Pirate Song

In one afternoon, this group of people pledged a large amount of money. As long as it is implemented, the start-up funds for the self-insurance of each township will be basically implemented. Only after these people get the money out, they will start to promote this project. It's over.

This matter is easy to say, but it is not easy to actually operate it. After all, it is necessary to purchase a large number of bows, arrows, weapons, etc., which may cause concerns among the upper echelons of the state government. Therefore, before this matter was implemented, Gao Huaiyuan was still pulling Together with Liu Zhixian, they reported the matter to the prefect of Ezhou, and explained the reason for doing so. After the higher-ups knew about this matter, they would no longer be able to make decisions without authorization and give others any excuses.

As for the prefect of Ezhou, Gao Huaiyuan had received generous gifts in the first place, and Zhao Fang also urged the local government to strengthen the training of village bravery, so all the way the green light passed Daye County's method of training township brave people, and agreed with Da Yexian county officials came forward to buy bows and arrows, weapons and other things in the Ezhou military field, which were used for the training of village bravery.

It will take some time to do these things, but it guarantees that Gao Huaiyuan will not be convicted because of this, and makes things clear, leaving people speechless. Fortunately, You Ji first became Gao Huaiyuan's counselor, otherwise In other words, with Gao Huaiyuan's way of doing things, there is no guarantee that after this matter is done secretly, it will become someone else's handle. When someone impeaches him, Gao Huaiyuan will probably wash his ass and go to jail!

Although it took a little time to do so, it guaranteed Gao Huaiyuan's safety, so Gao Huaiyuan followed Ji Xiancheng's instructions and gradually pushed forward these matters. Finally, after the summer harvest, this matter was implemented in Daye County. stand up.

And those big households who pledged donations at the beginning saw that the matter had come to an end, so they honestly followed their original promises, took out the money, and the county government came forward to buy a batch of bows and arrows in the Ezhou Armament Field, and shipped them to Daye In the county warehouse, the problem of the source of weapons was preliminarily solved.

At the beginning of the implementation of this matter, Gao Huaiyuan still encountered a lot of resistance. Some people in the countryside were not willing to go out to participate. They felt that it was not beneficial to do so. The reason is that in the past, there were also cases of recruiting strong men to serve as soldiers in the village, but the local government mostly used them for the purpose of exploiting labor, and seldom really used it for the purpose of strengthening the people, but just to obtain free labor. There are conflicts, and I don't want to make Ding.

For this reason, many ordinary people scolded Gao Huaiyuan in private, saying that after he took office, he didn't think about the common people, and tried to entrap the common people in different ways!This made Gao Huaiyuan a little frustrated, but it didn't dampen Gao Huaiyuan's enthusiasm, so he went down to the village in person to explain the benefits of doing this to the common people, and he explained it to the common people with affection and reason. And I promise that the township soldiers will never be easily used to give free labor to work for the government!

After a lot of mobilization, coupled with the semi-compulsory recruitment of local officials, the township teams of each township were finally formed. They were not called township soldiers in name, but in the name of bow and arrow clubs. formed.

In this way, the resistance of some villagers was somewhat reduced, and it began to operate gradually.

For this reason, Gao Huaiyuan also reached an agreement with Liu Zhi County. Under normal circumstances, they will never be used to perform any kind of labor, and the main energy will be on training them, so as not to cause this kind of thing to become a mere formality and cannot be continued.

Right now, Liuzhi County has to rely heavily on Gao Huaiyuan to maintain the stability of Daye County for him, so he supports his opinion. In addition to the necessary things, the call for labor has been greatly reduced, and the initially organized bow and arrow club has begun to operate. up.

The difference between the Bow and Archery Society and the Township Soldiers is that the Township Soldiers come out of ten households and select healthy soldiers, which is purely a military organization. As a result, the number of personnel has increased significantly, and these bow and arrow clubs only need to practice during the slack season on weekdays, and do not leave their homes. This weakens the resistance of the people to this matter, and begins to make Gao Huaiyuan's idea come true. .

Just having the name of this bow and arrow club is not enough. If the big family pays money, they will naturally act as the head or deputy of the bow and arrow club. However, these rich people can only act as the leaders in name. To solve this problem, Gao Huaiyuan summoned the township soldiers who had served in the army before in the territory under the jurisdiction of Daye. Many of these people They have actual combat experience, and a group of them were Gao Huaiyuan's subordinates when he joined the army. They returned to the village last year, so they can be used as the instructors of the bow and arrow clubs in various townships. And to establish a bow and arrow club, they came to vote one after another, initially solving the problem of the bow and arrow club instructor.

