Chapter 238 Let’s build a new heaven and a new earth
“What do you think is the biggest difference between you and the dock workers?”
In Garris’s residence, that is the special room In the clean and unpretentious house, Garris was writing down what he saw today while questioning Aaron.
“At least they don’t have to pay money before starting work like me.”
“This is just an appearance.”
Quite apprentices have to pay, this is actually a result.
The porters at the dock and the guilds in the city are already different in terms of economic components.
The concept of guilds was itself a very feudal product in medieval cities.
Be it a city or a municipal council, in the feudal system, they existed as a part of feudal obligations.
That is, the city, as a concept similar to a legal person, became the subordinate feudal lord of the lord or king, providing military service, taxes, etc. to obtain autonomy.
Within the city, all aspects of citizens' lives, work and production are also regulated by industry guilds, and planned production is carried out.
Ensure that the quantity of goods on the market is in a relatively scarce state to avoid price competition among producers.
“It allows the formal members within the guild, that is, the "masters", to obtain relatively huge profits from the production process, but this is achieved by exploiting apprentices and monopolizing the market. ”
“In the case of short-term market fluctuations , To expand production, guilds do not need to hire workers, but recruit more apprentices and increase the working hours of apprentices at the same time. "
"In the past, apprentices could work one to two days a week. of rest, and now apprentices only get one day off a month.”
While speaking, Garris looked at Aaron, who lowered his head. This is what he experienced.
His father spent a lot of money and found many ways to send Aaron to learn a trade. This was because he couldn't get the money and had to pay for it.
“After recruiting so many more apprentices this year, how many of you do you think can get rid of your apprenticeship status?”
Being unable to get rid of your apprenticeship status actually means that you cannot operate alone. , if you engage in this industry rashly, you will be attacked by the guild.
In this era, it is not a fallacy for a disciple to starve his master to death.
For a city with a stable feudal society, its market demand will be stable for a long time.
Every time you let an apprentice start, it means that your proportion in the zero-sum game becomes smaller.
For masters, in order to make up for their lost market share, they must double the exploitation of their apprentices to make up for their own losses.
Since every master comes from an apprenticeship, this is more of a tradition and a process that every generation must go through.
The surge in demand for Tire this year was purely unexpected.
Since it is an accident, we must be prepared for a drop in demand. Therefore, no matter how many apprentices are recruited, the number of apprentices who can eventually graduate will be fixed.
Therefore, the relationship between apprentice and master is more of a personal dependence.
“Don’t care whether there are one hundred more apprentices or two hundred more, there are only so many who can become apprentices in the end, and the original masters have their own sons.”
“ Why do you think it's your turn?"
Aaron's expression was already very bad, as if this future was destined.
There is much more that Gareth has not said.
Most apprentices do not need to pay wages, which is even more miserable than dock workers.
That young man who was so drunk a few days ago at least really got a salary increase.
But Aaron...he is working for free. Because of the Crusades and the kingdom's tax reduction, a large amount of currency rushed into the city of Tire, and prices in the city were soaring.
But apprentices like Aaron not only failed to increase their income, they even had to bear heavier labor and endure more expensive urban prices.
The city of Tire has become an abyss that swallows people.
Aaron's father, with good intentions, wanted to find a way out for Aaron, but it was doomed to be a failure.
The son of a pickpocket will only be a pickpocket, and the daughter of a "prostitute" will only be a "prostitute."
This is the feudal era.
An era of eating meat with a mask of warmth, taking small bites and chewing slowly.
"Aaron, if I told you that the reason why I did this investigation and came to Tire City was to break such an era, would you believe it?"
"Then What about after the break? "
"After the break? We will create a new heaven and a new earth."
Garris looked at Aaron, looking at the young man's somewhat overwhelmed expression. A hint of a smile.
In this era, in future eras, and even thousands of years from now, countless people and countless poor people will fall from hunger and disease every day.
Disease, hunger, war, poverty...these are the crosses that crucify the "Son of Man".
The face of Christ during His Passion appeared again and again on the faces of people like Aaron, and the pain of being crucified was repeated countless times on people like Aaron.
These abandoned people compete with birds and beasts for food in the garbage dump. People who should have lost hope stand up again and again in order to survive. They are performing the miracle of "resurrection" !
It can be said that everyone who lives by "bread" has the blood of Jesus flowing and is a part of Christ.
The "Son of Man" is walking on this bloody land. One "Son of Man" falls, and countless "Sons of Man" stand up!
Gerris has no intention of discussing whether Jehovah is omniscient and omnipotent, but he knows that everyone is a "son of man" and will also be a "son of God."
Perhaps, just like what the Italian Gramsci wrote.
[For the church, belief in God should be everyone’s greatest source of comfort and the unshakable foundation of moral life.
[But the church does not seem to be particularly dependent on the unshakability and solidity of this calm comfort, because the church drives believers to establish civil institutions and rescue the suffering through civil means, thereby avoiding believers' doubts and shaking their faith . 】
[It follows that the Church itself considers it axiomatic that God is only the incarnation of all mankind organized to help each other. 】
Gairis would naturally not say this directly. After all, it was a bit too advanced.
But it is.
“We will prepare a splendid banquet for all the peoples of the earth, with old wines and choice delicacies.”
“We will take away the veil on this mountain that covers all the people, and the veil that covers all the nations. .”
"We will swallow up death forever. We will wipe away tears from every face and remove the reproach from all the people in the world."
"In that day they will say, "Look, this It is us; we will rejoice in this salvation. ”
“Come, let us create a new heaven and a new earth. ”
First update, let’s see how many updates I can write today
(End of this chapter)