People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 186 The Order on the Temple Mount

Lothar reached out and patted Hogg on the shoulder habitually.

The touch from the palm is a kind of ice colder than Prajna, which makes people's hair stand on end.But it didn't pass through the opponent's body as expected.

It appears that Captain Hogg, despite his ghostly appearance, is actually quite physical.

"Captain Hogg, let me tell you about the current situation."

Lothar chatted with Hogg for a long time, including the next appointment that he wanted to let him sail the ghost ship on the Red Sea, eliminate pirates, maintain the route, and guard the port of Ella.

Hogg grinned, showing the yellow teeth of a person who is used to drifting at sea: "Sorry, my lord, although I am happy to accept your appointment, I doubt that once I make too many appearances on the Red Sea, those Sarah I am afraid that the forest merchants would rather go overland than enter Port Ayla."

Lothar frowned: "This is indeed a problem. The reason why I want to take back Ella Port is to collect the commercial tax here. If the merchant ships are cut off, the revenue here will be cut by three quarters."

"But the ghost ship you are driving cannot be included in the naval fleet under my command, because my identity, on the bright side, can never be identified as the dark lord who drives the ghost ship, even if it is true."

Captain Hogg was silent for a moment, and said: "My lord, I will try my best to control the scale, not only allowing merchant ships to come in and out, but also clearing up the pirates on the Red Sea—but you know, as long as a merchant ship hoists a black flag, it is a pirate, and I can't guarantee it." mission accomplished."

"In short, the most important thing is to protect the Port of Ella. Regarding the pirates, you can suppress them if you can. There is no need to force them."

Lothar said in a deep voice.

Chatted with Hogg for a while about the idea of ​​forming an offshore fleet such as a galley.

He got up and decided to take a look at the development of the Order of St. Lazarus who had moved to the Temple Mount.

He still needs to spend some time to manage the Patriarch of Jerusalem and let him transfer the title of Archbishop of Alandele to Urdin.

With the independence of the Church in Jerusalem, as long as the patriarch is persuaded, there should be no problem, without the need to go through the Pope City.

Of course, Ulddin could not leave Jerusalem, because he had to enter the palace from time to time to treat Baldwin IV.

It wasn't a big deal, as Archbishop William of Tire was also in Jerusalem every day.

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temple mount.

Pious pilgrims climbed up the mountain with each other's support.

Wearing shabby sackcloth with a green cross pinned to his chest, an ascetic monk stood at the door of a small church, guiding the pilgrims who came to see a doctor to the consultation rooms converted from prayer rooms.

Here is the new territory of the Order of St. Lazarus on the Temple Mount.

Lothar sat in the innermost room, in the room belonging to the grand master.

Uldin was sitting opposite him, bowing his head humbly at this moment: "My lord, I am very glad to see you again."

"I'm glad too."

Uldin raised his head and looked Lothar up and down: "I haven't seen you for a while, and the dark aura on your body is getting stronger."

Lothar frowned: "Is there anything you want to persuade me?"

Uldin shook his head with a smile on his face and said: "My lord, with Ms. Jeanne by your side, I don't believe you will fall into the darkness, but the power of the dark attribute is very serious for the erosion of people, you must be vigilant .”

Lothar couldn't help but said, "I thought you had confidence in me—it turned out that you had confidence in Rianna. Thank you for your concern, I will be more vigilant."

"Let's talk about it next. How is the situation of the church recently? I remember that when I returned to Jerusalem last time, it seemed to be pretty good."

Uldin said noncommittally, "What do you think?"

"I saw many pilgrims on the way here. In this small church, there are also many monks wearing green crosses."

"It is true that the development of the order is fairly rapid, but the donations we receive are too small. Even if every member of the order follows the life of an ascetic monk like me, it is still somewhat difficult to make ends meet."

Losa's heart skipped a beat: "You don't want me to pay for you, do you?"

He does still have some savings now, but that is the money he used to build the Red Sea Fleet.

It was originally envisaged to establish a merchant fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, but now that the port of Ella is occupied, and there are talents like Captain Hogg, he naturally has to change his mind.

Uldin said sincerely: "My lord, we are a church for the poor, but collecting herbs, feeding monks, and treating pilgrims for free all require a lot of money."

"The scale of the church can be expanded to what it is now in a short period of time. It would not be possible without these measures."

Lothar frowned deeply: "Those poor pilgrims who don't have much, even if they donate, they can't donate much—is there any suppression by the Knights Templar?"

Uldin shook his head: "No, my lord. Grandmaster Gerald is a devout believer, and besides you and His Majesty the king, the biggest benefactor of the church now—he seems to want to win us over to fight against the hospital together." Knights."

"Like the Knights Hospitaller wooing the Teutonic Knights against the Templars?"

"Yes."

Lothar's finger tapped on the table: "Tell me about your current predicament carefully."

Uldin thought about his choice of words, and said, "The sect is best at new medicine, but it didn't start smoothly in Jerusalem."

In this era, scholastic medicine is biased towards "spiritual treatment", that is to say, patients are admitted to church shelters, repenting and praying day and night.

At most, the clergy will do some ceremonies, recite some theological classics, apply some holy anointing oil or pour a few drops of holy water, or take a handful of soil to smear and so on.

In addition, it is the prevailing theory of "humor balance".

This theory probably originated in ancient Egypt, but prevailed in continental Europe. It is believed that diseases in the human body are due to the imbalance of body fluids.

This "humoral balance" theory, manifested in the most well-known treatment methods, is bloodletting, enema, and emetic.

Sometimes the wound is burned with a soldering iron.

Although there are also ways to hit the right thing, such as using a soldering iron and hot oil to wash the wound and disinfect it.

But unless sedating herbs like opioids are used, the process is tantamount to torture.

In the army, the vast majority died because of this treatment method.

Those who survived also lost half their lives.

Even a king like Baldwin IV has to go through this kind of torture, which shows the prevalence of this kind of treatment.

It is probably due to the fact that it is located at the junction of the East and the West, and the fusion of Greek and Oriental medicine. Saracen and Jewish doctors in the Levant area have mastered good medical skills in this era.

But their exclusiveness made them seldom willing to treat pagans, and Christians were also reluctant to accept their treatment.

This is also the dilemma faced by the Saint Lazarus Redemption Order. Although Uldin has cured some dignitaries' injuries with his special ability, it still cannot change people's perception of new medicine in a short period of time.

"So, most of the Christians who are willing to believe in you are low-level pilgrims who don't have much money, and even a few of them are from the bourgeoisie?"

Uldin nodded and said, "That's right, my lord."

(End of this chapter)