However, relying on these village soldiers alone is not enough to solve the problem. Gao Huaiyuan also used his connections to search for people with martial arts skills among the people, and visited them to invite a group of people with martial arts skills to be the heads of the bow and arrow clubs in each town As a post, let him be responsible for the training of bow and arrow clubs in various townships.

In addition, Gao Huaiyuan also set up the charter of the bow and arrow club, set up a system of regular drills according to the busy and slack seasons of farming, and strictly limited the system of dispatching village bravery to prevent individual big households from using these bow and arrow clubs for their own benefit. Therefore, the Bow and Arrow Club has gradually become a second-level armed organization in Daye County, and must obey the deployment of the county government in essence. Such a charter has also been approved by Liu Zhixian and other county government officials. , So far, the matter of uniting townships and self-protection has gradually spread in Daye County.

And Gao Huaiyuan was very busy. Not only was he responsible for practicing the archers of the county government every day, but he also went to inspect when the bow and arrow clubs of the townships gathered for practice, and from time to time personally taught some archery skills, which is martial arts. , but basically never mobilized the township braves of the bow and arrow club to do any labor and so on. Only then did the people of the townships gradually trust Gao Huaiyuan, the county captain. People who practice martial arts in the bow and arrow club can still get some food subsidies to some extent, so they are also enthusiastic about participating in the activities of the bow and arrow club.

Gao Huaiyuan even made a plan for the autumn competitions in various townships, and let out rumors that he would set up a big prize to reward the bow and arrow clubs that won the autumn competitions. Wu enthusiasm.

During this period, Gao Huaiyuan also learned a lot of things, first of all, some things about him. After Huang Zhen was ordered to return to Shaoxing, within a short period of time, he used Gao Huaiyuan's purchased real estate in Shaoxing to open a two-story building. The first Zuixian Restaurant in the Zhejiang area, and relying on the wine of Immortal Drunken, became popular again in one fell swoop, quickly rose in Shaoxing, and became the largest restaurant in Shaoxing Prefecture, and with the support of Gao Jian, it has firmly established itself .

And soon the semicolon was opened to Mingzhou, the most important sea-connecting commercial port in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the situation was also opened there. In this way, Gao Huaiyuan's plan to use Zuixianlou to advance eastward was initially successfully implemented, and it was only waiting for the next step to make Zuixian Xianlou entered Lin'an, Hangzhou. Gao Huaiyuan was very pleased with Huang Zhen's actions. He secretly praised Huang Zhen as a good businessman.

For this reason, Gao Huaiyuan selected more than 30 smart young men from Crouching Tiger Village and sent them to Huang Zhen's subordinates to help him continue to promote the expansion of Zuixian Tower.

At the same time, he also learned important news about the Gao family through Huang Zhen. For some reason, the second young master of the Gao family suddenly ran away from home a month ago and disappeared without a trace. The servants made many inquiries, but they couldn't find Gao Huairen's whereabouts.

Naturally, Gao Huaiyuan didn't know why Gao Huairen would suddenly play the game of running away from home, but he still felt that Gao Huairen's move might have something to do with Yufu in Huizhou when he came back from Shaoxing that day, and also from Huang Judging from the news sent by Zhen, this possibility is very likely, because since he returned to Daye County, the gang of dandies who were very arrogant in Shaoxing have stopped and stayed behind closed doors. After Huang Zhen inquired, it is said that these People seem to be threatened by someone, and everyone paid a lot of money to save their lives. Needless to say, the person who threatened this group of guys was definitely the one who set up an ambush in Huizhou to want Gao Huaiyuan's life. What Ma Erdao did, the guy failed to ambush Gao Huaiyuan, and he would not give up if he lost his troops. He didn't dare to trouble Gao Huaiyuan anymore, so he went to trouble those employers and extort some money to compensate him for his loss. It seems that this time It can be regarded as a lesson for those lawless dandies, as for Gao Huairen's sudden escape, maybe this guy has something to do with this matter, he had to fear that the matter would be revealed, so he simply left his home to avoid the limelight.

Gao Huaiyuan first learned about this matter from Huang Zhen, but soon learned about it from letters between him and Gao Jian. Gao Jian was deeply concerned about this matter, and could not find Gao Huairen's whereabouts , as an old man, he naturally felt anxious and unable to live in peace, but Gao Huairen didn't know where he went, and even Gao Jian couldn't find him for a while!

Gao Huaiyuan could only write a letter to comfort his father, Gao Jian, and comfort Gao Jian, saying that his second brother would not be bored studying at home, and maybe he wanted to go out to experience some experience, please Gao Jian don't worry too much about it, but In this way, Gao Huaiyuan didn't know what problem Jiujing could solve.

