Chapter 4 Dirty Holy Water

Author: Yan Liu Chang Cun

Chapter 4 Dirty Holy Water

Arriving on the first floor, Ronan looked at the various abstract "medical tools" displayed here and felt a little headache for a moment.

Just deal with it on the spot and sell it with the house?

Ronan thought for a while and gave up the idea. He had been playing the role of a local doctor for so long, and it would be a bit strange to sell all his family property at once.

In addition, the nobles were not interested in these gadgets, so they themselves could not be sold for much money.

He picked up the huge beak mask hanging on the wall and put it on his face.

The mask covered his entire head, and the protruding beak was stuffed with mugwort, which was believed to prevent the spread of disease.

Placed next to the bird's beak mask is a disease costume made of thick linen soaked in wax. The overall color is black and can cover Ronan's whole body.

This is the image of the doctor who was feared and loathed by countless civilians in Triumph City during this period, and was called the "Black Death".

Because when a large number of doctors dressed like this gather in a certain area, it means that there are multiple people infected with the Black Death there, and the people nearby have to be expelled to the quarantine area outside the city.

And the result of going there is one can imagine.

Ronan shook his head, took off his mask, and packed his clothes into the box.

At the same time, he called Ed outside to come in and help him take away all the objects here.

Although doctors in this era are difficult to trust, Ronan is not worried that the empire will be defeated by disease.

The extraordinary existence is one factor. He doesn't know the situation of the church, but a strong man who has reached the knight level can resist with physical fitness.

This is also the reason why the order in Triumph City is still stable. The truly powerful nobles are not afraid of the Black Death.

On the other hand, the empire's population is large enough.

The Ordovician Kingdom alone has a population of hundreds of millions, and the total population within the entire empire is at least four to five billion.

When the disease is raging, the losers are eliminated, and herd immunity will be established in the most cruel way.

After organizing all the items on the first floor into large wooden boxes, Ed easily lifted them up and followed Ronan out of the door.

There are still many things that need to be dealt with next. Whether it is buying a fief or selling a house, the fastest way is to go to the Chamber of Commerce in Triumph City for help.

Those businessmen are as keen on information as hyenas foraging in the grassland, allowing them to quickly match the target of the transaction.

But before that, Ronan had to go back home.

Since unlocking Potion ten days ago, he has lived in the house on Fangfang Street and started preparing a large number of potions.

This time, in addition to reporting the church mass to my family, I also had to explain my plans and find a way to feed them the immunity medicine.

Walking on the street, Ronan could clearly feel the deserted surroundings.

As the central area of ​​the city, compared to before, there are no more lively crowds on the roadside. The doors of every house are closed. There are occasional pedestrians walking in a hurry, with solemn expressions on their faces.

But this deserted situation quickly changed.

Ronan stopped and looked towards a platform.

A large group of people were gathering there at the moment, and it was very lively, in sharp contrast to the dead silence around it.

In the center of the crowd was a priest wearing a white pastoral robe, holding a gospel book and preaching to the people around him with a gentle smile on his face.

"Praise our Lord, the holy water will wash away the filth of the soul and take away the troubles of disease."

After giving a speech, he did not forget to take out small wooden boxes and distribute them to the surrounding audience.

It contains soap made from ground pine cones mixed with water, which is quite valuable in this world.

Ronan stood aside and listened for a while, and soon understood what was going on.

These are people from the faction of Archbishop Holy Water, who are promoting their ideas of salvation.

The so-called holy water is not some extraordinary item, it is actually hot water, or even more straightforward, it is simply bath water.

Early years ago, when Ronan realized that he had arrived in a barbaric era that resembled the Middle Ages, he felt despair.

He originally thought he was going to live in an extremely dirty, disgusting world where everyone smelled, but the result was far better than he imagined.

Although the life of the nobles cannot be compared with modern times, it can still be called clean.

Although the environment of civilians is terrible, they do not reject bathing. On the contrary, going to a bathhouse is a rare treat for them every week. Many factories even use regular bathing as a reward, attracting a large number of workers.

Public bathhouses called steam baths can be found everywhere in cities large and small in the kingdom.

Even one of the archbishops of the Council of Cardinals, the highest authority in the church, stood up and endorsed the steam bath, calling it a "soul bath" that can wash away the filth of the body and mind.

However, this situation changed after the outbreak of the Black Death.

Like doctors, the church was also actively searching for the source of disease, and had two internal factions with completely different opinions.

Among them, fundamentalists believe that the Black Death was caused by bathing. While the water washes the body, it also takes away the vitality of the human body.

Maintaining the original posture of the body is piety to the Lord and an obligation that every believer should fulfill.

They called on the emperor to immediately close all public bathhouses and ban everyone from taking baths.

The faction headed by Archbishop Holy Water believes that bathing can wash away the filth of the body and take away diseases.

Not only should it not be banned, but it needs to be vigorously promoted, and local city halls should allocate funds to allow people to bathe for free.

As a modern person, Ronan’s position goes without saying.

Is there still a problem with taking a shower?

Well, he is on the fundamentalist side, and there is really a problem with bathing.

Although the theory is unfounded, their conclusion is correct and steam rooms should indeed be closed.

Out of curiosity, Ronan had been to the steam baths in various areas of Triumph City several times. Since then, he had never set foot in such a place again.

Bathrooms are unisex.

Many bishops believe that men and women bathing together is immoral, but the owners behind the bathhouses pretend to turn a blind eye.

Moreover, the pornographic industry in bathhouses has been repeatedly banned. In some cities, public bathhouses are no different from brothels.

This is okay, but the worst thing is that a large number of dirty people enter public bathhouses every day, contaminating the bathing water and pipes, and then almost no one cleans and replaces them.

In addition, the heat emitted by the steam pipes will attract rats to gather, and dead rats are often found blocking the pipe openings or floating in the bathhouse. This makes the bathroom almost a large breeding ground for bacteria, and everyone who enters is infected.

risk.

Ronan could not interfere in the struggle between the two factions of the church. To his relief, at least in Triumph City, all steam baths were temporarily closed.

Most of the members who support Archbishop Holy Water are small and medium-sized nobles and factory merchants, and their influence in Triumph City is insufficient.
Chapter completed!