Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji nodded, a hint of admiration in his eyes as he looked at Zhuge Liang. Then, after gesturing for Zhuge Liang to sit down, his gaze swept over the young sprouts in the room.

While in Yingchuan, Li Ji had the idea of widely collecting young talents, preparing to slowly cultivate a group truly loyal to Liu Bei.

Although the Rende Academy could deliver many talents every year, great talents were rare. It wasn't that the Rende Academy's model couldn't cultivate great talents, but that great talent wasn't as common as cabbages.

One percent of talent was enough to crush ninety-nine percent of effort.

And the twenty-odd people in the room now were the young talents Li Ji had unearthed from all over the Han Dynasty in the past six months.

Among them, the oldest were Xu Shu and Shi Tao, who were approaching adulthood; the youngest were Lu Xun, Sun Quan, and Zhu Ran, who were not yet ten years old.

After learning that Li Ji was preparing to widely accept disciples, not to mention the many young talents from outside Yangzhou who were invited by Li Ji, a great uproar was set off within Yangzhou. Countless aristocratic families tried every means to send their eligible family members to Li Ji's tutelage.

In Sun Quan's case, Sun Ce was not currently in Yangzhou, but in order to push Sun Quan to become Li Ji's disciple, Madam Wu, who was originally observing mourning for Sun Jian, did not hesitate to personally visit Liu Bei and then implore Li Ji to accept Sun Quan through Liu Bei.

Therefore, even if Li Ji originally didn't plan to accept Sun Quan.

But because Liu Bei seemed to have completely been persuaded by Madam Wu, Liu Bei mentioned it twice in a row, and Li Ji couldn't easily reject Liu Bei's face.

However, among the young talents present, Li Ji valued Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Sima Yi the most. These three happened to make up a pot of dragon, tiger, and phoenix.

Slightly inferior were Xu Shu, Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, and the like, whose talents were enough to be in charge of a region and serve as pillars;

Next were Shi Tao, Cui Jun, Meng Jian, and the like, who all had the talent of a prefect or governor, and it was not difficult to govern a place.

Therefore, Li Ji had high expectations for this room of high-quality young talents. Every seven days, he would take half a day to personally teach and answer questions. The remaining time, he would prepare for them to study on their own in the Rende Academy, or follow other teachers in the academy to study.

Moreover, the massive amount of bamboo slips brought back from Luoyang were all printed into books and stored in the Rende Academy's library.

As Li Ji's disciples, they could freely enter the library to borrow books.

With such resources, as long as one had a little ambition, their speed of progress would definitely far exceed the original trajectory.

However, unlike Zhuge Liang, who felt very comfortable with Li Ji, Pang Tong had a belly full of arrogance and a stubborn mouth.

As for Sima Yi, he looked like he was just blending in with the crowd.

It wasn't that Sima Yi was weak, but that Sima Yi not only deliberately chose a time that was neither early nor late to visit Li Ji with a letter.

Under Li Ji's many intentional or unintentional tests, the ability Sima Yi displayed always remained slightly higher than the bottom-ranked Shi Tao.

'At such a young age, he has already learned the little trick of precise score control...'

This was the evaluation Li Ji gave after several contacts with the young Sima Yi. Coupled with Sima Yi's seemingly foolish appearance of occasionally spacing out, he could be said to be completely inconspicuous in this small group of talented people.

And after the group of students had spoken one after another, now only Pang Tong and Sima Yi had not yet spoken.

However, Li Ji naturally saw it very clearly.

Pang Tong was pretending to sleep, and Sima Yi was pretending to be dazed...

In fact, these two were listening more attentively than anyone else.

Just as Li Ji was about to call out Sima Yi's name, a somewhat hurried footstep came from the door, and then Guo Jia's figure appeared at the door, saying.

"Teacher, there's an urgent report."

Guo Jia raised the urgent report in his hand, his eyes gleaming as he swept back and forth over the group of young talents in the room.

'So many junior brothers...'

Logically speaking, the matter of delivering urgent reports would naturally not be Guo Jia's personal responsibility.

It was just that Guo Jia was very curious about Li Ji accepting a large group of disciples and young talents, so he excitedly came to deliver it himself, taking the opportunity to see if there were any interesting characters among this group of junior brothers.

Seeing Guo Jia speaking but his eyes not on him at all, Li Ji calmly took the urgent report, glanced at it, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Immediately, Li Ji smiled and said to the group of young talents.

"This is your senior brother, Guo Jia, styled Fengxiao, from Yingchuan."

What Guo Jia was waiting for was nothing more than this moment.

Watching the group of junior brothers get up and salute him, the comfortable feeling on his face almost overflowed.

"Greetings, junior brothers. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can ask your senior brother for advice."

Guo Jia almost patted his chest and said.

Suddenly, Li Ji's voice rang out.

"No need for the future."

"Ah?"

Guo Jia didn't quite react.

Li Ji had already picked up the urgent report, put the folding fan he carried with him into his sleeve, and then picked up his special large teacup and stood up, saying.

"Teacher has some important matters to deal with, so the remaining lessons today will be taught by your senior brother Fengxiao."

Guo Jia's expression at this moment almost revealed one meaning: Oh my, what do I do now that I'm here?!

"No problem, right?" Li Ji asked with a smile.

"No, no..."

Guo Jia's expression twitched, but he still didn't dare to be tough in front of Li Ji.

"Fengxiao, don't be outdone by your junior brothers..."

Li Ji first encouraged Guo Jia, and then said to the students below.

"Whoever can defeat your senior brother Fengxiao, your studies will be considered a small success, and I will have the lord arrange a position where you can handle military and political affairs with me every day."

As soon as these words came out, even Sima Yi's spirit was shaken, and there was a bit more eagerness in his eyes when he looked at Guo Jia.

As for the others, needless to say, Pang Tong had unconsciously sat up straight.

The position wasn't the key.

The key was that being able to handle military and political affairs with Li Ji every day meant truly touching practical matters and being able to receive Li Ji's guidance at all times.

After leaving a big pie, Li Ji walked straight out, leaving Guo Jia almost burned by the eager gazes.

Perhaps Guo Jia was often unreliable, but Guo Jia wasn't really weak.

He just felt that Li Ji had dug a big pit for him, and he might be annoyed by this group of junior brothers in the future.

Therefore...

'In order to solve the problem once and for all, junior brothers, don't blame senior brother for being too ruthless in打击 you.'

Seeing Li Ji walking away, Guo Jia picked up the wine gourd, gulped down a large mouthful of wine, and was about to open his mouth to mock them when.

Guo Jia's nose twitched slightly, and a strange smell with complex components rushed into his nose. (End of this chapter)