Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Of course, this is also related to the fact that after Huo Qubing's封狼居胥 (Fenglang Juxu, a ceremony to commemorate a great victory), the Han people completely entered a stage of abundant martial virtue.

How chaotic the Great Han Dynasty was internally is one thing, and the various problems of eunuchs ruining the country, consort clans interfering in politics, and land annexation arising are another, but this does not affect the Great Han's centuries-long record of beating up foreign tribes in all directions.

The Great Han's attitude towards foreign tribes was often that whoever sticks their head out gets beaten down, so naturally, they had no intention of communicating with or understanding the Southern Man and Mountain Yue.

This also led to Li Ji, after taking charge of Wu Commandery, discovering that the relevant records of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue in the Wu Commandery's classics were often: in which year and season did the Southern Man and Mountain Yue invade and plunder again, how much was lost, and which official recruited young men and commandery soldiers to resist them, and won!

It was all about being concise!

There was almost no mention of the habits and customs of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue.

Therefore, this also became a major annoyance for Li Ji, a problem that he did not know how to solve for a while.

"Are you familiar with many tribes of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue?"

Realizing the key information revealed in Yu Ji's tone, Li Ji asked.

Sensing the loosening in Li Ji's tone, Yu Ji quickly replied, "A guest of honor."

It must be said that originally, no matter how eloquent Yu Ji was, even if he explained the advantages, disadvantages, and influences, Li Ji's heart to kill Yu Ji would not have wavered in the slightest, at most, he would have tried to kill Yu Ji as reasonably as possible.

However, to Li Ji's surprise, Yu Ji seemed to have many connections with the Southern Man and Mountain Yue, which made Li Ji hesitate.

Moreover, Li Ji believed most of Yu Ji's statement.

After all, it was not strange for Taoists like Yu Ji to often delve into the deep mountains and old forests, and it was perfectly reasonable to have contact with the tribes of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue.

And with Yu Ji's ability to fool believers, he could easily confuse the tribes of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue, making them unable to distinguish east, west, north, and south, and regard him as a guest of honor.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ji narrowed his eyes and said.

"Not enough!"

"Today you can bewitch the people, and one day you may bewitch those Southern Man and Mountain Yue to invade and plunder, this alone will only make my heart to kill you even firmer!"

Li Ji's words were even harsher, but Yu Ji, who was also quite aware of people's hearts, understood that Li Ji had wavered slightly, otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to say what he was worried about.

Immediately, Yu Ji solemnly swore, "This humble Taoist is willing to swear by the Yangtze River that I will never recruit believers again, and will only retreat into the mountains and forests after presenting the map to the Commandery Assistant."

Zhao Yun, who was listening to this oath, believed it!

However, Li Ji knew the virtue of a certain old thief who swore by the Luo River and then went back on his word, how could he believe such an oath, and instead said.

"I don't believe it!"

This sentence made Yu Ji unable to hold on any longer.

Besides swearing, how else could Yu Ji prove himself…

Li Ji thought for a while, reached out and took the small jar from Zhao Yun's hand, and asked, "How is this powder made?"

Yu Ji, who had been tossed around by constant ups and downs, obviously had no intention of hiding anything, and only wanted to honestly satisfy all of Li Ji's requests in order to save his life.

Therefore, Yu Ji answered almost without hesitation.

"That was when this humble Taoist was consulting ancient books and wanted to refine the Five Stone Powder, seeking to make the elixir of immortality, I accidentally refined furnace ash, and then believing that the furnace ash might also have spirituality, I mixed the furnace ash with some rice and fed it to the dog…"

"Unexpectedly, after the dog in this humble Taoist's house ate the furnace ash, its behavior was abnormal, extremely excited, running around crazily as if it didn't know pain, and eventually died of exhaustion."

"Therefore, this humble Taoist realized that the furnace ash might have something magical about it, so I studied it further and found that if the dosage is controlled, it can be used to spread the Tao and absorb believers, but this humble Taoist has no intention of disregarding human life, please, Commandery Assistant, understand."

After a pause, Yu Ji said loudly, "This humble Taoist is also willing to offer the method of refining this thing to show my determination to repent."

Li Ji didn't know much about pharmacology, but he also understood that if this thing spread, it would inevitably cause endless harm, and perhaps it would indeed have some effect in treating diseases and saving people.

At least… not knowing pain, being abnormally excited, isn't that part of the effect of anesthetics and stimulants?

It's just that I don't know what the specific side effects are, but based on Li Ji's previous observation of those scholars, although their behavior and demeanor were a little abnormal, the overall problem was not a big one.

Perhaps, giving this kind of thing to Zhang Zhongjing would produce considerable results.

Immediately, Li Ji thought for a while, and slowly opened his mouth and said, "It seems that you are not convenient for fortune-telling today, then please go to the prison to stay temporarily, and I will invite you to observe it again in the future."

After a pause, Li Ji continued to ask, "In addition, it shouldn't be difficult to write down the refining method from memory, right?"

Yu Ji intended to ask Li Ji to promise to release him before he would write down the refining method, but feeling Li Ji's calm eyes and the sharp sword on his shoulder, he quickly changed his words and replied.

