The main reason why Wu Dong wanted to return to Liangshanbo at this time was because Pan Jinlian was about to give birth, so he had to go back.
Moreover, the situation in Goryeo is currently in a development stage, and a large number of shipyards need to be purchased and specific information needs to be understood here. This does not require him to personally take command, so he can take time off.
Before leaving, he told Hua Rong to take charge and Wu Yong to assist. They should get to know the Chinese businessmen here. It would be best to form a business alliance and vigorously develop it.
North Korea is very close to Shandong, and it only takes a few days to travel from Longyuan City to Liangshanbo.
However, Wu Dong needed to stay longer. He first returned to Daebu Island and stayed there for a few days to inspect the situation on Daebu Island. Then he came to Dengju Customs, where he stayed for a few more days and gave instructions.
Ruan Xiaowu also built a shipyard and so on here before returning to Liangshan.
Therefore, it was not until a month later, in early July, that Wu Dong returned to Liangshanbo.
Just after returning to Liangshanbo, Wu Dong learned that Lin Chong's child had been born. Because he was born on a rainy day, he was named "Lin Yu".
"Congratulations, brother." Wu Dong came to Lin Chong's house and said with a smile.
"My family is a girl. I hope your family can give birth to a boy, then they can get married." Lin Chong hugged Xiao Lin Yu and said with a smile.
Lin Chong only had a child when he was 30 years old. In this era, he is considered to be a "girl of old age", so he is very precious to Lin Yu. He holds her in his arms almost every day these days and cannot bear to let go.
Mrs. Lin was a little sad because she was not giving birth to a boy, and she cried bitterly for several days. It was not until Lin Chong persuaded her that she gradually got better.
Now Lin Chong and Mrs. Lin both hope that Wu Dong's family can give birth to a boy, so that even if they don't have a son, they can successfully get a son-in-law.
Wu Dong couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a son-in-law."
In the past few days after returning, Wu Dong had been accompanying Pan Jinlian and did not even deal with Liangshan's government affairs.
Pan Jinlian was both looking forward to it and a little scared. She was also afraid of giving birth to a girl. She said, "What should I do if I give birth to a girl?"
Wu Dong hugged her and said: "Both boys and girls are the same. In my opinion, there is not much difference."
Pan Jinlian felt much more at ease, but still said: "It's better to be a boy. Let's go to the Bodhisattva Temple to worship."
The so-called "Bodhisattva Temple" is the Songzi Guanyin Temple. In the past two years, the population of Liangshan has been increasing, and people have spontaneously built many temples. Among them, the most popular one is the Songzi Guanyin Temple.
Wu Dong smiled and said: "Okay! But you have to be careful not to fall or anything."
At that moment, Wu Dong accompanied Pan Jinlian to the Guanyin Temple, and together they knelt down and worshiped Guanyin Bodhisattva, hoping that the Bodhisattva would bless him and give him a boy, not to mention this.
After a few more days, it was finally time for Pan Jinlian to give birth.
Pan Jinlian was very nervous. Wu Dong wanted to be with Pan Jinlian, but the stable women kicked him out, saying it was unlucky for a man to be there.
Wu Dong stood outside and heard the screams coming from the room. He felt extremely nervous. Lin Chong accompanied him and said: "Brother, don't worry, everything will be fine."
Wu Dong forced a smile, but he was still anxious.
This is his first child. In addition to his previous life, he is not young anymore and is looking forward to the child, so he is naturally nervous now.
Lin Chong had also experienced such a situation. He was also extremely nervous when Mrs. Lin gave birth that day. Now he naturally understood Wu Dong's mood and stayed with Wu Dong.
After an unknown amount of time, a cry of "wow" suddenly came from the room, which was obviously the sound of a baby.
Wu Dong immediately looked towards the direction of the room and saw Wen Po running out and said: "Congratulations to the chief, congratulations to the chief, it's your son!"
Wu Dong was overjoyed and said: "Reward!"
At that moment, someone took out 10 taels of silver and rewarded Po Wen. Po Wen was naturally overjoyed because 10 taels of silver was enough for the family to live for two years.
"How is Jin Lian?" Wu Dong asked again.
"Everything is fine, madam, and there's nothing wrong with her," Po Wen said.
Wu Dong felt relieved now.
When everything was settled and Po Wen allowed entry, Wu Dong immediately rushed in, first kissed Pan Jinlian on the face, and then looked at the child, extremely happy.
Pan Jinlian was very weak now, but she was also very happy and said: "I gave birth to a son... Husband, it seems that worshiping the Guanyin Queen a few days ago was useful. Mrs. Lin did not worship the Guanyin Queen, so she did not give birth to a son.
A daughter."
Wu Dong couldn't help laughing, thinking this theory was really funny.
Pan Jinlian said hurriedly: "Husband, don't laugh, otherwise Lady Guanyin will blame you."
People in this era attached great importance to gods, which was very different from the "atheistic" era of later generations.
Wu Dong then stopped laughing and said: "Jinlian, you gave birth to a big fat boy for me. He is a hero of my Wu family. What reward do you want?"
Pan Jinlian thought for a moment and said, "I want you to accompany me well."
