Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

And just as the new year was approaching, several carriages from Luoyang arrived in Wu County under the protection of a group of personal guards led by Xiahou Bo.

Liu Bei led Li Ji, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other cronies directly to the city gate to greet him.

After the carriage stopped, Lu Zhi slowly walked out of the carriage.

It's just that more than a year has passed, but Lu Zhi looks very haggard.

Even though his clothes were rudimentary before, Lu Zhi's words and deeds were all in the style of a great Confucian, and he had the air of an admirable general.

Nowadays, the scholar's robe that is even more torn and has a few puddings is worn on Lu Zhi. Coupled with the somewhat scattered silver-white hair, the face with deeper wrinkles, and the eyes that seem to have lost a lot of their sparkle, It seems that Lu Zhi is more like a down-and-out old man.

'It's like an old man who has held on to his belief for half his life suddenly completely evaporated. '

This was the feeling Li Ji had when he saw Lu Zhi for the first time.

After Lu Zhi got off the carriage, Liu Bei burst into tears.

"My mentor has suffered a lot. I only regret that his disciples cannot serve him at all times. As a result, my mentor was persecuted by traitors and exiled to the land of Wuhui."

"Xuan De, don't act like a woman. The current situation is like this. What can you do? I just want to be worthy of heaven and earth." Lu Zhi said as he tremblingly helped Liu Bei up.

Lu Zhi patted some of the floating snow off Liu Bei's body and said with a bit of relief in his tone.

"I have heard a lot about what Xuande did in Wu County. It not only made the people of Wu County live and work in peace and contentment, but also gave countless refugees a roof to cover their heads. It is a great good deed."

Liu Bei quickly helped Lu Zhi and spoke humbly. "I have received all the teachings from my mentor, and many wise men have helped me. I dare not take any credit."

Lu Zhi nodded and looked at the group of cronies following Liu Bei. The first person to catch his eye was undoubtedly Li Ji, who was standing at the front.

Before Liu Bei could take the initiative to introduce him, Lu Zhi nodded slightly and praised.

"Zi Kun is more handsome and handsome than a year ago, and he is even more gentlemanly. It is a blessing for the people of Wu County to have you as their prime minister."

"I dare not call myself a gentleman in front of Mr. Lu." Li Ji quickly bowed and responded.

Compared with a gentleman like Jia Xu, the Lu Zhi in front of him can be regarded as a true gentleman in the late Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, where corrupt officials were rampant, Lu Zhi once held a high position and was a great scholar with great reputation. However, Lu Zhi could always be said to be a breeze with both sleeves. When he died, he was only buried in single clothes. He was a model of virtuous people.

Especially in this dirty current situation, Lu Zhi is particularly clear and noble.

Immediately, Lu Zhi did not rely on his reputation at all, and one by one he bowed and made friends with these confidants who came to greet Liu Bei.

After Lu Zhi insisted on seeing them one by one, Liu Bei couldn't wait to speak.

"Teacher, it's cold outside. Please follow your disciples back home quickly to avoid the cold and keep warm. Besides, my teacher has been tired from traveling all the way and needs a good rest."

Regarding his disciple's filial piety, Lu Zhi did not refuse, but nodded and agreed.

"Then it will be troublesome for Xuande."

Naturally, Liu Bei had already prepared Lu Zhi's residence, which was enough for Lu Zhi and his family.

Moreover, Lu Zhi's energy and energy seemed far less than before, but his condition was still relatively good, which also made Liu Bei, who was worried for a while, relax a little.

After all, judging from the average life span of this era, Lu Zhi was already considered an old man, and it would not be unusual for him to die directly on the road to exile.

Especially since Lu Zhi suffered such injustice, he could not have passed away just because he couldn't think about it.

However, Li Ji noticed that Lu Zhi's youngest son, Lu Yu, who came to Wu County with him this time, was only about two or three years old.

This made Li Ji secretly sigh that the old man had indeed been strong and strong in the past two years. He was worthy of being a general who was ordered by the court to take the lead in suppressing the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou alone.

In the next few days, Liu Bei served Lu Zhi almost all the time to fulfill his filial piety and to prevent Lu Zhi from developing any symptoms of acclimatization.

However, Lu Zhi had served as the governor of Jiujiang County and Lujiang County in Yangzhou, and he had already adapted to the climate of Yangzhou. Not only did he not suffer from the sluggishness that other northerners had when they first arrived in Yangzhou, but with Liu Bei's company, his mental state was obviously much better than before.

Lu Zhi also wanted to know what achievements Liu Bei, who once proposed "ruling the world with one county," had made in Wu County, so he simply asked Liu Bei and Li Ji to accompany him to investigate around Wu County.

Although Lu Zhi has never served as the county magistrate of Wu County, his experience of serving as the county magistrate in Yangzhou twice undoubtedly made Lu Zhi very familiar with the overall local situation in Yangzhou.

Just when he started to inspect the city, Lu Zhi suddenly looked at the Shanyue people not far away who were walking in groups wrapped in furs and humming some mountain tunes. His expression suddenly became surprised and he looked at Liu Bei and said anxiously. .

"Xuande, there are Shanyue bandits sneaking into the country. Send people quickly to arrest those Shanyue people. Otherwise, when those Shanyue people find out the situation in the county, they will plunder them."

