervisor and secretary of army defense made him more composed and cautious than the average young man. His father Tell him that after nearly ten years of the king's personal rule, as the ministers of the bishop of Mazarin, he and many others are ready to withdraw from the power center, otherwise they will end up in a miserable situation like Fouquet, the former financial director. End, but out of selfishness, of course he wants his son to take his place - now the War Secretary has made a deal with the High Court, he will become a Chancellor and then give up the position for his son, but most importantly The premise is that the king recognizes and believes in Lois.

Therefore, this war against Flanders is not only a test for the king, but also a test for this vibrant new court. If you succeed, you will be able to soar to the sky, and if you fail, the situation after that will be very difficult. It's hard to say, at least it will leave a very bad impression in the king's heart.

Of course, Lois will not live up to his father's expectations for him. He tries his best to do everything the king has explained to him. The spear is one, the artillery is one, and there are many things that have not been shown in front of the king for the time being. "Now we have a total of one hundred and twenty guns, thirty twelve-pounders as you can see, sixty eight-pounder mediums, and thirty four-pounders," he led. The king walked over, and the cold metal glowed like gold under the torches, but to Louis, they were about the same.

"Where's the wheeled gun mount, where's the front car, where's the mount?" the king asked in a series, and Lois answered fluently. These machines were completed before the artillery, and he also showed the king - and then there was another that was not revealed. The terrible weapon in front of people's eyes, the king picked up one, put it in his hand and tried the weight, heavy, "Is this the latest grenade?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lois said, "With the same amount of gunpowder, we reduced their weight as much as possible, that is..." He hesitated for a moment, "We haven't been able to solve what you said yet. 'security.' But your soldiers were brave."

   "Courage is not the reason for us to waste their lives." The king pondered for a moment. Because of the instability of the fuse, many grenades exploded before leaving the grenadiers: "This time it depends on the situation," he said.

They climbed a high hill, and the red light framing the edge of the hill was no longer from the setting sun, but from the king's army, and they rested in droves on the plain between Versailles and the hunting lodge - hereafter it will be A vast courtyard. Now the trees are replaced by soldiers, and the flowers are replaced by tents. A group of musketeers are gambling with a group of grenadiers. The grenadiers are strong and tall because of their requirements for strength and arm length. of men, who wore distinctive top hats with only a wide strap across their chests, while Musketeers and other officers were mostly two, crossed over their chests because they were both wearing ammunition and swords.

   Just when the king was curious about the final win or loss of their game on the wine barrel, a loud noise suddenly came from the edge of the camp. The king heard the sound and saw a group of colorful people coming out of the darkness.

"That's what I'm going to report to you," Lois said. "It was a group of... special ladies who insisted that, despite my arrangement, they were hired by a distinguished adult." And they were determined To Lois and all the soldiers and officers, the difference between a bohemian woman and a so-called "poor man" is only the size of a little finger a little.

   (end of this chapter)