I Am Louis XIV - Chapter 544

   Chapter 544 White and Red (Part 1)

Even Colbert, who has accompanied the king from the time when he was still in power to the present day, could not understand how Louis XIV could be so kind to these barbarians, why he seriously demanded his sons-in-law, his subordinates, and The friends got their money back from the slave trade because the king wanted him to do it, and the king didn’t like the slave trade, so he did it.

Most of the French, almost the same, the prestige of the Sun King has reached an unattainable level, even if the king wants them to die, they will, even if Louis XIV did not issue a decree to announce The slave trade was illegal, but they gradually restrained their trade, or stopped buying red-skinned slaves.

You must know that in the slave trade, white people did “hunt” in person at first, but no matter how advanced their weapons were, there were always people who were damaged, so some smart people came up with a good way – that is to use tribes Contradictions with the tribe, they used cheap glass beads, eliminated swords, and inferior cloth to gain the trust of some tribal leaders, and then told them that prisoners of war who were only executed in the past could be brought to them in exchange for supplies and weapons.

Later, they will even take the initiative to provoke conflicts between this tribe and that tribe. The howls of blood, death and pain are invisible and inaudible to them. Even if they can hear and see, it doesn’t matter. They are like vultures, waiting on the edge of the battlefield. As soon as the battle was over, a large number of reserve slaves were escorted to them.

If the French continued the slave trade, then in the New World, the fighting between the Indian tribes would not stop, which would be a hindrance to Louis XIV’s plan, so almost everyone who could see the king’s heart would stop, even if there were people who were greedy for profit, Soon after, he was executed by the King’s envoy and the Governor of Montreal, Schaumberg, on charges of treason. , equivalent to those Indians who had been sucked by them and who in turn were nourished by them.

But these things are years later, like how the British couldn’t wait to take over the slave trade that was abandoned by the French – let’s put it on hold here, after the banquet, two from Montreal and The Indians of Jamestown were again received by the king.

The king met them in the small hall next to the Bacchus Hall. The Bacchus Hall was used for banquets. The decoration and furnishings were magnificent, but it was not as solemn and solemn as other halls. The hall is used for preparing dishes and disposing of removed dishes. It is also sometimes used as a lounge. There are two or three sets of beautiful Baroque furniture. The simple style is completely different. The “horns” walked around the room curiously, constantly touching the lifelike statues. “They looked like they were alive.” He said to Rolfe happily.

   “Sit down, horns,” said Rolfe. “A white man is very concerned with his possessions and manners.”

The “horns” sat down, and unlike Rolf, his tribe was still a little stranger to the private system – they might be on guard against the white-skinned people taking their sacred mountains and rivers, and the warriors would be careful with their weapons and horses , but they are not so possessive, and sometimes in the face of a new friend, they will generously give away their favorite things.

  If a warrior gets angry just because someone touched his chair, box or tent, he will be laughed at by everyone.

   But Rolfe is different.

  The original Rolfe, the Englishman who married the daughter of the tribal chief, was not a bad person, he was even open-hearted. It’s just that he’s a white man and a Protestant, and he can’t help being restrained by his superiors and companions–were there any immigrants who married Indians before him? There really are, but these people, once discovered, will be tied to their horses and dragged to death.

In the London newspapers, the aborigines of the New World have always been described as beasts and demons, who often testify that they would prey on white women to inspire hatred against them, and to justify the slave trade, the Holocaust and the spread of the plague, see The people who read the newspapers were naturally excited, but did not know that the mixed races that were used as evidence were either from good deeds or from evil – Indians took in children and women who were strayed, and sometimes men were accepted after being tested, they When you grow up in a tribe, you are naturally a member of the tribe, and you will marry and have children with the tribe; as for sins, those who claim to be noble and wicked don’t mind finding happiness in their slaves or even “livestock”…

There were such people and reports in France before, but after Louis XIV expressed his disgust, this situation rarely appeared – it just couldn’t be wiped out, after all, most of the king’s heart was still on the battlefield here. The newspapers and publications controlled by the Duke of Orleans, the king’s flag and the trumpet, will never contradict His Majesty.

Having said that, the Englishman Rolfe, although he has accumulated a lot of wealth by growing tobacco, must not have a good life in his life. His morality and conscience urge him to tell the truth to the Indians. The beliefs and the threats behind him kept stopping him, and perhaps it was for this reason that he had several children with the chief’s daughter, and he took them out of the tribe and let them take root and grow in Virginia, but he also took one of his own. The son stayed with the tribe along with his education.

He instructed the chief of the tribe—his father-in-law’s brother at that time held this important position—that his name must be passed on, instead of looking at the sky, the earth, and animals as the Indians did, and asking no matter what How, even at the worst, keep this young son in touch with his family.

   This command saved their tribe.

Rolfe married the daughter of an Indian chief in 14 years. This peace only lasted for eight years. In 22 years, because the British moved in a large number of immigrants, they needed more land, more corn, more bison, Their claim is like a black hole in the deep sea, never ending, which undoubtedly angered the Indians, and they went to war with the British.

  The war lasted until 46 years, and even if Rolfe’s tribe united with the surrounding tribes, it still ended in disintegration. Rolfe’s father-in-law’s younger brother was killed in battle, and his tribe was forced to migrate and exile – fortunately they still had a way to survive, left by the Englishman Rolfe, whom Rolfe’s brothers and nephews managed to hide. to survive until today.

