Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 44: A world where people are eaten without leaving any bones
When they come at the appointed time, they shall not be delayed for a moment, and they shall not be advanced for a moment.

— Quran 7:34
This symbolizes Allah's creation and dominance over all things, and is a manifestation of Allah's omniscience and omnipotence.

But at the same time, mortals do not know their own destiny, and the destiny of mortals is also determined by themselves.

Gailis knew that in Islam, there was a very complicated relationship between Allah's sovereignty over the creation of all things and individual self-will, which was far from being able to be explained in a few words.

Fortunately, he did not need to debate on this issue. As a doctor, Abdullah directly gave the observations of Arab medicine on the life span of the human body.

60 to 70 years old.

Of course, this number is limited by the times and is not correct. But even so, it also reflects the brilliance of empiricism contained in Arabic medicine.

It also reflects the damage that the living environment does to human life.

If a person is wealthy enough and lives a long and healthy life, he may live twice as long as his poor contemporary!
"You said that I used interests to deceive people and used words to incite others, and many people would die. But even if I didn't deceive and incite, wouldn't people die? Forcing a person who should live 70 years to live only 35 years due to poverty and disease, isn't this murder?"

"No, this is worse than murder. How many people have died from murder? And how many more have died from the way things are!"

"There are now 400 million people in the world! The average life expectancy is only 35, how many people are dying! And if we take into account those ancestors who died young in the past, how many people are dying! And if we take into account our descendants in the future, how many people will die!"

"How can I sit here and remain indifferent in such a cruel world?"

"The corpses of those who died because of my instigation will fill up Jerusalem, but the corpses of those who died because of the lords and tax collectors have already filled up the mountains and the seas!"

The setting sun was as red as blood, dyeing the earth scarlet. Garys was passionate and seemed like a madman. He used ordinary people's language to express the cold and cruel reality - this is a cannibalistic world.

Abdullah's body became more and more hunched. It was not that what Gairis said was flawless, but just realizing this cruel truth was enough to break the heart of such a kind old man.

If someone else was shameless, he would not bother with Garys over such matters. He would just put a few hats on him and then send people to arrest Garys.

Of course, if that situation occurs...it's hard to say who will catch whom.

Abdullah raised his head and glanced at the desolate town. The prosperous scene of the past was still vivid in his mind.

Today, the number of caravan pilgrims passing through is only half of what it used to be, and the population is decreasing year by year, but Ahmed has never understood the difficulties of the small town.

He still extorted the same amount of money from the town every year as in previous years. For the people who stayed in the town, as business got worse, they had to pay more money.

Abdullah took a deep breath and straightened his back. Just as he was about to say something, he bent down again and changed the words that were originally brewing on his lips.

"I don't know why you came here, nor do I understand why you have such an idea. After all, you have no relationship with our Alhadi Town, right?"

"Yes, no relation." Gaillis was very frank.

"I can tell you that we were being exploited by tax farmers before the Crusader Lords came, and we were also being exploited by tax farmers after the Crusader Lords came."

"We have united several times and tried to prove to the lord that we paid a lot of unnecessary taxes, but each time we got the promise, it was easily torn up by Ahmed. We are already tired and exhausted. All this is the fate arranged for us by God. God is using pagans to punish us ungodly people."

"Moreover, over the years, the lord's intentions were actually quite good. It was the tax farmers below who messed things up." After hearing what Abdullah said, only two words came out of Gailis' mouth.

"Bullshit."

……

Garys and Abdullah parted on bad terms, but he was not surprised by the result. He was not a humanoid succubus, and he could not be so domineering that he could make people surrender to him with just a few words.

People's choices are influenced by many factors.

In Abdullah's view, even if the tax farmers were killed, the lord would always send new tax farmers to collect taxes.

What is the difference between the new tax farmers?

So what if the lord is expelled?
The king will send new lords to rule, and then make all rebels pay a heavy price.

Compared with the layers of feudal mountains pressing down on them, the hundreds of people in Alhadi Town are like a small stone left in the desert, hidden in the vast wilderness, insignificant.

No one in this small town would support Garys's idea. They would just think that there was another lunatic in the world who claimed to be a prophet.

Religion has applied a thick layer of foundation to exploitation, making it seem so natural.

Religion also separates people, making these Muslims unaware that the Christian peasants are actually suffering from the oppression of feudalism just like them.

When Muslims revolted, they were suppressed by the forces of Christians. When Christians resisted taxes, they were easily quelled by the armies hired by the lords with the taxes from Muslims.

Garys returned the wooden table, and he, Simon, and the new recruits packed up their things and headed towards Ahmed's mansion.

Simon was puzzled. He came to Garys' side and said, "Sir, why don't you just show the miracle? Even if they are pagans of Islam, they will surely bow down before the real miracle..."

"Today they worship me, tomorrow they make me an idol. Today they praise me, tomorrow they profit from my name. Today I kill sinners, tomorrow they are sinners."

"One more statue of me in this world wouldn't make much difference, and one less statue of me wouldn't make much difference. How could the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be built in this way?"

Garys is not a real god. He knows that he just has abilities that others don't have. If Garys' goal is just to be the only one and establish an imperial dynasty that is high above the sky, then he can just show miracles and kill them.

But so what?

The wheel of time has not moved forward at all, and may even take a few steps backwards.

Using mountains of corpses and seas of blood as burnt offerings in exchange for a chance to be the only one in power, what a joke...

The development of productivity and the progress of the times are by no means a simulation game. They are far from being changed by sitting on the throne, issuing a few orders, and arbitrarily developing a few machines.

(End of this chapter)