Wu Dong only asked Wu Yong to open fields, which made Chao Gai relieved. At the same time, his impression of Wu Dong improved a lot. Generally speaking, whether it is the government or grass bandits, as long as there is a rebellion, there will be chaos.
It is almost unheard of to kill someone with a knife, three swords and six holes, etc. It is almost unheard of to let someone go as lightly as Wu Dong.
"Shandong's timely rain is truly worthy of its reputation. It is benevolent, righteous, and compassionate. It is not something that ordinary people can match." Chao Gai secretly said.
Chao Gai thought for himself that even if he was sitting in Wu Dong's seat, if something like Wu Yong happened to him, he would not spare Wu Yong. But he didn't know that Wu Dong wanted to use Wu Yong, and he had to polish it before using it.
Just polished.
From then on, Chao Gai slowly calmed down and began to focus on being his township chief.
He is very capable, many times better than Du Qian, Song Wan and others. He manages the countryside in an orderly manner and has a thorough understanding of rural self-control and the jury system.
In fact, the jury system in Liangshan's rural areas still has certain flaws. The main reason is that there is no supervision. In some places, vote bribery has occurred. In other cases, the jury is appointed by the village chief instead of randomly selected. If this happens,
The situation needs to be handled at the discretion of the township chief above.
Du Qian and Song Wan usually beat and scolded each other, while Chao Gai punished them with fines, labor reform, etc. While punishing, they also conducted education to publicize the dangers of vote bribery, appointed juries, etc. Slowly,
Chao Gai even formulated certain regulations.
Moreover, in addition to developing agriculture, Chao Gai also encouraged the people in the countryside to develop industry and commerce, set up markets, etc.
This man is very capable, and Wu Dong is already considering whether to promote him to the position of mayor.
However, the mayor of the town is not a trivial matter. He manages 100,000 people and has high power, so it needs to be investigated again. Moreover, if Chao Gai is promoted too quickly, he must also worry about the feelings of Du Qian and Song Wan. The two of them are
The old man in Liangshanbo is just the mayor of the township now. Chao Gai has just arrived. If Chao Gai becomes the mayor of the town, they will probably not accept it.
Politics is about "balance", so to promote Chao Gai, it still takes time and Chao Gai needs to make greater achievements.
In addition to Chao Gai, Gongsun Sheng also performed very well. Wu Dong had already transferred Gongsun Sheng to another township as the mayor.
Autumn is turning to winter, and it is the season of heavy snowfall. Two happy events happened in Liangshan this month. The first was that Lady Lin was pregnant, and the second was that Pan Jinlian was pregnant.
There was about half a month difference in the time of their pregnancy, and now both families are beaming with joy.
Wu Dong and Lin Chong were sitting at home drinking, with cooked beef on the table. It was extremely cold outside, but the room was as warm as spring.
Lin Chong ate a bite of cooked beef and drank a sip of wine, feeling very excited. He was already in his thirties and had never had a child, so he was extremely looking forward to having a child. Ever since his wife became pregnant, he had been excited for more than ten days.
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Wu Dong was also in a good mood. If he included his previous life, he would not be much younger than Lin Chong, and he also had some desire for children.
"Brother, if both our families give birth to boys, let them sworn brothers." Lin Chong took a sip of wine and said.
"Okay!" Wu Dong smiled.
"If the two families give birth to daughters, they will become sisters...if they are a boy and a girl, they will become husband and wife." Lin Chong said a little drunk.
"Okay!" Wu Dong agreed again.
Mrs. Lin and Pan Jinlian looked at the two of them with smiles. They also had a very good relationship. They also agreed with what Lin Chong said just now.
Late at night, lying on the bed, hugging Pan Jinlian's soft and delicate body, Wu Dong felt a little excited in his heart. However, Pan Jinlian had just become pregnant, so he had to endure it for the sake of the child.
"Husband, how about... I'll give you another concubine." Pan Jinlian said softly.
"No need." Wu Dong said.
Wu Dong still has Master Li waiting for him in Bianliang, so why would he want to take another concubine?
Since arriving in Liangshan, she has been too busy to pick up Li Shishi. She only wrote a few letters to Li Shishi and asked Cao Zheng to take them to Bianliang. Li Shishi wrote back saying that everything was fine and she just missed Wu Dong. To be honest,
, Wu Dong also misses that beautiful and talented woman.
"Husband, what are you thinking about?" Feeling that Wu Dong seemed to be in a trance, Pan Jinlian couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing... By the way, I'm going to the East in the spring next year," Wu Dong said.
"Dongfang?" Pan Jinlian was surprised.
"Starting from Liangshanbo, we first go to Qingzhou, then Laizhou, and finally Dengzhou." Wu Dong said.
"What are you doing there?" Pan Jinlian asked.
"Go there first to investigate and look for opportunities to go to sea." Wu Dong said.
"What? Going to sea?" Pan Jinlian became more and more surprised.
"Yes, Liangshanbo is too small after all. We must develop outwards... But in Shandong and Hebei, it is difficult for us to gain a foothold. We have to expand our space overseas." Wu Dong said.
