Section 16 Bewitchment
Knowing the consumption level of Cairo in this era, no one has done any GDP statistics, just the innkeeper Maher's statement. The average Cairo citizen earns no more than ten gold dinars a year, and the usual transactions are only in silver dirhams, and a bag of ten pounds of rice is only two or three dirhams. It can be seen that the gap between the rich and the poor in this era is still very large.
The deal with the Vice-Minister of Commerce went very well, and on the second day of the transaction, Nefer sent 20,000 gold dinars to Lao Luo's residence, and within a few days it was said that the vice-minister of commerce had removed the sub-word in the middle, and he became the full-time Minister of Commerce, and the happy Nefele directly sent the double 20,000 yuan and the joy of promotion at the same time as 10,000 gold coins.
Now Lao Luo doesn't have to worry about expenses in the short term, a total of 50,000 gold dinars is not a small number, 1,000 gold coins per box, and there are also fifty boxes, and he is happy to look at the gold coins and drool, Naga and Mnaqi now know the purpose of the gold coins, and that expression is no different from Eighteen Lang.
The training task was completed, Lao Luo saw that a few people had nothing to do, so he simply gave everyone a hundred dinars, saying that they should buy something they liked, and as for what to buy, Lao Luo didn't care.
He was going to visit the other party's house at the invitation of Al Hassen, in fact, since the Minister of Commerce Nefer visited Lao Luo, there were always some inexplicable characters who came to visit the hotel, and he was really too lazy to deal with these seemingly endless characters, and Lao Luo planned to speed up some of the processes.
Al Hassen's accommodation is just three blocks away from Lao Luo's hotel, a typical Arabian house, each floor of the house is very high, all from the top of the terrace on the second floor, you can clearly see the Al-Azhar Mosque not far away.
When Lao Luo arrived, Alhasen was busy in the studio on the second floor. His studio was very messy, full of notes, a huge workbench in the middle, stacked with many strange-shaped instruments, on the table, and on the ground there were some things that were obviously recorded in the form of data, but unfortunately Lao Luo couldn't read the ancient Arabic characters on it.
"You know what, Al Hassen?" Lao Luo glanced around, and then said to Alhasen.
"What's wrong? It's messy? ”
"That's right, reminds me of something from some legends."
"Like what?"
"For example, the clergy of the Christian church, the evil black magician."
"Haha, I didn't know I still had that magician's talent." "It's a pity that the clergy of those churches are actually miscellaneous clergy, and their hearts are no cleaner than those of politicians." ”
"Why do you say that, you've been in contact with them?" Lao Luo was in contact with some relief activities organized by the church in Africa in later generations, but the church's top brass? He really didn't understand.
"The Holy See in Rome treated the rich and the poor differently, the rich were exempt from judgment if they had committed a crime, and the poor were penniless and were thrown into hard labor for even the slightest mistake. They call this an indulgence, damn it, if not for money, how dare they do that? ”
"Alhasen, my friend, you seem to be annoyed?"
"Yes, speaking of the Church of Rome, a Roman friend of mine was hunted down by the Church and then ......"
"Okay, I'm sorry, Alhasen, let's not talk about that." Lao Luo doesn't like the topic of sadness, "What are you studying?" ”
"Oh, to study how people see the outside world, to study what vision is all about, to study how light exists......" Alhassen said of his research project without other emotions, "I found that the mistake of Aristotle was not that the human eye emits light to make people see the object, but that the reflected or diffracted light of the object itself is received by the eye, so that the object can distinguish the object." ”
"You're right," said Ronald, who slowly understood Al-Hassen's explanation, and guessed as he interpreted his ancient Arabic, "but how do you prove it?" ”
"You believe me?" Alhasen was even more excited, "I can definitely prove it, I actually already have an idea...... I'm going to find an autopsy on an animal or a death row inmate......
