Shen Yi didn't meet Shen Yan for too long. The two sides only chatted for a cup of tea. Mr. Shen asked Jiang Sheng to invite the suspected sixth son of the Shen family and arranged for him and his family to live in a private house in Yanzhou. Stay.
In the next few days, apart from eliminating a large number of scouts and doing detective work, Shen Yi spent the rest of his time in Yanzhou City, processing various information from all aspects.
After another three or four days, Ye Chan, who had traveled north from Xuzhou, finally arrived in Yanzhou. Master Shen specially took the time to take Miss Ye to his temporary residence.
After the two had a friendly fight all night, Miss Ye went to work the next day and began to help Shen Yi deal with things.
The piles of documents were sorted and summarized by Ye Chan. The documents that originally took Mr. Shen a half-day to process were already processed in just one hour.
Ye Chan looked through a document sent by the inner guard, then looked at Shen Yi with some surprise, and asked: "Master, who is Shen Ming and Shen Yan?"
Master Shen took a sip of tea and said: "My third uncle ran away from Jiangdu in the early years. It is said that he came to the north. A few days ago, this man who called himself Shen Yan came to see me. I couldn't tell his identity for the time being, so I asked my uncle Wei went to help with the investigation."
Ye Chan frowned and said softly: "Master, how can we let the inner guards do this kind of thing? We Shen family members have come to Northern Qi and are still doing business in Northern Qi. This kind of thing is taboo, and the inner guards know that, His Majesty the Imperial Court will know, and maybe the courtiers will know too."
"When the time comes, the charge of one of their dirty sons having an affair with Northern Qi will be irrefutable."
Mr. Shen smiled and said, "Chan'er is good at governing, but not very good at people's hearts."
"Not to mention that the Di Reporting Department has been abolished in Northern Qi and has little ability to investigate the matter. Even if the Di Reporting Department is healthy, such matters must be investigated by the internal guards."
"Besides, I am not a fool. Since I have come into contact with this Shen Yan, I will naturally report it to the emperor in private."
"Without the emperor's written permission, I will cut off this line."
"I won't contact you again."
Ye Chan thought for a moment, looked at Shen Yi, and asked, "What if Your Majesty lets the young master kill this Shen Yan?"
Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "You have never been in contact with the emperor."
"The Emperor must not have this kind of temper. If he really had this kind of character, after the Confucius Temple was burned down last time, my husband would have become notorious in the court and would have to be a lonely minister with the Emperor."
Ye Chan nodded thoughtfully.
"Then it seems that our Emperor of Dachen still has friendship."
Mr. Shen smiled and did not answer.
He and Emperor Hongde had known each other for many years. They had known each other as early as the sixth year of Hongde's reign, and they had known each other for eight years now.
To be honest, until now, Shen Yi has not really figured out what kind of character this Emperor is.
If the character of His Majesty the Emperor was still elusive in the first two or three years of his rule, as he has been in power longer and longer, it is now difficult to guess based on common sense.
However, Shen Yi was still quite right about one thing.
This is an emperor who wants to work hard to restore Dachen.
Under this premise, as long as it harms the interests of the court, he will probably not do it.
Offending Shen Yi at this time is one of the things that is absolutely detrimental to the court.
Ye Chan looked through the results sent by the inner guard. After reading them, she couldn't help but sigh: "Master, this Changyuan Company..."
"It's very big."
Shen Yi yawned, reached out to take the document, and asked with a smile: "How is the Biye family's business?"
Ye Chan thought for a while and replied: "I'm afraid the business is bigger than the entire Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce."
"If this is really the business started by Uncle San, then it would make sense that he took his family to the north."
"Such a big business..."
Ye Chan said softly: "It is indeed worth bringing the whole family into it."
Mr. Shen was also looking through this document at this moment. In the internal guard's document, he only found out that the owner of the Changyuan firm was indeed named Shen and the size of the firm.
But although the owner of this business is named Shen, he is not named Shen Ming.
But this is understandable. It is not strange to leave a foreign country and change your name.
