Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Mi Zhu was shocked by Li Ji's words, but only for a moment, and then his spirit withered again.

In just five days, enough money, food and supplies for 30,000 navy troops for half a year were delivered.

Mi Zhu worked almost day and night, and his originally honest and elegant face now had two big, dark bags under his eyes.

High emotional intelligence: What Mi Zhu had were not bags under his eyes, but two pockets that he managed for Liu Bei, one was called a money bag and the other was called a grain bag.

Low emotional intelligence: She looks more than ten years older, and her beauty is as if it has been destroyed for five days and five nights.

At this moment, Mi Zhu felt that if he relaxed a little, he could fall asleep for a whole day and night.

Mi Zhu, who managed to muster up some energy, began to remind Liu Bei and Li Ji.

"Zikun may have foresight, but the granary is running out of food and can no longer afford any more trouble. Please take it easy for now."

Money is easy to deal with.

With the continuous support from Yingzhou and under the control of Li Ji, Wujun has become somewhat like the Eagle Sauce issuing greenbacks in the future.

Not only did it fully guarantee the internal finances of Wu County, but it also used large amounts of gold and silver as well as advanced sea vessels to frantically purchase all kinds of materials from all over the Han Dynasty.

But food is different from money. Directly purchasing large quantities of food will not only easily arouse suspicion among local princes, wealthy families, and merchants, but will also easily lead to a surge in food prices, and in the end it will be the lower-class people who will suffer.

Therefore, only a small part of Wu County's grain was secretly purchased from other noble families, and the vast majority was still grown bit by bit by the farmers.

Over the past six or seven years, a large amount of grain had indeed accumulated in the granaries of Wu County, but on the one hand, it supported Liu Bei's army to travel thousands of miles to fight against Dong, and on the other hand, it supported the emergence of the Wu allied forces...

It would not cost much money or food to defeat the allied forces against Wu, but now Wu County had to continue to support nearly 100,000 prisoners.

Even though the prisoners only needed to be ensured not to starve to death, the huge amount of food expenditure required when all aspects were added up made Mi Zhu feel terrified, fearing that the economy would collapse at any time.

Especially since a large amount of food was allocated to support the fleet's long voyage this time, Mi Zhu was really a little panicked.

The business had grown too big, and Mi Zhu, who knew himself well, knew that he did not have the ability to clean it up.

"Look, you're in a hurry."

Li Ji smiled helplessly. It was natural for him to be unaware of the financial and food situation that was the foundation of a force.

Today, the granaries are mostly empty, and it is true that a large amount of food is still needed every day to maintain the operation of all aspects, but the autumn harvest is not far away.

More importantly, Li Ji also has a major channel for replenishing food in the short term.

"Zi Zhong, just rest assured. There is no need for autumn harvest. I will ensure that the granary will be filled quickly."

After hearing what Li Ji said, Liu Bei, who had been somewhat worried by Mi Zhu's warning, calmed down in an instant and instead comforted Mi Zhu.

"Since Zikun said so, Zizhong should take a good rest. You have been busy day and night these past few days."

Li Ji and Liu Bei sang the same tune, what else could Mi Zhu say? What else should he say?
Got it!
The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is...

Wait, who is the emperor? And who is the eunuch? ?

Mi Zhu's legs unconsciously closed a little, then he bowed and walked towards the Mi family's carriage somewhat unsteadily, ready to leave first.

After Mi Zhu got on the carriage and told the driver to go back home, he fell asleep in the carriage in a matter of seconds.

After watching Mi Zhu leave, Liu Bei, with one hand on the sword at his waist, turned around and looked at the sea outside the port with Li Ji again.

This was the first time that Liu Bei saw the morning sun rising slowly over the sea. It was truly meaningful and gave people a sense of the vastness of the ocean.

Liu Bei, who inexplicably felt a little enjoyment, looked at the rising sun with Li Ji and asked, "Zikun, how long will it take for Wen Xiang to come back?"

