"So we ......"

Duke Sobiesky glanced at the anxious nephew and shook his head: "We have to wait for the outcome of this battle, boy, and at the same time, we can also gain a lot from this process." He knew why this nephew was so attentive, and that he had long been fed by the bribes of the Austrians—it was not the ambition of the young man who was disappointed, who dared not to say that he had not fantasized about the day when he would sit on the throne of kings, especially those who were inferior to Louis XIV and Leopold I, whose rulers had not yet been born, and for whom the crown and scepter had been prepared.

And they had to fight for money, land, and horses under their crotch, and swords in their hands, and when he decided to lead his army to Lviv, did he not have a grudge against Louis XIV, whose mother was the daughter of a great Polish commander rather than his son, whose fiefdom and castle were also obtained through marriage, and whose glory was based on his exploits—Louis XIV seemed to have left him a choice, but he knew that there was only one path he could take.

At that time, if he insisted on returning to Warsaw, even if he could become king of Poland, what good would a king be without the love and trust of the people and soldiers? He had to return to Lviv so that the Polish people would have at least their Duke Sobiesky, a hero against the infidels.

When he was in Lviv, he was worried about what if the Prince of Condé of France was not as bright as people had said? After all, he was also the one who had competed for the throne with his relatives, but what he did not expect was that within a few days, two messengers arrived in front of him, the first messenger sent the news that Condé the Great had become the king of Poland, and the second messenger brought the news that King Ludwig I of Poland was about to come to the rescue with his army.

To be honest, Sobieski was grateful and a little unbelieving at that time, but it was so that the new king of Poland had just put on his crown, put on his armor, there were no banquets, no parades, and even Mass was held in the absence of the king - he led the dragoons, famous in France after the battle in the Low Countries, galloped day and night, and arrived in Lviv in less than a week.

Not to mention that these five or six days were too long - now it takes only thirteen hours to travel from Warsaw to Lviv by train, but at that time there were almost no roads from Warsaw to Lviv, and Ludwig I and his army had to pass through many battlefields and battlefields occupied by the Ottoman Turks, as well as the territories of the great Polish nobility, and the battles and negotiations were always the most time-consuming—at least after the messenger left, Sobiesky's most optimistic estimate was two weeks, or even a month, and he had nothing to blame.

At that time, even Sobiesky's personal guards, and even Sobiesky himself, could not help but stand up and shout the name of Grand Condé when they saw the fluttering banner of the golden lily on a blue background.

It is also interesting to say that the pronunciation of Condé is similar to Kant in Polish, and some Tatars and Cossacks mispronounce it as Konwal - a common and convenient vulgar term in Polish, which probably means greeting your matriarchal relatives, and it is very popular, so they also shout: "Konwal!"

This is not to blame them, because in Poland a nobleman generally has two ways of showing his status, one is the well-known coat of arms, and the other is the slogan they shout during battle, and each family is different, just like their coat of arms, like hail, blade, devil, this simple gift that makes people shudder when they hear it.

It was only after Ludwig I and Sobiesky drove out the Ottoman Turks in Lviv that Ludwig I told Sobiesky that he intended to set his family's battle cry as "the mouth of the beast", which is also a bit related, because the Condé family is a side branch of the Bourbon family, and the Bourbon coat of arms is a gold lily on a blue background, and the Condé family cannot use exactly the same, so on the gold lily on a blue background, they brushed a red diagonal stripe, and red is de in heraldry Gueules, Gueules in French usually refers to the mouth of an animal, and of course it is a very fitting and courageous slogan.

And then as soon as they stepped out of the tent, they heard an earth-shattering "Kangwo!Kangwo!!!!"

......

Although Ludwig I later corrected this misconception as much as possible, it was too impressive...... At the thought of this, Sobiesky burst into a burst of laughter. His nephew also thought - especially the coming big war, and only hoped that those French and Austrians could not understand Polish.

After laughing, Duke Sobiesky patted his nephew on the shoulder: "So be it," he said affectionately: "Even the Tatars know that good things are most valuable only when they are held in your hands, and letting others see your eagerness will only make the treasure dusty, and besides, this is only the beginning, and no one knows what will happen in the future." ”

The Grand Condé of France brought his eldest son to Poland, but the eldest grandson stayed in Versailles, and even exchanged his hereditary domain and title with the King of France for his full support, everyone knew that he was not here to be the king of Poland, and both Louis XIV and Grand Condé intended to let the Bourbon blood pass on in Poland for a long time.

But for the great Polish aristocracy, those Schlachita councillors, will they be willing? No, they will not be willing, not to mention how much the constant rotation of so-called "monarchs" of different nationalities can bring them, and they are also eager to become the ones on the throne one day - it can be said that Poland is a shrunken Holy Roman Empire, you can ask those electors, are they willing to give up their power?

And once Poland has an orthodox and noble king, he will inevitably try his best to reduce the territory and power of the great nobles and consolidate and expand the royal power like Louis XIV of France.

So Sobieski was not at all interested in the olive branch that Leopold I had offered, and Louis XIV would at least use the gold Louis silver Egus to buy his wheat, did Leopold I really regard himself as the Roman Emperor? With just one letter intended to stir up his ambitions? Of course, he had ambitions, but it was precisely because he had this ambition that he had to rest and rest first, and then lay a solid foundation before going back to think about the future—the Great Condé was born in 21, he was born in 29, and he still had time.