Liang Shanbo's current new army is quite powerful. If they attack with all their strength, they will definitely be able to capture several cities. But in that case, Liang Shanbo will become a formidable enemy of the imperial court, and the imperial court will send a large army to encircle and suppress it. Even if it can block the imperial army, it will definitely be full of vitality.
He was seriously injured. If the Liao and Jin people attack again, Liangshanbo may not be able to resist.
So now we must find another way to go overseas and develop overseas.
Wu Dong had a complete plan in mind, which needed to be implemented step by step. Eventually, Liang Shanbo became stronger and stronger until he could catch up with the Song Dynasty, or the Liao and Jin people.
Pan Jinlian didn't know much about these things, and she felt a little reluctant to give up, but she still said: "Husband, you must be careful."
Wu Dong smiled and patted her buttocks gently... This Pan Jinlian had a bit of a womanly temperament and was usually very virtuous. However, she was completely different from the original Pan Jinlian in Water Margin. Maybe it was because of the original Pan Jinlian.
Because she married a non-human, Wu Dalang now is the Wu Dalang she likes in her heart.
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Early the next morning, Wu Dong came to the military camp.
He headed directly towards the 2nd Brigade, whose officers and soldiers were currently training in the snow.
All the officers and soldiers were bare-chested and holding spears in their hands. They were all practicing enthusiastically and their bodies were covered with sweat.
Yang Zhi shouted loudly, constantly pointing out the shortcomings of each soldier's movements, giving training to the soldiers, etc.
Seeing Wu Dong arriving, Yang Zhi hurriedly walked over and said, "Big Chief, why are you here?"
Wu Dong said: "Let me take a look at your training. By the way, where are the Ruan brothers? Why aren't they here?"
Yang Zhidao: "They are training by the lake now. They are all good players in the water. Even though the lake has frozen, they still cut through the ice, dive underwater, and practice assassination underwater."
Wu Dong said: "Let's go see them."
At that moment, Wu Dong and Yang Zhi came to the lake and saw the Ruan brothers leading hundreds of people in training. The Ruan brothers were obviously the leaders, and the three brothers actually led people to compete with each other.
Wu Dong smiled and said: "What do you think of the three of them?"
Yang Zhidao: "They performed well, and Liu Tang is also very skilled in martial arts and very clever, so I promoted them all to battalion commanders."
Wu Dong said: "Has the hatred between you and them been resolved?"
Yang Zhi laughed and said: "We are all comrades, how can we have any hatred? It was just a misunderstanding at the beginning, and it has been eliminated long ago."
It can be seen that Yang Zhi's words are sincere. It seems that the hatred between him and the Ruan brothers and Liu Tang has really been resolved.
In fact, in such a new-style army, if we train together and eat together every day, even the greatest hatred can be resolved. If you stay there for a long time, you will naturally develop a feeling of comrades-in-arms.
In the past, there was a jingle in modern society, saying that there were four irons, one of which was "carrying a gun together." In that materialistic society at that time, comrades-in-arms could remain unchanged for decades, let alone in this simple ancient times.
Woolen cloth?
Yang Zhi, the Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and others had been comrades-in-arms for several months, and all that was left was comradeship.
Wu Dong asked Yang Zhi to call the Ruan brothers over. The three of them stood in front of Wu Dong with standard military postures.
Wu Dong asked them to relax and said with a smile: "Do you like the military camp in Liangshan?"
Ruan Xiaoer said: "I like it."
Ruan Xiaowu said: "This is where men stay. It's much better than outside."
Ruan Xiaoqi said: "If I had known that Liangshan was a place like this, our brothers would have been here a long time ago. Being a soldier is much more enjoyable than fishing."
Wu Dong laughed and said: "Next year, I am going out for a trip... In this way, your parents are in Liangshan and need someone to take care of them. Brother Xiao Er, you stay here, and Brother Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi go out with me."
"Okay." These three people have stayed in the Liangshan military camp for half a year. They have long been instilled with the idea of "all actions follow the command" and will not disobey the orders of their superiors. And to be honest, although the military camp is nice, they are also
I wanted to go out for a walk and breathed a sigh of relief.
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The Spring Festival is coming in a blink of an eye, and the Spring Festival in Liangshanbo is extremely lively.
In the past, when we were outside, the people did not have their own land, there was not much harvest in a year, and people often starved to death in winter. But this winter, every household can eat and drink enough, so the celebrations are naturally lively.
There are also many craftsmen among the people who come to Liangshan. These craftsmen make firecrackers and lanterns to earn some extra money, and the New Year atmosphere in Liangshanbo is therefore more enthusiastic.
During the Spring Festival, I received a letter from Wu Song, saying that he might leave the Shaolin Temple next year. Wu Dong was overjoyed and wrote back asking Wu Song to come directly to Liangshan. After thinking about it, he asked Wu Song to go to Bianliang first and bring his sister-in-law Li Shishi to Liangshan.
On the second day of February, Long raised his head. On this day, Wu Dong took Hua Rong, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi to leave Liangshan. They were accompanied by two hundred soldiers and another person-Wu Yong!
Most matters in Liangshan were left to Lin Chong and Zhu Gui...
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I have been disconnected for the past two days, so updates are not on time, sorry~