Pirate Song

And at the request of Huang Zhen and Zhou Laowu, Huang Yan and Zhou Hao's brothers and sisters were also included in the youth team in the backyard, fulfilling their ideas, and from a selfish point of view, he also hoped that Huang Yan and Zhou Hao would

These brothers and sisters can be completely integrated into the system of Crouching Tiger Village. Otherwise, there are so many idle people in Crouching Tiger Village, which may affect the training of others.

Moreover, even their female relatives were not left idle and were arranged to manage some trivial matters or take care of the daily life of the young people. Although there were not many women in ancient times doing things in this regard, they were far less strict than those in later generations after the Ming Dynasty.

, Although the worship of Neo-Confucianism has been on the rise since Zhu Xi, it was Lizong of the Song Dynasty who had not yet taken over as emperor, who really promoted it. Therefore, the protection between men and women is not as strict as that of later generations.

As for Huang Yan Zhouhao's brothers and sisters, Gao Huaiyuan doesn't have to take care of them. They are the two of them to restrain them. In principle, there is nothing special at all. They must know that here, they rely on their own efforts and

Diligence and nepotism have no effect.

At the beginning, these little guys were really not used to this kind of role change. They instinctively felt that their brother was the boss here. They were a little complacent and wanted to be special. They even looked down on other orphans and made trouble.

However, after Gao Huaiyuan heard about it, he often just curled his lips without making any statement. Huang Yan and Zhou Hao couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed over to teach them a lesson, without sparing any mercy, which made their brothers

The sisters were unhappy at first and wanted to find their parents to protect them, but Huang Zhen and Zhou Laowu had already received advance explanations from Huang Yan and Zhou Hao. They failed to win the lawsuit, and instead were taught a lesson by their father, so they finally settled down very quickly.

After becoming honest, I also understood that here I have to be obedient and work with these orphans without any privileges!

The days passed in such a busy way. In addition to watching the young men in Crouching Tiger Village grow up day by day, after the busy work of spring plowing and farming, Gao Huaiyuan, the elder, was also responsible for the young men in the area he was responsible for.

They gathered together and trained them on a routine basis two days a month, and arranged for them to patrol the countryside to strictly guard against bandits and fires. After a period of contact, these men, who were much older than Gao Huaiyuan, became

They were also impressed by Gao Huaiyuan and understood that they should not underestimate this child. Once he was serious about doing things, it was also for the local people, so they all became obedient. What did Gao Huaiyuan ask them to do?

They tried their best to follow the arrangements.

Gradually, a small martial arts circle was formed in the local village. Some young students were full of enthusiasm. Under the guidance of Gao Huaiyuan, they fell in love with martial arts. They often did not need Gao Huaiyuan's arrangements.

Groups of people practiced swords, guns, bows and arrows, something Gao Huaiyuan was happy to see.

The backyard expansion project has basically been completed in April, and this time the expansion mainly involves leveling some land and building a high wall. In fact, the actual building does not add much, it is just a larger one.

At the same time, they built a raw material warehouse, a finished product warehouse and a grain warehouse. They also expanded the original school ground by two times to accommodate more teenagers practicing martial arts and fitness in the school ground.

In addition to these things, Gao Huaiyuan personally led the teenagers to cut trees and clear roads in the mountains. The reason why he did not spend money to hire people to do these things was not that he was short of money and wanted to use these teenagers as free labor, but because he had

The purpose is that he is not in a hurry to open this road at the moment. The real purpose is to take this opportunity to train these young people.

Swinging an ax is indispensable in logging, which is of great benefit to teenagers in exercising their body strength. You must know that swinging an ax is not as simple as most people think. In addition to arm strength, it also requires the coordination of back and leg strength.

To complete such a simple action, it took one person a whole day to chop down a big tree at first, and he was still so tired at night that his whole body was sore and he could not even lift his arms. However, after a period of exercise, most of the teenagers could do it.