Wu Dong smiled and said: "Okay, I will stay with you at home for a while."
There are a lot of things going on in Liangshan now, especially the affairs of Goryeo. However, Wu Dong still decided to stay in Liangshan for a while and spend time with Pan Jinlian.
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Wu Dong had a child, and Wu Taigong was naturally overjoyed. In this era, there were three types of unfilial piety, and the biggest was not having an offspring. Wu Taigong had been nagging him before, but now Wu Taigong was relieved and very happy.
The people in Liangshan were naturally also happy. For them, this meant that the Liangshan regime had a successor. The current Liangshan is completely different from the Liangshan in the Water Margin. The Liangshan in the Water Margin was just a bandit den, and the big leader died.
There is nothing to say about the second leader succeeding to the throne. But now, Liangshan is a real political power. Naturally, the successor cannot be selected according to the bandit den method. Instead, according to Chinese tradition, the son of the leader continues to serve as the leader.
Now, even if Wu Dong has an accident, Wu Dong's son can take over the position of leader of Liangshan. In addition, Wu Dong and Lin Chong are related to each other, and Wu Dong's son is Lin Chong's son-in-law. This relationship is extremely close, and there is no need to worry about others competing for power.
Wu Dong didn't expect so much, he was just happy, and many people in Liangshan were completely settled.
The child's name is Wu Hai. Wu Dong hopes that he will be able to look at the sea in the future and not just be based on land. At the same time, it is also to commemorate the hard work of running around in the sea during this period.
It was only now that Wu Dong had the time to manage Liangshan's affairs.
Liangshan is now developing very well, with a population of 300,000 and three large towns.
Chao Gai has been appointed as the mayor of a town by Wu Dong, but there are still two towns that can't find a good candidate. None of the mayors satisfies Wu Dong.
"It seems that we still need to vigorously recruit heroes from all over the world, and we also need to recruit some literati. The development of Liangshan cannot be achieved without literati," Wu Dong said.
"Big Chief, I remember." Zhu Gui said hurriedly, he is responsible for this aspect of work.
The number of Liangshan's troops has now reached 10,000. They train continuously every day, but there are not many opportunities for actual combat.
Today's Liangshan is very different from the Liangshan in Water Margin. In Water Margin, Liangshan robbed houses and caused harm to the countryside, so the government had to encircle and suppress them. But Wu Dong now controls Liangshan, and Liangshan has bid farewell to its status as a bandit. It is only developing vigorously in Liangshan Boli, and the government is naturally too lazy to do so.
Understand. In addition to attracting people to the government, in other respects, the government actually felt that the "grass bandits" in Liangshan were much better than the grass bandits in other places. They were quiet and were a "role model" for other grass bandits.
"The army must have opportunities for actual combat. We will vigorously develop in Goryeo in the future. Therefore, brother, I am going to lead 2,000 people to Goryeo so that these soldiers can participate in actual combat in Goryeo." Wu Dong said.
"That's right." Lin Chong nodded.
"In the future, after we completely occupy Goryeo, we will start from Goryeo to fight against the Liao and Jin people. There will be more and more opportunities for actual combat. At that time, we may have to transfer my brother to Goryeo." Wu Dong said with a smile.
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"I really hope that such an opportunity comes soon... We Han people have been bullied by foreigners for hundreds of years, and it's time to go back." Lin Chong said.
"Brother, there is one more thing I want to ask you to do... you formulate a "Military Training Code" to incorporate our military training ideas. In the future, we will train more soldiers and we must follow this code.
"Wu Dong said.
Wu Dong came from modern society and naturally knew the importance of systems and norms. One of the main reasons why Germany became a world power was that it valued systems and norms and was extremely strict in everything it did.
The Chinese people do not have this habit, and they have not developed such strict habits until modern society. Therefore, Wu Dong must pay attention to systems and norms from the beginning of the establishment of the Liangshan regime, and slowly let these be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This time Wu Dong stayed on Liangshan Island for more than a month. It was not until the child was one month old that Wu Dong felt relieved and then left Liangshan.
"Erlang hasn't come back yet?" Wu Dong asked Wu Taigongjiang before leaving.
"Not yet... This child has stayed in Shaolin Temple for so many years. I really miss him and he is not in a hurry to come back. It's true." Taigong Wu complained.
Originally, in Water Margin, Wu Song went down the mountain early because Wu Taigong died early, so he had to rush back to attend his father's funeral. However, in the era when Wu Dong was reborn, Wu Taigong was well fed and well served by many people, and now he is in good health.
He was still very healthy, so Wu Song stayed in Shaolin Temple.
"I hope he will go down the mountain soon. Liangshan is currently short of manpower and lacks many mayors and brigade commanders... Also, I hope he can bring his master back." Wu Dong secretly said.
At that moment, Wu Dong was no longer nostalgic and left Liangshanbo with 2,000 soldiers. Naturally, these 2,000 soldiers disguised themselves as common people and left in batches, arriving in Dengzhou one after another.
After arriving in Dengzhou, Wu Dong took a boat to Goryeo, and the 2,000 soldiers also came to Goryeo.