Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Subsequently, Jian Yong finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if some heavy burden had been lifted.

In a very short period, Jian Yong not only needed to quickly establish a refugee camp to accommodate the continuous stream of refugees coming from across the Yangtze River, but also had to be responsible for all the refugees' problems, preventing them from freezing or starving to death, or even causing riots.

This also kept Jian Yong working around the clock for a long time, not daring to relax in the slightest, for fear of any major problems arising.

Now that the most cumbersome and careful task of transferring money and grain had been handed over, Jian Yong's pressure had obviously been greatly reduced, and he even had the energy to say something irrelevant.

"I don't know what the lord and Zikun are thinking. It's already difficult enough to keep those refugees temporarily stable, but they even sent someone to order that those refugees must follow a series of rules related to diet and excretion. It's really troub…"

Speaking of this, Jian Yong immediately shut his mouth, not uttering any disrespectful words, but cupped his hands towards Jia Xu, and hurriedly walked out of the main tent.

Obviously, for such a large refugee camp, and with a continuous stream of refugees being sent to the refugee camp, Jian Yong had almost no spare time, and all kinds of trivial matters, as numerous as the hairs on an ox, needed Jian Yong to handle and solve.

Jia Xu, who had maintained the demeanor of a gentle gentleman throughout, watched Jian Yong leave before leisurely opening the bamboo scroll and began to read.

A moment later.

Jia Xu summarized his task in two words: "Simple."

Jian Yong's handling of the distribution of money and grain could be described as "rough", but there were no major flaws. It was only necessary to continue to "follow the established rules".

But precisely because it was too simple, Jia Xu felt inexplicably uneasy.

Given Jia Xu's somewhat special position in the Liu Bei group, Liu Bei rarely directly bypassed Li Ji to give Jia Xu any tasks, but Jia Xu knew even more clearly that the tasks Li Ji gave him were never simple.

Every time… it was a troublesome high-level game.

"So, where is the problem after all?"

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, unconsciously stroking the texture of the bamboo scroll in front of him, and various chaotic possibilities in his mind quickly formed a line of thought.

This made Jia Xu suddenly stand up, pick up the warrant for mobilizing money and grain, and quickly head towards the area in the refugee camp where grain, clothing, and other supplies were stored.

Coincidentally, Jia Xu heard bursts of cheers from the refugees around him.

"The grain is here again!"

"Lord Liu is truly a benevolent person…"

"Quick, grandson, kowtow to Lord Liu. Don't forget the great kindness of Lord Liu in this life."

"So much grain, as much as the last time it was sent."

…

Jia Xu paused, looking in the direction of the cheers, only to see a supply train escorting the grain coming along the direction of Jia Xu.

Wherever it passed, there were cheers from the refugees, and even the originally numb eyes glowed with a bit of vitality and light.

For them, that was their chance to survive.

Jia Xu didn't say a word, only his eyes were looking back and forth at the supply train.

The grain official in charge of the granary had also noticed Jia Xu's appearance long ago, and hurriedly walked towards Jia Xu and asked respectfully.

"Lord Chief Clerk, are there any instructions?"

Jia Xu waved his hand and said nonchalantly. "It's nothing, let's count the grain into the warehouse first."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the grain official nodded and bowed, before personally supervising the supply train to send the grain bag by bag into the granary.

A large number of refugees gathered around the granary, looking at the grain being sent into the granary with desire and hope in their eyes.

However, the little prestige that Jian Yong had accumulated before and the large number of soldiers stationed around the granary prevented these refugees from acting rashly in the slightest.

It was not until all the grain sent by the supply train had been sent into the granary that the refugees dispersed on their own.

Jia Xu watched the refugees disperse before walking towards the granary with a slightly沉着face.

Seeing this, the grain official also hurriedly迎了up to Jia Xu.

But before the grain official could speak, Jia Xu took out the warrant for mobilizing money and grain and ordered.

"Open the granary, I want to go inside and inspect it."

"Yes."

After checking that the warrant was correct, the grain official understood that his direct superior had changed from Gong Cao Jian Yong to Jia Xu in front of him, and his expression became more respectful. He hurriedly ordered the granary to be opened.

Just as Jia Xu was about to enter alone, he paused slightly, pointed his finger at the grain official, and said.

"What is your name?"

"I am Li Can from Haiyan County, Wu Commandery, styled Ziyao."

Li Can's spirit was shaken, and he replied loudly.

For Li Can, if he could gain the appreciation of the highly powerful Chief Clerk in Wu Commandery, he could be promoted instantly.

"Not bad, not bad, I didn't expect you to be surnamed Li and be from the same family as County Vice Li."

Jia Xu nodded slightly, with a gentle and harmless smile on his face, and then replied. "Li Can, then I will trouble you to come with me to check the grain."

"No trouble, no trouble, it is my honor to serve Lord Chief Clerk."

