"You...... How do you know? Gu Xuewen's eyes widened in shock when he heard this, the matter of them sending money to Lan Yu was very secretive, after all, this was not a glorious thing, except for their own family, no one else should know.

"Don't underestimate the ability of Jinyiwei, even if you can keep it secret, General Lan's side may not be able to keep it secret!" Li Jie replied with a smile, before he asked Jinyiwei to collect the information of the rich businessman, and Gu Xuewen's gift of money to Lan Yu was recorded on it, so it can be seen that Lan Yu must also have people from Jinyiwei around him.

Gu Xuewen shuddered when he heard the three words of Jin Yiwei, although he was very afraid of Jin Yiwei, but Jin Yiwei's surveillance targets were mainly officials, so as a businessman, he didn't personally experience the horror of Jin Yiwei, and it wasn't until now that Li Jie said that he gave Lan Yu money, which made him feel extremely frightened.

After being afraid, Gu Xuewen felt a little embarrassed, and immediately said again: "Thank you Li Banyu for reminding us, but it's not easy for us businessmen, if there is no one behind us, we can't even do business, and it's also a helpless move to tie up with the powerful, and please understand Li Banyu!" ”

"Your Shen family has experienced two great tribulations, isn't the lesson you have received enough?" Li Jie shook his head helplessly when he heard this.

When Shen Wansan is mentioned in history, people think of the richest man in the world, but in Li Jie's view, although the Shen family is rich, the entire family knows nothing about politics, and can even be called a political idiot.

For example, taking Shen Wansan as an example, Zhang Shicheng guarded Suzhou and blocked Zhu Yuanzhang's army for eight months, and the people of Suzhou also supported Zhang Shicheng very much, and the Shen family, as the richest man in Suzhou, of course also provided great support to Zhang Shicheng.

As a result, after Zhang Shicheng's army was defeated, Shen Wansan may have tried his best to prevent Zhu Yuanzhang from settling accounts with him, helping to repair the city, and paying for the army.

It's a pity that Shen Wansan went too far, but it caused Lao Zhu's dissatisfaction, and finally he ended up in exile and died in a foreign land, which was also the first blow to the Shen family.

But this is not the end, although Shen Wansan is dead, the Shen family's business is still there, and the Shen family may feel that the last blow was because they had no one in the court, so they found a way to tie up with the then prime minister Hu Weiyong.

This time is even more miserable, when Hu Weiyong's case occurred, several descendants of the Shen family were arrested, and the Shen family's business was also greatly affected.

Originally, after receiving two blows in succession, the Shen family should be honest, but in the original history, Gu Xuewen found a way to tie up with Lan Yu, not to mention the consequences, when the Lan Yu case occurred, the Shen family was completely liquidated, and the Shen family's business disappeared because of this.

In the early Ming Dynasty, half of the four major cases were experienced by the Shen family, and they took the initiative to send them to the door, this spirit of rushing to death can be called singing and crying. Of course, this is also thanks to the Shen family's strong financial resources, otherwise if it were someone else, I am afraid that one blow would be completely over.

Li Jie wants to use the Shen family now, after all, they used to be famous sea merchants, and if they want to completely break the sea ban in the future, they also need to use their strength, so they gave Gu Xuewen a wake-up call. Lan Yu's arrogance and arrogance Li Jie had seen it, so he dared to assert that even if Zhu Biao didn't die, Lan Yu would not end well.

Gu Xuewen didn't expect Li Jie to be so clear about his family's situation, and he actually knew that the Shen family had experienced two blows before, especially the second time, because they wanted to befriend Hu Weiyong, but they were implicated in the wrong boat, could it be that Lan Yu would become the second Hu Weiyong?

Thinking of this, Gu Xuewen couldn't help but shudder, and then asked anxiously: "Li Banyu, ...... you?"

However, before Gu Xuewen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Jie waving his hand: "Okay, I'm just giving you a wake-up call, as for whether you listen or not, it's all up to you, in the end, I still want to advise you, just do business with peace of mind, stay away from the officials in the court!" ”

Li Jie didn't explain anymore after speaking, patted the other party's shoulder and turned around and walked out of the room, if it wasn't for the Shen family being useful to him, he wouldn't be too lazy to say this, and the other party wouldn't have forced him if he didn't listen, after all, everyone is an adult, of course, he has to be responsible for his own choices, such as Li Shanchang.

It was still early, so Li Jie went to the street to buy a few gifts, and then came to Yihuihou Mansion to visit his uncle Liu Ying.

As soon as he entered the mansion gate, Li Jie was startled, only to see that the open space in front of the mansion gate had turned into a school field, hundreds of strong men were practicing with wooden knives, and there were a few people who looked like teachers next to them were responsible for supervising, and on the edge of the school field, there was an umbrella, Liu Yi sat on the chair under the umbrella, drinking tea and watching these men practice.

"Cousin, which play are you playing?" Li Jie stepped forward with a smile and asked, he had been to the Yihui Marquis Mansion many times, but it was the first time he had seen this situation.

