"The only Lord?" Song Duanping secretly exclaimed, thinking, where does that leave His Majesty the Emperor? No wonder they dare not read it in the language of the Celestial Dynasty. (To be continued 89 Free Novel Reading "")
After the prayer was over, everyone returned to their seats, and Bai Yiju also returned to Chen Ke and Chen Ke. Song Duanping curiously asked him what he was praying for just now.
Bai Yiju smiled and said: "A prayer to praise God." He did not want to elaborate on the specific content, so he introduced the etiquette to the two of them: "According to classic records, our ancestor Abram,
At the age of ninety-nine, he obeyed God's will and was circumcised. God also told the ancestors that all men in the future generations would be circumcised on the eighth day after birth. The sign that a Jew begins to believe in Judaism begins with the circumcision ceremony.
.From this day on, a newborn baby enters into a contract with God and becomes a servant of God.”
"So, circumcision is equivalent to the burning of a vow for Buddhist disciples?" Song Duanping said suddenly: "Then how exactly do you perform the ritual?"
"We'll see if you can." Chen Ke glanced at him and said with a smile, "If you feel better, I'll cut it for you later."
Bai Yiju covered his mouth and snickered. Song Duanping knew that Chen Ke was playing tricks again, so he smiled and said nothing, watching the ceremony officially begin...
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After the prayer, a gorgeous soft chair was carried into the hall.
Another person from the group brought a table, which was covered with clean cotton cloth, with a basin and a silver box placed on it. The old man in white robes, the rabbi from the group, walked to the table.
, and began to clean hands carefully.
The baby boy who was about to be circumcised was wrapped in a clean swaddling clothes. Bai Yaming, who was wearing a pure white prayer scarf with black stripes at the bottom, held his little son in one hand and a Bible in the other. His face was pious, and there was nothing more.
The cunning of businessmen.
After the rabbi washed his hands, he pressed Bai Yaming's scripture with his left hand and began to speak Hebrew.
After he finished speaking, Bai Yaming kissed the back of his hand and answered humbly in Hebrew.
Song Duanping looked at Chen Ke again. He thought this guy could understand, but Chen Ke didn't know that apart from a few daily expressions, he knew the classic prayer just now and couldn't understand a word of what Bai Yaming was mumbling to himself at the moment.
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Fortunately, Bai Yiju acted as the translator: "You Jews, for generations to come, whether you are a male born in your family or purchased with money from someone other than your descendants, you must be circumcised on the eighth day after birth.
A circumcised man must be cut off from his people, because he has broken my covenant." This is what the rabbis said.
"Praise you, our God. You sanctify us with your oracles. You command our children to enter the covenant of my ancestor Abraham and become a good Jew who keeps your promise..." These are Bai Yaming's words, and he pauses after reading one sentence.
, and the other Jews in the synagogue followed him in reciting.
Afterwards, Bai Yaming put the baby on a chair, and another old man stepped forward to pick up the baby and then sat down. Another old man stood beside the chair, waiting to circumcise the baby.
Bai Yiju said that the person standing was his father and the child's grandfather, Lao Bai, and the person sitting was the child's grandfather and their patriarch Li Wei.
At this time, the rabbi walked to the baby wearing a prayer scarf, and the swaddling clothes were opened, revealing the tender baby in front of everyone.
The scene that happened next shocked Xiao Song - the rabbi opened the silver box, first applied a white ointment on the child's vagina, and then used a small silver-white iron tool with one hand to
, picked up the front end of the baby's foreskin, and used a shiny sharp knife in one hand to quickly cut off the front end of the foreskin. Then he sprinkled some medicated powder on the child's wound, and finally wrapped it with gauze... This was almost Chen
This is the fastest circumcision technique I have ever seen. It can be seen that practice makes perfect.
It turned out that this was the so-called circumcision. This was an eye-opener for Song Duanping. He thought that all the men present had probably had their vaginas circumcised by him, and he couldn't help but shudder.
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After the operation was completed, the rabbi, that is, the Jewish priest, held a glass of wine and began to chant. After a while, he handed the wine glass to the child's mother. After reading a few verses, the child's mother took a sip.
liquor.
At this time, the surrounding relatives and friends sang songs and came forward to give their warmest congratulations to Bai Yaming's family. At this time, the circumcision was completed, the servants served sumptuous wine and food, and the banquet finally began.
During the dinner, Bai Yaming, as the father of the newborn, became the protagonist. He thanked everyone for coming and announced the baby's name, which naturally caused a stir.
Although the banquet held by the Leye people did not have singers singing and dancing like the Han people, they would sing together and entertain themselves. Although he could not understand what they said or sang, Chen Ke enjoyed the intimacy very much.
A seamless atmosphere. Just as he squinted and kept time with the music, Bai Yiju whispered: "Rabbi and Levi invite Brother Chen to meet in the study."
