Just when Gao Huaiyuan pulled a cart of pigeon cages and carried Liu Fugui back to Crouching Tiger Village, there were several ragged men tied to the village, all unkempt, covered with mud and blood, looking embarrassed.

Gao Huaiyuan was surprised and immediately asked Liu Er, "What's going on?" Why are these people tied up here? ”

Liu Er glanced at Gao Huaiyuan with some grievances, and whispered: "The young master said that he would come back in the past two or three days, but he didn't see anyone for more than ten days when he left, and he didn't even know what happened in Zhuangzi!" ”

Gao Huaiyuan knew that Liu Er was rarely making a little temperament, so he smiled and said: "I encountered something wrong when I went out this time, and I suddenly didn't have time to inform you of the incident, so I delayed for a few days, tell me what is going on with these people?" ”

Liu Er regretted a little after she said it, although she was favored, but she usually adhered to her identity, and always obeyed Gao Huaiyuan, today I don't know why she suddenly made a petty temperament to Gao Huaiyuan, so she no longer entangled in this matter, and explained to Gao Huaiyuan: "In the middle of the night three days ago, these people climbed through the backyard of our Zhuangzi with flying tiger claws, and wanted to steal in Zhuangzi, but as soon as they entered the yard, they were discovered by our black general, these dogs are really powerful, The swarming up caught all these thieves, and even the two people who kept the wind outside Zhuangzi did not run away in the end, and they were all caught by us! That's it! ”

Gao Huaiyuan immediately laughed after hearing this, and at this time Zhou Hao also came over, and said after saluting Gao Huaiyuan: "This time they are unlucky, they actually touched it in with a familiar car, but they didn't expect that there were so many dogs in our Zhuangzi, but when they were besieged by dogs, they were out of proportion, and a guy actually plunged into the pit, it's really fucking stinky!"

I have already interrogated them, these thieves are the same people who came to steal us last time, and I have also sent people to their lair to recover the stolen goods, and the provincial people have taken them after they have taken them!

Aren't you waiting for you to dispose of these eye-opening things, big brother, when you come back! If you don't come back, big brother, I'll send someone to Tongshan County to find you!" Sister Liu'er is scared all day long, afraid that something will happen to you again! ”

Gao Huaiyuan touched his nose, this time he went out to do errands and delayed for so long, saying that he would come back in two or three days, but it turned out that he would be gone for more than ten days, and he would indeed be worried about Liu Er and them, and he was only busy with Liu Fugui's affairs, and forgot to inform Liu Er of them, no wonder Liu Er was so angry when he saw him this time!

"Huh! It's because I didn't think it through, so I worried you! As for this gang of thieves tied up in our Zhuangzi like this, it is not a way, go to Xing Zhutou, let him take this gang of thieves to the government to deal with and pull them down, and feed these bastards in the province! Gao Huaiyuan didn't care much about these thieves, and waved his hand to let Zhou Hao dispose of them and send them to the government to pull them down.

When a thief who had been bitten by a dog and was covered in scaly wounds, he was immediately frightened and begged: "The great official spares his life!" The little one will never dare to do it again in the future, and he will beg the big officials to spare the lives of the little ones, and the small ones will be willing to repay the big officials as cattle and horses! It's all the little ones who are obsessed with money, so they make big mistakes, and the small ones won't dare to do it in the future! This guy pleaded with a handful of snot and tears.

As soon as they heard that they were going to be sent to the official, these thieves were scared a lot, they were the ruffians in Daye County on weekdays, they were lazy and idle all day long, and after they got together, they relied on the courage of the group, and did a lot of things like robbing houses and stealing chickens and dogs, if they were sent to the government, if the previous case was turned over, even if it was not enough to cut off the head, at least they would have to sit through the bottom of the prison, and at worst, they would be stabbed in front of the army and used as cannon fodder to send them to death, so one or two of them cried and begged Gao Huaiyuan not to send them to the official.

