Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji pondered for a long time, and countless beautiful and timeless love phrases flashed through his mind. He hesitated over each stroke, ultimately choosing what he was best at.

Immediately, Li Ji took another piece of silk, found a charcoal block, and began to draw on the secured fabric.

As a failed art student, he naturally had to look the part.

Failing the exam was one thing, but Li Ji had absolutely no problem with basic figure sketching.

Perhaps Cai Zhaoji wasn't before his eyes at this moment, but Li Ji had to admit that the fleeting glimpse he caught of her in the Cai mansion had left a deep impression on his heart.

After a long while, as Li Ji completed the final stroke on the silk, a lifelike, elegant, and beautiful woman seemed to gaze at Li Ji with affection from within the fabric.

"My skill hasn't declined, but has actually improved a bit…"

Li Ji admired his work with considerable satisfaction, but couldn't help but complain, "If I had this level of skill in my previous life, I wouldn't have failed the exam."

Immediately, Li Ji carefully folded his sketch and placed it in his cloth bag, just as he was about to seal it.

After thinking about it, he also put the reply with only the word "miss" written on it into the bag.

By the time Li Ji realized it, he suddenly discovered that he had wasted a full hour, which made him feel a little lost.

'Women, as expected, only affect the speed of conquering the world.'

An hour, enough for him to do so much serious business!

Li Ji reflected on his actions three times and decided that from today onwards… he would quit drawing!

Drawing was simply too time-consuming.

Afterward, Li Ji slightly composed himself and began to deal with the official duties that had piled up for several days. Documents and reports were constantly being reviewed and approved by Li Ji.

The preliminary market of the wall-less city surrounding the "Benevolence Academy" had been completed, as reported by the Mi family;

A summary of the scholars' achievements in challenging the "Four Crossings of the Red Water";

Regarding the search for famous doctors, Hua Tuo's whereabouts were still unknown. It was only known that he had been traveling around Qingzhou a month ago to treat the plague, but the Upright and Honest Zhang Ji (courtesy name Zhongjing) had been found in Nanyang.

Seeing the content sent back by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who had been dispatched to the Central Plains to confirm the trend of major disasters and plagues, as well as to find famous doctors, Li Ji couldn't help but feel a burst of joy.

Hua Tuo traveled around the world, treating people and curing diseases everywhere, so finding him was indeed not easy.

However, Zhang Zhongjing was obviously much easier to find than Hua Tuo. Zhang Zhongjing was a native of Nanyang and did not have the habit of wandering around. More importantly, Zhang Zhongjing was from a noble family and had been recommended as Upright and Honest by the local government.

In this way, things would be much simpler.

Li Ji immediately issued a document in the name of Liu Bei, conscripting the Upright and Honest Zhang Zhongjing to Wu Commandery to serve as an official. This not only complied with the procedures of the Han Dynasty but also gave Zhang Zhongjing no reason to refuse.

As long as Zhang Zhongjing arrived in Wu Commandery, wouldn't the dean of the medical school be in place?

Moreover, Wu Commandery in Yangzhou was fine, with a low proportion of dense forests, but after leaving Wu Commandery, the further south one went, the more miasma there was.

Li Ji knew very well that the so-called miasma of this era was mostly diseases such as malaria, dysentery, and jaundice, which required sufficient medical support to be gradually eliminated.

Furthermore, the plague that broke out in the Central Plains this time served as a reminder to Li Ji.

The direct factors that led to the sharp decline in the population in this era were often famine and plague.

Among them, Li Ji had the ability to solve the famine, but the plague was beyond Li Ji's ability and required famous doctors like Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo to solve.

Therefore, among the refugees who fled to Wu Commandery this time, Li Ji had specially sought out doctors in distress, intending to establish a medical school to cultivate doctors on a large scale.

Zhang Zhongjing or Hua Tuo were the best candidates for dean in Li Ji's vision, and Li Ji favored Zhang Zhongjing the most!

Hua Tuo was best at various surgical operations, while Zhang Zhongjing was the opposite, more proficient in internal medicine.

And what Wu Commandery needed most now was internal medicine talents like Zhang Zhongjing.

Therefore, confirming Zhang Zhongjing's situation undoubtedly relieved Li Ji of a heavy burden.

Moreover, Wu Commandery was now carrying out "work-for-food" on a large scale, and those refugees who fled to Wu Commandery might also suffer from various diseases, which required sufficient doctors to solve.

Perhaps, no one has noticed this potential problem yet, but Li Ji, as the person in charge of the affairs, needs to prepare as soon as possible.

Moreover, Li Ji had previously asked the Mi family to use their channels to purchase various medicinal materials from the three states of Jing, Yang, and Xu as much as possible, and then the Wu Commandery government would purchase them in the official name.

Thinking of this, Li Ji specially looked for documents and reports related to medicinal materials, confirmed that the purchase of medicinal materials was still progressing steadily, and a large number of medicinal materials had been stored in warehouses under the management of many doctors.

However, even so, Li Ji was still a little uneasy and approved to continue increasing the purchase of medicinal materials.

