Chapter 659 Middle Ages
Hu Laoer, who was unable to enter the alley, didn't know what happened until his death. He passed through his back and lay on his silly daughter-in-law, and was kicked open by Xu Hao.
Xu Hao did not draw out his long sword immediately. Because blood would splash out, he allowed his men to disperse the robbery people and did not arrest anyone. Few people died in this conflict, and the violent and other things were stopped in time. The people who did the most evil became corpses, regardless of gender.
A maid with disheveled clothes ran over to help her daughter-in-law who had survived the disaster, but unfortunately she had become a widow.
Yang Xiber, who was energetic, struggled and shouted: "Sir, these mobs have stolen my property. Please help me recover it and give half of the property to the church."
"I don't care." Xu Hao pulled out the knife cleanly, threw the Xiuchun knife to Mu Yun, walked over and squatted down, "Do you have any other requests?"
Yang Xibo's eyes showed unforgettable hatred and said hoarsely: "Please help me kill the evil man who took the lead, especially the murderer who killed my son. The Yang family is very grateful and willing to be a cow or a horse to drive the adults."
"I'll do it."
Before he finished speaking, Yang Xibo suddenly widened his eyes and his throat twitched up and down. Xu Hao slowly pulled out the dagger inserted into his mouth. Yang Xibo's wife and concubine stared at him in disbelief. Seeing this, Mu Yun raised the knife and wanted to kill someone to silence him.
Xu Hao said: "No need, Yang Xibo took it upon himself. I am upholding justice for the victim. If a person dies, he should not implicate his family. The funeral will be left to the county government for treatment."
Yang cried: "My man is dead and his family property is gone. How can I live in the future? You keep stretching justice, who will preside over the justice in my family?"
Xu Hao said innocently: "That's all my business. I am a general who kills people, not an official in charge of the case. I don't have to take care of the things I throw away."
Yang suddenly stood up and screamed, "Then you might as well kill me, I'm not alive."
Xu Hao nodded and said, "The person who came to see Mrs. Yang on the road and told the government that it was what she asked for."
"I. I'm not really going to die." Yang hurriedly retreated with a sad face.
At this time, the guards upstairs found Yang Yingying, the only bloody bone in the Yang family. Xu Hao really wanted to kill the man and then divide the unowned land to the poor. After thinking about it, he finally gave up. He could kill foreigners and damn people, his hands were covered with blood, but he had to be careful to keep the bottom line. People are doing what they are doing and God is watching.
In the castle, Father Escent felt very dissatisfied. Although he had only been to the Eastern Empire for a few months, he firmly believed that he was already very familiar with the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Although he was much more advanced than European countries in all aspects, the people were also most afraid of the government.
He did not believe that in such a lively traditional festival, a respected missionary who conquered most of France's territory from the Planterbury Dynasty in England would be targeted by etiquette people.
"A country like the Ming Empire, which is an incredibly powerful and rich country, will reflect the most civilized enthusiasm in the most valued festival."
So he decided to take his own initiative and take Margaret and other ladies to the City of God to take a look. "If a great country, a great capital, cannot travel in person and feel the etiquette and customs of the Eastern people, it will be a regret for a lifetime."
However, Margaret remembered the owner's reminder and did not go out casually without permission, especially beautiful girls. Because many citizens do not like semen, the Mongolian iron hoof that once brought shock and killing to Europe also brought heavy disasters to China. In addition, the barriers caused by the differences in skin color and language customs will take time to slowly resolve them.
She kindly reminded Escente that it is not a good opportunity to travel now, and it is best to spend some days out. Escente shrugged and smiled, "If you are afraid of being unwelcome, then my dear lady, the best way is to stay at home. Of course, I mean staying in our distant hometown. Now we act as messengers of God. God is everywhere, isn't it?"
He led a few curious and bold ladies to go out, but was taken away by Jiang Tao and him and stopped him, saying that he had followed the orders from above and did not allow women to go out.
During the stalemate between the two sides, Margaret decided not to go out. The ladies had no choice but to stay. Escent showed a look of disappointment and had to take a few church members to the city.
The carriage was ambushed by Zhang's two bears on the way. All the barbarians were killed and their internal organs were taken out, proving that the barbarians' hearts and livers were also red, and they were abandoned in the wilderness.
Father Hongquan, who was in the capital today, had his hair all white, his dress and behavior were very strange. He wore a black silk gown and watched Monk Fahai smilingly being taken away by the police. He slowly wanted to return to the countryside, but he never came back this time.
