Pirate Song

When the eastern sky turned white, the light returned to this peaceful land again. In the morning light, there was a loud crowing of a rooster. Liu'er slowly opened her eyes, but when she turned her head, she saw Gao Huaiyuan's face. face.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan had already woken up from his dream, and was holding his head with his hands, looking at Liu'er's face through the light from the window paper, with a gentle smile on his lips.

Liu'er immediately recalled the crazy scene last night, and immediately buried Zhen in Gao Huaiyuan's chest overwhelmed with shame, never daring to look up at him again.

Gao Huaiyuan gently embraced Liu'er's delicate body, and gently comforted Liu'er's nervous and shy mood. His heart was also turbulent. Everything seemed to be a matter of course. He finally couldn't restrain himself from picking Liu'er. The flower of chastity, this day seems to have been predestined, what I didn't expect was just born last night.

He himself didn't know why he was suddenly so crazy last night. The reason could only be that he was too excited yesterday, but he didn't regret it. Suddenly he felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was a little heavier. He has his lover in this world, and he has to find a way to protect his lover and not let her suffer any harm.

"Liu'er! Believe me, I will treat you well!" Gao Huaiyuan kissed Liu'er's cheek lovingly, and said solemnly to Liu'er.

Liu'er finally lifted Zhen from Gao Huaiyuan's arms, staring at Gao Huaiyuan's eyes with tears in her eyes, she saw so much sincerity and infinite love in Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, she felt as if suddenly It's like having the whole world at once, and there are no more regrets in her life. She believes that Gao Huaiyuan's words are definitely not for her, and she can definitely feel Gao Huaiyuan's feelings for her at this moment, and she can't help being moved to tears. Orbital, I don't know what to say.

Liu Er just nodded vigorously, expressing that she believed Gao Huaiyuan's words, and Gao Huaiyuan kissed Liu Er's lips lightly, and the two embraced and lay on the warm bed, unwilling to separate for a long time.

Unknowingly, Liu'er felt another hard resistance against her lower abdomen, and immediately understood, she couldn't help feeling a little terrified. The madness of last night still made her feel sore and weak, and the gap between her legs was even tighter. He was still in pain, so he quickly staggered his body into the bed, and exclaimed in a small voice: "Master, take pity on Liu Er! Liu Er can't bear the favor of Master now! Let Liu Er rest for a day, Come serve the young master again!"

Gao Huaiyuan also felt the reaction of finding a disobedient guy, sweated profusely in his heart, and quickly patted Liu'er on the back to comfort her: "Look at how scared you are! Am I really like a wolf?"

Who knew that Liu'er would catch her narrow eyes and slightly nodded with a smile, Gao Huaiyuan broke out in sweat immediately, got up to look for his clothes and said, "In that case, it seems that I should get up earlier! Otherwise, You really became the big bad wolf in Liu'er's eyes!"

Liu'er hurriedly hugged the quilt to cover her body, and tried to get up to help Gao Huaiyuan get dressed, but when she stood up, she immediately felt a pain coming from below, she couldn't help moaning softly, and her body immediately lay down again weakly. fell on the bed.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at Liu'er's delicate appearance, and felt pity in his heart, he quickly stopped Liu'er and said, "Today, you have a good rest, you don't need to get up, I'll have someone bring breakfast to your room later!"

Liu'er's heart was filled with a sweet feeling, and she was about to struggle to get up, but Gao Huaiyuan pressed her down on the bed again: "Remember! You are my man, so you have to listen to my words. It's better to lie still and rest enough Get up again!"

Seeing Gao Huaiyuan's resolute expression, Liu'er finally lay down again, hugging the quilt and smiling at Gao Huaiyuan and nodding, an indescribable charm appeared on her cheeks.

At this time, there was a bamboo whistle screaming in the yard, followed by the sound of people running, and soon someone began to shout passwords to form a team. The quietness of Crouching Tiger Village was completely broken. It turned out that it was time for the exercise. .

After Gao Huaiyuan was fully dressed, he strode out of his private courtyard and arrived at Zhuangzi's school grounds. At this time, the people in Zhuangzi had already lined up and ran out of the village gate. Gao Huaiyuan only saw the end of the team.

Daily morning exercise is a compulsory course for people in Zhuangzi. Even if you are not Zhuang Ding, you must insist on exercising, and it will be rain or shine. This system now even includes everyone living in Zhuangzi. Such a rule has long been formed Customization, no one will feel strange anymore, but consciously abide by it, and few people are late, so that the physical fitness of the people in Crouching Tiger Village is quite good.

Such a scene also made Crouching Tiger Village look so prosperous, and Gao Huaiyuan stood on the school field, looking at the scene in front of him, he felt a sense of pride in his heart, because all of this was built by him, The more he strengthens his beliefs, he will have a huge impact on this era, and maybe even leave a heavy mark in history.

At this time, there was another whistle in the backyard, and then there was a fluttering movement. A group of pigeons of various colors flapped their wings and flew to the sky amidst the whistle. Thousands of pigeons also started their day. Gao Huaiyuan knew that this was the beginning of Liu Fu's pigeon-releasing training.