"Not difficult! Not difficult!!!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Li Ji said, and then signaled Zhao Yun to personally escort Yu Ji down and lock him up.

After Yu Ji left, Li Ji couldn't help but look at the sword in his hand and sighed.

"The will of Heaven… how can it be as useful as the sword in hand?"

Immediately, Li Ji put the sword back into its sheath, and couldn't help but continue to consider Yu Ji's problem.

Yu Ji is undoubtedly a double-edged sword.

There is no doubt that Yu Ji intends to bewitch people's hearts, but what is he bewitching people's hearts for? Fame? Profit? Wealth? Or power?

The purpose behind it is the key, and it is also the key to judging whether Yu Ji can be controlled.

However, Yu Ji's defense gave Li Ji a reminder.

Perhaps if you want to solve the problem of the Southern Man and Mountain Yue, you can use Taoists as a way to draw maps and communicate.

"It's just that Yangzhou doesn't only have you as a Taoist, without you, I don't believe that there are no Taoists chanting scriptures."

Li Ji sneered, and then returned to his desk to write, ordering the Embroidered Uniform Guard to start searching for Taoists who often delve into the deep mountains and old forests within the scope of Yangzhou.

As for Yu Ji, who was imprisoned in the prison, Li Ji was not in a hurry to kill him for the sake of caution, only waiting to find a Taoist who could replace Yu Ji's role before killing him.

If he really can't find one, at least he can use Yu Ji again.

And on the second day, the sensible Yu Ji wrote down the refining method.

Li Ji simply glanced at it and, without a doubt, couldn't understand it.

Therefore, Li Ji directly handed over this refining method and that small can of samples to Liu Bei in the refugee camp, and asked Liu Bei to find Zhang Zhongjing to study the pharmacology and effects.

If it can be used in medicine, use it with caution, if it can't be used, Li Ji plans to completely destroy it, in short, Li Ji will never allow this kind of thing to spread widely.

Even this matter gave Li Ji a reminder, realizing that in the original trajectory, the Five Stone Powder appeared during the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Three Kingdoms period, and then one dignitary after another took pride in smoking the Five Stone Powder, with the entire Jin Dynasty from top to bottom being reduced to a waste of people from spirit to body, and finally the tragedy of the Five Barbarians Rebellion broke out.

The emergence of such a tragedy, the reason may not be without the "Five Stone Powder" poisoning the entire ruling class.

Therefore, Li Ji also left an order for the Embroidered Uniform Guard, that is, to pay attention for a long time to whether something similar to "Five Stone Powder" with addictive and hallucinogenic effects appears.

Whoever abuses it, Li Ji must destroy their household, and will never allow this kind of thing to spread widely.

And after Li Ji personally inspected the market around Rende Academy, the planning of the "Wall-less City" was even clearer in his mind.

In the past half month, in addition to centrally controlling major events such as "work-for-relief", the shipbuilding factory, and the establishment of the pier, Li Ji put more energy into the planning and arrangement of the "Wall-less City", and formulated a series of rules for the initially formed market to facilitate long-term development.

As for the "training class", it has already been arranged by Li Ji with great efficiency.

Under the circumstances of Xia Houlan personally standing up to promote it, it can be said that it caused a temporary craze around Rende Academy, and a large number of scholars who were not short of money scrambled to join it.

In this way, in a sense, it is also a good thing for many poor scholars.

So that those poor scholars can usually get closer to the "Four Crossings of the Red Water" sand table to witness the deduction process, without having to be squeezed to the distance by those scholars from good backgrounds as in the past, it is quite difficult to even see the sand table clearly.

And as the day of the real opening of Rende Academy approached, the refugees who fled south due to the great disaster in the Central Plains had basically arrived in Wu Commandery, and those who had not arrived were basically buried on the road.

Therefore, Liu Bei naturally had no need to continue to stay in the refugee camp, and led Jia Xu, Xiahou Bo, and Jian Yong back to Wu County.

Among them, Li Ji had to suspect that Jia Xu, who had wandered around the counties of Yangzhou, did not return directly to Wu County, but ran to Liu Bei's side to stay in a justified manner, definitely to avoid himself, so as not to let Li Ji throw any more troublesome things to Jia Xu.

And at the banquet to welcome Liu Bei's return, the scene was a lively one.

Due to the refugee affairs, most of the people present had been busy for several months and had no time to rest well.

Now that the refugees who fled to Wu Commandery have basically been arranged into the "work-for-relief" system, most of the people present, except for Mi Zhu who still had a bitter face, were in a relaxed mood.

Under the circumstances that the "alcohol ban" has also been ordered to be lifted, the people in the banquet can be said to have had a hearty drink.

Except for Li Ji, Zhao Yun, and Jia Xu who habitually sipped and stopped, not letting their thinking become sluggish due to drunkenness, before long, everyone including Liu Bei was already drunk.

Among them, Gu Yong, a young man who had not been crowned for half a year, even changed his usual honest appearance, bared his chest and danced with a sword to help the fun, it seemed that he wanted to vent the pressure that had accumulated for several months at once.

Li Ji only regretted not having a camera in his hand, otherwise recording this scene would have been enough to make Gu Yong the laughingstock of his life.

However… …

Li Ji quickly had someone bring painting tools and began to paint with a smile. (End of this chapter)