Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 12 I like to listen

Although Garys was born a farmer in his previous life, farmers in the 21st century are obviously not the same as farmers in the 12th century.

At least Garys's family doesn't even grow crops anymore. They mainly take care of their own mountain farm and then find a job in the city. They only have an agricultural household registration in their household registration book.

As a child of nobility, although Garys was not so ignorant of the different kinds of grains, he still lacked sufficient understanding of the real lives of farmers.

It would be too one-sided to simply rely on understanding and analyzing the situation in Skar Village.

Today, Scarr Village is thriving under John's leadership. We can't say that life is very good, but at least everyone can work together.

Whether it was the mill business or the blacksmith business, everything was done in a proper manner.

In this situation, Gaillis felt that he needed to make up for his shortcomings and at least understand the farmers of this era, how they lived and what they really needed.

A few days later, Gailis packed his bags and selected several followers, including Simon, the servant who had gone with him to scout the village of Skarl at the beginning, and another servant named Kafi.

However, when Gellis was about to leave, many people expressed their incomprehension. After all, many of them were knights, and the knight class was inherently incompatible with the peasant group.

For this reason, after thinking for a moment, Gellis gave up the idea of ​​telling them about the instructor's theory and instead spoke directly to them.

“Hear this, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?”

This sentence comes from the Book of James in the New Testament. James is the real brother of Jesus and is much purer than a certain king in later generations.

The general meaning of this passage is to emphasize Heavenly Father’s special selection and care for the poor, and to remind people not to judge by worldly standards but to see God’s perspective.

In God's eyes, material poverty does not prevent a person from receiving his love and selection. On the contrary, God often chooses those who are neglected and despised in the world, making them rich in faith and becoming heirs of his kingdom.

The meaning of what Gellis said is obviously to show his emphasis on farmers. This has a long-standing basis in Christian culture and is by no means heretical.

Then Gaillis added: "The Spirit of the Father is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and sight to the blind, to go free to the oppressed, and to proclaim the coming of the acceptable year of God."

This sentence comes from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible. It is said that Jesus said this in the synagogue in Nazareth. It was an important moment when Jesus declared his mission.

The general meaning is that God the Father chose Brother Christ and granted him a special mission and authority, and this mission is to spread God's love and salvation to the bottom of society and give them hope. The focus is on emphasizing the concern for the bottom of society and the need for missionary work.

Sure enough, when John and the others heard this rather superstitious speech, they immediately understood and stopped talking nonsense. After all, Garys had brought up God to illustrate the importance of the poor, and they couldn't question God's words.

Instead of talking a bunch of nonsense that John and the others couldn't understand, nor were they willing to understand, and that was even less suitable for this era, Gailis chose words that were more in line with what the babies of the 12th century loved to hear, liked to hear, and couldn't let go of.

After all, being half a step ahead of the world is a genius, being one step ahead of the world is a great man, being two steps ahead of the world is a saint, and being seven or eight steps ahead is like that, then you become a madman, a devil, and an unreasonable person in the eyes of the world. Anyway, Gaillis doesn't think there is any point in being unpopular.

But before he left, something unexpected happened. He had packed his clothes and luggage, but then someone blocked his door. Isabella stood in front of Garys with her hands behind her back, not saying a word, letting the atmosphere develop in an awkward direction.

"Well, just say it if you have something to say." Finally, Gailis couldn't stand it anymore and asked directly.

"If you're going out, why don't you take me with you?"

"It's not suitable, and it's dangerous to go out."

"But I feel that I am safest by your side."

At first, Gailis had not thought of bringing Isabella along. After all, it was inconvenient to go out with an extra member of the opposite sex. But when Isabella took the initiative to come to him, Gailis found that he could not say the reasons for rejection he had thought of.

The resentment hidden in those beautiful and expressive eyes was enough to refute Garys' words.

Finally, Gaillis said, "Pack your things. You will suffer a lot when you go out this time. You must learn to take care of yourself."

To be honest, from childhood to adulthood, Gailis had never cared about Isabella's royal bloodline. Even after he pledged allegiance to Isabella, his attitude towards the girl did not change at all.

It is precisely because of this way of getting along that Garys and Isabella are equal in interpersonal relationships, rather than in a superior-subordinate model.

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In the territory of Transjordan on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, Reynald of Châtillon, France, is the supreme lord here.

This area is the most extensive in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the lord here is often considered one of the four major vassals of Jerusalem.

Because the land is relatively vast and the population is sparse, both the lord's management of the villages under his jurisdiction and the exchange of information between villages seem a bit slow.

Garys formed a small team with a few people behind him. After walking more than ten miles, the farmers in the village knew very little about what happened in Scar Village.

After crossing a hill, a village not much different from Skar Village appeared before everyone.

This village was also built by the water. It looked larger than the Skar Village, but the houses were much more dilapidated, and not even a clear road had been built.

When Gailis and his companions arrived at the entrance of the village, they were discovered by the villagers early on and attracted the attention of the locals.

After all, even though their clothes were very simple, they were a complete set of very neat clothes without any patches.

　I delivered 45 orders yesterday and got lost in two residential communities. Oh, it's really annoying to live in those large high-end residential communities. You can't enter from this door or that door. You have to go through the fixed delivery door, and then you are very far away from the building where the delivery is to be made.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)