Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

But before Li Can could show a somewhat reassuring expression, Jia Xu changed his tone and said.

"But, even if I believe you are innocent, who would believe it?"

This made Li Can suddenly dumbfounded.

When food enters the granary, it turns from rice into sand. This is an unshirkable responsibility for Li Can, the grain officer who oversees the granary in the camp.

At worst, he would be beheaded for dereliction of duty, at worst, he would be regarded as a greedy food-grabbing rat, and the three clans would be executed at the same time.

"Please help me, Mr. Changshi, and I will definitely repay Mr. Changshi's kindness in this life and the next."

Li Can kowtowed to Jia Xu repeatedly and begged, knowing that his only chance to survive was to seek protection from Jia Xu, the long history official who knew the truth.

Who in Wu County doesn’t know Li Ji’s name?

According to rumors, Chang Shi Jia Xu and Li Ji seemed to be distantly related, so Li Ji often entrusted him with important responsibilities in the hands of Chang Shi Jia Xu.

As long as Chief Shi Jia Xu is willing to protect him, he will surely survive.

In response to Li Can's plea, Jia Xu's face seemed both intolerable and helpless.

This made Li Can plead harder and harder. While kneeling in front of Jia Xu, he firmly grasped Jia Xu's trouser legs with both hands and kept begging for mercy.

"No matter what, who makes me, Jia Wenhe, kind?"

Jia Xu let out a long sigh and said something rather unbearably, then bent down with both hands to help Li Can up from the ground and said.

"It's cold on the ground. Get up and talk, but don't get frozen."

For a moment, Li Can didn't know that he was not frozen yet, but Li Can felt that he was so moved that tears could not stop pouring out of his eyes.

Really, I cried to death, Mr. Changshi is so gentle.

"Besides, since I know that you are innocent, I can't just stand by and watch." Jia Xu said in a gentle tone to comfort Li Can.

"From now on, whenever Master Changshi orders me, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Li Can spoke excitedly, looking at Jia Xu with the light of die-hard loyalty and longing in his eyes.

However, Jia Xu obviously would not leave any excuse for him to form a clique for personal gain. Even though he knew that Li Can's death was not far away and that he was just a tool who had been kept in the dark from beginning to end, Jia Xu still would not take the risk. kind of risk.

"Li Can will die if he dies, but he must not leave the image of dying for me, Jia Wenhe, in front of the Lord. What does that sound like?" '

Thoughts flashed through Jia Xu's mind, but his expression was gentle and peaceful.

"If you try your best to serve the lord with all your heart, you will live up to my protection for you."

"Yes, Lord Changshi."

Li Can responded quickly, and then asked nervously. "Lord Changshi, what should we do with these grains?"

Jia Xu pondered for a while and then said.

"You must not make any noise about this matter. You can find two or three confidants and tie these sacks again. You must not let others know that the bags are filled with sand, otherwise your life will be at stake."

Li Can's heart trembled, and he nodded quickly in response.

As Jia Xu said before, the granary is under the control of grain officer Li Can. Whenever something happens to the granary, Li Can has an unshirkable responsibility.

Jia Xu's voice became more solemn as he said.

"As for the person who is really greedy for food, I am afraid that he is in a high and powerful position. I still need to contact the county magistrate with a letter, and the county magistrate will personally mobilize people to investigate secretly, so as not to alert the snake. Until then, you can just treat this matter as if you don't know anything about it. "

"Yes."

Li Can responded, then frowned and asked carefully. "But the granary needs to mobilize a large amount of food every day to make porridge and distribute it to the refugees. What should we do?"

"This is easy."

Jia Xu said casually. "If you are ordered to mix one bushel of dendrobium, you will only produce two bushels, and so on."

Li Can said with some sadness. "The porridge cooked in this way may not meet the requirements of Master Gongcao that chopsticks can be placed on it."

Jia Xu said calmly. "If you want to put your chopsticks on the porridge, I'm afraid your head will be hanging on the door soon."

Immediately, these words made Li Can's whole body tremble.

"And the distribution of food is also under my control. If you want to save your life, I will just turn a blind eye."

Jia Xuyu said sincerely, as if all this was just because of Li Can's previous pleas and to save Li Can's life.

This made Li Can no longer dare to question, and he thanked Jia Xu repeatedly with tears in his eyes.

Afterwards, Jia Xu once again reminded Li Can that Li Can should try his best to keep the matter secret and must not leak it to the outside world, and then he left the granary and returned to the big tent.

As he returned to the tent, Jia Xu's image of a gentle gentleman immediately dropped a lot, and he squeezed out three words from between his teeth.

"Li! Zi! Kun!"

There is a huge difference between being full and not starving to death.