"Cousin, you're here, and you're not being troubled by the Iron Book Army!" Liu Yi saw Li Jie and immediately jumped up, his face was also full of helpless expression, his biggest ideal was to be a leisurely marquis who ate and waited for death, but the imperial court asked him to report to the Iron Book Army, and he also had to bring more than 100 slave soldiers, so there was this scene.

"This is the slave soldier you brought? Where did you find it? Li Jie also asked curiously when he heard this, the so-called slave soldiers are not slaves, but slaves, the generals of the Ming Dynasty like to use domestic servants as personal soldiers, one is the loyalty of domestic servants, and the other is that domestic servants can receive sufficient military training, and their quality is far beyond that of ordinary soldiers.

"Recruited from my hometown, our Liu family is also a big clan in Fengyang, it is still easy to recruit more than 100 people, and they will not suffer if they follow me, maybe they will be able to fight for a future in the future." Liu Yi has a weak voice.

These slave soldiers are all from the poor families of the Liu family, and they are not very old but have a lot of food, and the family can't afford to support them.

"By the way, have you reported to the Iron Book Army, where is the army stationed, and who will lead you?" Li Jie asked again.

"No, the station is estimated to be outside the city, as for who will be in charge, my father is also looking for someone to inquire, but in my opinion, I'm afraid no one is willing to take on this hard work, after all, a group of sons of the prince's family get together, there must be a lot of fights and troubles, and it's not easy to manage, I let these people practice first, just for fear of suffering losses when they conflict with others in the future." Liu Yi shook his head again and again in the end.

Li Jie was even more speechless after hearing this, Liu Yi is going to join the army, he is simply going to fight in a group. However, the Iron Book Army was originally a hostage in Lao Zhu's hands, and it is estimated that he never thought of letting these gentlemen go to the battlefield.

"Let's go, let's go see my father, it is estimated that after the matter of the Iron Book Army is decided, my father will also go back to his hometown to hide." Liu Yi said that he asked people to take the gift from Li Jie's hand, and then pulled him to the inner house.

Liu Ying was reading a book in the study, and when she saw Li Jie's nephew, she was also very happy and said, "Jie'er, you came just in time, and I also want to find you!" ”

"Looking for me?" Li Jie was curious.

"Your mother asked me to clean up the house before leaving, and now it has been cleaned up, and the housekeepers and servants inside are all arranged by me, and you can go and live at any time!" Liu Ying replied with a smile.

"What house?" Li Jie was stunned.

"Have you forgotten the house your mother bought?" Liu Ying reminded again.

When Li Jie heard this, he remembered that he had been rewarded for his great achievements, so Mrs. Li wanted to buy a big house, after all, after they were kicked out, it was really inconvenient to live in that small courtyard, but as soon as Mrs. Li bought the house, Li Shanchang had an accident, and the bought house had no time to clean up, and as soon as they left, Li Jie was even lazier to clean up, anyway, he was alone, and it was quite comfortable to live in that small courtyard.

"Uncle Lao is worried, I'll move over when I'm free." Li Jie immediately thanked Liu Ying, his father and mother left Beijing, fortunately, there is still this uncle to worry about him, although he does not have high requirements for the place to live, but the uncle's kindness is still acceptable.

"Cousin, call me when you move, I'll help, now there is not even a person in that small courtyard, it's really inconvenient!" Liu Yi next to him was also happy for Li Jie at this time.

But at this moment, Liu Ying said to Li Jie again: "Jie'er, I heard that you know Mu Ying's son?" ”

"Uncle is talking about Mu Sheng, I know him well." Li Jie also nodded when he heard this.

"That's great, I've already inquired clearly, the deputy commander of the Iron Book Army is this Mu Sheng." Liu Ying said very happily when she heard this.

"Mu Sheng actually went to the Iron Book Army!" Li Jie was a little surprised at first when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, Mu Sheng is really suitable, although he is not Mu Ying's eldest son, but he is Zhu Yuanzhang's godgrandson, and he can also suppress those sons in terms of identity, and Mu Sheng is not a gentleman's son, he is good at training, and the Iron Book Army is in his hands, maybe he can really train an appearance.

"It's good that you are familiar with him, and in the future, your cousin will work under him, and when you have time, you can take your cousin to visit and let him help take care of one or two!" Liu Ying said happily again at this time.

"No problem, he still owes me a few favors, with his cousin's temperament, he won't take the initiative to cause trouble, and when Mu Sheng takes care of him, he will definitely be fine!" When Li Jie heard this, he immediately agreed, when Mu Sheng practiced the three-stage attack, he still provided help, and he also reminded Mu Sheng that his eldest brother Mu Chun had no heirs, and this favor was quite serious, so it was not difficult for him to take care of Liu Ying.

"Dad, Mu Sheng is the deputy commander, who is the commander?" Liu Yi asked curiously at this time, and Li Jie also showed a curious look when he heard this.

However, to the disappointment of the two, Liu Ying said helplessly: "I also want to know who the commander is, but no matter how I inquire, I haven't heard any rumors about this candidate, and it is estimated that only Your Majesty and the crown prince know!" ”