Chapter 48: Galloway Treasure and Church
Unfortunately, the audience in the live broadcast room did not follow Li Ming's rhythm at all, and they shouted that they didn't want to know;
[I heard that you want to trick me again, I'm sorry, I don't want to know!]
【Haha..Guess or not!】
【Hehe, guess do I know or don’t know?】
【None of the previous ones wants to know, so I don’t want to know either】
......
This made Li Ming, who had already prepared the draft in his mind, feel so stumped!
Scotland and Chongqing in China are very similar, with an area of 80,000 square kilometers.
From the shore of Loch Ness in the north to the southernmost Danfries Galloway, it takes only half a day to drive the expressway.
What Li Ming is looking for this time is the very famous Scottish Galloway treasure;
The British map is easy to recognize, Ireland on the left, Scotland on the upper right corner, Wales in the middle, and England in the lower right corner;
The place close to the Irish waters between Scotland and England is Danfries Galloway.
The Galloway treasure was buried in Danfris Galloway in the early 10th century and was not disturbed for more than a thousand years until it was discovered by treasure hunter McLennan in September 2014 on the land of the Scottish Church.
Before discovering this treasure, the treasure hunter McLennan's companions also discovered the largest silver coin treasure house in Scotland's medieval era!
However, in this parallel world, Galloway treasure is still lying quietly in the wasteland.
The incredible discovery of the Galloway Treasure includes over 100 items, including a wealth of Viking-era silver jewelry and ingot treasures. It also contains unparalleled precious metal and jewelry items, including rare gold ingots, unique gold bird-shaped pins, the only covered complete vessel ever made in the UK.
Compared with the Celtic silver coins found in Jersey, Li Ming has tens of thousands of silver coins. There are very few things in Galloway treasures in Scotland, and each thing has a high value!
But the most important thing for Li Ming is that once this Galloway treasure is found by himself, it will belong to the treasure hunter himself according to the law, and he will get all the benefits.
When Li Ming successfully arrived at the administrative center in Danfries Town, when he set out, the heavy rain on the shore of Loch Ness had already passed, and the wind was sunny here.
Occasionally, most of the people who come here are Europeans, while most Asian tourists are concentrated in Edinburgh and Loch Ness;
Here, Li Ming enjoyed the curious gaze of foreigners in small counties in remote areas of the country.
In fact, there have been many well-known authors and artists in this area.
Moreover, Danfries is the hometown and burial place of Scotland's most famous poet Robert Burns.
After parked the car, Li Ming carried his luggage and equipment to his destination in the suburbs.
On the way, Li Ming was chatting all the time. He had only walked a short kilometer and had passed two churches. He took this opportunity to point to the abandoned church spire in the distance and explain to the audience in the live broadcast room:
"Please look at the direction my finger points. To understand the treasures of the Vikings, we have to mention churches and churches. According to statistics, there are almost 10,000 churches in Scotland!"
Europeans generally believe in religion, whether it is Catholic or Christian...
This has led to the existence of churches in almost every town and village.
Scotland has a total population of more than 5 million. Glasgow, the largest city, has a population of about 600,000. It is an industrial center in Scotland;
The second largest city is Edinburgh, with a population of about 500,000, and the other 30 regions have a total of only more than 3 million.
On average, there are only 100,000 people in each district, and some places are not even less than that. It feels like there are only 100,000 people in each county in Chongqing.
[There are more people in Chongqing than in their capital, Edinburgh!]
[I don’t have many people in Henan, only 19 Scotlands!]
[A small seaside city like the Demon City, there are only four Scotlands, which is totally insignificant]
[Be humble, we are only 20 years old in Guangdong, Scotland, not many!]
When it comes to population, the various barrage contents in the live broadcast room were particularly joyful and made people laugh.
"The pirate treasure we are looking for this time is just as closed as the church! The Viking pirates who came across the sea centuries ago are just picking and being good at starting the church!"
As soon as Li Ming's words came out, many viewers were curious and puzzled.
[Church? How much money can you get in the kind of poor and stingy place!]
[Haha, this isn’t this a bandit robber and rob monks, and they share the same illness and pity each other]
[These pirates are euthanized. How much money can a group of monks have?]
[You are afraid that you know nothing about the churches and churches of that era, so you are really rich!]
“From the Middle Ages, Christian churches were already spread throughout Europe, and the lives and production of peoples everywhere were closely related to the church, and everyone had to pay the eleventh tax!
Many people in the live broadcast room didn’t understand the so-called eleventh tax, and asked in barrage.
Li Ming quickly explained:
"The eleventh tax means that one tenth of the land production should be handed over to the church. Each noble has his own territory. The king is only one of the nobles. But if it is not the king's direct territory, the king cannot receive a penny. Therefore, in the distant Middle Ages, the richest one was not the king. Even some nobles were richer than the king, but the church was the richest. Think about it, everyone must hand over one tenth of the income from production."
"It's like everyone in China earns 100,000 yuan a year and has to donate 10,000 yuan to monks. Think about how rich those churches are!"
[Damn, my dream was that every person in China would give me one cent, the difference was so pure! The church is too ruthless]
[Damn it's too rich to collect taxes like this. I guess I'll just steal churches and churches if I'm a bandit.]
[I heard that when emperors in the Middle Ages, they had to be crowned by the church to be useful! It was so awesome!]
[The charlatan is indeed the most awesome, and the Chinese people cannot imagine it at all...]
[If anyone dares to lie down and dares to accept one-tenth of me, then he will definitely be so slapped that his mother will not recognize him]
"In fact, there are some people who do not have to pay taxes to the church. Only the king does not have to pay taxes to the church. However, if you are willing to donate land or gold coins, the church will not refuse!"
"The 11th tax is the greatest source of wealth for the church. The taxes collected from various countries are the source of support for the luxurious appearance of the pope and the church. Therefore, the birth, old age, sickness and death of the people are related to the church. It is indispensable for medieval people to ensure that the soul can rest in peace and go to heaven."
"This has led to the willingness of both the poor and the rich to donate property to the church to ensure the ticket to heaven. So the monasteries and churches were given large tracts of land, and the bishops and deans became popular powerful people, which attracted the greed of local tycoons and began to seize the property of the church. The kings were also willing to control local churches and monasteries for more money."
There are also many international students in Li Ming's live broadcast room, and they have come out to post barrages to explain the history of European churches.
[Ming Ge said it very well, because at that time, the areas that believed in Christianity were all places with high levels of civilization, so later, those poor people believed in order to "keep up with the times". After all, Europe was not big, so it later developed into Christianity and unifying the world.]
[When I heard this, I felt like I saw the group of dog licking officials in Greater China, everything is good abroad!]
[The period when Rome established the Christian state religion. At that time, Constantine came to power, the country still lacked labor, and the gap between the rich and the poor was huge. Christianity (or Catholicism) was a mutually helpful and helping the poor, and it was able to gain great recognition from the lower class.]
[The history of the Roman Empire establishing Christianity as the state religion was the most important laying stage for Christianity's great expansion in Europe]
【Medieval Catholicism and *** teach you how to understand it as a higher form of organization, representing higher productivity, not the religion you imagine.】
Chapter completed!