Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 108 Parting is imminent?

Xiahou Bo looked at Liu Bei's loss of propriety and began to persuade him in a low voice.

"My lord, I know that you are upset, but Mr. Zikun is not someone who leaves without saying goodbye. Even if the angel has found Mr. Zikun to read the emperor's edict, Mr. Zikun is not expected to leave Wujun directly."

(PS: This angel is not a birdman. In the Han Dynasty, "angel" meant the emperor's envoy.)
  After a pause, Xiahou Bo looked at Liu Bei's complicated expression, which was still filled with hesitation and unwillingness, and said in a low voice.

"In addition, important ministers and families from all sides have also sent envoys to Wu County to visit Mr. Zikun. Now that Mr. Zikun has not returned, if he also leaves the city, no one in the city will be able to take charge of the overall situation."

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and whispered.

"Ji Chang, is Bei too selfish? Obviously the emperor issued an edict for Zikun to enter the capital as an official. For Zikun, this is a good thing for him to be promoted to an official position, and Zikun's talents no longer need to be limited to a mere county. The land may benefit more people.”

"It's just that Bei is really reluctant to let go. If Zikun leaves, for Bei, it will be more than just the loss of his arms. How can Bei be so despicable if he is reluctant to let go just for his own selfish desires?"

"Now, Bei only hopes that Zikun can spend a happy New Year's Eve with Bei before Zikun comes to Beijing, so that Bei can express his gratitude to Zikun."

"Without Zikun's help, Bei might still be just a small person selling shoes and weaving mats. I don't know where he would live now, and how could he be able to govern in the government office of Wu County?"

Xiahou Bo listened silently to Liu Bei's soliloquy without making any unnecessary noise.

Xiahou Bo knew that Liu Bei was trying hard to convince him, and he did not think Liu Bei was despicable. Instead, he admired Liu Bei's magnanimity.

Put yourself in your place.

Xiahou Bo believed that in Liu Bei's position, he might not be able to make decisions like Liu Bei's, so he could easily let go of talented people like Li Ji who were assisting him, and respectfully send him to be promoted to an official position, directly into the center of the imperial court.

Now Liu Bei was anxious, and more importantly, he hoped that Li Ji could return to Wu County first and spend the festive season with himself, who was now the lord.

"Otherwise, this time we say goodbye, one party will be at the border and the other will be at the center. I wonder if there will be a chance to see each other again in this life."

Liu Bei murmured, feeling anguish rising in his heart.

Especially after sending twelve letters in a row, there was no reply, and even the person who sent the letters did not return to report.

Therefore, Liu Bei had to suspect that Li Ji had probably met the angel and then followed the angel directly to Beijing, so that this situation would occur.

At this time, Jia Xu, who was about to come over to report the situation, looked at Liu Bei's complicated expression of loss, and while feeling slightly moved in his heart, he bowed and reported.

"My lord, the general, Yuan family, Cao family, Zhong family and other envoys are asking about Zikun's whereabouts and time to return to Wu County."

Liu Bei waved his hand somewhat casually, and then said something. "It's hard work and Wenhe went to appease them."

"Small things."

Jia Xu responded and then reported. "Both the general and the Yuan family's envoy asked to see the lord, and Wen He also refused because the lord was unwell."

Liu Bei seemed to have been hit by something, and he couldn't help but shouted in a more sullen tone.

"I pushed it. I just asked about Zikun's whereabouts. Bei Shang doesn't know. What's the use of asking me?"

Previously, when Liu Bei didn't know that the emperor had ordered Li Ji to enter the court as an official, Liu Bei was happy to receive the important ministers or envoys from aristocratic families who arrived first.

When the angel arrived in Wu County and looked for Li Ji to read the edict, Liu Bei realized that Li Ji's reputation must have been thoroughly spread to the ears of the emperor and many important ministers in Luoyang, and it seemed that he was favored by the emperor and planned to use it. Li Ji reused it.

Therefore, important ministers and aristocratic families from all sides heard the news and sent envoys in advance to win over Li Ji.

This caused Liu Bei to completely lose his focus on dealing with the envoys from all sides, leaving it entirely to Jia Xu to deal with it perfunctorily.

Liu Bei took a few deep breaths and tried hard not to lose his composure. His eyes fell on Jia Xu and suddenly spoke.

"Wen He, Zikun is weak when he enters the capital alone. Since you have a great old friendship and relationship with Zikun, I wonder if you intend to follow Zikun to the capital to help him?"

"If Wen He intends to enter the capital, Bei will not stop him. He will order Wen He to prepare gold and silver and send a team of cavalry to escort Wen He to the capital to meet Zikun."

After hearing this, Jia Xu replied calmly.

"My lord, don't be anxious. From what I know about Zikun, Zikun must not have met the angel yet. The reason why he hasn't replied to the letter for a long time is because Zikun has been traveling all the way to various places. Therefore, the messengers sent by the lord have always failed. It’s just that we haven’t been able to find Zikun for a long time.”

"With the way Zikun behaves, he will definitely not not return to Wuxian County. It is expected that he will arrive in Wuxian County today."

