Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

Two days later.

The story of Yingchuan's famous scholar Guo Tu being forcibly violated, and the humiliating incident that seemed to have occurred, to the point where Guo Tu lost five teeth afterward, had spread like wildfire throughout Wu County.

Even Li Ji, who usually lived a monotonous life, had heard about this and felt quite sympathetic to Guo Tu's plight.

Subsequently, Li Ji, in his capacity as the Prefectural Assistant, ordered a crackdown within Wu County to further protect the safety of the many scholars who came to Wu County.

The only thing that puzzled Li Ji was when he checked the case files in the county office and discovered, from the descriptions of the thugs by some passersby who had witnessed them,

looking at the restored portrait of the young man, Li Ji felt a sense of familiarity, and the man also spoke with a strong Yan accent…

Although Xiahou Bo's subsequent investigation reported that they were a group of horse traders passing through Wu Commandery, and that they had fled Wu County after committing the crime and were now being urgently pursued.

This could not help but make Li Ji have a guess in his heart…

Moreover, Li Ji tried to deduce it through the "Strategy Simulator" and, according to the various known clues in the case file, the probability that Liu Bei was the mastermind behind all this exceeded 88%.

'Forget it, I'll pretend I don't know.'

Li Ji assumed that Guo Tu must have offended Liu Bei in some way, to the point where Liu Bei, who had always treated people with benevolence and virtue, had even learned to strike from the shadows.

As this matter gradually spread throughout Wu County, Guo Tu was too ashamed to stay any longer and hurriedly left Wu Commandery.

With the victim clearly not caring, this naturally became an unsolved case that no one cared about, only occasionally mentioned in the after-dinner conversations of the people of Wu County and many scholars.

In particular, someone spread the word about Guo Tu's saying, "How do you know if my sword is sharp or not?", and then being forcibly restrained and dragged into the room for humiliation, which made this sentence a laughing stock for a time.

"I wonder if this incident has left a shadow in Mr. Gongze's heart, and whether he will be able to 'rise' again in the future."

Li Ji said with a sigh, but a few smiles could not help but appear on the corners of his mouth.

Sun Ce, who was following Li Ji, said with a matter-of-course expression on his small face. "How can a great man be stagnant by such setbacks? That Guo Gongze calls himself a famous scholar from Yingchuan, so I don't expect him to be so fragile."

"Hopefully."

Li Ji said, and then, under the protection of Zhao Yun and Sun Ce and a group of cavalry, left the city and headed towards the northeast side of Wu County.

Nowadays, the two most important things in Wu Commandery are, firstly, water conservancy; and secondly, the shipbuilding factory.

With the help of many scholars, water conservancy has begun to advance steadily.

The initial preparations for the shipbuilding factory have also been completed, and Liu Bei has personally visited many aristocratic families for help with a large amount of information related to ships.

However, there has been a lot of controversy regarding the site selection of the shipbuilding factory, so that it has not been decided.

Therefore, Li Ji intends to go and inspect it himself.

Worried about Li Ji's safety, Liu Bei once again equipped Li Ji with cavalry led by Zhao Yun as guards.

This left Li Ji feeling a little helpless, but he could only accept Liu Bei's kindness.

After leaving Wu County, Li Ji first went east straight to Lou County for a slight rest, before heading to the coastline again to find a natural harbor suitable as a shipbuilding factory.

Because Li Ji's original intention to establish a shipbuilding factory was to build sea ships.

Moreover, judging from the shipbuilding technology that Liu Bei had sought from various aristocratic families, Li Ji found that by integrating the shipbuilding technologies of various families, they were fully capable of building ocean-going ships for near-sea voyages.

(PS: The end of the Han Dynasty did have this technology. During the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period: Sun Quan sent General Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead tens of thousands of soldiers, floating across the sea to conquer Yizhou, which shows that Eastern Wu at that time had mastered the ability to transport tens of thousands of soldiers across the strait.

This is also Sun Quan's greatest contribution to the entire Chinese nation as the Lord of Jiangdong~)

Therefore, Li Ji initially planned to locate the shipbuilding factory on the eastern coastline of Lou County, with the aim of directly building sea ships.

When Li Ji really saw the sea of this period, he felt that the sea of this period was so beautiful that it made people feel mesmerized, and Li Ji couldn't help but take off his shoes and socks and step on the beach, and then scooped up a handful of clear seawater and sprinkled it forward with force.

"It's so beautiful!"

"This is the sea that is waiting to be developed by mankind like a treasure, and not the polluted sea that will develop mankind in the future…"

Li Ji said with a sigh, looking at the beautiful sea in front of him from afar and with some greed.

Li Ji, who had always been seen as a profound and unpredictable wise man in the eyes of Zhao Yun and Sun Ce, revealed such an expression, but it made Zhao Yun and Sun Ce feel a little uncomfortable.

"Ce'er, come here."

Li Ji said, and Sun Ce immediately walked obediently to Li Ji's side, holding the disciple's salute.

"Ce'er, do you know where the enemy is?" Li Ji asked.

Sun Ce looked in the direction pointed by Li Ji with some confusion. Apart from the empty sea, there was nothing else, and he replied.

"I don't know."

"The enemy is at the end of the sea."

