The news of the victory in Huangzhou soon spread from the waterway to the city of Ezhou on the other side, and Zhao Fangdang, the ambassador of the Jingxi Road system, was overjoyed, and said three good words in a row, and finally made an evaluation of Gao Huaiyuan, that is, this son is definitely not a thing in the pool, once he goes into battle to lead the troops, he will definitely be a brave general! Its future will be immeasurable!

As Gao Huaiyuan, he didn't think too much, this battle of Huangzhou for him, just to save his life, he was driven by Zhao Fang ducks on the shelves, sent to Huangzhou, he had to fight with the Jin army, this battle he just completed the task of saving his life, but did not raise himself to a too high height.

After the end of this battle, he lingered in Huangzhou City for a few more days, and had a good reunion with Huang Yan and other brothers, and Huang Yan mentioned several times that he wanted to unload his armor and return to the field, and return to Crouching Tiger Village to be at ease, and no longer be subject to that kind of restraint in the army.

But Gao Huaiyuan did not agree to his request, so that he must work well in the Zhongshun Army, because his future career needs to have his own strength in the Jiangbei Army, which he told Huang Yan unmistakably, and ordered him to persevere no matter what, it is best to be as big as possible in the Zhongshun Army, and take those brothers he left to Huang Yan to gradually control the Zhongshun Army.

And the composition of the Zhongshun Army is also conducive to him to do this, because most of the soldiers of the Zhongshun Army are from Henan in the north, for them, they are in a different place in Zaoyang, which can be controlled relatively well, and for them, the desire to restore the Central Plains in the north is much higher than that of other troops, so Gao Huaiyuan began to fight the idea of this army from the time he first suggested that Meng Zongzheng form this army, and now that Huang Yan and others have gained a foothold in the Zhongshun Army, he will naturally not give up this God-given opportunity.

Moreover, he also ordered Huang Yan and others to pay attention to making friends with the generals of the loyal army, especially those who have real skills, to pay special attention to their state, and it is best to get along, and call brothers and brothers the best you and me, which will be of great help to him in the future.

After Huang Yan and the others listened to Gao Huaiyuan's explanation, although they didn't know what Gao Huaiyuan wanted to do in the end, they still agreed to his request and continued to stay in the Zhongshun Army as a soldier, and see what they could do for Gao Huaiyuan one day!

Although Gao Huaiyuan does not have a clear plan for the future, it will not be wrong to lay these chess pieces earlier, his strength is never too much, and he will naturally not let go of the opportunity if he has more strength in the army.

A few days later, the situation in Huangzhou City was basically completely stabilized, Huang Yan received Meng Hui's general order, ordering him to lead the army north to Macheng, because the Jin army had abandoned Macheng, under his pursuit, began to retreat to the Loess Pass, Macheng has been occupied by Meng Hui, he decided to reorganize the troops and horses in Macheng, after accepting Zaoyang reinforcements, he recaptured the Loess Pass, and finally recovered the Southern Song Dynasty land occupied by the Jin army, if possible, it is best to capture Xizhou.

So he needed more soldiers and horses, so he sent someone to transfer Huang Yan's troops to Macheng to return to the team, although Huang Yan was reluctant, but the order was difficult to disobey, so he had to say goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan, Zhou Hao and others, and then ordered his subordinates, and went straight to Macheng out of Huangzhou.

And Gao Huaiyuan returned the city defense of Huangzhou City to Jiang Fang again, and after counting the township soldiers in Daye County, he took a boat to the south and returned to the camp of Ezhou City.

For him, he didn't have to return to Ezhou so early, he could have stayed in Huangzhou until the end of this battle, waiting for the imperial court to reward him, and with his merits in Huangzhou, others wanted to replace it and couldn't replace it, which was undoubtedly very beneficial to his career promotion.

But Gao Huaiyuan did not do this in the end, after consulting Zhao Fang, he still resolutely led the troops back to Ezhou City, and gave most of the credit for the Battle of Huangzhou to Jiang Fang, he naturally had his purpose in doing this, because he didn't want to leave Daye County at this time because of the promotion, because Daye County is now his top priority, and he must stay in Daye County and take command to ensure the steady development of his career.