A similar big tree was soon cut down, which was very effective for the physical exercise of the teenagers. After a few months, with Gao Huaiyuan's generous nutrition supply, each one was as strong as a calf and could walk.

The tigers and tigers became windy, and almost quickly, each of them could draw more than eight fights of hard bows, which had the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort when they went to practice their archery skills.

After cutting down these trees, Gao Huaiyuan came up with a strange idea. Under the guidance of Zhou Laowu, ordinary trees were cut into lengths of about two feet to ensure that they could be used for building houses without losing material. Then mules were not allowed to be used.

When Mara returned to the villa, he asked a team of ten people to carry it back together on their shoulders. This was a method he saw from the training of SWAT and Marine Corps. What he wanted was to train everyone in the team to work together as a team.

At the same time, it also exercised their sense of obedience. Although the teenagers did not understand why such a stupid method was used to transport the wood, Gao Huaiyuan's words were the highest instructions and must not be violated, so they were immediately divided into groups, and a team leader was selected to lead them.

Kang Mu returned to Zhuangzi.

In this way, they not only exercise their endurance, but also exercise their spirit of cooperation. No one can be lazy, otherwise they will not be able to survive in the team. It can be regarded as a method that has the best of both worlds.

In short, Gao Huaiyuan basically thought of all the ways to train soldiers that he could think of. These teenagers grew up day by day in his bizarre training, and the results were far better than Gao Huaiyuan himself expected.

This was the most gratifying thing for him. Thinking about the reason, it was probably that the ancients were born to endure hardships better than the people of later generations! He could only explain it this way.

As for the road leading to the mountains, the progress is not smooth. Some places were not well thought out. After logging, they found that the road was too narrow. It would be too expensive to smash stones again, so they had to change the route. As a result, a lot of time was wasted.

With this method, it will probably take some time before he can reach the copper mine.

During this period, Gao Huaiyuan also tried to subdue the two blacksmiths that Xue Yan hired from outside. One of them was older, probably in his fifties, and his name was Zhou Botong. You should know this old man's identity.

After the name, Gao Huaiyuan was shocked on the spot. This old man actually had the same name as an old naughty boy. It was so funny to think about it.

Calculating the time, Zhou Botong, the old naughty boy in Jin Yong Juju's works, is probably from this era. Unfortunately, the person I met today was not a martial arts master, but a blacksmith who fled from the north to the south. Things are so unpredictable!

As for the other blacksmith, his name is Lu Laoshi. He is younger, only in his thirties. He is as strong as an iron man. He is also a blacksmith who escaped from Xingzhou, Hebei. Both of them were killed by the Jin because of their family members.

In his final rage, he killed the official Nan Xiang and escaped from the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and finally lived in Daye. He wanted to rely on his skills to find a way to survive, but he happened to meet Xue Yan who was also looking for such a person.

people, so they accepted them.

The two of them were a little uncomfortable working with a young man at first, but after arriving at the old house and getting in touch with Gao Huaiyuan, they found that Gao Huaiyuan was actually much more powerful than they thought, and Gao Huaiyuan was still a senior citizen.

The local reputation is quite good. The two of them can be regarded as stowaways. They have no legal status here. If anyone causes trouble for them, the government can arrest them at any time. Gao Huaiyuan promised them that as long as they keep their feet on the ground,

If they truly followed him, they would be guaranteed to have no worries for the rest of their lives, so after thinking about it for a while, the two of them agreed to stay and work with Gao Huaiyuan.

After having these two blacksmiths, Gao Huaiyuan immediately arranged a place for them to live in Crouching Tiger Village, and built a blacksmith shop in the corner of the backyard according to their requirements, specifically to build the necessary blacksmiths for Crouching Tiger Village.

Ironware, and after the two people compared their craftsmanship, it turned out that Zhou Botong was an old blacksmith, and his craftsmanship was much better than that of Lu Laoshi. Lu Laoshi obediently became Zhou Botong's apprentice. The two of them propped up the blacksmith shop and began to follow Gao Huaiyuan's instructions.