Li Can said excitedly, and while leading the way for Jia Xu, he did not forget to say excitedly.

"Speaking of which, I heard that my ancestors also moved from the Northern Lands to Wu, and it is possible that there is really some connection with the ancestors of County Vice Li…"

Jia Xu did not correct Li Can, who was so excited that he even spoke a little awkwardly and grammatically incorrectly, but after entering the granary, his eyes turned and quickly locked onto the batch of grain that had just been put into storage.

Immediately, Jia Xu walked to the batch of grain and patted the sack hard with his palm.

A dull sound of patting on the grain.

"Open a hole."

Jia Xu ordered Li Can.

Li Can obeyed, without feeling the slightest bit strange. Instead, he thought to himself that it was no wonder that others were Chief Clerks, and that their sense of responsibility and caution was unmatched by ordinary people.

Immediately afterwards, Li Can drew his saber from his waist and gently made a hole in the sack with a little force.

Rice!

Jia Xu grabbed a handful to check, then reached his hand deep into the hole to his elbow, and then grabbed another handful to take out and check.

Rice!

Although the color was a bit old, it was undoubtedly edible rice, and a handful at random was enough for the refugees outside to break their heads.

Moreover, the slightly old color was normal.

After all, Jia Xu knew very well how the grain in the Wu County granary came from.

Afterwards, Jia Xu reached out and patted the sacks in different sacks one after another, from top to bottom…

Until he patted a sack piled in the middle layer, Jia Xu suddenly felt a slightly different feel and sound.

Before Jia Xu's expression could change, Li Can's expression, who heard the roundabout sound, changed drastically first.

As a grain official, Li Can knew better than anyone what the sound of a normal sack filled with grain would sound like when patted.

This sound is wrong!

Before Jia Xu could speak, Li Can directly drew his saber and made a hole in the sack.

As Li Can withdrew his saber, what came into view was extremely eye-catching sand, which caused Li Can's face to suddenly turn pale.

In the next moment, Li Can suddenly knelt down to Jia Xu, kowtowing repeatedly, crying and begging for mercy.

"I definitely didn't embezzle the grain. I am from Haiyan County, and my whole family is in Haiyan. Being discovered doing this kind of thing would be punishable by the extermination of three generations. I would never dare to do such a thing."

"Lord Chief Clerk, please see clearly! Please see clearly!"

"Moreover… yes, yes, yes! Lord Chief Clerk also saw that this grain was just delivered, it has nothing to do with me at all, please Lord Chief Clerk see clearly."

Just as Li Can was crying with snot and tears, and then his head was about to kowtow.

"Get up."

Jia Xu grabbed Li Can's shoulder, lifted him up, and said. "Don't worry, I know you are innocent."

"Thank… Thank you, Lord Chief Clerk."

Li Can still stood up with some fear and trembling.

Jia Xu patted Li Can on the shoulder, and that gentle and harmless gentlemanly demeanor made Li Can regain some courage.

"Go, check every bag of grain that was sent this time to see how much sand there is in it."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Li Can immediately followed Jia Xu's arrangement and checked the sacks one by one.

After being busy for a while, Li Can came back with a pale face to report to Jia Xu. "Only… only 20% of the sacks are filled with grain."

Twenty percent?

Jia Xu's expression finally changed slightly, and his heart was almost instantly filled with more than a dozen articles comparable to the "Extermination of Bandits Proclamation", wishing he could curse the eight generations of ancestors of the Longxi Li family thoroughly.

However, Jia Xu immediately reacted, the ancestors of the Longxi Li family were not Li Ji's real ancestors…

Jia Xu knew that any task given to him by Li Ji would never be a simple matter, but Jia Xu never thought that Li Ji would be so ruthless.

The embezzlement of grain that the grain official Li Can thought was non-existent…

And in this situation, unless Liu Bei or Li Ji personally ordered it, no one would dare to embezzle grain in this situation.

Given Li Ji's power and status in the Liu Bei Group, gold and silver treasures were readily available, so why would he need to be a vole?

Therefore, the sand must have been ordered to be loaded by Li Ji.

Because they could not let the refugees find out that the grain sent by the supply train had been reduced, otherwise, not only would the morale of the refugees in the refugee camp be unstable, but it would also damage Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence.

Wu Commandery did not have enough grain, and it was impossible to provide enough grain to fill everyone's stomachs, so they could only reduce the supply of grain in this way.

Therefore, Jia Xu's true mission, the one that couldn't be put into writing, became clear: to keep as many displaced people alive as possible, even with the food supply reduced to only 20% of what was originally needed to fill their bellies.

Under Li Can's apprehensive gaze, Jia Xu pondered for a moment, then that gentle, harmless smile slowly reappeared, and he said softly.

"Li Can, don't be afraid, I know this matter has nothing to do with you."

(End of Chapter)