Late at night, when Wu Dong returned to his room, he found that Li Shishi had not fallen asleep, but was thinking about something.
"Master, what are you thinking about?" Wu Dong couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Ah, husband, you are back." Master Li woke up from his deep thoughts and hurriedly stood up.
"Well, I'm back. What were you thinking about just now? Are you so focused?" Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Nothing... By the way, the sister of the Hu family wrote a letter saying that she will stay in Incheon City for a while." Li Shishi said.
"Yeah, that's fine. Her brother is in Incheon City now, and it's right for her to spend time with her family. But she's pregnant, so I'm a little worried about her," Wu Dong said.
"Don't worry, there are so many people taking care of the Hu family's girls, what problems will happen?" Li Shishi said.
Wu Dong nodded and noticed a trace of sadness on Li Shishi's face. He pondered for a moment and quickly guessed what Li Shishi was thinking. It seemed that it was because of the child.
"Shishi, there are some things that you don't have to worry about. Even if you don't have children, I will always love you." He came behind Li Shishi, hugged Li Shishi, and said softly.
"But, if I don't have children, I will feel inferior to my two sisters." Li Shishi said.
Even though Li Shishi was born in a brothel, she, like ordinary women of this era, is extremely stubborn about the issue of children. As the saying goes, "There are three types of unfilial piety, and the greatest is not having children." Pan Jinlian already has a child, and Hu Sanniang just a few days ago
She is pregnant, and her belly has not responded yet. Naturally, she cannot accept it, and even feels ashamed to see Wu Dong. She was meditating on the same thing before. In the past two days, she read a lot of books that could help with pregnancy, and she didn't know where.
Does the above method work?
In fact, the contents of those books are very ridiculous, and most of them are related to ghosts and gods. Master Li has decided to put a Guanyin statue at home in the next few days and worship it every day. In addition, she also decided to go to the most famous temple in Goryeo to worship the Buddha there.
Ask Buddha to bless you.
Seeing that Master Li was still not very happy, Wu Dong thought for a while and suddenly said: "Master, are you interested in going out for a walk with me to relax?"
Li Shishi was stunned and said: "Where to go?"
Wu Dong said: "Go to Ku Island!"
"Kudao? Where is that place?" Li Shishi asked curiously.
"Come on, let me point it out to you." Wu Dong took Master Li to the room, found the location of Ku Island on the map, and said, "This is it."
"This...is so far? Husband, are you going there?" Master Li said.
"Originally, I wanted people from the Navy to go, but I just changed my decision and want to take you to Ku Island with me." Wu Dong said.
"Ah!" Master Li was stunned, and immediately shook his head, saying: "Husband, military and national affairs are so important, how can you make changes casually? Husband, you are His Highness the Prince of Liang and the Governor. You need to sit in the capital and handle the entire Goryeo.
You can't go to such a far place just because you want to accompany me to a fu family."
To be honest, Li Shishi was very moved now, but she still wanted to stop her husband. She felt that she could not let her husband delay military and national affairs because of her.
"Actually, I want to go there, and it's not just because of you. Before I saw it, I was hesitating whether to go there. Ku Island... That's a place I long for! As for Korea, everything is at a disadvantage now.
We are on the right track. There is the Great Wall in the north, and it is impossible for real women to come in. I will leave temporarily for a while, and it will have no impact." Wu Dong said.
"But..." Master Li wanted to stop him, but Wu Dong had already said, "I have made up my mind. We will set off together to Ku Island tomorrow!"
Early the next morning, the Koryo Legion had already selected the horse traders. The leader was Han Shizhong, with Yang Xiong as his deputy. Tong Wei and Tong Meng followed them, and there were 1,000 carefully selected warriors.
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Wu Dong personally inspected the 1,000 people and found that each of the 1,000 people was extremely powerful. They all carried big bows on their backs and hung swords on their waists. At this moment, they stood there, motionless, but their faces
All with excited expressions.
"Soldiers, we have been resting for more than four months! This horse trafficking is also a military mission for you. The road is very dangerous. Do you have the confidence to complete this mission?" Wu Dong asked loudly
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"Yes!" 1,000 soldiers shouted in unison.
A smile appeared on Wu Dong's face and he said: "Let's go."