Li Ji would rather spend a lot of money to let the medicinal materials gather dust than allow a shortage of medicinal materials to occur.

Immediately, Li Ji opened the next official document, which instead made Li Ji fall into deep thought.

Liu Zhang is about to arrive in Wu Commandery…

However, Li Ji has not yet fully clarified his attitude towards Liu Yan and his son Liu Zhang.

How to receive Liu Zhang is a question that needs to be carefully considered.

The 300,000 shi of grain is still in the fleet following Liu Zhang.

Li Ji had no chance to really get to know Liu Zhang before.

Historical records of Liu Zhang's ability and personality are also quite vague, generally only showing that Liu Zhang was cowardly, suspicious, and somewhat concerned about the people.

However, Li Ji never underestimated anyone who could be famous in history.

Moreover, Liu Zhang at this moment was not much older than Li Ji and was still very young. Perhaps his personality was different from the Yizhou Shepherd recorded in history.

"However, one thing is certain, that is, it is not appropriate to let Liu Zhang discover the current situation of Wu Commandery's food shortage, otherwise the initiative will be in Liu Zhang's hands."

"Also, the matter of instigating Liu Yan to divide the land and become king in Yizhou should not be known to the lord."

Li Ji muttered, and he already had a general idea in his mind.

In short, Liu Zhang should be received away from the refugee camp to avoid being discovered by Liu Zhang, and thus grasping the lifeline of Wu Commandery.

As long as the 300,000 shi of grain is in hand, then the rest of the matter can be discussed slowly.

'Speaking of which, I remember in a certain simulation, Liu Zhang inherited his father's ambition and was also obsessed with beauties…'

Li Ji's fingers unconsciously tapped on the table, and then he quickly ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to escort Meng Ji from the Peach Garden to Dantu County, west of the refugee camp.

The beauties, Meng Ji, and Chun Ji, who had appeared in the "Strategy Simulator" before, Li Ji might not know what they looked like, but this did not prevent Li Ji from also selecting a few beautiful embryos from the refugees and placing them in the Peach Garden camp for training.

They are not truly members of the Peach Garden, and their bestowed names are based on their appearance and temperament characteristics, with the suffix "Ji".

Moreover, their training is different from the style of cultivating beauties that the aristocratic families of this era generally used. Li Ji used more of the set from his previous life.

Li Ji even specially cultivated a Yu Ji who specialized in Cao Cao, the kind of mature woman and wife temperament that still needs a few years to slowly settle down.

As for Meng Ji, she was true to her name.

Those big eyes that seemed to be able to speak were so cute that they could make people bleed.

Immediately, Li Ji went to report to Liu Bei about Liu Zhang's arrival.

The main reason was that this matter could not be concealed, and Liu Bei worshiped Liu Yan as his uncle. In a sense, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei were of the same generation. Liu Zhang could be regarded as Liu Bei's stinky younger brother.

As for why Liu Zhang would call Liu Bei "Imperial Uncle" in history, it was entirely because Emperor Liu Xie recognized Liu Bei as "Imperial Uncle", and the world should not consider themselves above the Emperor in seniority and be of the same generation as Liu Bei, so they all respectfully called Liu Bei "Imperial Uncle".

And when Liu Bei heard that Li Ji had asked Liu Yan for grain in a letter, and then Liu Yan sent his youngest son Liu Zhang to deliver the grain to Wu Commandery in person, he was surprised, delighted, and suspicious at the same time, saying.

"Zikun, I still know a little about Uncle Liu Yan's personality. He may not be such a people-loving person in his heart. There may be some… conspiracy?"

There was a trace of solemnity in Liu Bei's tone, and the joy was gradually replaced by doubt.

Obviously, Liu Yan, a person who would not get up early without profit, had also left a deep impression on Liu Bei, so much so that he became suspicious for a while.

Hearing this, Li Ji then said.

"Lord, soldiers will block, water will cover. Even if Liu Zhoumu has any intentions, the grain sent is what Wu Commandery urgently needs."

"That's also true."

Liu Bei nodded, agreeing with him.

Liu Bei borrowed a circle of grain in Xuzhou. Although Liu Rong, the King of Langya, made a good start, so that the other prefects in Xuzhou did not have too many excuses to refuse, they had to generously donate, but it also made Liu Bei deeply realize the difficulty of borrowing grain.

And most of the prefects still did not agree to lend grain, but only agreed to transfer a batch of grain in the name of their own prefect to provide disaster relief, and try to ensure that the refugees passing through Xuzhou could smoothly go south to Wu Commandery.

In Liu Bei's view, perhaps those prefects did not want to help the refugees in their hearts, but simply wanted to save face and did not want those refugees to die on their own territory. At that time, they might have to use manpower to clean up, otherwise, there might be a risk of plague.

This left Liu Bei feeling rather disheartened, weary, and deeply moved that his son, Zikun, shared his ideals, both being benevolent individuals who would spare no expense to save and love the people, loyal to the emperor and loving their country. (End of Chapter)