The official breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Then please come with me!" ", said to take the lead on the springboard, the springboard is quite long, people walk up and shake very much, but the official is a Haicheng native, Haicheng locals have not run the boat, so walking on the swaying springboard is also like walking on the ground, Zhang Cheng who followed him Although he has not run the boat, but he has practiced kung fu, and the chassis kung fu is solid, so he walked over easily, but when he arrived at Guo Zhiyuan, it was a little bad, so he had to raise his hands flat, staggered across the narrow springboard, and almost didn't stand firm in the middle, seeing that he was about to fall into the water, Fortunately, Fa Zheng behind him was quick and supported him, he took advantage of the momentum to rush forward, narrowly rushed over the gangplank, and staggered to the deck of the Fu Ship, finally not making a fool of himself on the spot.

At this time, there was a burst of laughter on the deck, Guo Zhiyuan turned his head to look, and saw a group of sailors lazily sitting or lying on the deck, looking at him with a sneer, looking very disdainful, these sailors have been running ships at sea all the year round, and believe in the principle that the strong are respected, so even if they know that Guo Zhiyuan is the chief officer of this trip, they do not have the slightest awe.

These sailors are all dark-skinned, the muscles on their arms are high, and they are all good at running boats, it is estimated that Shen Yizhong wants to find some Xibei goods to fool him, but everyone who runs the boat knows that this running boat is a high-risk job with his head tied to the waistband of his pants, and if he doesn't have any real skills at hand, he will simply send him to death, so Shen Yizhong can't find Xibei goods, so he can only find a group of unruly prickly sailors to fill the number, but Guo Zhiyuan has always been afraid of your temper, just afraid that you have no ability, so he is not angry, Smiling and arching his hand at the sailors, he said, "Brothers, see and laugh!" ”

At this time, the official also brought the boat boss, the boat boss is a middle-aged man in his forties, his face is full of wind and frost, at a glance, he knows that he has a lot of experience in running the ship, what kind of sailor naturally has what kind of ship boss, the ship boss looked at Guo Zhiyuan very unruly, and gave a perfunctory bow and said: "This lord, you are an adult on land, but when you get on the ship, you have to abide by the rules on the ship, and after going to sea, the adults will stay in the cabin and don't come out, don't touch the items on the ship...... If you don't want to fall into the sea to feed the fish, it's best to remember these rules......"

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes flashed, but he was not annoyed by the boss's recklessness, and said with a slight smile: "The capable person is a teacher, and this official will not interfere in the specific affairs of the ship......"

The boss of the boat nodded and did not speak again, and then began to count the materials on the ship, Shen Yizhong naturally will not have any good things for Guo Zhiyuan, those armaments and materials are all dilapidated, but the hundreds of catties are very well preserved, and they are not damp, because the Ming Dynasty has very strict regulations on **safekeeping, and the power of the **explosion is huge, so the officials below dare not be careless, but this is an unexpected joy for Guo Zhiyuan, it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to get **, and these hundreds of catties** can still play a big role at a critical time.

After the inventory, the official took out a handover list for Guo Zhiyuan to sign, and the items on the handover list were naturally intact, Shen Yizhong wanted to block Guo Zhiyuan's mouth in advance, but Guo Zhiyuan was not prepared to worry about this issue, and happily signed the handover list, and the official took the signed list back to sign.

After handing over the materials but still can't go to sea, there is no weather forecast at this time, it all depends on the feeling of the ship boss, when to go to sea has the final say of the ship boss, so after waiting for three days, you can finally go to sea, Shen Yizhong promised to Guo Zhiyuan's fifty escort sergeants also came, looking at their shabby clothes and armor, one by one crooked and listless, it is estimated that Shen Yizhong sent all Haicheng's soldiers to Guo Zhiyuan.

The leader of the team is a bearded military attaché, who is a hereditary hundred households of Zhenhaiwei, and serves as a captain in the Haicheng Battalion in Haicheng County, he looks quite mighty, but the shelf is also very big, and he didn't take Guo Zhiyuan, a diplomatic envoy, in his eyes at all.

There is also a person who is useful to Guo Zhiyuan, a middle-aged man in a long robe, his duty is to serve as the general secretary (that is, the translator) of this trip, Guo Zhiyuan does not speak Spanish, and there is no one who understands Spanish, the arrival of this general is considered to solve Guo Zhiyuan's urgent need, but Guo Zhiyuan always feels that this person's eyes are uncertain, and his image is also a little obscene, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and a sparse beard, giving people a very uncomfortable feeling.

However, Guo Zhiyuan can't find a suitable candidate for the general now, so he can only rely on this person, so he is very polite to him, and takes the initiative to give up: "Sir, your surname?" This mission to Luzon will have to rely on Mr. more......"

The more polite Guo Zhiyuan was, the more arrogant he became, and waved his hand with a big thorn: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the old man's surname is Liu, Lord Guo calls me Liu Tongshi, the old man has dealt with the Spaniards a few times, these Spaniards are not easy to mess with, after arriving in Luzon, the adults had better not talk at will, everything is left to the old man to negotiate with them......"

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes flashed, what kind of people did Shen Yizhong hand over to him? ! The ability is not big, but the shelf is not small, all of them are angry, it is strange that they can get to Luzon by relying on such a group of people, so they put away their smile and said coldly: "This official has his own measure!" With that, he turned around and went out of the cabin to find the boss of the ship.

At this time, the Fu ship had already left the Moon Harbor, and there were fewer and fewer ships that could be seen around, and soon it became a vast sea, and there were no other ships in sight, Guo Zhiyuan did not find the boss of the ship on the deck, and asked a few sailors, either ignoring it, or shaking his head and saying that he didn't know.

Guo Zhiyuan looked for a long time and didn't find the boss of the ship, and finally found a small room next to the helm room, which was quite mysterious, the doors and windows were tightly covered, and there was an ever-bright lamp hanging at the door, Guo Zhiyuan pushed it but didn't push it open, obviously the inside was locked, indicating that there were people inside, Guo Zhiyuan was about to knock on the door, the door opened, and it was the boss of the ship who came out, Guo Zhiyuan was about to see what items were in the room, it was so mysterious, but the boat boss had already closed the door again.

Seeing Guo Zhiyuan and the others, the ship's boss looked very ugly, and said coldly: "Didn't you say that you should let the adults stay in the cabin and don't move around at will?" This is a needle cabin, and outsiders can't get in! ……”

The so-called needle cabin is the place where the compass is placed, Jiajing used to use the water compass, need to place a separate cabin, after changing to a dry compass, this cabin is still retained, for the use of the needle meridian, in the Ming Dynasty navigation is to use the compass to guide the route, into which harbor, which sea, and to sail out to sea, to avoid reefs and shallows, are determined by the compass, so people call the route the needle road, and according to it to draw a navigation chart, or write a detailed description of the needle road of the book, it is called the needle meridian, It is also called needle spectrum and needle thin. In the nautical chart and the needle path record of the needle meridian, the Ming Dynasty divided the 360 degrees of the compass into 24 equal parts, and the separation of 15 degrees is always one, called the positive needle, also known as the single needle, Dan needle, between the two positive needles is also the same, called the stitch needle, so the compass actually has forty-eight directions, named after the eight trigrams. The needle road generally records the details of the boat in a certain place, the direction of the boat, the voyage of the ship, and the arrival of the ship to a certain place, and some also record various dangerous objects at sea, such as shoals, reefs, aquatic weeds, sandbanks, rocks, etc.

The needle cabin is also the key to the whole ship, and the rules on the ship are not allowed for outsiders to enter and exit, this is the common sense of navigation in this era, Guo Zhiyuan has asked Sun Er for some common sense of navigation before, so he knows that he has inadvertently committed the taboo of the boat runner, so it is no wonder that the boss of the ship has such an ugly face, and he took the initiative to apologize: "Boss Li, it is the official who is abrupt, I don't know that this is the needle cabin, and the official is looking for Boss Li everywhere but not finding it, and seeing that the door is closed here." , so ......"

The boss of the boat didn't say anything when he saw that Guo Zhiyuan took the initiative to apologize, but his face was still not good-looking, and he said coldly: "What are you looking for me?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan took out a route map from his sleeve and handed it over, pointed to a red dot marked on the route map and said: "This official wants to go to this position, please Boss Li immediately order the route to be adjusted!" ……”

The boss of the ship took the route map and looked at it with some surprise, and sneered: "It's just nonsense!" Do adults think this voyage is child's play? How can this route be changed at will? Adjusting the course at will cause disorientation at the least, or wreck the ship and kill people, and my brothers and I don't want to accompany the adults to die! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan saw that the boss of the ship did not enter the oil and salt, and he also put away his smile, and said sharply: "This official is ordered to send an envoy to Luzon, and everything is free for the official to decide, if you don't listen to the official's orders, you will not blame the official for being polite!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan had always behaved very easy-going before, but now he suddenly became so strict, but it made the boss of the ship a little uncomfortable, but he had always been rebellious, and he still didn't take Guo Zhiyuan seriously, and sneered: "I want to see how the adults are going to be unkind to me?!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan knew that he wouldn't be able to suppress this unruly ship boss if he didn't show something powerful, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "Take it!" The boat boss was just about to move, and Fa Zheng behind Guo Zhiyuan had already stepped forward as fast as lightning, grabbed the boat boss's arm and twisted him, and pushed him to the ground, the boat boss usually boasted that he had a lot of strength, and he wanted to struggle, but under Fa Zheng's iron arm, he couldn't move at all, and he couldn't help but be horrified! Screamed!