The Indians were accompanied by many gifts from Lord Luçon, governor of New France, and a letter of earnest and even humble words, though a little stiff in wording—perhaps because he was a military man after all. But anyone who can think with their brains, not their knees, knows that the canonization of the Duke of Montreal meant that Louis XIV's eyes had shifted from within Europa to the colonies.

In this era, the glory of kings still came from Europa, not from the colonies, whether it was the Hundred Years' War, the Thirty Years' War, or the Seven Years' War, the Nine Years' War, which had not yet taken place, it was almost all confined to this rich and mature continent, Europa was the throne of kings and emperors, and the colonies were nothing more than cows for their armies and people.

But Louis XIV never thought so, and when he gritted his teeth and conquered Flanders and Holland, some people swore that the new king was too militaristic, and that France did not have enough people to fill these places, but in fact, in only ten years, if you walk in Flanders or the three provinces of Holland, you will find that there are people everywhere who speak French, who wear fashionable dresses that may be only a month or two later than Paris, that Catholic churches are erected one after another, and that the clergy baptize one or several babies every day, and that their arms are so sore that they cannot lift them。

They fed France even earlier than Monsieur Colbert had anticipated, and two-thirds of Flanders were hills and plains, where they grew wheat, potatoes, vegetables, cattle and sheep...... Merchants constantly took large quantities of produce and textiles from here, and then brought goods from France to this place - the people here demanded everything, plowshares, pitchforks, flails...... Cooking pans, frying pans, ceramic or brass cups and bowls, beautiful dresses and ribbons, glass mirrors...... Wait a minute.

This enviable virtuous cycle had only been in place for a few years, but now the Netherlands and Flanders were almost no longer a burden to France, and it was no wonder that Charles II of England and Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire had chosen to do so at this time, and if they did not do anything about it, they would have even fewer supporters – not forgetting that Louis XIV had promised that as long as they spent twenty years without committing any sins, the people of the new territory would be able to bask in the light of the Sun King like the French.

The victory at Dunkirk was undoubtedly a blow to the scorn of those with bad intentions, and the proud French, on the other hand, did the same as their king, laughing at the poor fools while going on with their lives— Only the Duchess of Orleans, the sister of Charles II, was affected by some influences at the court, but these influences quickly disappeared under Louis's leniency, and the people of Versailles were accustomed to seeing those people around the king, and as long as the Duke of Orleans was still having dinner with the king, and the Duchess of Orleans was still present at the ball, sitting with the Duchess of Montpensier, the queen and the queen mother, then no one would say anything to her.

The same is true of the natives from the colonies - even if they look like a pack of ferocious beasts, they are the king's beasts.

Louis XIV was also interested in the Indians, who, to put it harshly, might have been more valuable than some of the ministers who had eaten the corpses, and while flipping through the diaries of Pierre de Mont and Monsieur Champlain (pioneers of the French colonies in North America), he spent the afternoon on the high hill next to the Palace of Versailles, which had been restored and maintained for more than ten years and had now become a good place for picnics and distant sights, which would surely make the accustomed Indians less nervous.

When the people in the court knew that the king had not only carefully considered the place of the meeting, but also specially set the menu of the Indians, at this time, the court mostly used poultry and fish as the main dishes, but for the Indians, neither of them was the most common thing they eat, so they replaced it with a large dish based on beef and mutton, and the amount was more than before...... And so on and so forth—and after that, those weird glances and whispers were almost gone.

Those people probably don't know that these Indians can speak French and understand French.

Louis XIV was in the bright white tent, receiving their salutes, and listening to them introduce themselves, when he saw that several of the officials and attendants around him were a little embarrassed—he laughed unabashedly, these Indians actually spoke French more standard than the English or Dutch, but slowly, and sometimes they had to consult with each other about complex and uncommon words, or ask the speaker to reread them before they could understand them.

In a different person, he would probably not dare to ask Louis XIV to do this, and Louis would not have agreed towardly, but these Indians were very clean and straightforward, and there was no malice in their request, or any other ulterior motive, they simply wanted to understand each other's meaning.