Thinking about Gao Jian, Gao Huaiyuan also felt quite sorry for his father. The two sons who had placed high hopes on him, now one has become a bastard who ruined the family tradition, and the other has also run away from home. He is the only one left. The silly son who was originally dispensable has become a sustenance. For the father, this kind of blow is definitely not small.

At the same time that Huang Zhen opened the Zuixianlou branch in Mingzhou, he also opened a shop in Mingzhou City, which mainly deals in women's products. Many fresh products have been on the market, and they have been sought after immediately, becoming the most popular in the market. The short-sought goods were considered an instant hit, shocking the business peers.

In this way, not only did the people of Song Dynasty become interested, but even the vassal merchants flocked to buy these novelties at a high price, and sold the first batch of goods brought over in a short period of time. As a last resort, Huang Zhen repeatedly urged Gao Huaiyuan to urge the goods. Gao Huaiyuan had to transfer the stocks of Crouching Tiger Village to Liangzhe by boat in large quantities and hand them over to Huang Zhen for sale. Moreover, all of these goods were extremely profitable. Things, especially things like perfume, marked with a price of [-], still can't stop the enthusiasm of rich women to buy a bottle of this kind of perfume. After delivery, you can get a bottle.

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan naturally made a lot of money and made a lot of money. The workshop in Crouching Tiger Manor was still running short of supplies. It would not be too much to say that he was making a lot of money every day!As for how much money he earned, Gao Huaiyuan himself didn't know. The only one who could figure it out clearly was Zhou Yi, the chief accountant.

And for the 12th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was also an uneasy year. The Kingdom of Jin changed generals and ordered Wanyan to lead the Jin army to attack Zaoyang again. Wanyan Yeke led the Jin army to attack the city [-] times. Wanyan Yee chose to ride [-] elite riders. He was known as a crossbowman. He had a ladder and a bridge to attack Zaoyang City.Song general Meng Zongzheng fought fifteen battles with the Jin army and burned his siege equipment so that he did not dare to approach the city.

At the same time, Zhao Fang, who was the ambassador of Jingxi Road at the time, saw that the rear of the Jin army was empty, so he dispatched the capital of Ezhou to command Xu Guo and the Shenjin army to control Hu Zaixing to attack Tangzhou (now Tanghe County, Henan Province) and Dengzhou. In order to break the siege of Zaoyang, when Xu Guohe and Hu Zaixing managed the two states of Tang and Deng, they received orders from Zhao Fang to turn around and attack the back of the Jin army that was besieging Zaoyang County. Heaven, unable to conquer, was attacked by the Song army inside and outside, and returned in a big defeat, losing more than [-] soldiers, and Wanyan Ye was even more pitiful. He fled back to the Kingdom of Jin alone, and the entire army was wiped out After entering the Zaoyang area, it was considered as the end of the more than three-year Zaoyang battle, which completely disintegrated the Jin army's strategic conception of attacking Xiangyang. Mainly, the main attack direction is placed in the Huainan area.

The Song army basically won the victory on the Jingxi Road battlefield and completely stabilized the defense line of Jingxi Road. From then on, the Central Plains adherents also began to move south in large numbers and entered the jurisdiction controlled by the Southern Song Dynasty.

Originally, the Zhongshun Army established by Meng Zongzheng in Zaoyang vigorously recruited young and strong men from the northern adherents into the army. On the one hand, he has also begun to show his prominence in the official circles of nearby states and counties, which has also become a great boost to his private business.

Now Gao Huaiyuan dare not say that he can cover the sky with one hand in Daye County, at least no one in Daye County can covet anything about his overt and secret industries, especially the copper and iron mine under Xue Yan's name, after a year or two After mining, the output also began to reach a peak. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the copper and iron smelting furnace that the mine had been preparing for a long time finally started to ignite.

Gao Huaiyuan took advantage of his contacts in Daye County to get Xue Yan a lot of furnace workers in the refinery, which made the furnace smelting project under his name progress very smoothly, and soon began to produce iron and copper, and became a Gao Huaiyuan made a fortune.

However, Gao Huaiyuan was not in a hurry to sell the copper and iron. While paying the taxes that should be paid, he stored the copper and iron produced for future use.

And Gao Huaiyuan's regular archers, trained by Gao Huaiyuan himself, can be said to have reached a fairly elite level in the past half a year. Don't look at the fifty archers. Fifty archers come, not to mention that one is worth a hundred, at least they can match hundreds of them without any problem.