When the eastern sky showed the whiteness of the fish's belly, the light returned to this quiet land again, and a loud rooster crow sounded in the morning light, Liu Er slowly opened her eyes, and turned her head to see Gao Huaiyuan's face.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan had already woken up from the dream, and was holding his head with his hand, looking at Liu'er's face through the bright light through the window paper, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth.

Liu Er immediately recalled the crazy scene last night, and suddenly buried his head in Gao Huaiyuan's chest in shame, and never dared to look up at him again.

Gao Huaiyuan gently hugged Liu Er's delicate body, gently soothed Liu Er's nervous and shy mood, his heart was also churning, everything seemed to be a matter of course, he finally couldn't restrain himself from picking Liu Er's chaste flower, this day seemed to be doomed, what he didn't expect was just last night.

He himself couldn't figure out why he was so crazy last night, and the reason for this could only be regarded as being too excited yesterday, but he didn't regret it, and suddenly he felt that the responsibility on his shoulders had increased a little, he had a lover of his own in this world, and he had to find a way to protect his lover and not let her be hurt in any way.

"Liu'er! Trust me, I'll treat you well! Gao Huaiyuan kissed Liu'er's cheek lovingly, and said solemnly to Liu'er.

Liu Er finally lifted her head from Gao Huaiyuan's arms, starry eyes looked at Gao Huaiyuan's eyes with tears, she saw so much sincerity and infinite love from Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, she felt as if she suddenly had the whole world, and there were no regrets in her life, she believed that Gao Huaiyuan's words were definitely not to deal with her, and she could definitely feel Gao Huaiyuan's feelings for her at this moment, and she couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement, and she didn't know what to say.

Liu Er just nodded vigorously, indicating that she believed Gao Huaiyuan's words, and Gao Huaiyuan gently kissed Liu Er's lips again, and the two of them hugged each other and lay on the warm bed, unwilling to part for a long time.

Unconsciously, Liu Er felt a hard touch on her lower abdomen, and immediately understood, and couldn't help but be a little frightened, last night's madness still made her feel sore, and there was still a faint pain between her legs, so she quickly threw her body into the bed, and exclaimed in a slight voice: "Young master, take pity on Liu Er!" Liu Er really can't bear the young master's grace now! Let Liu Er rest for a day, and then come to serve the young master! ”

Gao Huaiyuan also felt the reaction of a disobedient guy, sweated profusely in his heart, and quickly patted Liu Er's back to comfort her: "Look at how scared you are!" Am I really like a wolf? ”

Who knew that Liu Er's eyes were narrow, and he nodded lightly with a smile, Gao Huaiyuan suddenly sweated profusely, and quickly got up to find his clothes and said, "In that case, it seems that I should get up early!" Otherwise, he would really become a big wolf in Liu'er's eyes! ”

Liu Er hurriedly hugged the quilt to cover the spring light of her body, and tried to get up to serve Gao Huaiyuan to dress, but when she stood up, she immediately felt a pain from below, and she couldn't help moaning, and her body suddenly fell on the bed weakly.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at Liu Er's delicate appearance, and suddenly felt pity, and quickly stopped Liu Er and said: "You have a good rest today, you don't have to get up, I will have breakfast for you in a while!" ”

Liu Er's heart was full of sweet feelings, and she was about to struggle to get up, but she was pressed on the bed by Gao Huaiyuan again: "Remember! You are my man, listen to me, lie down and don't move, and get up again when you have rested! ”

Liu Er looked at Gao Huaiyuan's resolute expression, so she finally lay down again, hugged the quilt and smiled and nodded at Gao Huaiyuan, with an indescribable sense of charm on her cheeks.

At this time, there was a scream of a bamboo whistle in the yard, and then immediately the footsteps of people running were heard, and soon someone began to shout the password for the whole team, and the silence of Crouching Tiger Village was completely broken, and it turned out that it was time to go out for exercise.

