In the book of Revelation - Heavenly Worship it is described as follows: "

"After this, I looked, and behold, a door in heaven was opened. For the first time, I heard what sounded like a trumpet, and said to me,

"Come up here, and I will show you what is to come."

"And I was moved by the Holy Spirit, and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and another sat on the throne, and behold, it sat like jasper and rubies, and there was a rainbow around the throne, like emeralds."

"And there were twenty-four seats around the throne, and on them sat twenty-four elders, dressed in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads."

"And there was lightning, and sound, and thunder from the throne."

"And seven lamps of fire were lit before the throne, and these seven lamps were the seven spirits of God."

"Before the throne was like a sea of glass, like crystal."

"There were four living creatures in and around the throne, full of eyes in front and behind."

"The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third with a face like a man, and the fourth like an eagle."

"Each of the four living creatures had six wings, and all the inside and outside were full of eyes."

"Day and night they said, "Holy! Holy! Holy! God is the Almighty, who was, is, and will always be! ”

"And when the four living creatures gave glory and honor and thanksgiving to him who sat on the throne and lived forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fell down before the throne and worshipped him who lived forever and ever, and laid their crown before the throne, saying, Our Lord our God, you are worthy of glory and honor and power, for thou hast created all things, and all things were created by thy will."

"Aren't the four living creatures mentioned here the same creatures on your coat of arms? The face of a lion, the horns of a calf, the structure of a human-like face, the claws of an eagle, and the scales of the eyes! Almighty God, it turns out that the dragon looks like this! ”

I ignored the priest's shouting, for it seemed to me that my danger had been lifted anyway, and that there would be time to make up the story slowly: "Father, if you like, I will ask the artist to draw a detailed enlarged heraldic pattern for you to study." ”

"Thank you, Lord Earl, for relieving me of the confusion in my heart and for making me realize that the glory of the all-knowing and all-powerful God is everywhere."

The priest has not yet recovered from his agitation, but his hand holding the Bible is more firm.

"I have heard that you are busy building castles and basic public facilities, and I do not mean to be offended, knowing that these are not the things that the Germans are good at, and that several of my priests are excellent architects from Italy, if you will allow you......"

"Thank you so much, it's just a send-off!"

In the past few days, I have been made a head or two by professional architectural knowledge, and I have long wanted to ask Gao Ming to share the pressure of work.

"Hehe, you don't have to be so polite, but sending charcoal in the snow is indeed a subtle metaphor, and I sincerely admire your rich talents!" Father Djokovic smiled sheepishly.

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As the main technical base of the Middle Ages, the Church cultivated a large number of professional and technical personnel, who spent almost all of their time on things of personal interest in addition to reciting the Bible and studying divine revelation every day, and everyone was a keen scientific seeker, so that in the tall walls of the monastery, silently burning limited life, contributing their meager strength to the progress of this era.

The medieval church was not as dark and dictatorial as we see in later generations, in movies and television works or novels, at least in my time, the church from top to bottom, not so deep in all aspects of secular life, the power of the pope is not very large, and even many feudal lords do not recognize the orders from Rome and refuse to pay tithes.

The control of the spirit of ordinary people in the country church is not so extreme, and on the whole it can be regarded as a healthy and uplifting religious group that sincerely serves God.

The Church at all levels actively encouraged the clergy to collect documents and delve into science, and the precious technology and culture of the ancient Greco-Roman era could be passed on under the protection of the icon of Jesus, although it was a selective inheritance, but the Holy See asserted its supremacy in the world by studying practical knowledge and technology, and creating elaborate and jaw-dropping machines, so that the secular lords who dared to defy the clergy could see that not only God was on their side, but also the cultural discourse was in the hands of God's most loyal servants, Confrontation can only bring overwhelming destruction.

Fr. Djokovic's efficiency was commendable, and the day after our meeting, five priests, young and old, came to my castle with their lovely St. Peter's head.

Wearing a thick linen pullover robe, the mottled folds symbolize the simplicity of monastic life, a hemp rope is tied around the waist as a belt, and the obvious dark circles around the eyes indicate that they are intellectuals who have been engaged in mental work for a long time, because of a large number of high-quality work, a considerable number of brain cells have been consumed, which directly causes them to have low sleep quality all year round, their complexion is dull and dull, and their skin is loose like a lump of jelly hanging down.

