Chapter 233 Germination
History is always fickle. In the 12th century, the most developed European and American regions in the 20th century were completely barbaric, while the other was still confused in the darkness.
Before the Middle East was reduced to a depression in the Eurasian continent, there were records of civilization dating back thousands of years.
Babylon has come, Persia has come, and Rome has come too.
When the Eastern and Western Empires were divided, the productivity and economy of the Eastern Empire were still significantly stronger than those of the Western Empire, which remained after the collapse of Rome.
Even in the 12th century, when European towns began to rise, they were still just a chaser.
Even if not compared with the Song Dynasty at the same time, whether it is the "City of Desire of the World" Constantinople, the "City of Peace" Baghdad, the "City of Victory" Cairo, or the "Eye of Islam" Damascus , "Pearl of the West" Cordoba...
They are all Franks in the Catholic world, a big city that they have never seen before.
These huge cities actually mean prosperous citizen life and economy, and there is a developed handicraft industry in the Arab region.
The concept of commodity exchange does not require Garris to take the initiative to guide it. In fact, it already exists in this land.
Manorial self-sufficiency was not the norm in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
“After we stopped collecting taxes, the germination of some things appeared very naturally.”
Before leaving the room, Garris glanced at the bed again of Aaron.
This child, in fact, was not ill, but was missing a pair of shoes and caught a cold in December, the beginning of winter. In addition, it is lack of nutrition and requires rest.
But how long can he be raised? He has no way to pay for his medical expenses. In fact, if his family can pay for his own medical expenses, why don't he even have a pair of shoes?
The germination of capital is not a particularly rare thing. This kind of thing has been born in many times and in many places.
And because it was not bloody enough, it was not watered with more flesh and blood, and it was not nourished by enough human lives, so it was destroyed.
If we look at the process of capital wealth growth in stages, taking the area near Manchester in England as an example, according to Dr. Aikin's work, it can be divided into four periods.
In the first period, workshop owners had to work hard in order to make a living. They actually made a lot of money by exploiting parents who sent their children to serve as apprentices. These parents pay high tuition fees while apprentices often go hungry.
At the same time, average profits at that time were very low, and extreme frugality was necessary to accumulate wealth. They live like misers and are reluctant to even spend the interest on their capital.
Entering the second period, the workshop owners began to accumulate some property, but they still worked as hard as before. Because, as all slave overseers knew, supervising workers' labor was also physically taxing.
Most of the workshop owners and factory owners in Tire were in these two periods, especially the first period.
They are both organizers of production and producers who directly participate in labor. They accumulate wealth not only by exploiting others, but also by their own blood and sweat.
Because of this, they are well aware of the pain they have to pay and will double the benefits they extract from others.
After this year’s tax reform, the consumption power of farmers in surrounding areas has improved, and a large number of workshop owners find it profitable to expand production.
As a result, they recruited more apprentices to produce more goods.
In this process, the tenderness of feudal society began to be torn apart.
A large number of workshop owners began to change from the first period to the second period.
In other words, their work began to change from producing by themselves to supervising the labor of others.
Among these people, there are quite a few workshop owners who are not even willing to give one day off per week to their apprentices. They try to extract the value of their apprentices as much as they can.
Of course, these things were actually learned by Garris in his previous life. He didn't know whether the situation that happened in the city of Tire was the same.
On his journey, he has passed through at least three neighborhoods that are no different from slums. The various wars in the past two years have caused the city of Tire to have an influx of too many foreigners. people.
Compared with Karak City, which has only 6,000 people, the number of people in Tire City may be close to 30,000.
In those few blocks, the streets are full of people who are completely different from another world. They are short in stature and have sad faces, and many of them are drunk until they are drunk.
In a neighborhood like that, the air is filled with harsh arguments.
Staggering women and old men search for scraps of food in the garbage.
As for children, it's the same. No matter what they find, as long as it looks edible, they will stuff it into their mouths.
In fact, if the Paladin group had not started to form the prototype of a police system, everything here would only be worse.
Gairis shuddered just thinking about what he had seen before.
His clothes are not gorgeous, but they are enough to attract the attention of the children around him.
In that foul-smelling and slimy world, Garris felt the pain deeply. The pain was like huge waves coming from the sea of corpses, threatening to swallow Garris up.
In such suffering, Garris, who possesses extraordinary strength, still feels powerless.
He can kill anyone in the world, but it will not change the fate of these people as a group or a class.
"Alexandros, please help me go to Isabella and tell her that I have come back, but I am not in a hurry to get involved in politics. I need to face some people who are in power. What I have ignored in the past year.”
“So many lives on this land are oppressed by death, and their faces are so distorted that I don’t even want to look directly at them. And plan to escape.”
"I want to know how these people, who are no different from ordinary people, live and die. I want to know what they need and how to help them..."
Alexandros , who has been following Garris these days, and he has seen everything Garris has seen.
But unlike Garris, Garris was born into a noble family not only in his previous life, but also in this life. He grew up in the palace with a golden key in his mouth, and had Isabella as his childhood sweetheart.
Such a life was something Alexandros had never even thought about in the first half of his life. If Garris felt like he was being drowned when he saw the suffering.
Then Alexandros feels like he is home...
The stench of corpses, digging for food from the soil, and a life of numbness and lack of emotion made him feel particularly "kind" but also shuddering.
But what Alexandros wanted to do was to escape from that world at all costs.