After Gao Huaiyuan was dressed neatly, he strode out of his single courtyard and arrived at the school yard of Zhuangzi, and at this time, the people in Zhuangzi had already lined up and ran out of the Zhuangmen, and Gao Huaiyuan only saw the end of the line.

Daily morning exercise is a compulsory course for people in Zhuangzi, even if it is not Zhuang Ding, you must insist on exercising, and it is rain or shine, this system now even includes all those who live in Zhuangzi, such rules have long been customized, no one will feel strange anymore, but consciously abide by it, few people are late, so that the physical fitness of the people in Crouching Tiger Village is quite good.

Such a scene also makes Crouching Tiger Village seem so thriving, and Gao Huaiyuan stood on the school field, looking at the scene in front of him, and he sincerely felt a sense of pride, because all this was built by his hands, and he became more and more firm in his belief that he would have a huge impact on this era, and even leave a heavy mark in history.

In the backyard at this time there was a whistle, and then there was a fluttering movement, a group of pigeons of all colors flapped their wings in the whistle and flew to the sky, thousands of pigeons also began the first flight of the day, the loud pigeon whistle filled the sky and the earth, Gao Huaiyuan knew that this was Liu Fu began to release pigeon training.

After walking into the rows of pigeon lofts, Gao Huaiyuan saw Liu Fu standing in the open space in front of the pigeon loft and looking up at the sky, with a proud face, as if he was like a general at the moment, reviewing his army.

"Liu Fuzao!" Gao Huaiyuan opened his mouth to greet Liu Fu and said that he did not have the arrogance of ordinary rich people or officials, even if he treated his subordinates, he rarely held the shelf that Lao Tzu was the boss here, and saw that Liu Fu did not notice his arrival, so he took the initiative to speak.

After Liu Fu heard Gao Huaiyuan's voice, he quickly turned around and limped over, bowed his head to see him and said, "Little one, meet the young master!" Why did the young master come here so early? ”

"Oh! I'm okay to come and see our pigeons, Liu Fu, you have worked hard in the past two years, I don't know if it's still comfortable to live here? Gao Huaiyuan looked up at the flock of pigeons in the sky, and then asked Liu Fu with a smile.

"Happy, happy! Thank you young master for taking in the little one! Now every day is like the New Year! Hehe! This is all thanks to the young master! Our pigeons are now more and more, young master come to see, a small breed of pigeon has been hatched, this batch of pigeons is small in the past two years selected breeding pigeon pairs breeding, than the previous pigeon flight speed is much faster, and the homing rate is also a lot higher, to a few days later the small ones will be sent to all over the place to raise, after the young master will use them to send letters, it will be much faster! Liu Furu hurriedly thanked him, and then took Gao Huaiyuan to visit his pigeon loft like a few treasures, and introduced the newly bred carrier pigeons to Gao Huaiyuan, his eyes were full of pride.

Gao Huaiyuan walked around in the pigeon loft, but also sincerely sighed, who said that people have noble and low, is such a disabled person who has never been looked down upon, but for him to create a carrier pigeon composed of communication network, it can be seen that if you want to do something, anyone has his use!

In this way, Gao Huaiyuan spent a comfortable holiday in Zhuangzi, and the people in Zhuangzi spent a comfortable and peaceful Spring Festival together, there is only a little regret here, that is, there is no living treasure of Huang Yan in Zhuangzi, and there are many people who can't go back to Zhuangzi for various reasons, so that Gao Huaiyuan feels a little regretful, but fortunately, Gao Huaiyuan sent a gift to these relatives and friends who can't come back for the New Year in the field, to show his heart, and received their reply. somewhat made up for his regrets.

And in this holiday, the happiest is probably Liu'er, she finally handed herself over to Gao Huaiyuan, although there is no name, but she does not feel regretful, in her opinion, it is enough to share the joy of fish and water with Gao Huaiyuan like this, and she has no luxury of marrying Gao Huaiyuan to become his wife, as long as she can give birth to a child for Gao Huaiyuan, she will be completely content to be accepted as a concubine.

