At this time, Guo Zhiyuan's heart was half cold, and he was still a little unwilling, he kept knocking on the door, but no one answered the door at all, it was obvious that Zhao Shizhen had left here with his family! Guo Zhiyuan's hands were sour, and he sat on the threshold, frustrated and puzzled in his heart, why did Zhao Shizhen suddenly leave without a sound?

Guo Zhiyuan was puzzled, and finally had to get up and prepare to leave, when he passed the courtyard next door, he saw a white-haired old woman sitting on the steps in the courtyard through the hidden gate, so he pushed open the hidden courtyard door and walked in with a trace of luck and asked: "Grandma, do you know where Zhao Sheren's family went?" ”。

The grandma was too old to hear what Guo Zhiyuan was asking, Guo Zhiyuan said it again loudly, but the grandmother had lost her teeth in her mouth, and said slowly: "Jujube kernels, I can't bite ......."

Guo Zhiyuan was a little speechless, "Grandma, people are looking for Zhao Sheren!" At this time, a middle-aged woman with a smile on her face walked out of the house, and said enthusiastically: "Son, Zhao Sheren resigned some time ago and went back to his hometown, and he just left yesterday!" ”。

Guo Zhiyuan could only smile bitterly, it seemed that he and this Zhao Shizhen were destined to have no fate, and he was just about to leave, when suddenly the middle-aged woman wiped her apron with her hand and asked, "This son is surnamed Guo?" ”。

"Exactly, but Zhao Sheren has a letter left?" Guo Zhiyuan had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The middle-aged woman shook her head, hurriedly turned around and took out a long wooden box from the inner room, handed it to Guo Zhiyuan and said: "Zhao Sheren only left this, Zhao Sheren said, if a son surnamed Guo comes to look for him, I will hand over this thing to you, I almost forgot ......."

Guo Zhiyuan took the wooden box and opened it, there was a bright Lu Mi gun inside, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but secretly said, this Zhao Shizhen is really a believer, he has forgotten the gambling contract, but he still remembers, but he is a little lost in his heart, Zhao Shizhen didn't even leave a note, obviously he didn't want to leave any clues for himself to go to him, it seems that he is destined to miss a big help!

The official appointment of the ministry has not yet come down, Guo Zhiyuan just took advantage of this free time to exercise his body, after all, this skin has long been weakened by Guo Zhiyuan, this is in case he encounters bandits on the road, if he can't beat him, he can't win, he can only wait for death.

Guo Zhiyuan formulated a detailed exercise plan, practiced 100 push-ups every day, trotted in the courtyard after dinner, played a military body boxing, and made dumbbells with two iron blocks and a piece of wood, lifted up and down every day, and let the subordinates tie up a wooden frame in the yard, when the single pole did pull-ups, although the effect was not obvious for a while, but the calves and arms felt more powerful than before. The servants of Guo's mansion felt strange at first, but after a long time, they got used to it, and when they were bored, Wang Xi would take a few curious family members to imitate fighting with Guo Zhiyuan.

On this day, Guo Zhiyuan was doing pull-ups in the yard, Guo Zhengyu came back from outside, followed by a middle-aged man in his forties, this middle-aged man has a square face, slender earlobes, long beard, elegant and a little elegant, the black mole on the left eyebrow, and the deep lines on the forehead, indicating that this person loves to think, but looks like a learned person!

"Yuan'er, come and see Mr. Xu! ......" Guo Zhengyu beckoned to Guo Zhiyuan lovingly, then turned his head to the middle-aged man with a long beard and smiled: "Dogs are stubborn, so they like to make some strange things, which makes Mr. laugh ......."

The middle-aged man looked at Guo Zhiyuan, who was doing pull-ups on a single rod, a trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Lord Guo is too modest, now no one in the capital knows that Lord Guo gave birth to a good son who is young and promising, and when I see it today, it is really very extraordinary......

As he spoke, he saluted Guo Zhiyuan, who had already jumped off the single pole and walked over: "I have seen Guo Gongzi, in Xu Guangqi, the grass character is first, and he is from Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. Guo Gongzi has already served as a county magistrate at a young age, and he is really young and promising......".

Guo Zhiyuan completely ignored the polite words of the middle-aged man, and his whole mind was occupied by his name! My eyes widened all at once! Xu Guangqi?! This man is Xu Guangqi? Ordinary people may be a little unfamiliar with this name, but Guo Zhiyuan, who is familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty, knows how fierce Xu Guangqi is, he is a famous scientist and politician in the late Ming Dynasty, and he is also the pioneer of the earliest spread of Western science and culture in China!

You only need to look at the works of Xu Guangqi that have been circulated in later generations to know how good he is, and the "Complete Works of Xu Guangqi" published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House includes "The Manuscript of the Book of Poetry", "Xu's Words", "Pythagorean Righteousness", "The Key to Military Aircraft", "Selection and Training", "Lingyan Liscoo", "Examination Notes", "Agricultural Administration", "Agricultural Book Draft" and a series of works covering literature, mathematics, agriculture, military science, astronomy, surveying, water conservancy and other fields, it can be said that this is a knowledge of astronomy, An immortal genius who knows geography!

And Xu Guangqi's life is also very legendary, he was nineteen years old in Xiucai, known as a prodigy, after the poverty of the family, Xu Guangqi began to teach around for a living, coupled with natural disasters for many years, he participated in the examination and repeatedly failed, so that he was poor, upside down, until the thirty-second year of Wanli (1604), Xu Guangqi was admitted to the Jinshi, at this time he was 43 years old, and Xu Guangqi did not become decadent, he seized the only opportunity to display his talents, and finally the official to the Ministry of Rites and Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, Cabinet Assistant, Wrote a glorious page of its own in history!

It is now the thirty-first year of Wanli (1603), Xu Guangqi has not yet been promoted to the Jinshi, and it is also the most gray and impoverished time in his life, Guo Zhiyuan looked at Xu Guangqi and his eyes lit up, he had already missed a Zhao Shizhen, this time he couldn't let Xu Guangqi go anyway!

If it weren't for the fear of scaring Xu Guangqi away, Guo Zhiyuan really wanted to laugh three times, God is really not thin on himself, let himself lose the Sangyu in the east, miss Zhao Shizhen, a firearms expert, but sent Xu Guangqi, an immortal genius! However, Guo Zhiyuan also knows that talented people in this era are more arrogant, but I am afraid that it is not so easy to recruit, especially the scholars of this era attach great importance to fame, thinking that only by taking the examination to become an official is the right way, otherwise you are even a high position and a person is looked down upon, but you are not even a showman, and the official position of the Jiupin County Order is also obtained by taking a shortcut, will Xu Guangqi accept his own recruitment?