After reading it, he put the document aside and frowned slightly: "When business reaches this level, it is difficult not to have contact with the officialdom."
"This dear..."
Mr. Shen put the document aside and shook his head slightly: "Whether it is true or not, I can't admit it for the time being."
"but…"
He turned to look south and said, "If my father knew that he still had a brother alive, he would be very happy."
Among the four brothers of the previous generation of the Shen family, Shen Yi's father, Shen Zhang, is undoubtedly very affectionate, even though Shen Hui has not cared much about his younger brother in recent years. In the past two years, Shen Hui has been ill, and Shen Zhang has grown up. Part of the time he stayed in Jiangdu to accompany his brother.
However, Shen Hui had been ill for two years and had neither improved nor worsened. Shen Yi suspected that his uncle was dragging his father to Jiangdu under the pretext of his illness so as to establish a relationship with his brothers so that the relationship would not deteriorate in the future. brilliance.
Of course, this kind of malicious conjecture can only be thought about in the mind, and it is difficult to say.
When Shen Yi was about to speak again, Jiang Sheng's voice sounded at the door: "Sir, the three generals have arrived."
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it.
Yesterday, he made an appointment with his three generals to discuss military affairs.
Mr. Shen first acknowledged it, then stood up, stretched out, reached out and gently patted Miss Ye's straight buttocks, and said with a smile: "Younwen Township is really a hero's grave, I almost forgot to share it with the army." Important things."
Ye Chan's face was slightly red, and she was a little embarrassed: "Young Master clearly asked me to come over and be your assistant. How can I be so gentle..."
Mr. Shen chuckled, touched Miss Ye's head, and walked out with his hands behind his back.
"I'll argue with Chan'er later."
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In the living room, the three generals had already arrived. After seeing Shen Yi coming, the three of them stood up in unison, bowed and clasped their fists: "Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen took a seat at the main seat and waved slightly, indicating that the three of them should sit down.
After the three people sat down, Shen Yi lowered his head, took a sip of tea, and said, "It's been almost half a month. Have you all recovered?"
The three people raised their hands together, Ling Su lowered his head and said: "Except for the new recruits who have not yet filled the vacancies, the rest of the army has finished resting and daily training has resumed."
Su Ding and Xue Wei also spoke in the same tone.
Mr. Shen nodded and said, "Now that you have rested, you can't be idle anymore."
Shen Yi yawned and said: "We are all familiar with the map of Shandong, so we won't hang up the map today."
"I'll keep my story short."
Shen Yi looked at the three people and continued: "During this period, the scouts have been out and about. Now it can be basically confirmed that there are about 30,000 Qi troops stationed in Ningyang County, just north of Yanzhou."
"It's very possible that they are the Qi people's imperial army."
Mr. Shen looked at the three generals and said in a deep voice: "What I mean is, if they dare to get so close to us, we can't continue to sit idly by and ignore them. It's time to take the initiative to attack."
Su Ding thought for a while, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Shen, this Ningyang County general went out of the city in person and looked through it with a telescope. It's just an ordinary small county town with low walls. It's better than nothing."
"It can't stop people at all."
"The general is willing to lead his troops to fight against these Qi people."
Shen Yi did not agree immediately, but looked at Ling Su and Xue Wei.
Ling Su also bowed his head and begged for a fight.
Xue Wei stood up directly and said loudly: "Mr. Shen, General Mo is leading the vanguard army. Since he has the name of vanguard, General Mo should naturally give it a try on this trip."
Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table, indicating for him to sit down. After thinking about it, he said, "Then let Xue Wei do it."
"But this battle needs to be fought more flexibly. If you can take advantage, you can overwhelm the enemy. If you feel something is wrong, retreat to Yanzhou first."
He looked at Ling Su and Su Ding and said, "Two generals, please support us on the left and right in case the Qi people send reinforcements in large numbers."
He coughed and continued: "Recently, a new batch of explosive ammunition has been produced in the rear. It should arrive tomorrow. We will start the war in three days. I will share the firearms with you tomorrow."
The three people stood up together, clasping their fists and saluting.