"Your Highness, there is the pier in Yuhang Mansion in front of you." Lying lazily on the wide bed, two pretty maids were kneeling gently in front of the handsome young man, one of whom was pinching and kneading his leg muscles. The other was peeling a purple-red shell from the fruit plate, and the crystal white flesh radiated an attractive sweet fragrance. The huge dragon boat was moving very smoothly on the wide canal surface. The slightly undulating water waves were simply negligible for a giant, and even the hot coffee placed on the low table next to it had not spilled a little.

Swallowing the cored flesh in one bite, the handsome young man nodded slightly: "Every time I eat this Hepu Dali, which is better than any delicious delicacy in the world, I never want to go back to the imperial capital again. Liao Qichang really understands his thoughts. He sent these baskets of Dali in Jinling. It is impossible for people not to be grateful."

The person who came in to report was a middle-aged guard with an eagle-eyed and tiger body, and a angular face with no expression on it. He just gave a respectful bow and wanted to retreat.

"Chuan Yue, come and take a break." He greeted the other person intimately. Yingjun Gunnian patted the seat next to him to signal the other person.

"Your Highness, you will be at your destination soon. I still have to prepare some things." The eagle-eyed man still shook his head coldly and turned away.

The handsome young man sitting upright shrugged, probably because he had become accustomed to the strong man in front of him, and he didn't say much, just nodded and watched the strong man disappear outside the sand curtain. The handsome young man thoughtfully withdrew his gaze and said, "This guy always does this. It's not funny at all."

"Hehe, Your Highness. As long as he can complete the tasks for Your Highness, it's enough. There is no need to ask too much else? He is very skilled, and his name is not false." The middle-aged scholar who had been sitting in the corner of the porthole was wearing a green Confucian robe, and a huge folding fan opened and closed, but the scholar's eyes never left the view outside the window.

"Well, I heard that he betrayed two families and killed countless people. He was unable to move forward in the world. I don't know why the competition was." The handsome young man was not very clear about the origin of the strong man, but he knew that the person recommended by his confidant would definitely not be a weak person, and his loyalty was even more doubtful.

"Oh, it's better if your highness doesn't ask about the sad things." A rare sympathy appeared on the middle-aged scholar's face. He probably didn't want to talk about this issue.

"Oh?" The handsome young man was even more interested and asked, "Let me tell me. I am quite envious of the world, I am happy with revenge, and sing wildly with swords. How free I am? It's like I am tangled around for common things all day long." The handsome young man's words were full of helplessness, as if he had some meaning.

"Haha, Your Highness is not saying this. If the things you are busy with are considered civilized, then the affairs of the world are not very common? The middle-aged scholar shook his head and smiled bitterly," The world is not as free as His Highness imagined. It is like a big dye vat. Once a person falls into the crowd, he wants to climb out. It is difficult to climb up to heaven. Unless he devotes himself to the official family like Chuanyue, he will not be able to help himself in the world. This is probably the most true portrayal of the truth."

"Then what you said seems to be rumored to have offended a lot of enemies in the world?" The handsome young man asked with interest.

Seeing that his lord was so interested, the middle-aged scholar had to follow his words and said: "Well, Chuanyue should say that it is difficult to gain a foothold in the north of the empire. Even in the entire empire, it is also very dangerous. Otherwise, I don't think he would come to me and ask me to introduce him to His Highness. He was originally from a martial arts sect in Heshuo area - Qingfengmen. Qingfengmen is a Taoist sect with Taoist disciples under his sect. However, he was entangled with a young female Taoist Guan and was expelled from the Qingfengmen.

It would be fine for the sect. He went back to seduce the female Taoist crown and escaped. This angered the Qingfeng Sect and pursued him with all his might. He had nowhere to hide, so he joined the Yanyun Laizhou Prefecture sect, the Wuhu Duanmen Dao Sect. Who knew that his wife was taken aback by the brothers of the Wuhu Duanmen Dao Sect again, and repeatedly seduced and teased him, which made him angry and seriously injured the other party, and then ran away. At this time, his original identity was also revealed. There was no place for him to stand on the Central Plains Wulin Dao, so he had to come and surrender to his subordinates."

"Haha, I can't tell that Chuanyue, who is usually cold-faced and cold-faced, is still a kind of love species. I guess that woman must be Kuili Feifan." The handsome young man laughed and thought it was very interesting.

"I have seen this subordinate, and I can only say that he is a bit pretty. Maybe because his lover's eyes are like Xi Shi." The middle-aged scholar shook his head and sighed. "If his father had not been kind to me, I wouldn't bother with him. I don't know how his father taught him this way. But that's fine. With His Highness, you can also find a wife and a son, which is considered as an explanation to his father."

"The Qingfeng Sect and the Five Tiger Broken Sect Sword are very powerful in the empire? Why have I never heard of it?"

"Your Highness is busy with all kinds of things every day, and he is concerned about military and national affairs. How could he take these wild things seriously? Even his subordinates heard him after Chuanyue came." The middle-aged scholar replied.