"Why did you bother in the first place? Now that I know I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's too late, you go and arrange it, send these guys away as soon as possible, save yourself from being an eyesore here, we're still busy now! Gao Huaiyuan will not sympathize with these guys, as soon as he sees their thief eyebrows, he will be angry, compared to Xue Yan, although Xue Yan was also a thief who cut the path before, these guys are really bad, for these people, Gao Huaiyuan will not be overflowing with love.

Regardless of the pleading of these guys, Gao Huaiyuan left them and began to arrange Liu Fugui's affairs, anyway, now the place in Zhuangzi is much larger, in order to facilitate Liu Fugui to train carrier pigeons, he simply vacated a corner of the backyard to house Liu Fugui and his pigeons.

Liu Fugui couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded when he followed Gao Huaiyuan into Crouching Tiger Village, when he agreed to follow Gao Huaiyuan as a slave at first, he just thought that Gao Huaiyuan was a kind-hearted rich man, but after he really arrived here, he found that things seemed to be a little wrong, it turned out that Gao Huaiyuan was not a rich man, but indeed a big family on the rich side, especially when he heard Li Ergou who accompanied him say that this is completely the manor established by Gao Huaiyuan, and after completely owning the property here, Only then did he realize that he still underestimated this young master.

And after he entered Zhuangzi, he found that although the people here did their own thing, they were very well-behaved, and they were even more respectful to Gao Huaiyuan, and even to him as a cripple, and no one discriminated against him or treated him slowly, which made him completely relieved and felt that he had not made a mistake in his choice this time.

When he saw that Gao Huaiyuan had arranged a fairly bright place for him, Liu Fugui was even more uneasy, feeling ashamed, and waved his hand again and again, asking Gao Huaiyuan not to take such care of him, just to find him a small room is enough, the key is to place these baby pigeons!

"You can live in peace, someone will send you food and drink in the future, as long as you raise and train these pigeons well, it is enough, as for the placement of these pigeons, you can rest assured, I have a lot of craftsmen in this Zhuangzi, and I can build a luxury pigeon loft for you within two days!" And I'll arrange a few more people for you to learn to raise pigeons with you, and you will have to worry about this matter in the future! Gao Huanyuan said to Liu Fugui with a smile.

As Gao Huaiyuan said, in two days, more than a dozen masons and carpenters built a large pigeon loft next to the house where Liu Fugui lived.

Strange to say, when these pigeons were transported here, they were frightened a lot on the road, and their spirits were also much weaker, and they all looked panicked, huddled together and gurgled out, but when Liu Fugui appeared in front of them, these pigeons immediately quieted down, and soon recovered their spirits, began to eat and drink, and wandered around the pigeon loft as if they were inspecting their new home.

Such a scene made Gao Huaiyuan and others look very surprised, if the dog is smarter, then these birds can be so obedient, and understand human nature, it is really commendable, Gao Huaiyuan knows that this trip to Tongshan County is really not in vain, he can be regarded as a baby talent again.

Although Gao Huaiyuan wanted to get some pigeons back, but he didn't have much experience in raising pigeons, and he didn't know how to train carrier pigeons, just wanted to breed some pigeons first, and then slowly explored, but this time he no longer had to worry about this matter, with this pigeon addict Liu Fugui, his carrier pigeon army will not be long after, I'm afraid it will be put into use!

For this time Gao Huaiyuan went out for more than ten days, but pulled back a lame man and a cart of pigeons, most of the people in the Zhuangzi were very curious, and felt that Gao Huaiyuan seemed to be a little out of business, and he raised dogs and birds, but it greatly satisfied the curiosity of girls like Liu'er, they are not like those boys, they can do a lot of things, they can only do some washing and washing things on weekdays, or weaving and sewing clothes and other things, and now suddenly there are so many birds in Zhuangzi, And as soon as they heard that they were going to recruit people to help in the pigeon farm, these girls responded and wanted to help Liu Fugui take care of these pigeons.

Gao Huaiyuan originally wanted to find some people among the boys, but after hearing about the girls' requests, coupled with Liu'er's arguments, he finally agreed to Liu'er's request and sent those girls to help, which met Liu'er's request.

