Pirate Song

It just so happened that Liu Er sent Gao Huaiyuan another jug ​​of wine. After so many days, Liu Er began to regard Ji Xiancheng as Gao Huaiyuan's own person unconsciously. After hearing what Ji Xiancheng said, she smiled and said Said: "Mr. Ji doesn't know yet! How many things does our young master know? Not only can he only make this kind of thing! Speaking of it..."

Gao Huaiyuan quickly gave Liu'er a wink, and Liu'er immediately came to his senses, and quickly stopped talking, not daring to continue. She also knew that she had slipped her mouth unknowingly today, so she quickly bypassed it. Gao Huaiyuan said to Gao Huaiyuan on this topic: "Master! Ruohu's fever has started to recede, and he said to drink water just now! Looks like his complexion is getting better!"

Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly stood up and ran out, "I'll go check on Ruohu's situation. Mr. Ji is absent, so drink yourself first!"

Liu'er also hurriedly ran out with Gao Huaiyuan holding up the corner of her skirt, while Ji Xiancheng played with the telescope in his hand, and said to himself with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Now I am more and more interested in you, Young Master Gao, you What surprises can it bring me? It seems that this trip to Daye must be worthwhile, and I am really looking forward to it! Ha ha!"

Li Ruohu's injury really improved a lot after boarding the ship. After the vehicle was less bumpy, his pain was also less. Bloody, after boarding the boat, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the boatman to make fish soup, poured it little by little for him who had been in a coma for a few days, and then fed him the crushed fish. Now Li Ruohu's injury has finally stabilized.

Gao Huaiyuan squatted beside Li Ruohu, calling his name softly. After a while, Li Ruohu's eyelids trembled a few times, and then gradually opened his eyes.

"Master..." Li Ruohu called softly.

Gao Huaiyuan held Li Ruohu's hand tightly and shook it vigorously. After a long time, he choked up and said, "I said you will be fine! Just come back! Just come back!"

This sentence seemed very pale at this time, but Gao Huaiyuan couldn't find any more suitable words, Li Ruohu nodded with tears in his eyes, he could see from Gao Huaiyuan's eyes what is the sincere brotherhood.

Do not abandon, do not give up!Gao Huaiyuan said this sentence to them a long time ago, and now he finally understands this sentence. In Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, these helpless orphans are not tools, but treated as brothers by him This is enough for them.

After boarding the ship from Qingyang County, they never encountered any dangers. They traveled upstream all the way. Although the journey was not fast, it was very comfortable, allowing Gao Huaiyuan and the others to have a full rest. Li Ruohu's body gradually began to heal, and Li Ruohu's body became stronger day by day, and he could walk a few steps down the ground before arriving in Ezhou.

Along the way, Gao Huaiyuan consciously gained weight, fishing every day in his free time, and chatting with Ji Xiancheng when he had nothing to do, and the two got along more and more harmoniously.

Although Ji Xiancheng has not fully understood Gao Huaiyuan, through the conversation these days, he can basically see that Gao Huaiyuan seems to be reckless. In fact, he is a thoughtful person in many aspects, which is somewhat different from his age. It doesn't match up a bit, and Ji Xiancheng believes that Gao Huaiyuan will be able to make a career after time. According to Ji Xiancheng's words borrowed from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this son will not be a thing in the pool. Sooner or later, he will become a blockbuster, so he is also firm. One of Ji Xiancheng's thoughts was to follow Gao Huaiyuan all the way and see what he could do!

During this period of time, they encountered naval fleets on the river many times, which feasted Gao Huaiyuan's eyes and intuitively understood the strength of the Southern Song navy. It is the water army of the capital of Ezhou, and it is equipped with at least 8 warships. These water troops are called the Suojiang Army by the Song people. The water army has a total strength of at least [-] to [-].