So he took the initiative to give up this opportunity, which made Zhao Fang sigh, thinking that Gao Huaiyuan was not proud of his achievements, he was a rare talent, and even Jiang Fang was grateful to Gao Huaiyuan, and when he left, he almost poured out his family wealth and gave Gao Huaiyuan a generous gift, which was regarded as a thank you to Gao Huaiyuan.

Through this matter, Gao Huaiyuan sold Jiang Fang a great favor, which laid a good foundation for the future development of the north.

This battle also has great benefits for Gao Huaiyuan, at least when Zhao Fang wrote to the imperial court, in the battle of Huangzhou, he made a heavy deal for Gao Huaiyuan, and at the same time won a large amount of reward for Gao Huaiyuan, not to mention, even the Daye Township soldiers who died in Huangzhou City with him also received heavy rewards, at least their families would not be helpless because of this, and even the remnants of these villagers also received a lot of rewards, and they all ended up happy. made the villagers who were not able to go to Huangzhou at the beginning red-eyed.

The biggest reward is not the problem of money, Gao Huaiyuan advanced to the next level again, he used to be the ninth grade Bao Yilang, and after this battle, because of the merit to advance from the eighth grade from the righteous lang, it can be regarded as a promotion, but what surprised him was that Liu Zhixian was suddenly transferred to other places at this time, so that after Gao Huaiyuan led the township back to Daye County, he found that there was no county magistrate!

However, Zhao Fang won the position of the magistrate of Daye County for him, and did not send someone to Daye County to fill Liu Zhixian's position, but after asking for the order, let Gao Huaiyuan continue to serve as the lieutenant of Daye County, knowing Daye County, in essence, it is equivalent to being the name of the county lieutenant and becoming the executive deputy county magistrate of Daye County, although the name is not good, it is not a genuine county, but in essence, it is equivalent to the first person in Daye County, and it is also the parent official of Daye County!

This was an unexpected surprise, Gao Huaiyuan felt as if he had been hit by a pie falling from the sky, he didn't tell him in advance before leaving Ezhou, and only after letting him return to Daye County did he learn the news, which caught him a little off guard, until those colleagues in the county went out of the city to greet him, he didn't understand.

This time, Gao Huaiyuan's mouth was crooked, although he still had the supervision of the lord Bo, the county Cheng and others, but basically these people have been bought by him now, and these people can see that Gao Huaiyuan is deeply loved by Zhao Fang, and it is too late to tie the knot, so in other words, Gao Huaiyuan is actually equivalent to mastering the party, government and military power of Daye County, and he has the final say in Daye County.

After Gao Huaiyuan returned to Daye County, he was busy for half a month just to deal with the greetings of the squires in the county, if it weren't for Ji Xiancheng, an old fox, to help him, he really wouldn't know how to deal with this scene.

This time the battle of Huangzhou, for him to gain quite a lot, the biggest harvest is that Gao Huaiyuan really mastered the power of a city for the first time, fought a very regular city defense battle, greatly enriched his combat experience in defending the city, this is the first time he did not have the opportunity to get in the army, but this time he unexpectedly let him experience it.

The second is that he took over Daye County and became the person who has the final say in Daye County, and when he does things in the future, he no longer needs to be constrained by others, and he can boldly develop his career, which is the second harvest.

The third is that after this war, all kinds of rewards and gifts from the squires made his purse much richer again, it turns out that it is no wonder that everyone wants to be an official, this is the mystery of it! It feels really good to receive gifts, and if you don't accept them, you will offend people, so he can accept money and things in a grand manner, which makes his funds more abundant.

However, Gao Huaiyuan naturally didn't want to be a corrupt official with the big slip, he didn't put these money and gifts into his purse, but took out a part of it and distributed it to his colleagues, everyone rejoiced together, and the rest he donated it to the bow and arrow clubs in various townships, one is to use it as a pension for the dead, so that the families of the fallen villagers can get an extra pension, and at the same time, let the townships replenish some weapons and armor to enrich the strength of the local township soldiers, which will be a force that he can control in the future. He spared no expense.

At the same time, he also brought a benefit, although the village warriors died some, but for other young people who did not participate in the archery club, such a rich reward is undoubtedly very attractive, so after this, the archery club has been more developed, and the people have been more enthusiastic in participating in the training of the archery club.