"Shanyue bandits? Where are they?"

Lu Zhi's anxious voice made Liu Bei become nervous, and he quickly approached Lu Zhi and looked outside the carriage. "Can't be wrong!"

Lu Zhi said with certainty and a bit of anxiety.

"I was appointed the governor of Yangzhou County twice because of the mountain Vietnamese barbarians who caused rebellion and fought with them several times. Other people may not dare to say anything, but in judging the mountain bandits, even if the mountain bandits were wrapped in fur and disguised I will definitely not miss it.”

"Xuande, don't hesitate. It's winter now, and there are few fruits and animals in the mountains. It's the time when Shanyue is in short supply of food and will go out to plunder. If we can't capture these, they may be Shanyue bandits lurking in to explore the way. Follow up with the rest of Shanyue Bandits will swarm in."

At this moment, Liu Bei finally saw clearly the group of Shanyue that Lu Zhi was referring to. He suddenly burst into laughter and hurriedly explained.

"Master Lu Wuyou, that group of Shanyue left the mountains to work as laborers in Wu County?"

"Mountain? Leaving the mountain? Acting as laborers"

Lu Zhi undoubtedly knew these words, but when they were combined, Lu Zhi felt that he didn't know how to understand them.

"Exactly."

Liu Bei nodded and quickly spoke to Li Ji, who was also sitting in the carriage. "Zikun, please explain to Master Lu quickly so that Master Lu won't worry."

When Li Ji heard this, he cupped his hands, and then gave a general explanation of the current situation between Wu Jun and Shanyue.

Facts have proven that people's ability to adapt is sometimes far stronger than imagined.

Even the wolves in Hoh Xil can go further and further away under the temptation of egg yolk pie, not to mention that Shanyue is not a real mountain beast.

Perhaps when they were first forced to work as punishment, the hearts of many mountain warriors were unruly, aloof, and full of resentment.

However, after enjoying the food of the Han people, these mountain warriors could be said to eat without making a sound, and no matter how much they ate, they did not know how to pass through the mountains.

Especially after Wujun's fishery and pickling technology developed, fish with a strong salty taste was an unimaginable delicacy for the lower class people in this era.

Especially the warriors of Shanyue, they were even more squealing after eating.

After all, for the mountain warriors of the past, when they wanted to replenish salt in the mountains, they often directly licked the rock slabs.

Don’t even think about refined salt or fine salt.

Of course, Wu Jun's mastery of sea salt technology essentially violated the Han Dynasty's salt and iron official management system. Naturally, it was classified as confidential by Li Ji and would not be leaked to Lu Zhi.

Wu Jun absolutely did not make any private salt and sell salt. Wu Jun only mastered a technology of drying and preserving marine fish.

As for sea fish being very salty and containing a certain amount of salt, that is entirely inherent in sea fish.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of the court, Li Ji also spread a lot of rumors, claiming that the salty taste of sea fish is a special impurity formed by the fish being exposed to too much sea water. It is harmless to the human body, but it is not salt.

As a result, the wealthy aristocratic families would naturally have no interest in researching this kind of rotten food. Instead, they would despise it as a way for ordinary people to comfort themselves after eating salt.

And this kind of rumor has no impact on ordinary people.

First of all, the price of pickled sea fish is low, and it is a meat that ordinary people cannot eat once a year. It also contains a salty taste similar to salt, which is enough to be sought after by countless people.

Even the common people of the Han Dynasty were like this. One can imagine how the strong men of Shanyue could reach this kind of temptation?
Therefore, the simple idea of ​​earning points to exchange for skills for the tribe and some salted fish to take back to the family may seem a bit outrageous to Li Ji, but it has actually become the good hope of many Shanyue warriors heading to Wu Commandery. .

After Lu Zhi listened somewhat generally, he still found it quite incredible.

It wasn't until the carriage passed by the group of Shanyue warriors, who were still walking forward on their own, that Lu Zhi finally believed that the group of Shanyue warriors had not sneaked in secretly.

"Then how does Wu County tell whether these Shanyue people are coming to Wu County to work as laborers, or whether they have malicious intentions?" Lu Zhi asked with a frown, obviously aware of the hidden dangers contained therein.

"Every Shanyue warrior needs to register in Fuchun Mountain before entering Wu County and will be issued an identity card. They also need to be inspected every time they enter the city."

After a pause, Li Ji then took the initiative to speak.

"Many people in Shanyue are indeed arrogant and rude, and they do not understand my Han etiquette. There were indeed many conflicts in the early days."

"How did Zikun solve it?" Lu Zhi asked.

"In addition to punishing the corresponding Shanyue people, the Wu County officials will further punish them by reducing the number of places issued to the corresponding Shanyue tribes to enter Wu County to work."

Having said this, Li Ji smiled elegantly and said.

"Compared to the direct control by the Han people, the management and warnings from the tribe of origin are undoubtedly more effective, and this will also make those mountain warriors pay more attention to the preciousness of this quota."

"After going back and forth like this, and setting a few more examples, those brave men from the mountains and mountains naturally did not dare to violate the laws of the Han Dynasty." (End of this chapter)