Chapter 236 Chatting at the Pier
Obviously, this young man is not without pursuit of women.
But as he said, he has no future in this city.
If he was an orthodox Frank, he would have at least received weapons training since he was a child, and joining the army as an adult would be a way out.
But he is not an orthodox Frank, he is just a hybrid with Frankish blood.
The moment he was born, his position in the city was already very different.
If he wants to live happily and peacefully in this life, or at least live happily for a few more years, he cannot step into any pit.
Women, houses, homes...
These things may seem beautiful and full of temptation, but if one day the young man gets hot-headed and proposes to the maid, and the other party inexplicably agrees If so.
Then his son will follow his old path and become a beggar, a pickpocket, a bag carrier on the pier, and a paddler in a galley.
His daughter, like her mother, is almost a "prostitute".
Of course, this does not mean that the maid next to her is really a prostitute at the moment. After all, she still has a job. At most, she only occasionally spends one night with someone to earn some extra money and eat two more young meals.
The son of a pickpocket will only be a pickpocket, and the daughter of a "prostitute" will only be a "prostitute."
Even if this young man cuts off his bloodline, there will be new "Crusaders" and "Pilgrims" or war refugees wandering outside the city, or fleeing Muslim farmers to take his place. his position.
Gairis's eyelids were slightly lowered. This was not a "lowest gangster", this was a "manual worker".
The history of these people has too many mornings before they take the stage to shine.
Without extensive visits and inspections, you will not have the right to speak. Whether it is the data obtained or the living person in front of you, they are all part of the visits and inspections, and they are all part of the real world. of a corner.
The next day, relying on the friendship between those two glasses of wine, the young man took Garris to the dock to carry the bag for the day.
"Indeed, after Queen Isabella came, those Padinlas were quite good. At least the dock land was well managed."
In my spare time at work Here, the young man was talking nonsense to his new friend.
Of course, Garris hesitated to speak. He wanted to correct some of the mistakes in the young man's mouth.
For example, Isabella is not actually on the throne right now, but it is not Padinla but Paladin.
The issue of the throne is now stuck in a very embarrassing situation. Sibylla is willing to abdicate, and Isabella has the right to take over.
But a large number of nobles led by Irakli firmly disagreed.
As for Garris, he is engaged in another philosophical thought.
But is that crown significant?
Purely from the perspective of controlling territory, excluding the three old lands of the Second Kingdom, Tire, Sidon, and Beirut, they are still under the influence of the nobles of the old Jerusalem Kingdom.
In all other territories, be it Transjordan, Cyprus, Tripoli, Antioch...
This adds up to more than 90% of the land, and Garis is the uncrowned king.
Whether you want to wear the crown yourself, or wear the crown for Isabella.
For today's Garris, it's not a piece of cake, but it won't be that difficult either.
Except for Transjordan, the changes that Garris brought to those places were actually not necessarily higher than those of Tire.
In the final analysis, it is because his team is too weak and there are simply not enough talents to launch a vigorous and thorough reform. One of the reasons why Tire was able to implement a large number of reform policies was that even though the nobles and priests were dissatisfied with Isabella, they still maintained an administrative system and were able to implement some reforms.
Those knights, as part of the combat force, were identified and screened by Balian and absorbed into the army, gathering military strength.
We are still in a stage of accumulation.
As part of his long-term accumulation, Garris needs to know more about this era and the more detailed things of this era.
While Garris was having a wordless exchange with the young man, another ship with a cross on it sailed into the port.
The city of Tire has indeed become developed this year.
As the closest port to Jerusalem, at least two ships dock every day, bringing supplies, pilgrims, crusaders...
A busy port means more jobs, which means more opportunities for young people like Aaron’s father and the young man next to him to resist shipping.
In fact, after the kingdom adopted stimulating economic policies such as tax cuts, it actually meant that the currency stock in the market was increased.
Coupled with the army's own large-scale purchases of rural areas around Tire, huge amounts of currency poured into the countryside.
It can be said that this is an alternative quantitative easing policy, similar to the Kingdom of Jerusalem releasing water.
In this round of monetary increment, farmers are the most direct beneficiaries. Not only do they have surplus grain due to tax cuts, but they can also convert surplus grain into currency.
And when rural areas have the consumption power and start to buy high-quality handicrafts from cities, the market is in a state of shortage of supply, and the increase in prices is almost natural.
This means that a large amount of currency is pouring into the city.
To sum up the words of the young man on the side: "You can make more money, but the price of wine and bed has also increased."
"Then Nisa has increased the price for you. "
Gairis teased, and the young man beside him was a little shy.
Nisa is a maid in the hotel. She is not particularly beautiful, but at least she is young. She is less than eighteen years old, which is when she looks like a flower.
But two years ago, Nisa had already started selling her body from time to time, and the young man next to her was a regular customer.
To say that there is no affection at all between these two young people, then when Nissa was slapped on the buttocks yesterday, she didn’t have that angry expression
The young man wanted to make a few excuses. But in the end there was only a sigh.
"Home? Why do you need a home? Women are the source of trouble! What else can I do besides spending my money?"
Garris can feel a little bit of emotion. Merely reciting many scriptures is not enough. Theologians must walk out of the stone church and enter the church of the human heart.
This is because without empathy for suffering, then debating the Bible becomes just a word game.
In this society, in those corners where light cannot be found, the "little people" and "rats" like him next to him are actually the "sons of man" abandoned by "God".
【My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 】
【I am thirsty. 】
Third update, I will write another update, but the release time should be after midnight.
(End of this chapter)