Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Even, as long as the issue of the Shanyue people is resolved.

With examples and templates in place, it might be possible to encourage the various Nanman tribes to actively align themselves with the Han people.

For the arduous task of developing the land south of the Yangtze River, every single laborer is undoubtedly valuable.

And this is precisely why Li Ji places such importance on the Shanyue people of Wu and Kuai.

As long as they are properly settled and guided to contribute to Wu County in a mutually beneficial manner, Li Ji will be able to establish a strategy of peaceful coexistence with the southern barbarians for Liu Bei's group in the future.

Of course, all of this is predicated on Liu Bei's group being strong enough to make the Shanyue and Nanman fear the might of the Great Han, and then win them over with kindness, supplemented by mutual benefits. Only then is it the kingly way!

As the military report from Fuchun Mountain was transmitted back to Wu County, the result was exactly as Li Ji had predicted.

'The Shanyue have no choice. Coupled with the sufficient hope given to them, they have chosen to surrender.'

When this news was received, Li Ji had not yet reacted, but Liu Bei appeared quite excited and said.

"To subdue the enemy without fighting, and to make them willingly serve to atone for their sins, is truly brilliant."

"My lord, this is just a small, clever trick. Right now, we urgently need to establish a mutual market in Fuchun Mountain to gain the trust of the Shanyue, and even more so to prevent the elderly, weak, women, and children in the mountains from starving to death in large numbers due to short-term food shortages, which would lead to a deepening of the conflict between the Shanyue and the Han people," Li Ji said.

"Look, Zikun, you're doing it again. Young people should have more confidence and vigor. Being overly humble like this is not good. If possible, it would be perfect if you and your second brother could moderate each other a little."

Liu Bei commented with some helplessness.

After all, the Shanyue people of Yang Province have been a problem that has persisted since the founding of the Great Han and has never been completely eradicated. Now that Liu Bei has personally reviewed the plan written by Li Ji, he deeply understands that once the Shanyue take the first step, it will be completely impossible to break away from the Great Han afterward.

What Li Ji calculated was not the hearts of individuals, but the hearts of the entire Shanyue community.

Therefore, Liu Bei felt that as long as he maintained a good relationship with the Shanyue for the next three to five years, then the Shanyue would be almost indistinguishable from being completely integrated into the Great Han.

Through the young and strong who "work" in Wu County and the technology brought back to their tribes, the clothing, writing, food, customs, and so on of the Great Han will gradually and completely influence the changes in the Shanyue.

The Spring and Autumn Annals of Zuo states: "There is the greatness of etiquette and righteousness, therefore it is called Xia; there is the beauty of clothing and regalia, it is called Hua."

Liu Bei also quite agrees with this statement.

As long as the Shanyue are completely integrated into the Han people, Liu Bei believes that he can regard them as members of Huaxia.

However, although Liu Bei's group can be considered to have a wealth of talent, the various undertakings are also expanding more and more.

Not to mention that Jia Xu has already arrived in Kuaiji County to join Gan Ning, and has firmly controlled Guo Yi, secretly wielding the power of the prefect.

Therefore, in order to ensure that all the county towns of Kuaiji County are brought under control, Liu Bei secretly transferred a large number of trusted officials and scholars to Kuaiji County to assist.

In addition, disaster relief through labor, shipbuilding factories, the Ren De Academy, the Wall-less City, the Physicians' Academy, and so on all require manpower.

Therefore, in the selection of people to establish and preside over the mutual market, not only Li Ji, but even Liu Bei, who is most familiar with the personnel matters of Wu County, was somewhat troubled for a while.

In the end, Liu Bei thought of a candidate and said.

"Zikun, what do you think of Mi Fang?"

"Mi Fang?"

Li Ji does not have a good impression of this person, so he has never intended to reuse him.

Therefore, although Mi Fang also has a nominal position in the government office, in reality, he is only responsible for the commercial affairs of the Mi family.

It's just that now there is such a shortage of manpower, and the overall situation of the Shanyue matter has been decided, it is also impossible for Guan Yu to continue to lead a large army to be stationed in Fuchun Mountain and be responsible for the mutual market.

Therefore, judging solely from a commercial perspective, Mi Fang would indeed be a quite good candidate.

"Since my lord recommends Mi Fang, then let Mi Fang give it a try," Li Ji weighed it and replied.

Immediately, Li Ji wrote a government order and stamped it with his seal, ordering Mi Fang to go to Fuchun Mountain to be responsible for all matters related to the mutual market, and to conduct barter trade with the various Shanyue tribes.

As for the specific rules for barter trade, Li Ji has basically formulated them perfectly.

Herbal medicines, wood, and some rare birds and animals are all on the list of items that can be exchanged, and those who provide information on various mineral resources will be heavily rewarded.

As for why it is 'discovery' and not 'offering'!

Sorry, all that the sun and moon shine upon is Han territory.

Even in the deep mountains and old forests, they are still the mineral resources of the Great Han, it's just that the Great Han hadn't discovered and mined them before.

Therefore, even if the Shanyue offered the mineral resources, it could only be considered a meritorious discovery at most.

Moreover, the Shanyue themselves do not have the ability to mine and utilize mineral resources, they can only stare anxiously at the treasure mountain.