After walking into the rows of pigeon lofts, Gao Huaiyuan saw Liu Fu was standing in the open space in front of the pigeon lofts looking up at the sky with a proud expression on his face, as if he was like a general reviewing his army at the moment.

"Morning Liu Fu!" Gao Huaiyuan greeted Liu Fu. He didn't have the arrogance of a rich man or an official. Seeing that Liu Fu didn't notice his arrival, he took the initiative to speak.

After Liu Fu heard Gao Huaiyuan's voice, he quickly turned around and walked over with a limp, bowed his head to meet him and said, "My little one pays homage to the young master! Why did the young master come here so early?"

"Oh! I'm free to come and see our pigeons. Liu Fu, you have worked hard these two years. I don't know if you live here comfortably?" Gao Huaiyuan looked up at the pigeons in the sky, and then asked Liu Fu with a smile road.

"Happy, happy! Thank you, young master, for taking in the little one! Now I feel like Chinese New Year every day! Hehe! This is all thanks to the young master! Our pigeons are getting more and more now, young master, come and see, the little one is nurturing A batch of pigeon breeds have been hatched, and this batch of pigeons is bred from a pair of breeding pigeons that have been selected in the past two years. Compared with the previous pigeons, the flying speed is much faster, and the homing rate is also higher. No, after a few days, the younger ones will be sent to various places to raise them, and it will be much faster for the young master to use them to deliver letters in the future!" Liu Furu hurriedly thanked them, and then took Gao Huaiyuan to visit his pigeons as if they were treasures. She introduced the newly bred pigeons to Gao Huaiyuan, his eyes filled with pride.

After Gao Huaiyuan wandered around the pigeon loft, he also felt sincerely, whoever said that people have high and low, it is such a disabled person who has never been looked down upon by others, but he has created a communication network composed of pigeons for him, it can be seen There is something for everyone if they want to do something!

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan spent a pleasant vacation in Zhuangzi, and spent a comfortable and peaceful Spring Festival with the people in Zhuangzi. The only regret here is that Huang Yan, a living treasure, is missing from Zhuangzi, and there are many others. Due to various reasons, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't return to the village for the festival, which made Gao Huaiyuan somewhat regretful, but fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan sent someone to give a gift to each of these relatives and friends who were unable to come back for the New Year in other places as a token of appreciation. His heart, and received their reply, somewhat made up for his regret.

And during this holiday, the happiest person is probably Liu Er. She finally handed herself over to Gao Huaiyuan. Sharing the happiness of fish and water with Gao Huaiyuan is enough, and she has no extravagant hope of marrying Gao Huaiyuan and becoming his wife, as long as she can give birth to a child for Gao Huaiyuan, she will be completely satisfied if she is taken into a concubine room.

The two of them were almost gluey together, and they got tired of being together when they had a chance, studying the happiness in the boudoir together, which made Gao Huaiyuan feel almost reluctant to go back to the yamen to report.

But Gao Huaiyuan finally restrained his own inertia, because he knew very well that he still had a long way to go. Since ancient times, the gentle township is the Hero Tomb. He is very clear about this sentence. After embarking on this career, he wants to go as far as possible in order to obtain more resources and space, and see what impact he can bring to this era.

Therefore, a few days after this year, Gao Huaiyuan arranged the affairs in Zhuangzi, and went to Tiezuo specially, met with Jin Tong and others, sorted out the experience he summed up in the gun test, and put forward some specific ideas. He asked Jin Tong to pay attention to a few points when casting again. One is to ensure the versatility of ammunition, and to facilitate the casting of shells and the quantification of gunpowder.

The cannons to be cast are tentatively determined to be of two calibers, one is a light cannon with a caliber of two inches, and the other is a medium-sized cannon with a caliber of three inches. Judging from the current transportation capacity, even short-distance transportation of heavy artillery is a big problem, so it can only be used for defense at fixed locations, and he has no such need right now.

The second is that the material of the current artillery is obviously still too brittle, and the copper-tin ratio of bronze is obviously still not suitable. The ratio of copper to tin should be adjusted appropriately to increase the toughness and ductility of the material, so that the artillery can be more durable and reduce the risk of bombing. of danger.

The third is to continue to find ways to increase the length of the artillery barrel, which can extend the range of the artillery, and can kill the enemy at a longer distance, but this is not too important, after all, the current demand is not too urgent. Even if there is a war, he will not use this killer weapon, and the increase in length will definitely increase the weight of the artillery, so Jin Tong must do this according to his ability.

The short-barreled gun also has the advantages of short-barreled guns. Although the large-caliber short-barreled gun can only be regarded as a firecracker, when loading shotguns, it can sweep a large area, and it is more lethal to clustered enemies, so this demand is also necessary. Not too urgent.

In addition to these points, Gao Huaiyuan still has some ideas, but he can't eat a fat man with one bite, and things still have to be done slowly. After a period of development, I believe that under his guidance, the casting and use of artillery will gradually gradually develop. matured.

