Guo Zhiyuan no longer hidden, and frankly said the difficulties faced by the limited resources of Dongfan, Xu Xiake did not think that there was anything wrong with Guo Zhiyuan using himself to find mines, if he was useless to Guo Zhiyuan, he would be frustrated, who in his early twenties would not want to make contributions, and immediately excitedly expressed his willingness to help Guo Zhiyuan find mines, and he couldn't wait to set off immediately.

"Virtuous brother, don't be in a hurry, sharpen the knife and don't cut wood, this prospecting is not a simple matter......" Guo Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head, Xu Xiake at this time is just a fledgling guy, and there is still a long way to go to grow into a strange person who wrote "Xu Xiake's Travels" in later generations.

Guo Zhiyuan found some miners with mining experience from the new immigrants to Xu Xiake as assistants, and found a variety of ores for Xu Xiake to distinguish, and he personally went out to teach Xu Xiake some of the prospecting and beneficiation knowledge he knew in later generations, Xu Xiake was well-read since he was a child, and he was indeed quite talented in this regard, and soon he was able to accurately select the ore that Guo Zhiyuan randomly mixed in the stone pile from a large pile of stones, Guo Zhiyuan selected fifty good players from his own personal guards, and let Xu Xiake take a prospecting team. Practice your hands in the Datun Mountains first.

Prospecting is obviously not a day's work, Guo Zhiyuan can not pin all his hopes on Xu Xiake, the current problem of Dongfan's urgent need for iron ore and coal must be solved as soon as possible, otherwise the military factories and shipyards will be shut down, Guo Zhiyuan decided to go to Fuzhou in person, to see the governor of Fujian Chen Zizhen, to see if he can persuade him to open the net and relax the material control of Dongfan.

I heard that Guo Zhiyuan was going to Fuzhou to see Chen Zizhen, the governor of Fujian, Xu Guangqi and others did not agree, and now the imperial court has become wary of Guo Zhiyuan, and most of the people in Fujian officialdom are jealous of Guo Zhiyuan.

In the end, Guo Zhiyuan still tried his best to defy public opinion and insisted on going to Fuzhou, because he really couldn't think of any other way to solve Dongfan's urgent need except for this method. In order to show his sincerity, Guo Zhiyuan did not bring too many escort troops, and only brought twenty personal guards to Fuzhou.

When he came to Fuzhou, Guo Zhiyuan hesitated to take a look at Leng Xianning, but in the end he couldn't bear to disturb the peaceful life that Leng Xianning had finally recovered, so he went directly to the governor's yamen, and handed over the worship post to the governor's yamen.

After waiting at the door for an hour, Guo Zhiyuan was allowed to go in to see him, as soon as he entered, he saw Chen Zizhen burying his head in front of the public case to review the official documents, and saw Guo Zhiyuan come in without even raising his eyelids, Guo Zhiyuan already knew that Chen Zizhen would have such an attitude when he was waiting at the door, he was here to ask for help, his posture naturally had to be lowered, and he saluted Chen Zizhen respectfully: "Xiaguan Guo Zhiyuan greets the governor!" ”

Chen Zizhen snorted with her nose and replied, still not looking up at Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan was not annoyed, and stood quietly with his hands down, waiting for Chen Zizhen to ask.

After a long while, Chen Zizhen put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Guo Zhiyuan, and said in a long tone: "You are Guo Zhiyuan?" It's been a while since the official took office, and I only saw you today, if you don't come, the official will forget that the Dongfan Mansion is also under the jurisdiction of the official......"

Originally, according to the practice of officialdom, the new boss and his subordinates were all going to come to visit, but Guo Zhiyuan was busy with the construction of Dongfan, so he naturally didn't have time to pay attention to these red tapes, and although Dongfan was nominally under the jurisdiction of Fujian, Guo Zhiyuan promised the court that he would not want the court to allocate a single money or grain, and he didn't need to go to the pole to tie up Chen Zizhen, the governor, so he didn't come to see Chen Zizhen.

Chen Zizhen was already very unhappy about this, plus Xu Xueju had already given Guo Zhiyuan eye medicine in front of him before, and now that Guo Zhiyuan sent it to the door, he naturally wanted to take Guo Zhiyuan a good time, and he would have a thorn in his words.

Guo Zhiyuan knew that he would have such a play, and said with a smile: "Xia Guan originally wanted to come to meet the governor for a long time, but the east is ruined, and the wokes often come to harass, Xia Guan is really inseparable, and I ask your lord to forgive me......," he said, and took out the silver ticket that had been prepared from his sleeve and quietly put it on the table.

Chen Zizhen glanced at the silver ticket, suddenly slapped the case, pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and scolded angrily: "What do you mean? Is it a bribe to the officer? The official's sleeves are breezy, no one in Fujian knows, hurry up and take it! ……”

Of course, Guo Zhiyuan will not be stupid enough to really get the silver ticket back, he did his homework before coming, and secretly investigated Chen Zizhen through the intelligence network, Chen Zizhen appeared to be very honest on the surface, but he secretly raised several concubines, and also bought a house for them in Fuzhou City, which is obviously not something that his Yulu can afford, so he smiled slightly and said: "The adult is honest and honest, and the lower official has heard of it in Dongfan, how dare he bribe the adult?" These silver tickets are actually the capture of the battle between Dongfan and the Japanese Invaders, this time the Eastern Tibetan can win by luck, all rely on the adults to sit in Fujian, so that the Japanese Kou are cowardly before the battle, the adults manage this huge governor Yamen, presumably the use is not small, the lower officials should naturally have something to say......"

Chen Zizhen was just pretending, not really incorruptible, so he nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then the official will laugh and accept, not afraid of your jokes, these days the prefects from all over Fujian have come to the official to ask for relief silver, if everyone can be as sympathetic to the superiors as you are, the official will not have such a headache......" said with a casual sweep of his sleeve, and the silver ticket on the official case was gone.

After receiving Guo Zhiyuan's silver ticket, Chen Zizhen couldn't hold it anymore, pointed to the chair on the side and smiled without a smile: "Lord Guo, please sit down, I know that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, let's talk about it, what is the matter with coming to see this official today?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Chen Zizhen, who was going to be a again. It is really a bit disgusting to set up the archway again, but he has a request for others, so he can only accompany him and smile: "Dongfan is lonely overseas, the property is poor, and the materials needed on weekdays can only be purchased from the inland......

Without waiting for Guo Zhiyuan to finish speaking, Chen Zizhen waved his hand to interrupt Guo Zhiyuan's words, turned his face flat, and snorted coldly: "I'm afraid what Lord Guo said is a little untrue, but this official heard that a lot of prohibited goods have been found on merchant ships traveling to and from Dongfan, this is a big crime, if the court blames it, can you afford it?" ……”