Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 246 Yafu’s Promise
After exiting the gate of the government office, Li Ji breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, and once again felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

In this regard, Liu Bei naturally saw the change in Li Ji's expression.

However, Liu Bei naturally would not scold Li Ji.

In other words, the leisurely way Li Ji is currently on duty in the government office is something Liu Bei is accustomed to, because he is afraid that Li Ji will be busy day and night like when he first arrived in Wu County and his body will be broken down.

For Liu Bei, other talents naturally value and cherish him, but Li Ji is the only one who is irreplaceable.

Therefore, it does not matter if the other civil servants are tired and busy, and it is even better for Li Ji to have a little leisure time. This shows that Wu County has no major changes and has been developing along Li Ji's political policy.

Therefore, even though Jian Yong and others had just discovered Li Ji's traces, Liu Bei was already prepared to take the initiative to take Li Ji out to deal with some important matters.

Liu Bei and Li Ji got into a carriage together at the gate of the government office, and then Li Ji motioned to the coachman to go to Rende Academy.

In the carriage, Li Ji deliberately did not talk about military and political matters, but talked about some family affairs.

I don’t know if it was just a coincidence, but the concubine Liu Bei took was also named Gan, and she was also from Xiaopei in Xuzhou. Due to the large number of refugees passing through Xuzhou, some riots were caused, which in turn led to Mrs. Gan, who was already poor at home, also becoming a Refugees fleeing south to Wu County accidentally met Liu Bei.

This made Li Ji have to suspect that Mrs. Gan was Adou's biological mother in the original trajectory. When Li Ji visited Liu Bei's home, he saw Mrs. Gan from a distance, and she was exactly the same as what was recorded in history books. There is no difference in beauty.

What is even more coincidental is that Cai Zhaoji and Mrs. Gan were diagnosed with positive pulses by doctors almost in no particular order.

Talking about this matter, Liu Bei's interest was finally completely raised, and he even did not forget to discuss the name of the fetus in his belly with Li Ji.

For Liu Bei, who had been worried about his teacher's situation for several months, this was the greatest joy.

Until he arrived at the City Without Walls, Liu Bei was still talking about the issue of offspring with great interest, claiming that his legitimate son would worship Li Ji as his father no matter what, and would be taught by Li Ji himself, and it would be best if Cai Zhaoji's son was also a boy. .

In this way, the legitimate sons of both parties can treat each other as brothers since childhood.

This was not the first time that Liu Bei mentioned this matter to Li Ji. Li Ji had actually intentionally declined the title of "Yafu" before, understanding that this was Liu Bei's deliberate attempt to improve his status.

After all, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were sworn brothers in the Taoyuan, and Liu Bei's legitimate son was bound to honor Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as uncles.

But Liu Bei and Li Ji had no sworn friendship, so Li Ji could only be regarded as a minister.

Even though the legitimate sons of both parties were ready to become sworn brothers since childhood, Liu Bei was still worried that his legitimate son would slight Li Ji in the future, so he originally had the idea of ​​​​letting his legitimate son worship Li Ji as his adoptive father.

It's just that Li Ji was particularly resistant to the title of "adopted father", and mentioned that the legitimate son of a ruler without a master in the world worshiped his subordinate as his adopted father.

Therefore, Liu Bei could only retreat and ask Li Ji to become his legitimate son's sub-father.

According to the concept of this era, there is a difference between a sub-father and an adopted father. The adopted father naturally refers to the father who is not related by blood, while the sub-father generally refers to the father who is second only to the father.

In terms of close relationship, Yafu is equivalent to an uncle.

Seeing Liu Bei asking again, Li Ji, who had already resisted twice, had no choice but to agree this time.

"So good!"

Liu Bei said with some excitement.

"If the son born to Mrs. Gan is really a boy, then it is God's will that you and I, Liu and Li, will be one family. Mrs. Gan has made a great contribution and will support Mrs. Gan as his wife when the time comes. There is no doubt that the boy will be his legitimate son. "

Hearing this, Li Ji couldn't help but laugh or cry.

Liu Bei really still has the same concept of treating brothers as brothers and sisters, and wives and children as clothes, so much so that the subtext is that whoever gives birth to a son for Liu Bei first and worships Li Ji as his second father will be the first wife and legitimate son.

However, no matter how much Liu Bei's attitude valued trust, Li Ji would naturally not have any thoughts of being arrogant and proud, and would maintain his duties as a minister, Tao.

"This is my lord's family matter, I dare not say anything more."

"When Bei's legitimate son worships Zikun as his second father, then Bei and Zikun will be a family." Liu Bei said with joy on his face.

It is impossible for Li Jiruo to say that he was not touched at all by this heavy trust and respect.

However, Li Ji was not good at expressive words, so he could only respond to Liu Bei with a heavy nod.

Immediately, Li Ji opened the curtain of the carriage and took a look outside. After finding that he had gone a certain distance into the city without walls, he spoke.

"Go to the back door of Wuyu Building."

"Yes."

The groom responded, then drove the carriage steadily towards a four-story building built on the edge of Taihu Lake, and finally stopped at the back entrance of Wuyu Building.

