Pirate Song

The planned hunting had to be interrupted because of the wolf disaster. Gao Huaiyuan led a group of ragged men and walked out of the mountains in a state of disgrace. Everyone was shirtless and wrapped in messy bandages.

, almost everyone was injured, looking as embarrassed as possible.

However, they were not willing to waste the results of this day's battle. Each of them still carried one or two wolf corpses. Wolf skins are valuable goods. It would be a pity to discard them. Otherwise, they would have suffered so many injuries in vain.

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After this battle, everyone's feelings have increased a lot again. We must know that the friendship between life and death is the most sincere friendship, not to mention that they are still a group of partners who live together all day long.

Although everyone ended the hunting early due to the wolf incident, Gao Huaiyuan did not feel regretful on the way back. This time, this incident once again gave them a rare exercise. Although it was a little dangerous, it was worth it.

Because he was worried that the wounds on everyone's bodies would become inflamed, after repelling the wolves, Gao Huaiyuan took everyone to the edge of the mountain stream and carefully cleaned the wounds with spring water and the soap he brought with him.

, there is no such thing as rabies vaccine now, so we can only use this method to deal with it!

After the wolf pack lost its alpha wolf, it dispersed and never appeared again. It is estimated that the remaining wolves began to compete for the position of alpha wolf, and there was no time to take care of them, so when they walked back, they no longer appeared.

Didn't encounter any trouble.

The crowd dragged the wolf corpse and walked slowly. Although the wounds on their bodies were still very painful, their spirits were high. After walking for more than half a day, they saw that they were not far from Crouching Tiger Village, so they found a place to stay in a ravine.

In the water area, I fished out a few big fish from the stream, skinned a dead wolf, and started grilling it. The fatigue of a day and night was completely relaxed at this moment.

Gao Huaiyuan raised his head and looked at the surrounding mountains. They still looked familiar. He felt as if he had been to this place before.

Eating roasted wolf meat, it tastes a bit like dog meat. After all, the two things are close relatives, so it is not surprising that the meat tastes almost the same. However, what Gao Huaiyuan is thinking about at this moment is not the question of whether the wolf meat is delicious or not, but the question of whether the wolf meat is delicious or not.

He had been thinking about the surrounding terrain, and it seemed familiar to him. Until he saw a hanging rock on the opposite mountain, a past event from a long time ago suddenly flashed in his mind. However, when he thought of this past event,

But it's a bit weird, because it happened hundreds of years later.

He suddenly remembered that in his previous life, when he was still in school, he followed his father to the place Daye. In later lives, Daye was no longer a county town, but changed to Daye City. At that time, his father came here to find a job.

A friend, and his father's friend, was in a copper mine in Daye City. If he remembered it well, it should be this place. The reason why he didn't remember it before was because he had only been here once in his previous life, and his memory was a bit fuzzy.

, and the current landform and the landform of later generations have undergone great changes after hundreds of years of changes. At most, it gave him a feeling of déjà vu, so he did not remember where this place was.

If he hadn't seen the hanging rock on the opposite mountain, he probably wouldn't have thought of it. He had a deep impression of the hanging rock in his memory, so after seeing the hanging rock, he concluded that it was

It was the location of the copper mine where my father’s friend lived in later generations.

Gao Huaiyuan dropped the wolf leg that he was chewing and jumped up happily. As a result, the wound on his calf was affected, causing him to grimace in pain and he almost fell down again on the spot, but at this moment he

Ignoring the pain of the wound, I laughed loudly and muttered, "This is the order! Haha!"

Everyone didn't know why Gao Huaiyuan suddenly burst into laughter. Those who didn't know thought that Gao Huaiyuan had just had a mental breakdown. So they gathered around and asked what happened to Gao Huaiyuan. Liu Er also looked worried.

, came over and stretched out her jade hand to gently explore Gao Huaiyuan's forehead to see if he had a fever due to injury.