These naval forces are not the same as those of later generations. They not only carry out surface warfare, but Gao Huaiyuan also saw a drill of a naval landing raid on the way. Large vehicles and boats cover small boats and load the naval forces to make a surprise ashore. The method is quite a bit like the style of the Marine Corps of later generations. It concentrates its forces on the water with the convenience of boats and boats, and then conducts surprise attacks on the enemy's weak points. At least this kind of combat thinking is already quite advanced in this era. No wonder it is not good at water. For more than a hundred years, the warring kingdom of Jin has been unable to break through the natural moat of the Yangtze River. The navy of the Southern Song Dynasty should not be underestimated!

Although the Southern Song Water Army played a vital role in the Southern Song Dynasty's south of Jianghuai, it cannot be said that they have no limitations. After all, such a Jiang Water Army, no matter how you say it, is always a defensive force. Confined to the rivers and waterways, the defense is okay, but the offense is useless. Especially after the Jin people occupied the hinterland of the Central Plains, the important canal systems in the north and the south were gradually silted up due to the hostile relationship between the two countries. For a while, the Bianhe River, the North and South Grand Canals, followed the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the Jin army from going down the Bianhe River by boat, they were completely destroyed and silted into flat ground.

In this way, although the Jin army was prevented from going south, it also caused a lot of trouble for the Song army to go north. The Song army was mainly infantry, and it relied far more on logistics than any other country in this era. When sending troops to the Northern Expedition, logistics support In addition to relying on the transportation of mules, horses and vehicles, most of them have to rely on boats on the water for transshipment in order to supply the expenses of the Song army. Inability to attack, even if it wins, it is difficult to maintain, so it also caused the Song army's inability to attack the Northern Expedition.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't know about these things, they were all told by Ji Xiancheng in the past few days, Ji Xiancheng knew much more about the situation in the Song and Jin Dynasties than Gao Huaiyuan, which made Gao Huaiyuan understand something.

After sailing for a period of time, the ship finally arrived in Daye County. Gao Huaiyuan took everyone ashore and returned to his one-acre three-point land.

After everyone set foot on the land of Daye County, they felt like going home. No matter what, Gao Huaiyuan felt that Daye was his real home now, most of his properties were here, and this was where he was. where the roots are.

Breathing the fresh air, Gao Huaiyuan patted Li Ruohu who was lying on the car and said, "Go back to Daye County first, and arrange Mr. Ji at the old house first! You must take good care of Mr. Ji's daily life! I'll go A trip to Ezhou, and then come back! Everything will be discussed after I come back!"

Li Ruohu nodded, and wanted to say goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan, but Gao Huaiyuan pushed him on the car, and then told Liu Er: "You take care of Mr. Ji in the old house first, and wait for me to come back!"

Although Liu'er was a bit reluctant, she still nodded obediently. She slipped her tongue on the way, and she was still a little uneasy, for fear that Gao Huaiyuan would be angry.

"Mr. Ji! I have to go to Ezhou to deal with some private matters on the way. I won't accompany you back to Daye County for the time being. Liuer and the others will make proper arrangements for your husband's daily life. I will return to Daye soon after three or two days." County, how about walking around with your husband at that time? I hope you will forgive me for being rude!" Gao Huaiyuan walked to Ji Xiancheng's car again, and said to Ji Xiancheng who was getting off the car.

"Young Master Gao, please do yourself! Ji will wait for Master Gao in Daye!" Ji Xiancheng didn't want to ask Gao Huaiyuan what else he wanted to go to Ezhou, so he said goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan.

After bidding farewell to Ji Xiancheng, Gao Huaiyuan parted ways with them and headed towards Ezhou. Huang Zhen's Zuixianlou head office is located in Ezhou, and now it's time for Huang Zhen to go back to Shaoxing.

When Gao Huaiyuan arrived in Ezhou, it was still bustling with crowds, and it was a lively scene. Except for the soldiers and horses mobilized by the Ezhou camp outside the city, the city was basically not affected by the war. Business travelers came and went frequently, making it very prosperous. .

