Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 26 Honest Man·Jian Yong

In Zhang Fei's mansion in Zhuoxian County, not all the servants were arranged by Zhang Fei to join the rebel army at the beginning. There were still several old servants in the mansion.

Therefore, Li Ji lived in the mansion and did not need to arrange meals for himself and Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry. Instead, he patiently waited for news from Liu Bei and briefly summarized his military experience in the past few days. Just continue to study attentively.

Although Zhuge Liang once boasted and boasted: A general who does not understand astronomy, does not know the geographical advantages, does not know the strange gates, does not know the yin and yang, does not understand the formation map, and does not understand the military strength, is a mediocre person.

But Li Ji believed that these were probably Zhuge Liang's words in Versailles, and he was secretly pretending to be an all-rounder. Li Ji did not fully agree with Zhuge Liang's remarks.

After all, although Zhuge Liang is regarded as the "incarnation of wisdom" by later generations, when it comes to his military commanding record, he failed in his success in Qishan seven times.

In contrast, Li Ji admired more commanders such as Han Xin, Bai Qi, and Huo Qubing who had reached the ultimate level in certain fields of military art.

In terms of all-round talents, perhaps Han Xin, Bai Qi, Huo Qubing and others are far inferior to hexagonal warriors like Zhuge Liang, but if they cannot bear to break through the limits of their individual military abilities, they will directly overtake the invincible opponents in the world.

However, Li Ji has never positioned himself as a simple counselor. On the contrary, he is willing to learn all kinds of astronomy and geography, Qimen formation diagram, Yin and Yang Bagua, military strategy, internal politics and other contents.

But as Li Ji took a rough look through Liu Guanzhang's collection of books, he found that there were no more mysterious books on the Qimen Formation, Yin and Yang Bagua, etc. This made Li Ji feel a little regretful.

However, Li Ji calmed down a little, brewed himself a pot of hot tea, and began to read carefully with gusto. From time to time, he compared it with some of his experience, vision, knowledge, etc. from his previous life. It feels very rewarding.

A feeling of being gradually filled with knowledge gave Li Ji an inexplicable feeling of satisfaction and joy.

Of course, the reason why Li Ji is so active and motivated may not be because Li Ji knows very well that he may need to use this knowledge soon.

It was about his wealth and life, as well as his future and dreams, which naturally made Li Ji extremely focused. He was completely immersed in it unconsciously. Instead, he felt the happiness of being filled with knowledge bit by bit.

Suddenly, Li Ji heard a voice coming into his ears.

"Mr. Zikun is so elegant and happy. He is not arrogant when he wins, but he is able to calm down and study."

Li Ji turned his head slightly and saw a man in his early twenties standing at the door of the courtyard, wearing a scholar's uniform, with a short beard under his chin, and a seemingly free and easy attitude.

Moreover, although the man said something loudly, he still did not step into this small courtyard, maintaining the most basic respect for Li Ji who lived there at the moment.

"I have been standing here watching Mr. Zikun for an hour. Mr. Zikun's eyes are not squinting and he is immersed in the book. I really admire him."

Li Ji thought for a while and confirmed that he had not met this person in his memory.

"Who is your Excellency?"

Li Ji stood up and saluted and asked.

"I, Jian Yong, whose courtesy name is Xianhe, am an old friend of Xuande. I was on a study tour in Youzhou and learned about Xuande's formation of a rebel army in Taoyuan, so I hurriedly returned to Zhuoxian in order to help."

Jian Yong quickly returned the salute and said.

Suddenly, some impressions about Jian Yong emerged in Li Ji's mind.

One of Liu Bei's early counselors, he followed him all his life and never gave up regardless of the ups and downs of the army. Although he was not good at military strategy, he was also a practical person and was good at debating and discussing matters, so he was not well-known.

In an instant, Li Ji's eyes lit up, and he enthusiastically invited Jian Yong to take a seat and said.

"It turns out to be Xuande's old friend, please!"

Afterwards, Li Jixin made tea again in a leisurely manner.

Jian Yong's expression gradually became solemn as he watched Li Jina scraping foam, rubbing tea, shaking incense, entering the sea, dancing with butterflies, showing tea, falling butterflies, and returning to unity like an art.

Looking at the tea soup that Li Ji finally brought in front of him, Jian Yong quickly held it up with both hands solemnly, took a careful sip, and praised it.

"Good tea."

Li Ji smiled lightly, but remained silent.

Because Li Ji himself didn't know what the goodness of this tea was. This tea was just a portion of tea that Li Ji asked his old servant to take.

And with Zhang Fei's peony-chewing, alcohol-loving temperament, how could he deliberately collect some good tea?

Rather than saying that Jian Yong knew how to taste tea, it would be better to say that Jian Yong was impressed by Li Ji's series of unknown tea ceremony skills, so it was naturally good tea.