Gairis intends to enter that world instead. Is this the difference between him and the [Prophet]?
Subconsciously, Alexandros made a sign of the cross. In front of that world, even Garris seemed pale and powerless.
Being invincible on the battlefield does not mean being omnipotent at the socio-economic level.
...
Aaron was lying on the hospital bed. He had woken up, but he was still very weak. In the absence of medical treatment, even the students taught by Garris could not achieve anything. Also very limited.
In addition to a small amount of medicine, most of it was to help with his recovery. Aaron’s real problem was that he was severely malnourished and his immunity was low. Then Clovis gave him several bowls of candy. Heart egg.
Just relying on those bowls of candied eggs and some stew with boiled bread, Aaron's complexion actually improved a lot. But his doctor, Clovis, still refused to let him leave the hospital. It was because his body was too weak after recovering from this serious illness, and it would be better to rest for a few more days.
In the past two days, Aaron's father came to see Aaron, but he had to be busy making money, so he just came to see him.
Although he looked very bad, he finally picked at two silver dirhams from his pocket and gave them to Aaron.
As for Aaron's mother, because they have younger brothers and sisters in the family, she cannot come over to take care of her.
Every time I see Dr. Clovis, he talks about how poor his family is.
Then he would also chatter about something, such as Aaron’s master already planning to find a new apprentice.
People who are numb will not feel numb. In fact, Aaron doesn't even know how to cry or laugh in this heavy life.
Listening to those words that his mother seemed to have said unintentionally, Aaron could only curl up in the hospital bed, trying to block his ears and forget about them. He only hoped that after he was discharged from the hospital, he could still do it every day. When the lights are off, I go to work at the master's house.
This is not because he is so attached to the stick in his master's hand, but because he can't think of any other way to live better in this city except for living like this.
After all, if you learn the craft of shoemaking, you can set up a stall.
In fact, it is also a change of destiny, which can be regarded as crossing a class.
Even if you go from house to house on the street and sell shoes in the countryside, you can still make money.
But now, his master probably doesn’t want him anymore, and the money his father paid cannot be recovered.
The door of the room was pushed open, and Clovis, the director of the hospital and the only official doctor, walked in.
Doctor Clovis was from Transjordan, to be exact, he was one of the first men to follow Gairis in the Arnon Valley.
He was the first health worker. He learned several life-saving techniques from Gairis. Later, he went to Alhadi Town School for further study. With the rough textbook compiled by Gairis, he worked as a nurse under Abdullah. student for one and a half years.
In the past year and a half, his medical skills have been unparalleled compared to other Frank doctors of the same era.
Due to the shortage of talents in Tire, a team was sent here and a small hospital, or clinic, was set up here.
Their clinic is not very famous in Tire City.
First of all, their medical skills cannot compare to Garris.
The second reason is that they have limited manpower.
Therefore, from the beginning, it actually had nothing to do with civilians like Aaron. It mainly served the military.
Except for people related to the religious group and some wealthy people who not only have money but also connections, there are actually no ordinary patients in this small clinic.
For the common people at the bottom, they only know that behind this clinic are some big figures at the kingdom level, and they will not come here to cause trouble.
"Doctor."
"Huh?"
"How much does the medicine cost?"
"Why do you care about this issue? Don't worry, someone has paid for it for you."
Clovis said casually, he was actually lying. , there was no one to pay the bill for Aaron.
It was [Prophet] Garris, or his teacher, who brought Aaron to the clinic. Is it possible that he could still collect money?
Of course, if Clovis really wants to collect money, it will be quite expensive.
You know, he mixed allicin into the food and fed it to Aaron.
Among the upper classes in Tire today, a serving of allicin can easily cost more than ten gold dinars, and it is truly sought after as a miracle drug.
That kind of money is difficult for Aaron’s family to earn back throughout the year.
“How much?”
In this white ward, Clovis, who was wearing a white coat, heard the young man’s words and noticed the stubbornness on the child’s face and hesitated. After a long time, a number was reported.
"It's not expensive, two gold dinars."
When he heard the price, Clovis saw Aaron's pupils shrink, and it was obvious that just this price was enough to shatter them. Aaron's extravagant wish.
As the director of the hospital in Tire, how much money does Clovis make per month? It's not too much, but it's certainly a lot. The basic salary alone can reach 4 gold dinars.
It can be said that in such a ward, the class difference between Clovis and Aaron has become extremely clear. Clovis can change the fate of the child in front of him with just one word.
Looking at the child in front of him, Clovis's compassion moved again. He wanted to say something, but still swallowed it back.
He is not Gareth. In fact, if Gareth were not a [prophet], Clovis would never believe what he said.
What [God is hidden in the face of the victim], what [Jesus who was crucified and failed is the gospel of liberation for the poor and the victims]...
These Words, if ordinary people say them, they are just words.
But Garris was serious and showed great power.
Clovis himself is a beneficiary, but he knows that his abilities are limited.
There are more than a thousand children like Aaron in the city? Manpower is exhausted and beyond our capabilities.
He saved one today because Gailis came. If Gailis had not come, he would not have given the precious medicine to the poor for free.
Because, if you can’t save it, you can’t save it at all.
The most expensive thing in the world is actually free.
If Aaron was a scoundrel and a bastard, Clovis wouldn't want to talk to him at all.
But since this child still plans to repay the debt, it means that this person has a precious quality: dignity.
Clovis would not take away the child's dignity, so he introduced a job for Aaron.
(End of this chapter)