Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 193: Just Watch Me?

Treasure?

Faced with Liu Bei's praise, Li Ji felt a heavy sense of trust.

A meeting of minds between ruler and subject!

"My lord, Ji is untalented, but I will certainly live up to your praise of 'treasure' and make the people of the world envy you!" Li Ji replied.

To this, Liu Bei said with some smugness, "Haha, no need to wait for the future, even now countless people probably envy me for having Zikun by my side."

Li Ji smiled speechlessly upon hearing this, without the slightest hint of arrogance.

Especially after Gan Ning's previous reaction, Li Ji understood that his reputation was far from resounding in every corner of the Han Dynasty.

In the original timeline, Zhao Zilong, who charged in and out seven times at Changban Slope, and Zhang Yide, who roared and broke the bridge at Dangyang, were seen as nothing more than chickens and dogs in the eyes of General Xing Daorong of Lingling?

Moreover, the ever-victorious General Zhao Zilong, after a lifetime of battles, was almost called an old codger by Jiang Wei when he was nearly seventy years old.

It can be seen how difficult it was to transmit information in this era.

Therefore, Li Ji felt that his current reputation was probably just circulating among the scholar circles, and there was still some distance to go before he was truly known among the lords.

After this rare meal with Liu Bei at a leisurely pace, Liu Bei did not stay in Wu County for long. After bidding farewell to Zhang Fei in a hurry, Liu Bei quickly returned to the refugee camp.

Although the number of refugees in the refugee camp had plummeted, and those who remained were mostly the old, weak, women, and children, considering that the ferry was still continuously transporting refugees.

In order to avoid any unforeseen events and to win over the people's hearts, Liu Bei naturally needed to return to the refugee camp to oversee things.

Before Liu Bei left, Li Ji did not forget to urge Liu Bei to pay attention to the hygiene problems in the refugee camp.

Given Liu Bei's ability as a "Han Dynasty Charisma Demon" and having personally witnessed the refugees' support for Liu Bei, with Liu Bei in charge, Li Ji was not at all worried about any riots. His only concern was whether the harsh environment in the refugee camp would breed any diseases.

At the city gate of Wu County, listening to Li Ji's repeated instructions, Liu Bei did not show the slightest impatience, but felt Li Ji's deep concern.

However, after being mentioned this issue again by Li Ji, Liu Bei suddenly remembered something and said.

"Zikun, rest assured, the Brocade-Clad Guards have already sent news back that Zhang Zhongjing is already on his way to Wu County, but..."

"Has something changed?" Li Ji asked.

"Is that Zhang Zhongjing really as extraordinary in medicine as Zikun says?"

Liu Bei asked with some puzzlement.

Liu Bei naturally trusted Li Ji.

However, as the Brocade-Clad Guards compiled Zhang Ji's information and presented it to Liu Bei, Liu Bei discovered that Zhang Ji was just a young man not yet thirty years old, which greatly contradicted the image of a highly skilled doctor in Liu Bei's subconscious.

Logically speaking, many people of Zhang Ji's age were probably still apprentices, only helping to dispense medicine.

Li Ji couldn't help but smile speechlessly upon hearing this, but he also understood Liu Bei's concerns.

After all, doctors are of great importance. If all kinds of patients in Wu County were entrusted to a mediocre doctor, what difference would there be from disregarding human life?

However, regarding the three divine doctors of the late Han Dynasty: Zhang Ji, Hua Tuo, and Dong Feng, apart from Dong Feng, whose reputation was relatively unknown and Li Ji didn't know much about, Li Ji still remembered some of the deeds of Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo.

Zhang Ji was born into a prominent family in Nanyang. Because he had seen a lot of darkness in the officialdom and the corruption of the court since he was a child, Zhang Ji was not like most aristocratic children who pursued an official position. Instead, he developed the desire to learn medicine and save the people. Therefore, he followed the famous doctor Zhang Bozu as his teacher to learn medicine from an early age.

Therefore, Zhang Ji at this moment may only be a young man of nearly thirty with an inconspicuous reputation on the surface, but in fact, he is already a famous doctor with more than twenty years of medical experience.

"My lord, just watch me?"

Liu Bei was slightly stunned, his gaze subconsciously falling on Li Ji's face, and then he understood what Li Ji meant.

Li Ji is not even twenty years old, so what is his ability?

"I am being presumptuous, I should not judge ability by age."

Liu Bei quickly said, "When Zhang Zhongjing arrives in Wu County, I will definitely treat him well and persuade him to stay in Wu County."

Li Ji nodded and reminded him.

"My lord, Zhang Zhongjing is a member of a prominent family and is wholeheartedly devoted to medicine. It can be seen that he is devout to medicine and kind to patients."

"When you meet Zhang Zhongjing, you must not tempt him with wealth and honor, but persuade him with benevolence and virtue, and state that Wu County intends to establish a medical school similar to the 'Ren De Academy', and invite Zhang Zhongjing to be the head of the medical school to promote medicine and cure diseases and save the world."

Liu Bei nodded, listening to Li Ji's repeated instructions, and completely understood Li Ji's emphasis on Zhang Zhongjing.

Immediately, Liu Bei also instructed Li Ji to pay attention to his health while staying in Wu County and not to overwork himself, before returning to the refugee camp under the protection of Xiahou Bo.

