Empress, you don't want to be thrown into limbo by your father, do you?

Dry road, rough and bumpy.

The waterway is smooth but overwhelming.

The lesser of two evils, Li Changshou finally gave up taking the dry road and changed to the waterway.

After all, the dry road is not only bumpy and difficult to walk, but also time-consuming and labor-intensive. If you are not careful, you may encounter something.

It's better to go directly by water, it's a bit overwhelming, but Lu Shun is familiar with it, and the key efficiency is fast and time-consuming!
From the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away, a grand canal was spent on manpower and material resources during the previous dynasty, and the merits and demerits were written by later generations, but now it is much more convenient for Li Changshou.

"Your Highness, if all goes well, we will arrive at Qiantang in two days."

On the canal leading to the south of the Yangtze River, a building boat sailed along the wind and waves from north to south, and there were two people standing on the bridgehead deck.

One of them stood with his hands behind his back and looked into the distance. He was wearing a simple and seemingly simple, but very delicate and gorgeous clothes, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Behind him, someone cupped his hands respectfully and said, "This subordinate has already ordered someone to go ahead for a day and go to Qiantang to start doing some sorting."

"Inquire about the news as soon as possible, I don't want to wait too long!"

This boat is exactly the group of Shouwang Mansion who left the capital all the way to the south of the Yangtze River.

Standing on the bow deck was naturally Li Changshou, and Guan Peng, as the escort on this trip, immediately nodded upon hearing this: "This subordinate will definitely do his best!"

Even though Li Changshou left the capital, he didn't bring many people with him except his family.

In fact, secretly, everything has already been arranged!
The Guanghuangcheng Division made arrangements ahead of time along the way, and hundreds of people rushed to Jiangnan one step ahead of schedule.

"As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. Do you think Gu can overwhelm those people when he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River this time?"

Li Changshou smiled and asked casually. The three counties in the south of the Yangtze River have been rich since ancient times. Although the folk customs are not so tough, they have extremely special geographical factors, which make the forces in the south of the Yangtze River complicated.

Even if he came to the post this time as a prince, he knew that it was impossible to let the forces in the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River bow their heads one after another.

"Does Your Highness want to hear the truth, or a compliment?"

Guan Peng was not in a hurry to flatter, but asked cautiously.

"Oh? Tell me, what is a compliment and what is the truth?"

Li Changshou also laughed when he heard this, but was not angry.

In fact, he already had the answer in his heart.

Guan Peng quickly replied: "If it's a compliment, His Royal Highness, the nobles of the royal family will hold the imperial decree, and all the officials will bow down wherever they go, and there will be no one who dares not to obey!"

"What about the truth?"

"Your Highness, forgive me..."

"Say, pardon your innocence."

"Then my subordinate said, the truth is, although the folk customs of the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River are not competitive, but there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers here. There are several great families of the Guang family, and they have been passed down for at least a hundred years, and there have been many great Confucian masters. "

Guan Peng observed Li Changshou's face while talking, and found that he was not angry, so he continued: "In addition, the admiral of Jiangdong was expected to become the governor of the East China Sea, but he lost his good chance because of His Highness. His subordinates have ordered people to inquire about it. The Fang family, one of the Jiangdong families, has made friends with him, and this Fang family has a high prestige in Jiangdong, and its people are all over the place, and it controls at least [-]% of the docks at Qiantang Haikou."

Li Changshou smiled, "Go ahead."

"The Fang family is deeply rooted in Jiangdong, and has had close contacts with many county guards and county magistrates. Many people are even from the sidelines of the Fang family, and they control the entire Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce. Their wealth covers the sky with their hands."

Guan Peng paused as he spoke, "In addition, my subordinates have found out that the Fang family has a lot of friendship with many sects in Jianghu, especially with Jiangnan Jianzhuang, the first sect in Jiangdong!"

The three counties in the south of the Yangtze River are rich, and the Fang family is a giant in front of Li Changshou!
He controls the chamber of commerce, the wharf, and has close contacts with the sects of the rivers and lakes. Most of the county magistrates in Jiangnan are related to the Fang family.

Anyone who listens to these will feel a heavy pressure on their face.

