Chapter 58: Chen Gui and Chen Deng
Lie Fan: "Welcome Master Chen Gui, thank you for coming to Xiapi on this event full journey from Pei Kingdom I'm sorry that you have to step down from your position as the Chancellor of Pei Kingdom"
The Carriage doors open and an old man walks down accompanied by a young man, Lie Fan seeing the old man knew that he must be Chen Gui while the young man can't be sure if it's Chen Deng Chen Gui's son or just a page that accompany him inside the Carriage
Chen Gui: "Thank you for welcoming us I'm Chen Gui and this is My Son Chen Deng we are grateful to be welcomed here, may I know who I'm talking with?"
Lie Fan: "Ah yes of course! I'm Lie Fan the Inspector of Xu Province Master Chen Gui, beside me is Jia Xu the Interim Governor of Xiapi and my advisor"
Chen Gui and Chen Deng instantly bow themselves when they heard Lie Fan introduce himself but Lie Fan strode toward them and prevent them from doing so
Lie Fan: "Master Chen Gui is older than me by far and can be considered my Grandfather how can I receive a bow from you"
Chen Gui: "Even though this bone is old but decorum is still needed to maintained and followed"
Lie Fan: "No need, No need I'm the one who needed Master Chen's help not the other way"
Chen Deng: "But Inspector Lie this is the rule since ancient times that we needed to bow to greet our superior"
Lie Fan: "You are Chen Deng? I have heard that Master Chen Gui's son is talented and Capable person looks like it's true from the way you acted Haha!"
Chen Deng rejected the praise and told him that he still has much to learn not unlike Lie Fan who already contributed to the safety and prosperity of the Empire by bringing down the Yellow Turbans
Lie Fan just laughs neither denying nor receiving the praise, Lie Fan told them to enter the carriage and continue their conversation at the Governor's Castle
Chen Gui and Chen Deng agree with his suggestion and then enter their carriage, the Chen Clan members are sent toward the residence that was already prepared for them by Lie Fan located in the safest district
Chen Gui and Chen Deng under the protection of 30 Lie Fan's best soldiers from the Guard Battalion follow Lie Fan and his retinue to the Castle, when the party enters Xiapi all noble clans are alerted as this means another clan is joining Xiapi's noble circle
Inside the carriage on the way to the Castle, Chen Gui and Chen Deng have a discussion about Lie Fan where they found that the Young Man is different than the others, especially Chen Gui
Chen Gui: "What do Deng'er think of Inspector Lie?"
Chen Deng: "Inspector Lie is young, younger than me even but the glow in his eyes and the way he carried himself alongside the way he speaks have an aura that I can't describe"
Chen Gui: "Hohoho that's because you haven't seen much of the world and experienced it that's why you can't describe people like Inspector Lie"
Chen Deng: "Then Please Father explained it to me"
Chen Gui: "Inspector Lie's eyes already explain to me the kind of person he is, while he looks compassionate and virtuous I can see the ambition hidden in his eyes like a wolf waiting for its prey"
Chen Deng: "What is the ambition that Inspector Lie had Father?"