When passing by the county government office, Hong Quan died tragically under Xue Gui's knife. At that time, Agui became more crazy than anyone else, and was as incredible as a mystery.
This honest and conservative country farmer who was bullied by his wife and often forgot his surname. On this day, the barbarity in nature was fully vented.
At first, he might just want to prove to his wife that he was a pure man, and he was passively following others, climbing walls and hitting people passively, but after hurting people and robbing money, he suddenly became unscrupulous and forgetful.
The couple was full of jewelry stolen from the Yang family, but only making money was obviously not satisfied. When they saw Hong Quan walking on the road from afar, they held up the shiny big knife like the god of death, rushed out unexpectedly, ran to Hong Quan like an arrow, and without saying a word, they waved the knife to slash the other person's head.
The first knife was too rapid and too panicked. Li Hongquan's head was slightly tilted. The tip of the knife slashed hard on the horse-tie stake in front of the county government. Xue Gui's hands and feet were numb, and the big knife almost fell to the ground.
At that time, when Hong Quan heard the strong wind in his ears, he turned his face to see who suddenly appeared, Xue Gui gritted his teeth and waved his second knife even harder. This knife happened to hit the back of Hong Quan's head.
It happened to be seen by Xu Hao, who came out of the Yang family, and saw a thin man with a short figure slashing and slapping the priest with a cross, and the knife in his hand seemed to be stuck by the skull. He used his hands with his hideous force, and the big knife was raised again, and then another knife, and the blood gushed out sprinkled everywhere in front of the county government.
Many people witnessed this bloody scene with their own eyes. Several yamen runners were stunned and did not recover for a long time. Then they angrily rushed on and pressed Xue Gui to the ground.
Xue rushed forward frantically to save her husband, but was also arrested. Seeing this, the others ran away to save the stolen property.
Xu Hao smiled. With the death of the priest, it means that the barbarians are devils. God’s superstition that is more powerful than the Buddha is self-defeating, just like the Buddha’s path, is just a religion.
He immediately ordered the five thousand fully armed soldiers nearby to enter Liulizhuang and nearby counties, villages and towns to prevent the riots from further expanding. Often, a small matter will be inspiring to an uncontrollable extent. Once completely out of control, it will turn into a feast for rascals and civilians to rob rich families.
But even though the soldiers arrived to suppress the enemy, some landlords and families who were usually unkind were still taken by the people to vent their usual personal anger. The excited masses were boldly led and shouted and broke into the door.
All lives and losses are naturally counted on the recognized leader Li Fang, even if he runs to the county government first. Anyway, he will not be able to escape the current chaotic situation.
Moreover, under the leadership of Ximen Jin, his confidant subordinates actually completed the great feat of burning the Castle Church and the Beijing Church.
The second bear of Zhang family was the leader of the castle church. After killing Escent, they chased them with a torch and shouted loudly. Jiang Tao and his brothers were guarding the door, with spears facing outside the door, and everyone had to cheer from afar.
Before Zhang Dexiong and Ximen Jin could discuss how to rush into the church, Zhang Yixiong led a few men who were not afraid of death and decided to rush to try it out, perhaps the officers and soldiers would not kill the Han people.
As they approached little by little, Jiang Tao suddenly ordered not to shoot. Zhang Yixiong thought to himself that the young master was right, and he really had his own brothers here. He was energetic and rushed forward with a big knife. Unexpectedly, a sparse sound of gunfire sounds. Several men screamed in pain, and were shot on their bodies, and some were killed on the spot. However, Zhang Yixiong was lucky enough to be shot in his thigh and fell to the ground in pain.
Jiang Tao said angrily: "Who fired the gun? It belongs to the unarmed people, grandma."
All the brothers were speechless. Could it be that the big blade was arranged? This scene was recorded by several interested people and quickly passed to Xu Hao's table.
Xu Hao, who had just arrived, sat in the study room on the fourth floor of the castle. Through the window, he could clearly see the brightly lit outside. Jiang Tao's leak made him feel relieved, just because he was not the one around him.
Xu Hao was patiently waiting for the church to burn, and Jaina stood aside in fear. He was idle and opened the information sent by Baihua.
He didn't know much about foreign history in his previous life. Through Baihua's detailed description of all aspects of Europe in this life, he felt that European history has a surprising similarity with Chinese history to some extent, perhaps a consistent process of historical evolution.
