Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Coming of age is a big event for a Han Chinese.

Having a name meant that he was truly an adult and was qualified to be in charge of things independently. Outsiders should no longer treat Sun Ce as a young boy.

Especially after Sun Jian's death, the huge Sun Mansion is now full of orphans and widows, and there is an urgent need for Sun Ce and the Queen to step up and take charge.

Therefore, even though Sun Ce wanted to jump out and challenge for a fight right then and there, he was forced to stay at the table by his reason and didn't know what to do.

Subconsciously, Sun Ce, who had already recognized Zhou Yu's brain, spoke urgently to Zhou Yu beside him.

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, I also want to fight, do you have any good ideas?!"

Unlike the others, Zhou Yu has not reacted yet.

The significance of high-yield grain varieties is self-evident. What shocked Zhou Yu was that the ships under Liu Bei's command actually had the ability to launch an expedition to Linyi.

This shocked Zhou Yu greatly, and he understood what this meant almost instantly.

Today Liu Bei can go on a long expedition to Linyi State. So as long as Liu Bei has this idea, he can appear like a god descending from the sky in coastal areas such as Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou at any time.

The strategic and tactical significance of this is particularly terrifying!

To the extent that Zhou Yu was still a little dizzy.

Zhou Yu clearly remembered that before he left Lujiang with his father for Luoyang, Yangzhou had never had such seafaring technology.

Although there were many Yangzhou families who mastered certain shipbuilding technologies, their technologies were mainly used for river and river transportation and other internal water networks in Yangzhou.

How come it seemed that in just a few short years, Wujun had unknowingly developed its maritime ship technology to this level?
Seeing that Zhou Yu seemed to have no reaction, Sun Ce couldn't help but raise his voice a little.

"Brother Yu?!"

At this moment, Zhou Yu, who was sitting at the last seat, reacted and also attracted the attention of others.

Seeing this, Li Ji gave Sun Ce a chance and spoke.

"Ce'er, Zhou Yu, do you have any brilliant ideas?"

In Li Ji's view, this attack on Linyi was not only for the sake of justice, but also would bring him enormous merit and fame.

Therefore, Li Ji also wanted to give Sun Ce a chance.

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce didn't care what Zhou Yu thought, he quickly stood up and spoke loudly.

"Teacher, I want to fight too..."

As for the reason...

Sun Ce's mind raced, and he blurted out, "I have experience in destroying nations!"

what? !

The most stunned person was Zhou Yu. He glanced sideways at Sun Ce, who was of similar age beside him, with a mind full of confusion.

Destroying a country... Have experience?

What a cold joke.

Has my brother said so much as to challenge me to a fight?

In order to keep the affairs of Yingzhou secret as secret as possible, all the soldiers who knew the inside story were ordered not to disclose it. The vast majority of the soldiers who followed Li Ji on the expedition to Yingzhou only knew that they fought a battle with the Yamatai Kingdom, and then supported the Japanese Kingdom to regain control of Yingzhou.

Only close confidants like Sun Ce truly knew that the Yamatai Kingdom was completely destroyed at the hands of Li Ji, and that Japan was nothing more than a puppet in Li Ji's hands.

As for the information about the mineral veins in Yingzhou, which continuously produces large quantities of gold and silver and transports them to Wujun, this is also not something that ordinary soldiers can know.

Only the soldiers who stayed in Yingzhou to supervise the mines and control Japan might know a lot more, but there was no chance for the news to be transmitted back to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Li Ji's previous expedition to Yingzhou was for the purpose of assisting the Han Dynasty's vassal state Wa to restore its country, as Li Ji said in his recently published book "Conquering People with Virtue".

The destruction of Yamatai was also done to assist Japan.

Moreover, it seems that Li Ji assisted in the destruction of the country only to protect the Han Dynasty after being humiliated. He was a victim who was forced to do so. Naturally, there was not much mention of Sun Ce.

Therefore, Zhou Yu was really unclear about the inside story. He only knew that Sun Ce had followed Li Ji to Yingzhou, but he did not know that it was Sun Ce who personally conquered the capital of Yamatai Kingdom and captured Himiko and other nobles in front of Li Ji's horse.

Zhou Yu immediately stood up, both to divert attention from Sun Ce's excuses and to speak out of public interest.

"Uncle Liu, in my humble opinion, since Linyi has this kind of grain, there is no need to start a war. We only need to send a few ships to Linyi, and I think we can easily exchange the grain we need for it through trade."

At the end of his speech, Zhou Yu couldn't help but look at Li Ji.

In Zhou Yu's opinion, Li Ji should support his views and take this opportunity to persuade the warlike generals.

From an absolutely rational point of view, it is true that the Han Dynasty needs such high-yield grains, but compared with sending troops to attack and retrieve the grains, sending a few ships to exchange them for grains through trade is undoubtedly simpler and more convenient. Even though Linyi was split from the Han Dynasty, after the Han Dynasty ships arrived at Linyi, Linyi would not dare and would not refuse trade in terms of power and profit.