At least this also shows the confidence of the Song people. Most Song people did not feel overly panicked when dealing with the Jin army's southern invasion. Psychologically, the Song people now do not take the Jin people seriously. It has a lot to do with the decline of the Kingdom of Jin over the years.

After stepping into the city, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help thinking about the incident that he brought people to rescue Zhao Tong in the prefect's prison nearly a year ago. Although he heard that Ezhou was in chaos for a while afterwards, he was quickly suppressed by the prefect's yamen. After all, this kind of thing doesn't look good on the magistrate's face, not to mention that Zhao Tong who was rescued is not an important person, and this incident will soon be forgotten in Ezhou. I am afraid that only Gao Huaiyuan still remembers it at this moment. As for this incident, Gao Huaiyuan didn't know how many people were implicated and lost their jobs.

Now the Zuixianlou in Ezhou has become the largest restaurant in Ezhou. Because of the fame of the immortal drunk, most rich people regard Zuixianlou as the most high-end restaurant in Ezhou. If you want to have a banquet here, you can’t make an appointment in advance. It is impossible to have a seat at all!

Moreover, when Zuixianlou gained a foothold, it gradually relaxed the sales of Immortal Drunk, from the original one hundred pots per day to two hundred pots, and also launched a slightly lower-grade Immortal Drunk, quietly nibbling away Most of the high-end market has been destroyed, and the original big restaurants can only condescend to do mid-to-low-end business. The entire wine industry in Ezhou has basically been reshuffled, and Zuixianlou has firmly established itself.

And Huang Zhen, a businessman, is quite smart. He has always maintained a good relationship with the government, and managed the important officials in the Ezhou territory comfortably. No one dared to come to the door without permission to trouble Zuixianlou.

Although some people were dissatisfied and secretly invited some ruffians to Zuixian Tower to make trouble, but there are a few youngsters sent by Crouching Tiger Village to sit in the town. Although they look like running waiters, they all have quite good kung fu. The gangsters made trouble a few times, without alarming the government, they were dragged out of the store by these teenagers, blocked in an alley and beaten violently, so that those idle hooligans on the ground in Ezhou never dared to come to make trouble easily.

Naturally, Gao Huaiyuan had heard about these things from Huang Zhen, why did he now feel that Huang Zhen was a bit like a gangster boss in later generations, and started eating both black and white in Ezhou.

Huang Zhen is also very satisfied with the current state, and he is ambitious to push the sign of Zuixian Tower to various places in the Southern Song Dynasty in two or three years, so Huang Zhen started to hand over the affairs here to his cousin a few years ago. Take care, ready to leave at any time to go to the Liangzhe area to open a new semicolon.

And this form of business was not created by Gao Huaiyuan. The Southern Song Dynasty had a very prosperous business. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, merchants from all over the country began to appear this way of business. The shop of the Wang family is a typical example, and the family business expanded to a wide range. On the one hand, branch offices are set up in various places, and Huang Zhen is also gradually setting up shops. In just half a year, he has added nearly ten branch offices of Zuixianlou on Jingxi Road, and the business is booming.

This kind of expansion is very rare even in later generations. One of the important reasons is that the wine sold in Zuixianlou is the only one in the world, and there is no other semicolon. The benefits brought by the monopoly are naturally huge. Huaiyuan is also confident that in a relatively short period of time, he will build a business kingdom all over the country and spread his intelligence network down.

When Gao Huaiyuan walked all the way to Zuixian Tower, the people here recognized him immediately, and invited him into the restaurant very quickly, and Huang Zhen also came out to welcome him after hearing the news.

Gao Huaiyuan told Huang Zhen about going back to Shaoxing to buy real estate this time. After the two briefly explained some business matters here after Huang Zhen left, Gao Huaiyuan said to Huang Zhen: "Uncle Huang is going back to Shaoxing this time. You can flex your muscles. Before I left, I mentioned to my father that you are going back to Shaoxing. My father has already promised to take care of your affairs. You are familiar with the ground there. There should be no problem with standing. Even if you ask my father for help, as long as my father can drink the fairy drunk all the time!