Among the entire Liu Bei Group today, the one who knows Li Ji best is not Liu Bei, but Jia Xu.

As Jia Xu, who knew Li Ji's intention of assisting Liu Bei, Jia Xu knew that Li Ji would never abandon Liu Bei and enter Luoyang.

Therefore, in Jia Xu's view, Liu Bei's worries were completely unnecessary. Instead, what needed to be considered was how to reject the emperor's conquest.

When Liu Bei heard this, his spirits were lifted and he confirmed.

"Wen He, are you sure?"

"Nine times out of ten," Jia Xu replied.

Suddenly, Liu Bei seemed to have been injected with a lot of energy, sweeping away the slump, regaining his strength, and strode out towards the main hall, saying.

"In this case, be prepared to wait at the north gate. If Zikun comes back, he will enter through the north gate." When Jia Xu and Xiahou Bo saw this, they quickly followed.

After Liu Bei arrived at the north gate of Wuxian County excitedly, he did not go up to the city tower. Instead, he waited directly outside the city gate and looked into the distance.

Seeing Liu Bei's hopeful look, Xiahou Bo couldn't help but ask Jia Xu in a low voice.

"Wen He, are you simply comforting the lord?"

"Do not worry."

Old God Jia Xu responded on the ground, even looking forward to Li Ji's reaction when he found out that he had only been away for two months and was about to be "sold" as soon as he returned home.

'Probably... it will be exciting, right? '

Thinking of this, Jia Xu's eyes couldn't help but brighten significantly.

Time passed quickly, and as the sun went up, Liu Bei still waited impatiently.

at last……

A group of cavalry appeared at the end of the line of sight, which shocked Jia Xu, who was already a little drowsy while waiting. Liu Bei even took the initiative to ride up to meet them.

As the distance between the two sides approached, Liu Bei clearly saw that it was Li Ji who was at the front of that group of cavalry.

As for Liu Bei's appearance, Li Ji, who was dressed in a dusty body, couldn't help but look quite surprised and murmured something.

"How does my lord know that I will return at this moment?"

It should be noted that in order to rush back to Wu County in time for New Year's Eve as Liu Bei expected, Li Ji did not even enter the city for supplies during this period. He continued to inspect the terrain in depth, and then went straight to the next place.

In addition to sleeping and convenience, sometimes even eating is just a matter of casual food.

After seven days like this, not to mention a scholar like Li Ji, even Zhao Yun's face was full of exhaustion.

However, seeing that they were about to arrive in Wuxian, and everyone could spend the festive season in Wuxian, almost everyone had a deep joy on their faces, and everyone was even more excited about Liu Bei who suddenly appeared in the distance and came over to greet him. A feeling of flattering surprise.

Immediately, before Liu Bei had completely arrived, Li Ji and the many cavalrymen stopped quickly, then all dismounted and saluted Liu Bei.

"Greetings, my lord."

"Thank you for your hard work. No need to be polite. Please get up quickly."

Liu Bei also rode his horse and galloped in front of everyone. After responding with a joyful tone, he quickly got off his horse and helped Li Ji up in person, with a complicated expression.

"It'll be good to come back. I'm very happy that Zikun can come back first to spend the holiday with Bei."

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Li Ji.

Listening to Liu Bei's tone, Li Ji felt inexplicably that something was not right. Why did he feel like I shouldn't come back?

Illusion?
  Li Ji was a little surprised, but he didn't know why or whether it was a simple misunderstanding, so he had to say.

"Based on the letter I received from my lord seven days ago, I have been working hard all the way. Fortunately, I have completed the inspection of Wujun's five lakes and the terrain in the north in time. After the holiday, I can start to conceive of Wujun's water conservancy planning plan and start developing Wujun."

"After that, Ji will inspect the terrain in the southern part of Wu County and then supplement the follow-up planning plan. In this way, it will only take three to five years to develop according to the plan. Wu County is thousands of miles of fertile land, and the number of fertile fields may be More than tenfold.”

At the end of the speech, Li Ji, whose face was full of fatigue, couldn't help but show a bit of high spirits.

Once this is completed, not to mention the benefits for the present, it will be a great success for the future!

It originally took seven or eight hundred years, but amid the continuous migration of refugees and wars, the refugees independently cultivated fertile land little by little in order to survive and cultivate.

As well as the imminent irrigation problems one after another, and the improvement of water conservancy bit by bit, the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River that has just been gradually developed will be completely completed in three to five years.

Although it is not the entire Jiangnan area, but just Wujun, and Li Ji will need to rely on a large number of refugees and prisoners of war in the future, and may even need to completely drain 70% of the accumulation of the Wujun family, but this is enough .

Just as no one expected that future generations would catch up with the hundreds of years of development of other countries in just forty years, perhaps in three to five years, no one would be able to imagine the magnitude of the changes in Wujun.

With Wu County as the starting point, Li Ji will be able to leverage the great development of the entire Jiangnan area and complete the southward migration of the economy and population in a peaceful way...

'The times will really change because of this! '

Just when this idea came to Li Ji's mind, he felt his heart surge.

"None of this matters anymore, Zikun."

Liu Bei's words immediately confused Li Ji.

(End of this chapter)