Wu Dong was quite satisfied with the people selected by the Goryeo Army. Han Shizhong was brave and resourceful, and was a cavalry leader with a certain knowledge of horses. Yang Xiong was extremely brave and not afraid of any danger. As for Tong Wei, Tong Wei
Meng, they are the best hunters in Liangshan. With them following, they will definitely be able to find the way and reach Menggu Grassland smoothly.
"Shizhong, was Hongyu worried about you when you left?" Wu Dong asked as he walked away.
"There's nothing to worry about! Grand Governor, serving the country is exactly what I want to do, and Hongyu fully supports this! Besides, this time it's horse trafficking, not Jia Shizhongdao.
"Although you are selling horses, the dangers you encounter on the road will not be much lower than those in a fight. You must be fully mentally prepared," Wu Dong said.
"Yes! Don't worry, Governor, I won't take it lightly," Han Shizhong said.
Wu Dong smiled and nodded, and along the way, there was only one woman in the team - Li Shishi. At this moment, Li Shishi frowned slightly, she felt that Wu Dong was going to perform a military mission, and as a Taoist, it seemed a little uncomfortable for her to follow him.
Appropriate.
"Husband, I think I shouldn't go?" Li Shishi said softly.
"Nothing, let's go with them. They are going to sell horses, we are just going to Ku Island." Wu Dong said.
If it were a truly dangerous military mission, Wu Dong would certainly not take Li Shishi with him. But this time it was to clear the sea route and eliminate the surrounding pirates. With the strength of the Liangshan Navy, there would be almost no problems. And Wu Dong really wanted to accompany Li Shishi
, so I took her with me.
Over the years, he has been busy every day and has never gone out with Master Li. Now he really wants to take Master Li out for a walk.
"Husband, do you want to go to Incheon City and take the girls from the Hu family with you?" Master Li said somewhat uneasily.
"No need, she is pregnant after all, let her take good care of her." Wu Dong said with a smile.
When they arrived at the dock near Kaijing, the navy had been waiting here for a long time.
Now the Liangshan Navy has been divided into two armies. The first army still has Ruan Xiaoqi as the commander and Zhang Shun as the deputy commander. The second army has Li Jun as the commander and Zhang Heng as the deputy commander.
There are 20,000 people. Now the Second Army is still recruiting people in Jiangnan, so this time it is the First Army that performs military tasks.
"Grand Governor, are we leaving now?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked.
"Well, let's go now and set off as soon as possible." Wu Dong said.
The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes and the winter is extremely long. Now that it is April, we must seize every moment to open up the road before winter and sell enough horses.
Everyone boarded the ship, and the ship first headed towards Ganghwa Island. After meeting the other warships at Ganghwa Island, it headed south and arrived at Jeju Island that evening. It did not stop at Jeju Island and headed north that evening.
, entered the Korean Strait.
Early the next morning, we arrived at Tsushima Island. This is a large island between Korea and Japan. It is also quite famous in later generations. It is only more than a hundred miles away from both countries.
"Are there pirates on Tsushima Island?" Wu Dong asked.
"Grand Governor, there are thousands of Japanese here, and they occasionally hijack passing ships. But they never dare to hijack our ships in Liangshan," Ruan Xiaoqi said.
"Leave half of the troops and horses to completely wipe out the Japanese here. Zhang Shun, you stay here and direct the battle here." Wu Dong said.
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, I promise to complete the task." Zhang Shun said.
At that moment, Zhang Shun rushed to Tsushima Island with half of the ships, while Wu Dong, Ruan Xiaoqi and others continued northward.
We encountered countless islands along the way, most of which were extremely desolate, and some islands had pirates stationed there. However, these pirates were very weak and vulnerable to the Liangshan Navy. Often in one or two hours, the Liangshan Navy could
Clean up the pirates on the island.
More than ten days later, everyone clearly felt that the climate was getting colder, and the islands they passed were becoming more and more desolate, and gradually there were no human beings left.
"Shishi, how are you? Are you still feeling depressed now?" Standing at the bow of the boat, Wu Dong put his clothes on Li Shishi and asked with a smile.
"I feel much better now...I have been begging the Goddess of Poseidon along the way, hoping that the Goddess of Poseidon can bless me to get pregnant." Li Shishi said.
Wu Dong couldn't help laughing, and gently kissed her beautiful face, saying: "Don't worry, Shishi is so beautiful and virtuous, God will definitely bless Shishi!"
