Pirate Song

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the autumn season again. It can be said that Gao Huaiyuan's life is relatively quiet during this time, and everything seems to be proceeding step by step according to his plan.

The new Liulifang on Crouching Tiger Manor has been built, and Li Tong took all the craftsmen and transferred them to the new workshop of Crouching Tiger Manor. Before leaving, he restored the old place into a porcelain kiln and recruited a few more porcelain Workers, to re-fire some coarse porcelain there is tantamount to completely separating his own industry from the Gao family's industry.

During this period of time, Li Tong, because of his gratitude to Gao Huaiyuan, worked very hard, and almost put all his energy into Liulifang. After a period of exploration, he is now considered an expert Yes, he and the artisans are very happy to come to Crouching Tiger Manor this time to work. They know that those who can enter Crouching Tiger Manor can be regarded as Gao Huaiyuan's true confidantes. Much better, so as soon as they arrived here, they devoted themselves to the production of Liulifang.

And after such a long period of observation, Gao Huaiyuan also selected those youths who were not suitable for serving as soldiers among the previous group of youths, and they simply transferred to work in soap workshops, or entered Liulifang. As apprentices, although these teenagers feel a little shameless, they are still very satisfied with being able to stay in Crouching Tiger Manor and work for Gao Huaiyuan, and in their opinion, they are not necessarily inferior to others, at least they can learn from others. A craft, as long as you do things well in the rest of your life, the young master will not treat them badly, and will make them have no worries about food and clothing, so even after they transfer to the workshop to work, these young people are very hardworking.

After screening, 60 of the more than 35 older teenagers were finally left. The teenagers are tall and strong. Compared with their peers, they are basically half a head taller. When they go out for exercises every day, they all look like a dragon and a tiger, which makes Gao Huaiyuan very satisfied. .

These teenagers are very disciplined, so there is no need to doubt Gao Huaiyuan's loyalty. They have always completed everything Gao Huaiyuan asked for without hesitation. Even though they are still a group of young men, if they were to deal with two or three strong men, they would probably be no problem for everyone.

Although no one knew about Gao Huaiyuan's military training, it was not legal after all. If anyone knew about it, he would be accused of treason, and he might abandon his property and go to exile!

But this matter was quickly resolved satisfactorily, because the last time he helped the county government solve the matter of Yang Tong's gang of thugs, not long after, Gao Huaiyuan was named by Liu Zhixian as the senior elder in the Gaojiazhuang area. Although Gao Huaiyuan, as an official household, did not need to travel on business, but after he learned about the system of the Song Dynasty, he knew that if he wanted to legally own a private armed force, acting as the elder was the way, so he did not decline.

Moreover, after he took over the position of the senior elder, he made a list of some of the young men under him, and rushed into the archers of the county government through Xing Butou. , Accompanying Wang Xianwei to arrest bandits, he completely became a group of private soldiers who legally owned weapons, making his originally illegal things also put on a legal cloak.

Regardless of Gao Huaiyuan's young age, it seems that being a elder is not enough to convince the public, but in Gaojiazhuang area, Gao Huaiyuan has already had a pretty good reputation. He is very polite, and from time to time, when he sees someone in trouble, he will reach out to help, so the people in this area, after learning that he became a elder, did not raise any objections. A little more respectful.

The duty of elders is to maintain local law and order, arrest thieves and prevent fireworks, which is the most basic kind of local armed forces among the people. Officials like the lieutenants began to pay more attention to this kind of local armed forces, and ordered the elders of each township to organize the strong men and archers of each township to follow the system according to the household registration system, and to concentrate on training every once in a while, so as to save time. There was a situation like when Yang Tong and his bandits wreaked havoc on the place, and no one was available.

Don't look at just being a small official with Sesame Mung Bean, but there are still many things to do. Whatever job you have, you have to do whatever job you want, so Gao Huaiyuan seems to be busier than before. The people's sentiments were also explored, and according to the difference between households and Dingkou, a hundred strong men were recruited in the Gaojiazhuang area, and after a period of time, these strong men were gathered near the Gao's old house to practice.

When the first group of strong men practiced, some strong men saw that Gao Huaiyuan was underage, and they were somewhat unconvinced. , and no longer dared to underestimate him, so he honestly began to practice kung fu with Gao Huaiyuan, a young elder.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect these strong men to become fierce soldiers, but he just hoped that within his own ability, it would be enough for the people here to gradually form a style of martial arts. There is a direct relationship. As the main agricultural economy, the Great Song Dynasty wants to be stronger than the northern peoples in terms of folk customs. It is enough to do something for the nation.