The request was fulfilled.

Since Daye County produces copper and iron locally, it is very convenient to purchase some iron materials. After Gao Huaiyuan ordered Huang Zhen to purchase a batch of copper and iron, the blacksmith shop was officially opened for production.

The tinkling sound of blacksmithing attracted the resting teenagers to watch the fun, but the old guy Zhou Botong was very stingy with his craftsmanship and refused to let the teenagers watch. Gao Huaiyuan did not force him to teach his teenagers about blacksmithing, but

He went over to watch them work. As for Gao Huaiyuan, the old man naturally did not dare to say no. After all, he and Lu Lao were actually eating from Gao Huaiyuan, so they let him watch.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't know much about this craft, so at first he asked them to make some farm tools. Seeing that the two of them were good at craftsmanship, and after running in for a while, they became familiar with the coordinated movements, so he asked them to make a few knives to see how they were doing.

How it goes depends on whether they can make a good knife.

Zhou Botong and Lu Laoshi also knew that Gao Huaiyuan was testing their skills, so after selecting the iron materials, they began to forge them.

Gao Huaiyuan gradually saw some tricks from their craftsmanship. He had never eaten pork, but he still knew how the pigs ran. An expert would know if there were any when he stretched out his hand. This old man was really not good enough.

Soon, they and Lu Laoshi repeatedly forged the iron materials into fine steel. Moreover, this was not a knife blank. They selected two or three types of iron materials and processed them separately. In the end, it took several days to finally make it.

After forging various materials, these steels with different softness and hardness were clamped together again and forged, and gradually the shape of the knife appeared.

Gao Huaiyuan was immediately happy, and now he found another treasure. This week, the old man actually used the steel clamping method to make a steel knife. In later generations, this craft was also used to make Japanese swords. The steel knife was made

It is both elastic and very strong and sharp. It takes advantage of the characteristics of different steel materials. The knife is punched out by clamping. You don't need to think about it to know that Old Man Zhou's craftsmanship is absolutely the same.

Although the knife has not yet taken shape, Gao Huaiyuan already knows that the finished knife will not be too bad. The key is that as long as the final quenching is mastered, at least the made knife will be stronger than the hand knives Xing Captou gave them.

Out a lot.

Sure enough, a few days later, after careful forging, quenching, annealing and other complicated processes, the knife was basically successful. Finally, a copper handle was added and the knife sharpening began.

After it was cured, a natural cloud-like pattern appeared on it, and when the sun shone, the cold light shone and was extremely beautiful.

After Gao Huaiyuan took these knives and inspected them one by one, he finally nodded with satisfaction. Although these knives were inferior in quality compared to the two Mo Dao and Heng Dao he had collected, they were still better than the lying ones.

The mass-produced Song Dynasty hand knives in Huzhuang are much better.

"The making of this knife is a skill passed down from my family. After the blade is shaped and polished, it has natural cloud patterns. I wonder if the young master is satisfied with it?" Mr. Zhou looked at Gao Huaiyuan's expression and said to him proudly.

"Good knife! Not bad! Very good!" Gao Huaiyuan nodded in praise. He was so lucky that he reached out and picked up a knife-making master. It seems that God has not failed me!

With Gao Huaiyuan's compliment, Zhou Botong and Lu Laoshi were satisfied and planned to go back and continue working.

"Wait! Master Zhou, please listen to me. This knife is very well made and its toughness is much stronger than the hand knives in the army. However, Gao wants to improve it. I wonder if Master Zhou is willing to listen?"

Huaiyuan held a Liuyun knife and shouted to Old Man Zhou.

"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhou Botong stopped. As a knife maker, he has been immersed in this field for his whole life. He really has never heard of anyone wanting to improve the technique of the knife he made, so he felt a little unhappy.

