Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator.

If the various commanderies of Yang Province cooperate, the number reported to the imperial court could very well be that each commandery has resettled 130,000 displaced people.

As for what the reality actually is, would the Son of Heaven, far away in the deep palace, indulging in wine pools and meat forests, know?

No!

Would the court officials, preoccupied with vying for power and profit, care about the situation after the displaced people are resettled?

No!

The various changes in the localities, when gathered at the imperial court, are just a bamboo slip and a few small words.

As long as the commandery administrators of each commandery cooperate and remain silent, then it will be that each commandery in Yang Province has resettled 130,000 displaced people. Then, the other commandery administrators, thinking they have gained an advantage, will use this as a merit to proclaim that the Great Han is still a scene of peace and prosperity.

Li Ji's lips curled into a slight smile, and then he wrote a "Yes" in his reply to Jia Xu, and by the way, asked Jia Xu to observe the military preparedness of each commandery when he inspected them.

Subsequently, Li Ji issued an order to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, instructing them to gradually begin spreading the word in the various commanderies of Yang Province according to what Jia Xu wanted, to ensure that this news reached the ears of the commandery administrators of each commandery.

Now, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has gradually begun to develop towards the entire territory of Yang Province and Xu Province. Perhaps it is a bit difficult to grasp the details of the intelligence of the large and small officials of each commandery, but it is not difficult to spread some news.

With Jia Xu's reply, Li Ji had a clear outline of Jia Xu's progress, and he was confident in solving the resettlement problem of that group of displaced people.

"Knock knock!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter!" Li Ji said.

Zhao Yun pushed the door open and cupped his hands. "Mr. Zikun, the time has come. Liu Zhang, the son of the Governor of Yi Province, is about to prepare to return to Yi Province."

Li Ji nodded, sealed up the important bamboo slips on the table, and then tidied up his robes before heading to the ferry under Zhao Yun's guard.

When Liu Zhang came from Yi Province, he had a full dozen large ships, loaded with 300,000 dan of grain.

Now that Liu Zhang, who had stayed in Dantu County for nearly five days, was about to return to Yi Province, Li Ji, adhering to the principle of reciprocity, in addition to sending a hundred or so catties of dried Taihu fish as a local specialty, also presented several volumes of classical Confucian texts as a return gift, as a token of his feelings.

However, while Liu Zhang was naturally quite happy that Li Ji came to see him off in person, his small eyes still looked to the rear from time to time, seemingly still hoping for the appearance of a certain figure.

"Jiyu, what are you looking for?" Li Ji asked, feigning ignorance.

Liu Zhang bit his teeth slightly, but still couldn't help but take the initiative to speak.

"Why don't I see Miss Mengji?"

"So Jiyu wants to see the songs and dances of Wu again at the time of parting, hahaha..."

Li Ji smiled and patted Liu Zhang's shoulder, just like a close friend, and said.

"When Jiyu visits Wu Commandery again next time, I will definitely arrange the songs and dances of Wu to entertain Jiyu, so that Jiyu can enjoy them to his heart's content."

Liu Zhang opened his mouth, but couldn't say the words in his stomach completely for a long time.

The songs and dances of Wu are indeed wonderful, but what makes Liu Zhang linger is undoubtedly Mengji herself.

However, Liu Zhang also knows that now is not the time for him to enjoy himself, and he needs to show everything to satisfy Liu Yan, so Liu Zhang also does not dare to take the initiative to ask for Mengji.

However, Liu Zhang is also a little worried that perhaps before his next visit to Wu Commandery, Mengji will have already become someone else's, and be given to others by Liu Bei.

Therefore, Liu Zhang gritted his teeth, secretly reminding himself of his importance to Mengji, and then said.

"Next time, I will have to appreciate Miss Mengji's ditty again."

"Don't worry, I will definitely tell Mengji to practice hard and wait for Jiyu's arrival next time to perform again." Li Ji agreed with a smile.

Liu Zhang said again. "It's a deal..."

"A gentleman's word is as good as a bronze chariot!"

Li Ji's repeated affirmative answer made Liu Zhang feel a lot more at ease.

After that, Liu Zhang stepped onto the ship for his return journey, going upstream along the Yangtze River back to Ba Commandery.

After Liu Zhang's figure completely disappeared from sight, Li Ji's first thing upon returning to the county office was to have Zhao Yun bring Gan Ning over.

Five days of anxious waiting had made Gan Ning, who was restless, seem to have lost a circle of weight, and even the impatient temperament he exuded seemed to have been worn away for the most part.

Upon seeing Li Ji for the first time, Gan Ning was actually able to restrain himself from directly asking.

Li Ji didn't mean to beat around the bush, and directly stated the result, saying.

"Gan Xingba, Liu Jiyu will not pursue the Gan family. Jiang Zhi, the Assistant Administrator of Ba Commandery, has been dismissed from his post but will not face imprisonment. Your Jin Fan pirate subordinates have been disbanded."

"In addition, later, you only need to write a letter, and I will send someone to Ba Commandery to bring the letter to the Gan family, so that the Gan family of Ba Commandery can move away from Ba Commandery as soon as possible. In the future, even if Liu Jiyu intends to settle accounts after the autumn, there will be no worries,"

It can be said that Liu Zhang was completely fooled by Li Ji in this regard.

Except for Jiang Zhi, the Assistant Administrator of Ba Commandery, who naturally needed to be held accountable for the assassin incident committed by the person he recommended, being dismissed from his official position, but not facing imprisonment, was obviously already quite generous of Liu Zhang.

