Gao Huaiyuan naturally understood what Zhou Yi meant, nodded slightly to him, and said: "Very good, you have allocated some money on our account in Crouching Tiger Village, and I also have a roster here, which is the list of the soldiers who died in front of the army with me this time, and everyone will prepare five yuan to send to their families in my own name, and show my heart a little!" Tell them that if they are in trouble, they can always come to Gao's house and ask me for help! ”

Zhou Yi immediately nodded and agreed, took the roster in Gao Huaiyuan's hand and began to flip through it.

"Young Master! It stands to reason that Xiang Yong died in front of the army, and it should be given a bereavement by the state capitals and county governments in various places, and these people are not related to us, so why should the young master take the money to them himself? This time, I heard that the battle before the army was fierce, and the casualties of our Daye County township warriors were not small, so many people sent money over, but it was a big expense! Huang Zhen couldn't help but ask.

Gao Huaiyuan took a deep look at Huang Zhenxin and was a little disliked, he knew that Huang Zhen was a businessman, and he was used to looking at various problems from the perspective of monetary interests, but the starting point was still for his own good, so he was not angry, and explained: "Uncle Huang's words are different, although these people have no relatives and no reason with me, but when we were in front of the army, we were brothers who lived and died together, and now although I returned home safe and sound, they spilled their blood on the battlefield and never went home again. What's more, if they didn't dare to fight hard, even if I Gao Huaiyuan had three heads and six arms, I am afraid it would not be enough for the Jin army to kill! They can be said to have exchanged their death for the lives of those of us! It can be said that we are our benefactors, and now I give their families a little support, what is it worth? ”

When Huang Zhen heard this, he immediately showed a look of shame, and retreated to the side after accusations, while the others all showed admiration for Gao Huaiyuan.

After dealing with the affairs of the old house, Gao Huaiyuan did not delay time in the old house, and took everyone back to Crouching Tiger Village in the mountains that day, which is where he is fundamental, and he is very anxious to see the changes in Crouching Tiger Village this year.

When he and everyone arrived at Crouching Tiger Village, there was a jubilation here, and the teenagers who received the news were neatly lined up in front of the village under the leadership of their respective leaders, each looking at Gao Huaiyuan's arrival with excitement.

When Gao Huaiyuan approached them, more than 100 teenagers bowed down and shouted to Gao Huaiyuan in unison: "Little ones, welcome the young master home!" ”

Looking at these energetic teenagers, Gao Huaiyuan naturally felt a burst of emotion in his heart, because he found that there were a lot of new faces in this group of teenagers, it is estimated that during this period of time, the newly recruited personnel of Crouching Tiger Village, fortunately, his industry is an absolutely profitable industry, otherwise, just feeding so many people would have made him bankrupt long ago.

I haven't seen it for a year, and the teenagers who stayed in Crouching Tiger Village have grown a lot taller and stronger, and their faces show a ruddy and healthy look, although they can't say that they are tigers and bears, but compared to when they first came, they all seem to be refreshed, and they all seem to be very capable, indicating that in this year, although Gao Huaiyuan is not in Zhuangzi, these teenagers have not relaxed their training at all.

"Let's all be exempt!" Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand and greeted the teenagers.

Only then did those teenagers reply in unison, "Young Master Xie! Then he straightened his waist neatly, looking at Gao Huaiyuan and the others eagerly, everyone was full of reverence and envy, and many of them still regretted not being able to go to the battlefield with Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan involuntarily walked to the front of the juvenile team, and slightly patted each boy on the shoulder to express his approval.

This kind of change makes Gao Huaiyuan happy, looking at these teenagers, Gao Huaiyuan can't help but feel confident again, as long as there are still them, sooner or later he will do something on his own, there will definitely be no problem.

At the end of the team, there were more than 20 girls, Gao Huaiyuan was naturally inconvenient to pat them on the shoulder, but he also nodded to them one by one, and many of these girls were shy, looking at Gao Huaiyuan with a red face, and there was a feeling of affection in their eyes, which made Gao Huaiyuan a little embarrassed, but those girls were glanced at by a cold gaze, and they quickly lowered their heads, it turned out that Liu Er was standing not far behind Gao Huaiyuan, and the demeanor of these girls fell in her eyes, couldn't help but make her feel a little jealous in her heart, and couldn't help but glare at those girls, the result was very effective, those girls immediately became honest, knowing that Gao Huaiyuan was Liu'er's person, and it would definitely not be their turn to get involved.

In addition to these teenagers, there are also some servants in the village who greeted Gao Huaiyuan outside the village, these people are also people who have been with Gao Huaiyuan for two or three years, and they are naturally very happy to hear that the young master is back, under the leadership of Liu Da, who first entered Crouching Tiger Village, stood behind the young team to welcome Gao Huaiyuan's return, Liu Da was honest, and after seeing Gao Huaiyuan come back safe and sound, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

When Gao Huaiyuan walked in front of him, Liu Da couldn't help but bend his knees, knelt in front of Gao Huaiyuan, and said in a somewhat choked voice: "The young master is back!" Liu Da gave the young master a gift! Immediately after him, the rest of the servants of Crouching Tiger Village also knelt down one after another and said goodbye to Gao Huaiyuan.

