"Actually, maybe that's what I want. Louis said, in exchange for a surprised glance at Theoderick.

Louis didn't explain, because it was directly related to his other identity, if he had not been born as the son of a king, but just an ordinary nobleman, he would have willingly become a wizarding couple with Marie Mancini, and perhaps he would have taken over the Mancini family and even the inner world later, as in a dream - that witchcraft reflected more than just Marie's thoughts.

"And then," Theodric asked, "how do you plan to repay Simor and Mokkawi?"

"I've never been a man of violence," Louis replied mildly, "I just like order, Theoderick, my friend, I rule France by day, and I don't participate or intervene in the night," he looked into the disbelieving eyes of the Prince of Blood and smiled slightly, "But if I could, of course I would like to share power with me as my friends or allies." He didn't wait for Theodric to respond: "As far as I know, there was a time when the Bloods were very chaotic. ”

"Not now. ”

"How good, I believe that the majority of the Bloods are as disgusted with chaos as I am, so you have created the Secret Feast, the Demon Feast, and the Neutral Party, and you divide the realms of the night according to your clans, and every city has a lord with fangs, and you manage your people, or sheep, with the same care as my ministers, and all the Bloods who pass through your territory will ask to see you and obtain your permission to hunt. ”

"What do you want to say?"

"How many Tsmich lords are there in France now, and how many Vanzo lords are there?" said Louis, "thanks to your and Monsieur Amun's help, I am willing to give this part of this power to Vanzo and Tsmich, and perhaps your allies......"

"That's what you're going to do," Theoderick said angrily, "you're going to use the Bloods against the Bloods!? You think we're going to fight over a chip thrown by a mortal?"

"Three races," Louis said as if he didn't hear him shouting, "Simmore, Mocavi, Nophile, these three races are absolutely not allowed to stay in France, the French mainland, the newly occupied territories, the colonies, all the places where the banner of the Golden Lily King is hung are not allowed to have the blood of these three clans, as for the other clans, I hope to be able to make an alliance with them......"

"It can't be!" Theoderick couldn't help but interrupt the king's words, "You are just food for them......"

"The war between the Secret Banquet and the Demon Banquet, as well as the Neutral Clan, is not over yet," Louis whispered, his gaze turning to the unknown darkness, "How can Simor and Mokawi be willing to become servants of the human race, it is not because the Secret Banquet is not the opponent of the Demon Banquet now, even if the Demon Banquet only has two clans. He turned his gaze to Theodric calmly, "They need more and safer food sources and shelters in order to create more descendants—not inferior breeds like ghouls, but powerful, intelligent, and beautiful descendants to give the Secret Feast an advantage in the war against the Feast." So, what do you think I used to convince Amon?"

"You won't...... How you cherish your people......"

"I cherish every Frenchman," said Louis, "from man to woman, from young to old, because they bring me taxes, Soldiers and food, endless, I don't want to see senseless sacrifices, but on the battlefield, the number of dead is always a number, that is in thousands, in thousands, Theoderic, as long as I start a war, just like the previous Brittany, in the life that is constantly flowing, I only need to extract a tenth, or one hundredth, it is enough to affect your existing situation. ”

"You won't be so mad," said Theoderick, "or I'll be the first to end your life." ”

"On the other hand, Amon and his allies will go crazy to protect me, and anyone who is willing to inherit my wishes," Louis: "The biggest difference between the Demon Feast and the Secret Feast is in the attitude towards humans, to be honest, I can understand the thoughts of the members of the Secret Feast, because the development of human beings is really too fast, and now there are still things that magic can do, mortals can't do, but maybe in a few hundred years, mortals can also do what you can- I have lifted this curtain to Amun, and now I want you to see that Theodrik, Your Highness, the secret feast is working now, but once the humans have overcome the Blood, you will be no different from an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. ”

Theoderick's expression changed, and compared to Amun, His Royal Highness the Prince was more steady and less sharp, but he would not continue to cover his eyes as long as someone pointed it out to him.

"Even if you think a few hundred years is a long enough time, it doesn't matter, you can convince them with another reason, I'm willing to accept Van Zhuo, Tsmig," Louis continued, "No, I'll only have these two allies, if you want to maintain the advantage of the Secret Feast over the Magic Feast in France......" he sighed softly, "Maybe a mortal king can't do anything, but if one clan, or two clans, plus the Inquisition, plus the wizards...... Plus an army of 150,000 men...... I'm sure they'll change their minds, after all, I'm not asking too much. ”

Theoderick was silent, Louis was right, if it was thirty years ago, such a threat would have only made people laugh, but now, the mortal king did have two-thirds of the power in his hands, at least in France...... According to the laws he instituted, every city, every village, and every inn had to have a detailed population register, so that under the precise management of a grate through a hair, it was difficult for the blood clans to settle in a place for a long time without the acquiescence of the king, let alone a fixed hunt and development of descendants.

On the other hand, as long as the king is inclined to a certain clan, a certain clan will inevitably achieve long-term stable development. Simour and Morcauvi only got one or two cities, while Louis XIV's allies got all of France, and even wherever it could radiate.

