"You...how do you know?" Gu Xuewen also widened his eyes in shock when he heard this. The fact that they gave Lan Yu money was very secret. After all, this was not a glorious thing. Except for their own family, no one should know about it.

"Don't underestimate the ability of the Jinyiwei. Even if you can keep it secret, General Lan may not be able to keep it secret!" Li Jie replied with a smile. Before, he asked the Jinyiwei to collect information about wealthy businessmen, and the fact that Gu Xuewen gave money to Lan Yu was recorded on it. From this we can see that Lan Yu must have people from the Jinyiwei around him.

Gu Xuewen was frightened when he heard the three words "Entertainment Uniform Guard". Although he was very afraid of the Entertainment Uniform Guard, the main target of the Entertainment Uniform Guard was still officials, so as a businessman, he had no personal understanding of the terror of the Entertainment Uniform Guard. It was not until Li Jie said that he gave money to Lan Yu in one sentence that he felt extremely frightened.

After being fearless, Gu Xuewen felt a little embarrassed again and immediately said: "Thank you, Li Bandu reminder, but it is not easy for us businessmen. If no one supports us, we can't even do business. It is a helpless move to curry favor with the powerful and powerful. Please forgive Li Bandu!"

"You Shen family have experienced two great disasters. Isn't the lesson learned 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 opinion, 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, when Zhang Shicheng was guarding Suzhou, blocking Zhu Yuanzhang's army for eight months, the people of Suzhou also supported Zhang Shicheng very much. As the richest man in Suzhou, the Shen family also provided great support to Zhang Shicheng.

As a result, after Zhang Shicheng was defeated, Shen Wansan might have tried his best to show himself to help build the city and pay the army to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang from settled the score with him.

Unfortunately, Shen Wansan did too much, which caused Lao Zhu's dissatisfaction. In the end, he ended up exiling and dying in a foreign land. This was also the first blow that the Shen family encountered.

But that's not the end. Although Shen Wansan was dead, the Shen family's business was still there. Moreover, the Shen family might think that the last blow was because they had no one in the court, so they found a way to curry favor with the then prime minister Hu Weiyong.

This time it was even more miserable. When the Hu Weiyong case broke out, several descendants of the Shen family were arrested, and the Shen family's business was greatly affected. If Gu Xuewen had not held on his shoulder, the Shen family would have fallen into Hu prison.

Originally, the Shen family should have been honest with each other twice, but in the original history, Gu Xuewen tried to curry favor with Lan Yu, let alone the consequences. When the Lan Yu incident occurred, the Shen family was completely liquidated, and the Shen family's business disappeared.

The Shen family had experienced half of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, and they took the initiative to deliver them to their door. This spirit of rushing to die can be called heroic. Of course, this is thanks to the Shen family's strong financial resources. Otherwise, if it were someone else, I would have been completely finished with one blow.

Li Jie is now going to use the Shen family. After all, they used to be famous maritime merchants. If they want to completely break the maritime ban in the future, they also need to rely on their power, so they reminded Gu Xuewen. Lan Yu's arrogant and domineering Li Jie has seen it, so he dared to assert that even if Zhu Biao is not dead, Lan Yu will not have any good ending.

Gu Xuewen didn't expect that Li Jie was so clear about his family's situation. He actually knew that the Shen family had experienced two blows before, especially the second time. It was because they wanted to curry favor with Hu Weiyong, but they were implicated when they got on the wrong ship. Could it be that Lan Yu would become the second Hu Weiyong?

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

However, before Gu Xuewen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Jie and said, "Okay, I'll just give you a reminder. As for whether you listen or not, it depends on yourself. In the end, I still want to advise you to do business with peace of mind and stay away from the officials in the court!"

After Li Jie finished speaking, he didn't explain anymore. He patted the other person on the shoulder and turned around and left the room. If the Shen family had not been useful to him, he would have been lazy to say this. He would not force him if the other person didn't listen. After all, everyone is adults, so of course he has to be responsible for his choices, such as Li Shanchang.

It was still early, so Li Jie went to the street to buy some gifts, and then came to the Yihui Marquis' Mansion to visit his uncle Liu Ying. Of course, the disciple knew Li Jie, the young master, so there was no need to inform him. Li Jie came into the mansion with the gift.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Li Jie was shocked. He saw that the open space in front of the mansion had turned into a schoolyard. Hundreds of strong men were practicing with wooden knives. There were also a few men who looked like coaches to supervise. On the side of the schoolyard, he was holding a cool umbrella. Liu Yi sat on the chair under the umbrella, drinking tea while watching these men practice.

"Cousin, which show you are playing?" Li Jie smiled and asked. He had been to the Yihui Marquis' Mansion many times, but this was the first time he had seen this situation.

