Li You got up and went to the front hall, where he met the person who claimed to be the owner of Heyuan Yinzhuang. Seeing that he is thirty years old, with coarse cloth clothes on his body, and no entourage on the left and right, he is indeed very shabby, not like a rich man with a huge net worth. He couldn't help but ask, "Your Excellency is really the owner of Heyuan?" ”

The man arched his hand and saluted, "It's true, Ye Cheng is also in the next place, and tomorrow the adults can find out on their own." It's just that this visit can't be known by others, so the micro-service sneaks here late at night, and there are many rudenesses to look at Haihan. ”

Li You was noncommittal, "You said there is a confidential matter, what is it?" ”

Ye Yuanwai told the truth: "Today at the Shanxi Guild Hall, I heard that Lei Yuanwai said that he knew a major event by chance, and wanted to use this matter to ask Feng Shangshu and your lord to raise your noble hand to calm the turmoil." ”

Li You raised his interest and motioned for Ye Yuanwai to continue.

"Lei Yuanwai said that a few years ago, there was a theft and sale of spare stones from Haitang in southern Zhejiang, but it has not been known, and this batch of stones was also used in Xujiang County at that time..."

Ye Yuan secretly observed Li You's expression when he said outside, but saw that he was as calm as water, without the slightest vibration. Over the years, Li You has experienced a lot of ups and downs, and he has barely experienced the kung fu of not changing his face.

But just because he was calm on the surface didn't mean he wasn't surprised in his heart - this matter was finally discovered? Li You pretended to be disdainful and said: "Could it be that the surnamed Lei wants to manipulate the court and the government based on this matter alone, and besides, this matter has nothing to do with this official, and the official has a clear conscience." ”

Ye Yuanwai said carefully: "How can this be, Lei Yuanwai just wants to use this matter to bargain and tide over the difficulties." How dare you have the heart of transgression. ”

"Then what did you come to tell me tonight?" Li You said lightly.

Ye Yuanwai pleaded: "I don't want anything else to report the news in the lower ventilation, I just want to ask you to raise your noble hands and ask for peace." Don't fall victim to the fish. As for the future,"

Li You glanced at Ye Yuanwai a few more times, "Why did you come to report the news?" I can't think of any reason for you to do this? If you betray your fellow countrymen. ”

"Now in this silver village, it is pointed out by the courtiers. It can be said that the mud bodhisattva crosses the river, and it is difficult to protect itself if he is a little careless, and he does not dare to put the bet on the work of our peers in the same boat. Only if you are willing to raise your noble hand, is the real solution. Ye Yuanwai smiled bitterly.

Of course, he had other calculations in mind. Considering the whole situation, it is difficult to predict the outcome of this dispute in the banking industry, but he can conclude. Huichang Silver can't lose, and 21 United can't win.

There is a palace background behind the Huichang Yinhao, in other words, unless the dynasty is changed, who can really defeat the Huichang Yinhao? Who would dare to bring down the Huichang Silver Horn?

The essence of the 21 alliances is nothing more than to increase the right to speak to the maximum. At the same time, it created pressure to force Huichang Silver to cooperate with Western merchants, not to defeat Huichang Yinhao. Therefore, Ye Yuanwai concluded that the Huichang Silver could not lose, and the twenty-one Western merchants could not win.

If you take the same ship as Huichang Yin, there will be no problem with the difficulties now, and it will not be good in the future. People in the banking industry are extremely sensitive to risks, and in comparison, this is the safest and lowest risk path.

In addition, Li You didn't say anything more, nodded and said, "This official knows." Be relieved. After sending Ye Yuan away, Li You fell into a long deep thought.

Regarding the life and death of Ye Yuanwai and Heyuan Yinzhuang, Li You did not take it to heart. He wants to make a difference in the money industry of Jingshi Bank, and it is necessary to unite the majority, and he must also work towards this goal. Such a treacherous speculator outside Ye Yuanwai will definitely be despised by his fellow countrymen in the future. There is no need to offend other silver and money giants for the sake of Ye Yuan.

Although Ye Yuanwai saw clearly the thoughts of the twenty-one families who wanted to cooperate with the Huichang Yinhao, and also saw the general trend that the Huichang Silver was impossible to fall, he did not see that Li You also had the heart of cooperation, and what he was fighting for was only absolute dominance.

Besides, Li You is suspicious, and he is always wary of a random speculator, even if this person wants to throw himself on his side.

At this time, Li You focused on the news brought by Ye Yuanwai. In fact, the matter of Haitang stone has little to do with him Li You, and he did not participate in the resale, when the stone was transported to Xujiang County, he was no longer in the river engineering office and went to be an inspector. Whoever thinks that this batch of stones has something to do with him is spread by false rumors.

What's more, he is no longer a small county official, and with his current status, it is impossible for others to use him as a scapegoat, so there is no need to worry about this. Therefore, if this major event is poked out, Feng Shangshu, who was the governor of Zhejiang at the time, may be unlucky, and he Li You will not have a big problem if he wants to pass the customs safely.

However, it was not himself who made Li You uneasy, but another person, his nominal teacher, Lord Chen. At that time, Chen Zhixian advocated the construction of the Xuhe stone embankment, and used this batch of sea pond stones, who knows if there is any cat greasy?

Although Master Chen's façade is very decent, Li You really can't guarantee that this teacher will be innocent. Li You understands very well that this kind of thing in officialdom is the most unguaranteed, and no one can consider the problem on the basis that others are innocent, kind and innocent, and would rather think about the bad and the heart.

Taking a step back, even if Mr. Chen is innocent, the consequences are quite unpredictable. Once someone embezzled and stole the spare stones in the sea pond, even if the suspicious Lord Chen was proved to be negligent, he was afraid that people would still look at it with suspicion, and there would be a stain on the feathers, and people would inevitably talk about it and gossip would inevitably fly all over the sky.

Thinking of this, Li You sighed, this time he was not afraid of shadows, no matter how he was a small patrol at that time, it was easy to get rid of suspicion, the smaller the power, the lighter the responsibility, but he was afraid that he would be dragged down by Teacher Chen.

After a short period of time, I thought about how to deal with it, but I couldn't make up my mind and didn't know which one was the best solution.

Thinking about it, another question suddenly popped up in Li You's mind, how did that Lei Yuanwai know about the embezzlement and theft of stones from Haitang, Zhejiang, which were three thousand miles away?

In fact, the theft and sale of stones is relatively hidden, and the excuse of scrapping unqualified stones is used to cover up, and the operation is turned out in a variety of ways. Outsiders can't see one, two, or three at all, and insiders must be tight-lipped to save their lives.

So for three or four years, this matter has not been known, and Li You only guessed that there was an inside story based on what he heard and witnessed, but the specific situation was not much better than ordinary people, and he only knew that the Qian Huangshang of Suzhou Mansion was involved.

So how did Lei Yuan, who was far away in Beijing, find out and be so sure? The Western merchants were wealthy, and that was mainly in the north, and the south was not a place where they could insert it.

The crux of the matter, should it be here? Li You faintly woke up, if he didn't consider this, and thought purely from the perspective of bargaining outside the mines, maybe he would be led by the nose instead.