If the Ji family just wants to transport their own food to sell in Weiguo, then it will be fine.
The sacrificer can order people to set off as early as possible. In that case, all the grain in hand can be sold before Qi's grain transport team arrives in Wei.
But the problem is that the Zhengguo official also organized a batch of disaster relief food and entrusted it to the Ji clan and entrusted them to transport it to Weiguo on their behalf.
This batch of grain was co-ordinated by Zichan from all over the country. Nowadays, because of the implementation of the New Deal, Zichan's relationship with various noble colleagues is extremely delicate. And most of these lands are in their hands, so organization is 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 was delayed again and again. The sacrifice was hampered by human sentiments, and naturally it was not easy to promote the birth of the child, so we could only wait and worry at the same time.
As a result, it was naturally not easy for him to transport his own food to Weiguo for sale in such an open manner. After all, even the official grain of Zheng State was not shipped, and the grain of one of your nobles was shipped first. How should the people of Wei treat Zheng State 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 Zheng Guoguan family's reputation 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 does not dare to 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 food shipment!
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, it's a small country affiliated with us that is in trouble now, and we can't even provide relief now. This matter is not very honorable no matter where it is mentioned.
Therefore, the Marquis of Jin sent Yang Tongui to Qi State to convey a message in the voice of the leader of the alliance, hoping that Qi State could also contribute.
This is roughly the case. On the surface, it seems that after Jin put pressure on Qi, Qi readily agreed.
But the news that reached Ji Xian's ears from Qi merchants was not like this.
The news that Ji Xian got here is that Yang Tonguei first went to the Marquis of Jin to advise him after getting the news from Li Ran, and then Yang Tonguei went to Qi State.
Moreover, after Yang Tongu 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, it was 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 State 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 sent to monitor Li Ran's activities in the other courtyard day and night.
He believed that Li Ran's purpose in coming to Zheng was not simple. Otherwise, why would Qi be asked to come to disrupt the situation? Doesn't this make it clear that you are against yourself?
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.
.......
In the Ji family courtyard.
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. "
"It is rumored that this person is extremely capable. In recent years, he has been responsible for all the bulk of the external trade of the Ji clan. Qi Chujin, Wei Luchen, 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 yet. 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 the relationship between Shu Niu and the Ji family was innocent. And this point made Sun Wu feel a little self-doubt.
After all, he also knew that Shu Niu, as the person in charge of the sacrifice family, might really hate Li Ran just because the current business with the Ji family of Lu State was blocked. And this does make sense.
Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing his parents, let alone those who are businessmen? It is natural for Shuniu to be so hostile.
"Having said that, I still feel that this bull-erecting... 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 was very confident in his intuition. This vertical bull was definitely not as simple as it seemed 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 sound, 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 you don't have instructions 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, he might not be able to understand no matter how many truths were told to him.
"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 he did in the State of Lu, Li Ran was full of wisdom and made every calculation possible. Whether it is Ji Sunsu or Ji Sun Yiru, whether it is Yang Yangui or Han Qi, it can be said that they are all part of his plan, and everything is moving forward step by step according to his plan without 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 you say this? Is there anything in this world that can make Mr. miscalculation happen?"
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 can even be said that with Li Ran's resourcefulness, there should be nothing in this world that can make him miscalculate!
What exactly is this matter about?