Doesn't Li Changshou know?
he knows!
"That's why this subordinate dares to say that if His Highness can control the Fang family in the shortest possible time during this trip, then the entire three counties in the south of the Yangtze River can be controlled by His Highness, if not..."

Guan Peng didn't go on, he also knew that he was a little bold.

If you encounter that kind of moody master, these words may cause trouble.

But Li Changshou listened, but nodded with a smile: "Then do you think the Fang family will surrender willingly?"

"Subordinate...don't know."

Guan Peng shrank his neck, how could he know such a thing?
But there are also some secrets that he has guessed to some extent. For example, when he came to the south of the Yangtze River in this way, among the female relatives accompanying His Highness King Shou, there was a female family member with a very special status.

He had already guessed what Li Changshou meant by taking that female relative, but there are some things that a smart person would do by pretending to be stupid.

Li Changshou smiled and didn't force it, but turned and returned to the cabin.

Anyway, there are still two days to arrive, so there is no rush.

He has already prepared the bargaining chip against the Fang family.

Back in the cabin, Li Changshou couldn't bear to disturb them when he looked at the beautiful figure who was tired and sleeping soundly.

After all, although the waterway is fast these days, it is still not good to have a rest. He also knows that these days, few girls can sleep well at night.

"Your Highness."

Probably the sound of the door opening startled the beauty, Li Changshou didn't want to disturb, but it still woke Lin Luoxi and Gu Shi from their sleep.

Both women have martial arts, and their skills are much higher than those of ordinary Jianghu powerhouses, so even if they are not used to walking by water, they can barely handle it.

"Sleep a little longer, it's still early."

Li Changshou didn't continue to disturb, but turned around and went to another wing.

Compared to Lin Luoxi and Gu's martial arts, who were both born in the magic sect and are not so delicate, Fang Rou's journey has not been so easy.

Pushing open the door, she saw that Fang Rou had fallen into a deep sleep and hadn't woken up yet.

Although she is from the south of the Yangtze River, she is used to rich clothes and fine food, and she suffered a lot along the way, but she was exhausted.

"It's better to give her some conditioning."

Li Changshou said to himself that Fang Rou is the key piece for him to gain a quick foothold in Jiangnan. It's not that he can't gain a foothold in Jiangnan without Fang Rou, but it will cost him a lot of effort without Fang Rou.

He is actually quite afraid of trouble, he can be simple and never wants to try to be complicated.

Coming to Fang Rou, Li Changshou once again began to infuse her with the essence of the Nine Suns Divine Art...

Fang Rou also woke up all of a sudden, but she couldn't refuse and couldn't refuse. In the end, she could only cooperate with Li Changshou's dominance.

An hour later, Li Changshou finally finished his work.

"Have a good rest, and you will be able to arrive at Qiantang the day after tomorrow. I hope you won't disappoint Gu."

Looking at Fang Rou's rosy complexion, although he was still too tired to get up, it was obvious that with his help for an hour, he could sleep more soundly next time.

"I understand..."

Fang Rou has already resigned to her fate, and even during this period of time, she has gradually forgotten everything in the past on purpose.

As a human being, we must look forward!

Can't be bound by the past forever, she is still young and has a future...

……

"Your Highness, the flying pigeons in the capital are sending letters!"

Li Changshou's departure from the capital doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about the capital's every move.

At this moment, someone delivered a secret letter to him.

"Go down."

After waving his hand, he opened the secret letter after stepping away from the screen, which recorded the changes in the entire imperial city in the nearly half month since he left the capital.

Most of them are not far from what he expected.

"The emperor's old man has really become diligent and caring for the people?"

It turned out that ever since he had an unspeakable hidden disease, Emperor Qianming changed his personality instead of being incompetent and negligent in government affairs all these years.

However, the prince has been ordered to supervise the country, has gradually gained power in the court, and has begun to reveal some wolfish ambitions.

"I can't hold back, it's only been a while, and there's no city at all."

Li Changshou couldn't help shaking his head, he didn't know how to copy his homework, let's see what Emperor Qian Ming did 30 years ago?

Before the change of the Meridian Gate, there was no prince who was so high-profile now.

"Huh? Is the imperial concubine sick?"

