Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Nothing creates more resonance than sharing joys and sorrows.

Especially when it's the highly respected Prefect of a commandery personally visiting the refugee camp, and sharing the thin, gritty porridge that has caused resentment among many refugees.

The shock given to the refugees at that moment was unimaginable.

Not only in the eyes of countless refugees, but even in Jia Xu's eyes, Liu Bei seemed to radiate light.

At this moment, Jia Xu looked at the countless people who were moved to tears while gazing in Liu Bei's direction, and truly felt what it meant to have the support of the people.

It wasn't until the grain official Li Can hurriedly walked to Jia Xu's side that Jia Xu slightly regained his senses.

"Administrator Jia, the Prefect has arrived?! What should we do? What should we do?"

Listening to the panicked voice beside him, Jia Xu turned his head to look at Li Can, who seemed afraid that things would be exposed, and couldn't help but feel that sometimes being foolish might not be a bad thing.

Not even knowing when his head might fall or when it could hang properly on his neck, isn't that a kind of blessing?

"Don't worry, I have already informed County Deputy Li of this matter by letter. I believe County Deputy Li has already reported to our lord. As long as you are loyal to your duty, nothing will happen."

However, Li Can was skeptical of Jia Xu's only truthful words and remained apprehensive.

Especially after learning that Liu Bei had also drunk a bowl of the gritty porridge, Li Can was shaking like a sieve, and even had difficulty walking, fearing that an order would come down at any moment to move his head.

However, as Liu Bei stayed in the refugee camp for three consecutive days, drinking the gritty porridge with the refugees every day, and inspecting and comforting the refugees everywhere, but never questioned Li Can about this matter, Li Can belatedly realized that he had escaped a disaster.

After staying in the refugee camp for three days, Liu Bei, under the protection of Xiahou Bo and a group of personal guards, crossed the Yangtze River to borrow food from Xu Province.

When Li Ji received the secret letter from the Embroidered Uniform Guard regarding the refugee camp, a smile appeared on Li Ji's face, and he sighed inwardly.

"My lord, you have grown a lot…"

With the Embroidered Uniform Guard spreading out and gradually forming a framework within Wu Commandery, few things within the entire Wu Commandery could be hidden from Liu Bei.

Among them, the refugee camp, which is now the top priority, naturally had Embroidered Uniform Guard members lurking within.

And Liu Bei, who was originally just passing by the refugee camp to borrow food from Xu Province, was not invited to the refugee camp by Jian Yong, but was probably a decision made by Liu Bei himself after receiving the Embroidered Uniform Guard's report on the refugee camp.

Li Ji had to admit that Jia Xu's plan was deeply rooted in human nature, and he had always firmly controlled the situation in the refugee camp. However, Liu Bei, who had also roughly guessed Jia Xu's plan through the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was undoubtedly more skilled in winning over the people's hearts.

Without any need for concealment, simply sharing hardships could eliminate the refugees' resentment. Moreover, after this incident, there would probably be many refugees willing to die for Liu Bei.

This kindness of a bowl of porridge and a meal, in this era that values ​​kindness and righteousness, is enough for countless people to be willing to repay with their lives.

'In this way, it will save a lot of trouble.'

Li Ji thought secretly.

At least after this incident, the possibility of the refugees causing trouble has been reduced to a minimum, and a huge hidden danger has disappeared without a trace.

What remains is whether the refugees can be properly resettled, and even transformed into the population potential of Wu Commandery and even the entire Yang Province, which depends on Li Ji's methods and abilities.

Now, Li Ji has already sent people to Luoyang to contact Lu Zhi and a group of important officials of the He Jin faction.

With Lu Zhi's ability, as long as he is willing to express his position and contribute, coupled with the support of a group of important officials of the He Jin faction, even if the Ten Attendants try to make trouble, they will definitely not cause any obstacles.

The "righteousness" that Li Ji wants will definitely be obtained.

In addition, regarding the most important issue of food, Li Ji has almost been constantly dealing with various official duties related to the refugees during this period, while also collecting a large amount of information about Xu Province, Jing Province, and Yi Province, and then using the "Strategy Simulator" to deduce and seek feasible methods of borrowing food.

Among them, with the help of the Mi family, the information that can be collected about Xu Province is undoubtedly the most.

Therefore, how to borrow the most food from Xu Province, the optimal solution lies in Liu Bei.

Only by Liu Bei personally visiting the commandery governors and aristocratic families in various commanderies of Xu Province, and convincing and gaining their trust with his own benevolence and virtue, can he borrow a large amount of food to solve the urgent need.

As for the information about Jing Province, Li Ji can only judge that sending Sun Qian, a disciple of a great Confucian, to Jing Province to lobby will definitely yield some gains.

The power of Jing Province is not so much in the hands of the various commandery governors as it is jointly controlled by many aristocratic families in Jing Province.

Moreover, in order to compete with the Yingchuan aristocratic families for reputation, the Jing Province aristocratic families have increasingly emphasized the atmosphere of respecting famous scholars in recent years. If Sun Qian, as a disciple of a great Confucian, goes to Jing Province, he will definitely be treated as an honored guest, and then have the opportunity to lobby and gain the support of the Jing Province aristocratic families.

And Sun Qian's mission to Jing Province, in addition to borrowing food, is more importantly to open up the Yangtze River channel from Yi Province to Wu Commandery, so as to avoid Li Ji being blackmailed by the Jing Province navy on the Yangtze River after borrowing food from Yi Province.

