Chapter 115 Ji Hao in Zhuge Liang's Eyes
"He is far more terrifying than anyone imagined. People really underestimate him!" Zhuge Liang also stood up, looking out the window, and asked, "My lord, what kind of person is Ji Hao in your impression?"

This question really stumped Liu Bei.

His impression?

It seems that there is only his invincible bravery and his complete disrespect for imperial power, and not much else.

But these are obviously not what Zhuge Liang wanted to ask.

"I don't know why, but my impression of him is very vague, which should be deep." Liu Bei said, "On the contrary, the battle of Xuzhou is unforgettable. When we retreated, all the people held up the slogan of 'Heaven and Earth are One'. When I think about it now, I am still frightened."

At this point, he paused.

He added: "It's just you, Kong Ming. If it's someone else, I don't want to mention it!"

He was not afraid of Ji Hao, as he believed that human power was limited and it was impossible for him to be invincible.

But he was afraid of the "Datong Society" and the Ji Camp!

He was not afraid of the densely packed numbers, but he was afraid of the people's recognition of Ji Hao and the great harmony of the world. When everyone recognized Ji Hao, then fighting or not, winning or losing, would no longer be important.

Even if Ji Hao was killed, the flame of Datong would not be extinguished and the Han Dynasty would still perish.

This was what truly frightened him, and it was also the reason why he completely gave up Xuzhou and gave up defending Xia Pi City.

"This is just one of the reasons. My Lord, you haven't really taken Ji Hao seriously. You haven't seen his terrifying power!" Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said, "Let me just briefly talk about a few aspects!"

"Get ready. I'm all ears!"

Liu Bei has now completely recognized Zhuge Liang.

Because even Xu Shu could not understand the fear of the Great Harmony in his heart, but Zhuge Liang obviously knew it.

Sit down!

"First of all, when Ji Hao first developed Chengtian Ferry, he showed overwhelming business skills. Later, he destroyed Yuan Shao's 'Treasure Bowl' plan, which was also shocking!" Zhuge Liang said: "This alone can destroy all the princes except my lord and Sun Ce!"

After that, he repeated to Liu Bei the key points and the horror of "economic warfare".

When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes widened.

"No wonder. I was wondering why Yuan Shao was like clay, breaking at the slightest touch. It turns out that Ji Hao had already emptied his resources! He has been planning this since the time of Chengtian Ferry. That thief Ji is really shrewd!"

No one had enlightened him before, so he only thought Yuan Shao was good-looking but weak. Now he realized that Yuan Shao was not weak.

Ji Hao used a vicious plan to cut off the source of the problem!
It’s scary to think about it!
"Secondly, in terms of identifying and employing people, no one in the world can match him except the lord!" Zhuge Liang added: "He can accurately discover talents and entrust them with important tasks without any worries! Nowadays, there are countless civil officials and military generals. Even if he fights all the other princes alone, he can still have an absolute upper hand!"

After that, he listed the civil and military officials, doctors, and craftsmen under Ji Hao.

You don’t know until you calculate it. Once you calculate it, Liu Bei will be shocked.

"Furthermore, he was named the 'King of the City', which is a word that says it all. But with this word 'city', people can only see that he is good at defending, but they can't see the horror behind it - the Great Wall he built over the years is longer than the Great Wall of Qin Shihuang, but he only controls a few states, and the people's livelihood is not affected at all."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "It is indeed amazing!"

"No, what is truly amazing is that Ji Hao can mobilize tens of millions of people to carry out huge projects without any complaints from those people. Moreover, the population of his territory has been expanding rapidly in recent years. According to estimates, the total population of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou has exceeded 100 million!" Zhuge Liang said, "Although most of them are children, it is even more terrifying because in ten years, that is nearly 100 million young and strong people. If half of them are women who stay at home to farm, they can still gather 50 million troops. Compared with him, are Yuan Shao and Lu Bu worth mentioning?"

At this point, Liu Bei was completely dumbfounded.

One hundred million people, fifty million soldiers? The entire Han Dynasty had a smaller population than this one, so how could they fight?
"Are you serious?" Liu Bei couldn't believe it.

"What Liang said is a conservative estimate. In fact, there are female soldiers in Qingzhou, and in many cases, women are no worse than men!" Zhuge Liang said: "So, if we want to fight him, we must study agriculture, animal husbandry, and medicine. Only if the population growth rate can catch up, there will be a glimmer of hope, otherwise we will lose!"

When he learned about the situation, he was actually shocked.

In particular, after learning about the "Qingzhou Thirty-Year Plan" and the subsequent "Thirteen States, Thirteen Billion" plan, I was really shocked.

I have a feeling that even if the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, or even Jiang Taigong were born in this era, they would probably be powerless.

The general trend is overwhelming and human power is out of reach.

"There are also transportation, equipment, and various other things. Liang will not go into detail one by one. My lord should understand." Zhuge Liang paused here and said, "Finally, the truly terrifying person is Ji Hao himself!"

"His bravery?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"From the perspective of the entire world, personal bravery is worthless, and at most it is useful for boosting morale. What is truly terrifying is Ji Hao's thoughts and his attitude of letting the Dragon Slaying Technique leak out - slaying dragons also includes himself. When this technique is learned by everyone in the world, there will no longer be dragons in the world, and the world will no longer belong to any one family!"

What made him feel incredible was that Ji Hao, as a descendant of the Queen of Humanity and a beneficiary of privileges, chose to crush it.

Once the dragon-slaying technique is revealed, a hundred years later, everyone in the world will be like a dragon.

The throne may not necessarily belong to the Ji family!
Perhaps there will no longer be such a thing as a "throne".

This ruined Liu Bei and himself as well.

But doesn’t Ji Hao know?
He knew it, but he didn't care. He only wanted to live this life, no matter what would happen after his death - compared with unifying the world, the so-called inheritance of family business was insignificant!
"The dragon-slaying technique!" Liu Bei muttered, his face looking a little ugly.

When they first met, he had seen Ji Hao writing. His handwriting was ugly and there were some "typos", but he said words that could change the world, which made him label Ji Hao as "ambitious but incompetent".

Think about it now, how ridiculous is that?

It turned out that Ji Hao had his own family tradition of learning something called "fountain pen calligraphy" and he didn't know how to use a brush.

So the writing is ugly.

His misspellings are also simplified Chinese characters, which are simplified characters used to enlighten people all over the world. They are easy to learn and, when used with a dictionary, can even allow people to learn by themselves.

How shocking!

On the contrary, I don't know what's good. I have a chance to get the Dragon Slaying Technique, but...

"In this case, Ji Hao's momentum is complete and he may be invincible!" Liu Bei sighed and asked, "What are the chances of winning if Lu Bu is also involved?"

He came up with the idea of ​​uniting with Lu Bu to fight Ji Hao.

Just because I really don't see any chance of winning.

"With him, our chances of winning will be reduced by another 90%. It's hard to win a battle once in a hundred!" Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "It's not just about having more people to win, it takes tacit cooperation to succeed. In this regard, Lu Bu lacks someone to plan for him, so he doesn't meet the requirements. Only Zhou Yu from Jiangdong can plan with the Lord."

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, Lu Bu's current situation was given by Ji Hao, which is like a castle in the sky. It is actually not worth mentioning. Liang only needs to wave his feather fan to make him disappear into ashes!"

(End of this chapter)