Ji Xian never expected that Ji Le's trip to the State of Lu would not only linger and take a long time, but also actually promise him a life-long event. Now when I came back, I announced that I wanted to get married, and I had to 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 were naturally good, but just because of her words, Ji Xian would never agree to betroth his precious daughter to Li Ran.
After all, he didn't know much about Li Ran, and it was unknown what this person's intention was in coming to Zheng and what kind of disturbance he would cause.
If Li Ran really has a talent that is world-class, then that's it. Marrying Ji Le to him may be regarded as a good investment, and it can also fulfill one of Ji Le's wishes, the best of both worlds.
But what if Li Ran doesn't 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. However, compared with Zheng State, a place with four wars, it is bordered by Jin to the north, Chu to the south, and Qin to the west. It is far more complicated. Better than the state of Lu.
If you want to say, which country was the most difficult during the Spring and Autumn Period. If Zheng Guo ranks second, then absolutely no country dares to claim first place. Almost all the vassal states had more or less interactions with Zheng.
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. Marrying his daughter to him and investing in him were risky. What if Li Ran fails to meet his expected value in the future? What if Li Ran is not the same person as the Ji clan?
Wouldn’t it become a loss-making business?
While thinking about it, Ji Xian couldn't help but look embarrassed.
The Wannian Ship, which has been a merchant for decades and has always been careful, will not agree so easily.
"father!"
"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 expression suddenly changed.
"No nonsense!"
"You just came back from Jin Kingdom a few days ago? 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's words were strong, 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. Ji Xian still dared 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 continued to act coquettishly.
"Okay, okay! Dad promises you."
"However, you must 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 has no status and status now, and is no different from a mere white-headed man. If I marry you to him, won't the world laugh at me and sacrifice my family name?" A clan?”
"So your marriage to him requires him to do a great job before dad can make the decision for you. If not, he, Li Ran, 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 leading wealthy family in the Zheng State. Even within the Zheng State, there are many wealthy families who even if they try to squeeze in, there is no way. Not to mention those foreigners who come to propose marriage.
Now, in desperation, he could only take advantage of that stupid boy Li Ran. So what else does Li Ran have to say? It can only be a bride-in-law!
Ji Le never thought of this. She only heard that her father had agreed to her, and she immediately danced with joy. After all, in her opinion, with Li Ran's ability, wanting to make a career in Zheng is 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, sat in a daze.
After a while, Ji Xian straightened the clothes he had just been randomly pulled by Ji Le, and shouted in a deep voice toward the empty hall:
"come in."
Afterwards, two well-dressed diners appeared in the hall.
"Lord!"
"how?"
Ji Xian asked without raising his head.
One of them raised his hand and said:
"Replying 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:
"My 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 expression on his face, and after a moment he said:
"This time we are transporting grain to Weiguo. This is a serious matter. The safety of the two young masters must come first. 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 the other courtyard. No matter what happens to Li Ran, he must report it to me as soon as possible."
"My Lord, you mean that 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, so 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? "
What on earth is going on with the Qi State's relief efforts to the Wei State?
It turns out that there was a drought in Weiguo this year, and the food harvest was cut off. Now there are people dying of hunger in the country. Therefore, the whole country could only ask for help from outside the country.
As the dominant country, Jin should send people to provide relief as soon as possible. However, because of the Pingqiu meeting, the Jin State mobilized an army of 200,000 just to hold an exercise to show off their appearance. This also seriously delayed the farming season.
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 food 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 secretly competing for many years. Now that they are helping Wei Guo, doesn't it mean they have given up? Therefore, this matter puzzled all the princes in the world.
On the other hand, the state of Zheng was not far from the state of Wei. The Ji clan had already received news of the drought in the state of Wei, so he secretly prepared a batch of grain and planned 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's grain had arrived in Wei's country first, wouldn't the grain shipped there by his ancestors have 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 food they had prepared to Wei State before they arrived at Wei State.
But the problem lies here again.
