Chapter 49: Excitement
The rabbis, sometimes written as Rabi, were a special class among the Jews, a teacher and a symbol of the wise among the Jews. As a rabbi in Judaism, Dustin, who was in his mid-teens, never imagined that he would one day travel thousands of miles from the United States to Germany and act as witnesses for as many as 100 newlyweds in front of more than 10,000 fellow Jews. The group wedding, which was a gift from Zhuo Fei to the more than 10,000 Jews in the Budalemehaven camp, no matter how many of these newlyweds were genuinely married, as the first party chosen by Zhuo Fei, he could safely take his spouse and his spouse's family to China by ship.
To tell the truth, the rule given by Zhuo Fei was too simple, and it also made the Jews gathered in the shelter come up with a solution to the fake marriage, but Zhuo Fei has always turned a blind eye, he does not think that the fake marriage is deceiving himself. Regardless of whether or not these young Jewish people who had impromptu weddings in the shelter were fake marriages, Zhuo Fei could reap the gratitude of the Jews, and whether they were fake marriages or not, Zhuo Fei's purpose was to send them to China, it was just a matter of priority.
The grand wedding of as many as 100 couples also added a little laughter to the camp, and Dustin, as the Grand Rabbi, went to great lengths to travel from the United States, and was also revered by almost all the Jews in the camp. "Zhuo, thank you, thank you for your efforts and help to us Jews, what I see here is not suffering, but hope, these young people are the hope of our Jewish people." After the hours-long blessing activity, Dustin, who was already sweating profusely, was tired and tired, but he still bred up his spirits and rushed to meet Zhuo Fei.
In fact, Zhuo Fei didn't know about Dustin's arrival in advance, and the second American fleet hired by Andy arrived in Budale Mehaven, and Zhuo Fei knew that the fleet also brought more than a dozen Jews from the United States, including Dustin as a Jewish rabbis. As soon as Dustin and the others got off the boat, they were already secretly watched by Bowman's men, which was Zhuo Fei's order and Bowman's own meaning. The containment site was so sensitive that if it weren't for Zhuo Fei himself, just the SS troops stationed there would have been enough to make the entire containment site feel like no laughter.
Zhuo Fei didn't actually know much about Jews, and if it weren't for the fact that he needed to use Jews in his plan, Zhuo Fei might never have intersected with Jews. In Zhuo Fei's opinion, the solemn-looking old man in front of him was no different from other Europeans, if it weren't for the fact that Dustin had too obvious Jewish characteristics, Zhuo Fei might have regarded Dustin as an old German man who was not native to Dalemmehaven.
Zhuo Fei was secretly looking at Dustin, and Dustin was also secretly observing the young man in front of him, unlike young people in Europe, Zhuo Fei obviously had some military air on him. Dustin was curious, why would such a young Chinese come all the way to Germany to help the Jews? The surprise in Xu is Dustin's eyes was too obvious, and Zhuo Fei, who was looking at him, couldn't help frowning slightly, he couldn't figure out why the old man in front of him would show such a look to himself.
Xu saw Zhuo Fei's frowning brows and the confusion in his eyes, Dustin wiped the sweat from his face and neck with a towel while grinning at Zhuo Fei, "My family lived in Germany a long time ago, and in fact I also have some Germanic ancestry, because my grandfather was a standard Junker nobleman. Dustin's words were a novelty for Zhuo Fei to hear, but it was only after Angela quietly explained that Zhuo Fei understood what Dustin meant just now, the children born to Jewish women who dared to love were recognized as Jews.
Dustin's words did not dissipate the doubts in Zhuo Fei's eyes, because Dustin's words just now could not be the answer to the doubts in Zhuo Fei's heart. "Zhuo, I would like to thank you again for your help to the Jews." Seeing that what he said just now didn't seem to satisfy the other party, Dustin thanked Zhuo Fei again, and then changed the topic with a straight face.
"As a Jewish rabbin, I think it is my responsibility to know what life will be like for these Jewish fellow Jews when they go to China. I know that in China, a city called Shanghai, there are many of my fellow Jews. But as far as I know, Shanghai has become a war city last year, and I would like to ask whether these compatriots of mine will be imprisoned in concentration camps by the Japanese when they arrive in China, as they did in Austria. Dustin finally asked Zhuo Fei the question he was most concerned about.
