Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

In the following days, Li Ji took the time to study Zhuge Liang's knowledge and found that Zhuge Liang's talent was no less than Xiahou Lan's, and his insights in some areas were even better than Xiahou Lan's.

It should be noted that Xiahou Lan had followed Li Ji for six or seven years, and under his guidance and personal instruction, Xiahou Lan also worked very hard in private.

Therefore, today's Xiahou Lan is by no means a mediocre person. Apart from being particularly good at sand table simulation, Xiahou Lan is also qualified whether he is governing a county or leading a small army.

But this is the result of Zhuge Liang's self-taught collection of books without any guidance from anyone.

This made Li Ji secretly sigh that sometimes hard work is really not worth mentioning in the face of talent.

Not only Zhuge Liang, but also Xu Shu was the same.

In just less than half a year, Xu Shu had undergone a visible transformation and had begun to develop his own unique insights into military tactics.

And for Li Ji, teaching these geniuses is the most worry-free thing.

All they had to do was let them study the classics they liked on their own, and if they encountered any confusion, Li Ji would give them some answers and guidance.

Coincidentally, for the Han Dynasty today, apart from the Ren De Academy, Li Ji's home is definitely the place with the most complete collection of books in the world.

In particular, Cai Zhaoji was also a book lover, and in order to make it convenient for Li Ji to read in his spare time, Cai Zhaoji would select many excellent books and place them at home on weekdays.

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang stepped into Li Ji's library and saw the vast collection of tens of thousands of books, he was so excited that he could be described as a mouse falling into a rice jar.

For several days, unless Li Ji returned to the mansion, Zhuge Liang would go to greet him and ask for advice, but the rest of the time Zhuge Liang would go to the library almost immediately after waking up.

In particular, Zhuge Liang's interests and hobbies were very similar to Li Ji's. He was interested in astronomy, geography, strange gates, yin and yang, governance, and strange skills.

This made Zhuge Liang feel like he could never finish reading a book, even though he was used to reading the general idea and absorbing the essence.

What shocked Zhuge Liang even more was that no matter how obscure the question was, Li Ji could always give the answer without hesitation.

This made the young Zhuge Liang feel that he had no idea where his teacher's limits were.

Just when Zhuge Liang was immersed in the library and didn't realize how time passed, one morning, Zhuge Liang had just finished washing up and was about to go back to the library.

Li Ji stopped Zhuge Liang halfway and said.

"Liang'er, today is the 'Grand Martial Arts Show', come with me to watch the ceremony."

"Teacher, is it appropriate for me to go?"

Zhuge Liang asked with some confusion.

"What I learned from books is always shallow. Just treat it as a chance to broaden my horizons and get to know what the elite of today look like." Li Ji replied.

When Li Ji took Zhuge Liang onto a rather grand and spacious carriage, two people were already waiting there.

One of them had a wine gourd hanging around his waist, and although his clothes were fairly neat, he exuded a sense of uninhibited casualness;

The other person's every move seemed to be very proper.

After Li Ji appeared, the two of them hurriedly saluted.

"teacher."

Li Ji nodded, took Zhuge Liang into the carriage, and pointed at the man who sat down quite consciously.

"This is Yingchuan Guo Fengxiao. Liang'er, don't learn his casual and unruly nature. He is always unruly and a drunkard all day long."

Guo Jia smiled awkwardly, not daring to say anything, and subconsciously thought about whether he should stand up first.

Immediately, Li Ji pointed at Xiahou Lan who was still standing and didn't dare to sit down, and said, "This is Xiahou Mingzheng from Changshan. Liang'er, don't learn from him. He was a lively person when he was a child, but he became rigid for some reason after I went overseas for two or three years."

Now, not only Guo Jia, who was sitting, felt uneasy, but even Xiahou Lan, who was standing, felt like a thorn in his back.

"Langya Zhuge Liang, greetings to my two senior brothers." Zhuge Liang greeted them quickly.

After Guo Jia and Xiahou Lan returned the greetings to Zhuge Liang, Li Ji spoke unhappily.

"What are you still standing there for? Why don't you two sit down? You will fall off the carriage soon. Do you want to send it to Zhang Zhongjing?"

Immediately, Guo Jia and Xiahou Lan sat down quickly.

Seeing this, Li Ji couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It’s not that I am dissatisfied with Guo Jia and Xiahou Lan, it’s just that the personalities of these two people have gone to extremes.

Guo Jia only behaves somewhat well in front of Li Ji. Once he is out of Li Ji's sight, he is just like a husky that has broken free from its leash.

Once, Guo Jia and Zhang Fei were drinking so happily that they even dragged Zhang Fei to Liu Bei's residence in the middle of the night to drink with Liu Bei. This was simply outrageous.

In particular, it is reported that Li Ji was doing something important in Mrs. Gan's room at that time. When he heard Zhang Fei's loud voice shouting "Brother, come out quickly", Liu Bei was so scared that he thought something big had happened, and rushed out with his trousers in one hand and his sword in the other.

As for Xiahou Lan, who is now the magistrate of Wu County and is actually in charge of the surrounding judicial affairs.

Even though Liu Bei was not angry at all, he still threw Zhang Fei and Guo Jia into jail on 18 charges including violating curfew, offending his lord, and trespassing at night.

Even though Liu Bei and Li Ji took turns to plead for Guo Jia, Xiahou Lan remained rigid and selfless, and forcibly imprisoned Zhang Fei and Guo Jia for a month before releasing them.

It’s not that Li Ji thinks that Xiahou Lan’s strictness in enforcing the law is a bad thing. It’s actually that Li Ji is worried that he or his lord will make some mistakes one day and be locked up by Xiahou Lan. Wouldn’t that be against Tiangang?

"These two..."

Li Ji felt more and more upset, and even regretted letting the two of them go out on the expedition. Now he didn't know what to do.

When Li Ji's eyes became somewhat depressed, Guo Jia was not afraid. Instead, he sneaked up to Zhuge Liang and said.

"So you are the teacher's disciple."

"Senior Brother." Zhuge Liang greeted respectfully.

"No need to be so polite. Since we are brothers, we are a family..."

Guo Jia smiled and whispered, "In a few days, I will take you to Wu County to see some good things. I guarantee you will be amazed..."

"Oh!"

Before Guo Jia could finish his words, Li Ji hit Guo Jia's head hard with his folding fan.

“Ah, it hurts…”

Facing Guo Jia's exaggerated wailing, Li Ji's face darkened slightly and said, "You are so unruly. Sit back down."

"Yes."

Guo Jia sat back immediately.

"From now on, you are not allowed to finish talking to Liang'er..."

After a pause, Li Ji turned his gaze to Xia Houlan and said, "Mingzheng, you will keep an eye on Fengxiao. If you answer a question, you will be put in solitary confinement for a day." (End of this chapter)