Even if it doesn't taste good, it's definitely not the fault of the tea. It's just that my mouth is not in the right state today.

"Tea please."

Li Ji poured tea for Jian Yong again and warmly invited Jian Yong to taste it carefully.

Jian Yong was really a down-to-earth person. While admiring Li Ji's tea ceremony movements, he kept pouring tea into his stomach and carefully tasted the advantages of the tea brewed in such a tea ceremony.

It wasn't until Jian Yong realized that he had filled up his stomach with tea that it was so painful that Jian Yong's brows and eyes seemed to be wrinkled, and he looked like he was suffering. Jian Yong couldn't help but cup his hands and said bluntly. .

"This is the first time I have seen Mr. Zikun's tea ceremony skills. It is very different from the common tea ceremony, but the elegance and charm of the gestures seem to be much better in comparison, and it is a school of its own. It is an eye-opener."

"It's just a small road, not worth mentioning."

Li Ji said humbly, not saying that he had practiced hard to be a senior in a tea art club.

After all, this is also a technique that has been iteratively optimized in the tea ceremony for more than two thousand years. It is completely different from the mainstream tea ceremony today, but it naturally has many more indescribable charms.

Besides that, Jian Yong is really awesome.

The tea leaves of this period were different from the roasted tea leaves of later generations. Most of them were roasted, which resulted in a much stronger bitter taste. Therefore, the mainstream of the tea ceremony in this period was to make tea soup, with a lot of salt-like ingredients added. seasonings to temper the flavour.

Therefore, the tea brewed by Li Ji in the tea ceremony method of later generations will also be much bitter, but Jian Yong drank a belly of bitter tea and remained silent.

What a man!
  You know what elegance means, how can you call it bitter.

After a pause, Li Ji spoke.

"If Xianhe is interested in this kind of tea ceremony, I can teach him if he has time someday."

When Jian Yong heard this, he was overjoyed, and even the bitterness between his brows and eyes dissipated a lot. He quickly stood up and bowed to say thanks. "In this case, Xianhe pays homage to Master Li."

Li Ji quickly helped Jian Yong up and said. "This must not be the case. You and I are both Xuande's friends, and we should treat each other as peers."

"Those who have mastered it are my teachers, and Master Li wants to teach me the tea ceremony, so I should worship him."

Jian Yong said seriously, and his heart was full of sincerity.

For a person like Jian Yong who is good at communication, he also knows that he has mastered a tea ceremony technique that is different from the mainstream tea ceremony and has great charm. It is really an old monk adding layers to the temple - wonderful and wonderful!
  Furthermore, Li Ji's open-minded and unselfish behavior toward those he first met also made Jian Yong admire him from the bottom of his heart as a humble gentleman.

"No, no, if Xianhe is like this, then don't blame Ji for being angry." Li Ji said pretending to be angry.

Jian Yong hesitated for a moment, but without shirk, he cupped his hands and said.

"Zikun, it was my fault. If there is any way I can help Zikun in the future, Xianhe will not refuse."

When Li Ji heard this, a smile broke out on his face, and he smiled from the bottom of his heart. Li Ji deliberately played tea ceremony tricks for this sentence, wasn't it?
  "Um……"

Li Ji pondered for a moment and then said. "Speaking of which, Ji does have some trivial matters that Xianhe may need to take care of for a while."

"You and I hit it off right away. Zikun just said it doesn't matter. As long as I can do whatever I can, I will never refuse."

Jian Yong agreed without hesitation, and did not even ask Li Ji to cash in the "big cake" and teach the tea ceremony.

Afterwards, Li Ji's face straightened up and he suggested that Liu Bei take in homeless boys and girls.

However, after Guan Yu left, when Li Ji was carefully completing the arrangements for the boys and girls, he suddenly realized a problem that was not big or small.

For the time being, the money, food and supplies to feed those boys and girls is a trivial matter. Li Ji also believes that after he and Liu Bei explain the plan in detail, Liu Bei will never be stingy with the small amount of money and food.

However, there are too few available people under Liu Bei's command now. Even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei still lack a lot if they want to be independent.

And those boys and girls can only be placed in Zhuo County in the short term, and they will inevitably need trusted confidants to stay and manage them.

This matter really embarrassed Li Ji.

After all, no matter how powerful Li Ji is, he cannot create a capable and trustworthy confidant for Liu Bei out of thin air.

Therefore, Li Ji was worried about this and worried that he would not be able to find a suitable candidate for a while.

Unexpectedly, Jian Yong happened to arrive at his door. How could Li Ji let Jian Yong go?
  Perhaps Jian Yong just heard that Liu Bei defeated the Yellow Turban Army with the help of Li Ji, so he came to visit Li Ji in a hurry to satisfy his curiosity.

