Basically, in this day and age, it's fairly easy to meet His Holiness in person. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Just crouch on the road from Paris to Orleans and persevere, and one day you'll come across it.

Besides, there was no need to be persistent, at most half a year, Louis VII had to make a trip, either from Paris to Orleans, or from Orleans back to Paris. Reigning for 30 years, the itinerary can go around France 30 times, Louis brand old horse, you, worth having.

So why did Louis run so often?

Because the Dharma King did not have a special palace.

- That's right, you read that right, I'm sorry to disappoint the children who are looking forward to the magnificent palace of the prince and princess. The Louvre, the original royal palace of the French dynasty, was built in the early 13th century, when Louis VII sometimes had a bed for himself as a king.

Maybe a friend is about to say, doesn't he have a castle? As a king, there is no palace, there must be two castles, right? So why not live in a castle?

Good question.

Louis VII did not have only one or two castles, he had many, but he preferred to lay on the floor rather than sleep in them.

Why?

This problem is very complicated, one is the reason for comfort, these castles were originally used for war, and the places where they were built are steep to death, especially because of the imperfect design, blindly pursuing only defense, building castles on the hills, and as a result, there is not even a well for drinking water (1)!

You have to run down the mountain to even drink saliva, who wants to live in this castle!

Besides, since you have to go down the mountain even to drink water, the water for flushing the toilet ...... I don't need to say anything more about what's going on inside the castle......

Really, I'm kind, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Kingdom of France has not yet had a capital!

Even the capital is not sure, then you still build a Mao palace and sleep Mao!

Until the twelfth century, the capital of the Kingdom of France oscillated between Paris and Orleans - a situation that was purely forced by life.

Louis, of course, would also like to build a magnificent royal palace, with a stable office space, a stable political center, if he could...... But he couldn't.

The king and his kinsmen, as well as the king's courtiers, the king's knights, the king's courtiers, the king's knights, and the attendants of these dignitaries, as well as a large number of janissaries and standing armies...... With so many people pressed together, just eating can bankrupt a city.

If you just eat bankruptcy, forget it, the point is, Louis VII didn't have so much food for them to eat!

This is not the future, with a well-developed logistics network that can support a city with the whole country - and even if there were, with Louis VII, the tragic king, he could not command the great nobles, let alone ask them for food.

Therefore, he can only fight the autumn wind, run to Paris if there is grain in Paris, run to Orleans if there is grain in Orleans, and when he eats and wipes a city clean, he will run to the next one, and then wait for the harvest in the coming year to come back.

His Holiness is so sad.

No wonder Eleanor didn't live with Louis VII, even if people don't understand the funny, they are still so wandering and displaced, like a refugee; Eleanor is the princess of Aquitaine, both in terms of territory and wealth several times more than Louis, when has she ever suffered such hardships!

"Your Majesty, there are a few monks who want to see you."

Running about the road again, at night, when the army was encamped, and Louis VII was nesting in his tent, a knight in charge of the vigil suddenly came in and preached.

"Monk?"

Louis VII was surprised, how could there be monks coming to him at this place, at this time, could it be that he was patronized?

Thinking of this, Louis VII felt a panic in his chest, he was born in a monastery, and it was good to believe in Christ, but how many of those who were kings could have maintained a good relationship with religion?

Although Louis was confused, he had been a king for thirty years, enough to surpass most of the monarchs on this planet; With the accumulation of thirty years of experience, whoever dares to take Louis as a fool is a real fool.

"No, Your Majesty, they say...... They're here to send you money? ”

In the end, even the knight himself was not sure, in fact, he would not have dared to come in and report to Louis if he hadn't asked several times to make sure he heard correctly.

“…… Invite them in. ”

Interesting, really interesting, it is undeniable that Louis felt that his interest had been completely aroused by these friars. He felt that even if it was a scam, it would be a big deal to give some money when the time came, and as a king, didn't he even have the right to be willful?!

Then, he was disappointed.

All three people came in, he had seen them all.

Father Adolphus didn't talk about it, Louis, who was a devout person, of course knew it, but at that time, the priest had just been rejected by the Pope and was still in a period of confusion in his faith, so how could he have the leisure to take care of him.

As for Magnus and Odega, you two, you think I won't know each other if you change your hairstyle?

I'm not old enough to get that far!

However, before Louis could speak angrily, Magnus had already spoken first.

"Your Majesty, let me open my mouth to introduce that this is Father Adolphus of Aragon, who has come from afar to see the beauty of France, a place blessed by God; The priest wanted to establish a monastery here for missionary purposes, and he was willing to pay five thousand pounds of silver for this. ”

Louis VII, who had just stood up, sat down immediately.

5,000 pounds of silver......

Louis VII didn't have that much income in a year (2)......

"Where do you want to build a monastery?"

After thinking about it carefully, Louis felt that this was a good deal, where could a priest take out five thousand pounds of silver? It must have been Magnus who bought land for himself in the name of the priest...... But how big can a monastery be? A knight's collar? A barony?

That's five thousand pounds of silver!

In fact, Odega's eyes are about to burst into flames, Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are really Your Royal Highness the Prince, you don't eat the fireworks of the world, the five thousand pounds of silver, can you give it as you say? Yes, what should we do if we return to the country?

If Magnus hadn't insisted that no one but him was allowed to intervene in this meeting, Odega would have jumped.

"Father Adolphus hopes that this abbey will be built in Brittany."

Everyone, as long as they could understand the meaning of this sentence, was immediately stunned.

"Hehe......"

Louis VII knocked on the table and chair, among the people present, he should have been the first to understand Magnus's meaning, even Odegar, who had known what His Royal Highness wanted to do earlier, did not understand it earlier.

It was precisely because of this that Louis was shocked, shocked by Magnus's ambitions.

"Knight Lefèvre, you go out first."

"But, Your Majesty......"

"It's okay, you go out first."

Turning his head, Louis first drove out his personal guard, because the next words were not for ordinary people to hear.

Magnus pretended to be a monk precisely because he wanted to hide his identity and prevent news from leaking.

Otherwise, the concept of fighting an unsuspecting Grand Duchy is completely different from fighting a Grand Duchy armed to the teeth.

"Let's get straight to the point, Prince Magnus." Louis stood up, his eagle-like gaze directed at Magnus, and the weight of his body was almost overwhelming: "If you want my support, it's only five thousand pounds of silver...... Hmph, it's just five thousand pounds of silver, that's not enough. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I couldn't agree more."

Since Louis wanted to speak openly, then open up, Magnus took off his hood and bowed deeply to Louis.

"But, Your Majesty, I also want to remind you that for a prince in exile whose father has been killed, his country has been seized, and he is left alone and left alone, when anger has filled his heart, there is no price in this world that he cannot bear."

Note (1): This is an exaggeration, but some castles do.

Note (2): According to the Book of the Last Judgment, King William of England earned a total of 18,000 pounds of silver a year, but this was already after William centralized his power and ensured that all the nobles of the country, large and small, paid taxes to him...... As for Louis VII...... Truth be told, five thousand pounds of silver still overestimated him.