"It's okay, it's okay! Hurry up and eat, I'm fine! Haha! I'm so happy! Haha!" Gao Huaiyuan backed away from the crowd with some joy and continued to laugh.

"Boss, tell me what you are happy about, let us hear it too!" Huang Yan, after the wolves retreated in the morning, was given a hard lesson by Gao Huaiyuan because of the unfavorable vigil, and he remained honest for most of the day.

He didn't even dare to fart loudly. He carried three wolf corpses on his shoulders and kept walking behind the team, hiding far away. Now he saw that Gao Huaiyuan was in a good mood, so he stretched his head and dared to come closer.

"Go away, your business is not over yet. After you go back, you will be detained for three days. If you do it again, you will go back to Shaoxing directly!" Gao Huaiyuan's face tightened when he saw Huang Yan approaching with a shy face.

, scolded him again.

Huang Yan felt bored and hid aside dejectedly. It's not worth it! It's really not worth it. He originally wanted to listen to Qiang Gen, but in the end he met Gao Huaiyuan, a gentleman who came to the left and was unruly! He had to keep vigil.

Not to mention, a pack of wolves came over one night and almost ate a group of people. Now that he found out what happened, even the gentlest Liu'er didn't sympathize with his plight and gave him a lot of looks. Huang Yan now

I finally had nothing to say, so I squatted aside obediently, gnawing at the wolf meat fiercely, and gasped in anger.

After dark, Gao Huaiyuan and his party finally returned to Crouching Tiger Village. The people in the village were shocked by their kindness, and they quickly took them in. After seeing that they were carrying so many wolf corpses,

When I found out what happened to them, I couldn't help but feel a cold sweat for them.

Liu Da quickly called the servants to take over the wolf carcasses, and immediately skinned them and marinated them to avoid spoilage and waste. Now the people in the villa were blessed again, and they no longer had to buy meat for at least half a month.

There were medicines for injuries in the villa. After returning to the villa, everyone hurriedly washed and applied medicines for Gao Huaiyuan and others. They worked for a long time. Huang Yan naturally could not escape the fate of confinement. After applying medicines, he immediately consciously touched

He went to the solitary room and locked himself up. What Gao Huaiyuan said cannot be changed. This is already known to everyone in Crouching Tiger Village. Although Huang Yan was the first to follow Gao Huaiyuan, he did not refuse to accept the punishment.

privilege, so without saying a word, he entered the solitary room.

When everyone saw that Huang Yan was detained after returning, they all asked about the reason. So the people who went hunting with Gao Huaiyuan told them the reason. Needless to say, after everyone heard this, although they didn't say anything, they felt that Huang Yan was this. He deserved it, his negligence almost threw so many people into the mountains, but at the same time, he admired him very much. At least he didn't do anything special and stayed in confinement honestly.

After Gao Huaiyuan took a short rest, he handed over the affairs of Crouching Tiger Village to Zhou Hao and others and asked them to continue their work. He got up and hurried back to the Gao family's old house, greeted Xue Yan, prepared some generous gifts, and brought them with him After receiving the money, he rushed to Daye County.

He had no other purpose for this trip, just to take this unowned land from the hands of the government and make it his private property.

Daye has had hundreds of miles of gold land since ancient times. It is said that there is a cornucopia of treasures in the south of the Yangtze River. Thousands of years ago, humans began to dig wells here to extract minerals and smelt copper, supporting a bronze culture. Later, some copper and iron ores were discovered here. , gradually formed a large-scale smelting industry. Since the Tang Dynasty, this place has been called Qingshan Yuanchang. During the Qiande period of the Song Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty established a county here. The reason why it is called Daye is taken from the meaning of Daxing Furnace. , it can be seen that the copper and iron ore resources here are widely distributed.

