When the people in the court knew that the king not only carefully considered the meeting place, but also specially appointed the menu for the Indians. At this time, the court mostly used birds and fish as main dishes, but for the Indians, neither of them were the most commonly eaten things, so they changed to a dish mainly made of beef and mutton, and the amount was more than the original ones... and so on. After that, the strange sight and whispers of ancient times 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, accepting their salutes. When they listened to their introductions, they saw that several officials and servants around him were a little embarrassed. He smiled without any concealment. These Indians actually spoke French more standard than the British or Dutch people, but they were very slow. Sometimes when they encountered complex and uncommon words, they had to discuss with each other, or ask the speaker to reread them to understand.

If it were another person, he probably wouldn't dare to ask Louis XIV to do this, and Louis would not agree to it with tolerance, but the Indians had very clean eyes and straightforward attitudes. There was no malice in their requests, or other ulterior motives, just to simply understand each other's meaning.

Their leader, a man with the French name "Logram", also took out some tobacco and asked the French "Great Chief" to smoke. Although Louis did not recommend tobacco, he also tried it - his court also had exquisite long-handled pipes, which he used was seized from the Ottoman Turks not long ago. Unlike the ornaments mainly made of gold, silver and ivory in the French court, the main material of this pipe came from seafoam. The seafoam that had not been soaked with e-liquid was grayish-white, and the overall image of a lion with a large mouth was amber. Louis saw the Indian leader looking at it curiously for a while, and then exchanged the pipe with him.

Legrand took the pipe, held it in his hand, raised his head and looked at Louis XIV. Legrand means a big man in French. According to his own words, his Indian name also has a tall meaning, so it is not rejected by this name.

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

"You are very similar to us, except that you have whiter skin." Legrand said: "Your warrior wants us to come here. He said you intend to make your son the master of Quebec, and I am willing to form an alliance with you to fight our enemies together."

"I have read his letters, you are the chief of Huron," said Louis: "You have too many enemies, the Iroquois are your enemies, and the Montanai are your enemies."

"The Iroquois have killed your warriors," said Legrand. "The Montanai have also defected to the British."

"You surprised me," Louis said bluntly: "You are so far away from here, but you already know a lot of news that the French don't know."

"I'm not very clear about your problem with another chief," said Legrand. "But I see those white men killing your warriors, you fight each other, just like us and the Iroquois."

Louis nodded. Sometimes things might not be so complicated. While he and Charles II were still in love, the British and French in North America were indeed fighting, but because the journey was long and the information was not available, sometimes the fall of a fortress and a settlement might have to wait for the arrival of the army to be changed before they could be known.

This happened as early as the Champlain era.

"I have many warriors," said Louis: "They can line up from here to Quebec, how many warriors do you have?"

"Huron's warriors are very brave, and they can match a hundred of them alone."

"No matter how brave you are, you can't compare to a bullet."

"I prepared a lot of beaver skin, bison skin and wood," said Legrand. "You can exchange it with wine, bullets and guns."

"I admit that you are all good hunters and good warriors, but the two sides of the alliance must have equal strength," said Louis. "The strong do not need to talk to the weak."

"Just as a wolf doesn't talk to a rabbit," said Legrand. "But the winter in Quebec can freeze the words, and your soldiers will be frozen to death or become sick."

"When it comes to illness," said Louis: "You are more troubled than us. There is only one season in winter, and three seasons in spring to autumn. The terrible epidemic will cause your soldiers and mothers to die one after another."

"Your minister told me that you have a way to prevent us from getting sick again."

"I have a lot of witch doctors," said Louis.

Legrand lowered his head and thought for a while: "I admit that you are richer, stronger, and more protected by God than my tribe. So how do you think we can qualify for alliance with you? If you want a gift..."

"I like your gifts very much, but it's enough," said Louis. "I don't want to change my mind, sir, I want a powerful ally, because Quebec is so far away from here, and my son is so young. I don't want him to see a desert when he grows up - your tribe is not the most powerful, nor is it the only one. Sometimes the covenant is destroyed, not because one side has turned against the other, but because the other side is too weak and will be quietly annihilated in the cruel struggle."

"You mean war."

"Never end until we are." Louis said: "I don't need a second reddish-brown ally, nor do you need a second white-skinned ally. Except for each other, we should face enemies."

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A little history knowledge:

Is chocolate brought to France by Spanish princesses as dowry?

Yes.

Cocoa was native to America. The Spanish who discovered the New World initially used cocoa as a cash crop, but then they discovered the nutritional value and medicinal effects of cocoa drinks and introduced them to Spain in 1528. Charles V's court quickly accepted it and became a popular drink in the upper class of Spain. After that, cocoa was circulated throughout Europe as the dowry of the Spanish royal family - Queen Theresa in this article.

Maybe there was a small-scale popularity before, but the large-scale consumption of chocolate did start from this period.

So, first of all, Douyin is not all nonsense.

The first time I saw a reader say that he was recommended by an up-list on Douyin, I was also surprised and happy. Although I was busy typing, collecting information, and rarely went to Douyin, I have also seen programs recommended on Douyin from other places, and they are all very good.

Secondly, if I think something might be wrong, then I will first ask the Kuan, check the information, visit the library, and then point out his mistakes to others.
Chapter completed!