"This is a gift from Ben Gongzi, aren't you going to take them to buy snacks?" Li Yuntian glanced at the children who were timidly following the young man, and said to the young man with a smile. The fastest and most stable update is to see the latest chapter of Perfect World.

Those children are yellow and thin, and at first glance, they are caused by long-term nutrition, which makes him feel sympathetic and can help a little.

The young man was stunned when he heard this, and then he showed a happy look on his face, and couldn't help but look at the girl in the red dress.

"Thank you yet." The girl in the red dress was surprised and glared at the boy and said.

"Thank you, Childe, thank you." The young man thanked Li Yuntian repeatedly, then got up and happily led the children away.

Li Yuntian didn't want to cause trouble, so he smiled and arched his hand to the girl in the red dress, and walked away.

The girl in the red dress felt that Li Yuntian was very interesting, and she was willingly deceived by that group of children, she seemed to have a good heart, she turned her head to look at Li Yuntian's back, and led the strong man behind her to Cangzhou City.

When he arrived at the dock, Li Yuntian got on the passenger boat parked there, his luck was better, there happened to be a single room on the ship, so he wanted to get off and try to have as little contact as possible with outsiders, so that it would be safer.

The boats coming and going on the river outside the window are endless, Li Yuntian leans on the **, staring at the river, the market here in Cangzhou is calm, no one realizes that the capital is now tense, the undercurrent is surging, whether he can stop the catastrophe in the capital depends on whether he sends the edict back in time.

"I'm sorry officer, something happened, and the ship won't leave until tomorrow." Just as Li Yuntian was thinking about things worriedly, a young crew member knocked on the door and said to him apologetically, "You can go to the shore to relax first, as long as you come back tomorrow morning." ”

"What's going on?" Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly when he heard this, he didn't have time to stay here.

"The family of an official of the state government is going to Tongzhou tomorrow, so we have to spend the night here." The young crew felt Li Yuntian's dissatisfaction, and hurriedly explained with a smiling face.

Li Yuntian shook his head a little helplessly, the boat family must not be able to offend the people of the state government, otherwise how can he mix on this line in the future, he can only consider himself unlucky when he encounters this kind of thing.

In the afternoon, Li Yuntian stayed in the cabin, and in the evening, when night fell, he went to a tavern to eat, and immediately returned to the ship after the meal, and he now had to avoid contact with people from the outside world.

At night, Li Yuntian slept comfortably, he had many dreams, and when he woke up the next morning, the boat had already opened, and the scenery of the shore swept backwards outside the window.

Different from the usual, Li Yuntian felt groggy and a little uncomfortable in his head, he subconsciously glanced at the chair at the head of the **, and then he was shocked, and bounced up from the **, and the burden that was originally placed on the chair was gone.

Not only that, but the money bag he put on the ** head was also missing, and he searched the cabin and found no baggage and money bag.

"Say, has anyone entered my room?" Li Yuntian's face became bloodless in an instant, he didn't care about the money bag, but the clothes in the bag were more important than his life, he didn't have time to think about it, put on his coat and rushed out of the room, grabbed a crew member in the corridor and asked sharply.

"I didn't ...... No, no one ever entered your room last night! Seeing that Li Yuntian was angry and his eyes were cold, the crew trembled with fright and stammered in reply.

"Did a thief come?" Although Li Yuntian was in a hurry, his thoughts were still clear, and then he asked in a deep voice.

"No...... I don't know. There was a hint of panic in the crew's eyes.

"Say, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind." Li Yuntian was keenly aware of this, and with a force on his hand, he tightly stuck the necks of the crew.

"When it was morning, someone seemed to see two thieves on board, but no one lost anything, so they thought they were dazzled." The crew suddenly felt that his breathing became short, and he saw that Li Yuntian's eyes were a little red, knowing that Li Yuntian would definitely not let him go if he didn't give Li Yuntian an explanation, so he said busily.

"Do you know who they are?" Li Yuntian secretly said in his heart that he was hateful, he didn't expect that he would finally come to Cangzhou, and he would be planted in the hands of two little thieves, and asked angrily.

"I don't know." The crew hurriedly shook their heads, seeing that Li Yuntian's face was becoming more and more ugly, they hurriedly said, "They dare to do it on the ship, then there is ten Yankuai related to the people of the Cao Gang." ”

"Cao Gang?" Li Yuntian's eyes flashed with a look of surprise, he didn't expect that he would be involved with the Cao Gang.

Since the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it has always been an important channel for north-south transportation, and over time, there have been people who rely on the canal to eat, and gradually formed a Cao Gang.

The boatmen who relied on Cao Yun to make a living on the canal were all looking to the Cao Gang, which made the Cao Gang large and powerful, and it was said that there were millions of gangs.

"Quick, get the boat back." Li Yuntian quickly came back to his senses, let go of the crew, and said with an expressionless face that he had to go back to the Cangzhou dock to find the clothes sewn with the edict.

"Childe, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, there are a lot of other guests on the ship." The crew stood there awkwardly, embarrassed.

Li Yuntian didn't bother to argue with the crew, he knew that it was not realistic to let the boatman return, so he ran to the deck in three or two steps, and without thinking about it, he jumped into the water with a thud, and swam back under the surprised gaze of everyone on the boat.

At this time, the passenger ship had left the Cangzhou wharf for nearly ten miles, and of course Li Yuntian could not swim back, he was rescued by a southbound cargo ship and took the cargo ship back to Cangzhou.

