Chapter 135 The Great Purge
November 4, 1444 in the imperial calendar.
The end has come for the fleas.
Hundreds of black hat troops entered the new camp in neat lines and controlled various traffic arteries.
A variety of brooms, shovels and rattan baskets were also moved together.
Under the urging of the old Japanese army leader and the new head of the ten households, the refugees were forced to get up from the garbage pile and numbly came outside to line up.
Under the frowning leadership of the black-clad citizens of the old Gulag camp, almost a thousand refugees were brought to the creek.
Beside the stream there are piles of firewood and nearly three hundred broken wine barrels and water tanks collected from the ruins or discarded.
These were all prepared by Horn before.
The stream water was lifted ashore and put into the large wooden barrels. The hot stream water exuded white steam.
As for the female refugees, they were placed in another place.
The refugees suddenly became restless. This scene and atmosphere, could they be boiling them?
"Master Gold Medal Chanter, what are you doing?"
"Are you going to make soup? Why don't I see any food?"
Some bold people The refugees stood up and asked questions.
Armand climbed up a slope with difficulty and imitated Horn's usual tone and said:
"Everyone, before you were just using the name of our Papal State, there was no formal joining ceremony at all."< br>
Armand shouted righteously: "If you want to join our Papal State, you must undergo three major ceremonies.
The first is the baptism ceremony, which washes away sins, filth, and impiety. People who fall into hot water will only go crazy and resist, which is a symbol of the devil!
The second is the hair cutting ceremony. Cutting off your long hair and beard is imitating Eve and Adam. After a haircut, you are no longer the same people you once were, but a new baby in this world
The third one is the hymn ceremony, which involves singing hymns and learning to step in prayer under the leadership of ten household heads! ”
Obviously, Armand does not have the same prestige among the refugees in the New Camp as he did in the Old Camp.
His speech only attracted more suspicious looks.
But he had a backup plan. Armand winked at Thomas beside him.
Amidst everyone's suspicious eyes, Thomas led by example and came to the water tank.
Hot steam was emitting from the surface of the water tank. He took off his clothes, and after pondering for half a second, he rolled into the water tank.
"Hiss..." Suppressing his rapidly red face, Thomas gritted his teeth and smiled at the refugees, "It's not hot!"
"If it's not hot, don't stand there. , close your eyes and sit down."
Just when Thomas was wondering if he heard correctly, two soldiers in black had already pressed his shoulders and stuffed him into the boiling hot water. .
The burning sensation eroded Thomas's skin. When he stood up from the water again, he showed his reddish black skin and said half-crying, half-laughing: "It's not hot!"
After all, if it's hot, it means there's a devil in your heart.
In fact, the burning sensation Thomas felt came not only from hot water, but also from the cleaning potion prepared by Sisi.
The effect is better than normal cleaning potions and the cost is lower, but the price is that when using it, there is a little burning sensation like a soldering iron on the skin.
Under Thomas' demonstration, the other refugees jumped into the hot water one by one.
Although they were all crying and howling at the beginning, in the end, they still insisted on saying "not hot".
As they gradually adapted to the water temperature, they actually felt comfortable, as if some burden had been washed away.
The fatigue of many days seemed to disappear, and some of them even fell asleep in the hot water.
Until the villagers in Laoying took out the pig hair brushes.
“Oh ho ho ho ho... it doesn’t hurt!”
“It doesn’t hurt! Ah! It doesn’t hurt at all!”
"Woohoo, it doesn't hurt at all!"
Looking up from the hot water, the refugees did have a feeling of being reborn, as if they had fallen into the devil's hell and returned to the world. "If it doesn't hurt or burn, why are you crying?"
"These are tears of excessive joy. What do you know?" the refugees cried.
Every time the pig hair brush brushes over their backs, marks with bloody spots will be revealed, and strips of oil mud will be scattered in the hot water.
During this period, the villagers of Laoying will trim their beards and hair with knives to cut off all the knotted hair and beards.
During this period, their clothes will be placed in front of the fire to be smoked. The wood in the fire is soaked in insect repellent, which can drive away all fleas and bugs.
When they finish washing, they also need to spread medicated powder, brush their teeth, and trim their nails with a knife.
In the end, the refugees, all red and white like red prawns, stood on the roadside in confusion and joy.
This strange feeling of refreshing and without a protective layer is something they have never experienced in their lives.
It's really like a newborn baby.
A large amount of sewage was dumped downstream of the creek. The original clear water turned gray, and the bodies of fleas were floating in the water.
Armand stood in front of these "newborns" and began to preach to them.
“As long as you have been baptized and repented of yourself, you will be able to forgive your sins and perform meritorious service!” Armand said boldly.
“It seems that there is no such doctrine?” A devout believer said, “I have been working in the church for twenty years and have never heard of it.”
"You are still too rigid. To understand God's intention, you must not only learn from the scriptures, but also from the heart."
Arman waved his hands with disdain and said: "I came to this doctrine from the book. Start with your heart.
You see, a kind person will forgive those who make three mistakes. If the Holy Father is kind, then he will definitely be willing to forgive those who make three mistakes, and he will definitely be willing to make you guilty and meritorious! ”
< br>“Hey, it seems to make some sense.”
“There’s a problem, isn’t this just nonsense?”
"What? Do you understand again? Are you a priest? It's up to you to interpret it!"
People are being washed here, and the ground is being washed over there in the camp.
Basks of rubble, garbage and broken bones were swept out from the tents and thatched huts. Under the urging of the ten household heads, the refugees struggled to push the garbage into the large pit outside the camp.
For fleas and the like, there is even a cheap repellent powder prepared by Sisi.
This insect repellent powder is very low cost and very effective, but it has an extremely strong and strong heather smell.
Enough to send fleas and people alike away with a high-pitched crackling sound.
From noon to evening, six hours is enough to wash half of the people.
But it doesn't matter. Separate those who have finished washing from those who have not. We will continue washing tomorrow.
Collective action, especially collective action in which everyone participates, is the most convenient environment to establish authority and expand influence.
The Great Purge was not only a purge of people and places of residence, but also a purge of the remaining influence of the legion commanders.
Since the whole process of the great purge was coordinated and directed by Horn and his old battalion, the legion commander only played a advisory role.
So, when the six-hour purge is over, they will still subconsciously obey Horn's orders.
Of course there were ups and downs during this period, but power was transferred back and forth step by step.
In addition, the sick refugees in the refugee camp were registered one by one, and Chilvis's still was never stopped.
Horn purchased thousands of pounds of garlic at one time, and another thousand pounds will arrive tomorrow. The refined allicin will definitely be enough to treat these refugees.
I don’t know if it’s because they haven’t been tempered with antibiotics, but these refugees are particularly sensitive to allicin, and its efficacy is amazing.
Even Horn's existence became mysterious.
The Pope’s holy water can really cure diseases!
(End of this chapter)