Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 126: The best of both worlds
  Wu Commandery is not big, if only it maintains its status quo and has all the officials.

Whether it is Li Ji or Jia Xu alone, they can easily secure their positions as county magistrates, and even spend a lot of time drinking tea leisurely every day.

However, Wujun itself has undergone great changes. On the one hand, it is still recruiting refugees, and on the other hand, it is preparing for water conservancy matters.

Recently, Li Ji has formulated a strategy to establish an academy, and Jin Yisi has also begun to build the framework.

It can be said that, in Li Ji's view, Jia Xu's expression of resentment that could feed ten evil sword immortals was not without reason.

If it were Li Ji who replaced Jia Xu and took the position of county magistrate again, a large number of fragmented government affairs would seem to be overwhelming endlessly, and he would also be full of resentment.

Moreover, Li Ji was never prepared to imitate Prime Minister Zhuge and work hard to exhaust himself to death.

Previously, Wu County was just in dire straits, with almost no basic framework left. Li Ji had no choice but to take an overview of all affairs and guide government affairs back on track.

However, as Wu County begins to gradually develop, various expenditures and incomes will undoubtedly become more complicated and huge, making Jia Xu, who is temporarily acting as the county magistrate, a little miserable.

Therefore, Li Ji, who knew it well, had long wanted to find a tool to take charge of the finances, but Mi Zhu was caught in the crossfire.

However, what Mi Zhu felt was trust!

In addition to trust, the most important thing is trust!

When they first arrived, Liu Bei and Li Ji openly and confidently handed over all the county's finances to themselves. What kind of trust is this?
  Immediately, Mi Zhu stood up and walked to Liu Bei and Li Ji, gave a big salute and said.

"A gentleman dies for a confidant. I am so valued by my lord. Mi Zhu will never be able to repay this kindness even if he dies. I will do my best to assist Mr. Zikun in managing finances."

"Zizhong, please get up quickly..."

Liu Bei quickly stepped forward to help Mi Zhu up, patted Mi Zhu's shoulder and said warmly.

"You and I know each other, so why should we say more? Zizhong was able to turn his whole family to Bei, and he trusted Bi so much, and so did Bi. Therefore, only by handing over life-related financial power to Zizhong can he be able to manage every day. Sleep peacefully at night.”

In an instant, Mi Zhu's eyes filled with tears when Liu Bei spoke, and two lines of hot tears flowed down visibly.

Li Ji, who witnessed the whole process from the side, could only quietly give a thumbs up...

As expected of you, hunky succubus!
  Previously, Mi Zhu was loyal to you and was willing to spend all his money and food to help you. Now, I am afraid that even if Mi Zhu is allowed to die, I am afraid that Mi Zhu will not hesitate at all.

But one thing is true. Unlike Mi Fang, although Mi Zhu is a businessman, he is also a gentleman.

After Mi Fang defected to the enemy and betrayed Mi Zhu, as the elder brother, it was really reassuring for a gentleman who would die of shame and anger to take over the financial power.

Later, Liu Bei appointed Mi Zhu on the spot as the "Shaofu Historian" of Wu County. He was in charge of the money, grain and property cashier of the county guard's inner palace, and was an official.

Regarding this, Liu Bei explained to Mi Zhu with a guilty look on his face, please Mi Zhu not to mind, this is already the greatest official position that Liu Bei can give today.

Although he is only an official, he holds a humble and powerful position.

At this moment, Mi Zhu couldn't wait to shed his blood for Liu Bei. He didn't care about the size of his official position. He also mentioned that hundreds of millions of money and grain would be shipped from Xuzhou to Wu County for Liu Bei's use.

In response to this, Li Ji on the side sighed...

Hundreds of millions of dollars in food and grain can be purchased for one, let alone a small young master, even for the position of Three Dukes.

Although today's people are very pissed off, even if they buy the seat of the Third Lord, they can only sit for a while and cannot sit for a long time. As time goes by, they have to find a way to change.

However, they are still the "Three Dukes" after all. In this era when the position of prime minister is not available, the "Three Dukes" are the pinnacle of the most respected positions among civil servants.

Mi Zhu was over the top, completely over the top.

But this is not surprising. In later generations, there are still many fans who have lost their money for the anchor, not to mention that Mi Zhu is facing the "big Han succubus" Liu Bei.

Facing Mi Zhu's repeated offers of money and food, Liu Bei seemed determined to accept them. If he didn't accept them, he would be looking down on himself.

Liu Bei subconsciously cast an inquiring look at Li Ji.

receive? Or not?
  Li Ji thought about it for a moment, then stood up and asked. "Zizhong, these hundreds of millions of money and grain are probably all the liquid money and grain that Zizhong came from after selling off a lot of his assets in Xuzhou, right?"

"For the great cause of developing Wu County for the Lord, some assets are not worth mentioning."

Mi Zhu replied with firm eyes as if she was convinced.

However, hundreds of millions of dollars in food may indeed be of great help to Wu County, but Li Ji will not be able to catch all the benefits.

Compared with short-term hundreds of millions of money, a complete business network is much more important.

Previously, Mi Zhuxun had not completely returned home, and the Mi family had not yet moved to Wu County. Li Ji also concealed a lot of things and did not tell Mi Zhu.