"It seems that I have no choice but to do it. Theoderick said, his tone so tired and depressed for the first time. "I can only say that I am amazed at your coldness, and you are a human being anyway, Your Majesty. ”

"No," Louis laughed from the bottom of his heart for the first time, "Your Highness, you should know that all kings are monsters. ”

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Someone who knows the inside might accuse Louis XIV of being ruthless, as his actions undoubtedly gave the Bloods a kill pass. But as a king, a ruler, not knowing when, what sacrifice, and how to make a sacrifice, it really deserves to die - as he told Theoderic, he cherished his people, but he did not hesitate to go to war.

But if there had been no war, no covenant with the Blood, would the people of France have lived in peace and prosperity? Don't laugh, the answer to this is that the former exiles of Versailles can answer you, or Lorraine, Alsace, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland...... Even all the people of such powerful countries as England, Spain, and Austria can give you the same answer, without the sword tempered in blood, no matter how peaceful, peaceful, and rich a country is, it is just a lamb waiting to be knocked out of the bones.

And, at any given time, chaos will only bring more suffering and death.

In addition, what Louis XIV did not tell Theoderic and Amon was that although he was a mortal, he was indeed more arrogant than any mortal they had ever met.

He had no intention of relinquishing power in his hands forever, day or night.

Since Louis XIV came to power, large sums of money have flowed every year to research projects that only a few people have led and understood - silver, sunshine, charms, spells, blood...... Everything that has to do with the inner world.

Of course, the doctors and scholars did not know exactly what they were studying, as when the king first arrived in Blois, the director of the medical school, Lom the Younger, the son of the king's former chief physician, came to greet him respectfully, and when he was presented, the results offered to the king included anticoagulants, which would be incomprehensible to most people.

Of course, this medicine did not have the straightforward name of "anticoagulant", and like many medieval medicines, it was called "twelve herbal medicines", that is, after the type of material, and it could also be called "Sidonham medicine", because the way the medicine was named at the time was either from its material or from the name of the person who made it - or the effect, but very little - Although its effect is mainly anticoagulant, both Sidonham, who led the invention of the potion, and his wizarding assistants believe that this potion is used to separate the four qualities in the blood.

Louie, of course, would not tell them that he intended to research this potion in order to manipulate one of the great forces of the inner world, the Bloods.

The reason why the blood clan split into the secret feast and the demon feast is because with the passage of time, the originally loose and sparse mortal society has gradually formed a prosperous big city, large villages and towns, and when the number of humans is enough to suppress the talent of the blood clan, the blood clan can only retreat into the darkness beyond the reach of mortals, hiding itself like a wild beast, instead of either wantonly slaughtering, or disguised as gods, and asking humans to sacrifice as they did thousands of years ago—it was really a good time for them.

In fact, even if Louis does not pick on it, the princes of the blood clan such as Amon and Theoderick know that the blood clan is heading for destruction, and the secret feast will not talk about it, but the demon feast alone, the overly indulgent attitude in terms of hunting and developing descendants is not so much tough as madness before the brink.

In order to maintain their strength and develop their descendants, there is one thing that the blood clan will always be indispensable, and that is - blood.

The Bloods could not ingest the blood of dead things, as Louis knew when he was Gayola, and the Bloods could temporarily satisfy their hunger with the blood of animals when they were extremely hungry, but they would become weak, but even with the blood of animals, they would not suck the blood of the dead, and the blood of the dead would hurt them with just a small bite.

The Bloodline only drinks the blood of the living.

But this is not the reason why most of the Blood's hunting targets die, the main reason is that the Bloods are also afraid of the clergy and soldiers, and in order to avoid the cries and revelations of their victims, they have to break their targets' necks to keep themselves safe, as Louis said, after they are full—as Louis said, they only need a maximum of three cups of blood, a maximum of twelve ounces, or 0.35 liters, which is still far from a life-threatening 1.9 liters.

Despite Louis' interest and support for the development of medicine, bloodletting was still very popular outside of Paris, and it was not uncommon for people to bleed eight ounces or more at a time, enough to feed a vampire...... Just kidding. In short, people at this moment do not value and value blood as much as they did in the later period, if the king uses money to buy blood, even if it is now in France, there will be people who happily sell it in exchange for some pocket money, after all, there are still people who think that the "bad blood" should be released regularly.

It would be impossible to develop anticoagulants with the help of seventeenth-century doctors and instruments and medicines, but with the wizards, who have long had spells and poisons that can make people bleed, all they have to do is to open up this completely incomprehensible thing to mortals bit by bit for the king's doctors and scholars to study and analyze—the main poison, let's say a material that is easier for everyone to understand, the saliva of the Komodo dragon.

Animals bitten by Komodo dragons bleed, and their saliva is a good anticoagulant that wizards have long identified and used as poisons, either smeared on daggers or mixed with diamond powder, causing the victim's wounds to bleed.

Of course, the potion was not produced in high quantities, and Louis XIV had to wait until he tested it on vampires to determine whether he should try to increase it.

In all wars, the supply of the army, especially food, is the most important, if the blood clan can accept the blood with anticoagulants, then Louis can really control the balance between the blood clans - thirteen clans, as long as one clan accepts his blood, the other clans must follow, otherwise they can only watch one clan dominate. Even Nofile, Simmore, and Mokkawi were no exception.

At the same time, Louis was able to avoid sacrificing too many of his own people when making a covenant with the Bloodline, and sometimes sacrifice was necessary, but it didn't mean that it would continue forever.

Nothing can't be changed, all Louis has to do is take all the changes into his hands first.

He now has a wizard, an ally of werewolves and bloods, which means he can do a lot of things.