What's more, after uncle's passing, the focus is not on Shaoxing. We need to find a way to open Zuixianlou to Lin'an as soon as possible. That's our destination, and right now we don't only have something like "Shenxianzui" as a signboard. , now we have stockpiled a batch of perfumes, creams, and body oils, and made a lot of glazed mirrors. Once these things are on the market, they will definitely become a hit. It seems that Uncle Huang will have to work hard this year! "

Huang Zhen nodded, and said with a happy face: "Don't worry, young master! Leave this matter to me, and I will definitely not disappoint the young master. Another thing is the few pigeons that the young master took away years ago. , They flew back before the new year, came back from Shaoxing, judging from the date the young master left on their feet, the fastest one flew back in less than three days, and the rest also arrived here on the same day. It can be called a god, and it will be so convenient to have this thing to deliver news in the future! Not only can it save time, but also save a lot of manpower and road expenses! No wonder the young master ran to find Liu Fugui back then, this method Exquisite indeed!"

Huang Zhen mentioned the matter of homing pigeons. Gao Huaiyuan almost ignored it if he didn't say anything. After hearing this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly asked: "Then the pigeons I took away this time have all returned home. Yet?"

Huang Zhen nodded and smiled and replied: "This time I brought five pigeons to the young master, and all of them have come back. I really don't understand how such a small thing can remember the way back when it came to Shaoxing by land. Sometimes even birds are much stronger than humans! Hehe!"

After Gao Huaiyuan listened to Huang Zhen's words, he laughed for a while, and he was relieved at this moment. At least now he wanted to use pigeons to build a communication network plan of his own, and it had initially succeeded. The communication network is at least several times faster than the current human communication, and there is no problem.

After the two discussed the next business expansion plan in detail, Huang Zhen told the news he had just received from Huang Yan before the army. Meng Zongzheng's soldiers and horses have now firmly controlled the Zaoyang area. And cooperated with Liu Shixing, the commanding army of Suizhou, to recover a large area of ​​Suizhou territory, and drove the Jin army back to Xinyang and Tanghe. The strong Han warriors in the golden realm of the three places stationed in Zaoyang for military training.

Years ago, Meng Zongzheng led troops to capture Jinzhan's Huyang County, and captured the county in one go. Meng Gong dared to use his life in this battle. He was under the command of the Left Army of the Zhongshun Army and was promoted to deputy general. Even Huang Yan was appointed as the commander of the Zhongshun Army Battalion this time because of his meritorious service. Of the rest of the crouching tiger village boys, only one died in battle. Meng Gong was placed in the Zhongshun Army, the youngest was also a capital, and someone became the head of the Zhongshun Army. Now it can be said that Gao Huaiyuan has not lost face, and because Huang Yanjin said that the establishment of the Zhongshun Army is highly valued by Meng Zongzheng. .

For this reason, Meng Zongzheng also mentioned Gao Huaiyuan himself many times before the army. Mr. Fang Zhao defended Gao Huaiyuan about Qifang Town.

Gao Huaiyuan shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't bring this up again. I didn't plan to be an official in the army. Now I can be regarded as a big family. If I don't come back, how can I make something like a drunken fairy?" The good wine! Hehe!

But Huang Yan is really good, he is not good for business, but he is a good material for a general, if he comes back with me this time, it will be a big loss!Now Uncle Huang is still complaining that I didn't bring Huang Yan back? "

Huang Zhen no longer cares about Huang Yan's stay in the army, and waved his hands with a smile: "This guy has never been stable since he was a child. Fortunately, he met you, young master. If it wasn't for him, I don't know what it is now." What he looks like, he might have become a disaster in Shaoxing long ago, he could be what he is today, thanks to the gift of the young master, not to mention he has grown into an adult, what he wants to do in the future is up to him! Life is a matter of life and death, if he can do something in the army, he will honor our Huang family! It's a pity that he stays in front of the army this time, and he won't be able to do anything for you, young master in the future!"