Li Ran is still not clear whether Shu Niu has anything to do with the Ji family of the Lu State, or even with the Qi State. After all, in his opinion, the only way to explain why Shu Niu is so hostile to him is to collude with the Ji family.

This is a possibility.

On the other side, after Ji Xian returned, he immediately made arrangements, asking Shu Niu to stop his plan to transport grain to Weiguo for sale, and instead go to donate grain.

This made Shu Niu, who had been presiding over this matter early in the morning, very angry. After hearing the news, he hurriedly returned home from the warehouse angrily.

"Father! Why did you suddenly change your mind?!"

"Although these three thousand stones of food are not much, if we donate all of them, won't our family lose blood?"

Shu Niu seemed extremely excited and puzzled over the arrangement of offering sacrifices to the ancestors.

After all, he has always been in charge of this matter, and now such a big decision has been made, but his father has not discussed it with him beforehand. How can he not be annoyed?

Seeing this, Ji Xian's eyes glanced back and forth on him, with a touch of worry in his eyes.

"This is what I and Dr. Zichan have agreed upon together. My son doesn't need to say anything, just do as he is told."

After the words fell, Ji Xian looked very tired. He waved his hand and signaled Shu Niu to retreat and make arrangements.

"But father..."

"Okay...don't you understand what I'm saying as a father?"

Seeing that Shu Niu still refused to give up, Ji Xian's expression suddenly changed slightly, and two sharp gazes burst out from the eagle's eyes, falling directly on Shu Niu's face, with a majestic look that was beyond words.

Logically speaking, Zhu Niu should have reacted when he saw his father's color at this time. But he seemed to be extremely concerned about this matter. Even at this time, he still had to find out.

"Father! Forgive me for being presumptuous."

"As for our Ji family's transportation of grain to Wei State for sale, I have made an agreement with Qi E, the official of Wei State, early in the morning. Once this batch of grain arrives at Wei State, we will complete the handover with them, and the benefits will be quite rich.

!Now that my father suddenly changed the sales to donate to Weiguo, wouldn’t we have broken the trust of others? How can we do business with the doctors from Weiguo in the future? Moreover, Weiguo Qi’e’s side is not easy to explain.

Ah."

"The reason why I have the guts to say this is because I don't want others to say that I didn't keep my word!"

Zhu Niu's face suddenly became very sincere, and in his words, he valued the interests of the Ji family more than anyone else.

However, when Ji Xian heard the sound, he just shook his head, and then said slowly:

"Trading with the Qi family of Wei State has certainly yielded a lot of rewards. Have you ever thought about what the ministers of Zheng State would think if we transport grain to Wei State just to trade with the powerful?

?"

After today's conversation with Li Ran, Ji Xian's brain circuit suddenly became clear. Faced with what Shu Niu mentioned, his rebuttal was reasonable and well-founded.

Even if Shu Niu is not selling food directly to the people of Weiguo, but to the powerful people of Weiguo, in his current view, this move is extremely dangerous.

In other words, this food shipment to Weiguo cannot be bought or sold under any circumstances, but can only be donated.

Li Ran has already analyzed it thoroughly. If his hands and feet are not clean at this time, he may end up with both fame and fortune.

When Shu Niu heard this, he knew that his plan for this operation had been ruined, and his expression suddenly became very angry. However, in front of the ancestor, how could he dare to explode on the spot, so he had to turn around and hatefully

Gritting my teeth.

At this time, all I heard was Ji Xian’s faint words:

"You don't want to go to defend the country this time. Leave it to your two younger brothers."

"Father?"

Zhu Niu was shocked when he heard the sound, and turned around suddenly, his face full of unspeakable disbelief.

What was originally planned had undergone such a huge change at this moment, and even now he, the person in charge, had to be temporarily withdrawn. Even Shu Niu, who was always known for his calm mind, could not help but change his face at this time.

.

"What? You don't want your two younger brothers to go and practice?"

Ji Xian's tone also changed slightly, and it seemed to have a chilling tone.

In fact, the internal fighting within the Ji family is nothing new. Ji Xian has a clear understanding of fire and has long been aware of it.

But he also wanted to see which of his three sons was more suitable to take over his position as the head of the family. Therefore, he always turned a blind eye to this matter and never said much.

And Shu Niu, because of his concubine status, has always been diligent and hardworking. Compared with his other two direct brothers, his performance is indeed much better. And this is what Ji Xian has always been hesitant about.

place.

However, Shu Niu was obviously no longer suitable to be in charge of transporting grain to Weiguo this time. He wanted to ensure that this batch of grain would not be traded away by him without authorization, so he had to replace it with someone else. So naturally,

The other two legitimate sons are the most suitable candidates.

The meaning of his words is actually very clear. Fights within the family are family affairs. You should clearly distinguish the importance of such external matters, and don't delay the interests of the entire family for your own selfishness.

Shu Niu naturally understood this, but he was still unwilling to accept it. After all, he was busy with this matter from beginning to end. Seeing that the departure was about to begin, Ji Xian suddenly changed the person in charge, and he wanted to give this credit to his two people in vain.

Brother, aren’t you trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain?

"Father, the child doesn't understand, why on earth is it? What did the child do wrong?"

Zhu Niu was very aggrieved, but when he heard his words, there was a sense of questioning.

In fact, it is not difficult to see from this that Zhu Niu's status in the Ji family is second only to Ji Xian, and as he controls more and more family affairs, he dares to do this even in the face of Ji Xian's arrangements.

Question it.

"Enough!"

"Just follow your father's arrangements. Why are there so many problems!"

Ji Xian had no patience to explain to him anymore, his face changed, and he suddenly shouted.

Shu Niu was startled when he heard the sound, and had to swallow back what he wanted to say, gritting his teeth and said:

"Yes, a child must obey his father."

After he left, Ji Xian called his servants and asked his other two sons to come.

"Ji Wang, Ji Xun, I will leave it to you two to take charge of going to Weiguo to provide disaster relief this time."

Ji Zeng is the second oldest, taller and bigger than Ji Xian, but he doesn't look very smart. After hearing what Ji Xian said, he was stunned for a moment before answering.

Although Ji Xun is a little clever, he still doesn't quite understand Ji Xian's arrangements at this moment. He is a Buddhist type of person. He was about to ask if his brother Shu Niu was always in charge of this matter. But Ji Xian kept asking.

I glanced at him and he immediately stopped.

"This time, the food for our family sacrifices and the food for the court are all donated. After arriving at the Wei Kingdom, we will return immediately after delivering it to the Wei people. There will be no delay. Do you understand?"

Ji Xian looked at the two sons in front of him, with a hint of hatred in his tone.

Compared with erecting an ox, there are many differences between offering sacrifices and offering sacrifices.

This time, while Shu Niu was dissatisfied with the matter, it happened to be the two of them. On the one hand, it was to train them, but on the other hand, Ji Xian also had the intention of restraining Shu Niu from beating Shu Niu.
Chapter completed!