"Cousin, you are here, you are still troubled by Tie Cejun!" Liu Yi jumped up immediately when he saw Li Jie, with a helpless expression on his face. His greatest ideal was to be a leisurely marquis who was busy waiting to die. But the court asked him to report to Tie Cejun, and he also had to bring more than 100 slave soldiers, so the current scene came about.

"Is this the slave soldiers you brought? Where did you find them?" Li Jie 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 that the servants are loyal, and the other is that the servants can receive sufficient military training and their qualities are far beyond ordinary soldiers.

"We recruited from our hometown. After all, our Liu family is a large family in Fengyang. It is easy to recruit more than 100 people. And they will not suffer any losses if they follow me. Maybe they can still make a future in the future." Liu Yi said weakly.

These slave soldiers were all from poor families in the Liu family. They were all young but had a lot of food. The family couldn't afford to support them. I heard that Liu Yi was recruiting soldiers, and thought that they were all a family. If you don't say anything else, you would definitely have enough food, so these people signed up very enthusiastically.

"By the way, have you reported to the Tiecajun? Where is the military's base? Who will command you?" Li Jie asked again.

"No, the station is probably outside the city. As for whom I will command, my father is also asking for someone to inquire. But in my opinion, I am afraid no one will want to take on this hard work. After all, a group of princes from the Duke and Hou family gathered together, and there must be many people fighting and causing trouble. It is hard to manage. I asked these people to practice first, just because they are afraid of losing when they conflict with others in the future." Liu Yi shook his head repeatedly at the end of his speech.

Li Jie was speechless after hearing this. Liu Yi did not want to join the army, he was just going to fight in groups. However, Tie Cejun was originally a hostage in Lao Zhu's hands, and probably he never thought of letting these playboys go to the battlefield.

"Let's go, let's go to see my father. I guess after the matter of Tie Cejun is settled, my father will go back to his hometown to hide." Liu Yi said as he asked someone to take the gift from Li Jie, and then took him to the inner house.

Liu Ying was reading a book in the study. When he saw Li Jie's nephew, he said happily: "Jie'er, you're here just right, and I'm just about to find you!"

"Look for me?" Li Jie was curious.

"Before your mother left, I asked me to clean up the house. Now it has been cleaned up. I have arranged the housekeepers and servants inside. You can live there anytime!" Liu Ying replied with a smile.

"What house?" Li Jie was stunned.

"Your mother bought the house, have you forgotten?" Liu Ying reminded again.

When Li Jie heard this, he remembered that he had made great contributions and received a lot of rewards, so Mrs. Li wanted to buy a big house. After all, it was inconvenient to live in that small yard after they were driven out. However, as soon as Mrs. Li bought a house, something happened to Li Shanchang. He had no time to clean up the house. When they left, Li Jie became even more lazy. Anyway, he was alone and it was quite comfortable to live in that small yard.

"I'm worried about my uncle. I'll move in when I have time." Li Jie immediately thanked Liu Ying. His parents left Beijing. Fortunately, this uncle was worried about him. Although he didn't have high requirements for where he lived, he still had to accept his kindness.

"Cousin, when you moved, I'll help. Now there is no servant in that small yard, which is really inconvenient!" Liu Yi next to him said happily for Li Jie at this time.

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

"My uncle is talking about Mu Sheng, I am quite familiar with him." Li Jie nodded and said when he heard this.

"That's great. I've found out clearly. This is Mu Sheng, the deputy commander of the Tie Ce Army." Liu Ying said happily when he heard this.

"Mu Sheng actually went to Tiecajun!" Li Jie was a little surprised when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, Mu Sheng was really suitable. Although he was not Mu Ying's eldest son, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's godson, and he could also suppress those princes in his identity. Moreover, Mu Sheng was not a playboy. He was good at training troops, and Tiecajun was in his hands. Maybe he could really make a good look.

"Just be familiar with him. In the future, your cousin will work under his command. If you have time, take your cousin to visit and ask him to help take care of Yi Er!" Liu Ying said happily again at this time.

"No problem, he still owe me a few favors. With my cousin's temperament, he will not cause trouble on his own initiative. With Mu Sheng's care, there will definitely be no trouble!" Li Jie immediately agreed upon hearing this. When Mu Sheng practiced the third-level attack, he provided help. He also reminded Mu Sheng that his elder brother Mu Chun had no descendants, and this favor was quite heavy. It was not difficult to ask 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 expression when he heard this.

But what disappointed the two was that Liu Ying spread his hands and said helplessly: "I also want to know who the commander is, but no matter how I inquired, I didn't hear any news about this candidate. I guess only Your Majesty and the Prince know!"
Chapter completed!