Nowadays, Europeans generally believe that Greece is a myth, because ancient Greece has long been destroyed and has disappeared, which is very similar to China's description of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Ancient Rome was equivalent to China's Xia and Shang dynasties, both of which were powerful and unified slave dynasties, and they all assisted the king in ruling the world and conquered the four directions with their powerful army.
Today, Europe is in the dark medieval era. Xu Hao looks very similar to the Zhou Dynasty. Of course, the difference is that the Zhou Dynasty was composed of Han people and the culture was completely inherited. With the collapse of the Roman Empire and the invasion of the barbarians, Roman culture was almost completely destroyed.
The same is that the Germanic nation merged the residual civilizations of Rome and Christianity and evolved into a semi-feudal feudal system. The ancestors of the French rooster adopted the fiefdom system like the Zhou Dynasty, giving land to the nobles under their command, the nobles to the knights, and the knights wholesale to the serfs.
There were many feudal lords everywhere in small countries, which caused centuries of chaos. Isn’t it very similar to the Spring and Autumn Period?
Xu Hao's conjecture is naturally a subjective guess, but the conclusion can confirm his idea to some extent. The era of the most brilliant Chinese culture was undoubtedly the Warring States Period. The achievements of various schools of thought, culture, and military were undeniable. Years of war have promoted too much competition in ideological, cultural and military aspects.
The next European powers will start the cultural rejuvenation movement, and scientific ideas will develop explosively. What if the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are postponed to the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Xu Hao laughed silently and threw his random thoughts behind his mind. The Escent who died in a foreign land was indeed an Englishman, or more precisely, an Englishman. The Hundred Years of War in Britain and France entered the 20-year armistice agreement, so he ran to Venice and ran to death out of his longing for the East and God's instructions.
The Black Death that Xu Hao was most concerned about had already broken out on a large scale, sweeping across Europe. Baihua wrote about the death toll of countless people, and for this reason, Britain and France were forced to truce for ten years.
Now France seems to have the upper hand, so Britain has no choice but to sign an armistice agreement again, leaving only five harbors. Joan of Arc seems to have not been born yet, and Baihua does not know the deeds of this goddess. In other words, the Hundred Years War has been halfway through.
Italy has never been able to be unified. In the south, there are cities such as Venice, which has its own country, and in the north, there are the papal states under the rule of the Pope. The territory generally maintains prosperity and stability, and has followed the civilization since the Roman Empire. It can be said to be the cradle of Europe's culture and the origin of the Renaissance.
If a team of muskets of ten thousand people were sent to destroy Italy, I wonder if history could be rewrited? For example, Italy's Copernicus, Galileo, Dante, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and other long list of philosophers, writers, artists and scientists.
Nowadays, Venice and Milan and Florence have a population of 100,000, which is already the leading major city in Europe. It is only in third- and fourth-tier cities in the Ming Dynasty. Baihua said that the population of Paris was nearly 180,000 soldiers and civilians because of the need for garrisons.
The most populous city is Palermo in Sicily, as well as warm and prosperous areas such as Southern Europe. It is far from war and has more than 250,000 residents, but the Arabs account for a large proportion. The Ottomans have a great influence on this place, and their customs are more like the Middle Eastern world.
The center of Western Europe is increasingly tilting towards Paris, because the Pope is like any country that combines politics and religion, it is rigid, deep and lifeless, far from the Parisian aristocrats' special research and squandering of luxury, and it is spread out from the French court etiquette that is famous for later generations, and the perfume industry that can cover up body odor.
But the Englishmen across the strait looked down on their neighbors very much, and their confidence was a brilliant military victory over fifty years. Londoners were proud of their city of London, believing it was shining and the center of the entire Europe, although the population was only about 30,000.
Baihua's description is similar to what Xu Hao knew. The city of London is small and dirty, and it is a place where fires occur every day. Most of the houses are wooden houses, next to each other, without real streets, the roads are rugged, and people's feces and livestock excrement.
The entire city has only one sewer system, and it is said that there are no public toilets, and they urinate and defecate on the streets regardless of gender, age and age. This aspect is far inferior to the European continent. At least public toilets appeared in the Roman period.
In general, Xu Hao believes that Europe is in the darkness before dawn, and the king's orders are not binding. The feudal lords are working hard to manage their territory like simulation games. Merchants spontaneously form business habits to deal with exchanges between currency, debts and bankruptcies, contracts and other commercial disputes.
Some cities are in the most ignorant slavery, such as Nordic areas, with more tribes than a country, and some become merchant republics like Venice. Many cities hope to get rid of feudal lords such as churches or kings that are levied, and hope to have their own laws and courts.
Chapter completed!