I Am Louis XIV

This surprised the king. He was not sure whether the other party was the kind of potion master he understood, but with the current medical level, if there is such a kind that can instantly heal people infected with dysentery, or make the defect I am afraid that the wizard has long been enshrined as the incarnation of an angel, so he quickly calmed down after a slight agitation, "Then why is he here?" He asked in a low voice, "How did I find you?" At the same time, he didn't miss the sarcasm in the man's eyes.

"He was my teacher," Mary said, "something happened before...so..."

"Let me tell you, Mary," the man interrupted Mary, "it's nothing serious, Your Majesty, it was an accident—I mean, I met my former student here , this is not my original wish, because I have long been tired of serving the powerful, which is why I was expelled from the inner world-the inner world no longer accepts me, and my family, and we have no identity in the outer world , the guards regarded us as refugees, we were expelled, even beaten and imprisoned, and the most unfortunate thing is that the watch world is constantly going bad, no one trusts the medicine I make, even if someone is willing to buy it, I come from the outside world There were not many materials to bring out, my wife was seriously ill, and my daughter was about to starve to death, so when I saw Mary, I let go of my foolish pride and knelt down before her and begged for a piece of bread.

That's it, my purpose is not pure, Your Majesty, but I am not greedy either, I just want to live with my family. "

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to the king, almost fell when he straightened up, Louis looked at him, gave him a piece of chocolate, "eat this," he said, "then tell me , what can you do."

That man has seen chocolate, chocolate is in the world, brought back from America by the Spaniards, and Anne of Austria, although she is called so by people, is the princess of Spain, when she married in France, she also brought chocolate It was brought to the French royal family, but for the people in the other world, this dark fruit has long been the main ingredient in magic medicine, and it is even more common for a potion master, who devoured it as soon as he took it. Then I finally got a little spirit and strength.

At dusk, he came to the inn where the king stayed. This time, because the king had ordered the guards around him, he was not hindered. In a room, he placed the medicines he made on the precarious table one by one. , as the king expected, most of them are useless, or only useful to people in the other world-for example, potions used to replace blood in rituals, powders that can induce hallucinations, love made by nymphs Potions, dandelion that can make you popular, foxglove, datura, etc. that can be used as poisonous potions... The only things that can interest the king are flying potions and invisibility potions. The body can also be used on mortals, but the problem is that the main ingredient of the former is belladonna, and the main ingredient of the latter is oleander, and both of them need to be applied to the whole body to be effective, not to mention whether there is an emergency. In this kind of free time, the poisonous components of belladonna and oleander alone can be absorbed by the mucous membranes. The special physique of the wizards ensures that they will not suffer from it, but for ordinary people, they may die because of it at any time. And the maintenance time is shorter and more humble than that of wizards.

But the king still bought these two potions, as well as those that Mary thought she needed, but it was not realistic for the master of potions to follow them. First, their team was not safe, and second, the bishop's Eyes and ears have been watching them all the time, Mary is his niece, of course she can be tolerated, but it is not necessarily the case for a potionist who was expelled from the other world - although Mary has repeatedly stated that her teacher is an extremely talented person, But the king and that man knew very well that a truly unique master would not be easily abandoned by the other world. He might be talented, but he was not so indispensable.

Before the king left, the wizard brought his wife and daughters to thank the king. In addition to a bag full of gold louis, there was also a set of identity certificates that the king ordered the officials here to sign for them, so that they could You can safely choose an unknown place to live in.

The king saw his wife, and it is said that the potion master had a great relationship with his wife when he was expelled from the other world——Louis understood as soon as he saw her, since he came here, he has seen many beauties , from male to female, but the potion master's wife is not so much beautiful as a kind of delicate and charming, even if she has a big belly and a haggard face, she still can't hide that kind of frightening beauty. Louis described her as a crimson rose with dry petals, even though it had lost most of its vitality, it still had an incomparable color.

But she obviously only loved her husband deeply, and so did her husband, and they stood there as if there was no third person around.

They already have two daughters, and one is in the womb of his wife. The eldest daughter is five years old, but it can already be seen from the facial features and facial contours that she has almost completely inherited the beauty from her mother. Her younger sister is still a The eldest daughter Athenais, a child who could not even walk steadily, was so bold that she could hardly take her eyes off the king. Her father asked her to salute the king, and after she had saluted, she came forward and pulled Pulling the king's skirt: "My lord," she said, "may I marry you when I grow up?"

