Chen Yizhong was actually in the study room next to the flower hall. He wanted to deliberately hang Guo Zhiyuan and let out his anger. He couldn't sit still when he heard Guo Zhiyuan's screams. He didn't expect that Guo Zhiyuan was still proficient in collecting antique calligraphy and paintings. If Guo Zhiyuan went to Emperor Wanli to complain to him and said that he had collected so many precious antique calligraphy and paintings, he would be in trouble. He didn't care about hang Guo Zhiyuan anymore. He quickly stood up and walked towards the flower hall. When he reached the door, he deliberately coughed dryly, and then he picked up the frame and walked in.

When Guo Zhiyuan heard the sound, he turned his head and saw an elderly man wearing a big red round-necked official robe and a patch embroidered with a peacock pattern on his chest. His eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Shen Yiguan. He knew that this person was Shen Yizhong, so he quickly bowed and said, "The official Guo Zhiyuan has seen Lord Shen!"

Chen Yizhong naturally would not give Guo Zhiyuan any good face. He said "um" from his nose and walked straight to the Grand Master's chair in the middle of the flower hall. He glanced at Guo Zhiyuan and said in an official voice: "Guo Zhiyuan, I have received the letter from the governor. However, now my Zhangzhou treasury is empty and the finances are tight. In addition, the Japanese pirates are repeatedly attacking and are struggling everywhere. I am afraid I will not give you much support..."

Guo Zhiyuan thought to himself that you just talk nonsense, and it would be more than enough to fold your yard and the antique calligraphy and paintings inside into silver for me. However, he had already expected that Chen Yizhong would have such an attitude, so he was not panicked. He smiled and said, "The officials also know that Lord Shen is in trouble. If it is a general affairs official, he would never dare to bother Lord Shen. However, the officials were sent by the emperor this time on Luzon. If it was too shabby, it would be a despicable person to the imperial court and hurt the emperor's demeanor, so the emperor would not be able to afford to be guilty!"

Seeing that Guo Zhiyuan had brought out the order of Emperor Wanli, Chen Yizhong was not good enough to swear, so he coughed dryly and said, "If you have any requirements, you can talk to me first. I will do my best to raise it, but you should not put too high hopes. A good wife cannot cook without rice. The treasury is empty, and I cannot make money for you out of thin air..."

Guo Zhiyuan had already prepared the order of the required supplies. Seeing that Chen Yizhong's mouth was a little loose, he quickly took out the prepared order from his sleeve and handed it over. Chen Yizhong took it and sneered, and took it and said, "Ten thousand taels of silver, 3,000 grain, two lucky boats, five hundred guard soldiers, five hundred fat jackets, five hundred pairs of mesh boots, one hundred long swords, one hundred spears, one hundred rattan cards, one hundred waist knives, one hundred long bows, one hundred crossbows, five thousand arrows, one hundred iron armor, one hundred muskets, one hundred muskets, one thousand pounds... Humph, Lord Guo's lion's mouth was too big, and even if I emptied my Zhangzhou treasury, it would be impossible to satisfy me. Lord Guo would still go back to Fuzhou to find the governor and ask the governor to raise it himself. I am powerless!"

Guo Zhiyuan was originally the idea of ​​asking for a lot of money to pay it back locally. If he really wanted to go back to Fuzhou to find Xu Xueju, the cunning Xu Xueju would definitely play the ball. Then his job on Luzon was delayed and he smiled and said, "If Mr. Shen has difficulties, he can delete some of the orders..."

Chen Yizhong glanced at Guo Zhiyuan, thought for a while and said, "If the emperor issued an order early and asked me to prepare in advance, I might be able to allocate some supplies from the treasurys of various places on Zhangnan Road. Now that it is so hasty, it is impossible to allocate from the treasurys of various places. I can only ask the Haicheng County Government to temporarily raise funds. Before you came, I have discussed with the magistrate of Haicheng County. I can allocate 1,000 taels of silver, 300 stones of grain, a lucky ship, and 50 guard soldiers. The rest of the military must wait for the Haicheng County Government to inventory the inventory before I can tell you the specific number... If you want me, I will ask the Haicheng County Government Government to prepare. If you think you are too little, you will go to the governor to raise funds..."

Guo Zhiyuan was so angry that he cursed inwardly. Chen Yi Middle School was really cruel. He cut off only one-tenth of the materials listed on his list. Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan was prepared and did not have much hope for Chen Yi Middle School. He didn't have the energy to go to Xu Xueju to sue him again. Chen Yi Middle School had already thought of excuses in his words just now. Even if he moved out the secret decree of Emperor Wanli, it was useless. The officialdom has always been like this. There are policies and countermeasures from the superiors, and he can only admit that he is unlucky. Who made me meet Chen Yi Middle School, who had already formed a bond with his family? At least I also asked for some money, food and supplies from Chen Yi Middle School. It was better than not. I gritted my teeth and said, "I'll trouble Lord Shen!"

Chen Yizhong deliberately deducted Guo Zhiyuan's materials and capital to incite Guo Zhiyuan to make trouble so that he could deal with Guo Zhiyuan on the grounds of disrespect for Shangguan. However, Guo Zhiyuan did not take the trap and actually agreed to his harsh conditions. He was not able to take advantage of the situation and snorted coldly, "Since that's the case, you will wait in the inn and wait for the Haicheng County Government to inventory the inventory and prepare the materials you need. This official will ask someone to go and hand over it..."