Now, looking at Mi Zhu's eyes that he was willing to die at that moment, Li Ji pulled Mi Zhu to sit down and said that he was prepared to let the Mi family maintain the original business channels as much as possible while also exploring business in Wu County. network.

Different from the common emphasis on agriculture and neglect of commerce in this era, Li Ji knew the importance of commerce.

Business can not only bring prosperity to the local area, but if done well, it can even control the lifeblood of other regions invisibly.

And as Li Ji imparted many epoch-making business concepts, Mi Zhu looked at Li Ji with eyes that were like those of a celestial being.

No, even with a bit of fear!

Mi Zhu briefly imagined that if Li Ji was given a certain amount of money and Li Ji carried out commercial competition against the Mi family based on various business ideas, I am afraid that within three to five years, the Mi family would have to be dismembered and annexed by Li Ji.

Finally, Li Ji concluded to Liu Bei who was a little confused. "Business is very important. The Mi family cannot give up. Wujun also needs the support of a huge business network."

"However, if Zizhong is in charge of Wu County's money and food, I'm afraid he won't be able to take care of the Mi family's business." Liu Bei also replied with some dilemma.

"This is easy to hear."

After a pause, Li Ji spoke.

"Previously, Zifang (Mi Fang) followed his lord to Wu County, and assisted Zizhong in moving part of his property to Wu County. I think that although he is young, he can be well-organized and can be built."

"Therefore, Zizhong can completely leave the Mi family's business to Zifang. Zizhong only needs to control and guide him from a distance. It will be fine."

Of course, this is only one of the purposes.

The deeper purpose was that Li Ji deliberately kicked Mi Fang out of Liu Bei Group's military and political system in this way, and kept Mi Fang under Mi Zhu's management and supervision at all times.

Even if Mi Fang fell ill again and surrendered to the enemy for unknown reasons in the later period, the impact would only be on the Mi family's business and would not cause any harm, let alone lead to major changes such as Guan Yu's death or the fall of Jingzhou.

As soon as these words came out, both Liu Bei and Mi Zhu fell into thinking.

Among them, Liu Bei gave Li Ji a somewhat thoughtful look.

Liu Bei naturally saw Mi Fang's performance as mediocre.

Therefore, although Liu Bei looked at Mi Zhu's face, he awarded Mi Fang the title of Five-Function Peer.

Liu Bei did not put any emphasis on Mi Fang, and occasionally only asked Mi Fang to help manage the refugees outside the city.

In addition, Liu Bei had already noticed that Li Ji seemed to dislike Mi Fang, and Li Ji's suggestion seemed to be of great importance to Mi Fang.

In fact, it will undoubtedly completely cut off Mi Fang's possibility of official promotion in the future, and she will always be a businessman.

However, Liu Bei did not mean to expose Li Ji's thoughts. He only felt that Li Ji's judgment must have profound meaning, so he cooperated with it.

"This seems to be a solution to both problems. What does Zizhong think?"

As Liu Bei spoke, Mi Zhu replied without hesitation. "Then according to Mr. Zikun's words, I will gradually hand over the Mi family's business to my younger brother."

"Good, so the two carriages of the Mi family are indispensable pillars of Wu County."

Liu Bei gave a big compliment and took the initiative to raise his wine cup towards Mi Zhu. "I hope that in the future, Bei can work together with Zizhong to bring a prosperous age to the people of Han Dynasty."

"We are sincere and fearful, and we will do our best."

Mi Zhu responded quickly.

However, at this moment, Jia Xu's figure appeared at the door.

Different from the image of a gentle gentleman in the past, Jia Xu's clothes were torn in many places now, and even his hair crown was crooked. His resentment was almost visible to the naked eye, emanating from the inside out.

No one knew what Jia Xu had gone through, so much so that Jia Xu seemed to have lost his guard, and his eyes turned around in the side hall, even directly bypassing Liu Bei, staring at Li Ji, and said quietly: .

"Li Zikun!"

"Hey, isn't this Wen He?"

Upon seeing this, Li Ji quickly stepped forward to greet Jia Xu before his resentment could fully erupt, held Jia Xu's wrist with one hand, and spoke in a familiar voice.

"Come on, come on, take a seat quickly, Ji Zheng has some good news to tell you."

"I hope it's good news. I've asked Yide to wait at your house. What if...hehe~"

Jia Xu said something in a low voice, and finally sneered a few times. It was obvious that the unfinished words were not good words.

Li Ji was not surprised at all.

The simple and reckless Third Master was indeed played around by Jia Xu. Somehow, he was deceived into his own mansion.

The only thing that surprised Li Ji was that Zhang Fei was deceived too quickly.

Li Ji was only slightly delayed by Mi Zhu, thinking that he might be able to drag Liu Bei to see Jia Xu's embarrassed appearance shouting "No".

This made Li Ji couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

"Pity……"

"Ok?"

Jia Xu turned his head, with a dangerous look in his eyes.

Liu Bei looked at Jia Xu's embarrassed appearance and asked with some surprise and concern. "Wen He, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Xu didn't say anything, and turned to look at Li Ji, who pulled him to sit down.

Li Ji replied with a smile.

"Maybe it's because I was discussing with Wen He and Yide just now about who should be sent to the Yangtze River to clean up the bandits, and Wen He and Yide were trying to give in to each other, right?"

(End of this chapter)