"If this is the attitude of the patriarch," Chen Ke did not accept his trick and said coldly: "Then there is no need for us to talk." His eyes were like a falcon, staring at each other closely and said: "Don't cover up your
IQ, don’t insult my IQ.”
"Haha..." Levi smiled and looked at the sacrificial priest Lanbi with a smile.
Lan Bi didn't speak, just closed her eyes slightly.
"Sanlang is unusually familiar with our Yizi Leye people." Li Wei understood what Lan Bi meant. Jiaozi is their core business, and friendship cannot be described in depth. After pondering for a moment, he changed the subject and said:
"I have a question for Saburo."
"Speaking."
"Why can you understand our prayers?" Levi stared at him closely and said, "Who told you?"
"About your knowledge." Chen Ke said truthfully: "It's as if it was born in my mind."
Lan Bi suddenly opened his eyes, looked up and down at this tall and burly Han man with distinct facial features, and spat out a string of Hebrew words.
"I only understand simple Hebrew." Chen Ke spread his hands and said, "So you'd better speak Chinese."
"..." Lan Bi couldn't hide his disappointment in his eyes, and he hugged Sisi and said luckily: "What does San Lang know?"
"I know that the ancestor of you, the one who gave you a good job, was named Jacob. Jacob was the grandson of Abram. Later he changed his name to Israel, which means 'the one who wrestles with God', and because he was injured while fighting with God.
Hamstrings, so when you slaughter animals, you must pick out the hamstrings and throw them away."
"Not bad." Lan Bi nodded and gestured for him to continue.
"Jacob gave birth to twelve sons, and their descendants formed twelve tribes. They were originally separated in Palestine, but were later unified into one country, with the great King David as king. Later, when King David's grandson was the grandson, it was divided into the Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
Kingdom, the former was destroyed by the Assyrians. The latter persisted for hundreds of years, and was later destroyed by the Babylonian Empire. The temple of King David was destroyed, and the Jews became slaves of Babylon for thousands of years."
"Later, the Persian Empire destroyed Babylon. You were allowed to return to Palestine and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem, and later became subjects of the Greco-Roman Empire. A thousand years ago, the Jews revolted against the Romans, and Jerusalem was captured by the Roman army.
The temple was demolished and the Jews were forced into exile around the world."
"You, a group of Jews who migrated eastward, spent hundreds of years migrating to India, and then spent hundreds of years migrating to our country, the Song Dynasty. When Emperor Taizu was on the throne, you presented Western cloth and were allowed to live in Bianliang.
Live here and become the people of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Taizu said to you, return to China, abide by the ancestral customs, and leave behind Bianliang. He also gave you seventeen surnames. Since then, you have finally stopped wandering."
Chen Ke talked about the origins and bumpy history of the Jews in a plain tone. Li Wei was stunned because he heard some of the anecdotes for the first time.
Lan Bi was twirling his beard. He looked fine, but his heart was in turmoil. He was a rabbi who gave everyone happiness, that is, the priest of this group of Jews. The past history of his family has always been regarded as the highest secret.
, it is only passed down orally among each priest, and outsiders have absolutely no way of knowing it. This tall Han Chinese young man in front of you can know all the family treasures. How can you not be surprised?
After being stunned for a long time, Lan Bifang said: "Is there another rabbi in the Song Dynasty?"
"Whether there is or not, Rabbi knows best." Chen Ke shook his head and said.
Of course there is no such thing. In the early Song Dynasty, Yiji Leye, a man from India, trafficked cotton from India and took a boat to Guangzhou. When he saw it, wow! It was so prosperous, much better than India, and he immediately became interested in the Song Dynasty.
I had a good impression. Then I continued walking north, and when I arrived in Yangzhou, I saw, wow, it’s so damn prosperous! It’s a hundred times better than India, so I didn’t want to leave and stayed there.
The remaining people heard that Bianliang, the capital, was better, so they continued to go north. When they arrived, they were shocked. This place was really a paradise! So they called their friends and gathered Jews scattered around. They formed more than 500 households and settled there.
In Bianliang.
The Jews are a nation that loves to stick together. Today, all the more than a thousand households in the Song Dynasty are living in Bianliang City. This is beyond doubt.
"Have you seen Saburo abroad?"
"I have never stepped out of the Song Dynasty."
"Is that what someone relayed to you?"
"No."
"..." Lan Bi was silent. He believed Chen Ke's words. Although the Song Dynasty was a commercial society, the exchanges between the East and the West in this era were almost zero. After they moved to the Ming Dynasty, they also cut off contact with tribes around the world. To this day
It's been a hundred years.
Therefore, Chen Kezhen may have known it from birth. In their teachings, such people are called "prophet".
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The atmosphere in the study has obviously changed. Lan Bi and Li Wei became serious, no longer as perfunctory as they were at first.