Li Ji said, making Sun Ce a little confused.

"Ce'er, Wu is very small, and the Han Dynasty is also very small, but the sea is so big that it has no boundaries…"

Li Ji patted Sun Ce on the shoulder and said in a deep voice. "Perhaps you are no match for Zilong in cavalry and infantry battles, so why doesn't Ce'er consider naval warfare?"

"How wide is the ground? How can it be wider than the vast sea? Ce'er may not be able to become the strongest person on the water in the future."

Sun Ce understood some of the other things, but he listened attentively to how to defeat Zhao Yun.

For Sun Ce, there was nothing more important in this world than defeating Zhao Yun to avenge his shame, if there was… then it was defeating Zhao Yun twice.

However, Sun Ce couldn't help but raise his own doubts and said. "It's just, where do the enemies on the sea come from?"

"Hahahaha…"

Li Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud and said.

"Under the whole sky, there is no land that is not the king's; on the shore of the land, there is no subject that is not the king's."

"Ce'er has never been to the sea, so how dare you say that there are no foreign enemies on the sea? A great man should open up territory and expand the land, how can he live a lifetime in Wu and waste his life?"

"Perhaps, the land of Wu Commandery is very far from the northern border, but it is very close to the sea. Why doesn't Ce'er lead troops to conquer the sea after he comes of age, so that under the sun and moon of our great Han, all are Han territory?"

It has to be said that these short words completely aroused Sun Ce's chuunibyou heart.

Which Han man does not admire Huo Qubing, which Han man does not want to open up territory for the Han Dynasty and conquer foreign races?

Wu Commandery is very far from the northern border, but it is very close to the sea…

For a time, Sun Ce's eyes looking at the sea in front of him became unconsciously hot.

Li Ji, who had taken the opportunity to coax Sun Ce, continued to look for a suitable natural harbor along the coastline.

Previously, Li Ji had also exchanged naval warfare experience with Jiang Qin and Xu Sheng. Jiang Qin, who relied on a passion for blood and water warfare, was not mentioned for the time being. Although Xu Sheng could also be said to have some experience in water warfare, Li Ji found that what Xu Sheng said was all water warfare on rivers and lakes.

The sea is a completely different copy compared to rivers and lakes.

Therefore, Li Ji couldn't help but move his mind to cultivate Sun Ce, who was only young and had not yet fully formed, into a naval warfare talent.

Anyway, for the entire Han Dynasty, naval warfare is an unfamiliar blank field, so it is better to slowly polish Sun Ce.

In Li Ji's view, the name "Little Overlord of Jiangdong" is not good at all, but reveals a kind of contempt everywhere.

How can a Han man be named "Little"?

Be big!

Sun Ce should go to the sea, and may not be able to become the man who is the "Sea Overlord".

Sun Ce's passionate nature is undoubtedly more suitable for riding the wind and waves on the sea!

Therefore, bringing Sun Ce this time was intentional for Li Ji, and Li Ji even prepared to find a way to coax Sun Ce to stay in the shipbuilding factory and pull up another group of sailors as the backbone.

Although Sun Ce has not officially worshipped Liu Bei as his lord, this is only due to Sun Jian, and Sun Ce has officially worshipped Li Ji as his teacher, and everything is served with the disciple's salute.

Sun Ce's personality may have many flaws, but Sun Ce's emphasis on love and righteousness is also beyond doubt, which is enough.

Even if Sun Ce, who has been trained as a naval warfare talent, returns to Sun Jian's side in the future, the updating and iteration of shipbuilding technology will be one step ahead, and those who start early will often form a generation difference that is difficult to catch up with in a short time.

Therefore, what can Sun Ce, who has no ships, do when the Liu Bei Group, which has fully established the ship's advantage, fights water battles with anyone, that is, the flying dragon rides on the face?

In the sea blueprint depicted by Li Ji, Sun Ce was also unknowingly aroused with endless interest.

"It is rumored that there is a thing in the sea, named Kun…"

"Kun is so big that ten thousand pots can't be stewed, and only one catch can make hundreds of households full for a season."

"It is also rumored that in ancient times, a king stored the supreme treasure overseas, and as long as you find that treasure, you can become the uncrowned king of the sea."

"I have heard from my teacher that there are two strange things overseas that can be used as food, and the yield per mu is ten times that of rice, which can make the world without hunger…"

For a time, Sun Ce, whose entire head was filled, was very excited to hear it. In Sun Ce's small heart, the sea in the description of the respected Mr. Zikun has become a treasure that seems to be infinitely developed.

As long as you can find it in the sea…

"Teacher, I want to go to sea!"

Sun Ce requested with a determined tone, "I want to find the Great Kun for my teacher, to find the Great Secret Treasure, and even more so, to find the wondrous object that can rid the Great Han of famine."

"You're still too young."

Li Ji ruffled Sun Ce's head, employing a strategy of seeming indifference. He was far too skilled at manipulating such a small child.

And Sun Ce truly had the kind of personality that became more impassioned the more he was provoked, loudly proclaiming.

"Gan Luo was sent as an envoy to another country at the age of twelve and was appointed as a high-ranking minister; now I, Sun Ce, am already ten years old, so how can I be inferior to others?!" (End of Chapter)