I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 68 The Weird Rut

The reason why they believed so firmly in Shu Niu's words was actually not without reason.

Since ancient times, there have been many internal struggles in the aristocratic family, not to mention Zheng Guo, but now in all the vassal states, even the Zhou royal family, which family's struggle for succession is not bloody?
This is still the case for the princes, let alone these ordinary wealthy families.

And Shu Niu's words are also very concise and clear, bluntly saying that he doesn't like to share with others, the implication is that the future Jishi can only be decided by him alone.

His other two younger brothers, not to mention inheriting the family business, will not be able to even take a look at them.

It was also for this reason that he wanted to take this opportunity to sell his two younger brothers so that he could have the Ji family business alone, which is quite reasonable.

To say that these merchants from the Qi State may still have some doubts in their hearts at the moment, that is only Shuniu's determination to do so.

However, considering that Shu Niu has always been a man of one word, they have some confidence in Shu Niu for a while.

As a result, this matter was quickly negotiated, and Shu Niu immediately arranged for his cronies to go and start the transfer of Jishi's grain depot.

Everything is going on silently.

……

Three days later, Zheng Guo's official rations and sacrifices were all arranged properly, and they were ready to leave immediately.

In order to show the importance attached to the relief of the disaster in the country, Zheng Guo also specially sent another doctor to see him off.

At the east gate of Zhengyi, Yin Duan (Yinshi, name Duan, word Zishi) of Zheng Guo, accompanied by Jiwang and Jixun, inspected the chariots, horses and grain.But Ji Le had nothing to do, so he called Li Ran over so that he could join in the fun.

Looking at the inspection of the printing section in front of him, Li Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Sure enough, the inspection style of the leaders throughout the ages is so similar.When the person arrives, the mouth arrives, but only this heart seems to be forgotten in his own home forever.

While Li Ran and Ji Le were chatting and watching, they saw that there was an endless motorcade.With this scale, Zheng Guo can be considered to have really spent all his money.

Judging from the number of carriages, the Jishi's [-] shi grains used a total of more than a hundred carriages, and they were at the forefront of the convoy.

However, the number of carriages carrying Zheng Guo's grain was twice that of Jishi's. Therefore, the entire suburban driveway was crowded with these grain carriages for a while, and it was impossible to go back and forth at all.

And this nearly ten thousand shi of grain is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Zheng Guo.

Yin Duan, one of the Six Ministers of the State of Zheng, is of the same clan as Zichan. In terms of seniority, he can be regarded as Zichan's nephew.Although he is young, he is also calm enough.Because of this, Zichan arranged for him to come to see Jishi off.

He only took a few glances at the food for the sacrifice family in the front row before finishing it.But when he inspected the official carriages in the back row, he became serious and checked them one by one, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Dr. Zishi's change was so obvious that everyone present had to notice.

Li Ran is no exception, Li Ran said to Ji Le beside him:
"Miss Ji, do you know why Dr. Zishi is getting serious now?"

Ji Le is naturally not stupid. Hearing Li Ran ask her this, she immediately replied very playfully:
"Hey, this is not a problem for this girl. There are two reasons for this."

"Oh? Tell me?"

I saw that Ji Le was scribbling while saying in a serious manner:

"Doctor Zishi sees that our family's chariots and horses are completely different from the government's chariots and horses. This is to represent their trust in our family. Second, it is natural to reflect that he represents the officials' handling of this matter. It’s a meticulous attitude.”

After hearing this, Li Ran smiled knowingly, and joked with her again:

"Oh, it's really close to Zhu Zhechi. Miss Ji's eyesight has really improved a lot."

What Ji Le said is actually not bad at all. The officials have always trusted Ji Shi very much.Otherwise, Zheng Guo would not choose to let Jishi's caravan go to Weiguo this time.

So, after some inspection by Yin Duan, he turned around again, looked at the second son of Jishi with special solemnity, and asked:
"This trip has a lot to do with it. You two should be more careful. Don't make any troubles in the middle of the trip, and don't neglect your duties and be negligent, so that this batch of food falls into the wrong hands."

Ji Xun and Ji Wang heard the sound, and hurriedly said yes again and again, not daring to take a breath.

Ji Le watched from the side, smiled and said to Li Ran:

"From here to Weiguo, the road is our territory of Zhengguo. Who would dare to make small moves under Dr. Zichan's eyes? Dr. Zishi, you must be a little too cautious, right?"

"After all, this Wanshi food can save many people in Weiguo, so it's okay to be cautious."

Hearing what Li Ran said, Ji Le realized that he had said something wrong, and immediately stuck out his tongue, and then fell silent.

At this time, Li Ran followed the grain carts of the Zheng Kingdom's court and looked forward again. Ji Shi put the carriages containing his own grain in the front row, which actually meant very clearly, no doubt that he wanted to protect the big but not the small.

Once the convoy encountered a situation on the road, the first to be hit hard was the carriage carrying the sacrifice's grain, followed by the government's grain cart.Therefore, the convoy in the back row can turn around in time to avoid disaster.

It's just this Jishi's grain truck...

"what happened?"

Seeing that Li Ran stared blankly at the grain truck in front of him, and then frowned suddenly, Ji Le couldn't help asking.

But who would have thought that Li Ran walked forward anxiously as if he didn't hear it.Seeing this, Ji Le hurriedly followed.

Coming to Jishi's grain cart, Li Ran scanned all the grain carts up and down, and then stopped his gaze at the ruts where the wheels of the carriages had run over.

He looked back and forth, and then turned his head to compare the grain carts of Zheng Guoguan's family, with even more doubts on his face.

"Brother Ziming, what happened?"

Ji Le also looked at it, but didn't find any problem, so he asked again immediately.

Hearing the sound, Li Ran came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Yin Duan and Ji Wang, the Ji Inquiry Office.Seeing them walking towards the front row, he immediately pulled Ji Le to a Jishi grain cart, and pointed to the wheel.

"Look at your family's grain cart. The marks on the ground are different in depth, and the weight of the body is not even. On the other hand, the grain cart of the Zheng Kingdom's court behind it is smooth and stable, and there is no weirdness."

"Brother Ziming means..."

Ji Le was still a little unresponsive.

Li Ran looked at the body of the grain truck wrapped in mulberry cloth, and continued to question there:
"If all the food inside is filled with grain, then in terms of food weight, it should be quite uniform, and there will be no such serious deviations. But look, the left side of these grain trucks is obviously heavier than the right side, and this One, the back is obviously heavier than the front..."

"It's so weird... it's really disturbing!"

He was a little uncertain, after all, this was Jishi's own grain cart, and it was loaded by Jishi's own family, so could there be any problems?
Seeing this, Ji Le at the side naturally understood Li Ran's doubts, but she still couldn't believe it.

"Although Brother Zhong and Brother Ji are not as reliable as Brother Meng, but this matter was personally explained by my father, how can they not take it seriously? If it is not filled with food, then it will be some what?"

As she said that, she looked at the front gate of the city, and saw that Ji Wang and Ji Xun accompanied Yin Duan had already walked up the Zhou Road, and they were making the final explanation.

But when she turned her head, she found that Li Ran had already reached out to untie the rope binding the sangpi cloth.

"presumptuous!"

At this moment, a loud shout came from the grain cart pile.

The next moment, Li Ran and Ji Le saw Shu Niu leading a group of guards galloping towards them.

"Li Ran, do you think this belongs to your family? How can you touch these grains casually?!"

"Take your hands away quickly! Don't damage these grain carts!"

Shu Niu's hostility towards Li Ran was not concealed at all.

(End of this chapter)