Pirate Song

"Master! You walked really fast. You made it easy for me to find you! I just went to find Huang Shibo. What kind of three-flowered grass you are talking about? Huang Shibo said that he had never heard of it and couldn't collect it. How could this happen?

Do it! Master, do you know what three-flowered grass looks like?" Jiang Peng stopped and asked Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly.

This Jiang Peng is really impatient! Gao Huaiyuan chuckled a little, but for someone like him who likes to study, Gao Huaiyuan still likes him from the bottom of his heart.

After taking a look at the sky, it was already noon. Gao Huaiyuan said with a smile: "I can't explain it in one sentence. In this way, after we have dinner, I will go to the mountains to have a look. You can go into the mountains with me later and I will teach you."

Identify what Trichosanthes is!”

Not many people know about triflora, but Gao Huaiyuan saw this kind of thing by chance in his father's cosmetics factory in his previous life, and knew that triflora is an important ingredient in making perfume.

raw material, so he firmly remembered its appearance and smell. In the past two years, he often saw such three-flowered grass in the mountains and fields near Crouching Tiger Village, so he came up with the idea of ​​​​making a perfume.

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After only half a day, Gao Huaiyuan thought of many new ways to make money, and his mind was full. He hurried back to the small courtyard and wrote down the things he had thought of in the morning, so that he could forget them later.

Now, he must implement these things one by one as soon as possible. Through this experience of fighting with the army, Gao Huaiyuan knows that even if he fights now, he can make money. It seems that he is already a rich man, but once it is used,

In case of war, his little money will be just a drop in the bucket, so for now he must continue to make a fortune. After he has money, many things will be much easier to handle.

After lunch, Gao Huaiyuan called for Zhou Laowu without stopping, and asked Jiaqi to call a few northerners who had opened copper mines in the north. Together, they left Crouching Tiger Villa and walked into the mountains.

This mountain road leads directly into the mountain. Before Gao Huaiyuan left Crouching Tiger Village, he had already opened a lot of roads. Now, after some exploration by Zhou Laowu and others, he finally reached the copper mine where Gao Huaiyuan appeared.

Now, this matter is what Gao Huaiyuan is most concerned about. Now that he has money and resources, things will be much easier to handle in the future.

The mountain col where the copper mine is located is about seven or eight miles away from Crouching Tiger Villa. Everyone arrived at the col after leaving Crouching Tiger Villa. Jiang Peng followed Gao Huaiyuan along the way and learned to identify three-flowered grass. His hard work paid off.

, they really found a lot of three-flowered grass on the roadside along the way.

By observing the leaves and plant shapes, and smelling the smell, Jiang Peng quickly mastered the method of identifying three-flowered grass, so he stopped accompanying Gao Huaiyuan into the mountains. After collecting some, he ran back to Crouching Tiger Village to find some.

Huang Zhen went to help.

Gao Huaiyuan and his party continued to march towards the mountains. Although the road had been opened, it was not very wide and could only accommodate an oxcart. There were many tree roots on the road, making it quite inconvenient to walk.

But Gao Huaiyuan didn't complain. After all, with their current manpower, it was quite difficult to achieve this level. Zhou Laowu didn't know how much sweat he had to put in to achieve this step, so Gao Huaiyuan still praised him repeatedly.

This made Zhou Laowu feel more proud, and finally felt that he was a useful person in Crouching Tiger Village. Looking at Zhou Laowu's cheerful expression, Zhou Hao was also happy for his father.

Although the road has been built here, it is still inaccessible. From time to time, some wild beasts in the mountains will jump out, becoming the targets of Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Hao. Along the way, they actually hunted a wild boar and a few silly roe deer.

, a few pheasants made everyone excited, and they walked to the mountain col talking and laughing all the way.

Several accompanying miners immediately followed Gao Huaiyuan's instructions and began to explore around. Gao Huaiyuan was an absolute layman when it came to mining and could not help at all, so he had to call Zhou Laowu and Zhou Hao and his son to find a nearby mine.

Xiaoxi, skinned and disemboweled a hunted roe deer, cleaned it, picked up some dry firewood, and started to barbecue.

After the roe deer was cooked, some salt spray was sprinkled on it, and it smelled delicious, which attracted several miners who were looking around to find the smell.