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"So the young master is still not satisfied with Zhou's craftsmanship?" Zhou Botong looked a little unhappy and asked Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately saw Zhou Botong's dissatisfaction and knew that he had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly shook his head and said: "No, no! Master Zhou misunderstood, how can Gao be dissatisfied with your craftsmanship? This level of craftsmanship is already

There is no one in a thousand, Gao wanted to slightly change the shape of this knife, but he was not dissatisfied with Master Zhou's craftsmanship!"

Zhou Botong felt relieved, and he became very curious. This kind of knife shape has been going on for hundreds of years, and it has not changed much. How could he, a young master, be dissatisfied with this kind of knife shape? So he was curious.

asked: "I wonder what kind of knife the young master wants the young man to make?"

Gao Huaiyuan thought for a while and felt that it was a bit unclear just talking about it, so he asked someone to bring his clay pencil and paper and started drawing on it.

Although the shape of hand knives in the Song Dynasty has changed significantly from that of Tang knives, they still have the shortcoming of a straight blade. The knife itself is mainly used to kill enemies by chopping, and straight-edged knives are far more powerful in chopping.

It is not as powerful as a knife with a curvature for chopping. From a mechanical point of view, a blade with a certain curvature can exert better power when chopping. The Japanese swords of later generations are a good example.

It is a pity that China's sword-making skills have gradually declined since the Song Dynasty after a long evolution. After the Ming Dynasty, the power and quality of the Chinese swords were far behind those of the Japanese swords, so the high

Huaiyuan really wanted to own a batch of war knives similar to those of later Japanese knives, so after seeing Zhou Botong's excellent craftsmanship, he had an idea and came up with the idea of ​​changing the shape of the knives.

After getting paper and pen, Gao Huaiyuan found a nearby table and began to draw on it, while Zhou Botong and Lu Laoshi stretched their heads to watch.

When Gao Huaiyuan finished the painting, he handed the piece of paper to Zhou Botong: "I wonder if Master Zhou can try to make a batch of such knives for me?"

Zhou Botong took the blueprint of the battle and looked at it carefully. The blade of the sword in the picture has a relatively large curvature, and the blade is slightly longer and narrower than the current hand knives. The spine of the blade is wide and thick, the blade is slightly steep, and there is a blood groove on the blade.

, so that it can both chop and stab, and the handle of the knife is relatively long, and it seems to be able to be held with both hands. The shape of the knife is very strange. This is the first time he has seen such a knife shape, but although this

It's just a picture. At first glance, it gives people a very powerful feeling. At first glance, people feel that this knife will not be too bad after it is cast.

In fact, this sword does not completely imitate the shape of later Japanese knives, but was imagined by Gao Huaiyuan on the basis of Japanese knives and combined with the shapes of some Ming Dynasty waist knives. It can be said to be a comprehensive product of Japanese knives and Han knives.

It’s just that I haven’t built it yet, so I don’t know how effective it will be.

Zhou Botong was very curious, so he nodded and agreed: "Since the young master said it, I will give it a try! However, I have never used this kind of knife before, so it may take a little longer!"

"It doesn't matter, Master Zhou, just try it. You may not be able to get it right in one go. Take your time!" Gao Huaiyuan nodded and agreed.

During the following period, Zhou Botong and Lu Laoshi began to work in the blacksmith shop. He still used the steel clamping method to make this kind of knife according to the previous knife-making skills. At first, he did not encounter any problems, but

During quenching and annealing, we encountered some troubles. The arc of the knife was often uncontrollable and could not reach the ideal level.

This situation was very strange, which made Zhou Botong very depressed. He scrapped several knife blanks in a row, which made him have a bad temper. He plunged into the blacksmith shop and could not come out. He stayed in the shop eating, drinking, sleeping, and eating.

I have been thinking about this for a long time.

Of course Gao Huaiyuan knew why this was happening. It was mainly caused by the different expansion coefficients of several materials, but he had no idea how to solve it. He just told Zhou Botong what he knew and let him do the rest.

These two professionals will explore for themselves.dd