Jia Xu has clearly guessed that not only this time's baggage train, but also the food delivered by subsequent baggage trains will only be roughly 20% of the surface, just enough to prevent the refugees from starving to death. Jian Yong's previous purpose of distributing food was to feed the refugees, while Jia Xu's mission was not to let the refugees starve to death, not to cause chaos among the refugees, and not to damage Liu Bei's reputation.

This is really a bitch, and you also have to build a memorial arch.

In fact, Jia Xu already smelled that he was taking the blame.

It's a pity that Jia Xu, as a famous non-stick cooker, immediately found Li Can, who was the one who knew the secret.

'However, Li Can's position is still a bit low. I still need to show an attitude of attaching great importance to him, and on the surface I will leave all matters to Li Can. In this way, even if the matter is exposed, The grievances of the refugees can be directly quelled with Li Can's head. '

Jia Xu thought silently, and then began to make a series of back-up arrangements, and began to insert some people into the refugees to be ready to guide public opinion.

In the next three days, under Jia Xu's instructions, Li Can gradually reduced the amount of food used to make porridge, from 80%, 70%, 60% and finally 20%.

That porridge is getting thinner and thinner!

And after the original 50% was reached, Jia Xu discovered that some strong hooligans among the refugees began to secretly rob the old, weak, women and children of the porridge when they were given a bowl of porridge and were not full.

This made Jia Xu put a patch on it again, and asked Li Can to add a handful of sand to the porridge to ensure that every bite would be sour and satisfying.

I'm not really hungry. I definitely can't drink this gruel easily.

And public resentment gradually began to sprout.

Although there is a three-day buffer period to gradually reduce the consistency of the porridge, the refugees are obviously not fools.

Perhaps the majority of honest and grateful refugees did not say a word, but a considerable number of local ruffians began to protest and cause chaos frequently, and even began to secretly organize people to cause trouble.

However, all those little moves undoubtedly could not escape the eyes of Jia Xu, who had been observing secretly.

Those local hooligans who wanted to cause chaos quietly disappeared in the crowded and chaotic refugee camp at night.

Wu County's "civil workers" are always short of manpower. These local ruffians can teach the seniors who were bandits and bandits a lesson and contribute their own strength.

Different from the relatively loose management of the refugee camps, the "civil laborers" are essentially prisoner-of-war camps that implement the most stringent and cruel militarized management.

It's just that Jia Xu can easily deal with those local gangsters who intend to cause chaos, but for a considerable number of refugees who frequently protest, Jia Xu can only guide public opinion and throw the problems on Li Can.

Anyway, in Jia Xu's opinion, this refugee camp is basically just a place similar to a transit point.

With Li Ji's ability, it won't take long to find a way to resettle the refugees and disperse these large numbers of refugees to different areas.

After everything is over, Li Can's head can be used to spread the message to all parts of Wu County, and all grievances can be easily settled.

Just when Jia Xu was about to secretly inspect the porridge distribution points in the homeless camp again, Jian Yong suddenly broke into Jia Xu's camp, looking very angry.

"Jia Wenhe!"

Jian Yong walked up to Jia Xu in three steps at a time. Before Jia Xu got up to salute, he placed the bowl of porridge in his hand heavily in front of Jia Xu.

boom!
A somewhat harsh sound.

Jia Xu lowered his head and looked at the gruel in the bowl. There were scattered rice grains floating in the small bowl about half the size of a palm. He picked up all the rice grains and pinched them tightly. It was roughly the size of a meatball, and it was still vaguely visible. Occasionally, some sand, pebbles and other debris drifted into the bowl.

"Xianhe, what's the problem?" Jia Xu asked calmly.

"Nothing?"

Jian Yong was even more furious and shouted. "Is this bowl of porridge for human consumption? I'm afraid it's not even pig food!!"

Jia Xu chuckled lightly and asked.

"Are hungry refugees still considered human beings?"

"you!!"

Jian Yong's eyes widened, it was unimaginable that Jia Xu could actually say such words, so that the fingers pointing at Jia Xu started to tremble a little, and he said.

"You have betrayed my lord's trust and betrayed the trust of all the people. I will report this matter to my lord and Mr. Zikun and have you punished!"

"Please."

Jia Xu still looked indifferent and responded disapprovingly.

And Jia Xu's confident posture made Jian Yong so angry that his blood surged, and there was an obvious flush on his face, and he shouted.

"Before that, hand over the food you have hidden immediately, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

"food?"

Jia Xu glanced at Jian Yong and replied calmly. "The food delivered regularly by the baggage train team has already been cooked into porridge."

"Nonsense!"

Jian Yong shouted angrily and said.

"Before I came, I also checked the storage records of the granary. The grain sent from Wuxian County continued to increase every day according to the increase in the number of refugees in the refugee camp."

"You, Jia Wen, are greedy for money, so you must have some restraint. These are the food for the refugees to survive. How dare you get involved?" (End of Chapter)