Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 94 Changes
  That night.

Li Ji tossed and turned, wrapping his palms around the hard object, unable to fall asleep.

Finally, Li Ji simply stood up wearing a single coat, opened the door and walked into the small courtyard.

"Lord Jun Cheng!"

The two soldiers serving as guards outside the small courtyard saw this and quickly stepped forward to salute.

Li Ji waved his hand and asked them to retreat. After that, he stood in the small courtyard and looked up at the night sky, while his palms were still wrapped around the hard object unconsciously.

Tiger Talisman.

That's a lot of trust.

In addition, Li Ji's mind was unconsciously echoing Liu Bei's sincere words under the sunset. Even Li Ji, who thought he was immune to the so-called big cake, suddenly thought in his heart, "A scholar is a confidant." "Death" feeling.

'No wonder so many people are willing to die in the service of the lord. They are as reckless as Zhang Fei and as wise as Kong Ming. They are all willing to devote themselves to the lord and die...'

Li Ji sighed secretly.

At one time, Li Ji thought that the so-called "beauty trap" was just Liu Tianxian standing in front of you to show his kindness to you, but the real "beauty trap" was Zhao Ling'er sweetly calling you brother Xiaoyao, and Wang Yuyan bowing her head shyly at the bottom of the well. After making a promise, Xiao Longer invited you to stay in the ancient tomb and fly together.

At one time, Li Ji thought that facing Liu Bei's "charm" head-on was just like your boss promising you all kinds of benefits. But after being immersed in the situation, he realized that it felt almost like Brother Ying. I will share with you the military and political power to unify the six countries and sweep away the wasteland, and realize the great ambition of unification.

Not to mention Li Ji, I am afraid that even Sima Yi standing in front of Liu Bei would not be able to withstand such a temptation test and would be willing to die serving Liu Bei.

'what! '

'I'm so damned...'

'My lord has entrusted me with his wealth and life, yet I am so lazy on weekdays...'

That night, Li Ji couldn't sleep after all. With his heart racing, he felt like a flood of thoughts. By the way, he also dealt with many government decisions that he had been hesitant about before.

In the following days, Li Ji used military symbols to secretly mobilize the county soldiers north of Wuxian County. He also almost changed his usual unhurried attitude and handled each government affairs diligently.

Even Li Ji declined the original invitation to visit a certain great sage the day after tomorrow, and stayed in the government office all day long handling various paperwork and government affairs.

From top to bottom in Wu County, almost everything can be said to be full of waste.

Prior to this, Li Ji was somewhat in the dark. Matters that could be postponed until the bandits were eliminated and people's hearts were won before consideration could be considered, would usually be postponed until later.

Nowadays, Li Ji is almost personally handling the current problems of Wu County one by one. He has also begun to make a lot of planning arrangements in advance, so that after the bandits are eliminated and the money and food are seized, Wu County can be developed immediately. .

……

Outside the main hall, Liu Bei and Xiahou Bo, who was in charge of the city's security and served as the captain of the bodyguard, crouched in a corner and carefully peered at the bamboo slip document that almost engulfed Li Ji's body, with a deep feeling of pity on his face. .

Liu Bei has been squatting here for an hour, and his feet are numb...

But what made Liu Bei even more distressed was that Li Ji, who was sitting in the main hall of the government office handling documents, hardly even raised his head.

"How long has Zikun been in this state?" Liu Bei asked softly.

"It seems... six or seven days." Xiahou Bo replied.

Liu Bei asked angrily. "Why are you reporting now?"

This made Xiahou Bo completely confused as to how to say anything.

Based on the relationship between Liu Bei and Li Ji, Xiahou Bo couldn't go out of his way to report Li Ji just because he was too diligent on certain days.

Then... what's the difference between that and always taking credit for Li Ji in front of Liu Bei?
  At this moment, Xia Houlan, who acted as Li Ji's scholar and assistant, walked out of the main hall with some difficulty, holding a large number of prepared bamboo slips.

"Mingzheng!"

Suddenly, Xia Houlan seemed to hear her lord's voice, and subconsciously stopped and looked around.

"This way, come here."

It wasn't until the sound rang again that Xia Houlan realized that his lord and brother were squatting in a corner, and hurriedly walked over and asked.

"host……"

But before Xia Houlan could say anything, Liu Bei made a gesture of hissing at Xia Houlan.

After Xiahoulan came closer, Liu Bei pulled Xiahoulan down and asked in a low voice.

"Mingzheng, what's going on with Zikun these days?"

"Is there any problem, sir?" Xia Houlan asked puzzledly.

"has a problem!"

Liu Bei said anxiously. "Zi Kun is not such a diligent person on weekdays!"

Liu Bei's vision is naturally vicious.

In Liu Bei's view, Li Ji was talented and virtuous, and he had attainments in deduction that were difficult for others to understand. Many times, he would even strain his body to perform deductions in order to find a way to win.

However, Liu Bei knew very well that Li Ji's daily style was actually a bit lazy, and he preferred to spend his free time drinking tea and reading.

Even when dealing with various paperwork and government affairs, it is always done in a leisurely manner.

