Ji Xian never expected that Ji Le's trip to Lu State would not only linger and take a long time, but also make a promise for his life. Now he wants to get married as soon as he comes back.
, and she must marry Li Ran.
Seeing the apple of his eye acting coquettishly at his knees, Ji Xian's forehead was temporarily covered with black lines, and he felt that he had indeed been too indulgent towards her before.
Ji Le's words are naturally good, but just because of her words, she wants to betroth her precious daughter to Li Ran, which Ji Xian will never agree to.
After all, he didn't know much about Li Ran, and it was unknown what this person's intentions were when he came to Zheng and what kind of disturbance he would cause.
If Li Ran is really talented, then that's it. Marrying Ji Le to him may be regarded as a good investment, and it can also fulfill Ji Le's wish, the best of both worlds. p>
But what if Li Ran does not have such ability? You must know that although Li Ran was able to stir up troubles in the Lu State, he also benefited from the relative peace of the Lu State. Compared with Zheng State, a place with four wars, it was surrounded by Jin in the north and Jin in the south.
Lining Chu and connecting Qin to the west, its complexity is far greater than that of Lu.
If you want to say which country was the most difficult during the Spring and Autumn Period. If Zheng Guo ranked second, then absolutely no country would dare to say it was first. Almost all vassal states had more or less intersections with Zheng Guo.<
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What's more, if he wants to sacrifice his clan and do business for generations, this kind of marriage is the most important event.
At this moment, Ji Xian really knew very little about Li Ran's value. The risk of marrying his daughter to him and investing in him was not small. What if Li Ran failed to reach his expected value in the future? Or even what if Li Ran and Li Ran were together.
Are they not from the same group as the family members?
Wouldn’t it become a loss-making business?
While thinking about it, I couldn't help showing a look of embarrassment on my face.
I have been a merchant for decades, and I have always been very careful about the Ten Thousand Year Ship, so I will not agree so easily.
"Dad!"
"If you don't agree to your daughter...my daughter...my daughter will run away from home with Li Ran!"
When Ji Le saw that acting coquettishly didn't work, he immediately used his killer move.
In the past, whenever she made a request and Ji Xian didn't respond, she would use this trick, and Ji Xian would immediately give in. It worked every time.
This time, Ji Xian obviously couldn't get rid of the glorious title of "daughter slave". When he heard that Ji Xian was about to run away from home, his face suddenly changed.
"Don't mess around!"
"How many days have you just come back from the Kingdom of Jin? Are you acting like this again?! If your mother knew better, she might know how to scold your father and how I would discipline you!..."
Although Ji Xian spoke forcefully, the volume in his mouth became smaller and smaller, and finally he couldn't hear anything at all.
When Ji Le saw that there was something going on, he immediately pouted and said nonchalantly:
"Hmph! If the father refuses to fulfill his daughter's wish, the daughter will have no choice but to run away from home! I want...I want to go to Chu State! And then to Wu State!"
"Stop!"
Hearing Ji Le's words, he became more and more confident. How could Ji Xian dare to persist? He turned his head and looked at Ji Le with helplessness.
"Le'er... tell me what is so good about Li Ran that makes you admire him so much? As a father, there is really nothing you can do..."
"Dad~~~"
Ji Le continues to act coquettishly.
"Okay, okay! Dad promises you."
"However, you have to agree to one condition."
The true nature of a businessman is to always make a profit.
Ji Le was overjoyed when he heard his father agree, and asked hurriedly:
"What are the conditions? Dad?"
I heard Ji Xian stroke his beard and say thoughtfully:
"Li Ran is well-known in the State of Lu, but after all, he is not famous in our State of Zheng. Besides, this person is now homeless and has no status, just like a mere white body. If I marry you to him, won't the world laugh at me as a member of the Ji family?
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"So your marriage to him requires him to do a great job before dad can make the decision for you. Otherwise, he will never even think about stepping into the gate of my family sacrifice!"
From his words, it is not difficult to see that even if he agrees to Ji Le's marriage to Li Ran, he is allowing Li Ran to marry into his Ji clan.
But it makes sense to think about it. The Ji clan is the largest family in the Zheng State. Even within the Zheng State, there are many wealthy families. Even if they try to squeeze in, there is no way. Not to mention those foreigners.
