Chapter 18: The Earth Rises with Swords
Different from China and Europe, the grassroots agricultural production in the Dead Sea region has unique characteristics. When Christian immigrants came to this land, many people were infected with this custom.
For example, in the French hometown of Europe at the same time, almost all agricultural land was included in the manor system. In other words, there were rural areas under the manor, and manors above the countryside. There would be multiple manors in the manor. The rural areas include not only cultivated land, but also pastures, forests, mills, wineries, ovens and other facilities. These facilities provide the rural areas with the resources needed for production and life, building a relatively self-sufficient agricultural system.
The noble lords relied on their manors to govern and rule the French peasants.
But this was obviously not possible in the Transjordan area. This land was newly conquered by the Crusaders and was not enough to establish a very strict manor system. In addition, there are huge differences between different ethnic groups and different religious beliefs.
The ruling model of noble lords on this land needs to be more diversified. In addition to the establishment of manors in some areas, in other areas, the model of rural autonomy and tax collection by tax collectors is still maintained. This model is relatively The management is more relaxed.
Whether it is Skaar Village or the village where Garris is currently, they are all of the latter type.
In this model of grassroots rural areas, the status of the village chief does not actually depend on the appointment of superiors, but often relies on either reputation or force to stand out among the villagers.
When Cardoso said that among the people opposite, there might be the village chief's thugs, he also mentioned that the herbalist Thomas had a close relationship with the village chief.
Garris had already made a guess.
In order to control the village, the herbalist Thomas must have reached some private agreement with the village chief. Perhaps the herbalist has to pay tribute to the village chief every year in exchange for the village chief's military protection, or perhaps the village chief needs the herbalist's magic stick to provide some fame to ensure his transcendent status in the village.
But no matter what, the appearance of Garris threatened the interests of some people in the village, and the other party very decisively tried to use force.
Just as Garris was thinking about the current situation, a young man suddenly stood up from the crowd opposite. The young man shouted to Garris and the others: "Cardoso, this matter has nothing to do with you! These outsiders are all They are wizards! They can bring diseases and curses, and they also have the power of the evil eye. Yesterday, because my cow and that guy looked at each other for a while, they didn’t even eat the fodder and refused to work!”
When the other party shouted these words, Garris could barely keep his face unchanged, while Isabel and Simon rolled their eyes at each other angrily.
Gareth is a wizard? What a damn joke. If the saints who have been resurrected by the grace of Heavenly Father in the new millennium have become sorcerers, then aren’t the clergy in the church all demons?
Cardoso took a few steps forward and made a few excuses. The meaning behind his words was that Garris successfully rescued Jason's mother yesterday without confiscating the medical fee. Garris and the others were well-informed. He is a truly virtuous monk.
However, it was okay if Cardoso did not defend himself. Once Cardoso defended himself, the other party intensified his accusations again.
"I'll just say they have a problem! Do you still believe it or not? Yesterday, old Thomas clearly said that Jason's mother was possessed by an evil spirit. Only a real devil can use evil to control evil to drive away the evil in Jason's mother. As a result, these outsiders went to see Jason's mother and the disease was cured. If they were not wizards in collusion with the devil, how could they do this? There is no such miraculous medical skill in the world. This must be witchcraft. ! Definitely witchcraft!”
"So what if the illness is cured?! Now Jason's mother's soul has been targeted by the devil. Regardless of how long he can live in the world, he is destined to go to hell when he dies! How can this be saving people! It is clearly harmful! It is very harmful! Compared with the short stay in the human world, it is destined to suffer in hell in the future.”
"Being sick and dying means only losing your life, but being cured by the devil means losing your soul!"
"Guys, do you want your soul to be tortured in hell instead of going to heaven after death?"
"I don't want to!"
"I don't want to!"
"Get rid of the foreigners!" The fanatical atmosphere was aroused, and the villagers raised pitchforks and sticks, feeling that they were righteous people fighting against the evil wizard.
After listening to the encouraging words of the young man opposite, Garris's face gradually became ferocious, and to his personal senses, it looked like he was seeing shit.
What the hell is this Christian version of heretical feudal superstition.
Superstition, believing firmly out of ignorance, taking advantage of other people's ignorance to encourage others, to draw chestnuts from the fire for one's own benefit, and to seek personal gain.
This is not due to religion or the times, but because of ignorance!
Even if they are placed in the Holy See, they can make those cardinals feel red-hot. They feel that this group of bastards are too backward, too superstitious, and too ignorant, and they are the ones who should be sent to the stake to correct their wrong ideas.
You must know that even the Holy See has not yet started the witch-hunting movement. It will take several decades before the Papal Inquisition will be established, and the book "Hammer of the Witches" was only published in 1487.
Garris took a deep breath, calmed down the disgusted expression on his face, and then decided to launch a magic attack.
"I didn't want to do it."
When Garris first spoke, he did not attract the attention of the farmers opposite. The villagers were still shouting slogans under the encouragement of the young man.
But when Garris took off his shirt, he became the focus of the scene, and everyone who could see Garris's upper body could not help but be stunned.
scar! scar! scar!
Although a scar has healed and no longer bleeds, it is still as terrifying and terrifying as the one carved by a carving knife.
When Garris breathed, the flesh mark stretching from the chest to the abdominal cavity twisted like a centipede, with a dark red color, as if hot coals were burning in it.
Such a scar must be very deep into the flesh, it must have been disemboweled! Even the internal organs must have been smashed into pieces.
It can be said that after suffering such an injury, it is impossible for a living person to exist!
But the owner of the scar is still alive, standing in front of everyone, showing everyone the suffering he has experienced, preaching new doctrines to the world, and announcing to the world that a new era is coming.
"I now understand that, unlike my brother who was sent by Heavenly Father to preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, I am not as kind as him, nor can I perform many miracles like him, nor can I bear the original sin for the world. .”
"The Lord Almighty sent me into this world, not to preach the gospel to the world, but to cause the earth to raise a sword!"
Tomorrow will be the last round of test push. The reading data during the test push will determine whether this book can be recommended in the second round. If you like this book, please don’t buy it during the recommendation period! Just keep up with more updates, please! As a thank you, I will update it after it is put on the shelves.
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