As far as Liu Bei knew, Li Ji called this style "fishing" and "combining work and rest."

"Mingzheng, you are Zikun's book boy. Do you know the reason and time for Zikun's change?" Liu Bei asked.

Xia Houlan tried his best to think about it and answered nervously. "Lord...Lord, I don't know the reason, but in terms of time, it seems that it started the day after Mr. went to Sun Mansion to find the lord."

Liu Bei frowned unconsciously when he heard this.

Xiahou Bo on the side saw this and comforted him. "My lord, Mr. Zikun has become much more diligent. Isn't this a good thing? Why be nervous?"

"Zi Kun consumes a lot of money in conducting deductions. When he occasionally faints, Bei owes a lot to Zi Kun. Now if Kun is still so diligent and tiring on normal days, Bei is afraid that Zi Kun's health will be damaged..."

"Inappropriate! Inappropriate!"

Liu Bei said a few times, and when he was about to stand up, he felt that his lower body was sore and weak, and he squatted down again halfway up.

"Ji Chang, help me."

Xiahou Bo quickly helped Liu Bei, who was squatting with numb legs, and Liu Bei patted his clothes. When he was about to walk in, he saw a servant walking towards the main hall with a tray holding meals.

Liu Bei took three unnatural steps to stop the servant, and then walked into the main hall with the meal in his hand.

Until Liu Bei came to Li Ji's side, Li Ji was still hunched over his desk processing documents, completely unaware of the movement around him.

Liu Bei looked around, then placed the tray on the corner of Li Ji's desk, then filled a bowl of chicken soup himself and pushed it to Li Ji's side, and said softly.

"Zikun, here comes the chicken soup."

When Li Ji heard this, he was suddenly startled. He thought he was hallucinating because he got up so hard today.

Immediately, Li Ji looked up and realized that the man next to him was actually Liu Bei.

Li Ji subconsciously wanted to stand up and salute Liu Bei, but Liu Bei, as if he had expected it, put his hands on Li Ji's shoulders, stopped Li Ji's movement, and said.

"Zikun, there's no need to be polite. Let's drink some chicken soup first."

"Thank you, Lord."

Li Ji responded. Seeing that Liu Bei had already filled up the chicken soup and pushed it in front of him, he could only drink it.

However, just as Li Ji finished drinking a bowl, Liu Bei filled another bowl and pushed it over and asked.

"Is it enough? Zikun, is it enough? If not, I will ask the kitchen to cook more."

Li Ji looked at Liu Bei's sudden concern, which seemed strange today. A large number of inexplicable plots surged in his mind, and he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

There won't be chicken soup in this poison, right?
  Or was there something in the chicken soup that shouldn't have been added?
  Like, charmed me, and then...

Immediately, Li Ji quickly replied.

"That's enough, my lord, how about... you drink some too?"

"I won't drink it anymore. This is the chicken soup prepared for Zikun. Zikun has worked hard these days. Zikun drinks more to replenish his body." Liu Bei said with concern.

Hard?

"What's so hard about Ji?" Li Ji couldn't react.

Liu Bei carefully observed Li Ji's expression and then said.

"In the past few days, Zikun has been dealing with paperwork and government affairs almost non-stop. How can it not be hard?"

Is this considered hard work?
  The Lord probably doesn't know what "007"-style work is all year round. Li Ji feels that these days are just a guilt attack, so he works a little overtime to clear the backlog of paperwork that needs to be dealt with sooner or later.

This made Li Ji, who had been accustomed to certain bull-horse concepts, feel a little uncomfortable being treated as too much of a human being by Liu Bei for a while.

However, this made Li Ji, who had no idea how to explain it to Liu Bei, thought for a moment and could only say.

"As soon as the bandits in Wu County are eliminated, Ji will leave the government office, so I will make some plans in advance..."

However, before Li Ji could finish speaking, Liu Bei's hands holding the soup suddenly shook. The chicken soup spilled on the table and even wet Liu Bei's clothes. However, Liu Bei was completely unaware and got up subconsciously. asked anxiously.

"What? Zikun is leaving?"

Li Ji looked at Liu Bei's extreme reaction and said with a bit of laughter. "Master, please don't get excited. What Ji said is to leave the government office."

"what?"

"Has my lord forgotten about the development of Wu County? Jigao, sitting in the government office, can increase Wu County's grain production and double its fertile land by just talking?"

Li Ji said helplessly.

"To develop Wu County, water conservancy management, pond construction, embankment construction, lake reclamation, etc. are all indispensable, and every step requires Ji to personally inspect the terrain."

"Therefore, after Wu County's government affairs are on track, it will naturally be the time for Ji to leave the government office and go to various places in Wu County for inspections."

When Liu Bei heard this, he was completely relieved, then he frowned slightly and asked.

"Zikun, how about you stay in the government office and send people to draw the terrain map?"

"No."

Li Ji shook his head and directly rejected the proposal and said.

"If the topographic map used for water conservancy development and improvement is slightly biased, the consequences may be disastrous, and others may not be able to see what I want to see."

"So, Ji must do this personally!"

(End of this chapter)