"It seems that the world is still a prey of the weak," said the handsome young man with some emotion. "There is no pure land in the world, and this sentence is true."

"Haha, Your Highness doesn't have to be sentimental. This is the way of the world. Survival of the strong and elimination of the weak. No matter which way of practice, you cannot escape this law." The middle-aged scholar disagreed. "This time, Your Highness was ordered by Your Majesty to go out to the East China Sea and Jiangnan. Isn't this a part of it?"

The handsome young man is Situ Yuan, the seventh prince of the Tanghe Empire. He was ordered to inspect the East China Sea and the two counties of Jiangnan, focusing on inspecting the defense of the water fleet against the Japanese in the East China Sea. In the East China Sea, Jiangnan is the richest place in the empire. Without war for hundreds of years, in addition to the harassment of the Japanese in the East China Sea in recent years, the entire Jiangnan region has been in peace. Half of the empire's financial income comes from Jiangnan, and the tax revenue of the two counties of Jiangnan and Donghai accounted for about 70% of the empire's total fiscal revenue, and with Wuhu County, it reached nearly 90%.

However, with the booming rise of industrial and commercial forces in the two counties, it directly posed a challenge to the gentry forces headed by the land aristocrats. Especially in Jiangnan County, all of the emerging industrial and commercial families known as the seven major families in Jiangnan were from common people. After using Jiangnan's unique geographical environment and location to make a fortune to gain huge wealth, their political desires became increasingly high, and their relationship with the local gentry class became increasingly tense.

"Well, my father has been working hard to get out of my way. He sent me and my eldest brother and the third brother away so early to pave the way for Lao Jiu. I wonder what the eldest brother and the third brother and the others felt?" Situ Yuan slowly felt a cold smile, and he seemed a little out of harmony with his handsome face. He waved his hand to signal the two maids to leave, and there were only two left in the spacious cabin.

The refreshing river breeze blew the embroidered silk curtains on the portholes, and the lifelike floating embroidered clouds and thunder patterns on the straight silk curtains were swaying in the wind. The middle-aged scholar reached out and pressed the silk curtains and slowly tied them. The shimmering outside the windows could occasionally see the passing ships crossing from afar. The soldiers on the watercraft ships responsible for the warning were fully armed, closely monitoring the movements around to prevent any accidents.

"Your Highness, I think we are in a subtle situation. In terms of military strength, we are not as good as the Great Highness and the Third Highness. But if we are in terms of economic strength and the environment we are in, we are much stronger than the two His Highnesses." The middle-aged scribe took his eyes out of the window and looked calm: "Your Highness has a solid foundation in the East China Sea and Jiangnan. With the support of the Kingdom of Milan in the south, he has been invincible. This time, your Highness can use the name of His Majesty to purify the navy and consolidate the local administrative power of the East China Sea and Jiangnan. In this way, even if a major event fails for a while, it is not too late to rely on the strong strength of the two places to pursue great achievements."

Situ Yuan shook his head slowly, his eyes were calm, and the ambergris scattered in the corner of the wall, which made people clear their minds, "It's not that simple. My father dared to put me back to Jiangnan, so he naturally had his plans. Although Jiangnan was my mother's home, it looked calm, but it was actually undercurrents. In the past few decades, those common people's forces responded to the economic power they held in their hands and demanded reform of the government and gave the common people more political rights. The voices have always been very high, but they have been strongly opposed by all levels. The father has always been vague on this issue, neither supporting nor opposing, but he indulging in the news media that waving flags for the business community. On the surface, it is not biased, but I think it's hard to say what the idea is in my heart."

He turned his eyes on Situ Yuan's face with some confusion, and the middle-aged scholar blinked and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean..."

"The local commoners in Jiangnan represented by Liao Qichang not only have close ties with the commoners in the East China Sea, but also secretly communicate with the industrial and commercial forces of Wuhu County. The power they represent is also important in the empire. Although they have no say in military affairs, Liao Qichang has already stretched his hands and feet into the navy. It can be seen that they have noticed the changes in the empire situation and began to prepare for it. I see that Lao Jiu came with him frequently when Liao Qichang returned to Beijing to report his duties last time. Hum, what was his idea? If there is another acquiescence from his father, and some people will thread needles and thread them. I'm afraid the variables in the middle will be very big."

Situ Yuan's face was filled with darkness, obviously he was extremely afraid of this matter. Situ Lang was originally very popular in the court, but if he put his hand into his backyard, his position would be in danger. However, the two gentry forces in the two counties that supported him were in the same situation as the commoners represented by Liao Qichang. It is difficult to reconcile the conflicts between the two sides. At this moment, he would not be able to take such a risk to please those commoners. If he did not do it well, he would fail both ends. Fortunately, his influence in the Eastern Military Region is still stable. If he could get the full support of the Kingdom of Milan, these two places should not be able to cause any storm.

The middle-aged scribe was speechless for a moment, just thinking silently about the joint in between.
Chapter completed!