"I hope." Master Li said.
"Hokkaido is ahead!" Wu Dong suddenly said.
"Ah! Are we going to stay there?" Master Li asked in surprise.
To be honest, after taking so many skyships, Master Li was really bored and panicked.
"We won't stop in Hokkaido. Let Zhang Shun handle Hokkaido. Let's go to Kushima." Wu Dong said.
Shishi was slightly disappointed.
However, when passing through Hokkaido, everyone walked along the coastline and took a good look at the scenery here. The island is full of vegetation, lush and lush, and occasionally deer can be seen, and there are many in the sky.
Seabirds are flying and the scenery is very beautiful.
"It's so beautiful here!" Master Li couldn't help but admired.
"When we get to Ku Island, the scenery there will be equally beautiful." Wu Dong said with a smile.
In fact, Taketō is also praising the beauty of Hokkaido. In later generations, this place will be a famous tourist destination in Japan, and now it is naturally even more beautiful. In later generations, this is Japanese territory, and now, the Japanese have not entered here. From now on, this place will be
It belongs to the territory of the Han people!
The distance between Hokkaido and Kushima Island is very close. After more than a day, we finally arrived at Kushima Island.
Looking at the big island in front of him, Wu Dong suddenly felt tears filling his eyes. This was originally supposed to be the pearl in the hands of the Chinese nation, but in later generations, it was first occupied by the Japanese, then the Soviet Union, and the Chinese nation again
There is no way to get involved here. But in this life, Wu Dong was reborn. From now on, Ku Island will always belong to the Chinese and the Chinese nation forever!
"Grand Governor, are we going to land now?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked.
"No need, we will land in the north of Ku Island." Wu Dong said.
As the ship continued to move forward, we could see many peaks on Ku Island. The tops of those peaks were still covered with white snow, and everyone's eyes showed a look of great surprise.
"The climate here is cold, and the snow on the top of the mountain never melts all year round. If you go all the way north, across Ku Island, you can even see peaks made entirely of ice, called icebergs, floating on the sea, which is really spectacular," said Wu Dong.
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"Grand Governor, how do you know?" Ruan Xiaoqi asked curiously.
"If this military mission goes well and we have nothing else to do, you can take people to take a look further north." Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Okay!" Ruan Xiaoqi agreed excitedly.
Wu Dong looked at Ku Island next to him and recalled the relevant information about Ku Island. Ku Island is very rich in resources. There are a large number of fir trees that can be used to make bows and arrows. There are countless lakes and rivers. The fishery is extremely developed. Later generations discovered here.
There are a lot of coal mines, oil, and natural gas. In addition, the population here is very sparse. Later, Russia massively immigrated, causing the main population of the island to become Russian, but the population at that time was only more than 500,000. Now, the population here should be
The tribes with less than 100,000 people, such as the Hezhe tribe, are basically in the stage of primitive tribal society, very backward and very barren. During the Tang Dynasty, people from the Central Plains landed on Ku Island, and then Ku Island once submitted to the Tang Dynasty government.
Tribute. Since this place was previously connected to the Central Plains government, it should be relatively easy to connect now.
The topography of Ku Island is also different. It is shorter from east to west and longer from north to south. It was not until two days later that everyone arrived at the north of Ku Island. There were no more mountains here, it was flat and there were grasslands everywhere.
Everyone finally stopped and landed here.
When we got off the ship, everyone had smiles on their faces. The time spent on the ship was really too long this time. Even a group of people from the Navy had never sailed for such a long time, and they couldn't stand it anymore.
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"Let everyone come down and have a good rest." Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Grand Governor, there is such a big grassland here. It's definitely good for raising horses, but it's a little too cold." Han Shizhong said.
"It's okay to be cold. The Mongolian grassland is also very cold. There are often snowstorms in winter. I think you can raise horses here, and you can also raise horses in Hokkaido," Wu Dong said.
In fact, in later generations, Hokkaido was the largest horse breeding base in Japan. As for Kushima, there is no relevant record. However, the two islands are so close and have similar climates, so they should be able to raise horses. Kushima plus Hokkaido are almost equal.
It is like another Goryeo. There are many grasslands on it, and countless horses can be bred.
Thinking of these, Wu Dong's heart became more and more excited. After taking a short rest, Liangshan soldiers and horses divided into three groups and headed forward to inquire about the situation here.