Chapter 1516 This is the gift of the Lord! A dádiva d Senhr
The colonial camp was filled with the sound of logging, hammering, and the noise of sailors. It was only in front of the wooden church that there was a rare tranquility. In this era, the faith of the Lord was unquestionable and ruled all Europeans from top to bottom.
The soul. No matter how ferocious and lawless the European sailors are, they are still afraid of the judgment of hell and the death that cannot be redeemed.
Therefore, this bond of Catholic faith also deeply connects the European countries together, forming the "God's world" in people's hearts. Within the God's world, people's pursuit of religious virtues, their reverence for "God", and this
The order brought by this faith forms an extremely sharp contrast with their cruelty towards "heathens" and "barbarians" outside the world of God.
So, can the "barbarians" who have converted to God be included in the "God's world" and recognized by the European countries? This question is difficult to answer. From the birth of the Son of God to the Renaissance, it spanned a too long era. But in the
In the current Age of Discovery, we may be able to get a clear answer by taking those West African tribes who converted to God as an example.
That is, the upper-class nobles, chiefs and leaders among the colonial aborigines, relying on their wealth and power, after converting to God, can obtain "human citizenship" in the world of God, and be accepted by the upper class of the suzerain country in small numbers, and become members of the colony.
The "first class" equal to white people!
But the vast majority of ordinary tribal people, even if they convert to God, are still the "third class people" in the land of their ancestors, responsible for all the harsh labor and exploitation. As for the "second class people", there is no doubt that they are
The descendants of the colonists who emerged after the whites were mixed were the only colonial group that the colonists were willing to trust and arm themselves with.
The European colonial expansion of Africa and the New World did indeed bring about progress in productivity and an increase in the total amount of wealth. However, the distribution of wealth in the colonies was further polarized, not only cruel to the exploitation of the lower-class indigenous people, but also
Throughout the colony, there were ongoing
Continuous plunder. The main purpose of plundering the colonies, regardless of belief, is to continuously transport the wealth produced by the colonies back to the homeland. At the same time, the poverty and labor that produced the wealth will be left to the colonies forever.
Tribes, especially the lowest aborigines...
"God bless you! So, can this New World barbarian who converted to God be considered a people of God?"
When Bruno walked to the wooden church with fish soup, this question suddenly appeared in his mind. But for him, and the vast majority of sailors and soldiers, the answer to this question is very simple, very simple, not even
Need to think.
"Father Faria is an influential man. He is willing to protect these defenseless 'yellow-skinned monkeys', then the 'monkeys' are the people of God! If one day Father Faria is no longer there, or is unwilling to protect them,
Now, these 'yellow-skinned monkeys' are still so defenseless... Haha!..."
Bruno raised the corner of his mouth, showing a kind smile, and looked into the interior of the wooden church. He saw Father Faria with a gentle expression, holding a piece of parchment, sitting opposite the hunter A tapir wearing a wooden cross amulet. From time to time he took
He was picking up something, gesticulating and talking at the same time, his expression was so serious that Bruno didn't dare to disturb him.
"What is this in your pocket? What's it called? ...Huh? 'Caju'? 'Okaru Tembi'u'?"
The hunter tapir kept making gestures, and even put the cashew nuts, a specialty of Brazil, to his mouth and made an "eating" gesture. Father Faria looked at it for a moment and gradually understood. He picked up the quill and wrote on the parchment.
He spelled out three "new words" in Tupi language and labeled them in Portuguese. Then he took out a ball of white powder from A tapir's pocket again and asked.
"This, Okaro, Tambiu? Yuca?"
Hearing the word "yuca" for cassava in Taíno, the hunter tapir was startled. He felt it was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember it at all.
The Taino people are a branch of the Arawakan tribes. They did migrate northward from the South American continent to the Caribbean islands hundreds of thousands of years ago, bringing cassava crops with them. The tribes who speak the Arawakan language also came from
It is widely distributed in the Amazon Basin from the northern coast of South America to the Andes Mountains. However, the difficult passage of the Brazilian Plateau separates the Tupi tribes in the east and the Aravacan tribes in the west. Contact between the two sides definitely exists, but as in the legends of our ancestors,
Shadow, too far away to connect.
Except for the Andes and the Pampa, the rainforests and plateaus of the entire South American continent are in an extremely loose and divided tribal state. Can such loosely organized indigenous tribes resist colonization from the European continent? The answer seems to be clear at a glance.
The colonial status quo seems to be the future of South America.
However, the reality is always crueler than expected! When mosquitoes and rats from the African continent come to this South American tropical rainforest, this natural "fertile ground for plague", not only millions of indigenous people will be completely
Even the Europeans themselves cannot colonize and develop in the undeveloped "plague rainforest"!
The final choice is undoubtedly the fully loaded slave ships traveling from east to west, from West Africa to South America... As for now, it is the last brief tenderness before death in the rich South American rainforest~~
"Ah, this is food to eat. But it's not 'yuca', it's 'mandioca' (mandioca), 'cassava'!"
