Lady of the Lord From the East

In Wei Wei's view, the medieval church is really an unbelievable religion, especially for women.

Unlike the clergy who truly dedicated themselves to God in later generations, from the sixth century AD until the end of the Renaissance, for thousands of years, many members of the church, from the highest pope to ordinary priests, were just wearing the skin of faith. the hypocrite.

They collected donations in the name of God, and even made it mandatory for everyone to pay tithes; they extended their authority to the whole of Europe, so opponents were regarded as heretics, put to death in the name of heretics, and even the appointment and removal of kings There must be a church to determine its orthodoxy.

Wei Wei doesn’t understand that history is not cheap for such power struggles, but she still understands one thing—these people who preach loyalty to God and must remain celibate are doing blasphemous things and don’t think that Shame, on the contrary, it has turned this blasphemy into something that everyone takes for granted.

Before she knew about the "gods" of the medieval church, Wei Wei actually had a bit of a favorable impression of the church. After all, the church had been promoting monogamy and the interests of legitimate children since a long time ago, and prohibited illegitimate children from inheriting from their fathers. property, in a sense, the status of women in the Middle Ages in Europe was improved only with the support of the church.

But after learning about the inside story, Wei Wei's goodwill disappeared.

That's right, they advocate monogamy, but they don't stop the nobles from raising lovers. They also raise them themselves, not only raising mistresses but also illegitimate children. At first, they were secretly raised, and later they were raised in an open and honest way. At the time of the Renaissance in the fourth century, even the Pope had sons and daughters, and he made no secret of the chaos of his private life.

This is not to say whether it violates their teachings, but what is the matter with you promoting monogamy while prohibiting couples from having sex? And in this regard, they are not just talking about the husband and wife system, but directly stipulate that during the week, it is forbidden to have **** on Monday, and in order to commemorate the deceased, they cannot have **** on Thursday, because to commemorate the arrest of Jesus, It's even worse on Friday, which is the day of Jesus' death, and then on Saturday to commemorate the Virgin Mary, and Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus, so it doesn't work.

So five days a week is removed, and the remaining Tuesdays and Wednesdays are all good, right?

The answer is still no!

Because these two days coincide with other religious festivals, as long as there are religious festivals, **** must be prohibited! !

Therefore, in a year, there are very few OOXX times, so it is no wonder that noble couples have to live in separate houses.

The United Nations really has nothing to do with you!

And what do men do when they need it? Simple, as long as you're not with your wife.

So whatever you want to find a lover or a brothel, we can all agree.

Not only do we agree, but we can also rent our house to you. Do you want to rent the bishop's house? Make sure no one disturbs you~

vomit! !

When Wei Wei flipped through these historical records, she almost vomited, especially the Renaissance period, the most disgusting!

These TMs are all the best. In the future, without feminism, even a woman can directly peel off their skin.

Of course, the church that Wei Wei lives in is not as chaotic as it was in the past, but the brothel has been open for an unknown number of years, and they say that since it is impossible to prohibit the appearance of brothels, it is better to be themselves Steady management.

But no matter how high-sounding the reason is, they can't get the huge benefits they get from it. It is these dirty income that strengthens the church and gives the church a foundation to compete with the imperial power.

Wei Wei felt that as long as she was a normal woman, after knowing what the church was doing and living in the same era, it was impossible for her to still have a good impression of it.

I am afraid that the original mad believers will treat the so-called religious people as heretics when they come to this era, and will eradicate this group of clerics who have been corrupted by the devil for God in minutes.

So Wei Wei clearly showed her dislike of the church.

"If my future husband dares to go to a brothel and raise a lover, I will castrate him as soon as possible."

Wei Wei pointedly glanced at an indescribable part of Felix, the latter only felt a chill all over his body, instinctively shrank his body, and then expressed his strong desire to survive that he would never step into such a place. A filthy place will not raise a lover, and he is very clean.

He had never been to such a place before when he was invited by others, and naturally he will not in the future!

Wei Wei was not worried that Felix would know her attitude towards the church.

Because Felix also doesn't like the church, although the reason is different from Wei Wei's, but he really doesn't like the church.

Felix is ​​a nobleman. He used to be a knight abroad. Unlike ordinary people who support the church, most nobles, especially the real kings and nobles, don't have a good impression of the church. After all, it is a and their power-snatching bastards.

Felix's willingness to dedicate the deworming water formula to the king instead of the church shows that he is on the king's side.

