Obviously, if the four doors are opened at this time, for Zichan, it may be a way to quickly alleviate public complaints. Not only that, but it can also reduce the pressure from the temple.
But the problem is that once the city gate is opened, the signs of poisoning among the people will not decrease, but will worsen. What should we do?
As the saying goes, one can make great progress, then it will weaken, and three times it will be exhausted.
Once the poisoning of the people continues to ferment, the root cause of the disaster cannot be eliminated. If panic breaks out inside and outside the city, the whole Zheng city will be in chaos.
After some discussion between Li Ran and Zichan, they both knew that this incident was deliberately planned and planned secretly. As for who it is, the two of them already know each other tacitly.
"Now it seems that there is only one other way available."
As the saying goes, this time, that time. Obviously, the opponent has already started to take action in the dark. And this means that Li Ran and Zichan also have to make changes.
The most critical thing now is how to quell the riots in the city and appease the people's grievances. As long as the people don't follow suit, there's still room for discussion.
However, it is obviously not that easy to do this.
"It seems that this matter requires the doctor and Ran to act together."
"Oh? How to say it?"
Zichan asked immediately.
Li Ran smiled and said without saying anything:
"Please ask the doctor to wait for two days. When the time comes, the doctor will naturally know."
After saying that, Li Ran calmly resigned and returned directly to the sacrifice family.
He had not returned to the priest's family for more than twenty days. His return immediately attracted the "attention" of the priest's family. After a thorough examination, it was confirmed that he was not sick, and then he was asked to meet with the clan elders and the priests. The old master.
It just so happened that the monthly meeting of the Ji family happened to happen. Li Ran was now the son-in-law of the Ji family and the person who controlled the actual industry, so he was naturally qualified to participate in it.
"In recent days, my clan has been losing money. If this continues... Huh! Let's just starve to death together."
"Haha, can't you understand the notice issued by the court? Continue the ban! The officials will not care about your life or death!"
"Alas, I told you not to say that. Since the government insists on banning it, isn't it for our sake after all?"
Among the elders of the clan, some support the continuation of the ban, and naturally there are also those who oppose the continuation of the ban.
For their own reasons, their attitudes were very firm, and the two sides were at loggerheads.
At this time, Ji Zeng also stood up and expressed his opinion. He was heard talking to his father in public:
"Father, today the little chief from the east city treasury came to report. I heard from him that the grain stored in our treasury can no longer be maintained for a long time. If we don't lift the ban and replenish it, we will all starve by then. Father, this is absolutely terrible. It’s not alarmist.”
"I heard that... the malaria in the city has been alleviated a lot recently. If this is the case, why not suggest that the officials lift the ban as soon as possible. That would be a good thing for me and the people in the city."
Just imagine, even the Ji family, which has a huge business, is about to be unable to survive. One can only imagine what the situation of ordinary people is now.
Zhengyi is the hub of commerce and trade in the world, and most of the people in the city support their families by doing handicrafts and doing business.
Now that the four gates are closed, business travel is cut off, food is useless, money is useless, and all we can do is wait for death.
Faced with this situation, how could they sit still and wait for death?
Although Ji Zong didn't have much say in the Ji family, Haolai was the legitimate son of the clan leader after all, and he also had his own business in Zheng Yi.
This time the city was closed due to malaria, and both materials and manpower were also required. The price he paid was not small either. The reason why he supported Li Ran before was purely because Li Ran saved him and Ji Xun in Weiguo at that time.
However, to this day, no matter how great a favor it is, he still has to think about himself and the entire Ji clan.
"Father…"
"Father! The city gate must not be opened!"
Ji Xun on the side heard what Ji Yi said and was about to chime in, but unexpectedly, Ji Niu suddenly stood up and retorted sternly!
At this time, the clan elders who had previously opposed the city's closure were all dumbfounded, and they all looked at him in shock.
Ji Ji was startled when he heard the sound first. He looked at him with a trace of doubt in his eyes and asked:
"Oh? Shu Niu, you are now opposed to lifting the ban? But why?"
Li Ran, who was sitting in the corner, remained calm and didn't say a word. Waiting for the bull show to begin.
"Father, at the beginning of the epidemic of malaria, my son opposed the ban because this move would cause irreparable losses to my clan and Zhengyi as a whole. My child felt that this move would cause too much damage to my clan. serious."
"It's a pity that at that time, some people, out of righteousness, insisted on inciting the officials to implement the ban. At that time, the child was really helpless and had no choice but to submit."
"But today, Zhengyi has been closed for nearly a month. Countless people in the city and countless businesses have suffered this unreasonable disaster. And the number is shocking and unimaginable! We have paid such a heavy price, if the ban is lifted at this time , but it will cause malaria to become prevalent again in the city. Then won’t all the price we paid today be in vain? By then, malaria will rise again, and everyone in Zhengyi will be infected. What will happen if the city gate is wide open? Who will People still dare to trade with me, the Zheng people?”
The standing cow bowed in front of the hall, and his words were impassioned and righteous.
Yes, the city has been closed for more than 20 days, and everyone has paid a price. If the city gate is opened now and the success is lost, wouldn't all the price they paid be in vain?
Whether it's his family, other wealthy families, or ordinary merchants, it's just adding insult to injury.
"Stand up the ox! What kind of nonsense is this?! How can it be like this! If you continue to seal the city, you will not let us, the Ji clan, live!"
"Yeah, you're such a bastard, you can't even stand and talk without pain in your back. You still have so much food in your treasury, so of course you don't..."
"Hmph! At this time, you still have to seal off this damn city! Are you really going to starve us all to death before you give up?!"
His words immediately attracted a lot of rebuttal and siege from many clan elders.
At first, Shu Niu joined them in opposing the ban. He originally thought that Shu Niu was on the same boat as them. But who would have expected that this vertical bull would jump ship halfway and support the ban at this moment.
Even though these clan elders have always been scheming, they couldn't help but feel a sense of being deceived at this moment, and they all roared and questioned Zhu Niu.
However, Shu Niu remained indifferent and just stood there with emotion, not taking it seriously at all.
Ji Xian also felt deeply strange about this, but what Zhu Niu just said was reasonable and well-founded, and he couldn't fault it at all. He could only turn his attention to Li Ran immediately.
After all, Li Ran was the one who strongly supported the ban at the beginning. Now that Shu Niu has changed his attitude, he naturally wants to see what Li Ran thinks now.
So he looked at Li Ran sitting in the corner and said:
"Ziming, please tell me what we should do now."
It was a matter of life and death for the entire clan, and as the leader of the clan, he had to be extremely cautious.
