Chapter 100 The Master’s kindness is as heavy as a mountain
Garris looked around and made sure no one noticed him, then whispered in Simon's ear: "There is no love without reason in the world, and any gift has already been secretly marked with a price."
"They can't pay the tax this year. Will they be able to pay it next year? The lord is owed for not being able to pay the tax. But if the butler pays the tax for these people, who do you think he owes?"
"The yield of this kind of wheat is only between 1:4 and 1:10. The land in Palestine is not bad, but at most it can only be 1 to 7 or 8 to 8."
"To grow 2,000 pounds of wheat, you need to prepare 300 pounds of seeds."
"After borrowing so many seeds, how much should they pay back next year? It's impossible to pay back as much as they borrowed. How much of the taxes the housekeeper helped them advance this year will they have to pay back next year? It's also impossible. You have to pay back as much as you borrow..."
"Do you think it's better to owe something to a distant lord, or to owe it to a steward next to you?"
"This seems to be an extra year, which allows people to take a breather, but how will they repay their kindness in the coming year?"
Garris didn't say any more. A drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. The steward has already shown such kindness to them, so should they use everything they own to repay the steward's kindness?
If it's your own thing and it's not as good as the mountain of kindness, shouldn't you be a fool to repay it?
In fact, there is no clear boundary between free people, serfs and slaves.
You must know that freedmen did not hold land, they only received leasehold rights to the land. Therefore, when their debts accumulate, they are theoretically not even qualified to sell their land.
Like Charlie's family, they have many livestock, houses, and even armors and weapons. They are the middle and upper class of free people. So the families who just knelt down and cried and begged to the housekeeper are about to fall down the class.
In the past two days, Garris has heard such stories. The more kind a good person like a housekeeper is, the more slaves there will be in the world.
If freemen obtained the right to lease land, then serfs were attached to the land, and slaves belonged to individuals.
In the manorial economy, the only people who can truly be called landlords are the noble lords.
After listening to those few whispers from Garris, Simon looked around, looking at the Franks who were already crying, and looking at the hearts of the people around him.
There was a kind of confusion in his heart.
"Sir, but every time there is one less freeman in this manor, doesn't that mean one less person goes to serve and one less person goes to fight against the Muslims? When the war breaks out in the future, doesn't that mean one less person goes to the army to fight against the Muslims? What’s the chance of winning? ”
"Yes, but he doesn't care. This is what moths are like. To these moths, the house of the Kingdom of Jerusalem seems to never collapse. No matter how much they chew, it can survive forever..."
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"Simon, you know, the guy before only said the first sentence in the scripture, but did not mention the following sentences."
“It must be known that [anyone who loves money cannot be called righteous; anyone who pursues profit will go astray. Many people stumble for money, and their destruction is in sight. Money is a stumbling block for those who worship money. Pile; woe betide those who love gold! All fools become its captives ]"
Garris also felt angry, but more of it felt ridiculous and powerless.
In more than half a year, the Kingdom of Jerusalem will face life and death, but this is a critical moment.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem, from the princes and nobles to the tax collectors and stewards, are all continuing to dig holes in the sinking ship of the Kingdom of Jerusalem for their own selfish purposes.
Why is Garris unwilling to take the upper-level route? Because the roots of the Kingdom of Jerusalem have actually begun to rot...
It's just that he didn't have such a clear understanding before. It was only now, after witnessing this scene with his own eyes, that Garris confirmed his past thoughts. Even if Gareth becomes the real power in the Old Kingdom, can he educate all the butlers in the manor?
He is not a real god in this world, and he cannot control the entire country to dance according to his wishes in every detail.
As long as the old system remains, it will be difficult to reform it.
If you don't dig up the rotten tree in the past and just work as a tinker, what's the use?
To put it bluntly, the old things are just blocking the sky and blocking the sun, preventing the emergence of new things.
……
Gareth slept in the guest room of Charlie's house, and as usual, he wrote notes on paper to record what he saw and heard.
To be honest, considering Garris's memory, his notes are not actually for his own use, but are used as educational materials for others to see.
Even in the Internet era of the 21st century, many people are trapped in an information cocoon. In the 12th century, it was even worse. It was not an information cocoon at all, but an information vacuum!
The reason why Garris is keen on rural surveys is to avoid himself from making "let them eat cake!" jokes, and also to allow other people in the cult to understand the world better without making assumptions about them. The unknown world.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a knock on Gareth's door.
"Please come in."
From outside the door, Charlie came in. He looked very haggard.
The first thing he said when he entered the door was: "Prophet, can you save Emma!"
"Save? Does she need my help? Didn't the housekeeper already have good intentions and asked Emma not to pay taxes this year?"
"Yes!" Charlie was choked by Garris' words, because judging from the morality of this era, that butler was indeed a kind man!
But this great good man wants to eat people, drink blood, pull out muscles and bones, and eat alive people!
"But the housekeeper is targeting Emma! She doesn't even have an adult man in her family now, so how can she possibly make up for the debt in the coming year!"
"Targeted? Does the housekeeper's interest in Emma have anything to do with you? Two days have passed, and you have never gone to Emma's family to propose marriage. If you marry Emma, with your family's financial resources, Isn’t it difficult to keep Emma?”
Two days ago, when Gareth met Charlie for the first time, he told him that Jacques agreed to their marriage, but Charlie did not go to Emma to tell him about it.
Garris could roughly guess the reason.
Just like this afternoon's chat, Jacques's family has been reduced to the point where they are about to fall down the class. Not only can they not afford a dowry, but their mother and younger brother are both obvious losers.
From a well-matched perspective, Charlie's parents must be extremely opposed to this marriage. In their view, if Charlie marries Emma, endless troubles will surely follow.
(End of chapter)