Chapter 12 Like to listen, like to listen
Although Garris was born a farmer in his previous life, farmers in the 21st century are obviously not the same as farmers in the 12th century.
At least the Garris family no longer even grows food. They mainly take care of their own mountain farm and then find a job in the city. They only have an agricultural registered permanent residence on their household registration book.
As for Garris, as a son of a nobleman in his life, although he has not been able to distinguish between grains and grains, he still lacks sufficient understanding of the real life of farmers.
Simply relying on an understanding of the situation in Skar Village would be too one-sided.
Nowadays, Skar Village is thriving under the leadership of John. Not to mention how good the life is, but at least everyone can work together as a team.
Whether it's the mill business or the blacksmith business, everything looks decent.
In this case, Garris felt that he needed to make up for himself, at least to understand how the farmers of this era lived and what they needed.
We need to understand who we can win over in rural areas in this era, and who will stand in our way.
After all, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can win any battle, and the primary question of the movement is: Who is our enemy? Who are our friends? .
A few days later, Garris had already packed his bags and selected a few followers, including Simon, the attendant who first went with him to scout the village of Skar, and another servant called Kafei.
However, when Garris was about to leave, many people expressed their incomprehensibility. After all, many of them were knights, and the knight class was naturally incompatible with the peasant group.
For this reason, after thinking for a moment, Garris gave up the idea of telling them the teacher's theory and instead spoke to them directly.
"Listen, my dear brethren: Did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?"
This sentence comes from the book of James in the New Testament, and James is a serious brother of Jesus, much purer than a certain king of heaven in later generations.
The general meaning of this passage is to emphasize Heavenly Father’s special selection and care for the poor, and to remind the world not to judge by worldly standards, but to see God’s perspective.
In the eyes of God, material poverty does not prevent a person from receiving His love and choice. Instead, God often chooses those who have been ignored and despised in this world to enrich them in their faith and become heirs of his kingdom.
The meaning of Garris's words is obviously to show that he attaches great importance to farmers. This has an ancient basis in Christian culture and is by no means a treason.
Then Garris said: “The Spirit of the Heavenly Father is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, and sent me to proclaim release for the captives, and for the blind to receive sight and receive relief. The oppressed are set free, and the year of God’s favor is announced.”
This sentence comes from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible. According to legend, it was what Jesus said in the synagogue in Nazareth. It was an important moment when Jesus announced his mission.
The general meaning is that Heavenly Father has chosen Christ, Brother Heaven, and granted Brother Heaven a special mission authority. This mission is to spread God’s love and salvation to the bottom of society, so that the bottom of society can gain hope. The key point is to emphasize the importance of Concerns of the lower classes of society and missionary needs.
Sure enough, as soon as John and the others heard this rather awesome speech, they immediately showed a look of understanding, and then stopped talking nonsense. After all, Garris had brought up Heavenly Father to explain the importance of the poor, and they could not question it. The word of the Father.
Instead of talking about a bunch of theoretical teachings that John and the others couldn't understand, were not willing to understand, and were not suitable for this era, Garris chose the theoretical teachings that were more in line with what babies in the 12th century loved to hear, liked to listen to, and couldn't put down after listening to them. Discourse.
In the final analysis, if you are half a step ahead of the world, you are a genius, if you are one step ahead of the world, you are a great man, and if you are two steps ahead of the world, you are a saint. If you are seven or eight steps ahead of the world, you will become a madman, a devil, and an unreasonable person in the eyes of the world. Anyway, Gareth saw no point in being high-minded. But before leaving, something unexpected happened. He had packed his clothes and luggage, but then someone blocked the door.
Isabella just stood in front of Garris with her hands behind her back and said nothing, letting the atmosphere develop in an awkward direction.
"Ahem, just tell me if you have something to say." Finally, Garris couldn't bear it anymore and asked directly.
"If you plan to go out, why don't you take me with you?"
"It's not suitable. It's also dangerous to go out."
"But I think I'm the safest when I'm with you."
Garris had never thought of bringing Isabella with him at first. After all, it was inconvenient to have an extra member of the opposite sex outside. But when Isabella took the initiative to come to the house, Garris found the reason for rejection that he had thought of. Unable to speak.
The resentment hidden in those beautiful talking eyes was enough to push back Garris's words.
Finally, Garris said: "Pack your own things. If you go out this time, you will suffer a lot. You must learn to take care of yourself."
There is a saying that since he was a child, Garris has never cared about Isabella's royal bloodline. Even after he pledged his allegiance to Isabella, his attitude towards the girl has not changed.
It is precisely because of this model of getting along that Gareth and Isabella are equal in their interpersonal relationships, rather than a superior-subordinate model.
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In the territory of Transjordan on the east coast of the Dead Sea, Renard from Chatillon, France, was the supreme lord here.
This area is the most extensive in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the lord here is often considered one of the four vassals of Jerusalem.
Because the land was relatively sparsely populated, both the lord's management of the villages under his jurisdiction and the exchange of information between villages seemed a bit slow.
Garris formed a small team with a few people behind him. After walking for more than ten miles, the farmers here knew very little about what happened in Skar Village.
After climbing over a hill, a village similar to Skar Village appeared in front of everyone.
This village is also built on the water. It looks larger than Skaar Village, but the houses look much dilapidated, and even a clear road has not been built.
When Garris and others arrived at the entrance of the village, they were discovered by the villagers early and attracted the attention of the locals.
After all, their clothes, even though they were very simple, were still a very neat set of clothes without any patches.
Yesterday, I delivered 45 food orders and got lost in two communities. ε=(ο｀*))) Oh, it’s really annoying to have a large high-end community. You are not allowed to enter through this door and you are not allowed to enter through that door. You have to go through the fixed takeout door to get through, and the building where you want to deliver is far away.
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