But Jin Tong still didn't understand how Gao Huaiyuan used this kind of copper pipe. He could only write down Gao Huaiyuan's request and continue to improve it in the future. What puzzled him was the three copper pipes handed over to Gao Huaiyuan years ago At this moment, Gao Huaiyuan sent him one back, but it was already torn apart. How did it become like this? Gao Huaiyuan didn’t say anything, and he couldn’t ask, but he was still in these broken pieces. There are some clues in the copper block, because there are ablation marks on these broken copper blocks, obviously after high temperature, it looks a bit like being blown up.

The reason why Gao Huaiyuan did not tell Jin Tong what the purpose of this kind of thing is mainly because he was worried about leaking secrets. Although these people seem to be more obedient to him now, they are all adults after all, and it is impossible for them to do so easily. Brainwashing them with the word loyalty, he was cautious until their family members were taken over, and he would not tell them the secret of the artillery until he could completely trust these people.

This created a weird situation, the maker of the cannon didn't know what the cannon was, which hindered the improvement of the cannon to some extent, but Gao Huaiyuan finally chose to play it safe and kept this secret.

As for smaller caliber muskets, Gao Huaiyuan did not allow Jin Tong to continue to use bronze for the same reason. It is because the current casting process is not suitable for the manufacture of muskets. It is too heavy for a soldier, even a strong man like him can't bear the recoil when firing such a caliber firecracker, and it is impossible to configure it for individual soldiers.

In addition, he is not optimistic about the power of primitive muskets. Compared with bows and crossbows, primitive muskets are not superior in terms of lethality, range, and shooting in addition to their deterrent power, and they are also affected by the weather. Very big, this point has been tested in the history of firearms development in later generations. Before the invention of the convenient flintlock, the firearm never really replaced the long-range cold weapon of the bow and crossbow on the battlefield, although he wanted to have Musket, but right now he feels that the time is not yet ripe. Even if he really wants to do it, he must find a way to have a flintlock with a steel barrel. Otherwise, he would rather not spend too much resources on it.

But this does not prevent Gao Huaiyuan from developing this kind of thing. He decided to find another way, starting with short-barreled muskets first, and getting a few short-barreled muskets for self-defense. An unstoppable hidden weapon.

So taking advantage of the time of Chinese New Year, Gao Huaiyuan drew up a pair of blueprints using the earthen gun as the prototype, and handed it to Zhou Botong, a master blacksmith, to try to make several such single-short-barreled muskets according to the blueprint. One hundred refined steel is used, as for whether Zhou Botong can make this kind of short-barreled musket, he is waiting to see.

Liu Er also wanted to accompany Gao Huaiyuan back to the county to serve Gao Huaiyuan, but as Gao Huaiyuan's spokesperson in Crouching Tiger Village, Liu Er couldn't let her go for the time being. After all, when Gao Huaiyuan was not in Zhuangzi, Liu Er was still in charge here. Generally speaking, Liu Er needs to deal with small things, so although she is reluctant to give up, she can only stay in Zhuangzi temporarily, but Gao Huaiyuan promised her that Zhou Hao will take over after a while. With her position, she could go to the county town to stay by his side, which made Liu'er happy again.

When Gao Huaiyuan returned to the county, although the Spring Festival had already passed here, the Shangyuan Festival had not yet passed, so basically it was still during the festival. Every household in the county was making lanterns to prepare for the Shangyuan Festival (that is, the later During the Lantern Festival), it was extremely lively, and Gao Huaiyuan’s return to the county at this time undoubtedly helped Liu Zhi County a lot. Under normal circumstances, during the Lantern Festival, fire accidents in the county town occurred from time to time, everywhere Lanterns, there will inevitably be some accidents, and some ruffians will take this opportunity to go to the streets at night to do some sneaky things, even molesting women. is happy.

So the important task of maintaining the safety of one party fell on Gao Huaiyuan again. For Gao Huaiyuan, this kind of thing is naturally a piece of cake. After he returned to the county office, he immediately arranged the relevant affairs Going down, all the watchmen, including the watchmen in the county, were mobilized to remind people to be careful not to start fires. At the same time, they sent arresters and archers to guard the four gates, and patrolled the streets in groups.

For this reason, Gao Huaiyuan simply sent someone to find a few well-known ruffians in the county, warned them honestly, and sounded the alarm for them. The local reputation in Daye has been greatly improved, and the gang of green skins dare not make mistakes in the frightening place, so the Shangyuan Festival can be passed smoothly, and the Southern Song Dynasty has entered Jiading for 14 years.

The beginning of the new year did not change the situation. While Gao Huaiyuan continued to develop his power secretly with the assistance of many subordinates, he held a martial arts competition in the first autumn of the Daxing Bow and Archery Club in Daye County. Yongdu got the reward, so the villagers began to be enthusiastic after receiving the benefits, and the enthusiasm for practicing martial arts and archery in various societies also increased unprecedentedly, which made Gao Huaiyuan carry out this matter naturally, and gradually formed a preliminary in the countryside. Good martial arts.

But the Kingdom of Jin was really unwilling to stop. After being defeated by the Mongolian army in Hebei, Shandong and other places, it launched an attack on the Southern Song Dynasty again after the year, and this time the main general who led the attack was the famous general of the Kingdom of Jin Anzhen!