Their chief, a man with the French name "Legrand", also took out some tobacco for the French "Grand Chief" to smoke, and although Louis did not admire tobacco, he tried it - he also had a fine long-handled pipe in his court, which he used which he had recently captured from the Ottoman Turks, and which was similar to the gold and silver in the French court. Unlike ivory-based utensils, the main material of this pipe comes from sepiolite, which has not been soaked in e-oil is grayish-white, and the whole body presents the image of a lion with a large open mouth, and the mouthpiece is amber, and Louis saw that the leader of the Indians looked at it curiously for a while, and exchanged pipes with him.

Legrand took the pipe, held it in his hand, and looked up at Louis XIV. Legrand means big man in French, and in his own words, his Indian name also has the meaning of tall, so he is not exclusive to this name.

"In fact, most French names come from nicknames," Louis said, "like your Legrand, and the panting Ebel and the brave Bernard, and the red-haired Rousseau." ”

"You are very similar to us, except that your skin is whiter. Legrand said: "Your warrior wants us here, and he says that you intend for your son to be the master of Quebec, and that I am willing to form an alliance with you against our enemies." ”

"I have read his letters, and you are the chieftain of Huron," said Louis, "and you have too many enemies, and the Iroquois are your enemies, and the Montanes are your enemies." ”

"The Iroquois have slain your warriors," said Legrand, "and the Montanais have taken refuge with the British." ”

"You surprise me," said Louis bluntly, "that you are so far from here, and you already know a lot of information that the French do not know." ”

"I don't know very well what you have with another chief," said Legrand, "but I see that the whites have killed your warriors, and you fight each other, just as we have with the Iroquois." ”

Louis nodded, sometimes things may not be so complicated, when he and Charles II still maintain the illusion of warmth, the British and French in North America are indeed still fighting, but because of the long distance and lack of information, sometimes the fall of a fortress and a settlement may not be known until the arrival of the changing army.

This kind of thing happened back in the Champlain period.

"I have many warriors," said Louis, "and they can platoon all the way from here to Quebec, how many warriors do you have?"

"The warriors of Huron were so brave that they alone could be worth a hundred. ”

"No matter how brave you are, you can't beat a bullet. ”

"I have prepared a lot of beaver skins, buffalo skins, and wood," said Legrand, "and you can exchange them for wine, bullets, and guns." ”

"I confess that you are all good hunters, good warriors, but the two sides of the alliance must be equal in strength," said Louis, "and the strong need not talk to the weak." ”

"Just as wolves don't talk to rabbits," said Legrand, "but the Quebec winter can freeze words, and your warriors will freeze to death, or get sick." ”

"Speaking of sickness," said Louis, "you are more worthy of trouble than we are, for there is only one season in winter, but three seasons from spring to autumn, and a terrible plague will cause your warriors and mothers to die one after another." ”

"Your minister told me that you have a way to make us no longer sick. ”

"I have a lot of witch doctors. Louie said.

Legrand lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I admit that you are richer, more powerful, and more protected by the gods than my tribe, so how do you think we can qualify for an alliance with you......?"

"I love your gifts, but it's enough. "I don't want to change my mind, sir, I want a strong ally, because Quebec is so far away, and my son is so young, and I don't want to wait until he grows up, and all he sees is desolation—your tribe is not the strongest, nor is it the only one, and sometimes the covenant is broken, not because one side has turned its back on the other, but because the other is too weak, and in the cruel overthrow, it will be quietly annihilated at some point." ”

"You mean war. ”

"Never end, until as long as we are. Louis said, "I don't need a second reddish-brown ally, and you don't need a second white-skinned ally, we should all face enemies except each other." ”

—————— six o'clock plus more.

A little bit of history:

Was chocolate brought to France by a Spanish princess as a dowry?

Yes.

Cocoa was originally from the Americas, and the Spaniards who discovered the New World initially used it as a cash crop, but then they discovered the nutritional value and medicinal properties of cocoa and introduced it to Spain in 1528, which was quickly accepted by Charles V's court and became a popular drink among the Spanish upper class, after which it was spread throughout Europe as a dowry for the Spanish crown - in this case, Queen Teresa.

There may have been a small-scale epidemic before, but it was true that chocolate began to be consumed on a large scale during this period.

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