While Gao Huaiyuan was busy with these things, a large number of refugees appeared in the local area again. After inquiring, Gao Huaiyuan learned that the Sichuan area suffered a huge natural disaster this year. In February and March, there were severe earthquakes in eastern Sichuan and western Sichuan. , Mahu Yijie Mountains collapsed for dozens of miles, the river was silted up, and a strong earthquake occurred in June, which caused heavy casualties to the people in many places in Sichuan, but the local government was not good at reassuring them. Many people had to leave their homes and flee to other places. Although Daye County is not close to Sichuan to make a living in the local area, there are still many refugees here.

It stands to reason that if such a disaster occurs in a local area, the government should do its best to provide relief, but in the current court, after Ningzong's previous power minister Han Yuzhi's Kaixi Northern Expedition failed, Shi Miyuan secretly ambushed and killed Han Yuqun, Frustrated, power fell into the hands of Prime Minister Shi Miyuan, but Shi Miyuan didn't care about such a big event, and let the refugees in Sichuan fend for themselves, which led to this situation. After understanding these things, Gao Huaiyuan wished to kill this damned Shi Miyuan with one blow, but right now he also knew that he would never have access to a high-ranking minister like him, so he could only grit his teeth and take advantage of this opportunity to make Xue Yan more To take in some orphans and relax the conditions is not appropriate, and it can be regarded as doing a little bit for these refugees.

In this way, Xue Yan immediately recruited fifty or sixty homeless teenagers from the local area, many of them including some girls, and sent them to Crouching Tiger Manor.

Fortunately, when the Crouching Tiger Manor was expanded, Gao Huaiyuan's plan was relatively large, and the number of houses built in Crouching Tiger Manor was sufficient. Otherwise, if there were so many years of sudden influx, he really would have no place to house them. After killing these teenagers, Crouching Tiger Village can be considered to have reached its limit.

Many people in Daye County knew about Gao Huaiyuan's taking in refugee orphans, but after positive publicity, Gao Huaiyuan's behavior did not arouse too much suspicion from others, and many people praised it instead. Gao Huaiyuan's benevolence, Liu Zhixian even got a plaque for Gao Huaiyuan after he learned about it, to commend Gao Huaiyuan's behavior. So many orphans!

With the arrival of a large number of orphans in batches, Crouching Tiger Manor was completely bustling. Just arranging the lives of these teenagers, Gao Huaiyuan and his staff were busy. A large number of orphans were screened, and some of the stronger ones were selected. A total of more than 30 people were selected and incorporated into the nursing team, making his personal armed forces reach as many as sixty or seventy people.

The rest of the youngsters were assigned to Jiang Peng's management because they were younger or weaker, and let them work in the workshop. While taking care of their thin bodies, they also observed their conditions for later Then arrange their whereabouts.

The remaining ten or so girls, considering their gender, set aside a separate courtyard for them to live in. As for the management, Gao Huaiyuan simply handed it over to Liu'er.

Liu'er was kind-hearted at first, seeing these girls was very pitiful, so she took care of them like sisters, and soon these girls also fell in love with her. non-stop.

After receiving this group of orphans from Sichuan, Gao Huaiyuan immediately began to train them. First, let them know the rules of Crouching Tiger Village. The cultivation of discipline is the most important thing for him. Here, he must have These orphans are absolutely loyal and trustworthy, but it is basically unnecessary for him to come forward to do these things now. The former group of teenagers alone will instill this concept into the minds of these orphans very well.

Because the personnel this time are more complicated, Gao Huaiyuan also formulated training plans with different intensities for them according to their different division of labor. It is also necessary to accept this kind of physical exercise, he does not want to raise a bunch of weak girls to eat here, the necessary exercise is indispensable.

After these girls arrived at Crouching Tiger Village, Lian Liuer had no choice but to lead by example and join the morning exercise team. In the morning exercise team at Crouching Tiger Village, a beautiful scenery was formed. Since these girls joined, The interest of the teenagers in Crouching Tiger Village has been greatly improved again. Even some lazy guys seem to have taken stimulants. When they run and shout slogans, their voices are raised by an octave.

This kind of situation made Gao Huaiyuan sweat a little, it's really not tiring to work with a man and a woman!It seems that the decision to accept some girls here this time is still correct, at least it made these bad boys work harder.

Although life is very busy, Gao Huaiyuan feels extremely fulfilled, and he also received letters from Gao Jian and Zhao Yuju. Gao Jian is very satisfied with Gao Huaiyuan's performance during this period of time, and asked him to take care of this place For the Chinese New Year this year, let him go back to Shaoxing to celebrate the New Year together.