"It may take as short as four months or as long as half a year. But no matter what, Wen Xiang will definitely send the grain seeds back before the spring plowing next year." Li Ji answered leisurely.

Jiaozhou may not be able to deal with the Linyi Kingdom, but that does not mean that the fleet led by Xu Sheng cannot conquer the Linyi Kingdom.

However, compared with Liu Bei who saw more of Chaoyang and Li Ji, what emerged in Li Ji's eyes was more of the scene of Yangzhou in the coming year.

Food is undoubtedly the biggest shortcoming restricting Yangzhou's development at present.

As long as the grain variety, now named "Linyi Rice" by Li Ji, is sent back to Yangzhou, Li Ji's original plan to develop Yangzhou into a large granary in the rear will be completely completed.

The foundation for hegemony will also be built.

Moreover, this is different from the original trajectory where Shu Han was completely unable to recover after being defeated by Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling.

After another year or two of preparation, Yangzhou, which has been developing with Wujun as its center for nearly ten years, may be able to unleash a war that is incomparable to that in Sichuan and Shu.

To quantify it, Liu Zhibing would have to launch at least two waves of the "Yiling Battle" before Li Ji would feel that the Yangzhou he had worked so hard to build would probably be in a slump in the short term.

However, Li Ji, who was full of ambition at the moment, couldn't help but murmur, "It's almost there, it's almost there, my lord..."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Li Ji beside him. He felt that at this moment Li Ji was bathed in the morning light, and his handsome face seemed to radiate some kind of light, which made people convinced and convinced.

"I will definitely fulfill my promise to conquer the world for my lord, and I will definitely create a prosperous and powerful Han Dynasty where all sides will come to pay tribute!"

At this moment, Li Ji no longer concealed the ambition in his heart.

The morning sun rising above the sea in the distance looked like a great man who was about to be reborn in Li Ji's eyes.

A real man should govern the country and bring peace to the world, and create a prosperous and peaceful era for all people!
Liu Bei was slightly startled, then laughed out loud and said.

"Of course, I always believe that Zikun is not a person who breaks his promise! The one who will conquer the world, and make the Han Dynasty shine like the sun again as Zikun said, must be me, Liu Xuande."

Perhaps Liu Bei was influencing Li Ji invisibly, or perhaps Li Ji was also influencing Liu Bei invisibly, and before they knew it, the ambitions of Liu Bei and Li Ji gradually became unified.

Perhaps, Liu Bei once upon a time felt like he was walking on thin ice, fearing that he would not be able to reach the other side.

However, as the thin ice under his feet melted, Liu Bei discovered that beneath the ice was the foundation of the earth, which supported him steadily and allowed him to walk forward steadily with every step.

It is precisely for this reason that the four words "of one mind and one heart" seem to concretely envelop Liu Bei and Li Ji, the master and his minister whom others cannot understand.

Since they are of the same mind, how could the master and his subjects be suspicious of each other?

Zhang Zhao was right about one thing. Even if Liu Bei was unexpectedly seriously ill and on his deathbed, he would certainly entrust all his unfinished business and ambitions to Li Ji.

Hearing Liu Bei's answer without any hesitation, Li Ji could not help but smile, and then he felt the gradually growing sea breeze and said.

"My lord, the wind is strong, let's go back."

"Isn't Bei accompanying Zikun? After all, Zikun is weak and Bei has been practicing martial arts diligently, so it should be no problem for him to block some strong winds for Zikun..."

"Let Zhongkang take over. It would be really bad if the lord were to catch a cold."

Xu Chu, who was standing guard not far away, moved his ears, tilted his head, and asked Xiahou Bo beside him uncertainly, "Ah? Did the Lord and the Marquis call me over to block the wind just now?"

Xiahou Bo rolled his eyes slightly and waved his hand.

"It's none of our business. Don't go over and get in the way of the Lord and the Marquis discussing important matters." (End of this chapter)