It just so happened that Liu Er sent another pot of wine to Gao Huaiyuan, and for so many days, Liu Er unconsciously began to regard Ji Xiancheng as Gao Huaiyuan's own person, and after listening to Ji Xiancheng's words, he smiled and said, "Mr. Ji doesn't know yet!" How many things does our young master know? It's not just this kind of thing! If you want to talk about it......"

Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly gave Liu Er a look, Liu Er reacted immediately, quickly stopped the conversation, and didn't dare to continue, she also knew that she had unknowingly said something today, so she quickly bypassed this topic and said to Gao Huaiyuan: "Young Master! Ruohu's fever has begun to subside, and he just said that he wants to drink water! It looks a little better! ”

Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly stood up and ran out: "I'll go and see Ruohu's situation, Mr. Ji is out of company, you drink by yourself first!" ”

Liu Er also hurriedly picked up the corner of her skirt and ran out with Gao Huaiyuan, Ji Xiancheng played with the telescope in his hand, and said to himself with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Now that I am more and more interested in you, Young Master Gao, what other surprises can you bring me?" It seems that this trip to Daye is definitely worth it, I am really looking forward to it! Hehe! ”

Li Ruohu's injuries really improved a lot after boarding the ship, after less bumps in the vehicle, his pain was also less, the effect of the medicine obviously played a role, the fever in the past few days is improving, and his face looks a little bloody, after taking it on the boat, Gao Huaiyuan ordered the boatman to make fish soup, and poured it into him who had been in a coma for a few days little by little, and after mashing the fish meat and feeding it to him, now Li Ruohu's injury has finally stabilized.

Gao Huaiyuan squatted beside Li Ruohu and called his name softly, and after a while, Li Ruohu's eyelids twitched a few times, and then gradually opened his eyes.

"Young master......" Li Ruohu called softly.

Gao Huaiyuan held Li Ruohu's hand tightly, shook it vigorously, and choked up for a long time: "I said you would be fine!" It's good to be back! It's good to be back! ”

At this time, this sentence seemed to be very pale, but Gao Huaiyuan couldn't find a more suitable word, Li Ruohu nodded with tears, he saw from Gao Huaiyuan's eyes at this time what is sincere brotherhood.

Don't give up, don't give up! Gao Huaiyuan said this sentence to them a long time ago, and now he finally understands this sentence, in Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, these helpless orphans are not tools, but are treated by him as brothers, which is enough for them.

After boarding the ship from Qingyang County, they never encountered any danger or anything like that, all the way upstream, although it was not fast, but it was very comfortable, so that Gao Huaiyuan and several people were able to fully rest, the wounds on his body gradually began to heal, Li Ruohu's body was stronger day by day, and he could walk a few steps on the ground without arriving in Ezhou.

Along the way, Gao Huaiyuan consciously ate a lot of fat, fished every day, talked to Ji Xiancheng when he had nothing to do, and the two sides got along more and more harmoniously.

Although Ji Xiancheng has not fully understood Gao Huaiyuan, but through these conversations, he can basically see that Gao Huaiyuan seems to be reckless, in fact, he is a thoughtful person in many aspects, which is really not in line with his age, and Ji Xiancheng believes even more that Gao Huaiyuan will be able to do something after time, according to Ji Xiancheng's words borrowed from the Three Kingdoms, this son is not a thing in the pool, and sooner or later he will be a blockbuster, so he also strengthened Ji Xiancheng's thoughts, Just follow Gao Huaiyuan all the way down and see what he can do!

During this time, they encountered the naval fleet many times on the river, so that Gao Huaiyuan feasted his eyes, and also intuitively understood the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty naval division, just by the naval army they encountered during this time, only the Ezhou Metropolitan Commander Naval Army, it was equipped with at least no less than 200 warships, these naval forces were called the Suojiang Army by the Song people, the scale was large, according to Ji Xiancheng, who was familiar with state affairs, there were at least nearly 20 naval armies in various places, and the total strength was at least 70,000 or 80,000 people.