Guo Zhiyuan didn't want to look at Chen Yizhong's cold eyes anymore, so he quickly stood up and said goodbye. After Chen Yizhong looked at Guo Zhiyuan's back and left, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he sneered and said, "Guo Zhengyu ruined the major affairs of my Shen family. If I let you go, wouldn't it be too cheap for me to let you go? If I was on the land, it would be difficult to deal with you. When I arrived at the sea, it would be easier for me to make you disappear!"

Not long after Guo Zhiyuan returned to the inn, Zhang Cheng came again. Guo Zhiyuan asked Zhang Cheng to come to Haicheng Yuegang first to ask him for information about the Dutchman Wei Malang. The Dutch had been salivating about the huge profits of maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty. He also bribed Gao Chang to establish a trade relationship with the Ming Dynasty and occupied the Magong Island of Penghu, preparing to occupy there for a long time. Later, because Chen Yourong came forward, Wei Malang had to withdraw from Penghu inadequately, and Wanli did not approve Gao Chang's memorial. The Dutch's attempt to trade with the Ming Dynasty was ruined, but the Dutch thief was unsuccessful and took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's opportunity to fight against Jiannu and occupied Dongfan (Taiwan), which led to the feat of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan.

Guo Zhiyuan asked Zhang Cheng to inquire about Wei Malang's news, which was to use the strategy of driving away the tigers to use the Dutch to put pressure on the Spanish colonists who occupied the Philippines, so that the Spaniards would worry that the Ming Dynasty would join forces with the Dutch to launch a naval battle against them, drive them out of the Philippines, and let the Dutch replace them, and thus had to make concessions.

However, this time, it seemed that his luck was not with Guo Zhiyuan. After Zhang Cheng arrived in Haicheng, he found out about Wei Malang, but found nothing. After the Dutch fleet retreated from Magong Island in Penghu, he lost his traces. I don’t know where he went. After hearing Zhang Cheng’s report, Guo Zhiyuan felt a little sad. This is really a bad move. It seems that his plan to drive away the tiger with a wolf seems to be useless.

Wei Malang could not be found, but Guo Zhiyuan could not change his plan to go to Luzon, so he could only adapt to the situation. After waiting in the inn for two days, the Haicheng County Yamen sent a yamen runner to find Guo Zhiyuan and informed him that the supplies he asked him to go directly to Haicheng Yuegang to hand over.

Originally, as a diplomatic envoy, Guo Zhiyuan did not specify his rank in the secret decree, even if the original rank of Guo Zhiyuan's seventh-rank magistrate should have been personally received and handed over by Haicheng County Magistrate. However, Haicheng County only sent a yamen runner to notify him, which was clearly deliberately despised him. Needless to say, this must be Chen Yizhong deliberately humiliated him.

Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan was mentally prepared and was unwilling to get involved in such details. He took Zhang Cheng and the others to Yuegang to follow the yamen runners. This was the first time Guo Zhiyuan saw the port of this era and was shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him. As the only port allowed to trade in sea during the Wanli period, Yuegang is really large in scale. There are thousands of large and large sailboats parked. From time to time, you can see ships sailing to sea. Seeing the spectacular scene of hundreds of boats competing for flow and thousands of sails covering the sun, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but clench his fists excitedly. This will be his new starting point. He will go out from here to start his grand career on the sea!

However, Guo Zhiyuan's excitement did not last long. The yamen runner took him around to a remote corner of the dock, pointed to a sloop boat in front and said to Guo Zhiyuan: "Sir Guo, this is the boat you want. All the supplies you want have been brought on the boat. Please get on the boat and count and handed over it!"

Guo Zhiyuan looked at the sloop blessed ship in front of him and almost burst into anger. The blessed ship was too broken! The entire hull could see traces of repairing one wooden board in the east and one wooden board in the west, and even the sails were covered with patches. Compared with the majestic three-masted blessed ships next to him, he was like a beggar. Guo Zhiyuan suspected that the ship would encounter a big storm when he drove on the sea, and was afraid that a huge wave would fall apart!

Although Guo Zhiyuan had long expected that Shen Yizhong would be perfunctory and could not give him any good things, this was done too much. Such a broken boat might be barely fishing in the nearshore. To go to Manila by such a long way, it would be a waste of time to go to Manila, so it would be like Guo Zhiyuan to die!

The yamen runner saw Guo Zhiyuan clench his fist angrily, and was so scared that he quickly took a step back and said tremblingly: "Guo...Master Guo, little...someone is just ordered to do things, big...someone...if I think it's not possible, go and argue with the big...that's master, don't...don't blame...for blame the villain..."

Guo Zhiyuan slowly calmed down from his anger. He knew that Shen Yizhong did this to deliberately anger him. It would be better to be so angry that he beat the yamen runner up, so that Shen Yizhong could take advantage of the problem. Even if he went to the magistrate of Haicheng County to argue, Haicheng County would probably have been hiding long ago, and the time he wasted was his own waste in the end.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan's clenched fist slowly loosened, and he smiled at the yamen runner and said, "Okay, I want this ship! Why don't I want a ship that doesn't cost money?", and then waved to Zhang Cheng behind him and said, "Zhang Cheng, follow this toll brother to get on the ship and count the supplies..."
Chapter completed!