However, Qian Qianyi was led by Qu Shisi and Guizhuang to a three-entry house located west of the palace.

This house is located at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain. Most of the people living around are court officials. It is a key area for the Public Security Bureau to inspect. It is both quiet and safe. It is a residential area such as Guangzhou City.

I bought this house with 10,000 taels of silver, so Qian Qianyi had already asked Qu Shisi to buy it in the letter. The silver was born by Qian Qianyi. Qu Shisi was an honest official, so how could he have so much money?

Qu Shixi and Guizhuang accompanied Qian Qianyi to the courtyard, and Qian Qianyi was very satisfied.

I lived in the second main courtyard with my two concubines and maids, and the slaves lived in the first and third main courtyards. The only drawback was that there were too many slaves, so it was obvious that I couldn't live in the second yard.

"Teacher, the yard is a little small because you brought so many people to you. Otherwise, the house in front of you belongs to Bo Lin, who has been idle all the time. The students go and ask if they can buy it." Qu Shisi said.

Qian Qianyi heard this and glanced at him, and said, "And Nong, you still have to work hard. You are a little tired today, so you will not be left alone. You should go and work hard first. As for the matter of the house, don't worry. Since your teacher has come to Guangzhou, you should go to visit your neighbors, otherwise, you will blame your teacher for not understanding etiquette."

"The students prepared some wine and food, and they wanted to welcome the teacher. Since the teacher was tired, the students would not disturb him. After they settled down, the students would come to wait for the teacher's teachings." Qu Shixi knew that Qian Qianyi was old and was exhausted, so he probably wanted to take a break, so he didn't think much about it and said goodbye to Guizhuang and leave.

"Qian Zhong!" Qian Qianyi saw Qu Shixi and Guizhuang leaving, returned to the main house, sat on the chair and pressed his temple with his hands. After calming for a while, he called the butler.

"Master, what are your instructions?" Qian Zhong stood outside the door. Hearing Qian Qianyi's call, he hurried into the room and bowed and asked.

"I want to rest. You can take someone to settle down, and then hand over a famous post to Mr. Lin, and say I will visit the mansion tomorrow." Qian Qianyi looked tired and looked at Qian Zhong with an expressionless face and ordered.

"Yes, master." Qian Zhong waved his hand, and two maids came in and helped Qian Qianyi into the inner room.

Qian Zhong stared at Qian Qianyi's back until the curtain of the inner room was lowered, and he turned around with a dark face and came to the front yard.

"Qian Qing, the master told me to close the door to thank the guests today and let the brothers clean up quickly." Qian Zhong called the second housekeeper Qian Qing and ordered.

"Yes, brother, there are many scholars in front of the door, yelling to see the master. Some said they wanted to hand over the disciple's post, while others brought articles and asked the master to correct me." Qian Qing said.

"First collect their famous posts and articles and tell them that the master is exhausted today and will invite them to the mansion as a guest another day." Qian Zhong ordered.

"Okay. Brother, there are so many brothers, and the front and back yards cannot be lived in?" Qian Qing asked again.

"You still have to ask me this? It's so hot in Guangzhou, isn't it cooler to sleep in the yard? Why is it better than marching... right?" Qian Zhong said the word "marching", and quickly looked around. He felt relieved when he saw that they were all his own people. He quickly lowered his voice and said sternly: "I have told you how many times you have been to stop calling me brother and call me the housekeeper, do you know? I will be careful about family law and serve you next time!"

"Yes, brother, no, butler."

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Jinghai Bo Shi Lang is a capable and ambitious person, and he is extremely reluctant to see Zheng Chenggong surrender.

Because he understood that the emperor left the position of the left governor of the Navy to Zheng Chenggong.

In the past, he served in the Zheng family and gradually grew up with his own abilities. It can be said that the Zheng family was the fertile ground that prompted his growth.

When he and his uncle Shi Fu led the army alone, his uncle completely delegated power, basically saying that he was responsible for all matters in the army.

He won many battles, his ambitions gradually grew, and he became dissatisfied with the status quo. He felt that he was fully capable of holding an important position. Therefore, he began to disobey the orders of the Zheng family and his son, and even openly confronted him. Only then did the Zeng De incident happen, and the Zheng family and his son suppressed him.

Before he surrendered to Yongli, his navy was very weak in front of the huge power of the Zheng family. After surrendering to Yongli, he defeated Zheng Zhilong and Lin Cha. His power was already very favored, with thousands of warships of all sizes. Moreover, after seizing the Zheng family's shipyard in Quanzhou, he was ordered to build a large ship of 10,000 materials, and now he is almost making one.

Moreover, after the Battle of Zhangzhou, he followed the emperor's will to consolidate the army, followed the imperial guards' method of governing the army, strictly trained the navy, eliminated some pirate soldiers, and the old army's habits had been completely eliminated. It can be said that he now has 100,000 troops. Although his troops were reduced compared to before the reorganization of the army, he was all elite soldiers.

He now feels that he is the king of the sea and is confident that his navy can crisscross the sea and no one can match it.

However, he still had a hint of worry in his heart, that is Zheng Chenggong.

If Zheng Chenggong really surrendered and his position was above him, and his grudges with the Zheng family, Zheng Chenggong would definitely seize his position and firmly suppress him.

Zheng Chenggong has this ability.

Therefore, he did not want Zheng Chenggong to surrender, and even hoped that Zheng Chenggong would surrender to the Qing Dynasty or take the initiative to attack him. In that way, there would be a reason to completely eliminate him.

However, the emperor did not seem to have the intention to wipe out Zheng Chenggong, but just wanted to strengthen his surveillance of him. He understood that the emperor was waiting for Zheng Chenggong to realize himself.

After Zheng Zhilong was killed, Shi Lang realized that the only reason why the emperor was willing to wait was that the Qing court would use Zheng Zhilong as a scapegoat. If Zheng Zhilong was killed, would Zheng Chenggong wait any longer?

Therefore, after hearing this news, Shi Lang was not happy and worried. He was afraid that Zheng Chenggong would surrender to avenge his father.

But what made him happy was that Zheng Chenggong had no intention of surrendering. Later, he received an imperial edict asking him to send someone to contact Zheng Chenggong. The decree said that if Zheng Chenggong still did not surrender, he would kill him.

This will made him ecstatic.

Therefore, he sent his younger brother Shi Zhaoxu to Kinmen instead of appointing others, such as Chen Zhongwu, because Zhaoxu understood his intentions.

Shi Zhaoxu did not seem to be "hard persuasion" as Shi Lang said in the memorial, but rather was just perfunctory to complete the task.

After Shi Zhaoxu came back, Shi Lang began to prepare for military use against Zheng Chenggong without saying a word. However, in order to be cautious, he followed Chen Zhongwu's advice and submitted a memorial to the emperor.

After the memorial was issued, five days later. Seeing that it was ready, Shi Lang immediately summoned the generals and began to assign tasks: "General Chen, Zhaolian, Zhaoxu, you three each led their troops to surround Kinmen from north, east and west. Our governor led his own army to block the sea in the south. After completing the siege, he would attack at the same time as this governor's order. If one ship and one person escaped, this governor decided to enforce military laws!"
Chapter completed!