Shen Yizhong was actually in the study next to the flower hall at this time, he just wanted to deliberately dry Guo Zhiyuan's anger, and he couldn't sit still when he heard Guo Zhiyuan's exclamation, he couldn't imagine that Guo Zhiyuan was actually proficient in the collection of antique calligraphy and paintings, if Guo Zhiyuan went to Emperor Wanli to sue himself, saying that he had collected so many precious antique calligraphy and paintings, he would be in trouble, and he couldn't care about drying Guo Zhiyuan anymore, so he quickly stood up and walked towards the flower hall, and when he walked to the door, he deliberately coughed dryly, and then walked in with the rack.

Guo Zhiyuan turned his head to look when he heard the sound, and saw an old man wearing a big red round-necked official robe and a peacock pattern embroidered on his chest walked in, his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Shen Yizhong, knowing that this person was Shen Yizhong, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Xiaguan Guo Zhiyuan has seen Lord Shen!" ……”

Shen Yizhong naturally wouldn't give Guo Zhiyuan any good looks, so he walked straight to the Taishi chair in the middle of the flower hall with a "hmm" from his nose, slanted a glance at Guo Zhiyuan, and said in an official tone: "Guo Zhiyuan, the letter from the governor has been received, but now that my Zhangzhou treasury is empty, the finances are tight, and the Japanese invaders have repeatedly come to attack, and they are stretched thin everywhere, I'm afraid I won't be able to give you much support......

Guo Zhiyuan secretly said that you are talking nonsense, and it is more than enough to fold your courtyard and the antique calligraphy and paintings in it into silver for me, but he had already expected that Shen Yizhong would have such an attitude, so he did not panic, and smiled slightly: "The lower officials also know that Lord Shen is in trouble, and if it is a general affair, the lower officials will never dare to bother Lord Shen, but the lower officials' envoy to Luzon this time is sent by the saint, if it is too shabby, it will fall into the prestige of the imperial court, and hurt the dignity of the saint, and the lower officials can not afford to bear the guilt!" ……”

Shen Yizhong saw that Guo Zhiyuan carried out the will of Emperor Wanli, and it was not good to push it anymore, so he coughed dryly and said: "If you have any requirements, you can tell the official first, and the official will try his best to raise it, but you don't have too high hopes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the treasury is empty, and the official can't conjure up silver for you out of thin air......"

Guo Zhiyuan had already prepared a list of required materials, and seeing that Shen Yizhong's tone was a little loose, he hurriedly took out the prepared list from his sleeve and handed it over, Shen Yizhong sneered when he took it, and read with the list: "10,000 taels of silver, 3,000 stones of grain, 2 lucky ships, 500 guard sergeants, 500 fat jackets, 500 pairs of net boots, 100 long knives, 100 spears, 100 rattan cards, 100 waist knives, 100 longbows, 100 crossbows, 5,000 arrows, 100 pairs of iron armor, 100 fire guns, **1,000 catties...... Hmph, Lord Guo's lion mouth is inevitably too big, even if I empty all the treasury of Zhangzhou, I can't be satisfied, Lord Guo still goes back to Fuzhou to find the governor, please ask the governor to raise it himself, the official is powerless! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan played the idea of asking for money on the spot, and if he really wanted to go back to Fuzhou to find Xu Xueju, the treacherous and cunning Xu Xueju would definitely play ball, so his errand to Luzon was delayed, so he smiled and said: "If Lord Shen has difficulties, you can delete some ...... on the list."

Shen Yizhong glanced at Guo Zhiyuan, thought for a while, and said: "If the saint made a clear decree early and asked the official to prepare in advance, the official may be able to transfer some materials from the treasury of my Zhangnan Province, but now it is so hasty, it is impossible to transfer it from the treasury of various places, and the official can only let the Haicheng County Ya temporarily raise it, before you came, the official has discussed with Haicheng Zhi County, and you can allocate 1,000 taels of silver, 300 stones of grain, a lucky boat, and 50 guard sergeants...... If you want the official, let the Haicheng County Government prepare, and if you are too little, you will go to the governor to raise ......"

Guo Zhiyuan was so angry that he scolded secretly, this Shen Yizhong is really ruthless, he cut only one-tenth of the materials listed on his list, fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan had already prepared, and he didn't have too much hope for Shen Yizhong, he didn't have the energy to go to Xu Xueju to fight a lawsuit, Shen Yizhong had already thought of prevarication in his words, it was useless to move out of the secret decree of Emperor Wanli, officialdom has always been like this, there are policies and countermeasures, and he can only consider himself unlucky, Who let himself happen to meet Shen Yizhong, who has already formed a relationship with his family, and finally asked for some money, food and materials from Shen Yizhong, which is better than nothing, gritted his teeth and said: "So it will trouble Lord Shen!" ……”

Shen Yizhong deliberately withheld Guo Zhiyuan's materials in order to provoke Guo Zhiyuan to make trouble, so that he could clean up Guo Zhiyuan on the grounds of disrespecting the official, but Guo Zhiyuan didn't know that Guo Zhiyuan didn't get on the trap, and actually agreed to his harsh conditions, so he couldn't use the topic to play, so he snorted coldly and said: "In this case, you will wait at the inn, and when the inventory of the Haicheng County Ya is completed, and the materials you need are ready, the official will let people find you to hand over the ......."