So Wei Wei didn't worry that a word she didn't like would cause trouble.

Felix really didn't say anything to Wei Wei because of this, but agreed that he also disliked certain behaviors of the church very much.

This topic passed quickly.

Wei Wei remembered and asked Felix, "Didn't you go to collect taxes? Why did you come to me at this time?"

Someone had chickenpox in the castle before, and Felix, as a direct contact, also needed to be isolated for a period of time. Naturally, he did not care about the harvest in the territory. Fortunately, the harvest and tax collection are basically the responsibility of the steward in the manor. Felix Just need to make sure that the taxes they have collected and the harvest on their plots are correct.

But this is Felix's first harvest after inheriting the title. He attaches great importance to it. He would go out to inspect from time to time to estimate the harvest of this batch of grain. In addition, the previous accountant's fraudulent accounting has also been implicated. As the manor's manager, Felix naturally didn't trust the current batch of managers, so after the quarantine was over, he started to run out again, and randomly checked the work of the stewards and tax collection.

Under the elusive inspection of the Count, the stewards who received the news naturally did not dare to steal the harvested food as before, for fear of being caught by the Count and either beheaded or captured as slaves.

Of course, not everyone is so conscious, but after someone haphazardly bumped into the muzzle of a gun and was caught stealing food by Felix, and the steward of a whole sack of wheat was executed in front of all the stewards, the others Never dare.

And because of the restraint of the stewards and the increase in the production of the fields this year, after all the grain was collected, Felix found that this year's tax revenue was 20% higher than in previous years!

He attributed the credit to Wei Wei for providing fire dung and deworming water.

Others apparently think so too.

The farmers who planted the fields had expected this year's collection to be good before the harvest, but they thought they would be able to achieve a harvest of 1,200 catties per acre at most, which is already available in a year of great harvests. It was a good harvest, but this year, because of the pests, they originally thought that the production of the fields would decrease, and they might not even be able to keep the harvest of 600 catties per acre.

As a result, after the harvest, everyone found that even the worst land had a yield of one acre and one kilogram. The originally fertile high-quality fields, such as the earl's private plot, surpassed the previous record in Sardinson County, reaching One acre yields more than 1,300 catties, and the best harvested field in Sardinson County even has nearly 1,400 catties.

This is definitely an unprecedented bumper harvest. Every farmer who rents several acres of land has increased their harvest by several hundred catties this year. Even if they pay the tax, they are left with enough to live frugally until the end of the year. Harvest for a year without worrying that someone in the family will starve to death.

And Felix got even more. The extra two layers of food and taxes, if they were all converted into gold coins, would be worth a thousand gold coins, and what he paid for this was to send people to burn fire dung and make deworming water. , both cost almost nothing.

This is simply a thousand gold coins for nothing!

After the newly invited meeting calculated the account, Felix of course couldn't sit still and ran to Wei Wei to inform her of the good news.

"The field that produces the most is yours, and those fields of yours actually produce a little more than everyone else."

Wei Wei is still not clear about this matter, because Dolores and others are sick, she has to focus most of her energy on taking care of the three children, and the affairs over the fields can only be handled by George, and When George reported to the castle, he also reported to Felix, because she was in contact with patients every day, and she had to avoid contact with other people as much as possible, so as not to be infected with chickenpox but infect others outside.

It was Felix who could only come into contact with Wei Wei after Wei Wei had determined that the children had recovered enough to not be contagious.

So this is the first time Wei Wei has heard of it.

And Felix was very concerned about Wei Wei's affairs. Before the harvest period, he would often go to see the 100 mu of land. After the harvest data was reported, he soon discovered that not only Wei Wei was Wei's land, along with those surrounding her land, also yielded better yields than others'.

"That's probably because I had people dig a canal. Plants always need water. How can crops grow well only by rain and occasional watering?"

Felix thought it made sense, nodded and said, "Then I will arrange for them to dig canals in winter." He was talking about the serfs' service tasks.

Wei Wei shook his head: "The land is frozen hard in winter, and it's not easy to dig. It's better to start arranging now, and the speed can catch up with this year's winter irrigation."

Felix: "Winter irrigation? What's that?"

"Irrigating the fields in winter can store enough water in the soil to prevent spring drought. In addition, it can keep the land loose, increase the fertility of the land, and kill the eggs in the field. In short, there are many benefits."

"But it may not be possible to draw the number of people now." Felix was very embarrassed: "Wheat will be planted soon, and the serfs will not have time."