The two of them have almost reached the level of glue together, and they have had the opportunity to get tired of being together and study the joy of the boudoir together, which made Gao Huaiyuan feel almost a little happy, and even a little reluctant to report back to the yamen.

But Gao Huaiyuan finally restrained his inertia, because he knew that his road was still far away, since ancient times, he was very clear about the words of the hero mound, he didn't dare to be greedy for pleasure, since he embarked on this career, he had to go as far as possible, in order to get more resources and space, and see what impact he could bring to this era.

Therefore, a few days after the year, Gao Huaiyuan arranged the things in Zhuangzi, deliberately went to Tiezuo again, met Jin Tong and others, sorted out the experience he had summed up in the test gun, and put forward some specific suggestions for improvement, requiring Jin Tong to pay attention to several problems when casting again, one is to ensure the versatility of ammunition, but also to facilitate the casting of artillery shells and the quantification of gunpowder.

The cast artillery is temporarily set to two calibers, one is a two-inch caliber light artillery, the other is a three-inch caliber medium artillery, as for the larger caliber he has no requirements, because no matter how big it is, the gun body will become extremely heavy, with the current transportation capacity, even if the heavy artillery is transported for a short distance, it is a big problem, so it can only be used for the defense of fixed locations, and at the moment he does not have this demand.

Second, the current artillery material is obviously still a little too brittle, and the copper-tin ratio of bronze is obviously still somewhat inapplicable, so it is necessary to appropriately adjust the copper-tin ratio to increase the toughness and ductility of the material, so that the artillery is more durable and reduces the danger of exploding.

The third is to continue to find ways to increase the length of the artillery body, so that the range of the artillery can be extended, and the enemy can be killed at a longer distance, but this is not too important, after all, the current demand is not too urgent, even if there is a war, he will not take out this killer weapon to use, and the increase in length will definitely increase the weight of the artillery, so this point must be done according to Jin's ability.

The short-barreled cannon also has the benefits of a short-barreled gun, although the large-caliber short-barreled cannon can only be regarded as a firearm, but when loading a large area, it sweeps a large area, and the lethality of the cluster enemy is better, so this demand is not too urgent.

In addition to these points, Gao Huaiyuan has some ideas, but he can't eat a fat man in one bite, things still have to be taken slowly, through a period of development, I believe that under his guidance, the casting and use of artillery will gradually mature sooner or later.

And Jin Tong still didn't understand what Gao Huaiyuan's copper pipe was used for, so he could only write down Gao Huaiyuan's requirements and continue to improve it in the future, and what made him puzzled was the three copper pipes that were handed over to Gao Huaiyuan a year ago, and Gao Huaiyuan sent him one back at this time, but it was already torn apart, how it was made like this, Gao Huaiyuan didn't say, he couldn't ask, but he still found some clues in these broken copper blocks, because these broken copper blocks had traces of ablation, Obviously, after the high temperature, it is a bit like the traces of being blown up.

The reason why Gao Huaiyuan didn't tell Jin Tong what this kind of thing was for the time being was mainly because he was worried about leaking secrets, although these people seemed to be more obedient to him now, but after all, they were all adults, and it was impossible to easily instill the word loyalty in their brainwashing, and he was still cautious until his family was not taken over, and he would not tell them the secret of the artillery until he could fully trust these people.

This formed a strange situation, the maker of the cannon did not know what the cannon was, which also played a certain role in hindering the improvement of the artillery, but Gao Huaiyuan finally chose to act safely and kept this secret.

As for the smaller caliber *, Gao Huaiyuan did not let Jin Tong continue to use bronze for manufacturing, for no other reason, that is, because the current casting process is not suitable for the manufacture of *, even if the small-caliber firearm is now cast, it is too heavy for a single soldier, even a strong man like him cannot withstand the recoil of such a caliber firearm when it is launched, and it is impossible to configure it for individual use.