Most of the changes in the court were within Li Changshou's expectations, such as the crown prince becoming more and more high-profile, Qi Guogong came out again to strengthen the power of the prince's party, and the Qing school continued to support the prince, etc.

The noble concubine fell ill, which somewhat made him doubt whether it was true or not.

Will a great master of Tianpin fall ill?
"System, is there any clairvoyance and wind ear exchange?"

He is almost at Qiantang County now, thousands of miles away from the capital, even if he is a land god, he can't fly back, right?
【Ding!According to the host's temporary strength realm, it is temporarily impossible to open a higher latitude exchange list]

Li Changshou just asked casually, but he didn't expect that there really were?
But he gave up after listening, "Higher latitude? It won't really develop in the future, will it?"

The land god he is now is just a so-called god, not a real god, but from another perspective, a land god can live for 500 years without dying, is there any difference from cultivating immortals?

"What about the portal?"

【…】

"Somersault cloud, the kind of somersaulting one hundred and eight thousand miles away?"

【…】

"Nothing, do you need to upgrade the inventory of the system, otherwise how will you mess with me in the future?"

【Ding!According to the requirements of the host, the system will be upgraded in the future, and the duration is expected to be 72 hours...]

Li Changshou: "..."

Good job!
He discovered the blind spot again!

The system can really be upgraded!

He is somewhat looking forward to what changes will happen after the system upgrade is complete?
"It's not going to be directly anthropomorphic, is it?"

Li Changshou rubbed his chin and smiled wickedly, then continued to read the secret letter.

In addition to the changes in the court and the imperial concubine's sudden illness, some of his followers in the capital also began to advance.

"I never said that I would give up the meat of the imperial army."

On the surface, the Duke of Qi came out to take charge of the forbidden army, but would Li Changshou hand over the [-] forbidden army?
Is he stupid?
Already ready!

Now the prince is trying his best to stuff people into the imperial army and promote them in various ways, but those people are actually dead soldiers under his control!
In just half a month, half of the middle and lower ranks of the Forbidden Army were replaced by the manpower placed by the prince.

But who would have thought that those people were actually loyal to him, Li Changshou?

In addition, the capital city has not been peaceful in the past half month.

The reason is that in just half a month, three people died in the court hall one after another!
One person was found dead in the concubine's room, one person was crushed to death by falling logs while going out, and another person was accidentally stabbed in the chest with a knife and died violently on the spot when someone had a dispute on the way back home.

It is normal for people to die, but in just half a month, three ministers of the imperial court died. The key point is that these three people are all partisans of the imperial concubine, which immediately caused panic in the whole capital.

"Prince, you did a good job."

Li Changshou showed a playful smile, yes, it was all done by the prince's order, what does it have to do with Li Changshou?
He left the capital half a month ago, and he can't fly, so it's impossible to make trouble in the capital, right?

Besides, the one who died was his mother and concubine's henchmen, what would outsiders think?
What would the court officials, including the emperor's elders, think?
Prime Minister, what do you think?
……

Two days later.

Qiantang County, wharf.

Standing at the bow of the boat, watching the big boat approach the shore, Li Changshou stood with his hands behind his hands with a smile on his lips.

From a distance, he could see that many people were already waiting on the pier. It must be said that many people came, especially the most conspicuous figures in official uniforms at the top.

Don't ask, they are the officials of the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

The East China Sea Jiedu Envoy is a great official in the frontier, not to mention Li Changshou's special status.

No matter what you think in your heart, you will naturally come to greet him on the surface.

"Your Majesty, Sheriff of Lin'an, pay my respects to Your Highness!!"

"Your Majesty, Governor of Gusu, pay my respects to Your Highness!"

"Your Majesty, Governor of Yangzhou, pay my respects to Your Highness!"

"Xiaguan Qiantang..."

As soon as the ship docked, a group of officials and lords from the south of the Yangtze River came forward to greet them, and there was a great battle.

Li Changshou glanced indifferently and didn't say anything, just looked at the sky.

The head of Lin'an County Sheriff who came up to greet him quickly apologized.

"It's getting late today, and the officials have already arranged for His Highness to go, and asked the Jiaofang Secretary to prepare the singing and dancing, and wait for His Highness!"