026. Divine grace

Bran got up early and followed the priests in pushing wooden carts loaded with hot wheat porridge and began to give alms to the people.

"Believe in the Lord and have eternal life."

"Praise the Lord."

This little food nourished the spleens and stomachs of these poor people, and Franklin opened the doors even more, allowing many people to enter the monasteries that were not open to the public, and to enter the churches where the scriptures were located.

Unpretentious, solemn and tranquil, the large bronze cross at the top of the church, illuminated by the sun's rays, reveals a charming golden reaction.

On the table are reliquaries, and metal vessels are covered with silver, copper, and other elements, and with the use of enamel, many images of devotional figures are depicted on the outside.

Before they could get close, the frankincense smoke from the burning incense burner on the table wafted out of the church door in the wind, and the sweet fragrance was satisfying, and the hymn came to their ears, and many people wept bitterly when they saw it, and for a good reason.

Since more than 50 years ago, in order to "raise military funds" to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem, there has also been a need to salvage the increasingly strained financial crisis.

The "Book of Atonement" began to be sent out, and money could cleanse away the sin, which was too cost-effective for many lords and merchants, and the evil practices continued to increase, and an endless stream of coins of indulgence began to flow in.

From the beginning, it was issued on a small scale and conditionally, and in the end, even those who were given a "breaking order (excommunication)" could return to the arms of the Lord as long as they could pay a lot of gold.

The trend of accumulating wealth was rampant, and many local churches only served the rich and noble, so the poor people could not be helped, and the churches annexed a lot of land, and they were even more exploited.

Looking at this scene, Bran was a little touched, but he didn't show it, and Albert's eyes were red next to him.

After this period of absence, he has matured a lot and is no longer so afraid of outsiders.

This act of kindness finally came out in the vice president wearing a grand robe and prayed for everyone to a climax.

A tsunami of cheers praised the Lord and the clergy.

In the following period, the number of clergy and lords who came to visit the monastery increased, but the opposition from the Holy See was also indispensable.

For no other reason, the entire relief expenditure cost almost eighty percent of the monastery's wealth, and Franklin's private actions without the consent of the abbot were a challenge to the authority of the upper echelons.

However, it is not easy to be publicly accountable, and the monastery's move has been written about by several cities and Florence. In addition, many people who were relieved, when they arrived in the city of Rome, said to outsiders that it was a "miracle" to see the light shining from the vault of the church in the hymn.

In short, the wrestling between the upper echelons was not yet Bran's turn to worry, and the almsgiving was over, and the students were discharged from the hospital with a four-day vacation.

On the one hand, it is also to alleviate the financial pressure, so that the students who leave the hospital can pay for their own room and board.

Before leaving the hospital, Bran wrote a letter informing him that as soon as he and Albert walked out of the convent, two carriages were waiting to escort him.

Although there was a fight between the Megan family and another family in the republic, "Pavey", Pavi did not dare to commit murder in the monastery, so it was safe inside, but he could not be taken lightly when he came out.

Emmahaus also came, and after a while, he grew stronger, and at the sight of his little master immediately let out a cry of pleasure.

After about two and a half hours of boarding the padded carriage and avoiding the jolts, Bran finally returned to his family's luxury inn in the city, "Good", which means "good luck" in Latin.

When the carriage stopped, Brandn pulled open the curtain and got out of the car, and the streets were full of people and horses.

Grocers, knifesmiths, carpenters, locksmiths, doctors, and even booksellers, pastry chefs, and more can be found on several streets.

It was January 10, 1311, A.E., and Bran was eleven years old.

Many apprentices of similar age hurried past Bran's eyes.

There was a hotel here, which was the property of Mrs. Megan, and after knowing that Charman wanted to open a hotel, she half bought and half gave away, and gave half of the right to the Charman family, and also helped introduce and expand the business, so the whole inn was very lively, if you add stables, warehouses and other facilities, the hotel area is close to one acre.

The inn is a two-and-a-half-storey building mixed with wood and stone, the first floor is for wine and food, and there are six rooms for servants, and the second floor is mainly guest rooms, separated by twenty-five rooms.

The upper floor is inhabited by Simon and important people who came out of the estate.

Bran entered secretly through the back door, then changed into a normal uniform and wore a small hat to disguise his identity, as for Albert, he had already been sent home.

Bran lowered his hat and entered the first floor, chose a booth to sit down, and quietly enjoyed his food.

The coachman who escorted Bran guarded Jack, and stayed quietly on the other side to guard Bran and help him try the food first.

The inexpensive ale, the cheap light meal proposed by Brandy, and the hiring of a bard to tell the story, made the first floor reach a full capacity of seven or eight points every day.

At the gate, two strong bodyguards from the Teutonic mercenary group stood to prevent drunken troublemakers.

Therefore, in addition to the shopkeepers or assistants in the shopping streets, many small merchants who come here to trade are also willing to come here to cheer, because such inns will not be black shops and secretly take away their goods.

It was nearly noon, the sun was shining, and there were many people who hid in the hotel and ordered a glass of wine with a rusty copper plate to enjoy the coolness.

The poet employed by the hotel was from northern Italy, in his early thirties, and had mixed with a group of dancing artists when he was wandering, so he had a knack for dancing, sometimes holding a small drum at random, beating and beating, which was very lively.

The status of the bards of the Roman era was not bad, and they often even appeared in the hostess's bed, chatting and laughing...... But in the Dark Ages, all kinds of economic and technological stagnation came to a standstill, and the profession was almost cut off.

Beautiful poetry can't fill your belly, bread does.

After the establishment of the Fakrac Empire, the First Crusade and the establishment of the two major knightly orders, cities began to rise and the world of the Illuminati gradually recovered, and this type of profession began to appear again.

But nowadays, in addition to the high status of the bard in the aristocratic court, the status of the bard in the general place is equal to that of the peasant, in addition to income.

The poet in front of him doesn't know a few words, but he has collected a lot of folk heroes and legends, and he is not stage frightened, and he is competent enough.

The poet played the violin and simply sang a piece of the English folk poem "Beowulf".

It's a well-known heroic tale, but it doesn't get much applause, and drinkers clearly prefer the story of King Arthur and his "Knights of the Round Table", or King Arthur's wife and knight Lancelot "cuckolding" King Arthur.

"Can you tell us about anything else?"

"A Song of Ice and Fire."

"If you don't listen, you'll hear all the dragon's stories."

"Say the witcher."

"I'm not afraid of being burned by the church, dare to tell stories about demons."

"Let's just talk about the sword in the stone."

The proposal finally got everyone to blow the whistle and applaud.