These sailors are not the same as the navy of later generations, they not only carry out surface warfare, on the way Gao Huaiyuan also saw a naval army landing raid combat exercise, large vehicles and ships cover small boats, loading sailors to assault ashore, this style of play is quite a bit of the later generations of marines play, concentrate forces to the convenience of boats, maneuver on the water, and then carry out surprise attacks in the enemy's weak spots, at least this combat thinking has been quite advanced in this era, no wonder the Jin country is not good at water warfare for more than 100 years, has not been able to break through the Yangtze River moat, and the naval army of the Southern Song Dynasty is really not to be underestimated!

Although the Southern Song Dynasty naval army played a vital role in the Southern Song Dynasty to the south of the Jianghuai River, it cannot be said that they have no limitations, after all, such a river water army, no matter how to say, has always been a defensive force, limited by the rivers and waterways, the defense is okay, and the attack is of little use, especially after the Jin people occupied the hinterland of the Central Plains, the important canal system in the north and south was gradually idle and silted up due to the hostile relationship between the two countries, and even the Bianhe River, the once prosperous north-south Grand Canal, was destroyed with the Northern Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the Jin army from going down the Bianhe River by boat, it was also completely destroyed and silted up into flat land.

In this way, although the Jin army was prevented from going south, but it also caused a lot of trouble for the Song army to go north, the Song army was mainly infantry, and the dependence on logistics far exceeded that of any other country in this era. Therefore, it was also a factor that caused the Song army's inability to go on the Northern Expedition.

Gao Huaiyuan didn't know these things, they were all told to him by Ji Xiancheng in the past few days, and Ji Xiancheng's understanding of the situation between Song and Jin was much better than Gao Huaiyuan's, which made Gao Huaiyuan understand some things again.

After a period of sailing, the ship finally arrived in Daye County, and Gao Huaiyuan took everyone ashore and returned to the one-third of an acre of land that belonged to him.

When everyone stepped on the land of Daye County, they all had a feeling of going home, and Gao Huaiyuan felt that Daye was his real home now, and most of his industries were now here, and this was where his roots were.

Breathing in the fresh air, Gao Huaiyuan patted Li Ruohu who was lying in the car and said, "You go back to Daye County first, and arrange Mr. Ji to be in the old mansion first!" Be sure to take care of Mr. Ji's daily life! I went to Ezhou once, and then rushed back! I'll talk about it when I get back! ”

Li Ruohu nodded, and wanted to say goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan, but was pressed by Gao Huaiyuan in the car, and then instructed Liu Er: "Where do you take care of Mr. Ji in the old mansion first, wait for me to come back!" ”

Although Liu Er was a little reluctant, she still nodded obediently, and she said that she had leaked her mouth on the way, and she was still a little uneasy, for fear that Gao Huaiyuan would be angry.

"Mr. Ji! I have to go to Ezhou to deal with some private matters first, I won't accompany you back to Daye County for the time being, Liu'er They will properly arrange Mr.'s living, I will return to Daye County soon after three or two days, and then accompany Mr. to walk around. There are many faux pas, and Mr. Wang's forbearance is so! Gao Huaiyuan walked to Ji Xiancheng's car again and said to Ji Xiancheng who was getting out of the car.

"Young Master Gao, please take care of yourself! Ji is waiting for Young Master Gao in Daye! Ji Xiancheng also couldn't ask Gao Huaiyuan what else he wanted to go to Ezhou, so he said goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan.

After saying goodbye to Ji Xiancheng, Gao Huaiyuan parted ways with them and went to Ezhou, Huang Zhen's Zuixianlou head office was located in Ezhou, and now it was time for Huang Zhen to go back to Shaoxing.

When Gao Huaiyuan arrived in Ezhou, it was still bustling with people, a lively scene, except for the soldiers and horses transferred by the Ezhou battalion outside the city, the city was basically not affected by the war, and the business travels came and went frequently, which seemed very prosperous.

At least this also shows a kind of confidence of the Song people, most of the Song people did not feel excessive panic about the southern invasion of the Jin army, psychologically, now the Song people do not take the Jin people very seriously, which also has a lot to do with the decline of the Jin State over the years.