However, after Jian Yong introduced himself, Li Ji had already arranged Jian Yong's work affairs for the next year, and was waiting for Jian Yong to take the initiative.

Of course, Li Ji wouldn't say that he was so happy to meet you, his enemy, but he would stand in Liu Bei's shoes and state what he wanted to ask for.

"So that's it. Zikun is really a benevolent and righteous person."

Jian Yong looked at Li Ji and said with admiration.

"It is a great benevolence to suggest that Xuande adopt homeless boys and girls to keep them alive. How can I lag behind others in practicing benevolence?"

The honest Jian Yong suddenly stood up again, cupped his hands and said with emotion. "As long as Jian Yong has a bite to eat, those boys and girls will never be left to freeze and starve."

"Great!"

Li Ji looked at Jian Yong with admiration, as if he saw a "daddy" rising!
  It was at this moment that Guan Yu's voice sounded at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Mr. Zikun, Guan, under the order of his elder brother, has escorted the homeless boys and girls from the Yellow Turbans back and has now placed them in Taoyuan in the suburbs."

Li Ji said with a smile. "Just in time, Xianhe will come with me to have a look."

Jian Yong also inexplicably felt that he had some kind of glorious mission and responded.

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear."

Immediately, just as Li Ji reached out to pull Jian Yong with him, Jian Yong just took two steps and stopped.

"Um, Zikun..." Jian Yong spoke in a rather embarrassed voice.

"Ok?"

Jian Yong said awkwardly. "Please allow me to go to the toilet first..."

……

Li Ji.

After Jian Yong emptied his full stomach a little, Li Ji and Jian Yong, led by Guan Yu, went to Zhang Fei's Taoyuan on the outskirts of Zhuoxian County.

This Taoyuan Manor covers an area that is beyond Li Ji's expectation. At a glance, it is comparable to the size of two or three football fields. It is almost covered with acres of peach trees, which is a beautiful scenery.

"Yun Chang, could this be the peach garden where you three brothers worshiped?" Li Ji asked.

"Exactly."

Guan Yu responded.

"It is precisely because this place is of great significance that when the third brother sold off his property, apart from the mansion in the city, he left this manor alone and refused to sell it."

Li Ji nodded and said in admiration. “The end is a great place.”

Soon, Li Ji saw the group of boys and girls who were escorted back by Guan Yu. Most of them were in ragged clothes and unkempt. In addition, most of them had innocent and ignorant eyes with fear of the strange and unknown. I couldn't help but feel a little more pity.

"Mr. Zikun, these boys and girls are all between the ages of eight and fourteen. Among them, there are 1,639 boys and 513 girls." Guan Yu introduced.

Li Ji nodded and did not ask why there was such a big difference in the number of men and women.

It's not the so-called preference for boys over girls, but after losing the protection of their elders, the physical fitness of girls is naturally much worse than that of boys. They will die from being wandering all the way if they catch a slight cold.

As for why there are no boys and girls under the age of eight, it is naturally because they have no elders to protect them, and all those under the age of eight are dead.

Those over the age of fourteen already have the ability to be self-reliant to a certain extent. Even if they do not choose to return home, they have responded to the recruitment and become soldiers.

Jian Yong, who had studied in other counties in Youzhou before, really felt the harm of the Yellow Turban, and said it with gritted teeth.

"The yellow turban thief is really hateful! So hateful!!!"

"Although not all of the countless people were killed by the Yellow Turban thieves, how many people died because of the Yellow Turban thieves? How many families were destroyed and people died?"

"I have no sworn relationship with him. I wish I could draw my sword to kill the thief and eat his flesh alive!"

In contrast, even though Li Ji's heart was filled with turmoil, he had seen a more tragic and pitiful scene of more than 50,000 yellow turbans gathering together in unkempt appearance, so his expression did not change much.

Li Ji said to Guan Yu. "Yun Chang, please tell Brother Xuande that the two hundred soldiers will be under my command for the time being."

"That's what Big Brother means."

Guan Yu responded, and then hurriedly led the cavalry back to Daxing Mountain.

For Liu Bei today, the most important thing is always matters at Daxing Mountain, and Guan Yu is also responsible for part of the recruitment matters.

That is to say, Li Ji's status in Liu Bei's heart was very high at this moment, so even though Liu Bei didn't fully understand the reason, he still regarded it as a priority and sent Guan Yu to escort the boys and girls back in a hurry.

Therefore, Guan Yu hurried back to Daxing Mountain to assist Liu Bei without even a moment's delay.

Afterwards, Li Ji and Jian Yong really started to get busy, directing the two hundred soldiers to make temporary arrangements for these boys and girls.

(End of this chapter)