A miner ran back with a stone and said to Gao Huaiyuan with a happy face: "Master! It's really good. This should indeed be a copper mine. Judging from its small size, the quality of this copper mine is pretty good, and it is a copper-iron compound."

The young master is really a genius. He was able to find a copper mine in such an inaccessible place and made preparations in advance. I really admire him!"

Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but sweat a little. He didn't know any prospecting! If he hadn't been here in his previous life, he wouldn't have found a copper-iron associated mine here! Now he became a prophet again!

Several other miners also took the piece of ore and nodded in agreement. This piece of ore is green in color. It is indeed a copper ore, and it contains iron ore. The quality is still good.

Gao Huaiyuan pulled out the dagger from his boots, cut the roasted roe deer into pieces, handed it to the miners, and took a piece to chew on. Everyone happily ate the roe deer meat while discussing related mining matters.

"Master, although this is a mining site, there are very few ores on the surface. Collecting them requires a lot of manpower and is a bit uneconomical. If you want to mine, you have to peel off the top stones and then dig downwards.

I just saw it, and the stone here is very hard. If you want to mine it, it will probably take a lot of time and labor!" The miner who found the ore said to Gao Huaiyuan while chewing, his mouth full of oil.

Several other people had similar opinions to him, and felt that this mining site really needed to be mined in this way, which would require a lot of labor and time.

Gao Huaiyuan was very excited about finding the right place. After listening to what they said, he felt a little frustrated. Now he is eager to mine the copper and iron ore here. If it is as they said, the upfront investment will be an astronomical figure.

, his current assets are really not enough if he wants to completely independently exploit the ore here.

And he doesn't want anyone to take a share of the pie. After all, he plans to smelt the ore produced here and keep it for his own use. If others interfere, many secrets of Crouching Tiger Village may be leaked. He doesn't want to do that right now.

Let people know the secret of his Crouching Tiger Villa.

"Is there no other way? How about mining a small amount first?" Gao Huaiyuan dropped the roe deer bones in his hands, grabbed a handful of leaves and wiped his oily hands and asked the miners.

"No! Now we can only use this method to uncover the layer of stone on the surface before we can start mining. Otherwise, even a hundred or ten kilograms of copper and iron may not be smelted from the ore on the surface alone. It is really not cost-effective!

"A miner interface replied.

Gao Huaiyuan stood up and followed them to the mine site. Looking at the big bluestones in the mountain col, he really had a headache. If he had to rely on manpower to dig out bit by bit, he really didn't know that it would be the year of the monkey and the moon of the horse!

Originally full of joy, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel a little discouraged after seeing the situation here.

Everyone thought about it but couldn't think of any good way to remove the layer of bluestone on the surface as soon as possible and expose the mineral layer below. They could only use the old method to dig out bit by bit. In the end, Gao Huaiyuan came up with a good way, and

He patted his legs and said with a smile: "Don't think about it! I have an idea!"

"Oh? Master, what's the best way? Tell me quickly! If you don't need a chisel to cut this stone, what else can you do?" Several miners gathered around and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

"Attack with fire! Burn with fire!" Gao Huaiyuan said with a smile.

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's method, everyone was immediately discouraged. Although they did not dare to contradict Gao Huaiyuan with their mouths, they disapproved of it in their hearts. They thought this is a bullshit method! The stone is so hard, how can it be burned with fire?

Can't open it? Young Master Gao is probably too anxious!

Seeing the disapproval expressions on everyone's faces, Gao Huaiyuan could tell that they didn't believe his idea, so he explained to them: "Don't believe me! These rocks are indeed very hard, and it is probably not easy to cut them with an iron chisel."

, if there is a copper mine below this gentle slope, we can find someone to chop some wood, pile it here, set it on fire for two days, and then pour cold water down from above. When these hot stones are stimulated by the cold water, they will naturally

It will break apart! After the rubble is cleared away, the ore below will be exposed! But this method is a bit dangerous. If a forest fire occurs in such a large forest, it will be in big trouble!"

Everyone thought it was interesting to think that Young Master Gao was really smart enough to come up with such a wonderful idea. This method is really good. After heating the stone first, the stone will burst into pieces when the cold water is applied.

Damn it, why didn't they think of such a simple method? It really made these people dare not underestimate Gao Huaiyuan's wisdom!

