Chapter 44 The world of eating people without spitting out their bones
When they come at their regular time, they cannot delay one moment, and they cannot advance one moment.
——"Quran" 7:34
This symbolizes Allah’s creation and dominion over all things and is the embodiment of Allah’s omniscience and omnipotence.
But at the same time, mortals do not know their own destiny, and their destiny is also determined by themselves.
Garris knows that in Islam, there is a rather complicated relationship between Allah’s sovereignty in creating all things and an individual’s self-will, which is far beyond what he can explain in a few words now.
Fortunately, he did not need to conduct scripture analysis on this issue. As a doctor, Abdullah directly gave the observation results of Arab medicine on the human body's limit.
60 to 70 years old.
Of course, this number is limited to this era and is not accurate. But even so, it also reflects the brilliance of positivism contained in Arabic medicine.
It also reflects the destruction of human lifespan by the living environment.
If a person is wealthy enough and lives a healthy life for a long time, his lifespan may be twice as long as that of his poor contemporaries!
"You said that if I use my interests to confuse people and use my words to provoke others, many people will die. But even if I don't come to confuse and provoke, won't people die? A man who should live for 70 years is forced to use poverty and disease to Isn’t it murder to only live 35 years?”
"No, this is more heinous than murder. How many people have died because of murder? How many people have died because of this world!"
"There are now 40 million people in the world! The average life span of a person is only thirty-five. How many people are dying! And counting those ancestors who died young in the past years, how many people are dying! Counting those of us in the future years Heirs, how many people will die!”
"How can I sit here and be indifferent in such a world that eats people without spitting out their bones!"
“The bones of those who died because of my instigation will fill Jerusalem, and those who died because of the lords and tax collectors have already filled the mountains and seas!”
The setting sun was like blood, dyeing the earth scarlet. Garris was as impassioned as a madman. He used ordinary people's language to tell the cold and cruel reality - this is a cannibalistic world.
Abdullah's figure became more and more stooped. This did not mean that Gairis's words were impeccable, but simply realizing this cruel truth was enough to break through the benevolence of such a charitable old man as a healer.
If it were a shameless person, then he wouldn't be entangled with Garris on this matter, and he could just slap a few hats on him, and he would be able to sway people to arrest Garris.
Of course, if that happens...it's hard to say who will arrest whom.
Abdullah raised his head and glanced at the desolate town. The bustling scene of the past was still vivid in his mind.
Today, the number of caravan pilgrims passing through is only half of the original number, and the population is also decreasing year by year, but Ahmed has never understood the difficulties of the town.
He still collected the same amount of money from the town every year as in previous years. For the people who stayed in the town, as the business got worse, the money they paid actually increased.
Abdullah took a deep breath and straightened his waist. Just when he was about to say something, he bowed down again, and the words that were originally brewing on his lips were changed.
"I don't know why you came here, and I don't know why you have such thoughts. After all, you are not related to our town of Alhadi, are you?"
"Yes, neither relatives nor friends." Garris said very calmly.
"I can tell you that before the arrival of the Crusader Lords, we were being exploited by the tax farmers, and after the arrival of the Crusader Lords, we were also being exploited by the tax farmers."
"We have united several times to try to prove to the lord that we paid a lot of unnecessary taxes, but every time we got the promise, it was easily torn up by Ahmed. We were already trapped and already Alas, all this is the fate God has arranged for us, and God is using pagans to punish us ungodly people.”
"Moreover, after all these years, the lord's intentions are actually quite good. It's all the tax collectors below that have done everything wrong." After hearing what Abdullah said, only two words came out of Garris's mouth. Character.
"Bullshit."
……
Garris and Abdullah broke up on bad terms, and he was actually not surprised by the outcome. I am not a humanoid succubus, I can't be domineering and show off, and I can ask people to come to me with just a few words.
People's choices are influenced by many factors.
In Abdullah's view, even if the tax collectors were killed, the lord would always send new tax collectors to collect taxes.
What is the difference between the new tax collectors?
So what if the lord is expelled?
The king will send new lords to rule, and then make all those who resist pay an unforgettable price.
Compared with the feudal mountains that pressed against each other, the few hundred people in Alhadi Town were like a small pebble left in the desert, hidden in the boundless wilderness and insignificant.
In this small town, no one will come to support Garris's idea. They will only think that there is another lunatic who calls himself a prophet in the world.
Religion puts a thick layer of foundation on exploitation, making it look so natural.
Religion also separates people, preventing these Muslims from realizing that the Christian farmers are actually just like them, and they all bear the oppression of the feudal mountains.
When Muslims rebelled, they would be suppressed by the power of Christians. When Christians resisted taxes, they would be easily quelled by the troops hired by the lords with taxes from Muslims.
Garris returned the wooden table, packed up his things with Simon and the recruits, and headed for Ahmed's mansion.
Simon was a little puzzled, and he came to Garris's side: "Sir, why don't you just show the miracle? Even if they are Islamic pagans, they will probably prostrate themselves in front of the real miracle... …”
"Today they worship me, and tomorrow they will idolize me. Today they praise me, and tomorrow they will profit from my name. Today I kill sinners, and tomorrow they will be sinners."
"There are not many more statues of me in this world, and there are not many statues of gods without me. How was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom built like this?"
Garris is not a real god. He knows that he only has abilities that others do not have. If Garris's goal is to be self-centered and establish a lofty imperial dynasty, then he can just show off his miracles and kill him.
But, so what?
The wheel of the times has not moved forward at all, and will even take a few steps backward.
Using a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood as a burnt offering in exchange for an opportunity to dominate myself, what a joke...
The development of productivity and the progress of the times are by no means a simulation game, far from being something that can be changed by sitting on a throne, issuing a few orders, and developing a few devices at will.
(End of chapter)