"Isn't there more than a month left?" Wei Wei calculated the time, "September or even October will be enough time to plant wheat, and we don't want them to dig the canal right away, it's better to spend half a day digging every day. already?"

She looked at Felix: "Don't you often have people organize their training? Wouldn't it be better to change the training content to digging for a while?"

Felix wanted to say that training soldiers and digging trenches are two different things, but noticing Wei Wei's gaze, he obediently shut up and continued to listen.

"You have to think about the importance of this. After digging the canal, the harvest of the entire Sardinson Castle will increase. In contrast, you only lose a short period of training."

Felix thought about it, in contrast, it is indeed more meaningful to increase the harvest, and he can train at any time, not to mention the serf soldier can become an auxiliary soldier, the main force of the army depends on the standing army he recruits.

After being persuaded, Felix quickly put this matter on the agenda. Wei Wei did not need to design the route of the canal. Felix found someone who was familiar with Fort Sardinson to discuss it together, and then consulted Pierre Architect, The route was quickly determined.

When the serfs received the order of the Count, they were very reluctant at first, because not every serf would be arranged for soldier training, and most of the serfs were still working for the Count, and the work at this time was more than digging. The canal should be easier, of course they are reluctant to dig the canal.

But this reluctance all disappeared when the steward announced that if they dug the canal to keep up with the count's request, the count would provide them with a meal.

Everyone knows that their Count is very talkative. The people who were recruited as soldiers before can fill their stomachs every day during training without saying anything, and still get a salary, which makes others envious, but unfortunately they can't beat them. The recruitment standard was kicked out of qualifications from the beginning, and he could only continue to work for the Count. If he did not do well, he would be whipped by the steward, not to mention food and water.

The time to dig the canal is set in the morning, and now it is midsummer. Even though the weather in Fort Sardinson is relatively cold, the maximum temperature in summer can reach 35 degrees. It is very easy to work at this temperature, so the serfs are required to The canals were dug at dawn and continued until the temperature rose at noon.

On the first day they were called to dig the canal, the steward in charge of the serfs told them that if they dug the designated spot before the noon break, they would receive a lunch, and the lunch was stewed beans, just before they dug the canal. A few peasant women are responsible for the cooking, and they will also provide herbal tea to relieve the heat for the serfs who dig the ditches.

Although the taste of stewed beans is very ordinary, and the serfs usually eat these, but these beans are not their own. While smelling the smell of stewed beans, while working, the serfs are very active.

And the steward, as promised, asked the serfs to go over to get a bowl of stewed beans at the end of the work. The beans that were soaked overnight and stewed for the morning were much softer than the ones they cooked at home, and Thicker, giving them a portion that would fill their stomachs.

The serfs who were asked to bring their own jugs to drink water and hold the beans were not overjoyed when they saw the stewed beans in the jugs.

"The Count is so generous. I thought I could only eat a bowl of bean soup. Now I bring this bowl back and boil it with some water. It's enough for our family to eat."

On the first day, after making sure that the Count speaks well and is generous enough, the serfs who go to dig the canals will be more motivated. If someone is lazy, they don’t need to talk about it, and the other serfs will scold first, because the Count not only gives They ate stewed beans and stipulated that as long as the workload for the day was completed, they could go home early. Who would want to spend more time under the scorching sun if they could go back early to rest.

So before the autumn planting began, the serfs dug the canals first, and after the canals opened, they found it easier to water the farmland, and they praised Felix even more.

In fact, Felix was not prepared to be so generous at first, but Wei Wei told him to be more generous.

The beans for the serfs were last year's mature beans. After this year's bumper harvest, the warehouse was unable to put them down and had to clear out a batch of stale grains, that is, the least valuable beans.

These beans were originally intended to be cleaned out and sent to the mills and replaced with wheat by the colonists. The serfs could not afford wheat, and the wheat they planted would be exchanged for cheap beans and barley, and old beans were better than new beans. The price is lower and can be exchanged for more, and the serfs are more willing to exchange this.

But Wei Wei felt that instead of exchanging these beans for wheat, it would be better to use them as a reward to increase the serf's enthusiasm for work.

She knew that Felix's thinking was different from her own. He was a standard aristocrat, a big landowner, and it was impossible for him to show mercy to the serfs' hard work, so he could only start from other aspects.

"Look at your warehouse, they can't hold the grain now, and next year, the grain will only be more, can a little beans be compared with those grains? No!"