In addition, Gao Huaiyuan also embezzled a large windfall, that is, when he came back from Huangzhou, he brought back all the armor that was allocated to the villagers in the Ezhou camp, and became his private collection, and secretly hoarded them, these things are good things, ordinary people can't buy them with money!

Not to mention that the armor takes a lot of manpower to build, although the armor under him is strong, the output is not high, and the bows and crossbows he brought back are things that he can't buy even if he has money.

Although his Crouching Tiger Village now has Qin Hu's bow workshop, but in fact, making a good bow and crossbow is not a matter of one sentence, in addition to the required horns, cow tendons, fish bladders, hardwood, these national controlled materials, the combination of these things into a good composite bow, it takes a long time, a good bow from production, to use, it takes almost a year or even two years, this batch of bows and crossbows has become his emergency strategic reserve, he hid in the mountains, and kept it closely.

War for a country, sometimes is a process of accumulating wealth, such as Mongolia, for some countries, is a huge consumption, such as the Southern Song Dynasty, Jin and other countries, but for Gao Huaiyuan, it is a process of accumulating wealth, through two wars, his harvest is so great, only he alone knows, so he simply fell in love with the war, if he has another chance in the future, maybe he will lead the troops to fight.

But this expedition for his father, is another unforgettable experience, Gao Huaiyuan was ordered to go to Ezhou, his father Gao Jian learned the news, although he was worried, but there is no way, because Gao Huaiyuan is the county lieutenant, doing this job, can not shirk, and later heard that Gao Huaiyuan was sent by Zhao Fang to Huangzhou to defend against the enemy, Gao Jian was almost not frightened, hiding at home and scolding Zhao Fang for being unscrupulous, actually sent his baby son to Huangzhou in such a dangerous place, now his three sons, Needless to say, the eldest son and the second son have now pinned all their hopes on Gao Huaiyuan, but he was sent to the front line to fight, and he was simply afraid to death.

After more than half a month of worry, he received a letter from Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Jian was relieved, and his mood changed from fear, and immediately turned into ecstasy, he himself was just a seven-grade general judgment, but he didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to be on the same level as his official at this time, although he was only an eight-grade official, but in essence, it was equivalent to being the magistrate of Daye County, and the work he did was the work of a seven-grade official, which was really a glorious ancestor!

So Gao Jianshao had to immediately put pen to paper, wrote a letter to Gao Huaiyuan, and praised him a lot, he didn't expect that his third son would be able to complete his glorious lintel career, so he simply put the houses and land properties in the Gao family's old mansion into Gao Huaiyuan's name, which was a gift he gave to Gao Huaiyuan.

Among all the people here, the happiest one is still Liu'er, since Gao Huaiyuan went on the expedition, she has lived in fear, and she can't sleep all day long, for fear that Gao Huaiyuan has three long and two short in Huangzhou City, and she will not be able to live in the future, until Gao Huaiyuan returned to Daye County, she immediately handed over the matter at hand to Zhou Yi, Jiang Peng and others to take care of, and she quickly rushed to Daye County and arrived at Gao Huaiyuan's side.

After the two of them met, it was naturally Xiao Biesheng who was newly married, and after a lot of lingering, Liu Er was happy like a little daughter-in-law, and she kept a smile all day long, and anyone could see the kind of spring love and happiness on her face.

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan returned to his Daye County and began a peaceful life for more than half a year, during which he rectified the rule of officials in Daye County, eliminated many bad habits retained by the original officials in the county, and reduced the degree of looting of the local people to the lowest point, and gained a good reputation.

And in the past six months, Daye County's bow and arrow society has developed very rapidly, the bow and arrow society in each township has shown a vigorous development trend, many of the original helpless people joined the bow and arrow society, began to participate in various military training, the real out of the soldiers, into the people, so that Daye County has become a lot more stable, the original some scoundrels, ruffians in this case, either pick up their tails to be people, or have to go away, the surrounding thieves, do not dare to go to Daye easily, I didn't get any money, but I lost my life.

