This matter is over, Guo Zhiyuan can be regarded as escaping a catastrophe, and the relationship between Dongfan and the imperial court has also returned to the previous superficial harmonious relationship, Dongfan contributed taxes and silver to the imperial court on time, and the imperial court did not interfere in Dongfan's affairs at will. It is said that Guo Zhiyuan can take a breath at this time, but what puzzles the backbone of Guo Zhiyuan's team is that Guo Zhiyuan is more diligent than before, he asked the new army to strengthen training and expand armament warfare, asked military factories to speed up the production of flintlock pistols, asked Zhao Shizhen to speed up the research and development of new firearms, and began to reserve a large number of military supplies, it seems that there is a whip pulling Guo Zhiyuan to make him start to accelerate forward.

Guo Zhiyuan's team members thought that this incident made Guo Zhiyuan feel the pressure of the imperial court, so they should strengthen their armaments to deal with the threat of force from the imperial court, but Guo Zhiyuan's other actions made them even more puzzled, Guo Zhiyuan asked the maritime trade fleet to buy a large number of Arab war horses from West Asian merchants at any cost, and found a way to get Mongolian horses and Yunnan horses from thousands of miles inland, so that the new immigrants who know how to raise horses and breed will breed and improve them. It is said that it is necessary to breed a new breed of horses that are not only tall, explosive, fast and fast in Arabian horses, but also have the advantages of good endurance of Yunnan horses, and can be as hardy and have super vitality as Mongolian horses.

At the same time, Guo Zhiyuan also selected 5,000 elites from the new army and let them start practicing cavalry tactics, saying that they wanted to train cavalry troops, which made the backbone of the team completely incomprehensible. Could it be that Guo Zhiyuan wanted to use these 5,000 cavalry to fight against the imperial court? Isn't that ridiculous?

Guo Zhiyuan is bent on going his own way, and does not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to let the shipyard build a thousand-stone class "pot-bellied ship", this kind of "pot-bellied ship" does not carry artillery, does not have any attack power, the only role is to transport horses and soldiers, the backbone of Guo Zhiyuan's team thinks that Guo Zhiyuan must be crazy, with the current situation in Dongfan, it is a waste to build this kind of thousand-stone class "pot-bellied ship" that can only transport horses and soldiers, Dongfan is such a big island, no matter how fast the development is, it is limited, It is still no problem to protect oneself with the strength of the Dongbo Navy with the advantage of the sea area, but to launch an expedition would be simply self-defeating!

Guo Zhiyuan really didn't know how to explain this problem to the backbone of the team, because his purpose in doing so was not aimed at the imperial court, but at the future enemy of the Ming Dynasty, --- Houjin! Because he knew that according to the course of history, at this time, the Houjin had begun to show his sharp minions, and Nurhachi was fighting everywhere to unify the Jurchen tribes of Jianzhou, and his strength was growing rapidly, and it was not far from the battle of Sarhu, which shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and completely changed the development fate of the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty!

But at this time, not to mention the backbone of Guo Zhiyuan's team, even the Wanli Emperor in Beijing has not yet realized the threat from the Houjin, the entire Ming Dynasty is unaware of the ambitions of the Houjin, the Houjin at this time gives the impression of the Ming Dynasty is very honest, Wanli twenty-nine years (1601), Nurhachi also made a special trip to Beijing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, plus the Liaodong border army at this time after the famous general Li Chengliang went to work, the military equipment was relaxed, and the leading generals deceived the superiors and concealed the subordinates, and turned a blind eye to Nurhachi's behavior of fighting around to expand his power, concealing and not reporting, Even in 1615, a year before Nurhachi established the Houjin State, the governor of Jiliao told the imperial court that he was "obedient".

Therefore, even if Guo Zhiyuan knew that Houjin would become the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty, and eventually replace the Ming Dynasty to establish the Qing Dynasty in the original historical time and space, he could not remind anyone, at this time, he had to go to the Wanli Emperor to remind the Wanli Emperor that you have to be careful of the Houjin, people are going to beat you, the Wanli Emperor will definitely think that he has lost his mind, in the heart of the Wanli Emperor, the Houjin is much more honest than you Guo Zhiyuan, I want to beware of you little rabbit cub first!

But Guo Zhiyuan can't sit back and watch the tragedy of history repeat itself, the rise of the Houjin Dynasty will not only accelerate the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but also make the lives of the people miserable, and the corpses are everywhere, so he can only prepare secretly, maybe these preparations he made can't change anything, but it's better than nothing.

Chu Wan'er saw that Guo Zhiyuan often looked at the north in a daze alone, so she explained that he shouldn't think so much, isn't life good now, but Guo Zhiyuan just shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I can't help it, I don't want to have a son in the future, and we have to live in an era where we have to kneel down and call ourselves slaves when we have a son......

As soon as the matter of the heir was mentioned, Chu Wan'er's expression darkened, and Guo Zhiyuan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly hugged her and smiled: "Okay, okay, I don't want to, I don't want to, let's hurry up and 'create a man' and add a little baby to our family......"

Perhaps God was also moved by Guo Zhiyuan's concern for the country and the people, and Guo Zhiyuan's "creation of man" finally came to fruition! A month later, Chu Wan'er finally got pregnant, and everyone in Dongfan rejoiced at this great news, celebrating for three days! Ten months later, Chu Wan'er gave birth to a baby boy as she wished, the baby boy was extremely strong, weighing eight pounds and eight taels, and the cry when he was born was earth-shattering, Guo Zhiyuan's team backbone came to congratulate one after another, and even Xu Guangqi and Shen Yourong, who had left Dongfan to work as officials in the interior, also came.

Guo Zhiyuan was also a rare joy, and put on a big banquet, at the banquet, Xu Guangqi asked Guo Zhiyuan if he could think of the child's name, Guo Zhiyuan blurted out: "I have thought about it a long time ago, so I will call Guo Poyu!" ”。

The days passed like this, Guo Zhiyuan accompanied his wife and children every day, enjoying the joy of family, and said that Gentle Township was a hero's mound, Guo Zhiyuan really hoped that the things he was worried about would not happen, so he lived a peaceful life in Dongfan.

In the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), Nurhachi unified most of the Jurchen tribes, no longer hid his ambitions, and was called "Enlightened Khan of the Kingdoms" in Hetuala, and the country name "Dajin" (known as Houjin in history), became the Great Khan of Houjin, and the era name was Mandate of Heaven!

At this time, the Ming Dynasty still did not pay attention to the ambition of the Houjin, the Wanli Emperor became more and more lazy, and he didn't even look at the reluctance to go to the court, so he naturally didn't know anything about Nurhachi's ambitious actions in Liaodong, expanding the army, repairing equipment, sending spies, and bribing Ming generals, and the party struggle in the court was becoming increasingly fierce, no one cared about the security of Liaodong at all, in their opinion, even if Nurhachi established Houjin, he would never dare to take the initiative to use troops against the Ming Dynasty!