Therefore, the amount of food Sun Qian borrows from Jing Province is secondary, the main thing is to persuade the Jing Province aristocratic families to open the Yangtze River channel.

Borrowing food from Xu Province can only solve the urgent need; only with the strong support of Yi Province can Wu Commandery not be in deficit in its treasury and granary due to this disaster relief and rescue.

And how to borrow food from Liu Yan, that old b*stard, with strength, Li Ji finally deduced that future.

However, just as Li Ji picked up his pen to write, his movements paused slightly.

Immediately, Li Ji looked up at Gu Yong, who was sitting opposite him and was almost buried by a large number of bamboo slips.

During these days, fortunately, Gu Yong was responsible for handling various large and small affairs in Wu Commandery, and maintained the progress of large and small projects such as water conservancy development, shipyard construction, road paving, and Ren De Academy.

The workload is more than ever before.

Normally, any one of the above projects would be enough to mobilize the entire commandery, and the officials in the government office would be too busy.

Wu Commandery is almost carrying out these many projects at the same time, while also fully engaging in disaster relief and rescue.

'Fortunately, Yuan Tan's ability has gradually been honed…'

While Li Ji was thinking secretly, he walked to Gu Yong's side and patted him on the shoulder.

When Gu Yong looked up, Li Ji seemed to see a vengeful ghost turning over.

The once handsome young man Gu Yuan Tan at this moment almost looked like an IT man who hadn't rested for days, with obvious depressions and shadows in his eye sockets, cheeks, and temples.

'Could he be about to die suddenly?'

Li Ji was suddenly shocked, and his conscience was actually trembling.

"Yuan Tan, are you okay?"

Gu Yong's eyeballs moved a little distractedly, and he squeezed out a smile that didn't move his flesh, and slowly replied.

"I'm fine, what could be wrong with me? How can the government affairs of a mere commandery stump me, Gu Yuan Tan."

Li Ji: "…"

This child, isn't he completely relying on this breath (of unwillingness) to not fall down?

If Gu Yong really takes charge of the government affairs of a province in the future and finds that the workload of the government affairs of a province is not even one-third of what it is now, will he be so angry that he goes crazy on the spot?

Forget it, it's better not to tell Yuan Tan the truth first, otherwise, if Yuan Tan relaxes that breath, I'm afraid he will immediately fall down and recuperate.

You can't make yourself suffer, and you can't sweeten your subordinates…

However, if he really ignores Gu Yong, Li Ji feels that his conscience is trembling and uneasy.

Forget it…

Li Ji shook his head and turned to leave under Gu Yong's somewhat puzzled eyes.

A moment later, when Li Ji came back, he had a large wooden bowl in his hand.

When Li Ji approached, Gu Yong saw that it was a large bowl of water, and a large amount of wolfberries and a whole ginseng root were soaked in the water.

"Here, Yuan Tan, drink this first."

Li Ji put the large bowl of ginseng and wolfberry water in front of Gu Yong and said in a gentle tone.

This made Gu Yong feel that his ability seemed to be questioned, and he said angrily. "The government affairs of a mere commandery, what does County Deputy Li mean by this? Could it be that you think I need to replenish myself?"

Looking at Gu Yong's excited and wobbly appearance, Li Ji said in a low voice.

"The doctor said that this ginseng and wolfberry water mainly replenishes kidney qi…"

Suddenly, Gu Yong's originally resistant expression eased, and the look in his eyes at the bowl of ginseng and wolfberry water became a little different.

After pondering slightly, Gu Yong slightly stroked his forehead and said.

"Don't mention it, I really suddenly feel a little listless and dry-mouthed."

After saying that, Gu Yong covered it with his large sleeves and directly picked up the bowl of ginseng and wolfberry water and "glug, glug"ed it down.

After a while, Gu Yong put the bowl of ginseng and wolfberry water that had been drunk beside him as if nothing had happened, and Gu Yong's originally pale face also obviously showed a burst of blood.

This made Li Ji feel a lot more relieved. With such an old mountain ginseng hanging on Gu Yong, he could at least last for ten days and eight days.

Immediately, Li Ji's face straightened, and he then began to talk about business, and asked.

"Yuan Tan, I wonder how your calligraphy is?"

This question confused Gu Yong, and even made Gu Yong a little unconfident.

"County Deputy Li, have you forgotten where my teacher comes from?"

Cai Yong is the number one calligrapher of this era, and the "Flying White Style" he created is sought after by countless scholars.

As Cai Yong's personal disciple, how could Gu Yong's calligraphy skills be unsatisfactory?

"What I mean is, Yuan Tan, if you don't use the 'Flying White Style', what is your calligraphy level?" Li Ji asked again.

"Acceptable." Gu Yong replied.

Li Ji nodded and said. "Then I will trouble Yuan Tan to write for me, I will dictate, and Yuan Tan will write it down."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yong, a clerk in charge of records, immediately fetched a blank bamboo slip, ground the ink, and prepared his brush.

Once Gu Yong was ready, Li Ji's opening words caused the writing brush in Gu Yong's hand to tremble slightly.

"May I ask, does Governor Liu intend to become a king? To divide the lands of Shu and occupy the Land of Abundance, declaring himself a king…" (End of Chapter)