As soon as Li Jie finished speaking, a young craftsman stood up and shouted: "The prince consort is the chief Wei behind you. He sent someone to arrest Master Liu and the others. Now we don't know what life and death are, we must ask for an explanation!"

"That's right, let Master Liu go, otherwise we won't go back today!"

"Let Master Liu go!"

The craftsmen behind were also in a mess. Obviously, the direct reason for their gathering to cause trouble was that Chief Wei arrested the person.

"Where is the person?" Li Jie turned his head and asked Director Wei.

"The people were locked up in the military camp, but I just locked them up and never did anything else!" Director Wei also explained hurriedly.

"Take the person back and let him go!" Li Jie ordered again. Although the decision of Chief Wei to arrest people cannot be wrong, he must not be right. Especially now that the craftsmen are already in a state of fluctuation, his arrest will definitely cause more rumors and make the craftsmen even more afraid.

Commander Wei agreed immediately and immediately ordered the people around him to bring the people back. In a short while, six middle-aged people dressed in craftsmen were brought over. Their faces were rosy and there were no scars on their bodies. They were indeed not abused.

Several craftsmen didn't know what happened, but when the other craftsmen saw them, they all came forward in surprise and surrounded these people. Then they started talking and talking, which made them realize that the young official in front of them was the legendary prince consort Li Jie.

"Goodbye to the prince!" Several craftsmen who were released immediately stepped forward and saluted Li Jie. These craftsmen were relatively older, but they were all middle-aged. In fact, these craftsmen were very young, most of them were young people in their twenties.

"No need to be polite. Master Wei had some misunderstandings with you before. I have scolded him. I hope you don't take it to heart!" Li Jie also said to these craftsmen quite politely.

Seeing that Li Jie was so polite, these craftsmen were also flattered and immediately said they did not dare. At this time, Li Jie suddenly said again: "I just heard from Master Wei that you have a high prestige among craftsmen, and the other craftsmen are also led by you?"

When he heard Li Jie suddenly ask about this, the six people looked at each other and didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, gathering people to fight against the court can be big or small. If the court really wants to pursue it, it may even be a crime of beheading.

However, the craftsmen in the end still stood up and saluted Li Jie and said, "Report to the prince consort, the villain Liu Si is a craftsman in Kaifeng, and his family has made a living by slapping iron for generations. This time, the court suddenly summoned us, and many of them are our Kaifeng craftsmen. The villain is also famous among craftsmen, so everyone is willing to listen to the opinions of the villain when encountering any problems."

Liu Si paused at this point, then took a long breath and said again: "As for the troubles before, they were all done by the villain alone. The others were just bewitched by the villain. Please punish the prince-consort!"

Seeing that Liu Si took the matter alone, the others were also shocked. Then everyone who woke up shouted and stepped forward and took the blame on them. After all, they all participated in the trouble before.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm not going to hold you responsible. The court had done something wrong before, so I decided to hold a banquet tonight to entertain everyone, especially Liu Si and the six of you. I want to entertain myself!" Li Jie reached out to calm everyone down, and then smiled again.

The craftsmen finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Li Jie was going to hold a banquet to entertain everyone. Liu Si and others came forward to thank him. Li Jie then comforted the craftsmen and then asked them to go back to the camp to rest. He would hold a banquet here in the evening, and everyone would attend.

Li Jie's attitude was kind, and he released Liu Si and others as soon as he came here, so he also won the favor of many craftsmen. Some even thought that maybe this "kind" son-in-law could allow them to go home?

However, compared to the innocence of other craftsmen, Liu Si and others were not optimistic. After all, the reason why they were convinced by everyone was not only because they were fair in their work, but also had great insight and could think of things that ordinary people could not imagine.

So after Liu Si and others watched Li Jie leave, they greeted other craftsmen. Then the six people winked and finally came to Liu Si's tent to discuss things.

"Fourth brother, what do you think of this prince-consort?" A middle-aged man with a short and fat stature and looks particularly thick in his arms asked Liu Si. His name was Cui Ling, and he was a carpenter with superb skills and was also very prestigious among craftsmen.

Liu Si has naturally become the leader of craftsmen. Those who are close to him call him Fourth Brother, and those who respect him call him Master Liu. The reason why Liu Si has such a high prestige is not only because of his superb skills, but also because he is eager to be righteous and kind, helping others without asking for rewards, so that others can convince others.

"There were many rumors about the prince-consort in the past. Today, I saw that the prince-consort is indeed an approachable person. But..." Liu Si also showed a hesitant look again at the end, as if it was not easy to continue talking about it.

"The fourth brother is the same as I thought. No matter how approachable the prince consort is, he is a member of the court after all. This time we were recruited to go out to sea, which was the order issued by the court, and it might even be the one given by this prince consort, so he would definitely not let us go easily!" At this time, someone next to him interjected. At the end of the conversation, a look of frustration appeared on his face. After all, with his strength, he was not qualified to challenge the prince consort of the dynasty at all.

"Fourth brother, we can't go out to sea. I heard that the sea is very storm and waves. When one wave hits, the entire boat will be smashed. When we go out to sea, we are simply putting our lives on the belt. It's a good day, but why should we take any risk?" At this time, another person spoke.

"Yes, going to sea is a life-and-death death. I heard that we may have to stay overseas for the rest of our lives when we go to sea. This is simply not to treat us as human beings!" At this time, someone said angrily.

After they were recruited, although Director Wei did not tell them what to do in sea, there was no airtight wall in the world. These craftsmen also had their own channels to inquire about the news, so they also knew some inside information.

Liu Si was very calm and listened to the arguments of others. Finally, he finally said, "Have you ever thought about why the court had to ask us craftsmen to go to sea?"

As soon as Liu Si said something, the others also showed a meditative look. They had never thought about this question. The information they had heard was limited and they could not answer this question.
Chapter completed!