Liu Fugui can be regarded as blessed this time, surrounded by a group of girls all day long, Yingying Yanyan asked this and that, making Liu Fugui like a fairy.

And those thieves, naturally it is conceivable, Xing Zhutou, who got the news, did not dare to slack off, and immediately took a few arresters, hurried to Crouching Tiger Village, and met Gao Huaiyuan.

Xing Zhutou also didn't see Gao Huaiyuan for a while, during this time they were busy with the hunting room to death, although the war between Song and Jin did not affect Daye County, but the great increase in the number of displaced people also exacerbated the chaos in the market, and the homeless people became a serious unstable factor in society, and many people could not find a way to live, so they took risks to do the business of killing people and goods, so they were busy with Xing Zhutou's group of trappers.

So although Gao Huaiyuan has returned to Daye County, he and Xing Zhutou have only met once in the county, if it weren't for the fact that Gao Huaiyuan came back not long before he joined the army, Xing Zhutou really wanted to pull Gao Huaiyuan to help him.

This time, as soon as he heard that Gao Huaiyuan's Zhuangzi had an accident, he dropped the matter at hand and immediately rushed to Crouching Tiger Village, for Gao Huaiyuan's little friend, he was still very interesting, not to mention that now Gao Huaiyuan has another name of Bao Yilang, and the size is also an unemployed Jiupin official, so Xing Zhutou, a low-level military attaché, naturally has to pay more attention to Gao Huaiyuan's affairs.

"I've seen Young Master Gao below! It's all incompetence, so that Young Master Gao has also been harassed here! As soon as he saw Gao Huaiyuan, Xing Zhutou walked a few steps in front of Gao Huaiyuan, bowed down and said, it was the etiquette of a subordinate to see his boss, and he was much more respectful than before.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately stepped forward and dragged Xing Zhutou, and laughed loudly: "I haven't seen you for many days, Xing Zhutou, you have a lot more etiquette now!" Why should you and my brother be so polite, and let you salute me, wouldn't you kill my brother? Hurry up and follow me into the village, let's have a drink at noon! ”

Seeing that Gao Huaiyuan still didn't have a bit of a domineering posture towards their group of trappers, and was still so enthusiastic, Xing Zhutou straightened up and replied with a smile: "It should be so!" Young Master Gao's trip with the army this time, I am very impressed by these brothers, not to mention that Young Master Gao is also a famous person now, and he should salute! ”

Several other trappers who came with him also gave Gao Huaiyuan a gift, and then followed Gao Huaiyuan into Zhuangzi.

Looking at the huge Crouching Tiger Village, these trappers were all very surprised, but they didn't expect that in just a few years, in a remote mountain col, such a big mountain villa would be operated by Gao Huaiyuan, and they didn't dare to underestimate Gao Huaiyuan, and they were careful not to move around at will when they entered the village, for fear of committing Gao Huaiyuan's taboo.

"Look at what Brother Xing said, it's a lot of life, after I came back during this time, I was too busy, so that I treated you brothers slowly, this time I could have sent this gang of thieves to the county government and handed it over to you, but I also want you to take this opportunity to relax, so I asked you to come here, Brother Xing of the province, you said that my shelf is too big, don't you want to take the opportunity to invite you to drink some water and wine? Hehe! Sit! Gao Huaiyuan beckoned Xing Zhutou and them to sit down.

After Xing Zhutou first asked about these thieves, the wine banquet was put down, and then he relaxed, and Gao Huaiyuan called him brother and brother, and after the conversation box was opened, he praised Gao Huaiyuan for a while, which made Gao Huaiyuan sweat a lot.