Guo Zhiyuan didn't want to look at Shen Yizhong's cold eyes anymore, and hurriedly got up to say goodbye, Shen Yizhong looked at Guo Zhiyuan's back and left, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he sneered and said to himself: "Guo Zhengyu is bad for my Shen family, wouldn't it be too cheap for the old man to let you go, if the old man is on land, it is not good for the old man to do to you, when you get to the sea, it will be easy for the old man to let you disappear!" ……”

Not long after Guo Zhiyuan returned to the inn, Zhang Cheng came again, Guo Zhiyuan asked Zhang Cheng to come to Haichengyue Port first to let him inquire about the news of the Dutchman Wei Malang, the Dutch have been salivating over the huge profits of maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty, and also bribed Gao Yin to establish mutual trade relations with the Ming Dynasty, and occupied Penghu Magong Island, ready to entrench there for a long time, and later because Shen Yourong came forward, Wei Malang had to withdraw from Penghu because of his lack of confidence, Wanli did not approve Gao Yin's performance, and the Dutch's attempt to exchange markets with the Ming Dynasty was also in vain, However, the Dutch thief did not die, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Ming Dynasty to fight with Jiannu and had no time to take care of the sea and occupied Dongfan (Taiwan), so that Zheng Chenggong later recovered Taiwan's feat.

Guo Zhiyuan asked Zhang Cheng to inquire about Wei Malang's news, just to use the wolf to drive the tiger and use the Dutch to put pressure on the Spanish colonists occupying the Philippines, so that the Spaniards would fear that the Ming Dynasty would unite with the Dutch to launch a naval war against them, drive them out of the Philippines, and let the Dutch replace them, so they had to make concessions.

But this time it seems that luck is not on Guo Zhiyuan's side, Zhang Cheng went to Haicheng to inquire about Wei Malang's news, but found nothing, the Dutch fleet disappeared after withdrawing from Penghu Magong Island, I don't know where it went, Guo Zhiyuan listened to Zhang Cheng's report and sighed in his heart, this is really unfavorable, his own strategy of driving the tiger with wolves seems to be useless.

Wei Malang couldn't be found, but Guo Zhiyuan couldn't change the plan to send Luzon, so he could only improvise, and after waiting at the inn for two days, the Haicheng County Ya sent a government official to find Guo Zhiyuan, informing him that the materials he wanted were ready, and asked him to go directly to Haichengyue Port to hand over.

Originally, Guo Zhiyuan was a diplomatic envoy, although Wanli did not clarify his grade in the secret decree, but even with the original grade of Guo Zhiyuan's seven-grade Zhizhi County, at least Haicheng Zhixian should personally receive and hand him over, but the Haicheng County Ya only sent a government official to inform him, obviously deliberately belittling him, needless to say that this must be Shen Yizhong's deliberate humiliation of him.

Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan was mentally prepared, and he was not willing to be entangled in such details, so he took Zhang Cheng and them to follow the servant to the Moon Port, this is the first time Guo Zhiyuan saw the port of this era, and was also stunned by the spectacular scene in front of him, as the only port that allowed to trade at sea during the Wanli period, the scale of the Moon Port is really not small, there are thousands of large and small sailing ships moored, and from time to time you can see a ship sailing out to sea, seeing the spectacular scene of a hundred boats competing for the current and a thousand sails covering the sun, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but clench his fists excitedly, This will be his new starting point, and he will go to sea from here to start his grand career at sea!

However, Guo Zhiyuan's excitement did not last long, the official took him around to a remote corner of the dock, pointed to a dhow in front of him and said to Guo Zhiyuan: "Lord Guo, this is the blessing boat you want, the materials you want have been moved onto the ship, please get on the ship to count and hand over!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan looked at the dhow in front of him, and the lungs were about to explode, and this ship was too broken! The entire hull can be seen everywhere with traces of tinkering with a wooden plank in the east and a wooden plank in the west, and even the sails are covered with patches, compared with several majestic three-masted Daifuku ships next to it, it is simply like a flower child, Guo Zhiyuan suspects that this ship will encounter a big storm when it goes to the sea, and he is afraid that a huge wave will fall apart!

Although Guo Zhiyuan had expected that Shen Yizhong would perfunctory himself and would not be able to give himself anything good, this is also too much, such a broken boat may be reluctant to fish in the offshore sea, and to go so far by sea to Manila is simply for Guo Zhiyuan to die!

Seeing Guo Zhiyuan clenching his fists angrily, the official was so frightened that he hurriedly took a step back, and said tremblingly: "Guo... Mr. Guo, small... The villain is just doing things on orders, and the big... Adults if... If you don't think it's okay, since... Self-going and big... The theory of the great master, a thousand... Don't... Don't blame... Blame the villain......"

Guo Zhiyuan slowly calmed down from his anger, he knew that Shen Yizhong was doing this to deliberately provoke him, and it was best to be so angry that he would beat up this servant, so that Shen Yizhong could use the topic to play, even if he went to find the theory of Haicheng Zhi County, then Haicheng Zhi County would have already hid if he was afraid, and in the end it was his own time that was delayed.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan's clenched fist slowly loosened, and he smiled at the official and said, "Okay, this boat, this official wants it!" Why don't you want to spend no money? As he spoke, he waved his hand to Zhang Cheng behind him and said, "Zhang Cheng, you go on the boat with this big brother to count the supplies......