Dustin's question made Zhuo Fei pause for a moment, and then Zhuo Fei suddenly laughed, and even Angela, who was staying by Zhuo Fei's side, couldn't help laughing. "Mr. Dustin, I think I'll be able to answer your question right now, and I would like to say that your concerns are completely unnecessary." Zhuo Fei got up and took a map and unfolded it in front of Dustin, then pointed to Ruili's location and said to Dustin, "This will be the place where your compatriots will settle down, this is far away from Shanghai, and your compatriots don't have to worry about being affected by the war." ”
Zhuo Fei took out a map of China, and in order to make Dustin understand the map, Zhuo Fei picked up a pencil and annotated the two places on the map, Shanghai and Ruili, in English. Dustin stretched his neck and looked at the map carefully, although Dustin could not read Chinese, but after Zhuo Fei's marking, Dustin also had a clear understanding of the location of Shanghai and Ruili. Carefully measuring the distance from Ruili to Shanghai, Dustin was relieved that Ruili was far from the coastline and located on the southwest and southwest borders, and if China could not withstand the Japanese attack, the compatriots living in Ruili could cross the border and take refuge in British-controlled Burma.
Dustin thought of this, but did not say it directly, but Zhuo Fei's subsequent explanation proved that Dustin had in mind. "Mr. Dustin, Ruili is located in southwest China, very close to Myanmar. Not to mention that it is impossible for the Japanese to occupy the whole territory of China, even if the Japanese reach Ruili, before that, the residents of Ruili will be able to cross the border into British-controlled Burma, I think the Japanese should not dare to make enemies of the British. ”
Zhuo Fei's current rhetoric was only to convince Dustin that he was capable of accommodating the Jews sent to Ruili, and he could not have told Dustin that Britain would soon be involved in the war. And it is impossible for Zhuo Fei to say that when the invincible British army faced the Japanese army, it was not as good as the Chinese militia. When he said this, Zhuo Fei knew that not only would he not be able to convince Dustin, but he was afraid that Angela would not believe his words either.
The fear of war forced Dustin, a Jewish rabbis, to take the matter seriously, especially after seeing the more than 10,000 compatriots in the camp. Thousands of years since the Jews left their homeland, in which the Jews have been deceived, warned, and hoped, Dustin has chosen to doubt everything before Zhuo Fei can come up with a definite message.
Probably because the close border worked, Zhuo Fei's words Dustin nodded secretly, the Jews have been wandering for thousands of years, and if there is another war, it is not embarrassing to cross the border from China into Burma to seek refuge from the British. Dustin's expression was not too much Zhuo Fei's observation, seeing that the old man was nodding frequently, Zhuo Fei was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that what he had just said had already worked.
It's just that this is not enough, and before Dustin can speak, Zhuo Fei will offer another statement. "Mr. Dustin, according to the agreement between me and the Chinese government, when your compatriots arrive here, there will be a community that belongs entirely to the Jews, even a city. Everything there will be handled by you Jews, regulations, laws, religion and even your own escorts, all of this will be handled by the Jews themselves, and the Chinese government and I will never interfere in the internal affairs of the Jews. ”
Zhuo Fei's words made Dustin stand up suddenly, first glanced at Zhuo Fei with a suspicious face, and then Dustin's expression began to become excited, and he was muttering to himself in words that Zhuo Fei didn't understand. Zhuo Fei does not know the history of the Jews, so he will not know how much impact his words just now have on Dustin, the Jewish rabbis, Zhuo Fei promised the Jews not a country, but a community or even a city under the complete control of the Jews, which is no less than a new life for the Jews who have been wandering for thousands of years.
During the more than 200 years of the Persian Empire's rule over Canaan, the Jews enjoyed a large degree of autonomy and lived in abundance. During Greek rule, Judaism coexisted with Hellenistic culture for a time, and Alexander's successors forced Jews to abandon Judaism and embrace Hellenistic culture. Naturally, the Jews, fed up with the political and religious persecution of the Greeks, rose up in revolt, and although the Jews were in control of the situation for a time, they ended up in exile.
For more than 1,000 years, the Jews struggled, but not only did they not gain political independence and freedom, but they were forced into exile all over the world, becoming "people without a homeland." But now, Dustin sees a chance for the Jews to be reborn and to be able to take complete control of a city that is too important for the Jews who have suffered for thousands of years, even if the city is far to the east. Dustin's reaction confused Zhuo Fei and Angela, neither of them knew what was wrong with the old Jewish man, how he compared the map for a while, and then ignored people.