"Hurry up, please! Liu, you have all worked hard! How to make such a big gift, all hurry up! I'm glad to see you, too! Everyone is alright! Gao Huaiyuan didn't have a frame at all, and he was still the same as before, treating these servants politely, which made these people feel more cordial.

"It's all good...... We're all good...... It's just that the young master has suffered during this time! Liu Da looked at Gao Huaiyuan's rough and dark face and couldn't help but say.

After talking to them a few words, Gao Huaiyuan saw that behind the domestic servants, there were more than sixty people standing, and he was relieved when he looked at it, it turned out that they were all those Jin Army soldiers brought back by Jia Qi from Taiping Town, and at this time these people were already considered to be people from Crouching Tiger Village, but they were all ordered not to reveal their identities to anyone, nominally they were all northern refugees who were sheltered by Gao Huaiyuan, and when Gao Huaiyuan took a general look, he was completely relieved, Including the dozen or so people he ransomed in Ezhou, the people he got out of the prisoner camp were all here, indicating that only a small team had an accident at that time, and the rest of the people arrived here safely!

For these people, Gao Huaiyuan attaches great importance to them, and if he wants to do many things in the future, if he has to rely on these craftsmen, now talent is his most critical capital, without these people, it may not be easy to do a lot of things!

When Gao Huaiyuan sat down in the hall inside the Zhuangzi and looked at the familiar faces around him, he really felt like he was going home.

"That's it! Inform Liu Da and ask him to improve the food for everyone tonight, let's celebrate, before we start the meal, let me know what has changed in our Crouching Tiger Village this year! Gao Huaiyuan said to his subordinates around him with a smile.

Everyone turned their eyes to Liu Er, who was sitting next to Gao Huaiyuan, here, when Gao Huaiyuan was far away, everyone consciously regarded Liu Er as the master here, and most important things had to be decided after discussing with Liu Er, so Gao Huaiyuan asked about the matter of Crouching Tiger Village, and everyone waited for Liu Er to make a comprehensive summary first.

Liu Er was a little embarrassed by everyone, this year, Gao Huaiyuan was not at home, she felt that the burden on her shoulders was very heavy, among all the people here, only she and Gao Huaiyuan were the closest, and she knew very well that Gao Huaiyuan had poured his hard work into Crouching Tiger Village, so since Gao Huaiyuan left, she did not dare to relax a little, and took the initiative to undertake the management of Crouching Tiger Village.

It can be said that in this year, the most tired person in Crouching Tiger Village is Liu'er, so there is a reason why everyone waited for her to talk first.

When she saw that everyone was looking at her, Liu Er cleared her throat and said generously to Gao Huaiyuan: "Young master! During this year, when you are not at home, everyone works very hard, and there are great changes in Zhuangzi! Uncle Huang has put a lot of effort into the business, and now our main business, glass and soap, are selling very well, and they have made a lot of money in Zhuangzi.

And Li Tong, Brother Li and Jiang Peng, respectively, presided over the glaze workshop and soap workshop after this year, the output has more than doubled, and the scale of the workshop has also expanded a lot, now our goods can be said to be very popular in the market, it can be said that there are as many as they sell, and the prices on the market are still rising, and there is still some short supply.

As for the teenagers, Xing Fang and Liu Desheng have always been in charge, and they have not relaxed their daily morning exercises, and during this time, Uncle Huang has also found dozens of teenagers with good quality from all around, and now the number of teenagers staying in Zhuangzi has reached one hundred and twenty-five.

As for road repair, Uncle Zhou has been in charge of it since the young master left, and now the mountain road has been repaired to the valley designated by the young master, and the road is basically smoothed out, just wait for the young master to come back and tell us what to do!

There is also the blacksmith shop, Master Zhou (Zhou Botong) selected ten teenagers from our Zhuangzi, accepted them as apprentices, and is now busy teaching them skills, plus there are five good blacksmiths among the craftsmen who came over this time, so the blacksmith shop has also increased the scale, and now our Zhuangzi's tools and other things are basically made by themselves!

As for the details, the slave maid wants to let the master tell the young master! ”

Liu Er roughly introduced the situation of Crouching Tiger Village to Gao Huaiyuan first, and the language organization was quite capable, which shows that in this year, Liu Er is no longer the obedient little girl she used to be, and the pressure has made her much more mature.

Gao Huaiyuan nodded with satisfaction, this situation is the best situation he can predict, all kinds of affairs have not stopped because of his departure, although there is not much development, but they are steadily implemented in accordance with his established plan, and he can see the changes that have occurred in Liu Er's body very clearly, thinking that she is a girl's family, and when she leaves here, she can take care of such a large industry, how much hardship she has to pay, it is naturally conceivable, not to mention that she has to worry and fear from time to time because of herself, So looking at Liu Er's much lighter face, Gao Huaiyuan's eyes revealed a touch of softness, if it weren't for so many people present, he really wanted to hold Liu Er in his arms and love her well.

