Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 15 Investigation
Although they were driven out by the herbalist, Garys and his companions were not to the point where they couldn't find a place to stay.

After hearing that a group of monks had come to the village for pilgrimage, the landlord of Cardoso took the initiative to invite Garys and his party to stay at his home. After all, these pilgrims who traveled far and wide always brought news from far away, which could help people gain more knowledge and fill their dull daily lives.

To be honest, although this Cardoso was called a landlord by the middle-aged man, his family actually only had a few more mud houses and a yard. Although it was better than the herbalist's house, it was still limited.

After meeting him face to face, Garys also noticed that the so-called landlord's hands were covered with calluses and small scars. According to Garys' experience, these calluses and scars were obviously caused by long-term wheat harvesting. Obviously, he was not a pure rentier who had truly left the labor.
Cardoso arranged guest rooms for Garys and his group, and then prepared dinner.

By the standards of medieval peasants, this meal was quite sumptuous, at least much better than what Gellis and his companions had in the village of Skar. Not only were there some decent food and vegetables, but there was even some barbecue and yogurt.

"Lord, our God, thank you for this wonderful meal. We are grateful for your generosity and love. Please bless us with joy as we eat and bless our families and friends. May we always be grateful in your presence and glorify your holy name in all things. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

After a brief prayer before dinner, dinner began.

During the meal, Cardoso said, "I've heard about what happened during the day. I don't think highly of Thomas, but the old man is the only one in the village who knows a little bit about how to manipulate herbs. No one else can be trusted except him."

Thomas was the herbalist's real name. Garys heard it from the guy who led the way after he was driven out.

After hearing what Cardoso said, Gailis nodded slightly, and he understood why witches and liars could run rampant in the village. To put it bluntly, they took advantage of the poor information exchange in the countryside and the farmers' limited knowledge. Therefore, if they knew a little, they could exaggerate something and make it into ten or ten into a hundred. While they were cheating people, it was not easy to be exposed because of the asymmetry of information they knew.

"You actually know something about medicine, right?" Cardoso asked again.

Garys originally wanted to shake his head, but when he thought about the unlimited potential and room for improvement of the medical level and ability of even regular doctors, let alone Thomas the liar, he nodded.

At least Garys had some basic knowledge of modern medicine in his head and was familiar with books like "The Barefoot Doctor's Manual", so when he said he was a doctor, he wouldn't be accused of being uneducated.

After the meal, as entrusted by Cardoso, Gailis checked the health of the whole family. Generally speaking, everyone was indeed sick, either due to malnutrition, parasitic infection, or some skin diseases caused by long-term labor.

But by medieval standards, these diseases were common to everyone and therefore insignificant.

Only the little daughter of the Cardoso family had a slight cold and a runny nose. After thinking for a long time, Gailis advised Cardoso to let her daughter drink more boiled water.

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Late at night, Garys tried to record the day's experiences on the little paper he had left, whether it was the farmers' desire for cattle, the performance of Thomas the charlatan, or the diseases that even the Cardoso small landowner family could not avoid.

These experiences revealed a real medieval countryside and also made Gellis feel depressed.

This kind of dullness is a kind of powerlessness and an anticipation of a bumpy road ahead.

Take disease prevention for example. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the main ways to prevent diseases are drinking boiled water, eliminating the four pests, using toilet paper to wipe your butt, and taking cheap vitamin tablets. But these methods are not practical in the rural area of ​​Garys.

Why does the Quran ask believers not to eat pork? Putting aside the various theological explanations, one possibility is that due to the lack of fuel in the Middle East, it is relatively difficult to cook food thoroughly, and pork, which has many parasites, is naturally not suitable for cooking.

The same is true for drinking boiled water. Even the fuel for processing food is easily scarce, let alone asking a family to drink boiled water every day, which is a luxury.

To solve these problems, many, many, many changes are needed, and it requires truly infinite power that can change nature.

Just as Gailis was recording his daily experiences, footsteps were heard outside the door, and then the door was pushed open and Isabella walked in.

In order to travel with Garys more conveniently and avoid extra trouble, Isabella cut her hair short and dressed like a man. In addition, because her sexual characteristics have not yet fully developed, Isabella now looks more like a very androgynous teenager, and she calls herself Isabel to the outside world.

Of course, if you look carefully, it is not difficult to determine the gender.

"Gallis, someone is looking for you outside."

"Looking for me?" Gailis was a little surprised. After all, it was the middle of the night and he had just arrived. Why would someone come to look for him?

But no matter what the reason, since someone is looking for me, it is not a bad thing. It can help me understand this village better and more deeply.

When Gairis pushed open the gate of the yard accompanied by Cardoso, he saw a young man standing outside the gate. When he saw Gairis, he immediately bowed down and tried to kiss Gairis's boots.

This sudden scene surprised everyone around, as they had never thought such a thing would happen.

After Cardoso saw the boy's appearance clearly in the moonlight, he said with a hint of surprise: "Jason, why are you here?"

"Please, my mother is dying! I know that you monks all know some medical skills and are real doctors. Please save my mother." The young man spoke his purpose in a crying voice and somewhat haltingly.

At this time, Cardoso added to Gailis: "The one who saw the herbalist in Thomas during the day was Jason's mother."

When what happened during the day was mentioned, Gailis recalled it, but at that time, Gailis did not have time to care for the patients because he was frightened by the old man Thomas's behavior of catching belladonna. Therefore, he was not familiar with the condition of the patients in the yard at that time.

　Everyone, please join the group and tell me what you think of this book and what is wrong with it. Otherwise, I am really afraid that what I wrote is too rubbish and no one will read it. The current increase in the number of collections makes me feel like there are no readers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)