Thinking of this, the Duke of Sobieski instructed his nephew to ask if Ludwig I had returned from King Louis XIV of France, and a few minutes later his nephew told him that Ludwig I had not left Louis XIV's castle and that it was likely that he would have dinner or even stay overnight with him.

It was not for nothing that Leopold I chose Kamnikor as the gathering place for the coalition army, the city is a large city in Slovenia, with the Alps behind it, and on its side is the famous Velica Plani Plateau, about two or three fats away from Camnico, this highland has been the largest herdsmen's settlement in Europa for more than a thousand years, you can imagine how vast it is, it can fully accommodate hundreds of thousands of troops, the abundant pasture here can also supply horses and cattle, and the cloud-like livestock and dairy products can also relieve the pressure on military supplies。

When Ludwig I got up from his long-lost bed, it was still a little like a dream—to be sure, the conditions in Warsaw were not only inferior to those of Versailles, but even to Paris, and when he first stayed at the Old Palace in Warsaw, he even wondered in his mind whether John II, who had retired to a French convent, was now living in better conditions than himself? After all, when the king's craftsmen invented the flush toilet, no one expected that the priests of the monastery would be more enthusiastic than the nobles in the boudoir— They also love showers, bathtubs and running water pipes, but consider that there are many monasteries that date back to the Roman era, when there were more toilets, both on and off the water, than in the new buildings that followed.

As soon as he awoke, a personal attendant came forward to serve, and when he saw that he did not carry a basin of water, Ludwig I was a little unresponsive, but he immediately remembered that although Louis XIV had only entered the city five days earlier, his engineering team had arrived a month earlier, and they did not do anything superfluous, but only surrounded the castle that was scheduled for Louis XIV to be renovated like a swarm of busy worker bees.

That's why there are well-equipped washrooms like those in Versailles.

Ludwig I sighed and poked his toes into the boiling hot bath as he asked his personal attendant if there was anyone from the King of France to arrange a meeting for today, and the personal attendant replied that Monsieur Bontang had come to tell them early in the morning that His Majesty wished to have dinner with Ludwig I, and that before that, His Majesty Ludwig I should rest and calm his mind and body.

Originally, Ludwig I was going to talk to Louis XIV yesterday, after all, the next thing was urgent,—— but Louis was startled when he saw his haggard face and all his gray hair, and hurriedly asked the doctors and monks around him to examine him- The main thing is that Ludwig I had not rested well for the first few days, and he and Duke Sobiesky treated the Cossacks and Tatars well, although it was a good thing for Poland and other Catholic countries, but it caused the dissatisfaction of some of the great nobles, who wanted him to say that it was purely a thief, because it was they who managed to intercept the Tatars' military expenses in the first place, and caused the Tatars to revolt.

The problem was that Ludwig I was not able to do anything about them for the time being, and now that he understood how Louis XIV was confronted during the first Fronde riot, perhaps he should have said retribution...... "I remember that I must have a gold necklace inlaid with amber in my luggage," he asked, "and send it to Monsieur Bonton." ”

The attendant hesitated: "To Mr. Bangtang?"

The first personal attendant of the King of France, some joked that he was the one who had been with Louis XIV the longest, better than the Queen and the royal lady—he was the first and last hurdle beside Louis XIV, and countless people groveled and ugly in order to make him say a word in front of the king—but unfortunately there were not many people who could make this overly cautious chief attendant speak for him.

It was this prudence that attracted the envy and hatred of many people, at least when Ludwig I was Prince Condé, he heard the joke that the Monsieur Bongtão would always say to those who asked him to do things: "I will tell the king, I will tell the king ......" Over time, this phrase became a perfunctory cliché, so much so that when an abbot asked him what time it was, Monsieur Bongtão also said, "I will tell the king, I will tell the king ......".

But anyone who knows a little about the situation around Louis XIV knows that Monsieur Bontang has always maintained the reticency and humility of a personal attendant, and he will not promise anyone that he will go to the king, and if others question him, it would be bad if he did not give any reply if he suspected Louis XIV of deliberately alienating or punishing them—they said this only to mock and discourage Bontang.

"But your Majesty," asked Ludwig I's attendant, "will he accept it?"

"Yes. Ludwig I kindly said, "To Your Majesty," he naturally addressed Louis XIV: "Like a trusted friend and relative, this is not a bribe, but a gift, and Your Majesty will be pleased with it." ”

Ludwig I was right, after Bontang got the gift, he immediately came to tell Louis, Louis admired the heavy amber necklace, the Polish city of Tansko is rich in amber, the amber on this necklace is polished into a thumb-sized square, showing a translucent golden yellow, indescribably moving.

"Since it's a gift for you," said Louis, "take it well, Bonton." ”

"But it's too precious. ”

"I've got a whole crate of amber like this here, Bontang. All gifts from Ludwig I. ”

"But you're the king......"

"You are the indispensable first attendant of the king," Louis said soothingly, "Bonton, if it is Jan Sobiesky, be careful, but this is Ludwig I, the former Prince of Condé, who is also a member of Bourbon, and he knows that you are worthy of this gift, and he knows that I will think you are worthy, so don't worry, take it, take it, whatever you want to decorate it on whomever neck." ”