If it weren't for Li Ji's fooling, I'm afraid that these people related to Gan Ning, from top to bottom, would have been dealt with all over the place. The best result would be that the men would be beheaded or exiled, and the women would be changed to slave status and used as slaves.

Hearing this result, Gan Ning finally let out a long sigh of relief, and then bowed to Li Ji, saying.

"Gan Xingba will never be able to repay your great kindness in the future, even if he is crushed to pieces."

"There's no need to be crushed to pieces."

Li Ji said.

For Li Ji, under Liu Bei's command, he neither had the idea of forming factions for personal gain, nor was there any need for it.

It's not to say that Li Ji is worried that forming factions will arouse Liu Bei's jealousy and suspicion, but considering that if Li Ji really forms a faction, Liu Bei will instead take the initiative to join his faction, then what's the difference between forming a faction and not forming a faction?

Immediately, Li Ji threw a bamboo slip in front of Gan Ning and said.

"After Liu Jiyu left, I have secretly gathered your Jin Fan pirate brothers who were disbanded in place, and Jiang Zhi is also among them."

"And I need you to lead these Jin Fan pirates to the sea to become pirates, and make a good fuss according to the targets recorded on the bamboo slip. I want you to spread the prestige of the 'Jin Fan Pirates' so that no one along the coast of Xu and Yang provinces does not know it."

Gan Ning picked up the bamboo slip, and his expression was filled with a hint of excitement, and he respectfully agreed.

For Gan Ning, being a "thief" can be regarded as a dream, otherwise Gan Ning would not have risked lowering his status and claiming to be the "Jin Fan Pirate" in an environment like Ba Commandery.

Being far away from Yi Province, without the Gan family's constant beatings, is tantamount to letting Gan Ning let himself go.

"It's just..."

Gan Ning hesitated for a moment and said. "I don't have a boat, please tell me where there is a boat, and I will lead my brothers to rob a boat first."

??!!

Li Ji.

Li Ji was initially worried that Gan Ning might resist, but he didn't expect that Gan Ning had completely integrated into his role before he had even left his sight.

Rob a boat!

He really is a thief leader!

If it weren't for the fact that Gan Ning still had considerable use for Li Ji, he might really have dragged Gan Ning down and chopped him up.

Gan Ning's habit makes it impossible for him to eat three bowls of white rice from the regular army in his life, and the military discipline and style of the Jin Fan pirates under his command must not be much better.

Even if Li Ji's original intention was to let Gan Ning pretend to be a pirate, he didn't let Gan Ning surpass it.

This made Li Ji couldn't help but open his mouth to beat him.

"Gan Ning, don't forget that you are nominally a pirate, but in fact you are already a general under the lord. If you commit indiscriminate killing of innocents, don't blame the merciless military law."

Feeling Li Ji's somewhat playful gaze, Gan Ning shuddered inexplicably and quickly responded.

"Yes."

Just as Li Ji was about to let Gan Ning go down to settle the three hundred Jin Fan pirates first, Gan Ning suddenly said something that made Li Ji a little confused.

"Mr. Zikun, may I ask your name, so that I can always remember your kindness in my heart."

???

Li Ji.

This time, even Li Ji was stunned for a long time before asking. "You don't know me?"

"I don't know you." Gan Ning shook his head and replied straightforwardly.

"Then what did you call me just now?" Li Ji asked again.

"Mr. Zikun, ah." Gan Ning replied again.

"Then try calling me just two words." Li Ji said helplessly.

"Zikun..."

Suddenly, Gan Ning said with some realization. "So, sir, your style name is not 'Zikun', but your given name is 'Zikun'."

After a pause, Gan Ning then asked. "Then may I ask what your surname is?"

Li Ji finally understood that Gan Ning had never heard of him at all, and after their first meeting, Gan Ning was either running around or being locked in a room and not allowed to go out, so that Gan Ning didn't even know Li Ji's name until now.

"My surname is Li, my name is Ji, my style name is 'Zikun', and I am the Assistant Administrator under Liu Xuande, the Governor of Yang Province and Administrator of Wu Commandery."

Li Ji simply introduced himself before sending Gan Ning out to deal with the Jin Fan pirates.

After Gan Ning left, Li Ji couldn't help but sigh to Zhao Yun, saying.

"In the past, I thought that the name of Li Zikun had spread throughout the Great Han, but I didn't expect that I was just being self-righteous. There are many people in the world who don't know me!"

"Sir's name will surely be no less than that of Marquis Liu sooner or later, so that countless people will sing it for thousands of years." Zhao Yun replied matter-of-factly.

Li Ji waved his hand, and said with a smile on his face. "Zilong doesn't need to comfort me, I was just feeling emotional for a moment."

In the end, Li Ji's reputation was mostly known among the scholars in the Central Plains region. Besides that, it spread again from Yangzhou after the establishment of the "Rende Academy."

However, Yizhou was located in the Shu region, which was already remote. Some small places weren't even aware that the reign year had changed for three to five years, let alone the reputation of Li Ji, a mere assistant administrator.

As for Gan Ning, he wasn't part of the scholar circles to begin with, and he was also in Ba Commandery, far away from the Central Plains. To understand outside information, besides official court documents, he only had two channels: merchant exchanges and correspondence between aristocratic families.

Li Ji thought about it carefully and wasn't surprised that Gan Ning didn't recognize his name!