"What a great idea! Why didn't we think of it? But we need to pay attention to the mountain fire problem that the young master said. Once a mountain fire is caused, we probably won't be able to escape! But we can first cut down the nearby forest and clear a piece of land.

Site, anyway, we will set up a mine here in the future, and people also need a place to live, so this is the best method!" An older miner nodded and said.

After Gao Huaiyuan glanced at the middle-aged man, he asked his name and then remembered his name. The man's name was Ma Lian. He was from Shanxi. He once worked as a miner in a copper mine in Shanxi and was familiar with the mining techniques.

Just because the Jin Kingdom wanted to start a war with the Southern Song Dynasty, he was forced to join the army. When he got here, he eventually fell into the hands of Gao Huaiyuan and became Gao Huaiyuan's domestic servant.

Among the several miners, Ma Lian was the most experienced. Gao Huaiyuan immediately appointed Ma Lian to be the chief responsible for the mining of copper and iron ores here. Professional matters still need to be done by professionals. Gao Huaiyuan asked himself that he was not omnipotent.

Tong, he can do anything, but in the end he still has to rely on these people to do things for him, otherwise, he would not have taken such a big risk to get these people back!

After deciding on this matter, Gao Huaiyuan wandered around the mountain col for a while. Looking at the rocks on the surface, he suddenly had an idea and a plan came to his mind.

"Besides burning, we have better ways to mine rocks! Haha! Let's go back and talk about it first. Ma Lian just needs to start preparing for this matter. What tools, equipment, and how many manpower are needed at the beginning? You first

Think about it and ask Jia Qi to make a list for you. By the way, this road needs to be widened and leveled. Otherwise, the ore will not be pulled out! If it is smelted on site, a charcoal burning plant will be needed.

There is still a lot to be done to build the charcoal field and build the furnace!" Gao Huaiyuan was in a better mood now. If his idea is successful, it won't be long before the ore will start to be produced here! By then, as long as

If you build a smelting furnace, you can produce copper and iron yourself!

Since returning to Crouching Tiger Village, Gao Huaiyuan has put aside the things he did before the army and devoted himself fully to making money. In a few days, he kept arranging various affairs, so much so that he almost forgot to give money to Shaoxing.

Dad wants to be safe. If Xue Yan hadn't come to Wohu Village to remind him, this matter would have really been delayed!

After listening to Xue Yan's reminder, Gao Huaiyuan patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Look, I forgot everything when I got busy when I came back! I guess my father doesn't know about my return! I'll write him a letter and report it."

See you in peace!"

Once he actually wrote a letter to Gao Jian, Gao Huaiyuan felt a little guilty. After all, it was a bit unreasonable that he didn't even say hello to his father for such a big thing when he went out with the army a few years ago. What's more, Gao Jian doesn't care about him now.

Not bad, but his behavior is indeed a bit unfilial!

So Gao Huaiyuan nervously wrote and roughly described the situation of the year to Gao Jian, but he deliberately avoided several experiences of danger, and also told Gao Jian that he had been promoted to the ninth rank for his meritorious service.

Lang, can be regarded as a minor official without a position, so as to cover up his mistake of taking the decision without authorization, so as not to make Gao Jian unhappy, but also to make him happy, at least his son did not disgrace him.

At the same time, Gao Huaiyuan also told Gao Jian about being deported back to Daye for his crimes, and also made a false promise that he would not do this again in the future to make his father happy.

Even this time, he did not hesitate to take a set of quite good glass wine sets from Liulicang, put them in a box, and gave them to his father as a gift to calm his anger. As for the set of wine sets,

As to its origin, he also speculated that it was purchased with pre-military bounties as a special tribute to Gao Jian.

After writing this letter, Gao Huaiyuan's forehead was dripping with sweat. This kind of thing was really tiring, even harder than playing a machete for a while. After all, it was not easy to make his father Gao Jian happy by pretending to be real.

, making up stories is also a hard job!

After Gao Huaiyuan finished writing the letter to Gao Jian, after thinking for a moment, he spread out the letter paper again, picked up a pen and wrote a letter to his little brother Zhao Yuju who was far away in Shaoxing, reporting that he was safe. Now he

The family has become a big business. If Zhao Yuju and her son have a bad life in Shaoxing, he can persuade Zhao Yuju to come to Daye County to join him and bring him down. Gao Huaiyuan is sincere about this little brother who has a good relationship with him.