Before the king could answer, "No," Mary beside him said firmly, "No, I will be the queen in the future, and I will marry the king."

Athenais did not look very sorry: "That's all right," she said: "It's fine to be your lover."

"No," Mary continued to stop, "His lover is only me."

"But you are not beautiful." The girl said seriously: "Gorgeous people always deserve the best, you are not."

Mary almost turned into a puffer fish. Louis held back his smile and gave the girl a gold louis: "You should live with your parents well, and when you grow up," he said, "You will meet Find a young man who loves you, then marry him, have children, and live a wonderful life." He didn't take Athenais' words to heart at all, and who would care about the words of a five-year-old child? It was Mary's idea that made him check his calendar - remember to talk to her.

It's just that what happened later made Louis never remember this little incident.

At this time, the king's army may not be as large as his father Louis XIII's guards, and wherever he goes, he can hear the slogans and guns of the rebels in a short while, and the bishop's emissary will transfer them to another place. Going to one place, they gradually go farther and farther, and the more barren they go.

Louis once thought that the poor in Paris were quite miserable, but only then did he realize that the poor outside were living an even more miserable life. Although the bread in Paris was expensive, at least there was bread, and the town they passed before had at least baked goods. Charcoal for bread. There is no bread here, and no charcoal. People rely on prayer and "bread" (clay mixed with the last bit of flour and bran) to survive. The streets are full of dead people who are as stiff as skeletons. There was a carriage and two handymen who were responsible for throwing them into the car and dragging them away. The two handymen were also yellow and thin, but when they pulled up the bones, they were as easy as a girl playing with her own dolls.

The convoy didn't dare to stay in such a town at all. They walked through the squares and streets as if fleeing, and only stayed in the uninhabited woods or by the stream, but there were also many hungry people here. When they are about to starve to death, these lowly people no longer care about the law or rules. They first kill the cattle, horses and donkeys for farming, and then eat the seeds left behind. The old people and children are the first to be discarded. Yes, and then people with strength entered the lord's woods. After the animals in the woods were captured, they began to gather fruits and leaves. When the fruits and leaves were all eaten, they could only live on bark and nuts. .

Louis couldn't ask his servants to inquire about the news. Fortunately, there was Mary by his side. The little witch rode a broom to inquire about the surrounding situation at night-this phenomenon was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster-the first stone throwing Although the party rebellion made the king and queen mother very passive, not many towns and provinces were affected. However, the leaders of the second Fronde rebellion were Prince Condé, King Conti and the Duke of Longueville. Important areas such as Bordeaux, Guienne, Poitou, and Anjou were summoned, and the provinces, cities, and villages outside of them included royalists who supported Louis XIV, and some were willing to ask Cardinal Mazza There is hardly any similarity between the pious man who is loyal to the world, the ridiculous man who prefers to be at the mercy of a woman (the Prince's wife and the Duchesse of Longueville), or the scumbag who is bought by Gaston, Prince of Orleans. In addition to frantically and bewilderedly gathering troops and collecting money, they failed to realize that their already meager reserves had been consumed by them in just a few months.

This movement began in January 1650 and ended in July 1650. The previously collected wheat and dried meat, as well as the farmers who worked in the fields, all seemed to disappear in a single day. — Keen-eyed People may have anticipated the emergence of famine, but more people can only watch the doomsday in ignorance.

There are not many things that Louis can do. He can only guarantee the supply of himself and the royalist army. Although the price proposed by the accompanying merchant is almost suffocating, but at this time, as long as there is bread, it is better than everything. This makes the following king Not only did the army not disperse, but there were more and more of them. Queen Mother Anne once asked the king to disperse some people, but this time Louis was unwilling to agree no matter how much she begged, even though the pressure these people brought to him made him sleepless at night , Now he is simply like a naughty boy holding the blade of a sword, and the empty stomachs of thousands of people are like stubborn stones hanging on the hilt of the sword.

Louis had pinned his hopes on Charles II of England—he had already ascended the throne, but it was a pity that this brother king fought the rebel army in Worcester in August, and the whole army was destroyed. Even he wandered outside like a beggar for more than 40 days before being found by loyal courtiers. He was still hoping that Louis could give him some help—it seemed that he wanted to get some wheat from England It has also become impossible. The only people Louis can rely on are Fouquet and Colbert. Before Colbert lived up to expectations, he bought several shipments of corn from Italy, so that the common people in Paris finally had something to fill their stomachs. This time they went to Italy, Spain, and Greece, hoping to get enough wheat from there, or anything edible.