As for the more than 30,000 young and strong Shanyue who have already laid down their weapons and started labor reform for two months and thirteen days, "disaster relief through labor" is not short of manpower for the time being, and Li Ji plans to arrange for these more than 30,000 people to reclaim arable land.

Just as Wu County's water conservancy is gradually improving, more and more land already has the potential to be converted into arable land, it's just that the Wu County government can't spare any manpower to reclaim it on a large scale for the time being.

Fortunately, these more than 30,000 people can be considered to be playing a role.

After Li Ji methodically arranged the Shanyue affairs, he suddenly thought of a person who had been neglected by him for nearly three months.

"Heh, I was so busy dealing with the Shanyue that I forgot to deal with you."

Li Ji shook his head with some self-deprecation, then took a roll of blank bamboo slips and began to write.

Hereby, the demonic Taoist Yu Ji confuses the people, pretending to be a ghost... Now, behead him!

Li Ji wrote the last word with a blank expression, putting an end to Yu Ji's life.

Previously, Li Ji hesitated to keep Yu Ji because he considered that he might need to communicate with the Shanyue through Yu Ji to guide the Shanyue to integrate into the Great Han.

It's just that things are unpredictable, and now Li Ji has almost grasped the Shanyue of Wu and Kuai in his hands.

Once Li Ji slowly transforms these Shanyue completely into the shape of Wu County, does he still need to worry about not having collaborators? Why keep Yu Ji as a hidden danger?

Immediately, Li Ji handed this warrant to Guo Jia to execute in the prison.

This was the first time that Guo Jia had seen Li Ji personally write an execution warrant for a prisoner after following Li Ji to govern for many days, which made Guo Jia a little curious.

Originally, Guo Jia only needed to hand over this warrant to the prison, and the jailers there would naturally execute the order.

However, out of curiosity, Guo Jia chose to meet the so-called demonic Taoist Yu Ji.

The place where Yu Ji lived in the prison was undoubtedly quite good. After all, Li Ji had considered that there might be a place to use Yu Ji in the future, so he left some affection.

At least compared to other prisoners, Yu Ji's cell had an extra small window, with some sunlight shining into the dim cell.

And in the cell, Yu Ji, who seemed to be meditating, looked a little surprised when he saw the appearance of Guo Jia, a young man, and asked.

"Who are you?"

Guo Jia looked Yu Ji up and down and replied. "A small page of Mr. Zikun."

Yu Ji pondered for a moment and asked. "How is the war in the south?"

"A great victory," Guo Jia replied.

Yu Ji sighed and said. "Then it seems that the old Taoist's death is near. After all, I can't escape this calamity."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Guo Jia asked.

Yu Ji also seemed to have seen through it. He didn't even maintain his meditation posture, and the whole person slumped down softly, saying

"If the war in the south is unfavorable and the Shanyue problem is difficult to deal with, then Li Zikun may use me to try to communicate with the Shanyue. Now that he has won a great victory, it means that the old Taoist has no value in Li Ji's eyes, only a hidden danger."

"In this case, besides death, is there any other way for the old Taoist?"

"You guessed right!"

Guo Jia nodded, then took out the warrant from his sleeve and read it aloud.

When Yu Ji heard the last "behead him," his face turned obviously pale, his mouth opened, but he didn't say anything.

"Do you have anything you need me to bring to the gentleman?" Guo Jia asked.

"Yes!"

Yu Ji seemed to have all his strength drained, and he barely raised his hand and pointed to the bamboo slips placed on the table, saying.

"The old Taoist has practiced in prison for several months, and has gradually realized his own mistakes. To widely recruit believers with such evil ways is indeed a way to seek death. Even if Li Zikun hadn't run into me that day, I would have died at the hands of others sooner or later."

"Self-inflicted sins cannot be forgiven, even if I regret it, it's too late. The old Taoist has nothing to say."

"The bamboo slips record what the old Taoist has learned in his life. It cannot be said to be all-encompassing, but it also includes heaven and earth, yin and yang, the five elements, the ten branches, disasters, medicine, alchemy, and so on."

"It would be a pity for these knowledges to go straight to the Yellow Springs with the old Taoist, so I will leave them to Li Zikun, which can be regarded as the old Taoist leaving some blessings for the common people."

"Please trouble the young friend to pass it on to Li Zikun for the old Taoist. This book is named 'The Book of Great Peace' for good, if it can be used, let him use it."

After these words, Guo Jia had a little more respect for the Yu Ji in front of him, and in turn, he responded and asked.

"Is there any unfulfilled appetite?"

"Yes!"

Guo Jia nodded, ordered the jailer to take out all the bamboo slips, and then privately bought some wine and meat to bring back to Yu Ji.

It was not until Guo Jia witnessed Yu Ji having his fill of wine and food that he ordered the jailer to take Yu Ji to be executed and beheaded.

Afterward, Guo Jia brought the three volumes of bamboo slips named "The Book of Great Peace" back to the government office to report to Li Ji.

Listening to Guo Jia's account, Li Ji's gaze remained unchanged, turning instead to the three scrolls of the "Taiping Qingling Shu."

However, Li Ji did not rush to touch the three bamboo scrolls, but instead had Guo Jia bring a few physicians to check if any poison or the like had been smeared inside the bamboo scrolls.

The Taoists of this era were all capable of causing trouble, and Li Ji would not be careless in the slightest, lest he be taken away by Yu Ji to keep him company.

(End of this chapter)