This made Gao Huaiyuan feel a little relieved, at least he already had a place in Gao Jian's heart, he would think of his son, and he knew that he should go back for a New Year reunion. Speaking of which, it finally feels a little comforting!

As for Zhao Yuju's letter, it was nothing more than expressing his longing for him and wanting him to go back and have a look. He also told Gao Huaiyuan that now he has calmed down, and under the arrangement of his mother, he started to study again and wanted to go back to school in the future. To get a good name in the exam, so that his mother doesn't have to suffer anymore!

Thinking about a member of the royal family living in such a tight situation, Gao Huaiyuan felt a little unbelievable, so he wrote a letter to his father and Zhao Yuju respectively, and asked the sender to send some to Zhao Yuju. For Qian, Gao Huaiyuan still misses this little friend very much. Although he can't be dragged to Daye County, he can give him a helping hand, and now he still has the ability.

As for Huang Yan and Zhou Hao, Shaoxing's family members sent messages expressing how much they missed them, and from the letters between the two places, they knew that they were very good with Gao Huaiyuan, and they were both literate. , I was even able to write letters to my family by myself, and I felt quite relieved again. I asked someone to send a message to Gao Huaiyuan, asking Gao Huaiyuan to take care of the two boys for them, so Gao Huaiyuan also had to let these two boys write books for the family. Feng, after all, these two people still have their parents, so they can't be like other teenagers.

After seeing off the messengers, Gao Huaiyuan made a total calculation and looked at the seasons. It was time for the autumn harvest again. This year was generally considered to be a good year. After the tenants at the old house readjusted their rent and fields, this year Gao Huaiyuan is very motivated, and he takes good care of the field. The grain in the field is growing gratifyingly, and a bumper harvest is inevitable, and collecting rent is not a problem at all, so Gao Huaiyuan is no longer worried about this matter. .

Speaking of which, it has been a year since he came here. He is so busy that he doesn’t even have time to go around the surrounding mountains. He shouldn’t be too tired to be a human being. Seeing that all kinds of affairs are on the track he reserved, it’s a rare mood That's right, before the autumn harvest, I decided to go hunting and relax, so I asked Liu Er to clean up for him, took a little time, took Huang Yan and a few others, left Crouching Tiger Manor, and headed for the mountains in the north .

Crouching Tiger Village is more than 20 miles away from Gaojiazhuang. It is located in Taolong Mountain to the south of Daye County. Because the land is not easy to cultivate, it is sparsely populated. Otherwise, Gao Huaiyuan would not be able to pay such a cheap price. , bought a large piece of land around Crouching Tiger Manor, just because there was no one here, it also provided a considerable degree of cover for his secret development.

From the first time he came here, Gao Huaiyuan had a feeling of déjà vu, but he just couldn't remember why. This time, he also happened to go for a walk in the nearby mountains, to find out the reason for this feeling.

After the group left the villa, they went into the mountains. With their current abilities, it was no problem to drill into the forest. Moreover, when Gao Huaiyuan was still fine, he used a magnet to make a portable compass by himself, which saved him from entering the mountains. Sometimes, you will get lost.

This kind of hunting activity was the first time for everyone, so everyone was very excited. They prepared bows, arrows, machetes and food early on. It was an adventure in the mountains, but they couldn't stand Liu'er's soft temper, so they had to bring Liu'er out. After all, everyone would get bored of staying in the old house or Zhuangzi every day, and Gao Huaiyuan loved Liu'er more. As soon as he muttered, he immediately agreed. Anyway, they all have skills, so protecting Liu'er is no problem.

Liu'er changed out of the usual dress, and put on a neat dress, a pair of mustache trousers, a pair of small boots, and a small dress with a short skirt, which made her tall and well-proportioned in the past two years. Her figure made her look even more beautiful, and she was rolled up high like a waterfall black, fixed with a wooden hairpin, and wrapped in a headscarf, which set off her pretty face incomparably beautifully, which made Gao Huaiyuan pleasing to the eye, and felt His face always felt itchy, as if something was about to break free, making him want to move.

Anyway, Gao Huaiyuan is someone who has experienced this kind of feeling. He has experienced this kind of feeling in his previous life. When he found the change in his heart, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, God!It turned out that he fell in love with Liu'er a little bit, what should I do!After carefully examining his own heart, Gao Huaiyuan found that for Liu'er, he was actually not just grateful. The two of them have stayed together ear to ear since he was the second generation, let alone Liu'er herself. She is gentle and virtuous, and the more beautiful she is, even if Liu Er is not beautiful, the two of them will develop a good impression after being together for a long time!What's more, Liu'er was kind to him first, Gao Huaiyuan looked at Liu'er's bouncing figure walking in front of the team, couldn't help being a little crazy!