After the Southern Song Dynasty lost many important mineral areas in the north, the resources here in Daye became particularly important. Therefore, the pillar industry in Daye County was the copper and iron smelting industry. When Gao Huaiyuan first came to Daye , I thought about it and thought about whether I could get a share of the pie, but at first I had no funds and no power, so it was all in vain.

The situation now is very different from when he first came here. Although he cannot be said to be rich, at least he has enough spare money on hand, and the soap workshop and Liulicang are still there. Continuously generate a large amount of money for him, so that he can have a relatively sufficient financial guarantee. In addition, through more than a year of local operations, Gao Huaiyuan's relationship with local officials has been handled quite harmoniously, and he can be guaranteed on the ground. He is not bullied by ordinary people.

It just so happened that this time he discovered the address of a copper mine in later generations, and this land happened to be a piece of mountainous land that no one owned, which made his dream come true.

You must know that copper means money in the Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty, due to its advanced economy, the Song Dynasty has always implemented a copper-based currency system. Copper coins are the absolute hard currency, and copper is also an important war resource. , if there is a copper mine, then Gao Huaiyuan can control a resource that belongs to him.

So when he discovered the location of the copper mine, he didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately ran to the county seat, found Liu Zhixian, and proposed to take over the mountain forest near Wohu Village and put it under his name.

When Gao Huaiyuan was in Panxia Wohu Village, there was still some land that could be reclaimed, so it was not surprising to Liu Zhi County, but this time Gao Huaiyuan proposed a piece of mountain that no one wanted in Panxia, ​​which was a bit strange. .

But based on his friendship with Gao Huaiyuan, this matter could not refute Gao Huaiyuan's face, so he readily agreed, accepted the generous gift Gao Huaiyuan gave him, and with a stroke of his pen, he A piece of official land was sold to Gao Huaiyuan at a very low price. After only using the seal, a land deed was made and handed over to Gao Huaiyuan.

Although the price of this piece of mountainous land is low, the area is quite large, covering dozens of hectares. Even if the price is low, Gao Huaiyuan finally took stock of his wallet and found that with his current financial resources, it was simply not enough to buy it.

It was such a big piece of land, so it started to feel a bit difficult.

However, this was not difficult for Gao Huaiyuan. He had an idea and immediately ran to Jubaozhai to find shopkeeper Ma. He first borrowed some money from him, and then went to the Wang family to find shopkeeper Wang. He proposed to borrow money, but the result was...

It went very well. The two families considered that Gao Huaiyuan was very important to them, and during this period of time, they had cooperated very well with Gao Huaiyuan and both made a lot of money, so they readily lent money to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan used the money to successfully acquire the mountain land and obtained the land deed from Liu Zhixian. Now he felt completely relieved. In a short time, he also knew that he wanted to develop the copper and iron mine here.

It's a bit difficult, but as long as he occupies this place first, he has the final say as to when to mine it later.

Although this hunting was risky and he was almost eaten by a wolf, it was a good thing for Gao Huaiyuan. It allowed him to control a geomantic treasure land that could continuously produce money for him, which would be beneficial to his future development.

will be very important.

Although the land was bought, Gao Huaiyuan was temporarily unable to mine the ore there, let alone build a smelting furnace to process the ore. Just buying this land made him owe a lot of debt, so regarding mining,

He could only postpone some considerations.

Liu Zhixian, the government official, sent people to demarcate the boundaries in the mountains and completely marked the mountainous land as his private property. After completing these tasks, it was time for the autumn harvest.

This autumn harvest is different from last year. The tenants have taken good care of the land they rented this year. Two seasons a year finally made their lives a little richer, so Gao Huaiyuan basically

The government did not pay much attention to this matter, and the tenants took the initiative to hand over the rent to the Gao family without even causing any trouble for Gao Huaiyuan, so Gao Huaiyuan was relieved a lot.

The servants completed the matter, and this year he had an extra helper, Zhou Yi. The boy was now cracking his abacus, and he managed the accounts clearly by dividing five by three, and using Gao Huaiyuan's teaching methods.