Come to propose marriage.
Now, in desperation, he can only reluctantly take advantage of that stupid boy Li Ran. What else can Li Ran say? It can only be a marriage!
Ji Le never thought of this. She only heard that her father had promised her, and she immediately danced with joy. After all, in her opinion, with Li Ran's ability, wanting to do something in Zheng Guo was just like chopping melons and vegetables.
How simple!
"Okay! It's a deal! My daughter, thank you daddy!"
After bowing respectfully, Ji Le skipped away, leaving behind black lines on his face, and Ji Xian, who sighed to himself, was in a daze.
After a while, Ji Xian straightened his clothes that Ji Le had just pulled randomly, and shouted in a deep voice towards the empty hall:
"Come in."
Afterwards, two well-dressed diners appeared in the lobby.
"Lord!"
"How?"
Ji Xian asked without raising his head.
One of them cupped his hands and said:
"Reporting to my lord, everything is normal. Li Ran has not come out since he went to the other courtyard, and the Sun Wu beside him has also been missing."
Hearing the sound, Ji Xian nodded slightly and looked at the other person.
The man saw this and said:
"Lord, there has been no news from the Qi State for two consecutive days, but according to my subordinates' speculation, the Qi State business group should have entered the Lu State at this time."
After hearing this, Ji first showed a thoughtful look on his face, and after a moment he said:
"This transportation of grain to Weiguo is a serious matter. The safety of the two young masters must be given priority in everything. If anything goes wrong with the two young masters, I will only ask you!"
"Yes! Lord, please rest assured!"
"Go down."
After the person who reported the news about Qi State left, Ji Xian said to the person before him:
"We still need to continue to monitor Li Ran in other courtyards. No matter what happens to Li Ran, he must report it to me as soon as possible."
"Lord, what do you mean, Li Ran's visit to Zheng State may be related to Qi State's relief to Wei State?"
The man seemed a little confused.
Ji glanced at him first and said calmly:
"The Ji family sent people to assassinate him all the way. Although it was an urgent and dangerous situation, he, Li Ran, was invited by Yang Tongue, and later cooperated with Han Qi inside and outside, and detained Ji Sunsu in the Jin Kingdom. In this way, this
If a person is really fleeing, Jin should be his first choice. Why do he have to travel thousands of miles to come to Zheng?"
"This son is so resourceful that few people in the world can match him. Regardless of whether his coming this time has anything to do with Qi's relief and defense, his every move must be strictly guarded and he must not cause any trouble. Do you understand?
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What exactly is going on with Qi’s relief efforts to Wei’s country?
It turns out that there was a drought in Weiguo this year, the food harvest was cut off, and there are now starvation deaths in the country. Therefore, the whole Weiguo can only ask for help from outside.
As the overlord of the country, the Jin State should send people to provide relief as soon as possible. However, due to the Pingqiu meeting, the Jin State mobilized an army of 200,000 just to hold an exercise for cosmetic purposes. This also caused serious delays.
Farming time.
And now, the Jin State and the Qin State are confronting each other on the edge of the Yellow River, so there is really not much food available.
On the other hand, Qi State did not know what stimulation it had received, but it was unprecedentedly prepared to send a batch of grain to Wei State.
This behavior itself is extremely abnormal, because logically speaking, the relationship between Jin and Wei has always been good. The two countries are close to each other and share the same ancestry.
Qi and Jin have been fighting secretly for many years. Now that they are helping Wei, doesn't it mean they have given up? Therefore, this matter has puzzled all the princes in the world.
On the other hand, the State of Zheng is not far from the State of Wei, and the Ji clan has long received news of the drought in the State of Wei, so he has secretly prepared a batch of grain, intending to transport it to the State of Wei for trade.
However, when he learned that Qi State had sent grain to Wei State. If Qi State's grain had arrived at Wei State first, wouldn't the batch of grain that he had shipped there become less valuable? Therefore, Ji Xian ordered people to monitor the movements of the Qi State grain team along the way, in order to always understand their current progress, so that they could transport the grain they had prepared to Wei State before they arrived at Wei State.<