After Liu Bei left, Li Ji once again devoted himself to busy official duties.

Perhaps many trivial matters could be thrown to Gu Yong, who was gaining almost double experience every day, but there were more things that required Li Ji to personally handle.

Relief through work, developing fisheries, and preparing to receive envoys from various counties in Yangzhou…

One official matter after another almost filled all of Li Ji's time. The only time for relaxation was the occasional exchange of letters with Cai Zhaoji.

What Li Ji didn't expect was that Cai Zhaoji's level in painting was also surprisingly amazing.

After Cai Zhaoji received that sketch, when Li Ji received a reply again, it also included a painting.

What was depicted in it was the scene of Li Ji listening to stories with his back to Cai Zhaoji in the Cai Mansion, lifelike, and the beautiful artistic conception conveyed through superb painting skills was at a level that Li Ji couldn't catch up with even if he tried his best.

However, Li Ji didn't expect that Cai Zhaoji originally remembered this scene so deeply in her heart, otherwise, it would be impossible to draw such a painting based on memory alone.

This made Li Ji couldn't help but sigh that Cai Zhaoji was also a "double standard girl". She clearly asked him to turn his back to her and not look, but she herself looked at him carefully and remembered it so clearly.

At the same time, this also made Li Ji realize that his attempt to play art as a failed art student was completely impossible to win against the talented woman Cai Zhaoji.

However, Cai Zhaoji was quite interested in Li Ji's novel sketching, and her letters were full of requests for advice.

As a result, this also added a lot of common topics to the exchange of letters between Li Ji and Cai Zhaoji.

It was just that Li Shu and Li Qin, who often delivered letters in the middle, were suffering. They completely didn't understand why Mr. Zikun and Miss Zhaoji were clearly both in Wu County, but they didn't visit each other, but kept sending letters back and forth.

This made Li Shu and Li Qin, who were thinking about when they could see Li Ji again, quite distressed in secret, and even suspected that the two of them had already become a part of Mr. Zikun and Miss Zhaoji's PLAY.

… …

At the same time, Jinan State, Qing Province.

The great disaster in the Central Plains also had a great impact on Jinan State.

Especially when Cao Cao, as the Prime Minister of Jinan State, took office, he continued his style of setting up five-colored sticks as the Northern Commandant of Luoyang, and almost vigorously rectified official corruption.

In less than half a year, Cao Cao directly removed seven or eight out of ten of the large and small corrupt officials in Jinan State who had been embezzling and perverting the law.

However, before Cao Cao could gradually promote his confidants, suppress and win over local aristocratic families, and begin to slowly gather the military and political power of the entire Jinan State.

The sudden outbreak of the great disaster in the Central Plains almost caught Cao Cao off guard.

Not to mention that some counties and cities in Jinan State itself were affected by drought and plague, what was even more deadly was that Cao Cao had just dismissed a large number of officials and his relationship with the local aristocratic families was quite tense.

Moreover, while there was drought in Jinan State and a constant influx of refugees from the surrounding areas, a large number of Yellow Turban remnants that originally remained in Qing Province were plundering everywhere for food in order to survive, further exacerbating the chaos.

At the same time, the internal government of Jinan State almost fell into a state of stagnation for a time, and a large number of aristocratic families took the opportunity to make things worse, trying to take back the power within Jinan State from the hands of the newly appointed Prime Minister of Jinan State, Cao Cao.

Therefore, since the outbreak of the great disaster in the Central Plains, Cao Cao has been in a state of exhaustion and running around, almost trying his best to barely maintain the internal stability of Jinan State.

At this moment, when Cao Cao received a letter stating that Cai Zhaoji was about to marry Li Ji, and would soon be holding a grand wedding, inviting Cao Cao to attend the ceremony.

Cao Cao, whose face was full of haggardness and exhaustion due to the various problems within Jinan State, had a complex expression on his face and couldn't help but slap heavily on the bamboo slip, saying.

"Does that Liu Da'er really have some kind of strong luck? All the good things have been taken by him!"

This complex and envious statement made Xiahou Yuan, who was standing beside Cao Cao, dare not speak.

Since his elder brother Cao Cao took office as the Prime Minister of Jinan State, Xiahou Yuan knew very well that his elder brother often deliberately paid attention to the movements in Wu County.

First, seven out of ten aristocratic families in Wu County were destroyed by local bandits, and then Liu Bei turned around and destroyed the rebellion launched by Yan Baihu, who called himself "King of Wu of Jiangdong", easily taking control of the entire Wu County, and also seemed to have obtained a huge amount of money and food.

The news that Wu County was accepting refugees almost without rejection and Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence even reached Xiahou Yuan's ears, who was far away in Jinan State.

Every time his elder brother heard news about Wu County, he always sighed secretly, and then quickly made up his mind to solve the problem of official corruption within Jinan State in one go, and return Jinan State to a peaceful state, and he would definitely surpass Wu County.

Unexpectedly, just as my eldest brother had cleverly and legitimately purged all the corrupt officials, big and small, in the Kingdom of Jinan and was preparing to put his abilities to good use, natural and man-made disasters struck one after another.

What even Xiahou Yuan found outrageous was that the imperial court had no intention of providing disaster relief or saving the people, completely washing their hands of the matter and adopting an attitude of letting the various prefectures and commanderies fend for themselves.