Taking care of them, I was always afraid that they, orphans and widowers, would be bullied by others in Shaoxing.

It's ridiculous to say that Zhao Yuju is also a member of the royal family, but now he actually needs help from others. It's really hard to explain the world!

After writing these two letters, Gao Huaiyuan asked Liu Er to fetch dozens of Huizi and gave them to Xue Yan. He ordered him to send a shrewd servant from his old house to Shaoxing to deliver the letter, and gave special instructions.

In order to avoid leaking the truth when I see my father, I asked the people sent to give the money to Zhao Yuju’s family to supplement their family income. I have not helped them for more than a year, and I don’t know how their mother and son are living now.

How is the situation!

After sending Xue Yan away, Gao Huaiyuan put aside his worries and once again devoted himself to the affairs of Zhuangzi. Now many things can be said to be going hand in hand. The busy Gao Huaiyuan is really at a loss! The start of construction across the board is very important to Crouching Tiger Village.

In other words, it was basically a Great Leap Forward-style development. Fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan had a good idea of ​​​​all matters, otherwise, he might have caused a lot of trouble!

The first thing he arranged was to build a dam and build a waterwheel in Zhuangzi. He gathered a group of craftsmen together, brainstormed, and asked them to come up with ideas and ways to build a better waterwheel. The overall plan was

He came to formulate it. With the limited knowledge of some mechanical principles in his previous life, Gao Huaiyuan spent all his energy and racked his brains to draw a sketch of the waterwheel. As for the details, he was not good at it. How to improve it was left to his subordinates.

This group of craftsmen do it.

Fortunately, he now has craftsmen for all tasks. The carpenters are responsible for the waterwheel, the blacksmiths are responsible for the transmission, and the stonemasons are responsible for the foundation... In short, all those who have nothing to do are mobilized and put into the construction of the waterwheel.

Not to mention, Gao Huaiyuan himself had to admire the wisdom of these ancient craftsmen. He just made a sketch, and these craftsmen perfected all the details in three days, so as Gao Huaiyuan

Huaiyuan gave an order, and the Crouching Tiger Village became lively again. People were building dams, cutting rocks, and sawing wood. Zhou Laowu took on the role of central dispatch and was responsible for arranging these craftsmen to start work together.

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The creek flowing through the yard was blocked and built into three dams in stages. Each dam can be equipped with a large water wheel to provide sufficient hydraulic driving force for Crouching Tiger Village. It may seem laborious, but as long as it is completed,

This can greatly improve the production efficiency here.

As soon as the waterwheel project here started, Gao Huaiyuan recruited Huang Zhen and gave him a secret mission to purchase some things needed for mining.

As for Huang Zhen's busy business of opening a store, he had to put it aside for the time being. Only after all the matters in Zhuangzi were completed, could he take off to do the work of opening a store. Huang Zhen also knew that Gao Huaiyuan would definitely do something big this time when he came back.

My heart is also full of expectations. I wonder what good things Gao Huaiyuan will come up with again after returning this time. Anyway, their goods are not worried about sales now, so it is not a big deal to slow down the opening of the store.

Huang Zhen simply put down other things at hand and acted as the purchasing director of Crouching Tiger Village. He started running around and being busy all day long, continuously transporting various materials and raw materials listed by Gao Huaiyuan back to Zhuangzi.

Suddenly there were more vehicles coming and going on the road leading to Crouching Tiger Village. It couldn't be said to be busy, but at least it was much livelier than before. Many people who came here to deliver goods for the first time suddenly came here.

Everyone was surprised to see such a large-scale villa popping up in a remote mountainous area.

The mining on the other side was also operating at the same time. In order to speed up the mining, Crouching Tiger Village alone would have to wait till the end of the year with the hands of the tenants. So after thinking about it again and again, Gao Huaiyuan ordered Xue Yan to come forward and take over from the tenants.

Among them, Gaojiazhuang summoned the labor of about 200 people, drove directly into the mountain, widened the original road, transported large sand and gravel to pave the road, and used stone rollers to crush it firmly, forming a road that could allow three people to walk side by side at the same time.

A road with two oxcarts to facilitate the transportation of various supplies.dd