Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Soon after, Zhang Song talked with Li Ji for a while. Feeling that the time was about up, he said goodbye to Li Ji reluctantly.

When leaving, Zhang Song even looked back every few steps.

To Zhang Song, Li Ji was his mentor, his confidant, and the only person in the world who not only understood him but also respected and appreciated him.

However, after Zhang Song left, Jia Xu could no longer hold back and asked Li Ji in a low voice.

"What benefit did Zikun promise Zhang Song that made Zhang Song betray his master without hesitation?"

"Wenhe, please don't slander me..."

Li Ji took a sip of the teacup and replied, "Zhang Ziqiao and I are soulmates. We just happened to meet in a teahouse and chatted for a few more words. What's the benefit?"

After a pause, Li Ji added, facing Jia Xu's look of contempt.

"Besides, Zhang Song is a Han official. Even though he is currently serving under Ji Yu, his every word and action is for the Han. How can he be accused of betraying his master?"

"Moreover, the world will surely be won by the Lord. The far-sighted Zhang Ziqiao's actions may not be out of consideration for Ji Yu's future."

Jia Xu slowed down and digested the thoughts for a while before speaking.

"I have never seen such a shameless person. He originally said that he specially invited me to the teahouse for a gathering, but it turned out that he was just taking the opportunity to meet Zhang Song."

"The former is slanderous words..."

Li Ji opened his folding fan and smiled, then stood up and said.

"The latter is true. Wenhe will enjoy the opera for now. He still has official business to attend to at the government office, so Ji will go ahead."

After saying that, Li Ji bowed slightly to Jia Xu and left with Xu Chu who was guarding the stairs.

Watching Li Ji leave, Jia Xu twirled his beard and suddenly felt that he seemed to have missed something.

The next moment, Jia Xu's eyes widened slightly and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"Damn it, the tea money hasn't been paid yet!!!"

Li Ji couldn't help but smile as he left the teahouse through the secret door and got on the carriage.

It’s not that I can’t afford the tea money, but it’s more cost-effective to get it for free.

Of course, this is also because Jia Xu is a frequent visitor to the teahouse, and Li Ji needs to hide his traces as much as possible so that others do not know that Li Ji has appeared in the teahouse, so it is more appropriate for Jia Xu to pay the bill.

Zhang Song has great justice in his heart and does not care about trivial matters.

Therefore, in order to prevent Zhang Song from being accidentally exposed and beheaded by Liu Zhang, Li Ji naturally needed to be a little careful so as not to attract the attention of those who were interested.

"My Lord, are you going back home?"

Xu Chu confirmed.

Li Ji looked at the sky and saw that it was almost time to get off work, so he spoke.

"Don't go back to the mansion yet, go to the lord."

Even though the issues regarding Yizhou have been generally clarified, there are still some strange things about Jingzhou.

Li Ji needs to communicate some ideas with Liu Bei in advance.

Soon, the carriage started moving and took Li Ji away.

Normally, Li Ji would not like riding in a carriage, but now there are so many people in the city, and whether for the sake of secrecy or safety, Li Ji chose a seemingly ordinary carriage for transportation.

Without mentioning the various political considerations behind the "Great Martial Arts Show", there were naturally more related arrangements after the representatives of various princes and noble families arrived in Wu County. For example: the improved paper was officially named "Suhang Paper".

They will also take this opportunity to completely step onto the stage of the times, skipping the process of slowly flowing out from Yangzhou to the princes and aristocratic families in various states, and directly being placed in front of the princes and aristocratic families.

As a carrier of text, "Suhang Paper" almost completely improved the defects of "Cai Lun Paper".

Compared with the heavy and cumbersome bamboo slips, no one can resist the charm of "Suzhou and Hangzhou Paper".

Moreover, in the past few months, Wujun has established five or six suitable papermaking factories, and the efficiency of paper manufacturing is far beyond what it was in the past.

The government offices in various places in Yangzhou have also initially completed the implementation of replacing bamboo slips with paper, making paper the mainstream.

Relying solely on domestic sales to consume paper is undoubtedly a huge waste.

Therefore, "export" becomes very necessary.

The numerous princely families are undoubtedly the key customers.

And it's not just paper, but also tea and refined salt, which are also the objects that Li Ji plans to "export" in large quantities.

In an era when the emperor and the court had completely lost their prestige, Li Ji no longer had to be as constrained as in the past and had to consider the court in everything he did.

Therefore, the "Grand Martial Arts Show" itself has various political meanings.

Li Ji even planned to use this opportunity to reap the benefits of paper, tea, and refined salt from various princely families, and further establish a complete trade system covering the Han Dynasty.

Nowadays, there is a steady inflow of gold and silver behind Yangzhou, but this is just like the United States being able to print greenbacks at will.

How to print greenbacks and how to make these gold and silver have sufficient purchasing power is a technical job.

The solution is similar to what the United States has done, which is to tie the world's trade to greenbacks. Li Ji is also preparing to let the entire Han Dynasty digest the gold and silver produced in Yingzhou together, and then maximize purchasing power.

Therefore, establishing a trade system for Yangzhou that many vassal families cannot oppose is the key among the keys.

However, with "Suzhou and Hangzhou paper" and "refined salt", it became an invincible weapon for Yangzhou.

Once the Chamber of Commerce led by the Mi family can truly establish unimpeded trade throughout the Han Dynasty, there will no longer be any need to worry about indigestion of the gold and silver produced in Yingzhou.

It is only a matter of time before the entire Han Dynasty enters the era of "silver standard" or "gold standard".

Li Ji was sitting in the carriage, thinking about various issues. When he came to his senses, he had already arrived at Liu Bei's residence.

Since various princes and noble families had frequently visited Liu Bei recently, Liu Bei had been spending almost the entire week sleeping and receiving guests. He could be said to be the best of the best in Yangzhou.

This is also the inevitable trouble that Liu Bei faces as the leader of a force.

So, if Li Ji wanted to find Liu Bei, he could just go straight to Liu Bei's mansion.

When he arrived at the main entrance of Liu Bei's mansion, Li Ji pulled up a corner of the curtain and took a look.

As expected, there was a long line of visiting cars and horses.

As Liu Bei completely controlled Yangzhou, there were naturally many princely families who wanted to make friends with him.

However, Li Ji did not have to enter through the front gate like the others. The carriage took Li Ji around in a circle and finally stopped at the back door of the mansion.

After Li Ji got off the carriage, he knocked on the door, scanned his face, and led Xu Chu in directly.

Then, Li Ji waited in a side hall for a while, and Liu Bei ran over breathlessly, then sat down next to Li Ji, picked up the tea that Li Ji had just prepared and drank it all at once. (End of this chapter)