The chief elder of the Ji clan saw that Fan Li was so determined, and there was really no better way to think of at the moment.

He took out a tiger charm from his sleeve, which was a token of the Ji clan. He also told Fan Li about a secret place where Ji clan's belongings were stored on the outskirts of Zhengyi.

"Let's go. I'm old and incompetent and can't keep my legacy. Now I only hope that this person can turn the tide and save our lives."

So, after Fan Li resigned, he took the token and the tiger charm and came to the secret room again. Duanmu Ci had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Fan Li coming back, he couldn't help but look forward to it:

"Brother Fan is back, what do you think?"

Fan Li took out the Tiger Talisman and told Duanmu Ci the location.

"Now... there are more than a hundred members of the Ji family, including Mr. Ziming's beloved daughter, but they all rely on Zigong!"

Duanmu Ci also nodded solemnly:

"I understand that I will never let down Brother Fan's trust!"

Duanmuci took the tiger talisman and sneaked out of the back door under the cover of night. Then he returned to the official post and rested peacefully for the night.

Early the next morning, Duanmu Ci first followed the address given by Fan Li and went to the place where Jishi stored his belongings.

After taking out the token and the tiger charm, the person in charge showed no suspicion and directly guided Duanmu Ci to the warehouse.

Duanmu Ci walked inside and saw that this warehouse was originally divided into two warehouses: inner and outer.

Now there are only some scattered goods stored in the outer warehouse. It is obvious that the bulk of the goods have been looted by the violent Chinese people.

Walking further inside, we came to a wall. Then several people worked together to push open the wall. Apparently this was the inner treasury of the Ji clan.

I saw piles of knife coins, one hundred in bunches, which took up half of the inner treasury.

Duanmu Ci roughly estimated the value in his mind, and did not move a penny. After exiting the warehouse, he returned to the official post.

Later, he found a small vendor from Weiguo, and while getting close to him, he promised us high profits.

So they pretended to be Qi Shang, and used the money of the Ji clan to buy a large amount of sea salt owned by Qi Shang on the market. They also transported all the salt to Weiguo.

Duanmu Ci had his own warehouse in Weiguo, so this matter was not difficult for Duanmu Ci.

On the other hand, since Qi State is far away from Zheng State, it is impossible for Qi State's sea salt to be replenished all at once.

As for the unscrupulous retail vendors, seeing that salt was in such short supply, they could not buy more goods, so they raised their prices one after another.

Therefore, the price of salt in Zheng State was directly driven to sky-high prices in a short period of time!

The people in Zheng Yi could not afford to eat salt for a while. Seeing this, the ruling minister of Zheng Guo, Si Zhen, knew that someone in Zheng Yi must be deliberately hyping up sea salt.

To be cautious, he simply temporarily closed the salt market and let the officials uniformly regulate the salt market.

He only hoped to wait until the sea salt from Qi State was in place before further liberalizing the salt market.

But his move indirectly provoked a conflict between Qi State and Zheng State!

Privately, the high price of salt directly caused people in Zheng Yi to panic.

Duanmu Ci knew that his plan was done, so he began to spread rumors, saying that the skyrocketing prices, especially the high price of salt, were entirely due to the innocent suppression of the Ji clan.

It was only because what Jishi originally bought was the low-priced, high-purity Bachu Well salt, and merchants from Qi State wanted to monopolize the salt market, so they encouraged the officials to try their best to suppress Jishi.

As a result, the melon-eating people who originally surrounded the Jifu were easily incited and started to support the Jishi one after another!

And asked the officials to let the Ji clan come forward to suppress prices.

Just like this, Jishi suddenly became the "light of domestic products" in the eyes of Zheng people.

It's really ironic in the extreme.

Si Zhen also didn't understand why. He was in a high position, so naturally he couldn't discern the truth.

But he had previously indulged merchants from Qi in doing business in Zheng. Faced with the current predicament, he was naturally to blame.

Therefore, he had to "admit" that all this was done deliberately by Tian's merchants.

As for Tian's merchants, he was also quite angry.

However, for the merchants of the Tian family, they were actually wronged. Although they did want to make a lot of money in Zheng State, and even replaced the business of the Ji family in Zheng Yi. However, they never wanted to

It's a surprise to have many people in the village and set the price of salt so high.

Therefore, they also investigated the matter secretly.

However, since Duanmu Ci handled matters extremely quickly and without leaving any loopholes, they could only find out the heads of a handful of "guardians" at most.

In the end, Si Xie was really helpless, and he was fortunate that he had not completely allowed the "Chinese" to attack the temple before this.

In desperation, he had no choice but to reopen Jishi's large and small shops to see if he could suppress the high salt price.

After all, the price of salt is crucial in this era. And when it is not controlled, other prices will inevitably rise accordingly.

