Regarding Zhu Gaochi's three brothers, Li Jie has long seen clearly through their performance after they went to the Ming Dynasty last time. Zhu Gaochi was trained by Zhu Di as his heir since he was a child, and his character and talent were quite good. He could even be regarded as another Zhu Biao. Although his ability is still worse than Zhu Biao, there is no big problem.

In contrast, the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are a little unfavorable. It’s not that they are not capable. In fact, Zhu Gaoxu is a rare general and has the style of Zhu Di on the battlefield. Zhu Gaosui has good abilities. If he manages the local area, he is also a talented person.

But the key is that these two brothers cannot see their positions clearly, and their ambitions blinded their eyes, and they are only focused on the position of their elder brother Zhu Gaochi. Although history has changed now, their personalities have not changed much. As the saying goes, personality determines destiny, so if they are so obsessed, they may not end up much better than in history in the future.

The reason why Li Jie was unwilling to see Zhu Gaosui was that he was not optimistic about him, and the other hand, he did not want to participate in the battle between the three brothers. Moreover, he had already reminded Zhu Gaochi before that with Zhu Gaochi's ability, Zhu Gaosui had no hope, so there was no need to see him at all.

Zhu Gaosui seemed not to give up on Li Jie's rejection and came to visit again the next day, but Li Jie deliberately avoided it in advance. Anyway, he just didn't give Zhu Gaosui any chance. This probably angered Zhu Gaosui, and he never gave Li Jie a good face again. Li Jie didn't care. Anyway, he was not familiar with Zhu Gaosui, and he would have fewer opportunities to meet in the future, so he didn't have to care about his thoughts at all.

Two days later, Zhang Dingbian finally came back from Japan, and Zhu Di also went to the port in person to greet him. Of course, Li Jie also went together. After a small fleet stopped at the port, Zhang Dingbian, who had white hair and beard, also strode down from the ship.

Now Zhang Dingbian is over 90 years old, but he is still strong in spirit. He is full of vigor and does not look old at all. Historically, he said that he lived to be a hundred years old, which should be true.

Zhang Dingbian didn't know that Li Jie came to Xintu Island, and there were too many people around Zhu Di, so he didn't notice Li Jie at first. It was not until he chatted with Zhu Di and Li Jie took the initiative to salute him, he screamed in surprise: "Li Jie, why are you here?"

"Haha~, the old general's style is still the same. This time I came with the fleet of people sent to the people. However, I didn't expect that the old generals, you went to Japan and almost missed it!" Li Jie replied with a smile again.

Zhang Dingbian was very happy when he heard this. He immediately pulled Li Jie to chat for a while. It was not until Zhu Di urged him to go back and chat again, which made him wake up. So a group of people left the port and returned to the city. Zhu Di also held a banquet in the mansion to welcome Zhang Dingbian.

On the way, Zhang Dingbian also talked to Li Jie about some old things about the suppression of Japanese pirates in Ningbo. Not everyone lived as long as he did. For example, Zou Pusheng and Li Hong, who negotiated with him, had passed away one after another a few years. However, Tang He lived a long life, but he became a monk. Instead, Zhang Dingbian returned to secular life, and the two happened to be the opposite.

The banquet was also very lively. Zhang Dingbian did not come back alone, but there were many people accompanying him. In addition, the people on Zhu Di's side were very familiar with both sides, so the banquet was also lively.

Li Jie sat together with Zhang Dingbian, and the two chatted a lot. By the way, he also asked Zhang Dingbian about their development after they arrived in Xintu Island and the situation in Japan.

Japan was originally Zhu Qi's territory, but since the discovery of the Americas, Zhu Qi also began to cooperate with Zhu Di. For example, this time Zhu Di rented a port in Zhu Qi for the supply of the fleet, and Zhang Dingbian personally led people there, and various supplies were also obtained by trading with Zhu Di.

However, just as we were chatting, Zhang Dingbian suddenly waved to the side, and saw a young man quickly step forward, then saluted Li Jie solemnly and said, "Student Qu Fu, greeting Mr.!"

Seeing this young man holding a student ceremony to him, Li Jie was also stunned. Then he looked at the other party carefully, but found that the other party looked a little familiar. This surprised him and said, "Are you a student in the academy?"

"That's right, the students are the second batch of graduates from the academy. I heard the teacher's lectures when I was in Nanjing!" Qu Fu replied respectfully again.

"Li Jie, let me introduce you to you. Fu'er is my nephew and his father is my only nephew. He changed his surname to Qu to avoid disaster, but we have always had a relationship. Until a few years ago, after the child came out of the academy, he came to me to do things. Now he is my most capable helper!" At this time, Zhang Dingbian took Qu Fu's hand and introduced Li Jie again.

"So you and the old general have this kind of relationship!" Li Jie was surprised when he heard this, but it was normal to think about it. If Qu Fu had exposed his relationship with Zhang Dingbian, he might not have completed his studies so smoothly in the academy.

No one is outsider, and now he has such a relationship, so Li Jie also chatted with Qu Fu intimately, but then he was surprised to find that Qu Fu is worthy of being a graduate of academy and has a far superior experience. In addition, he is following Zhang Dingbian and wants to develop his abilities. Such talents are indeed rare. No wonder Zhang Dingbian calls him his most capable helper.

This welcoming banquet was drunk until midnight, and most people were drunk, and Zhang Dingbian also drank a lot, but he had a lot of alcohol, so he was not drunk. Instead, he invited Li Jie to go back and talk to him in detail.

Li Jie was also thinking this way. After all, the banquet was full of talk and it was not convenient for him to ask for many questions, so he left the banquet with Zhang Dingbian and returned to Zhang Dingbian's residence in the city. After the two of them sat down in the study, they savored tea while chatting.

"Elder General, what conditions did you and the fourth uncle meet, and why were you willing to be driven by him?" Li Jie finally asked the question he was most concerned about at this time. You must know that Zhang Dingbian was rebellious. Even Old Zhu could not subdue him, but Zhu Di did it.

Regarding Li Jie's question, Zhang Dingbian was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get you something, you might know if you look at it!"

Zhang Dingbian said as he stood up, then took out a not-so-thick booklet from the bookshelf behind him, and then solemnly handed it to Li Jie.
Chapter completed!