The owner of the ship was very sympathetic to Li Yuntian's plight, if he was not forced to be helpless, who would jump ship and swim back to Cangzhou, but he did not hope that Li Yuntian would be able to get back the money and goods.

Although the Cao Gang has strict rules, there are many people, and it is inevitable that dragons and snakes will be mixed, and it is not strange that there are such people who steal chickens and dogs, and the Cao Gang must have turned their elbows inward, so it is not easy to find out about this matter.

Besides, how could Li Yuntian ask for someone from the Cao Gang without the slightest evidence? If you don't do it well, you will anger the Cao Gang, and you will inevitably suffer from flesh and skin.

Li Yuntian naturally knew that what the owner said was reasonable, but now the shape in front of him was like an arrow on the string, and he had to send it, even if the Cao Gang was the Longtan Tiger's Den, then he would have to break through.

If it was fruitless to find the Cao Gang dignitaries, Li Yuntian had no choice but to take a risk, secretly go to the Zhizhou of Cangzhou, and after revealing his identity and intentions, let the Cangzhou Zhizhou put pressure on the Cao Gang to retrieve the clothes.

But in this way, the situation became extremely complicated, and the situation was in the hands of Cangzhou Zhizhou.

Although the governor of Cangzhou is also from Jinshi, if he is to be carried away by the immediate interests and the yankuai in his heart, and dedicate himself and the edict to the king of Han, then it will be a failure.

Obviously, the king of Han can give Cangzhou Zhizhou a better future, if he inherits the unification, he will definitely try his best to suppress the civil officials in the court, and cultivate civil officials who are loyal to him, and if Cangzhou Zhizhou makes such a great contribution, he can at least get a position of squire, this kind of ** is undoubtedly huge for a civil official.

After hundreds of years of development, especially after the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, the Cao Gang's sphere of influence has penetrated from the canal to the Yangtze River basin and the Yellow River basin, establishing a huge and complete system.

The main hall of the Cao Gang is located in Huai'an, and there are seven important halls below, namely the Punishment Hall and the Six Branch Halls, three of the six branches are in the Canal Basin, which are the Zhongtang, Yongtang and Yitang, two are in the Yangtze River Basin, which are the Rentang and the Auditorium, and the remaining one is in the Yellow River Basin, which is the Ming Hall.

Among them, the most powerful is, of course, the three Tangkou in the canal basin, where the Cao Yun is the most developed, not only the civil freight, but also the grain transferred from the north of the Ming Dynasty are responsible for them.

The owner of the ship who saved Li Yuntian was the person of the Cao Gang Zhongtang, but he belonged to the grassroots members, that is, the ordinary ship boss, and the real core personnel were those in the hall.

Zhongtang has a Xiangtang in Cangzhou, and Li Yuntian is going to Cangzhou Xiangtang to inquire about the news, and the affairs of the Cangzhou section of the canal waters are under the jurisdiction of Cangzhou Xiangtang.

According to the information provided by the shipowner, Li Yuntian found the entrance of Cangzhou Xiangtang in a residential area in Cangzhou City.

Li Yuntian was very grateful to the owner of the cargo ship, who not only provided him with the news, but also gave him five taels of silver, if he couldn't find the salute, he could take those pieces of silver as a plate and return to the capital.

The shipowner would never have thought at this time that he just saw that Li Yuntian was a scholar, and he was pitiful for the sake of jumping ship because he was forced to jump ship by stealing a salute, so he reached out to help, but he inadvertently intervened in the battle for the succession of the Ming Dynasty.

From the outside, Caobang Cangzhou Xiangtang is a very ordinary house of a large family, but there are two big men dressed in short costumes standing at the door, which is obviously different from the usual family guards of large families.

Although the Cao Gang is numerous and powerful, it is not recognized by the imperial court, because the imperial court has to rely on the Cao Gang to be responsible for the Cao Gang transportation, so as long as the Cao Gang abides by the rules, it will also turn a blind eye to the Cao Gang.

At the same time, the imperial court was also suppressing and dividing the Cao Gang, and there was also the Cao Yun Yamen, that is, Xining, to supervise and restrain the Cao Gang.

In addition, because the Cao Gang's gangs were scattered in the canals, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and most of them were honest boatmen and their families, it was difficult to make any big waves, which made the imperial court very reassured.

Li Yuntian stood in the shade of a big tree on the side of the street diagonally opposite the Cangzhou Xiangtang of the Cao Gang, frowning and looking at the two big men guarding the door, if he was an outsider who rashly broke in, it would definitely backfire.

If Li Yuntian is given a few days, then he will definitely be able to break into the Cao Gang's Cangzhou Xiangtang, but what he lacks most now is time, where is there time to spend time, in case something happens to that dress, he will want to cry without tears.

Just when Li Yuntian was struggling, a young man walked out of the courtyard of the incense hall, carrying a bag of grain on his back, carrying an old hen in his hand, humming a small song while looking at the old hen in his hand excitedly, drooling greedily.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian's eyes couldn't help but light up, he recognized that this young man was the one who touched porcelain yesterday and was pulled by the girl in the red dress, and after a deep groan, he walked quickly towards the young man.

The young man patronized and looked at the old hen in his hand, and he didn't notice Li Yuntian who was coming towards him, Li Yuntian ran straight over, and the young man was knocked down with a sigh and sat on the ground. One