Chapter 70: Do you know what you can do but dont do it?
When Ringer and his two companions entered the Sherlock Holmes Detective Agency on Baker Street, Sister Livia was introducing the customs of Qixing Pan to the guests on the more lively Rhett Street.
Human feelings. As a native of Qixingpan District, she has never left the land under her feet since she had memories of childhood. Her understanding of this neighborhood may be second only to those old people who still retain memories of the old times.
She described the springs and wells in the Seven Stars area, mentioning that St. Craven's ancient well was buried under an old abandoned boathouse, and the little spring in Chad Lane now houses the parish council's office building, with its odd but very effective name.
The Well of Appuadino was said to have been used to cure leprosy and asthma, and was believed to be transformed by the tears of the saint. Therefore, black monks often protected and preached here. However, with the promulgation of the "Religious Decree", animism
After the believers collectively evacuated Renwithin, it gradually fell into disuse and is now a public theater. Tickets are sold at low prices every Saturday. The audience only needs to pay one penny to enjoy "The Merchants of Renwithin".
Dramas such as "Midsummer Night's Foam" and "A Gift to the King".
In addition, there are also changes in residents’ lives. Twenty years ago, the area around St. Anville’s Cross Church was still so desolate, desolate, and seemed isolated from the world. The believers of the Spiritual Prayer Meeting prayed for the poor, homeless, beggars and
The orphan brought relief of food and clean water, but it could not change the poverty and violence flowing in its bones. Bodies were buried in the cemetery next to the church every day, and then at night, the bodies would be dug up and discarded, and buried in new ones.
"Don't walk here at night." This is the advice of the historian Maximilian. In one of his articles, he clearly mentioned that the Seven Stars Area is a frequent place for murder and suicide. Suicide is in the teachings of the Spiritual Prayer Meeting.
It is a "blasphemous act", but those desperate people seem to have no regard for the teachings of the saints.
What finally changed this situation was the United Order. Their various measures were always not perfect in the eyes of the believers of the Spiritual Prayer Meeting. Sometimes they established order but seemed too tough, such as forcing homeless people and beggars to carry out
High-intensity "reform through labor" imposes cruel punishments up to the death penalty on criminals such as pickpockets, thieves, and robbers; and sometimes when they provide relief, they seem not compassionate enough. Although they are so wealthy, they strictly limit the number and frequency of relief.
restrictions, even requiring children to work in exchange for food and water...
However, this series of measures has indeed revitalized the Qixing District. To this day, it is still the most backward neighborhood in the entire Renweiting. The residents here are still poor, but there is no longer numbness and despair in their eyes.
Their footsteps were no longer just wandering aimlessly. For the first time, they knew what "survival" meant and began to work hard for survival. For the monks of St. Anville's Cross Church, the most intuitive manifestation of these changes was that
The public cemeteries they managed finally returned to normal frequency of use, and the number of death registrations of suicides and murders dropped significantly, until one year it dropped to single digits.
"This is completely different from what the old nuns at Jiminyuan taught us."
While walking, Sister Livia chatted with Metien next to her: "Old mama always said that it is a very pitiful thing for those people to endure hunger and cold and suffer in the world, so we must try our best to help them and let them
Feel the warmth of humanity and gain comfort, but the relief agencies jointly organized by the religious orders never allow the recipients to eat, and require them to work before they can get food; the old nanny also said that the criminals are because of the injustice they have suffered in the world.
, will resist in the wrong way. We should try to influence them. If there is one less evil person and one more good person in the world, then the saint will also be happy, but the United Order will never show mercy to those criminals.
Throw them into prison, or even tie them to the gallows, and they will remain unmoved no matter how much they beg for mercy.”
"I always feel that their approach is very cruel and violent, just like the northern barbarians during the time of King England and Wales, who would not be merciful to their own people; but there is another voice in my heart telling me that their approach is correct.
Because judging from the results, the Seven Stars Area has indeed become better... I am confused and can't figure out what is going on. It would be great if the old grandma is still alive, I can ask her about this question."
The nun looked at every hurried resident on the street, with a rare trace of confusion in her eyes. The saint once taught his followers that the journey in the world is a spiritual experience, and only the dirt on the soul can be washed away.
In order to return spirituality to its purest state, this process requires meticulousness and patience, otherwise it will be counterproductive. But every resident she saw was in such a hurry and anxious, as if a little delay would have wasted a precious second of life.
.Have they no longer followed the teachings of the saints? Has the union of religious orders changed their lives, but at the same time has it slowed down their understanding of the world, making them unable to calm down and hone their spirituality?
"The devil is always good at deceiving people," she murmured softly, "I remember when you could buy thirteen big oysters for one shilling."
Medien didn’t know what this sentence meant, let alone that it was actually a famous quote from a certain realistic novel. Olvera, who might know the origin and meaning of this sentence, was holding her beloved little package at the moment.
Looking around for something, she had no time to pay attention to their conversation. Therefore, the pink-haired little girl could only rack her brains and answer with the logic she understood: "Maybe, maybe it's because of human nature?"
"Human nature?" Livia blinked her big blue eyes, her expression obviously a little stunned. She didn't know whether she was shocked that she could bring up such a profound topic of human nature, or she was surprised that she heard it from a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old.
to this word.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "That's right!" Metien nodded his head vigorously: "Linge once said that human nature is indolent. If you don't push them away, they will be even worse.
They would rather just lie there and not move. So the right thing to do is to unite with the religious groups and force them to work, and blindly giving them relief will only make them dependent!"
"So that's the case, it seems to make sense..." Livia said thoughtfully: "I heard that Mr. Ringer was also a pastor. Is this a lesson he learned from his personal experience?"
"Well, I think it should be, right?" Metien was a little unsure.
"In this case, is the method of relieving the people of the church that Mr. Ringer is in charge of similar to that of the religious group? What is the effect? Is it obvious?" Livia became interested and continued to ask.
"Well."
This question made Metien stuck for a moment. After a long while, she shook her head with difficulty: "No, no, the seven-day ceremony in our Tianxin Church is the same as the relief home and Jiminyuan of your Spiritual Prayer Association. It directly transfers the relief
All the food was distributed to the residents was that they were asked to listen to a sermon."
"Eh? Why?" Livia tilted her head in confusion after hearing this: "Mr. Ringer clearly knows this truth, why doesn't he do it?"
"this……"
Metien couldn't tell for the moment. After all, this was really too contradictory. Is it because the young man couldn't do it? It's possible that the United Order could cooperate with the government to provide jobs for the homeless by carrying out public works.
It can also forcefully arrest criminals and convict them, but Tianxin Church does not have this ability.
However, Metien vaguely felt that this was not the reason.
The scene from last night appeared in her mind, the conversation between the young man and her, those calm but weighty words, and she seemed to understand something.
"Ah!" Livia wanted to ask something else, but at this time, Olvera's surprised voice came from the front: "Found it!"