When stepping into the city, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but think of the incident that he led people to rescue Zhao Tong in the prefect's prison nearly a year ago, although he heard that Ezhou was in chaos for a while, but it was quickly suppressed by the prefect's yamen, after all, this kind of thing is not good on the prefect's face, not to mention that Zhao Tong, who was rescued, is not an important person, and soon this matter was forgotten in Ezhou, I am afraid that only Gao Huaiyuan still remembers this incident, as for how many people were implicated and lost their jobs, Gao Huaiyuan is not clear.

Now Ezhou's Drunken Immortal Building has become the largest restaurant in Ezhou, because of the fame of the Immortal Drunk, most rich people regard the Drunken Immortal Building as the most high-end restaurant in Ezhou, and if you want to feast here, it is impossible to have a seat without an appointment in advance!

And when the drunken fairy building gained a foothold, it gradually relaxed the sales of the fairy drunk, from the original daily 100 pots, increased to 200 pots, and also launched a slightly low-grade fairy drunk, quietly encroached on most of the high-end market, and the original big restaurants now have to deign to do low-end trading, the entire Ezhou liquor industry has basically been reshuffled, and the drunken fairy building has firmly stood on its feet.

And Huang Zhen, a trader, is still quite smart, and has always maintained a good relationship with the official, and has made the important figures in the officialdom on the Ezhou territory comfortable, even if the drunken immortal building continues to squeeze the market and cause dissatisfaction among other restaurants, no one dares to come to the door without authorization to find trouble with the drunken immortal building.

Although some people are not convinced, they secretly invite some ruffians to make trouble in the drunken fairy building, but there are a few teenagers sent by Crouching Tiger Village to sit in charge, don't look at them as the little two who run the hall, but the kung fu on each of them is quite good, several ruffians made trouble, and without alarming the government, they were pulled out of the store by these teenagers, blocked in the alley and beat up, so that those idle ruffians on the ground in Ezhou no longer dare to come to the door to make trouble.

Gao Huaiyuan naturally heard Huang Zhen say these things, and now he thinks that Huang Zhen is a bit like the underworld boss of later generations, and he eats both black and white in Ezhou.

Huang Zhen is also very satisfied with the current state, and is ambitious to promote the sign of Zuixian Lou to all parts of the Southern Song Dynasty in two or three years, so Huang Zhen began to hand over the affairs here to his cousin to take care of a few years ago, and is ready to take time to go to the Liangzhejiang area to open a new branch at any time.

And this form of business is not created by Gao Huaiyuan, the Southern Song Dynasty business is very developed, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, merchants around the country began to appear this way of business, the Wang family's shop is a typical, the family industry expanded to a very wide surface, set up semicolons in various places, and Huang Zhen is also gradually paving, in just half a year, in Jingxi Road added nearly ten Zuixianlou semicolons, business is very hot.

This kind of development speed is very rare even in later generations, one of the important reasons is that the wine sold by Zuixianlou is the only one in the world, there is no semicolon, and the benefits brought by the monopoly are naturally huge, Gao Huaiyuan is also confident that in a relatively short period of time, he will create a commercial kingdom all over the country, and spread his intelligence network.

When Gao Huaiyuan walked all the way to the Drunken Immortal Building, the people here immediately recognized him and quickly invited him into the restaurant, and Huang Zhen quickly heard the news and greeted him.

Gao Huaiyuan told Huang Zhen about the purchase of real estate in Shaoxing, and the two of them made a brief explanation of some things in the business here after Huang Zhen left, Gao Huaiyuan said to Huang Zhen: "Uncle Huang went back to Shaoxing this time, you can show your strength, I mentioned to my father before I left that you want to go back to Shaoxing, my father has promised to take care of your affairs, you are familiar with the ground there, there should be no problem with the foothold, if there is something, although ask my father for help, as long as I ensure that my father can drink the fairy drunk from time to time!"

