I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 468 Zigong's Financial Quotient

The great elder of Jishi saw that Fan Li was so determined, and there was really no better way to think of at the moment.

He took out a tiger talisman from his cuff, which was a token of the Ji clan.He also told Fan Li about a place where Jishi secretly stored his belongings in the outskirts of Zhengyi.

"Let's go, I'm old and incompetent, and I can't keep my family's foundation. Now I only hope that this person can turn the tide and save my life."

So, after Fan Li resigned, he took the token and the tiger talisman and came to the secret room again. Duan Muci had been waiting for a long time at this time, and seeing Fan Li coming back, he couldn't help showing anticipation:

"Brother Fan is back, how do you say?"

Fan Li took out the Tiger Talisman, and told Duan Muci the location of that place.

"Now... there are more than a hundred members of Ji's family, and Mr. Ziming's beloved daughter, but they all depend on Zigong!"

Duanmuci also nodded solemnly:

"I understand, I will never let down Brother Fan's entrustment!"

Duanmu gave the tiger talisman and sneaked out through the back door under the cover of night.Afterwards, he returned to the official post, but rested peacefully for the night.

In the early morning of the next day, Duanmu Ci followed the address given by Fan Li and went to the place where Jishi kept his belongings.

After taking out the token and the tiger talisman, the guards were not suspicious, and directly directed Duan Muci to the warehouse.

Duan Muci stepped into it, and saw that this warehouse was originally divided into two warehouses, inside and outside.

Now there are only some scattered goods in the outer warehouse.Obviously, the bulk of the goods had already been looted by the violent Chinese.

Go further inside and come to a wall.Then several people worked together to push the wall away.Obviously this is the internal treasury of Jishi.

I saw bundles of knives and coins, a string of one hundred, which directly took up half of the internal treasury.

Duanmuci roughly estimated the value in his heart, and he didn't move a penny. After exiting the warehouse, he returned to the official post.

Afterwards, he found a small trader from Weiguo, and at the same time made friends with him and promised high profits.

Let them pretend to be Qi Shang, and use Jishi's wealth to buy a large amount of sea salt owned by Qi Shang on the market.And all the salt was shipped to Weiguo.

Duanmuci has his own warehouse in Weiguo, so this matter is not difficult for Duanmuci.

On the other hand, because Qi State is far away from Zheng State, it is impossible to replenish Qi State's sea salt all at once.

Seeing that Qiyan was in such tight demand and they couldn't get more goods, the unscrupulous retailers raised their prices one after another.

Therefore, the price of salt in Zheng State was directly fired to sky-high prices in a short time!

The people in Zhengyi couldn't afford to eat salt for a while, and the governing minister of Zheng Guo Sisi, seeing this situation, naturally knew that someone in Zhengyi must be deliberately hyping up sea salt.

To be cautious, he simply shut down the Yanshi temporarily, and let the officials come forward to control the Yanshi in a unified manner.

He only hoped to wait for the sea salt from Qi to be in place before further releasing the salt market.

But his move indirectly provoked the conflict between Qi State and their Zheng State!
In private, the high price of salt directly disturbed Zheng Yi's heart.

Duanmuci knew that the plan had been accomplished, and at this time he began to spread rumors, saying that the current skyrocketing prices, especially the high price of salt, were all caused by the innocent suppression of Jishi.

It was only because Jishi originally bought the low-priced, high-purity Bachu well salt, and the merchants from Qi State encouraged the officials to suppress Jishi in order to monopolize the salt market.

As a result, those melon-eating people who had surrounded the Jifu were easily encouraged again, and they all stood up for Jishi!
And asked the officials to let Jishi come forward to suppress prices.

In this way, Jishi suddenly became the "light of domestic products" in the eyes of Zheng people.

It can be described as extremely ironic.

Si Lu also didn't understand why, so he, who was in a high position, naturally couldn't discern the truth.

However, he had indulged the businessmen from Qi State in Zheng State so much before, and he was naturally to blame for the current predicament.

Therefore, he also had to "admit" that all of this was done deliberately by Tian's merchants.

As for the merchants of the Tian family, he was quite annoyed.

However, for Tian's merchants, they are actually wronged.Although they really wanted to make a fortune in Zheng Guo, they even replaced Ji Shi's business in Zheng Yi.However, they never really wanted to make a fool of themselves and set the price of salt so high.

Therefore, they also secretly investigated the matter.

However, because Duanmuci was also extremely straightforward in his work and did not leave any loopholes, they could only find a small group of "guardians" at best.

In the end, Si Lu really had no choice but to be glad that the "nationals" hadn't completely let the "Chinese" break the sacrificial mansion before that.

In desperation, he had no choice but to reopen Jishi's large and small shops to see if he could suppress the high salt price.