"Lord Earl, we have come to serve by the orders of the Bishop, may God bless you!"

The priest at the head seemed to be their leader, and seemed to be a little wiser, at least knowing how to lower his stature on occasion, and humbly bow his Mediterranean head before a noble earl.

"God's revelation is really everywhere, and by the grace of the Lord we are the knights who take up the sword to defend the glory of God, and I am now in need of a skilled person in the field of construction, you know, we can cut off the heads of the infidels with a sword, but to sit down and carefully manage our own territory, to build a beautiful and strong castle, is not the skill of knights who smell of barbarian blood."

I beckoned a few people to sit around the table, and used modest witties to familiarize myself with them, and everyone was friendly and easy to do, which is the traditional Chinese thinking.

"Please don't say that, if it weren't for the brave knights, the brave men who charged ahead, the clergymen who were powerless in their hands, there was no way to make the bloodthirsty barbarians submit to the glory of God, and the Bible sometimes paled in front of the bright sword, please forgive me for my presumptuous words, but it is true, what can we do, please do not be polite."

The priest at the head of the priest said to me while drawing a cross, and following his movements, the other priests also bowed their heads and prayed silently, and I quickly drew a cross on my chest.

"His Holiness the Pope and His Majesty the Emperor have approved my request for a new castle, and after a comprehensive survey of the territory some time ago, after a long period of deliberation, I have selected the site of the new castle, the raw materials and workers are ready, and the planning of the new castle and the surrounding shops has also been formulated with reference to the opinions of the Masons' Guild, and now I am in need of professional advice, especially the words of the spokesman of God, to guide me through the maze, so that I can understand my own humility and insignificance in front of God's creation."

I motioned to my attendants to take the master plan drawn by staying up late in the past few days, spread it on the table, and then held a candlestick, pointed out the symbols and signs on the drawings that people couldn't understand, and patiently explained them to them.

The rooms of the medieval stone castle generally only have one window for ventilation and lighting, so that even in the sunny sunny weather, as long as the sun does not shine directly into the house through the window, at any time in the room, it is cold and dark that makes people's hairs stand on end.

"You see, this is the future castle of Nijmegen, the seat of the Count's court."

I took another piece of parchment and pointed to the lines drawn on it: "It is a stone fortress consisting of eight convex towers and a moat, and the terrain is surrounded by water on three sides, so that as long as the drawbridge is suspended, it will be difficult to conquer any attack from the land." ”

The clergy's heads were huddled together, and I couldn't help but laugh without being rude, but it was hard to keep my composure in the presence of a celestial spirit cover that was full of light bulbs.

Fortunately, a priest helped me out of the siege in time, and stopped my almost burst into laughter with his question: "Your Excellency Earl, may I ask what this wall in front of the city gate is, I have never seen it in the book in the previous fortress buildings in the East or the West. ”

I triumphantly looked at the drawings that made him unclear about the situation, thinking that this was the glorious legacy left by our ancestors, the most powerful invention of our ancient Chinese city to defend the city, and the great Chinese city relied on it to stand tall in the face of wave after wave of invaders.

"This building is called Fangcheng, it is a city wall that extends out of the city gate, used to protect the city gate from the attack of the battering ram, the convex city wall can also shoot the enemy army who attack the city through the ladder, and after the enemy rushes into the square city, the front and rear city gates are closed, and the enemy army caught in it forms a favorable offensive situation of catching turtles in the urn, which is a part of the city wall system, a peripheral derivative, extending the defensive space."

"This is truly a miracle of God!"

The clergy were overwhelmed and exclaimed, for they were very scarce in adjectives for religious people, and that they could not do without God's parents.

"In this way, unless the enemy has a large long-range attack weapon, there is no way to conquer the castle, and the castle's condescending terrain advantage greatly increases the shooting elevation angle of the weapon, so that the projected shells cannot reach the effective range, so that they cannot exert their due power, ingenious design!"

They then made constructive revisions and additions to my plans, and two of the priests also designed the entire city's drainage system according to the standards of ancient Rome, but the huge amount of work and the large amount of investment made it difficult to implement it.

But I consulted with the clergy to streamline it, so that the water supply to the castle and the public baths to be built in the commercial area would be properly secured, and that the falsification was within my acceptability, and the rest would be left to be realized little by little later!