Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

“Please… Please spare my life… I am also following orders. In my heart, I also resisted the order to forcibly recruit young and strong men, but I had no choice but to do it…”

"Now that the general has saved my fellow countrymen, I am extremely grateful to him. I also know that I have made a big mistake, and I am willing to donate all my family property to make up for the people. I hope the general will give me a chance."

The Prime Minister of Pei State, who was being firmly stepped on by Gan Ning, spoke with tears and snot.

If he could stand up, the Prime Minister of Pei would have kowtowed repeatedly on the spot.

Just listening to the familiar words of begging for mercy, Gan Ning couldn't help but reach out to scratch his ears, and then sneered.

"Do you really know you are wrong?"

The Prime Minister of Pei State replied in a hurry. "Wrong! Wrong! I regret it..."

But as Gan Ning stepped on his chest with a little more force, he interrupted the Prime Minister of Pei State and said something contemptuously.

"You don't know you are wrong, but you know your life will not last long!"

The next moment, Gan Ning kicked the Prime Minister of Pei State aside and spoke to the Jinfan thief behind him.

"Old rules, hang it up."

Immediately, two Jinfan thieves came forward and skillfully broke the joints of the Prime Minister of Pei State's limbs with the back of their knives. Then, they pulled the Prime Minister of Pei State away as if he were dragging a fat pig, making a shrill sound like a pig being slaughtered.

As more and more counties were conquered, Gan Ning and the Jinfan thieves naturally came up with unique ways to quickly stabilize the people's hearts in the city.

It's very simple, just hang the local chief official, right?
As for whether there will be any wrong hanging or accidental hanging, that is basically impossible.

If the local chief officer truly cared about the people, why would he forcibly conscript young and strong men and cause famine, allowing Gan Ning to easily use a psychological warfare strategy to break through the city defense gate?

When the chief official of a place tramples the people deeply into the quagmire, how can the flesh-and-blood people not want to hang the chief official high?
This move, combined with the fact that the civilians in the city were not harmed at all and only the officials and families in the city were liquidated, was a speed at which the situation could be stabilized that had been verified many times by Gan Ning.

When Gan Ke, who arrived in Qiao County shortly afterwards, hurried into the city, the entire Qiao County had quickly stabilized.

There were even some brave and curious people who took the initiative to watch the Yellow Turbans execute the aristocratic families who had committed many evil deeds.

Gan Ke was not surprised by this. After finding out where Gan Ning was, he headed straight towards the county magistrate's mansion.

When Gan Ke passed the soldiers guarding outside the mansion and entered the county magistrate's mansion, he heard Gan Ning's voice from afar, which seemed to be cursing something.

"The county magistrate lives a much better life than us. I'm afraid even you haven't seen this rare item..."

"Put them away, put them away. There is no point in distributing them. Put them all in the city treasury. Sir, send someone to receive them later."

"Wait, this pair of gold-inlaid jade swords is quite nice. Hide them and bring them back to Shouchun to give to the young master and the prime minister."

When Gan Ke walked in, he saw Gan Ning half-lying in a pile of rare treasures with a bandit's posture, directing a group of trusted confidants to sort out these rare treasures looted from all over the city.

Gan Ning was able to quickly win over a large number of people mainly by distributing money, grain and farmland to the poor people in the surrounding areas every time he captured a city.

Especially the land controlled by the aristocratic families, which was enough for Gan Ning to roughly divide up the arable land among every registered citizen based on the number of people.

The same applies to all kinds of money and food, to ensure that those who are originally experiencing famine can survive until next year's harvest.

However, in addition to various gold and silver coins, the wealthy and powerful families naturally have all kinds of rare treasures, which are obviously not suitable to be distributed, otherwise if some poor people get them, they would be considered guilty of possessing a treasure.

In addition, Gan Ning, who is a bandit, naturally would not forget his brothers. He would also select some rare and valuable items for distribution among the Jinfan thieves.

There was no outsider here, Gan Ke called out from a distance.

"Boss!" Looking at Gan Ke who had returned, Gan Ning took out a bag of pearls from his side and threw it to Gan Ke, saying.

"Put it away. This is your share."

"Thank you, Boss~"

Gan Ke put the bag of pearls aside without even looking at them and whispered.

"Sir, there is a secret letter."

Gan Ning's expression became serious. He stood up and pulled Gan Ke aside.

In order to avoid the respectful title of "Marquis" which may cause others to associate something with it.

Therefore, even in private, Gan Ning and the Jinfan bandits referred to Li Ji as "Sir".

After confirming that there was no one around, Gan Ning asked in a serious tone.

"Where is the secret letter?"

Upon hearing this, Gan Ke carefully took out the secret letter from the lining of his inner clothes and handed it to Gan Ning.

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Gan Ning checked the sealing wax of the secret letter and found that it was not damaged. Gan Ke also consciously stepped back five steps away. Gan Ning then carefully opened the secret letter and began to read it.

Gan Ning, who is generous and righteous, is willing to share wealth with the Jinfan thieves and their brothers, but he has always been very cautious when it comes to secret letters.

Gan Ning opened the secret letter and decrypted it according to the instructions in the secret letter. After deciphering the contents and reading through them carefully, he burned the secret letter with his own hands.

Gan Ke then walked over again and spoke.

"Boss, the master also asked me to bring a message: When you are a thief under orders, don't forget your limits."

"Could it be that Sima Yi, that pretty boy, secretly reported us, causing the master to be somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that the boss secretly distributed some property to the brothers?"

Gan Ning glanced at Gan Ke and said unhappily.

"What are you thinking about? I always follow the rules when doing things."

"The rule set by the lord is that the commander can keep 20% of the captured spoils for himself to support his troops."

"Do you think I got too much, or do you think I'm not a leader?"

Gan Ke smiled awkwardly, not daring to say anything else, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Gan Ke naturally knew this rule.

Although the "military household system" was implemented during Liu Bei's rule, any general who served or had served as a commander-in-chief was also eligible to recruit soldiers to serve as his personal guards.

Half of the money and food needed to recruit and maintain the troops was provided by Liu Bei, and the other half was raised by the generals themselves.

The main way for generals to raise funds was through spoils of war on the battlefield, which accounted for 20%, which was already a very large number.

As long as the commander wins a battle, the money exchanged for the armor and weapons captured on the battlefield alone is enough to ensure that the commander's generations will have no worries about food and clothing.

In addition, 20% of the captured spoils will go to the commander-in-chief, 50% will be distributed to the soldiers, and the remaining 30% will be confiscated for compensation.

It is for this reason that the morale of the soldiers under Liu Bei's command is always different from that of other armies. In addition to the strong sense of belonging of the soldiers themselves, it is also closely related to this incentive method. (End of this chapter)