"I don't need anything from you." Chen Ke said lightly: "What I want to do is a win-win situation for us."
"Win-win?" Although this is the first time I heard this term, it is not difficult for wise men like Levi and Lan Bi to understand it.
"Let's hear first what you will get." Chen Ke smiled and pointed out: "Let's talk about the immediate first. I will help you win the right to build a church and let the court recognize the legal status of Yichi Leye Sect."
This hit the heart of the two old men. They came to the Song Dynasty, which was peaceful and stable, rich and free. No one enslaved them, and no one forced them to convert to other religions.
Hell has gone to heaven. The only flaw is that churches cannot be built... Because although the Song Dynasty had freedom of religious belief, it was only for ordinary people. If they wanted to preach, humph, without the emperor's approval, they would be treated as
Let’s confuse people with evil words and behead people with evil intentions...
However, the Yoshileye people only obtained the right of residence, but the Yoshileye religion was not recognized by the government, so they could not build a church. In fact, Judaism did not have the enthusiasm to preach. They just liked to play by themselves and did not bring outsiders, so
There was no threat of becoming bigger, but this reason could not be explained clearly to the officials of the Song Dynasty, and no one believed it. Therefore, they could only engage in religious activities at home, acting like thieves.
Being able to build a church and believe in one's own religion openly and honestly is the biggest dream of every Yigi Leye person. If Chen Ke can really do it, he will be a great benefactor to Yiji Leye people.
"What does Sanlang want us to do with Yici Leye?" Lan Bi said seriously: "I can sign a contract with you on behalf of Yici Leye. If you can fulfill your promise, as long as you do not violate our beliefs and do not betray the Song Dynasty
, we can do anything for you without harming the lives of our people."
"Don't worry, listen to me." Chen Ke said softly: "In the future, I will help you find the way back to Jerusalem and bring you new classics from Mount Zion. Or if you want to go home, that's not the case.
impossible."
"Go home?" Lan Bi and Li Wei's faces showed childlike confusion. The Jews have been in exile for thousands of years and have wandered across the seven seas. Is there any home they can return to?
"Perhaps you don't know that the Roman Empire perished a long time ago. Now the people who rule Jerusalem are the Seljuks who believe in Islam. They allow Judaism to exist. Many exiled Jews have begun to return to Jerusalem." Chen Ke is purely deceiving.
Although what he said was true, it was really unkind to tell the Jews to go home less than forty years before the Crusades.
But at this moment, he already had a halo in the eyes of the two old men. In the eyes of the two old men, if he was not a prophet, how could he know so much about the far west?
"Okay, these gifts are enough to make our people go through fire and water." Even though he was just a painting, the old rabbi was so calm that he couldn't help himself. He held his heart and said in a trembling voice: "Speak.
Come up with your terms!" Such a heavy gift naturally has even heavier requirements behind it.
"I only want you to serve me during the Song Dynasty." Chen Ke said softly, but Li Wei and Lan Bi were shocked. They worked for a long time. This young man did not come to ask for cooperation, but to recruit them.
Although the Yiji Leye people have a population of less than 10,000 and have always kept a low profile, it does not mean that they are weak. In the commercial society of the Song Dynasty, Jews with business talents were like a fish in water. In a hundred years, they accumulated countless wealth.
In their eyes, Chen Ke's little money was just a drop in the bucket.
The two sides are like a mouse and an elephant. At this moment, the mouse wants the elephant to listen to him. How do you think the elephant feels?
If Chen Keshen hadn't calmed them down just now and offered such irresistible conditions, the two old men would have sent the guests away directly.
"In the future, I will obtain a piece of free land, an undisturbed paradise, and a paradise on earth with superior conditions. If you find after returning home that it is better to come back to the Song Dynasty, I will allow you to move to my territory.
If you serve me throughout my life, I can give you this territory and let you build your own Jewish state!”
The two of them were stunned again, especially Lan Bi, who stared at Chen Ke, his lips moved, and he stopped talking several times.
It was better for Li Wei to be more sober. He said to Chen Ke: "Emperor Taizu's kindness in taking you in will be remembered by everyone in Leye for generations to come. We will never help you rebel at any time."
"You are loyal ministers, and I am not a traitor." Chen Ke laughed and said, "Don't worry, the land I mentioned is not within the territory of the Song Dynasty!"
Despite this, what Chen Ke said today was too shocking. The two old men exchanged glances and said to him: "Sanlang must know that once we make a contract with Leye, we will always abide by it. So we must
Treat every contract with caution, especially such a... agreement that cannot be described in words. So, can you give us a few days to think about it?"
Sorry, due to the weather, my rhinitis has become severe again. My head was spinning all day long, and I have been struggling to write until now, and I have only finished one chapter.