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Chapter 29 Suspicious Lao Zhu

Mu Sheng did what he promised to Li Jie, so he didn't stay in Dong Nuan Pavilion for too long. He chatted with Zhu Yuanzhang for a while before saying goodbye to leave. As soon as he left, Zhu Biao immediately asked impatiently: "Father, that Li Jie..."

"Do you want to say that Li Jie is a rare talent and wants me to use it more?" Before Zhu Biao finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang snatched him away.

"I do think that Li Jie is a talented person, both knowledgeable and talented. Er Chen is very curious about him now, and even wants to meet him in person!" Zhu Biao nodded. He was really curious about Li Jie. Although he had met him last time, he had never talked.

"From the last birthday party of Han Gong, he advised Han Gong to return home, and now he has improved gunpowder and helped Mu Sheng a lot, so that Mu Sheng could run into the palace to ask for credit for him. Don't you think these things are too deliberate?" Zhu Yuanzhang replied with a frown. I have to say that Lao Zhu's intuition is really terrible.

"This... Father, you are too careful. Li Jie is just a fifteen-year-old boy. How could he have such a scheming? Moreover, he had a quarrel with the Korean Duke's Mansion and wanted to make a career to prove that he was normal." Zhu Biao was a little amused and cried when he heard this, and even felt that his father's suspicious habit had been broken again.

"A teenager does not have such scheming, but what if someone is guiding him behind his back?" Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and said again. As an emperor, he had a skeptical attitude towards everyone.

"It seems that there is no scheming person around Li Jie. His father Li Zhu is just a small ninth-rank bureau envoy, and he is also a famous honest and kind person. His uncle Yihui has some knowledge, but he is not a scheming person. Apart from that, the son minister really can't think of anyone who can instruct Li Jie to do these things."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly at the end of his speech. Since the death of his mother, Empress Ma, his father's suspicion has become more and more serious, and he has become more and more harsh in his subordinates. Even the prince is cautious, for fear of arousing his father's suspicion.

"I still feel that something is wrong with this Li Jie!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said stubbornly.

"Father, why don't you come forward to see him?" Zhu Biao thought about it before proposing.

"What are you going to see him?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. He could not tolerate sand in his eyes, especially when it comes to employment. As long as the other party is a little dissatisfied with his wishes, he will completely abandon it.

"Didn't the father suspect that there is someone behind Li Jie? When the son-in-law goes to see him, see if someone is really instructing him. If so, find out who the person behind him is and what is his purpose?"

"What if not?"

"If not, that would be even better. It means that Li Jie is really a talent. It would be a pity if such a person doesn't need to be. Then he will be granted an official position and let him serve the court, and there is another benefit to doing so." Zhu Biao said carefully again.

"What are the benefits?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked afterwards. He still attached great importance to Zhu Biao's son.

"I was shocked by the tiger. Li Jie was kicked out of the house because he suggested to the Korean Duke to return to his hometown to retire, so he was kicked out of the house and cut off relations. If the father granted Li Jie an official position at this time, I think with the wisdom of the Korean Duke, I should understand that his father was reminding him in a vague way. Maybe he would wake up from this and take the initiative to return to his hometown and retire." Zhu Biao explained again.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder and said, "Not bad, Prince, you are careful, this is a good idea!"

"I just thought of this with a clue of inspiration!" Zhu Biao also said humbly.

"You are just too humble. In addition, although it is a good thing for you to be careful in your mind, sometimes you can easily look at the front and lose the overall situation!" Zhu Yuanzhang finally taught again that although Zhu Biao was the prince he taught, he was generous and did not look like him in many places. Old Zhu was also a little dissatisfied with this.

"What my father taught me is that my sons must remember it!" Zhu Biao said respectfully immediately. He knew that he must not talk back to his father at this time, otherwise he would just wait to suffer.

At the same time, Li Jie accompanied his father Li Zhu out of the Military Weapon Bureau to go home, but Li Zhu still said with some concern on the way: "Jie'er, you convince Mu Qianhu to come to Your Majesty to repay you. What if Your Majesty ignores it?"

"It doesn't matter if your Majesty ignores it. At worst, I can make a few more contributions. For example, I see that the muskets made by the Military Weapons still use fuses to ignite gunpowder, and they cannot be used when it rains. I have another idea about this, and maybe it can solve this problem." Li Jie smiled indifferently.

If this time doesn't work, there will be another next time. Li Jie still doesn't believe it. When he makes a lot of credit reports, will Zhu Yuanzhang ignore him?

Of course, although Li Jie had a good idea, he would never dream of it. Lao Zhu was a severe suspicious disease and was already suspicious of his other intentions. If he really made a lot of contributions, it might make Lao Zhu even more suspicious of his intentions.

"By the way, where did you learn all the things about gunpowder? Why did you solve them in just a few words when even those old craftsmen couldn't solve them?" Li Zhu suddenly thought of a key question, so he asked Li Jie with a puzzled look on his face.

"This... maybe it's born. I think those problems are quite simple, you can tell what's going on at a glance." Li Jie spread his hands and said, "This kind of thing can't be explained, so just pretend to be a genius if you are clean."

"Is that so? I really understand it?" Li Zhu was speechless when he heard this. If he could understand it at first glance, their military weapon bureau would not be stumped by the problem of gunpowder.

Fortunately, at this moment, a carriage sound suddenly came from behind, and then a familiar voice shouted: "Uncle, cousin, I have found you!"

Li Jie and his son turned their heads and saw Liu Yi poking out of the carriage behind him, shouting to them with excitement on the carriage.

In the blink of an eye, the carriage came near Li Jie, and Liu Yi jumped out of the carriage and asked anxiously: "Where are your uncles and your family going? It's so anxious that my father and I are."

It turned out that Liu Yi only learned about Li Jie's family being kicked out by Li Li yesterday. He originally thought that Li Jie's family might be staying in an inn, but he went all over the inns in the inner city but couldn't find it. Fortunately, he had a sudden inspiration and thought that Li Zhuhui came to the Military Weapon Bureau, and he found someone.

"We went to a house in Waiguo City to live in. Because there were many things to do, we had not had time to notify you cousin, but we worried you cousin!" Li Jie also said embarrassedly. He had too many things to do in the past two days and had no time to notify Liu Yi.
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