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's joint townships will be basically implemented. After this group of people get the money, they will start to promote this.

It's over.

This matter is simple to say, but in fact it is not easy to put it into practice. After all, it requires large quantities of bows, arrows, weapons and other items to be purchased, which may cause concerns among the upper levels of the state government. Therefore, before this matter was implemented, Gao Huaiyuan still held back

Together with Magistrate Liu, they reported this matter to the Ezhou Magistrate and stated the reason for doing so. After the superiors knew about this matter, they would no longer give anyone any excuse for making decisions without authorization.

As for the Ezhou prefect, they had already received generous gifts from Gao Huaiyuan, and Zhao Fang also urged the local government to strengthen the training of rural braves, so they gave the green light and approved Daye County's method of training rural braves and strong people, and agreed to it.

In Ye County, the government came forward to purchase bows, arrows, weapons and other items at the Ezhou Armory for use in the training of local bravery.

It takes some time to do these things, but it ensures that Gao Huaiyuan will not be convicted for this, and everything is made clear, leaving people speechless. It is fortunate that Yuji first became Gao Huaiyuan to make suggestions, otherwise

If so, with Gao Huaiyuan's way of doing things, there is no guarantee that if this thing is done secretly, it will become a handle for others. If someone impeaches him, Gao Huaiyuan will probably go to jail!

Although this delayed a little time, it ensured Gao Huaiyuan's safety. Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan followed the instructions of Ji Xiancheng and gradually promoted these things. Finally, after the summer harvest, this matter was implemented in Daye County.

stand up.

Seeing that things had come to this, the big investors who had originally pledged donations honestly followed their original promise and took out the money. The county government came forward to purchase a batch of bows and arrows at the Ezhou Armory and shipped them to Daye.

In the county warehouse, the problem of the source of weapons was initially 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 and they were being exploited by big households and the government. The main reason for this situation was that

The reason is that in the past, strong men were recruited as rural soldiers, but local officials mostly aimed at exploiting labor, and rarely used it to strengthen the people, just to obtain free labor. Therefore, when the people heard about this, they became very angry.

There is resistance and unwillingness to give birth.

For this reason, many people privately cursed Gao Huaiyuan, saying that after he took office, he did not think about the people and would try new ways to harm them! Gao Huaiyuan was a little frustrated, but this did not dampen Gao Huaiyuan's enthusiasm.

So I personally went to the countryside to explain the benefits of doing this to the common people. I explained it to the common people in a heart-warming and rational manner, and promised that I would never easily use rural soldiers to work for free to do work for the government.

live!

After some mobilization, coupled with the semi-forced drafting by the local officials, the rural corps from each township were finally formed. They were not called rural soldiers in name, but in the name of the bow and arrow club.

Formation.

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

Gao Huaiyuan also reached an agreement with Liu Zhixian for this purpose. Under normal circumstances, they will never be used to perform any kind of labor, and the main focus will be on training them, so as to prevent this kind of thing from becoming a mere formality and unable to continue to be implemented.

Liu Zhixian now relied heavily on Gao Huaiyuan to maintain local stability in Daye County, so he supported his opinions. Except for necessary matters, he greatly reduced the use of labor and allowed the initially organized bow and arrow club to begin operations.

Got up.

The difference between the Bow and Arrow Society and the Rural Soldiers is that the Rural Soldiers have one soldier from every ten households and select the fittest as soldiers. It is purely a military organization, but the Bow and Arrow Society has only one soldier from every household. They only participate in training but do not have to serve. In this way

As a result, the number of personnel increased significantly, and on weekdays, these bow and arrow clubs only need to practice during leisure time and do not leave their homes. This weakened the people's resistance to this matter and began to implement Gao Huaiyuan's idea.

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Just having the name of this bow and arrow club is not enough. If wealthy families pay for it, they will naturally serve as the head or deputy of the bow and arrow club. However, these rich people can only act as leaders in name only. The real practice of these people's strength is

They have more ambition but less power, and they must have someone to train them. In order to solve this problem, Gao Huaiyuan summoned the rural soldiers who had served in the army before in Daye's jurisdiction. There were many of them.

They have actual combat experience, and a group of them were Gao Huaiyuan's subordinates when he was with the army. They returned to the village last year, so they can be used as instructors for the bow and arrow clubs in various townships. Moreover, these people heard that Gao Huaiyuan was promoted to Daye County Lieutenant.

And they wanted to establish a bow and arrow club, so they came to join us one after another, which initially solved the problem of the bow and arrow club's instructor.

However, relying solely on these rural soldiers was not enough to solve the problem. Gao Huaiyuan also used his connections to collect people with martial arts skills among the people, and visited people's homes to invite a group of people with martial arts skills to serve as heads of bow and arrow societies in each township.

As a member of the archery club in each township, he was assigned the position to be responsible for the training of the bow and arrow clubs in each township.

In addition, Gao Huaiyuan also set up the constitution of the bow and arrow club, established a regular drill system according to busy farming and slack times, and strictly limited the system for dispatching village warriors to prevent individual large households from using these bow and arrow clubs for their own benefit.

Therefore, the Bow and Arrow Society gradually became a second-level armed organization in Daye County, essentially subject to the deployment of the county government. Such a charter was also approved by county government officials such as Liu Zhixian.

, so far the matter of uniting townships to protect themselves has been gradually spread in Daye County.

And Gao Huaiyuan was even more busy. Not only was he responsible for training the county government's archers every day, but he also went to supervise the archery clubs in various townships when they gathered for training, and from time to time he personally taught some archery skills and martial arts.

, but basically the village warriors from the Bow and Arrow Society were never mobilized for any work or the like. Only then did the people in each township gradually trust Gao Huaiyuan, the county captain, who was indeed not seeking his own selfish interests, and who participated in

Those who practiced martial arts in the Archery Club could still get some food subsidies, so they began to become enthusiastic about participating in the activities of the Archery Club.

Gao Huaiyuan even made a plan for a competition in various townships in the autumn, and spread the word that he would set up heavy prizes to reward the bow and arrow clubs that won the autumn competition. In this way, he began to mobilize the habits of the heroes of the bow and arrow clubs in each township.

Wu Zhen.

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 the real estate purchased by Gao Huaiyuan to open a business in Shaoxing.

The first Zuixian Restaurant in Zhejiang, and relying on Shenxian Zui liquor, it once again became popular, quickly rising in Shaoxing, becoming the largest restaurant in Shaoxing Prefecture, and with the support of Gao Jian, it firmly established its foothold

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And soon the semicolon was opened in Mingzhou, the most important Tonghai commercial port in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the situation was opened up there. In this way, Gao Huaiyuan's plan to use Zuixian Tower to advance eastward was initially successfully implemented, and only waited for the next step to move Zuixian.

Xianlou has entered Lin'an, Hangzhou. Gao Huaiyuan was deeply pleased with Huang Zhen's actions and secretly praised Huang Zhen as a really good businessman. Now after this period of experience in big scenes, he has the ability to act independently.

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

At the same time, he also learned a major news about the Gao family through Huang Zhen. For some unknown reason, the second young master of the Gao family suddenly ran away from home a month ago without a trace. Gao Jian was so anxious that he sent him to the police station.

The servants made many inquiries, but could not find Gao Huairen's whereabouts.

Gao Huaiyuan naturally didn't know why Gao Huairen suddenly started playing the game of running away from home, but he still vaguely felt that Gao Huairen's move might have something to do with the ambush in Huizhou when he returned from Shaoxing that day, and from Huang

Judging from the news Zhen sent, this is very possible, because since he returned to Daye County, the gang of dandy boys who were very arrogant in Shaoxing have ceased their activities and stayed behind closed doors. After Huang Zhen inquired, it is said that these

The people seemed to be threatened by someone, and each family paid a lot of money to save their lives. Needless to say, the person who threatened these guys must be the one who set up an ambush in Huizhou to kill Gao Huaiyuan.

What Ma Erdao did, the guy failed to ambush Gao Huaiyuan, and he would not give up after losing his troops. He did not dare to trouble Gao Huaiyuan anymore, so he went to trouble those employers and extorted some money to compensate for his losses. It seems that this time

It was a lesson to those lawless dudes. As for Gao Huairen's sudden escape, maybe this guy had something to do with it. He had no choice but to fear that the matter would be exposed, so he simply fled home to avoid the limelight.

Gao Huaiyuan first learned about this matter from Huang Zhen, but soon learned about it from the letters exchanged between him and Gao Jian. Gao Jian was deeply troubled by this matter and could not find Gao Huairen's whereabouts.

, as a father, he naturally felt that he could not live in peace, but Gao Huairen ran away somewhere, and for a while, even Gao Jian couldn't find him!

Gao Huaiyuan could only write a letter to comfort his father Gao Jian. He comforted Gao Jian and said that his second brother would not be bored at home studying. He might want to go out for some experience. Please Gao Jian not to worry too much, but

So Gao Huaiyuan didn't know what problems long-term use could solve.

Thinking about Gao Jian, Gao Huaiyuan also felt quite sorry for his father. The two sons who originally had high hopes, now one has become a bastard who ruined the family tradition, and the other has deserted the family, leaving him alone.

The stupid son who turned out to be 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. The main business was women's supplies. Many fresh products were already on the market, and they were immediately popular and became the most popular products on the market.

The hot-selling goods became an instant hit and shocked colleagues in the business community.

As a result, not only did it arouse the interest of the people of Song Dynasty, but also the feudal merchants also flocked in after hearing about it, buying these novelty gadgets at high prices, and sold out the first batch of goods in a short time.

, as a last resort, Huang Zhen kept urging Gao Huaiyuan to send goods, and Gao Huaiyuan had no choice but to transport a large number of the inventory in Wohu Village by ship to Liangzhe and Zhejiang, and handed it over to Huang Zhen for sale. Moreover, these goods were all extremely profitable.

Things, especially things like perfume, are priced in the hundreds of dollars, which still cannot stop wealthy women from rushing to buy them. In order to get a bottle of such perfume, many people have placed a deposit and made a reservation in advance, just to get it.

After purchasing the goods, you can get a bottle.

As a result, Gao Huaiyuan naturally made a lot of money and made a lot of money. The workshop in Wohu Village could not keep up with the supply. It is not an exaggeration to say that he made a lot of money every day! As for how much money he made,

Gao Huaiyuan himself didn't know it clearly, and probably the only person who could calculate it clearly was Zhou Yi, the accountant.

Moreover, the twelfth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty was also an uneasy year. The Kingdom of Jin changed its generals and ordered Wanyan Youke to lead the Jin army to attack Zaoyang again. Meng Zongzheng once again led the army to fight fiercely with the Jin army in Zaoyang.

The Jin army led by Wanyan Youke repelled fifteen attacks on the city. Wanyan Youke could choose two thousand elite cavalry, known as the crossbowman, and attack Zaoyang City with ladders and overpasses. At the same time, he recruited workers to dig tunnels into the city day and night. Song Dynasty

General Meng Zongzheng fought bloody battles with the Jin army for fifteen times and burned their siege equipment to prevent them from approaching the city.

At the same time, Zhao Fang, who was the ambassador of the Jingxi Road at the time, saw that the rear of the Jin army was empty, so he dispatched the Ezhou capital to control Xu State and the Shenjin army to control Hu Zaixing to attack the two states of Tangzhou (now Tanghe County, Henan) and Dengzhou.

In order to break the siege of Zaoyang, when Xu Guohe Hu Zaixing was conquering the two states of Tang and Deng, he received orders from Zhao Fang and turned around to attack the back of the Jin army that was besieging Zaoyang County. Wanyan Yingke stormed Zaoyang for more than 80

Tian, ​​​​could not be conquered, and was attacked by the Song army from both inside and outside. Once again, they returned in defeat, losing more than 30,000 soldiers. Wanyan Yan was even more pitiful. He actually escaped back to the Kingdom of Jin on a single horse, and the entire army was wiped out.

After entering the Zaoyang area, the Battle of Zaoyang, which lasted for more than three years, was concluded. It completely disintegrated the Jin Army's strategic concept of attacking Xiangyang.

The main attack direction was in the Huainan area.

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

The Loyal and Shun Army originally established by Meng Zongzheng in Zaoyang vigorously recruited the young and strong men from the northern survivors to join the army. At the same time, the idle land in Zaoyang was given to the Han survivors who went south for farming and settling down.

On the one hand, he also began to show his prominence in the official circles of nearby states and counties, which also became a great help to his private industry.

Now Gao Huaiyuan dare not say that he can dominate the sky with one hand in Daye County. At least no one can covet anything in Daye County with his overt and covert properties, especially the copper and iron mines under Xue Yan's name. After one or two years,

After the mining, the output also began to reach a peak. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the copper and iron smelting furnace that had been prepared for a long time in the mine finally began to be ignited.

Gao Huaiyuan used his connections in Daye County to hire many furnace workers for Xue Yan's refinery, which made the furnace project under his name proceed extremely smoothly. He 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 due taxes, he also stored the copper and iron produced for future use.

The county government's standing archers who have been trained by Gao Huaiyuan personally can be said to have reached a very elite level in more than half a year. Although there are still fifty archers, compared with the number of archers under Wang Xianwei back then.

Fifty archers come, not to mention one against a hundred, at least they can defeat hundreds of them without any problem.dd