"Young Master! Let's talk about the business side first! Huang Zhen couldn't stand Gao Huaiyuan's expression when he looked at Liu Er, so after coughing, he said to Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan immediately realized his gaffe, so his face turned slightly red, and he immediately nodded: "Okay!" Let's talk about Uncle Huang first! ”

"During the time that the young master was not in Zhuangzi, he sorted out the business in the next place, and now our various raw materials have basically been arranged for special merchants to supply us, and there will be no shortage of raw materials, so the young master doesn't have to worry about this!

And our things, it can be said that they are also in short supply, but considering that we can't all rely on the Wang family and Jubaozhai, once something happens to the two of them, it may have a big impact on us, so I make the decision in private, in addition to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huainan, and Jingxi are still in charge of the two of them for the time being, I also have a small amount of goods in Huguang, Fujian, and Sichuan, and began to expand our business to the south. Hope to get the goods from us, the price is even much higher than the price in the Jianghuai area!

As for whether to ship in large quantities to the south, this will have to wait until the young master comes back to make plans, but at the preliminary level, the demand in the south is really a lot, especially in the hinterland of Sichuan, where there are many rich people, and there is a great demand for our goods, as long as our output can be supplied, the market will naturally not be a problem.

There is also the fact that I am also planning to open a store of our own during this time, specializing in selling our own goods, and our goods in the province are subject to others, I don't know what the young master wants, if the young master agrees, I can start to arrange this matter. Huang Zhen then began to introduce the business to Gao Huaiyuan in general and said some of his thoughts.

Gao Huaiyuan is very satisfied with Huang Zhen's performance, as the father of the hardcore brother Huang Yan, Huang Zhen has a good grasp of his identity in Crouching Tiger Village, he is very dedicated to his work, has made a lot of efforts for business, and has some business vision.

And he is now shipping a small amount of goods to the south, which is also in line with Gao Huaiyuan's intentions, especially for his own preparation of shops, Gao Huaiyuan deeply believes that the reason why he chose the Wang family and Ju Bao Zhai to cooperate, mainly because he did not have the ability to sell independently, whether it is capital or manpower, and now it is different, he already has manpower in his hands, and the funds are already quite abundant, continue to share profits and cooperate with others, one is to reduce their own profits, Second, it is not conducive to the launch of new products in Crouching Tiger Village in the future.

The main reason is that Gao Huaiyuan wants to gradually build a commercial kingdom of his own through the establishment of shops, and extend his tentacles to all corners of the Southern Song Dynasty, laying a foreshadowing for future advances and retreats, after all, Daye County is too close to the Song-Jin border, and the war will seriously affect the development of Crouching Tiger Village sooner or later, and the south is more conducive to long-term development.

At the same time, he went out to experience this time, deeply felt the lack of intelligence, many things he can only hear from others, often after learning, cucumber vegetables have been cold, so on the way back, he pondered, whether he can establish his own intelligence network, now Huang Zhen's proposal is also an opportunity, businessmen can be said to be pervasive, get the fastest news, establish a sales network at the same time, in fact, it is equivalent to the establishment of an intelligence network, Even this kind of intelligence network can be extended further and can provide intelligence support for his future development.

After thinking of this, Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said to Huang Zhen: "Huang Shibo has worked hard, with you, Huaiyuan really has a lot of effort, since Shibo has made a plan, then this matter will be done according to Shibo's wishes!" But don't offend the Wang family and Jubaozhai, continue to maintain a relationship with them, after all, they cooperate with us quite well, and the credibility is guaranteed, we can't tear up the contract without authorization, otherwise it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the business world in the future! Even if we open our own store, the price can't be lower than their selling price, so remember that and make sure to erect fewer enemies! When necessary, we can also directly produce soap in the south, which can reduce transportation costs, which will trouble Huang Shibo! ”

Huang Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, for more than a year, he had long wanted to show his strength in the business world again, even if it was not his own business, but at the moment, the relationship between Gao Huaiyuan and their Huang family was the same as his own business, and now the Huang family is living very well in Crouching Tiger Village, and Gao Huaiyuan does not treat him as an outsider, so Huang Zhen also wants to make good use of this opportunity and do another career, and now Gao Huaiyuan promised him to open a shop, so he will not have to do some procurement things in the future!

"Young master, don't worry, I know the stakes in this matter, start with the state capital where the Wang family doesn't have a shop, and try not to conflict with them!" Huang Zhen immediately got up and replied.

"And! Huang Shibo should pay attention to one point, it doesn't hurt to open a store, but you must be strict in your tone, and you must not let others know the connection between the store and our Crouching Tiger Village, so that the store is self-contained! Gao Huaiyuan suddenly explained again.