Chen Ke nodded, said hello to Song Duanping, and followed Bai Yiju to the study room in the back house.
The back house is very quiet, like a completely different world from the front house.
Levi and Rabbi...the two old men named Li Wei and Lanbi in Han Dynasty were actually sitting in Confucian robes and chairs, burning incense and drinking tea, completely in the style of the Han family.
After the ceremony, the two asked Chen Ke to sit down and asked Bai Yiju to go out.
There were only three of them left in the study. Li Wei clasped his fists at Chen Ke with a smile on his face and said, "I heard from Yaming that thanks to Saburo's guidance, we were able to avoid huge losses. On behalf of the whole clan, I would like to thank Saburo."
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"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning." Chen Ke shook his head and smiled.
What Li Wei said about avoiding losses is related to the way for Leye people to earn wealth... These geniuses with great business acumen never run businesses, but use their keen business sense to capture business opportunities with the highest returns.
, and then spend a lot of money to make huge profits.
What is the most profitable at this time? The north is military trade, and the south is maritime trade. Needless to say, sea trade, as for border military trade, to put it simply, the army is engaged in business production, and the Song Dynasty implements key supplies internally, such as salt and iron.
Liquor and the like are sold exclusively by the state to ensure fiscal revenue. Externally, a trade embargo on strategic materials is implemented to weaken the enemy's strength.
It is difficult for ordinary people to disobey the king's law, but it is difficult for the court to control the military operations. In addition, in the highly commercialized society of the Song Dynasty, officers had no future at all and could only focus on making money. So nearly a hundred years after the founding of the country,
, the army of the Song Dynasty...especially the border guards of Emperor Tiangao, began to sell salt, brew wine, mine, smuggle, and specialize in business that ordinary people could not do.
Most people can't imagine how huge profits this industry can bring. Let's give a simple example. For example, when Jia Kui, the governor of Linfu Road, was in office, he ordered five people from the imperial army to form a guarantee, and was given a capital of 100,000 yuan, and a salary of 50 days.
During a trade cycle, soldiers were allowed to go out to do business. Fifty days later, five soldiers were responsible for paying 400,000 yuan in interest to the government.
Fifty days, 400% profit, no wonder Zhong Jiajun's annual income is more than 500,000 yuan.
How can it be that among the most profitable businesses in the world, there are people from Yiji Leye who use their strong financial resources to provide loans to the army and make a lot of money? This is how people from Yiji Leye make money.
However, in the spring, Chen Ke told Bai Yaming that the imperial court would soon ban the trade exchange!
Bai Yaming didn't believe it. Chen Ke added that the news was worth 50,000 yuan. Let's make a bet. If I am right, you will give me 50,000 yuan. If I am wrong, I will give you the 50,000 yuan.
Already.
Bai Yaming finally believed it, but he spent a lot of money to inquire, but he didn't get any information. He even wondered if this was a false signal that his competitors wanted to seize share and let Chen Ke release it?
In the end, caution prevailed. Bai Yaming temporarily reduced the scale of credit and cut the number of loans in half. As a result, on the first day of August, the officials issued an edict that from now on, it was forbidden to send imperial troops to participate in trade activities! Although he didn't know this
It is unclear how long the ban will last, but it is a fatal threat to the loan security of lenders... Many armies have begun to default on their loans, and lenders of all sizes have suffered heavy losses.
Although Yi Leye people also suffered a lot of losses, they should be able to survive due to their deep pockets and the reduction in loan size by half.
Bai Yaming regretted not fully listening to Chen Ke's words, and naturally admired him greatly, so he fully recommended Chen Ke to the clan leader and priests.
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"I heard that Sanlang has a way to make him rich and powerful?" After thanking him, Li Wei smiled and said, "I am all ears."
"Not only do I have a way." Chen Ke said with a smile, "I also have three ways, but they are all a bit expensive."
"The last news was worth 50,000 gold." Li Wei said calmly: "I will do the same this time. As long as Saburo tells me, I will pay him fairly."
Chen Ke nodded and said: "Let me talk about the first method first, which is to monopolize a country's finance!"
Li Wei's expression changed, but he didn't respond. He continued to listen to Chen Ke: "The word finance may not be understandable to ordinary people. But when I gave Leye people to establish a paper currency system for the Song Dynasty, I believe you have already experienced it."
"I don't quite understand." Levi shook his head.
"Finance in the broad sense refers to all aspects related to financial financing." Chen Ke said slowly: "Finance in the narrow sense refers specifically to the financing of credit currency..."
"What is credit money?" Levi asked.
"That's Jiaozi." Chen Ke said calmly.
"Haha..." Li Wei shook his head and said with a smile: "Sanlang is exaggerating. We have been handling the affairs of the imperial court for thirty years. In the end, don't we have to rely on other businesses to make money?"