However, Zhou Yu's words undoubtedly offended Gan Ning, a warmonger, and he retorted coldly.

"Humph, where merchant ships can go, warships can go even further! Moreover, Linyi was founded on an illegitimate basis. If we trade with it, wouldn't it be equivalent to recognizing the status of Linyi? Aren't you, Zhou Yu, afraid of being cursed by future generations?"

This sentence undoubtedly hits the key point of Zhou Yu's proposal.

In terms of pure benefits and efficiency, the trading method is undoubtedly faster.

However, Liu Bei was the General of Annan, the Governor of Yangzhou, and the uncle of the Han Emperor. If he sent people to trade with the rebel country, it would be tantamount to recognizing the independence of Linyi Kingdom in a sense.

Although what Zhou Yu wanted to express was to send ships secretly, as long as the trade was not registered, no one would know about it and who would investigate the details?

However, Zhou Yu's intention was obviously not suitable for public discussion. Gan Ning's question even put him in a dilemma. He could only continue to look at Li Ji, hoping that Li Ji would personally come out to appease those warmongers.

It’s a pity that Zhou Yu obviously didn’t know that in his eyes Li Ji, who was the head of Liu Bei’s civil officials and was extremely elegant and gentle, was the real radical.

Doesn’t Li Jin know that trade is the most efficient way to save manpower and resources?

However, Li Ji's efforts to develop people's livelihood were not intended to save money and grain at this time.

What Gan Ning just said really pleased Li Ji.

Wherever merchant ships can reach, warships can also reach.

It is true that the relationship between countries is essentially based on interests, but we cannot just focus on the immediate interests.

The Linyi Kingdom has been independent for fifty-four years. If this long period of time continues, after the older generation of Linyi people have passed away, the degree of recognition of the Han Dynasty within Linyi will undoubtedly drop sharply.

As time goes on, the Linyi Kingdom will really have to completely break away from the Han Dynasty and move towards complete independence.

Therefore, in Li Ji's view, one of the main purposes of this expedition to conquer Linyi was to retrieve high-yield grain varieties. It was also an excellent opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to incorporate Linyi back into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the momentum from the conquest of Linyi would also be of great benefit to sending two Zhangs to govern Jiaozhou.

Seek his own government in his position.

Now Zhou Yu, who is still a commoner, only considers money, food, soldiers and so on. Getting the grain back through trade may be the best solution.

But in Li Ji's opinion, this battle must be fought.

If this generation does not seize this opportunity to bring Linyi back into the Han Dynasty, this battle may have to be left for future generations to fight.

As for the issue of money and food needed to conquer Linyi, once the necessity of conquering Linyi was confirmed, it was not even within Li Ji's consideration.

It is not to say that Yangzhou has reached the point where it has no shortage of money and food, but that Li Ji has been diligent in governing the country for many years, precisely so that in the future he will not be forced to make concessions on the greater good for the sake of a little benefit.

Furthermore, during autumn and winter, the Central Plains is not suitable for deploying troops, but it is a good opportunity to conquer the hot and humid Linyi Kingdom.

"We have the right time, the right place, the right people, the right righteousness, the right morale, and the right money and food. Why not fight?"

Perhaps only Liu Bei had some idea of ​​Li Ji's determination.

Therefore, facing Zhou Yu's gaze, Li Ji slowly took back the folding fan in his hand, and opened his mouth to make the final conclusion on the matter.

"This matter may not be as simple as Zhou Yu thinks."

"Linyi was once the territory of our Han Dynasty. This grain was brought to Linyi, which is undoubtedly a gift from heaven to the Han Dynasty."

"However, Qu Lian knew that there were such grains but did not offer them to the imperial court. Instead, he raised an army in rebellion and established his own country. Such actions must be intended to bring disaster to the country and the people, and to harm our Han Dynasty!"

At this moment, Li Ji stood up and spoke in a deep voice.

"If Qu Lian had presented this grain to the imperial court earlier and promoted it throughout the country, Yangzhou would not be as poor as it is today, and the people would not have to suffer from hunger. Even the Taiping Daoism would not have had the opportunity to incite the people to rebellion."

"How could the world be like this today?"

"After such a deep investigation, it can be seen that Qu Lian's intentions are vicious and his harm to the Han Dynasty is even worse than that of Dong the thief!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not to mention the generals who were requesting to fight, even Liu Bei's expression became three points gloomier and revealed anger.

Although this is a kind of sophistry and conspiracy theory, it undoubtedly allowed Qu Lian, who proclaimed himself the "King of Linyi", to take the blame.

"How can we accept trade with someone who has such evil intentions towards the Han Dynasty? And how can the Han Dynasty trade with him again? The only way is..."

"kill!"

"Only then can we restore the might of the Han Dynasty and relieve the hatred of the people!" (End of this chapter)