To this day, Rolfe is still tirelessly seeking opportunities for alliance and negotiation-with other Indians, he is very clear that if the Indians are no longer closely united, they will only be defeated by the white-skinned people. It is so hard that the hatred accumulated between tribes in the previous thousand years is enough to blind the eyes of chiefs and priests; It was bad weather and had to be stopped; the tribes bought by the British in turn wanted to scalp him and sell him for a good price.

   The most absurd and funny thing for him is that just when he was about to despair, a turning point came.

   is not a turning point that the Indians have won for themselves, but a turning point created by the hatred of the white-skinned people.

  The French drove out the British.

   They are all white-skinned people, believe in God, and need this land, so what is the difference between them and their previous enemies? It’s like a strong tiger driving away a greedy hyena, and it’s not good news for the Indians, but soon, the “horns” – they met because Rolf always tried his best. Searching for any possible friend, as well as Rolfe’s brothers and nephews, brought the French goodwill to Rolfe.

  Rolfe didn’t know whether he should trust the French, but in the conversation with “The Bull’s Horn”, he could not help but raise a little extravagance, maybe…

The thoughts of the Indians were interrupted by the herald’s clarinet, which announced the arrival of the king, who brought his youngest son, Auguste, who was canonized Duke of Montreal in his infancy, who was still A child, he is more like Madame Montespan than the king, a little too delicate, Louis XIV simply performed the “suspenders” ceremony for him before the Indians arrived in Paris, which symbolized the coming of age, and replaced the small skirt with Tights to avoid ironic misunderstandings.

   But when they saw the child, “Horn” and Rolf were still startled.

“Today, you are here to receive this guest for me.” Louis lowered his head and said to Auguste. The little duke immediately raised his chest when he heard it. Like all children of this age, he was very happy to be treated as a useful person. In charge of his duties, he politely invited “The Horns” to see his horse, a golden horse from Ottoman Turkey, sent as a ransom—a horse from Turkmenistan, best known for its fur Shining like a golden thread, it has infinite endurance and amazing speed.

  If it were anything else, “Cow Horn” might still hesitate, but when it comes to horses, he simply can’t refuse.

   “It’s really enviable for such a simple person, right,” said Louie.

  Rolfe turned his head, wondering if he should bow to the king, and at last he bent nondescriptly and sat embarrassedly under the king’s laughter.

   “‘Cowhorn’ is a brave warrior, he likes horses very much, because horses are another life for us.” Rolfe said.

   “It is true for warriors.” Louis said softly: “You are also a warrior.”

“I shouldn’t be able to compare to the ‘horns’,” Rolfe said. “Maybe because of my blood, or because of my education, I often feel like I’m out of everyone, I’m not an Indian, I’m not British either, I have nowhere to go and I can’t let go of everything around me.”

   “You have been really tired these past few years.”

Rolfe wasn’t sure if he was being ridiculed, he wasn’t a bull’s horn, the British taught him that all these white-skinned outsiders should be kicked out, but he also knew that he couldn’t do it, maybe all the Indians. No one can do it. They have thousands of warriors, and they have thunder-like weapons. Even the “horns” can see this.

“Then do you know why you are so different from the ‘horns’?” Louie asked. “No, not only in power and thought, but also in your attitude towards white people, who obviously wants to be more Mild and more looking forward to joining us, but you are full of worries and worries.”

“White people terrify us,” Rolfe said. “You’re white people, too.” He looked up. “And you need food and water, and you have a lot of people.” He glanced outside. “Here you are. A thousand by a thousand, and they all say your soldiers are as much as sand in a river.”

  Louis laughed. Now he would like to thank Louis XIII and Bishop Richelieu for not caring much about the New World.

The first to see and conquer the New World were the Spaniards and the Portuguese, then the French and the British, but they were not looking for the same thing. The Spaniards were looking for gold, so were the Portuguese, and the French were keen on furs. The business with timber, also because the total population of France is not so optimistic, the kings did not intend to exile criminals to the New World, there are not many immigrants in France, and most of them are soldiers, adventurers and merchants, even if the first two can A conflict with the Indians will not cause a huge disaster, and a businessman, no businessman will care whether the object of the transaction is a dog or a devout believer.

   But the British are the most different.

The British Isles – No matter how big an island is, an island is an island, destined to lack arable land and habitation. Since the end of the fifteenth century, British lords and squires have discovered that herding sheep can be faster and more abundant than farming. Later, they began to fence public and private land into pastures and farms. At this time, half of the land in the UK is pastures, and farmers cannot even preserve their own small arable land. There are ways to get them in your hands.

What’s more, in order to prevent bankrupt peasants from flooding into cities and causing unrest, the king and parliament also issued a decree to force them to agree to be hired by farmers and factories at an extremely low price. See them as potential criminals and get caught and serve hard labor or go to jail.

Farmers who have no fields and will be ruthlessly exploited. As I said before, in order to survive, they have to drag their children and their daughters to migrate to the New World. There is a cliff behind them. It is no wonder that these lambs have turned into wolves. They dare not fight with the master. They were against each other, but they were able to point the flail and the axe at the benefactor who accepted and helped them.

   Unlike the Spanish, Portuguese, and French, the British and Indians were doomed to never die.

Rolfe is right, France also needs the New World, but it will be a long time before the French local forces will migrate there. Maybe before the Duke of Montreal comes of age, the number of French immigrants is still not so impressive, so, in order to compete with the British People contend – don’t think that the Duke of York will continue his covenant with Louis XIV after he takes the throne, he must be going back on his word.

   Therefore, the French, who are inferior in numbers, must maintain a mutually supportive relationship with the Indians as before.

   (end of this chapter)