"You have to think like this, how much can you exchange beans for wheat? How much can you get in return for serfs? Only when these people are full will they have enough energy to work, and giving them food will also increase their motivation to work. , to make the canal dug faster, and who will benefit the most after the canal is dug? It is you! Your fields will have a bumper harvest, you can receive more land taxes, and all you pay is such useless beans. "

Felix is ​​not stupid, but he knows everything. He just never thought about it, so Wei Wei talked to him about the beginning, and he could figure out all the advantages of this move by himself.

But what really gave Felix a critical blow was Wei Wei who let him see the production of sweet potatoes in advance.

The potatoes that had been put into the newly dug cellar once made Felix so excited that they almost exploded on the spot, and when faced with sweet potatoes that were even more shocking than their output, Felix was numb and didn't know what to do with his expression.

"When your territory is all planted with crops like sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn, are you still worried about the food?"

Don't worry, more than not worry, relying on this, he even thinks that it will be no problem for Sardinson County to feed the entire population of the Prady Empire.

After all, they are few.

After being numb, Felix swelled up again. Not to mention a little bit of beans, he was willing to give the serfs twice as much.

When the serfs were digging the canals, the manure that had been buried in the ground earlier could be used.

The method of using the manure was transcribed by Wei Wei and handed to Felix, who told the stewards to let them arrange it, and then he gave Wei Wei a gift.

This time it is not jewelry clothes, but a stack of paper.

A stack of white paper.

The art of papermaking was introduced to Europe in the 12th century, but it did not become popular in various countries until the 14th century. At this time, it was very rare for Felix to find a stack of paper for Wei Wei.

"I know you like to write things. It's more convenient than parchment."

What Felix didn't say is that such a thin piece of white paper is more expensive than parchment paper. Only the royal family and the great nobles can afford it.

But Felix didn't say it, and Wei Wei could also guess that the price of these papers would not be lower, otherwise, how could paper that is better than parchment paper not be popular so far.

Wei Wei thought for a while, then smiled at Felix: "Did you know that papermaking was invented by my country?"

Felix: ?

It is impossible for Wei Wei to tell him about the four great inventions of Huaxia, but it is possible to make paper.

The life of the aristocrats is really luxurious, which is reflected in various aspects, such as the same toilet, the commoners use wood chips and leaves or even stones picked up at random, and they use linen.

Wei Wei didn't think about making paper when she used parchment to write her plan before, but she just couldn't find time because she was too busy. Now Felix's gift reminded her that she could find some hand-made paper.

As a traveler, if you don't make a piece of paper and burn a glass, how can you still call yourself a traveler?

The materials needed to make paper are still very easy to collect. Bark, rags, straw and even other fibrous plants can be used to make paper, and these things can be found almost everywhere.

All Wei Wei had to do was write down the method of making paper, and then explain that Penny, who had volunteered to take the job, took the gardener's children to experiment.

Hiring child labor is not good, but there is no way. After she always creates various things to keep people busy, there is no extra manpower in the castle for her to toss.

And this kind of thing can't be done by the serfs outside, so in the end, only Penny and the children can use it.

As for the piano? After the earl's tax was paid, she was drawn to act as an accountant to receive a double salary. How could she have time for this?

So everyone is very busy recently, and the busy butler Patton has to ask Felix to increase the number of servants in the castle.

Preferably double it.

He has a hunch that the servants who are now assigned to do things are afraid that they will not be able to resume their jobs in the future, such as to settle accounts, to be stewards, and to make essential oils.

In the future, those part-time jobs will probably be their main job, and cleaning the castle? take care of the master? Isn't that someone else.

Therefore, we must recruit people, and it is better to double the number, otherwise who knows if their distinguished Ms. Wei Wei will harm the newcomers again like the professional servants he has cultivated for a long time, and let them remember them again. I can't afford that I should actually be just a servant in the castle, and I'm not doing account management or anything else.

Taking this opportunity, he has to consider finding another suitable relative to train as an heir, because it seems that his nephew Ward will be sent by their master, the great Earl Felix Williams, to manage the upcoming establishment. The essential oil workshop, the housekeeper's job is obviously not his turn.

The author has something to say: Butler Patton: The servants are not doing their jobs, how can the castle keep functioning normally? Hiring, must be Hiring! !

The church in the Middle Ages is really so weird. It is a routine operation to open brothels to raise lovers and illegitimate children. no.