Since the Tian family's caravan is unreliable, moving the Ji family out again can be considered a method.

As a result, those who originally surrounded the Sacrifice Mansion dispersed one after another, and those who did not disperse were directly driven away by the officers and soldiers.

The siege of Jifu was temporarily eased, and businesses of all sizes gradually reopened.

However, the problem was not solved there. At least, Duanmu Cihuan didn't want to let it go.

Since the Ji clan did not know the existence of the "Wei people", they did not buy salt from them, but obtained Bachu's well salt from other channels.

And Bachu's well salt cannot be completely in place for a while, so the high price still cannot be changed.

Duanmuci sneaked into the Jifu again and met Fan Li again.

Duanmu Ci did not hide anything and said directly:

"Brother Fan, a lot of Qi salt has been stored in the Kingdom of Wei with the money given to the clan sacrificers before. But we can't use it now. We can only wait until the merchant group of the clan sacrificers can leave, and then withdraw from the Lu Kingdom.

At that time, if we throw all these salts out together, we might be able to make a lot of money!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "My master once said: 'The people can follow it, but they cannot make it known'! These are all their own faults. In Ci's view, there is no need to repeat them.

Leave them alone!"

Of course Fan Li also knew that the prices in Zheng Yi were now ridiculously high. If Duanmuci did this, especially if the Ji clan evacuated en masse at that time, Zheng Yi would definitely fall into panic again.

By then, the people of Zhengyi may really have no choice but to complain that the sky is not responding and the earth is not working.

Therefore, Duanmu Ci continued to add:

"In this way, not only can all the losses of the Ji clan be recouped, but it can also be used to further sow discord between Qi and Zheng. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

Fan Li had no objection to this. The people of Zheng State besieged the Jifu, putting both him and Guang'er in danger. It was impossible to say that he was not angry.

What's more, he was from Chu and had no feelings for Zheng Guo. So, he agreed to Duanmu Ci's proposal at this time.

Next, Fan Li began to plan for the relocation of the Ji clan and his family.

…

On this day, Si Xie unexpectedly summoned Fan Li. Fan Li had no choice but to go and meet Si Xie. Si Xie looked at the young man in front of him, and he was actually no stranger to him.

At that time, Li Ran came to Zhengyi with his army from Yeyi. He was ordered by Feng Duan to defend the city. Later, the person who came to persuade him to open the city was Fan Li.

When Si Zhen saw Fan Li, he didn't speak at first.

Seeing that Si Zhen was silent, Fan Li had no choice but to bow forward and say clearly:

"Sir, the price of salt has stabilized now. Although it is still at a high level, it will be completely stabilized only when the salt from the outside is replenished. Therefore, it only takes a while for it to stabilize!

"

"It's just that... my clan caravan is not allowed to leave the city now. If we only rely on hawkers to resell, there is no guarantee that they will not make profits from it."

Si Xian narrowed his eyes:

"Oh? If that's the case, how should we deal with it?"

"Of course we need our Ji clan caravan to be able to enter and exit freely."

Si Ming knew what he was asking, but remained silent for a moment:

"It's just... you Ji clan won't take the opportunity to run away, right?"

Fan Li smiled slightly, shook his head and said:

"Your Excellency, you are overly worried. Zheng Yi is the foundation of the Ji family. The Ji family has been established in Zheng for hundreds of years, but where can they escape? What's more, now it's just a small accident, so what can the Ji family do?

Are you going to leave just like that?"

When Si Xie heard this, he couldn't help but smile.

"Haha, don't be offended by Fan Li. Just because the sacrifice of the clan is very important to the state of Zheng, and the state of Zheng cannot do without the sacrifice of the clan now, so I don't want something like this to happen. What's more, Lu

The country is about to attack our country of Zheng, and Li Ran is in the country of Lu now. I don’t blame you for worrying about where the Ji family will go!"

After Fan Li heard this, he couldn't help but think about it, and then continued to reply:

"Although Li doesn't know what happened, this is definitely not Mr. Ziming's intention. Mr. Ziming has always cared about Zheng Guo, and Yang Hu was a retainer who rebelled against the master, so it was not enough to do this.

It’s strange. So, I hope Sir Si can understand it clearly!”

Si Xie pursed her lips:

"Haha, that Li Ziming... although he looks kind-hearted, he is actually just a hypocritical and treacherous person! I don't know whether you knew about the death of my late father, but Li Ziming is guilty of an unforgivable crime!"

Today, I will make peace with you here! The Ji clan caravan can return to normal, but the Ji clan members, including Li Ran’s daughter, are absolutely not allowed to leave the Ji mansion! Li Ran’s daughter is in the Ji mansion, and I

You can keep her safe for the time being, but once she leaves the house, life or death will be unpredictable!"

Si Xie's words were full of threats.

Fan Li continued to apologize and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!