After all, the price of salt is crucial in this day and age.And when it is out of control, other prices will inevitably rise with the tide.

Since Tian's caravan is unreliable, it would be a means to move Ji's out again.

As a result, those people who originally surrounded the sacrificial mansion dispersed one after another, but those who did not disperse were directly driven away by the officers and soldiers.

The siege of the Jifu was temporarily relieved, and small and large businesses gradually reopened.

However, the problem was not solved there.At least, Duanmu Ci didn't want to stop there.

As for Jishi, they didn't know the existence of "Guardians", so they didn't buy salt from them, but got Bachu's well salt from other channels.

And it is impossible for Bachu's well salt to be fully in place for a while, so the high price still cannot be changed.

Duanmuci sneaked into the sacrificial mansion again and met with Fan Li again.

Duanmu Ci didn't hide anything, and said directly:

"Brother Fan, with the money given to Jishi before, a lot of Qi salt has been deposited in Weiguo. But we can't take it out now, we can only wait until the Jishi business group can leave, and withdraw to Lu State. At that time, throw all these salts together, so maybe you can make a lot of money!"

"The family teacher once said: 'The people can be taught, but not taught'! These are also their own faults. From the point of view, there is no need to worry about them!"

Of course, Fan Li also knew that the price of goods in Zhengyi was ridiculously high now. If Duanmuci did this, especially when the Ji clan withdrew collectively at that time, then Zhengyi would definitely fall into panic again.

At that time, the people of Zhengyi may really only be able to complain that every day should not be done, and that the land will not work.

Therefore, Duanmu Ci continued to add:
"In this way, not only can Jishi earn back all the losses, but also use this to further provoke the relationship between Qi and Zheng. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"

Fan Li had no objection to this, and the people of Zheng State besieged the sacrificial mansion, putting both him and Guang'er in danger.It is impossible to say that he is not angry.

What's more, as a Chu native, he didn't have any feelings for Zheng Guo.Therefore, he also agreed to Duanmuci's proposal at this time.

Next, Fan Li began to plan the relocation of the Ji clan.

……

On this day, Si Lu unexpectedly summoned Fan Li.Fan Li had no choice but to go to meet Si Ruo, Si Ruo looked at the young man in front of him, he was actually no stranger.

When Li Ran came to Zhengyi with Ye Yi's division, he was ordered by Feng Duan to defend the city.And the one who came to persuade him to open the city later was Fan Li.

When Si Lu saw Fan Li, he didn't speak at first.

Seeing that the four-year-old did not speak, Fan Li had no choice but to bow and say:
"My lord, the price of salt has stabilized now. Although it is still at a high level, it can be completely stabilized when the external salt is replenished. Therefore, it only takes a while for it to stabilize! "

"It's just... my Jishi's caravan is not allowed to go out of the city. If we only rely on peddlers to resell them, it's hard to guarantee that they won't make a profit from it."

Si Si narrowed his eyes:

"Oh? Now that's the case, how should we deal with it?"

"Naturally, we need our Sacrifice's caravan to be able to enter and exit freely."

Si Si asked the question knowingly, but remained silent for a moment:
"It's just... you Jishi might not take the opportunity to run away right?"

Fan Li smiled slightly, shook his head and said:
"My lord, worry too much. Zheng Yi is the foundation of Jishi. Jishi has been in Zheng for a hundred years, but where can he escape? What's more, it's just a small accident now. How can Jishi escape?" Are you going to leave now?"

After hearing the words, I couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Hehe, don't be offended by Fan Li either. It's just because Jishi is very important to Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo can't do without Jishi right now, so I don't want similar things to happen. What's more, at the moment Lu The country is about to attack our Zheng country, and Li Ran is in the Lu country now, so I don't blame you for worrying about where the Ji family will go!"

After hearing this, Fan Li couldn't help thinking for a while, then continued to reply:

"Although Li doesn't know what's going on, it's definitely not Mr. Ziming's intention. Mr. Ziming has always cared about the state of Zheng, and Na Yanghu is a retainer who rebelled against the lord. It's not enough to do this. It's strange. So, I hope Master Si can see clearly!"

Si Su pursed his lips:
"Hehe, that Li Ziming... looks like a benevolent person, but he is actually a hypocrite and treacherous person! I don't know if you knew about your father's death, but Li Ziming is an unforgivable crime!"

Today, Benqing will explain to you here!The Jishi's caravan can return to normal, but the Jishi's clansmen, including Li Ran's daughter, must not get out of the Jifu!Li Ran's daughter is in the sacrificial mansion, I can keep her safe for the time being, but once she leaves the mansion, it will be a matter of life and death! "

His words were full of threats.

Fan Li continued to apologize and said with a smile:
"No! This is natural, the young master will never leave the sacrificial mansion for half a step."

(End of this chapter)