Gao Huaiyuan held the wine glass and persuaded him to drink, and said with a smile: "Brother Xing, don't mention the little thing in front of the army, to be honest, although the meritorious service is not fake, but it is also forced to be helpless!" If we don't fight, we will be cut off by Jin Jun's head, and anyone will fight hard, it's just an accident! I don't know what you're busy with during this time, Brother Xing? Why didn't you come to my little brother for so long to catch up? ”

After Xing Zhu tilted his head and drank a large glass of wine, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Where is there that idle time!" Young Master Gao didn't know, since the start of the war, our group of people have been tired like donkeys every day, and the ground in the county is not very peaceful, so it has suffered us trappers, and before Young Master Gao came back, County Lieutenant Wang went to the front of the army again, leaving only me, an old fellow, with such a little brother to maintain order on the ground, tired enough every day, I can't come if I want to! If it weren't for the fact that Young Master Gao was busy, I really wanted to ask Young Master Gao to help us! If there is Young Master Gao's help, it will definitely be able to deter those thieves on the boundary of our county, and it will save us so hard! ”

"Oh? Is it true that there is no peace on the ground in the county right now? Gao Huaiyuan was only busy with his own Zhuangzi affairs during this time, and he also paid attention to the war situation, and he didn't pay much attention to these small things in the county, so he didn't know much about the specific situation, so he asked Xing Zhutou.

"Alas! Isn't that a common thing? As soon as the battle started, the homeless people ran towards our area, and now our county and the surrounding states and counties are full of homeless people, so many homeless people have come at once, and there are some strongmen who have to make trouble, and we are doing this for a living, and it is difficult to sleep soundly! Xing Zhutou replied with a wry smile while drinking.

Gao Huaiyuan thinks about this is also the case, now it can be said that it is a troubled time, and it is impossible to be peaceful at all, and it is really difficult for these trappers.

"Young Master Gao may not know, I heard that although Lord Meng and General Liu jointly defeated the Jin army in the Zaoyang area some time ago, the Jin army did not give up, and now it is still fighting fiercely with our Song army in Suizhou and the Tang River, and the demand for materials in front of the army is very great, and the county is busy raising military rations and levying the people all day long, just to deal with these things, it will make the county magistrate and us people busy enough, and if it goes on like this, Lao Tzu really wants to pick and choose, which will exhaust people to death!" Xing Zhutou said.

In fact, there is no need for Xing Zhutou to tell Gao Huaiyuan about this matter, he also knows that since he came back, because of the relationship between Huang Yan and others, he has often sent people back and forth between the army and Daye, and the news can be said to be more well-informed than the county government, knowing that now that the war is in a stalemate, no one can help anyone!

However, Gao Huaiyuan still has some ideas about the influx of northern refugees into the south, and has already sent a letter to Huang Yan in private, proposing his method, and asking Huang Yan to convey it to Meng Heng or Meng Zongzheng, and then he couldn't help but say: "This is not without a little way, now the army is the time to employ people, and the northern refugees are pouring into the Song Realm in large numbers, you can use these people to form an army, absorb them to serve in the army to deal with the Jin army, and you can also reduce the pressure of the refugees on the local area, and have an additional new force to deal with the Jin country, It's the best of both worlds! ”

"Oh? Young Master Gao's method is really good, but it's a pity that you and I are in the place now, although this method is good, it can't be implemented! At present, a few of our brothers are discussing one thing on the road, it is also gossip, I don't know if it is true, I heard that Wang County Lieutenant served in front of the army this time, he was more unlucky, he was sent to the front line of the Tang River with the army, and died in front of the army some time ago! It's just that the news hasn't been confirmed yet, if County Lieutenant Wang is really dead, then the post of county lieutenant in the county will be vacant, with the identity of Young Master Gao, now he is also a Jiupin Baoyilang, why not exercise and become a county lieutenant in the county! When the time comes, I will follow Young Master Gao, and it will be easier! Xing Zhutou suddenly told Gao Huaiyuan such news.

After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he was slightly surprised, but immediately sighed, is this also a fateful thing? The last time Lieutenant Wang pretended to be sick and let himself top the tank, he ran back to Daye County, this time he was forced to go on the expedition, and in the end he still died in front of the army, if this matter is true, it really responds to the saying, it is a blessing or a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided!