Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 271 The Crusaders! We have to destroy them!

The rules handed down from our ancestors have been broken and the previous way of life can no longer be maintained.

Did they make any mistakes?
Nothing was done wrong; it was just that intensive production and even new technologies, sweeping across the land unconsciously, exacerbated the bankruptcy of these farmers.

It’s not about right or wrong, it’s just a bit sad.

After sorting out his thoughts, Charles spoke to the owner of the shop.

"You have the final say on how much the eggs should be sold at and whether or not to buy eggs from individual buyers. But it's not nice to break someone's eggs. Of course, the person who started it first was also at fault."

"How about this, you pay the money first to compensate for the eggs, and I'll settle the matter with the farmer over there. Anyway, I'll give you an explanation."

The boss of this poultry collection business is actually a miser, but as Charles is his current supplier, he has some face after all.

After humming a few times, he nodded in agreement, but this also made him determined never to deal with those mud-legged farmers again.

Those people have nothing good to offer, and they make a fuss when they can't sell eggs. It would be easier if we don't do business with them.

As for the farmers, when they saw the boss ask the clerk to get some money and pay a silver dinar at the price of 4 copper coins for an egg, they couldn't help but look at Charles with much kinder eyes.

Don't talk about the evil schemes that come from poverty. Most people can still distinguish between good and bad. However, when interests really conflict, how can they use good and evil as the criteria for judgment?
Of course, this is also because they think Charles is easy to talk to.

Even though they felt that what they were doing was not fair, quite a number of farmers gathered around Charles and talked at once, begging him to show mercy and accept the agricultural products they brought.

By the time Charles had finally managed to convince the farmers, it was already noon.

The two sides did reach some preliminary agreement.

First, Charles will use the prices of commodities from a month ago to buy up all the chickens and ducks sold by retail investors in the market today.

Second, all the farmers and villagers whose chickens and ducks Charles collected were, in a sense, equivalent to paying membership dues and joining the fraternity, and naturally had to act according to the fraternity's rules.

Whether he opens a new farm or farms according to the rules of the brotherhood, from today on, if Charles eats, everyone here will have to eat.

The Orthodox Christians among these farmers naturally had no psychological barriers, but as for the other Muslims or Catholics, they were doubtful and did not agree, so they just fooled them for the time being.

If we consider it from a purely capital perspective, Charles doesn't need to do so.

By driving surrounding farmers into bankruptcy, the Brotherhood could gain more obvious profits.

But Charles knew that he did these things not because he wanted to make money, but just wanted to see if the life described by Gillis could be realized.

In Gaillis' words, sooner or later, no matter whether you are a farmer or a city dweller, as long as you want to eat, you can eat meat until you are full...

Before following Gailis, he was just a coachman. Naturally, he felt that he had no ambitions and would not think about leaving a name in history books like those apostles of noble birth.

People who are as lowly as grass, things rolling in the mud, sentient beings, all they want is a straw bed, a quilt, and to hold their own animals and survive day by day...

Of course, it's always good to eat more meat.

After finishing all these tedious tasks, Charles started to get down to business.

At this juncture, the reason why he came to Nazareth in person was certainly not just to sell poultry.

The most important thing is that he needs to get in touch with the Second Kingdom’s troops in the city and communicate with each other to avoid misunderstandings.

……

Gellis is indeed somewhat unknown in the Second Kingdom.

To be exact, Charles did not know that the Prophet himself had come to Nazareth until he heard rumors of the miracles at the Church of the Annunciation in the city.

After using various channels and spending a lot of effort to establish communication with the Second Kingdom, Charles met Garys with trepidation.

When Garys saw Charles, he actually felt mixed emotions.

Especially after listening to Charles' report, Gailis couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why Charles and Alex's company stayed at Mount Tabor was the decision made by Garys, and it was according to his plan at the beginning.

If Charles Company encountered risks, they could directly evacuate Mount Tabor without having to hold on.

But later, Charles and Alex had an idea, which enabled their company to open up a territory right under the noses of the enemy in Nazareth.

In the 12th century, this was actually an extremely lucky thing.

After the survival problem is solved, Garys will worry about whether the company here can maintain its own characteristics after leaving the organization.

After all: [If you fight a dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss will stare back at you.]

But as far as the situation is concerned, things are developing much better than Gaillis imagined.

Religion has a kind of "magic" that can powerfully push people forward because it shapes people's three views.

Of course, which direction we should move in is actually debatable and cannot be generalized.

It is not Gérisse who needs revolution, but people like Charles.

Guillis seeks to change the world because he feels at home in the new heaven and new earth.

Gellis hates ignorance, hates death, and cannot ignore the suffering of others, but he is definitely not a savior.

He just showed the dusty gods a bright new world and let them embark on the path of pursuit.

But Charles goes deeper into the masses and the grassroots than him.

After all, in the past two years, Gillis has only been able to dabble in some areas and has not had the opportunity to truly carry out grassroots movements.

At first, it was just Charles reporting to Gellis and discussing how to deal with the Turks.

But as the conversation went on, those Turks became insignificant.

Instead, it was the trivial things that Charles said that caught Garys' attention.

Because these are the empirical products of the combination of theory and practice.

Things like theory will have problems no matter whether the version is higher or lower.

Once theory is separated from practice and actual production, problems are bound to occur.

Gellis himself only proposed the theory, and he needs feedback before he can consider correcting his mistakes.

He once heard a story about a university professor who went to a second-tier university to give a speech. Most of the people sitting in the audience were students from the Academy of Social Sciences. The professor asked them three questions. The first question was: "Do you know Marx and Lenin?"

There is no need to ask this question, they definitely know the answer, and everyone present answered that they know.

The second question was, “Do you know Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?” Everyone present answered that they did.

Then the third question, which was also the most crucial one, came, "Do you know Glushkov?" As soon as this question was asked, the whole audience fell silent.

Then the professor reminded them: It’s the one who wrote "Cybernetics".

At this time, two or three students raised their hands. There were 400 people sitting in the audience, all of whom were majoring in social sciences, but only a few of them knew Glushkov.

This is actually very telling. Everyone knows Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but not Glushkov.

The 21st century is the information age, and information technology has become an irreversible trend, but those "XXists" who are still active.

Not only the left on the Internet, but also many "professional" researchers, most of them are unaware of the existence of such a thing as XXist informatization.

Many "XXists" in the 21st century have the problem that their knowledge system is out of touch with the times. They do not realize that the 21st century has undergone tremendous changes compared to the Victorian era.

Early XXist theories are already difficult to adapt to the social conditions of the 21st century.

Let’s not even talk about Ma’s level of economics.

Simply from the perspective of the times, there is already a lot of deviation.

To put it more intuitively, in the Victorian era, the output value of the tertiary industry was less than 15%, while in the third decade of the 21st century, the number of people employed in the tertiary industry in Europe and the United States has reached an astonishing 70%.

Even in the country with the most complete and largest industry, by the third decade of the 21st century, the proportion of tertiary industry employment among the 7.7 million employed population had risen to 47.4%.

Times are changing, but many people still cling to the past.

Of course, the problem that Garys faces is that many of his ideas and operations are not behind the version, but ahead of it.

But it is always easier to roll back a version.

For Gillis, he can stand at the downstream of history and look back, and history itself has already given him the answer.

Now, the experience provided by Charles is like a powerful addition to Garys, allowing him to have a more detailed understanding of the rural conditions of this era.

Besides, Gillis had not forgotten why Charles had come.

"Those Turks are planning to gather their troops around Mount Tabor and prepare for a counterattack?"

"Yes."

"Can you help me prepare a banquet? Invite all the Saracen tribal leaders nearby."

……

A cool breeze blew through the monastery courtyard, which was covered with carpets and mats.

Food was placed on several low wooden tables, and the guests sat on the ground or cross-legged, with the swords and daggers at their waists placed casually at their sides.

The air was filled with the aroma of charcoal smoke, and a copper kettle was placed on the charcoal stove, boiling mare's milk.

Fawaz brought many familiar tribal leaders to participate in the dinner.

Now, several tribes nearby are secretly connecting with each other and are unwilling to give up the territory granted by Saladin.

Even if we have to give it up, we should collect taxes again next year!

Compared with the rich Palestinian farming areas, the nomadic environment in the Middle East can be said to be quite harsh.

And this banquet is just the perfect opportunity for them to strengthen their relationship.

Everyone can understand at a glance that Mount Tabor is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

And when they officially participate, they can also feel the sincerity of the Greeks on Mount Tabor.

The entire banquet took great care of the Turkic customs. The main course was a whole roasted lamb, fried honey cakes, and a variety of delicious roasted ribs.

For some relatively taboo items, the host would only serve them up after repeated inquiries and let everyone choose for themselves.

There is no need to say much about things like big-eared sheep and fermented grape juice.

Even though these Turks converted to Islam, they did not completely eradicate their drinking habits.

Apart from explaining the definition of alcohol in the Koran and arguing that not getting drunk does not violate the doctrine, etc.

Alcoholic beverages were also prescribed as medicine in the medieval Islamic world.

Some people may even pray to Allah and confess with a pious attitude after drinking, believing that Allah is merciful and forgiving, and as long as they are sincere in their hearts, Allah will forgive their momentary weakness.

As the atmosphere of the banquet gradually became more lively, songs rang out on the grassland. A Turkic leader picked up a hand drum and beat out the rhythm, while others clapped their hands to the rhythm, and the singing was rough and energetic.

Young Turkic warriors gathered around the campfire, performing sword-drawing and horse-riding simulations, waving sabers that symbolize the grassland, looking extraordinary and heroic in the firelight.

Charles, Alex and others were talking in low voices with expressions of approval on their faces, occasionally raising their glasses to salute.

When the time was almost up, Alex took the initiative to go to a stage.

He first cleared his throat, then squinted at the manuscript, making sure that he could still remember it roughly, then threw the manuscript away and shouted loudly.

"Ever since the birth of the Prophet Jesus in Nazareth, countless mayors, governors, and emirs have come to Nazareth over the past thousands of years... They are all bastards, beasts, animals, and parasites!"

"But! This Emir of Fawaz is not a bastard, not a beast, not a beast, and not a parasite!"

"In two days, this Emir Fawaz will personally lead the troops to wipe out the Crusaders. He is our great hero!"

As Alex spoke, he invited Fawaz, who was sitting in the audience, to come on stage and perform well.

Although their Tashan Brotherhood is the host, the leader of this coalition must be Falawaz.

When Fawaz came up, he first complimented him a few times, then realized that he had no eloquence.

At this time, Charles, who was standing by, handed over a piece of paper and turned on the light so that Fawaz could see it clearly and read it out loud.

(End of this chapter)