The boy who seemed to be waiting at the back door in all sorts of boredom was about to step forward to drive the carriage to stop here. When he saw Liu Bei and Li Ji getting off the carriage one after another, his original expression suddenly changed. He quickly opened the back door passage and stood respectfully on one side.

Liu Bei, who got off the carriage, raised his head, glanced at the four-story building in front of him, and spoke with admiration.

"Is this the Wuyu Tower? It's really quite good."

"Wuyu Tower was built with the intention of becoming a landmark building in the City Without Walls, so it's not bad." Li Ji responded with a smile, and then walked in through the back door with Liu Bei.

After all, Li Ji knew how much a landmark building could promote an area, so in order to build Wuyu Tower, Li Ji personally asked his father-in-law Cai Yong to design the drawings.

Moreover, Wuyu Tower is also the contact point for Jinyi Division in the entire City Without Walls.

The boy guarding the back door respectfully led Liu Bei and Li Ji up from a secret passage to the best room on the top floor of Wuyu Building.

Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of Rende Academy and the City Without Walls below.

Especially now that light snow is falling, it is located on the edge of Taihu Lake, and the wallless city below is full of people coming and going. It is extremely lively and prosperous, and the scenery is picturesque.

This made Liu Bei, who recalled the relative decline when he first arrived in Wujun, unconsciously feel a strong sense of pride.

"Zikun, let's see, this is the result of your hard work for a year. It's so lively and prosperous, I wonder how it compares to Luoyang? But at least it's hard to compare with it if you look at the land of Youyan! It's enough!"

Liu Bei spoke very happily, and the depression in his heart seemed to dissipate a lot.

Li Ji also expressed some emotion between his eyebrows. Today's City Without Walls is much larger than before.

Not only scholars, but also a large number of merchants were attracted from Xu, Yang, and Jing, including some Yizhou merchants who could go down the Yangtze River.

In particular, the establishment of City Without Walls did not consume any money or food from Wujun's treasury. On the contrary, it brought a steady stream of income to Wujun's finances in less than a year.

In the eyes of many Wu County officials who knew the inside story, this was almost a miracle.

Liu Bei even had doubts about why the stalls in Wu County were getting bigger and bigger, and food was a little tight, but money seemed to be getting better and better.

Immediately, Liu Bei, who was in a good mood, no longer thought about the dirty things in the court, and instead ordered the servant to serve a portion of Wuyulou's local signature dishes.

This made Li Ji want to remind him, but seeing that Liu Bei had given the order, he could only give up.

Soon, when Liu Bei tasted the local signature dish, he put on the mask of pain.

Liu Bei was considered to be from a lower-class background and had experienced military service. He also ate bran-thickened vegetables, but he was obviously still not used to these authentic Wu Hui dishes.

"My lord, when I go to Wuyu Tower, I usually order some famous dishes from Youyan or Sichuan."

Li Ji whispered a reminder and said.

"Zikun, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Liu Bei said helplessly, but with the idea of ​​not wasting food, he still tasted it.

At this moment, Liu Bei's slightly familiar voice sounded from the stairway.

"Everyone, the fourth floor of Wuyu Tower is not accessible to ordinary people."

Liu Bei's eyes moved, he looked at Li Ji, and said softly.

"Isn't this the voice of Zikun's bookboy Guo Fengxiao?"

"It's indeed filial piety."

Li Ji nodded, keeping his palms close to the hand stove to warm them, and motioned to Liu Bei to listen carefully.

The movement outside the room was noisy. Guo Jia seemed to have led more than ten people upstairs and sat down in the room adjacent to Li Ji.

Although Wuyu Tower can be regarded as a marvelous building, the structure is almost entirely made of wood, so the sound insulation is naturally equivalent to no one.

Therefore, Liu Bei and Li Ji could almost hear the conversation in the next room clearly.

What made Liu Bei frown was that he thought that Guo Jia was accepted as a book boy by Li Ji and could change his frivolous and arrogant temperament. After a little training, he might not be able to be reused.

But at the moment, what was happening in the room next to them was that a dozen scholars were constantly praising Guo Jia, and Guo Jia's response was also quite content and enjoyable.

"Fengxiao, yesterday's sand table deduction between you and Xia Houlan was wonderful. You were also the first person to break through the third stage of 'Four Crosses of Red Water'. We are both from Yingchuan, so we are truly honored."

"That's right, I think back on that Li Zikun publicly announced that as long as the results of the battle can reach the third stage, he can be compared to Liuhou and be his guest. How arrogant and despising the world's heroes? Now, in less than a year, Fengxiao It has been achieved easily, it is truly a genius.”

"If you ask me, then Li Zikun just claimed that his results have reached the third stage. Now Fengxiao is also the same. In terms of ability, it is still unclear who is stronger and who is weaker."

……

Facing the adulation from the Yingchuan scholars around him, Guo Jia seemed to have a strong look of pride on his face as he spoke.

"Hmph, I just regret that I carelessly made an agreement with Li Zikun to break the mountain. In the end, neither Li Zikun nor I came up with a real plan to break the mountain. It can be regarded as a defeat. We can only abide by the agreement to serve as the three book boys. Year."

"Now that I have been in contact with Li Zikun, from what I can see, Li Zikun is nothing more than mediocre and has a false reputation."

(End of this chapter)