After hearing this, Father Faria pondered for a while, and then wrote down the words "cassava" and "Matioka" in the Tupi language. Then he pointed to the toucan feather headdress of the hunter tapir and asked again
road.
"What is this?..."
"It's Pina Tukana Cocar! 'Pina', the feather. 'Tukana', the toucan. 'Cocar', the one on the head! Big mouth
Bird feather headdress…”
Speaking of this, the hunter A tapir raised the bright toucan headdress and made a 'putting it on' gesture. Then, he stroked this "sacred forest ornament" with reverence and joy on his face, expressing his gratitude to the close priest.
Narrated.
"Tucana the Toucan is the messenger of the natural forest, with the divinity of the natural gods! Its feathers can bring good luck and protection, blessing the hunters in the forest, and also blessing the villages and tribes! The gods of nature,
Protect us like a forest!…”
Looking at the hunter tapir with a look of reverence, Father Faria suddenly frowned, and his gentle eyes suddenly showed coldness. Although he could not understand the other party's words, but the other party's "idol worship" posture, if he let go
In God's world, it is undoubtedly blasphemy!
Of course, this is the New World after all, a group of uncivilized barbarians waiting for missionary guidance. In the eyes of the church, the nature worship of these barbarians is far less evil and stubborn than the "Star and Moon Pagans", and it belongs to those who can lead
The "Lamb" is a potential "believer" of God. For the sake of the merciful Lord, converting the aboriginal people of the New World is also the reason why he left the Lisbon Church and took the trouble to come to this wild land...
"God bless you! Dear Baron Bruno, are you back?..."
Father Faria was silent for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and looked at Bruno at the door. Bruno smiled and saluted the priest, glanced at the hunter A tapir who had stopped talking and was nervous and fearful, and then strode into the church.
"Yes! With God's blessing, we finally returned successfully from exploring the southern coast!"
"Praise the Lord! How is the progress of this exploration of the southern coast?"
"Hey! We haven't found the end of the southern coast. The vastness of the southern continent exceeds our wildest imagination! It would be a long story to talk about it in detail..."
Bruno shook his head and handed the fish soup to Father Faria.
"Dear priest, you'd better drink the soup first! It will get cold later..."
"Well. Thank you! Baron Bruno."
Father Faria nodded slightly, took the fish soup and took a sip, then suddenly stopped. Then, he handed the fish soup in his hand to the hunter A tapir, and asked again.
"What's this?"
"?...This is 'Pirá Tembi'u' (Pirá Tembi'u), which is 'food made of fish'!"
"Very good! 'Okaru', eat! Eat!"
"...?"
The hunter Api was startled. He looked at Father Faria who was smiling, and then at Bruno next to him, the "tribal warrior" with an unknown identity who was carrying a scimitar. Then he carefully took a sip of the fish.
Soup, your eyes lit up instantly!
"Ah! Salty? Salt? Such a salty fish soup? How much good salt should be added?!..."
The hunter A tapir was surprised and delighted. He had never tasted such salty fish soup. For jungle tribes who practice slash-and-burn farming and migrate for hunting, "salt" is one of the most precious tribal wealth, but the output in the jungle is very
I didn’t expect that these outsiders from Karai on the seaside could put so much salt in the soup? They also have big boats and shining axes, they must be extremely rich!…
"Haha! Tapir, is the fish soup delicious?..."
"Ah? This is, very good food. Very good!..."
Seeing Tupi hunter Tapir's happy answer, Father Faria nodded with satisfaction. Then, he stood up, made a cross on Tapir's forehead, and spoke in an extremely serious tone.
"A tapir, you need to remember! This is not 'Pila, Tambiu' or 'food made from fish'!"
"ah?…"
"This is 'A dádiva do Senhor', this is 'the gift of the Lord'! 'Fish', 'ixΘΥΣ' (Icthys), Iēsous Christos Theou Hyios Sotēr! 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior!'.' Fish
', it is the faith and fellowship of Christ, do you understand?!"
"This gift of 'fish' is only given to the 'people of God'! And only if you surrender to the Lord, and only if your tribe surrenders to the Lord, can you have this gift and eat 'food made of fish'! Otherwise,
…”
Father Faria looked solemn, even stern, and declared "The Lord's gift and conversion" in Portuguese in front of Bruno! Then he turned around, nodded lightly to the respectful Bruno, and walked towards the wooden church
outside.
In the church, only the Tupi hunter A tapir was left holding fish soup. He stared blankly at the elongated back of the priest, not understanding anything. Why did the priest, who had always been gentle and approachable, suddenly become harsh and even scary?
?He only had an inexplicable feeling, that is, the priest's back was as distant and tall as a cross, swallowing him up with its shadow, and then swallowing him toward his homeland further west~~