Chapter 25 My brother lost his head
Garris's visit and investigation into the village of Monterey has come to an end. Combining his past experiences and knowledge from his previous life, Garris's understanding of the rural areas of Jerusalem can be said to have surpassed that of most noble lords.
For example, in the village of Monterey, their ancestors entered the country with the Crusaders and contributed to the recovery of the Holy Land. Although they are said to be completely free people on a religious level, it is actually difficult to judge in terms of living conditions.
They indeed had a much better life than the Muslim serfs close to the manor, and they were completely and purely free people on a religious level. And through free land reclamation, they can become homesteaders one after another and live a relatively prosperous life.
For this group, on the one hand, the Crusader lords did not include them under the direct management of the manor system because they were too far away. On the other hand, they were based on their faith in Christ and some martial traditions passed down from their ancestors. The group of farmers can produce high-quality soldiers.
Therefore, the lords usually would not interfere too much with these villages, and at most they would reach some feudal contracts.
Villages like Monterey had to pay a lot of taxes every year to provide some high-quality soldiers to participate in the lord's army training. In contrast, the lords of Transjordan also have the obligation to protect the villages of Skal and Monterey, and try their best to ensure that these Christian villages are protected from Bedouin attacks.
Of course, does the so-called contract reached between the peasants and the lord have any binding force?
When facing some lords who are willing to respect tradition, past contracts are somewhat useful, but once someone like Leonard is involved, he can kill the heretics while allowing the heathens to massacre the humanoids who captured slaves in their own territory. Lord, then maybe those past contracts are too tough to wipe your butt with.
Although, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, due to multiple identities such as religion and ethnicity, as well as the special situation here in Jerusalem, most Christian villages are actually not very good at recognizing that they belong to the ruled class.
After all, feudal rule has the warmth of feudal rule. Although this warmth is just a fig leaf to cover up conflicts, some people who emphasize religion and ethnicity cannot see through that layer of gauze.
But for villages like Monterey Village and Skaar Village, they have a very clear self-awareness. After all, Leonard, the old Biden, has never shown his warmth in his own territory. As long as his brain is not rusty, he knows that he is just meat on the plan board, and Leonard can eat whatever he wants.
Of course, even if they have a clear understanding, it does not mean they have the ability to change. Even if many villagers actually have weapons or armor handed down from their ancestors, those rusty gadgets are facing the private soldiers of the tax collectors and those armed When it comes to the heavy infantry with teeth, using a rabble against well-trained troops will only lead to a one-sided rout.
Many of those villages that dared to resist have been brutally murdered!
But this time it was different. A saint, a brother of Christ who could kill people with his bare hands in the blink of an eye, and who could knock down seven or eight strong men in two breaths, came to their village. Oh my God! This is a blessing that took many generations to cultivate!
Everyone in the village realized that things were about to change after they heard that Gairis had beaten the tax collector's nephew, the man who went around extorting money and doing nothing good.
In these days, Garris has been constantly promoting the appearance of paradise in the village, telling everyone that good times are coming soon!
However, even if many people are willing to stand up and follow Garris under Cardoso's example, more people still have their own concerns.
After all, under the leadership of Garris, they actually had the courage to kill a tax collector, but once they considered the lord Leonard behind the tax collector, they hesitated.
To be honest, the villagers lack a clear understanding of many things due to their own lack of knowledge. For example, they have never been able to tell which one is bigger, the Kingdom of Jerusalem or the Roman Empire... and they can't tell the difference between Arabs and Turks. What is the difference...even the relationship between Jehovah and Jesus is somewhat unclear.
Between a cruel noble lord who has ruled them for a long time and a new millennium saint who has performed miracles, many villagers are still a little confused and don't know who can win.
But who among them wins and who helps.
Naturally, he was unwilling to make a bet easily and follow Garris to do the job of killing his head. Of course, they would not take the initiative to be hostile to Garris. After all, Leonard can kill, and Garris can also kill. They don't think Garris is a good gentleman.
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The sky was clear and cloudless. With the arrival of summer, the temperature began to rise, and even the water level of the river at the entrance of the village gradually dropped.
The arrival of Ahmed, the tax collector, came later than Gairis thought, and he didn't know what he had been doing these days.
And when ten soldiers wearing armor and turbans, holding swords, shields, spears and bows escorted the fat and muscular Ahmed to the village, they felt something was wrong.
Because this village was a little too quiet, it seemed as if they had learned that Ahmed was coming early, so everyone went back to their homes, packed up their things, and closed their doors.
This move made Ahmed feel a little ridiculous. After all, "If the wind can come in, if the rain can come in, then the lord's tax collectors can come in." This is a saying that Ahmed often talks about.
So what if it’s closed? Just dismantle the door!
But before Ahmed opened the door, he noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people gathering on the grain drying field of the village.
A young man stood on a makeshift platform and was preaching something loudly.
"In the past, my brother once said: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and give to God the things that are God's. If you ask me, my brother has lost his mind! Every penny of taxes he paid to Caesar has turned into a shot. The arrows directed at his disciples and believers caused him to be hung on the cross.”
"Later the apostle Paul said: For this reason also do you pay for food; for they are God's ministers, always in charge of this, giving to everyone what is due him. Give food to him who deserves it; To those who pay taxes, pay taxes; to those who are to be feared, be afraid of them; to those who are to be reverent, revere them.”
"If you ask me, this is bullshit! Everyone in the world is created by the Heavenly Father and the Emperor God, and everyone is a brother and sister! Why should we, the people of the Heavenly Father, be afraid of other people of the Heavenly Father? Respect and obey? Have they ever been anointed by Heavenly Father? Why didn’t I hear that when I was in heaven?”
Of course, Garris knew what the death of Brother Tian was recorded in the scriptures, but that did not prevent him from deliberately highlighting the existence of "Caesar" for his own point of view.
He needs to oppose secular tyranny and the "tyrant" represented by "Caesar".
Let me count the votes. I want to be on the new book list. Thank you all the adoptive fathers and stepmothers!
(End of chapter)