There is also that he is not optimistic about the power of the primitive *, compared with the bow and crossbow, the primitive * in addition to the deterrent, its lethality and range, rate of fire are not superior in three aspects, and it is also greatly affected by the weather, which has been tested in the history of the development of later generations, before the invention of the flintlock pistol, * has never really replaced the position of the bow and crossbow on the battlefield, although he would like to have *, but at the moment he feels that the time is not yet ripe, even if he really wants to do it, He also had to find a way to have a flintlock pistol with a steel barrel, or else, he would rather not spend too much resources on it.

However, this did not prevent Gao Huaiyuan from developing this kind of thing, he decided to find another way, starting with the short pipe* first, and getting a few short-barreled firearms that could be used for self-defense.

So taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, Gao Huaiyuan drew a set of drawings with the original shape of the earthen gun, and handed it to Zhou Botong, a master among the blacksmiths, and asked him to try to make a few such single-shot short tubes according to the drawings*, and the materials should be made of 100 refined steel.

Liu Er also wants to accompany Gao Huaiyuan back to the county seat to serve Gao Huaiyuan, but as Gao Huaiyuan's spokesperson in Crouching Tiger Village, Liu Er can't let go for the time being, after all, Gao Huaiyuan is not in Zhuangzi's time, Liu Er is still the person in charge here, and sometimes Liu Er needs to deal with small things, so although she is reluctant, she can only stay in Zhuangzi temporarily, but Gao Huaiyuan promised her that after a while, let Zhou Hao take her place, and she can go to the county seat to accompany him. made Liu Er happy again.

When Gao Huaiyuan returned to the county, although the Spring Festival has passed here, but the Shangyuan Festival has not yet passed, so it is basically in the festival, every household in the county is setting up lanterns, preparing to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival (that is, the Lantern Festival in later generations), it seems to be very lively, and Gao Huaiyuan returned to the county seat at this time, undoubtedly to Liu Zhixian a great favor, under normal circumstances, during the Shangyuan Festival, fire accidents in the county town occur from time to time, there are lanterns everywhere, and some accidents will inevitably occur. There are even some ruffians who take this opportunity to go to the streets at night to do some stealing and touching dogs, and it is not surprising that they even molest women, and Gao Huaiyuan can come back before the Shangyuan Festival, which makes Liu Zhixian very happy.

So the responsibility of maintaining the safety of the party fell on Gao Huaiyuan again, like this kind of thing is naturally a piece of cake for Gao Huaiyuan, after he returned to the county office, he immediately arranged the relevant affairs, including the county town to fight the guard, all mobilized, always remind people to be careful of the candles, do not cause fires, and at the same time send trappers, archers to guard the four gates, and patrol the streets in groups.

For this reason, Gao Huaiyuan simply sent someone to find several well-known ruffians in the county, warned them honestly and unceremoniously, and sounded the alarm for them, and Gao Huaiyuan's means After he exterminated the lake bandits, he had already made a name for himself in Daye, and the Qingpi people in the place of shock did not dare to make a mistake, so the Shangyuan Festival was able to pass very smoothly, and the Southern Song Dynasty also entered the fourteenth year of Jiading.

The beginning of the new year did not change the situation, Gao Huaiyuan continued to develop his power secretly with the assistance of many subordinates, and at the same time in Daye County, the Daxing Bow and Arrow Society, the autumn competition of the first year, so that the villagers in several places were rewarded, so the villagers began to enthusiastically after the benefits, and the enthusiasm of the various societies for the practice of martial arts and archery was also unprecedentedly high, so that Gao Huaiyuan implemented this matter naturally, and gradually formed a preliminary style of martial arts in the countryside.

However, the Jin State was really unwilling to stop, and after the defeat to the Mongol army in Hebei, Shandong and other places, it launched another attack on the Southern Song Dynasty after the year, and this time the main general who led the army was the famous general of the Jin State, Sansan Anzhen!