If the Ji family just wanted to transport their own grain to sell in Weiguo, then it would be fine.
The sacrificer can order people to set off early. In that case, all the grain in hand can be sold before the grain transport team from Qi State arrives at Wei State.
But the problem is that the Zhengguo official also organized a batch of disaster relief food and entrusted it to the Ji clan, entrusting them to transport it to Weiguo on their behalf.
This batch of grain was co-ordinated by Zichan from all over the country under the imperial edict. Zichan now has a very delicate relationship with various nobles and colleagues because of the implementation of the New Deal. And most of the land is in their hands, so they organized it.
It's extremely slow.
This is like destroying people's jobs while others do things for you. Is this efficient?
Therefore, the official batch of disaster relief food has been delayed again and again. The sacrifice is hampered by human sentiments, and naturally it is not easy to promote the birth of the child, so we can only wait and worry at the same time.
As a result, it was natural that his own grain would be transported to Wei State in such a grand manner for sale. After all, Zheng State's official grain was not shipped, and your noble's grain was shipped first. This is called Wei State.
How should the Chinese people view Zheng Guo in the future? I bet you, Zheng Guo first made a fortune by doing business, and then pretended to be a good person, right?
If this spreads out, where will the dignity of Zheng Guoguan’s family go?
Ji Xian has been in business for many years, so he is naturally aware of this relationship, so he can only continue to wait for his own food, and dare not transport it directly to Weiguo.
So why is this matter related to Li Ran?
The answer is that Ji Xian received news early in the morning that Li Ran instigated the Qi State's grain transportation!
The news came from the State of Qi. It was said that the State of Jin felt a little sorry because there was not much relief food shipped to the State of Wei and it was hampered by its own dominance.
After all, a small country affiliated with us is in trouble now, and we can’t provide relief now. This matter is not very honorable no matter where it is mentioned.
Therefore, the Marquis of Jin sent Yang Tongue to convey a message to Qi State in the voice of the leader of the alliance, hoping that Qi State could also contribute.
This is roughly the situation. On the surface, it seems that after the Jin State put pressure on the Qi State, the Qi State readily agreed.
But the news that reached Ji Xian’s ears from merchants from Qi was not like this.
The news that Ji Xian got here is that Yang Tonguei first went to the Marquis of Jin after getting the news about Li Ran, and then Yang Tonguei went to Qi State.
Moreover, after Yang Tongue arrived in Qi State, he followed Li Ran's plan and finally facilitated this matter.
When Ji Xian received the news, Li Ran was already on his way to Zheng.
Therefore, Ji Xian secretly sent someone to protect Li Ran, on the one hand, of course because of Ji Le, and on the other hand, it was also to find out what Li Ran wanted to do in Zheng State this time?
Why did he encourage Qi to transport grain to defend the country and provide disaster relief?
Ji Xian couldn't figure this out anyway, and the various time points were somewhat inconsistent, and the sources of information were very confusing. Therefore, people were asked to monitor the movements of Li Ran's other courtyard day and night.
He believed that Li Ran's purpose in coming to Zheng was not simple. Otherwise, why would he let Qi come to disrupt the situation? Isn't this clearly against him?
Moreover, Li Ran gave up the protection of the more powerful Jin State and instead came to the relatively unstable Zheng State. This behavior is really strange.
But in fact, this matter itself is a complete mistake.
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Inside the Jishi Villa.
Sun Wu visited and investigated for several days, but did not gain much.
"This Shu Niu has a high reputation in the Ji clan. It is strange to say that although this person is only a concubine, his status seems to be second only to the old clan leader. Even other clan elders with higher seniority are not dissatisfied.
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"It is rumored that this person is extremely capable. In recent years, he has been responsible for all the large-scale foreign trade of the Ji family. Qi Chujin, Wei Luchen, and his connections are in all directions, and his strength is quite impressive."
"As for his dealings with the Ji family, except for some business matters, we have not heard about other dealings. At least for now, it seems that there is no other special relationship between them. Sir, could it be that we mean it?
Could it be wrong?"
Sun Wu conducted the investigation of Shu Niu for several days, but after repeated visits and investigations, it seemed that Shu Niu and the Ji family were innocent. This made Sun Wu feel a little self-doubt.
After all, he also knew that Shu Niu, as the person in charge of the family sacrifice, might really hate Li Ran just because the current business with the Ji family of Lu State was blocked. And this is indeed justified.
Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents, let alone those who are businessmen? It is only natural that Shu Niu should be so hostile.
"Having said that, I still feel that this vertical bull... is not simple."
"If they hate me just because their business dealings with the Ji family are blocked, it doesn't matter. But what I'm worried about is that if this person secretly has other dealings with the Ji family, then it won't matter if we come to Zheng this time.
I jumped from one fire pit into another fire pit, I'm afraid there will be some entanglement in the future..."
"This person needs to be investigated again."
Li Ran is very confident in his intuition. This vertical bull is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.
When Sun Wu heard this, he immediately raised his hands and said yes.
"Oh my god, sir, why bother so much? Since this bull has bad intentions, I'll just kill him with a knife!"
Chu Dang on the side became impatient when he heard this. He picked up two halberds and was about to go out to look for the cow.
When Li Ran heard the voice, he immediately felt black lines dripping from his eyes.
"Chu Dang!"
Sun Wu shouted fiercely, and Chu Dang stopped and walked back sadly like a child who had done something wrong.
"Just follow the instructions from the teacher. If there is no instruction from the teacher, you must not do anything without permission!"
Sun Wu reprimanded in a commanding tone.
Chu Dang was most convinced by Sun Wu. He immediately stood respectfully after hearing this, not daring to be disrespectful at all.
Seeing this, Li Ran also put away the idea of "playing the piano to a cow". After all, with Chu Dang's mind, no matter how many truths were told to him, he might not be able to understand.
"By the way, sir, Doctor Zichan seems to have been raising food recently, and he should be preparing to transport it to Weiguo, and it seems that the caravan responsible for escorting this shipment is also the caravan of the Ji clan."
Sun Wu suddenly changed the topic and frowned slightly.
Hearing this, Li Ran immediately sighed:
"Alas...this matter is really a miscalculation..."
When the word "miscalculation" came out of Li Ran's mouth, even Sun Wu couldn't help but be stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
Looking back on everything that happened in the State of Lu, Li Ran was full of clever plans and had no omissions. Whether it was Ji Sunsu or Ji Sun Yiru, Yang Yangui or Han Qi, it could be said that everything was in his plans.
He moved forward step by step according to his plan without making any mistakes.
But now Li Ran actually said that he had "miscalculated"!
This is like the sun rising in the west, so novel.
"Oh? How can I say this? Is there anything in this world that can make Mr. miscalculation?"
Sun Wu didn't believe it. After all, in his eyes, there were too few facts in the world that could make Li Ran miscalculate. It could even be said that with Li Ran's resourcefulness, there should be nothing in the world that could make him miscalculate!