"But that's what the Qur'an doesn't allow," Lao Luo knows what the consequences of doing what Al-Hassen said in this era, "the whole Arab world will not allow you to say anything." ”
"It doesn't matter, as long as I prove that I'm right, someone will support me. Then it is possible to study people who cure blindness. ”
"No, I'm afraid that before you can prove yourself, people will find out, and then you will be seen as desecrating the corpse, and then you will lose the reputation of the university."
"Reputation is nothing, useless things. I still believe in Allah, but I want to prove something. ”
"It's true that reputation is nothing, but people will think that after you lose your reputation, you have a problem in your heart, become crazy, and then ......" Lao Luo's expression was very solemn.
"What happens then?" Alhasen was frightened, even if he didn't care about other people's attitudes, but Lao Luo's description did have this possibility.
"Then they will ostracize you, slander you, kill you, and then destroy everything you prove."
"No, no, how could it be, this is a matter of great benefit to the Arab world, and the caliph will approve of me."
"It's good, but you know, I know, who else understands the benefits?" Lao Luo said slowly, "The caliph wants stable rule, not ministers who will cause him trouble, don't they? ”
"You have a point, but, but ......"
"But, to be honest, as far as I know, the current caliph of the Fatimid kingdom is not a benevolent king."
"I can patiently persuade the caliph ......"
"With all due respect, my friend, you have patience, the caliph is not necessarily patient, and the imams and imams are not necessarily patient."
"That'...... Then do your research in secret......"
"Secrets, Al Hasen, how many secrets in this world can be kept for a long time?"
"Oh, Bartol, you big guy, are you here to hit me?" Alhasen was speechless by Lao Luo, so he had to lose his temper at Lao Luo.
"Hehe," Lao Luo was not annoyed, it is understandable that anyone who is poured cold water on his head will not be happy, "I'm helping you think about how to solve the problem." ”
"Damn, I was about to jump into the Nile from your blows." Alhasen looked at Lao Luo with a dejected expression.
"Okay, okay, am I talking about a very good possibility, friend?"
"I know, there's a good chance you're talking about." Alhasen looked at Lao Luo helplessly, and then said, "No matter, you said help me find a way." ”
"Well, my suggestion is that you go to the East with me, how about it?" Lao Luo didn't hide it, and directly said his thoughts.
After being stunned for a long time, Alhasan said: "Bartol, you did it on purpose, you want to trick me into running with you to the east, which is tens of thousands of miles away?" ”
"Yes, I did it on purpose, but I'm not wrong." Lao Luo said proudly.
"Why do you have to go to the East? I can go north, find a place to live in seclusion, and come back when the results come out. ”
"Okay, you can go to the north," at this point, Lao Luo was not worried about Alhasen running away, "There must be someone to collect materials, right?" Then you will be discovered by ignorant villagers, and then you will be beaten to death as a heretic. ”
"I'm going to run to Christianity, Catholicism is fine."
"What's worse, then you will be burned as a heretic, not to mention, can you count on those gold-worshipping bishops to support you?"
"Is it okay to go to the East with you? The rulers of the East are no smarter than here. ”
"You're right," Lao Luo said solemnly to Alhasen, "so I'm going to establish a territory of my own, and I'm inviting you to my territory to develop together." ”
"Bartol, you have your own territory in the East? Are you still a lord? ”
"No, no, I don't, but ......," said Lao Luo, holding Alhasen's appetite, slowly, "I can carve out a piece of my own territory, where I have the final say." ”
"Bartol, are you sure you can?" Alhasen, who was a little excited and a little skeptical, stared straight at Lao Luo.
"Al-Hassen, my friend, I tell you solemnly now that my best job is war!" Lao Luo's eyes became bright with his words.
"Allah is above! Bartol, damn it, you scared me. Alhasan was taken aback by Lao Luo's eyes, "I should have thought that you shouldn't be a guard, you shouldn't be a polymath......"
"Who says a man who is good at war can't be a polymath?" Lao Luo said lightly, "My friend, what is your choice?" ”
"You're a conspirator, you're a demagogue......" Alhasan muttered as he walked in circles on the ground, "Do I have a choice?" Damn Bartol. ”
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