There is also this time after the uncle, the focus is not on Shaoxing, we have to find a way to open the drunken fairy building to Lin'an as soon as possible, where is our destination, and now we are not only the fairy drunk this kind of thing is the signboard, now our perfume, alabaster, emollient oil have been reserved a batch, glass mirrors have also made a lot, once these things are listed, will be an instant hit, this year Uncle Huang seems to have to work hard! ”

Huang Zhen nodded, and said with a happy face: "Young master, don't worry!" This matter is handed over to me to do well, and it will not disappoint the young master, and another thing is that the few pigeons that the young master took away before the New Year flew back, coming back from Shaoxing, judging from the date that the young master left on their feet, the fastest one flew back in less than three days, and the rest also arrived here on the same day. Not only can it save time, but also save a lot of manpower and road money! No wonder the young master ran to find Liu Fugui back in the first place, this method is indeed exquisite! ”

Huang Zhen mentioned the matter of carrier pigeons, if he didn't say it, Gao Huaiyuan really almost ignored this matter, and after hearing it, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Then the few pigeons I took away this time have all returned to the nest?" ”

Huang Zhen nodded and replied with a smile: "This time I brought five pigeons to the young master, and they have all come back, I really don't understand, this kind of little thing takes the land route to Shaoxing, how can I remember the way back, sometimes even birds are much stronger than people!" Hehe! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan listened to Huang Zhen's words, he laughed for a while, this time he was relieved, at least now he wants to use pigeons, to build his own communication network plan, the initial success has been achieved, and in the future, there is a communication network composed of carrier pigeons, compared to the current human communication, at least several times faster than the current no problem.

After the two discussed the next business expansion plan in detail, Huang Zhen told a news that he had just gotten from Huang Yan before the army, Meng Zongzheng's soldiers and horses have now firmly controlled the Zaoyang area, and cooperated with Liu Shixing, the commander of Suizhou, to recover a large area of Suizhou's territory, and drove the Jin army back to Xinyang and Tanghe, and adopted Gao Huaiyuan's proposal to start preparing for the Zhongshun Army in Zaoyang, absorbing the Han heroes in the Jinjing boundary of Tanghe, Dengzhou, and Caizhou, and stationed in Zaoyang for military training.

And Meng Zongzheng led the troops and horses a year ago, captured the county seat of Huyang County, and captured the county seat in one go, Meng Heng dared to use his life in this battle, and led his subordinates to be brave and resolute, and made great contributions, and now he has accumulated merit and promoted to the commander of the left army of the Zhongshun Army, and was promoted to the deputy general, even Huang Yan this time also became the commander of the Zhongshun military camp because of his merits, and the rest of the young people in Crouching Tiger Village, only one person was killed, and the rest of the people are now promoted, and they are all placed in the Zhongshun Army by Meng Heng, the youngest is also a capital head, and some people have become the head of the Zhongshun Army, Now it can be said that he has not lost Gao Huaiyuan's face, and because Huang Yanjin said that he established the Loyal Shun Army, he was very important to Meng Zongzheng.

For this reason, Meng Zongzheng also mentioned Gao Huaiyuan himself many times before the army, and deeply regretted that Gao Huaiyuan could not stay in front of the army, and for the things before Gao Huaiyuan was expelled from the army, Meng Zongzheng even took the time to write to Zhao Fang Zhao twice to defend Gao Huaiyuan about the affairs of Qifang Town.

Gao Huaiyuan shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't mention this matter again, I didn't plan to be an official in the army, but now I can be regarded as a big family, if I don't come back, how can I make a good wine like fairy drunk!" Hehe!

But Huang Yan is really good, he is not a business material, but he is a good material for a general, if you come back with me this time, it will be a big loss! Now Uncle Huang still complains that I didn't bring Huang Yan back? ”

Huang Zhen no longer minds about Huang Yan staying in front of the army now, and waved his hand with a smile: "This guy has not had any stability since he was a child, fortunately he met you, young master, if not, I don't know what it has become now, maybe he has become a harm in Shaoxing a long time ago, he can have today, all thanks to the young master, not to mention that he has grown up, what he wants to do in the future, let him go!" Life and death are fate, if he can do a career in the army, it can be regarded as the glory of our Huang family's lintel! It's a pity that he stayed in front of the army this time, and he won't be able to do things for you in the future, young master! ”