But there is also one thing, which makes Gao Huaiyuan sigh very much, Zhao Fang, who presided over the military administration of Jingxi Road, not long after the end of the Battle of Huangzhou, that is, during August, because he was seriously ill, he finally died, and died of his death, Gao Huaiyuan also rushed to Ezhou to visit him in person during Zhao Fang's serious illness, Zhao Fang was bedridden at that time, and his breath was short, even so, after seeing Gao Huaiyuan, he still took Gao Huaiyuan's hand and said: "Huaiyuan!" The old man is very optimistic about you! I hope you can be a good official as you promised me, and one day you can return to the Central Plains in the north! I'm relieved even if I die! ”

Zhao Fang's words made Gao Huaiyuan feel complicated, and he could only nod and agree! Before Zhao Fang died, he told his subordinates that he would work together to serve the country, and after a few days, he died, so that the Southern Song Dynasty once again lost a good minister who was loyal to the country.

Even if the imperial court, Ning Zong no longer asks about government affairs, no matter how Shi Miyuan controls the government, he also gave Zhao Fang a very high parity, and after Zhao Fang's death, he posthumously presented him with Yinqing Guanglu Doctor and Taishi, and gave him the name Zhongsu, which can be regarded as a definitive conclusion for this loyal general.

After Zhao Fang's death, Gao Huaiyuan also deeply regretted, deeply regretted that the Southern Song Dynasty had lost such a good minister, but his father cared about him differently, after Gao Jian heard the news of Zhao Fang's death, the first thing that came to mind was to straighten Gao Huaiyuan, no matter how to say that Gao Huaiyuan was only an all-knowing county lieutenant of Daye County, not a county magistrate, so he spent a lot of money to carry out activities, wanting to straighten Gao Huaiyuan, Gao Huaiyuan was not interested in participating in this matter, and his father could do whatever he wanted! He is not too interested in being an official, the key is that what he wants to do is done well.

So he only took care of his official duties, and Ji Xian became the auxiliary, responsible for taking care of the affairs of the county government, and his main energy was put on his business and secret power.

In more than half a year, his various undertakings have developed rapidly, including a significant expansion of copper and iron mines, and the merger of two small mines in the vicinity to expand the output of copper and iron.

The trap armor and fire gun in the copper and iron workshop also began to gradually expand the output, and the practical products gradually began to be produced, especially the fire gun in the copper work, which has been gradually finalized, and officially put into production two small and medium-caliber copper cannons, which stabilized the casting process, and the next step can be put into production in large quantities, and various tests and improvements are still being carried out, which is much faster than expected, which also allows Gao Huaiyuan to master a weapon beyond the times, making him more confident in the future.

At the same time, in terms of wineries, Sun Fu, Lin San and others mainly expanded the production scale of the wineries again, and the wineries in Sichuan were also put into production and began to produce wine, which greatly met the market demand for fairy drunk series of wines, and also laid a good foundation for the expansion of the restaurant.

In terms of restaurants, under the care of the Huang Zhen brothers and their subordinates, Zuixianlou began to spring up in important cities around the Southern Song Dynasty, and under the opening of money, a fire was opened, and the business was good.

It is worth mentioning that Huang Hao in accordance with Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, after some fund-raising, finally gained a foothold in Yizhou, that is, Chengdu, in a row, opened a number of drunken immortal buildings, business quickly became bigger, and in Sichuan invested in the construction of a winery, specializing in the production and supply of wine in the southwest, but also at a very low cost, produced a low-grade high wine, that is, Gao Huaiyuan's named burning knife, so that it entered the Tubo countries, greatly attracted the Tubo people with good wine, so that they flocked to it, and contacted Huang Hao, Huang Hao chose two partners to burn knives in exchange for burning knives, and established two pastures in Tubo near Sichuan, and began to initially purchase stallions and domesticate them there.

At the same time, even his intelligence network began to be initially established, so Gao Huaiyuan handed over this matter to the mature Judge to be responsible, otherwise he would not be able to cope with the massive amount of information gathered from all over the place.

In short, everything is gradually advancing according to Gao Huaiyuan's ideas, his career is thriving, and Gao Huaiyuan's small life is becoming more and more comfortable, but at this time, that is, in the summer of the fifteenth year of Jiading, Gao Huaiyuan suddenly received a letter from the capital, and to his surprise, the person who came to deliver the letter was actually from the Yiwang Mansion.