His Arabic numerals were recorded in the account, and when they were given to Gao Huaiyuan for review, they were clear at a glance, which made Gao Huaiyuan feel relieved about him.

As for Gao Huaiyuan's private field over at Crouching Tiger Village, the harvest was naturally the same. After so many years, there was no need to find any manpower at all. The harvest was completed in two or three days, and Gao Huaiyuan also brought out a few aircraft.

The wooden thresher allows Wohu Village to quickly complete the harvesting work.

Anyway, Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect to make any profit from the grain now. After paying the necessary taxes to the government, he sold part of the grain and sent someone to send the money from the sale of grain to Shaoxing Prefecture and give it to Gao Jian.

It was considered that he had completed his task for this year, and he deliberately increased it by 10% to show his contribution. As for the remaining food, he simply stored it and saved it to buy food later. The reason for this was,

This is because Gao Huaiyuan has the impression that there will be wars between the Song and Jin Dynasties in the past few years. When the war breaks out, food will rise the fastest, so it is right to reserve more. I don’t know whether it will be because of

If you make money this way, you can at least ensure that you have food in your hands and don’t feel panicked!

In order to make up for the borrowed money as soon as possible, Gao Huaiyuan also turned on full power and stepped up production. With the full efforts of Li Tong and others, Liulifang began to produce batches of various glassware.

And the quality is getting better and better. With the participation of Gao Huaiyuan, after many continuous experiments, a furnace of nearly transparent glass was finally produced, which made Gao Huaiyuan extremely happy.

He has been waiting for this kind of product for such a long time. With glass of this quality, he can make better things. The first thing that comes to his mind is to use this furnace glass to make some glass mirrors!

In this day and age, no matter whether you are rich or not, you have to use a bronze mirror to dress up. No matter how polished the bronze mirror is, it will never be as clear as the person reflected in the glass mirror. Moreover,

After using it for a period of time, you have to hire someone to grind the mirror, which is cumbersome and troublesome. Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan firmly believes that as long as he produces a glass mirror, it will definitely become an instant hit and become popular in the world. By then, it will probably be better than the counterfeit ones like him.

Fake glass products are even more popular among women all over the world. It may be difficult not to make money!

So after learning the news, Gao Huaiyuan plunged into Liulifang and started tinkering. If he wanted to make mirrors, the most basic thing was to first get flat glass. The float glass production process of later generations.

He didn't want to think about it anymore. The process was too troublesome and required a lot of investment. The current process couldn't meet the requirements, so he could only use the pull method to make flat glass. After he, Li Tong and others worked all night,

After Dadan's trial production, he braved the high temperature and finally pulled out the glass plate he wanted.

Just before they were happy, a craftsman was curious and stretched his head to see. The temperature inside the glass kiln was already high, and everyone was sweating profusely. The sweat on his forehead suddenly dropped to the point where the temperature had not yet cooled down.

On the glass plate, after a glass plate encountered sweat, it cracked into countless pieces and was scrapped on the spot.

Li Tong went up and gave the craftsman a slap in the face. This was something they had endured for two or three days without knowing how much suffering they had to endure, but the craftsman accidentally killed them all. He was a bit snobbish and could not tolerate

Unable to control the anger in his heart, he raised his hand and hit the craftsman, and cursed him loudly.

The craftsman also knew that he had done something stupid, and that the young master had endured so much hardship with them in person to create something. He was so frightened that he quickly knelt down in front of Gao Huaiyuan, kowtowed repeatedly in apology, and begged Gao Huaiyuan to spare him.

Originally, Gao Huaiyuan felt bad when he saw that the glass plate he had worked so hard to get was ruined. But when he saw Li Tong beating the craftsman, and the craftsman was so frightened that he lost his mind, he felt a surge in his heart.

So soft, he quickly stretched out his hand to pull him up and glared at Li Tong.dd