Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Linyi rice has a growth period of only 100 days, which is enough for it to mature in the greenhouse set up by Li Ji during this period.

The result is undoubtedly gratifying.

Moreover, Li Ji had already sorted out the methods of planting Linyi rice with many agricultural officials in advance.

It can be said that everything is ready in Yangzhou now, just waiting for Xu Sheng to send back the grain.

As soon as the grain seeds arrive, they can be promoted and popularized immediately, increasing Yangzhou's overall grain output by 30%.

Food can be said to be the foundation of everything.

This increase was enough to ensure that Liu Bei no longer had to worry about food shortages.

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And in the vast ocean, a huge fleet of ships with Chinese characters flying high on their flags are breaking through the waves and heading northward.

It was different from the smooth journey southwards.

It took Xu Sheng only three days from actually starting the war with Linyi Kingdom to destroying the entire country, which frightened the rest of the small countries south of Jiaozhou to their core.

Even before the Han army sent envoys, one small country after another appeared before Xu Sheng in an almost fawning manner, expressing their respect for the Han Dynasty and their willingness to respect the Han Dynasty as their suzerain state forever.

This made Xu Sheng hesitate.

Xu Sheng, who came from a poor family, was not considered a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Instead, he hated the corrupt officials who exploited the people.

However, for Liu Bei, who promoted him from the military and entrusted him with important tasks, Xu Sheng was willing to sacrifice his life to fulfill his lord's beliefs.

Liu Bei was a relative of the Han royal family and was also committed to reviving the Han Dynasty, which made Xu Sheng quite excited and hesitant.

In addition, the voyage from Wujun only took a little over a month, which according to Xu Sheng's estimation left enough time for the return trip.

Finally, Xu Sheng discussed with Zhou Yu and decided to accept tribute and submission from these small countries, so as to let the people of the world know that although the Han Dynasty may be in decline, the great Han Dynasty... has not fallen.

Many small countries were frightened by the power of the Han army and prepared various local specialties and rare treasures, intending to return to the Han Dynasty with the fleet to pay tribute.

In order to wait for those small countries to be ready, Xu Sheng had to wait for another half a month after completely quelling the remaining resistance forces of Linyi Kingdom before he began to return.

In addition, when returning to Wu County, the wind direction and ocean currents were not helpful, resulting in the fleet's sailing speed being very slow.

This made Xu Sheng extremely anxious, fearing that any delay would affect Mr. Zikun's governance strategy and cause countless people to starve.

Therefore, Xu Sheng led the fleet at full speed almost without stopping.

As Xu Sheng once again compared his position with the precise nautical chart that he had personally remade for the second time and confirmed that he was not far from Wujun, his tense heart finally relaxed.

This place is less than fifty miles away from Wujun Port and can be reached in an instant.

Immediately, Xu Sheng ordered the fleet to pause, and after all the soldiers had a simple wash and tidying up, he sent a speedboat to the port to report.

After receiving the reply and confirming that the fleet was allowed to dock in the port, Xu Sheng led the fleet to dock at the port.

When Xu Sheng, dressed in military uniform, led a group of soldiers to disembark, Liu Bei had already led a group of civil and military officials including Li Ji to greet them in person at the port.

This scene moved Xu Sheng so much that he hurriedly went to greet him.

"What merit has Sheng made? How did he make the Lord come here to greet him personally?"

Liu Bei helped Xu Sheng, who was kneeling on the ground to salute, up. Without saying anything else, he spoke in a sincere and gentle tone.

"Wen Xiang went on an overseas expedition for me and endured many hardships. Let alone meeting him here, it would be no harm if I personally sailed a small boat to the sea to meet him." After a pause, Liu Bei patted Xu Sheng, whose eyes were already filled with tears, and said.

"Thanks for your hard work."

To Xu Sheng, this sentence was undoubtedly worth far more than thousands of taels of gold and silver. Xu Sheng bowed again on the spot and answered with a sob.

"Sheng was originally a warrior, but fortunately the lord valued me and promoted me to where I am today. I cannot repay this great kindness unless I die. I really don't deserve such courtesy from the lord."

"You and I are the master and subject. How can you say such polite words? Get up quickly."

Liu Bei pretended to be angry before he reluctantly pulled Xu Sheng up.

It was just that Xu Sheng's expression was so moved that Li Ji was sure that even if Liu Bei suddenly ordered Xu Sheng to commit suicide, Xu Sheng would draw his sword and commit suicide without hesitation.

Afterwards, Liu Bei praised and commended generals such as Gan Ning, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu one by one, and earned a lot of their loyalty.

It has to be said that over the years not only has Li Ji's ability grown, but Liu Bei's ability to win people's hearts has also become increasingly sophisticated.

Not to mention the generals and soldiers who were among them, even the civil and military officials who came with him had longing in their eyes, hoping that one day they would be treated with such courtesy by Liu Bei.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei, who had already arranged a celebration banquet, celebrated his victory with all the returning soldiers and got drunk.

Especially in the military camp where he celebrated his victory, Liu Bei piled up a mountain of silver and copper in the celebration venue in advance. While celebrating the victory for his generals, he also rewarded the soldiers on the spot.

Having personally witnessed and felt Liu Bei's series of tactics, Zhou Yu was very clear about the possibility that his generals might have any second thoughts.

Even if there is, it is meaningless.

Liu Bei's personal prestige also penetrated into the hearts of countless soldiers.

Different from the enthusiastic celebration in the military camp, Li Ji had already led a group of clerks to start working.

The most important thing is undoubtedly the large amount of Linyi rice brought back by Xu Sheng.

Since Sun Ce launched a surprise attack on Champa and captured all the high-ranking officials of the Linyi Kingdom in one fell swoop, he was able to preserve the granaries of the royal family and many nobles to the greatest extent possible, and directly obtained a large amount of high-quality Linyi rice.

Therefore, Li Ji almost directly blocked the port and distributed the Linyi rice that had been inspected on the spot to various counties in Yangzhou according to the plan made in advance.

So that Linyi rice can be used as quickly and as much as possible for the upcoming spring plowing.

After Li Ji arranged everything, many minor officials were busy in an orderly manner.

Li Ji just had time to pay attention to the other spoils brought back by Xu Sheng, and to browse the military report that Xu Sheng had written in advance.

The entire military report does not contain much information about the actual course of the war, and a larger amount of content is devoted to the situation around the Linyi Kingdom.

"It's no wonder that they destroyed a country in three days and frightened many small countries south of Jiaozhou to their knees."

Li Ji put down the military newspaper in his hand with a smile, and then asked Xu Chu to call in the envoys from the small countries.

Soon, envoys from small countries, whose attire was different from that of the Han people, came in, performed strange etiquette towards Li Ji, and then spoke in unison in somewhat awkward Chinese.

"Greetings to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty..."

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Li Ji.

This sentence frightened Li Ji so much that his hand, which was originally holding the tea bowl, trembled and his crotch became wet. (End of this chapter)