"A small piece of duckweed appeared in a pond. It doubles every day and can cover the entire pond in ten days. How many days can it cover half of the water surface?"

This seems simple, but the answer is amazing. On the ninth day, it only covered half of the water surface, and on the tenth day, it covered the entire pond.

Zhao Ren remembered this short story from beginning to end and remembered the benefits of compound interest in his heart.

So when Yan Shu and Wang Anshi arrived half a month later, Zhao Ren had already begun to win over the people here and started to do business. Because of the attack of the crusaders, the city of Jerusalem and the entire Kingdom of Israel had cut off contact with the East.

Not to mention going to the Song Dynasty, even the trade with the Seljuk Empire had ended. The Kingdom of Israel has become an isolated island along the Mediterranean coast, and it is even more impossible to transport goods to the Roman Empire on the other side of the Mediterranean by ship.

The termination of the transaction made the Jews who were already accustomed to doing business suddenly become nothing to do, and also reflected their weakness in agriculture.

Zhao Ren brought them hope. Zhao Ren's promise was very simple. The goods from the Song Dynasty would arrive after the city of Jerusalem settled, and they would give the price they could not get before!

As for what the Jews have to do now, they are not aimless waiting, but construction!

The Jews were impeccable in terms of technical wisdom. Under the command of the craftsmen in Zhao Renjun, these Jews were soon able to use Eastern wisdom proficiently.

Building roads is what they need to do most now, why do they need to build roads? Because this is the basis of trade. Zhao Ren clearly told Jewish merchants that only by building roads can they quickly transport goods and turn them into wealth to bring them back!

In the Song Dynasty, almost all cities had a good road, and the roads in the Song Dynasty also connected all cities across the board. This was a huge project that had been carried out for decades. However, in addition to the initial expenses of the court, the wealth brought by these roads in the following time was enough for the place to repair the road.

So after the Jews calculated the accounts, they actively responded to Zhao Ren's call and began to consciously repair the road. However, Jeroboam III believed that the ultimate purpose of Zhao Ren letting the Jews build roads was to facilitate the arrival of the Song army.

But the twelve nobles of the So-Twelve nobles believed that Zhao Ren was selfless because he did not participate in any details of the road construction. He only made this suggestion and gave examples. All the rest were done by the Jews themselves.

Don't you, the king, want the roads of the Kingdom of Israel to be built to increase the efficiency of cargo transportation and the support of the army among cities?

Such heart-killing words would never appear in the Song Dynasty, but in the kingdom of Israel, it became a question of the king by the nobles!

After receiving the news, Zhao Ren smiled contemptuously. Obviously, this Jewish nation, which seemed to have tried its best to protect its hometown, was extremely disagreeable within.

Of course, such discord will also help you provoke conflicts among them.

When the Mediterranean sea breeze blows from the north, it means autumn has arrived. However, autumn here is much more dull than the autumn in the Song Dynasty. It is not that there is no crop harvest here, but the grain produced in the land here is still good, but the Jews here are very interested in farming.

In the harvest season, busyness is a scene that can be seen everywhere, but they are not as enthusiastic as the Han people.

Because there was not much land they could cultivate, harvesting food in the land was the business of farmers, and more Jews devoted themselves to road construction and commerce.

The Jews in Jerusalem were most concerned about when the Song Dynasty caravans arrived, and they were doing their best to make handmade products to trade with the Seljuk Dynasty.

The Jews did not wait for the caravans of the Song Dynasty, but first welcomed the army of the Song Dynasty. Yan Shu, who had once set foot on the land of the Roman Empire, is now standing on the land of Jerusalem.

Yan Shu didn't have much exploratory thoughts about the West. As long as he came out of the prosperous land in the East, the Western convenience after leaving Tiemen Pass could not be compared with it.

Even the so-called holy city has only a few more special buildings built with tall stones.

As for Wang Anshi's eyes, Jerusalem has a great advantage in terrain, everything else is insignificant!

The land is barren and there is water and food. I really don’t know why they have to live here?

As for the Holy City, Wang Anshi patiently listened to the lengthy story told by the Jewish rabbi who came to greet him, and then left with praise. As for turning around, he could not remember what the old man had just said.

His praise was only a surprise and respect for an elderly man who could remember the ancient legend so clearly and tell it with all his emotions.

As for the so-called surprise at miracles... Zhao Ren really couldn't get any interest. Is it a great ability to separate the sea water?

It is really incomparable to the gods of the Han family. Our Pangu is still a world-renowned existence. The golden crow can dry the river water! Houyi can shoot the sun down!

My father said that the more people know, the less superstitious they are about myths and stories, and the environment they have made their own differences from childhood to adulthood.

The power of human beings is so powerful that even gods are created by humans themselves. Zhao Ren firmly believes in this.

The Song army is now nearly 20,000 in Jerusalem. The arrival of Yan Shu and Wang Anshi made Zhao Ren feel completely relieved, and many things that follow can be carried out one after another.

This is the outer dynasty, not the land of the Song Dynasty, but it doesn't matter. It will soon become almost the same as the Song Dynasty, because Zhao Ren saw the Jews' diligence and studious pleasure.

Advanced experience and management systems will surely become something that Jews desire. They have been in exile for many years and have no mature political system of their own.

The Song Dynasty had no choice but to help them establish a political system. How could it be done by relying solely on a king who was respected by bloodline and the twelve nobles?

How difficult is it to manage a country? Any kind of yamen needs to be owned. As for the law, the Song Dynasty had ready-made laws, the most mature and perfect legal system and political system in the world!

But first of all, what is needed is to find a piece of land suitable for the Song army in this holy city to set up camps. A team of 20,000 people cannot sleep on the streets of the holy city, right? What about the heavenly army that came to rescue the vassal states?!
Chapter completed!