Chen Gui: "I don't what ambition he harbored but from his action, we can see that he cares about the country and that's the only thing we need to know"
Chen Deng stay silent for the rest of the ride, mulling over what his Father said as he thinks his father hide some details from him, and when he tried to ask again they arrived at their destination
Lie Fan gets down from his horse and helps Chen Gui step out of the carriage when Chen Deng also have step out he led them towards the main hall where he can talk with them
In the main hall, Lie Fan takes the highest seat while Jia Xu at his right, and Chen Gui was told to seat on his left side with Chen Deng sitting on below Chen Gui position with the others taking the seat according to their ranks
Lie Fan: "Today I will explain the reason why I invited Master Chen Gui from Pei Kingdom with permission from the Imperial Prince here to Xu Province to become the Governor Of Xiapi"
Everyone in the hall instantly exclaimed and whispering voices are heard, Chen Gui and Chen Deng were shocked as they doesn't expect Lie Fan will put Chen Gui as the Governor even though the position is lower than chancellor but more stable than the latter
Chen Gui: "Lord Inspector, I have just arrived and don't have many contributions but being promoted to become Xiapi's Governor is too unorthodox"
Chen Deng on the other hand stays silent as he feels that his father deserves this position while the other officials immediately speak out and support Chen Gui's statement
Lie Fan: "Silent!! All of You except our guest don't have the right to protest the decision I made! Don't forget what you have done and as for answering Master Chen Gui, your experience is more than enough to become the Governor"
Jia Xu: "What My Lord said is true, Master Chen Gui's experiences and record have proven that Master Chen is more than qualified to become Governor Of Xiapi"
With Lie Fan and Jia Xu singing side by side, Chen Gui accepted the position and from today onwards becomes the Governor of Xiapi to the dismay of the high-ranking officials
Chen Deng was assigned to become an agricultural official under him where he will impart knowledge of the crop rotation system to him, Chen Gui, and Jia Xu after this meeting to implement it on Xiapi and slowly all of Xu Province
Chen Deng doesn't expect that he will have an official position and thanks Lie Fan for the chance, smiling at him Lie Fan then moves toward the next agenda where he will lead his army to wipe out the remaining yellow turbans hiding in Xu Province
All the officials begin to look at one another as they think this is the chance to change their position from passive to active when Lie Fan is gone not knowing that Jia Xu already monitored their residence and when something happens Jia Xu will know
Chen Gui promised to look after Xiapi in Lie Fan's absence with Chen Deng's support Chen Gui to repay the trust that he have put towards them and Chen Gui as an old timer already know that there was something wrong with these officials seeing Lie Fan treating them
Lie Fan also put Chao Bo here in Xiapi to act as the military commander and have military authority to support Chen Gui acting as a buffer for him and a warning to these officials and noble clans to not mess around
With the military support backing him, Chen Gui feels safer governing Xiapi and the safety of his family, after that statement Lie Fan told everyone to leave except for Chen Gui, Chen Deng, and Jia Xu
Chen Gui: "Is there something that Lord wanted to tell us away from prying ears?"
Lie Fan: "Yes that's true, this is a task for you Master Chen Gui, and your son Chen Deng, In my hometown there's someone who found a way to revolutionize agriculture and found a system called the crop rotation system"
Lie Fan began to explain the crop rotation system to them, the benefits and how to do it, and what they have to remember and examine.
Chen Gui and Chen Deng's eyes began to glow as they can already see the benefits of this with their domestic background while Jia Xu see this from a military perspective where they will have more ration and it's never wrong to have more food
Lie Fan told Chen Deng to lead the project and do it discreetly without those officials know spread the knowledge to the farmers and making them think that it was a good harvest and a blessing from the heavens
Chen Gui and Chen Deng promised to do it discreetly, thanking their cooperation Lie Fan then informed that they will move out in a week bringing his army and 10.000 Xiapi soldier with him starting towards the north and going to the south
After talking about the crop rotation system a bit their meeting finally ended, Chen Gui and Chen Deng left for their residence led by a servant while Lie Fan and Jia Xu have a discussion preparing their logistics for the expedition
Jia Xu: "My Lord with the amount of ration in Xiapi Granary and the ration we brought from Luoyang we can last for maybe 4 months or 5 if we distribute it sparingly"
Lie Fan: "Then how much time do we need to scour almost the entire Xu Province?"
Jia Xu: "5 months is the shortest and the longest is 8 months"
Lie Fan: "With the city treasury not much, we can just resupply at each big city in Xu Province then what do you think?"
Jia Xu: "Then that's the only way we can have enough supply then so be it, but with the Lord's ingenious system of crops we will have more food in no time"
Lie Fan just laughs and tells Jia Xu to take a rest for today, Lie Fan walks back toward his room telling Sun Tzu if there's any way to send the ration he has in his storage to the city granary
Sun Tzu says he can transfer the ration to the granary but Lie Fan has to send 10.000 SP for a transaction, the price is not that expensive so Lie Fan pays 10.000 SP to transfer 100.000 rations to the granary
Lie Fan then takes a rest when he arrived in his room, a week passed to begin their expedition and Jia Xu was surprised when he transported the Rations that they have enough for a year thinking that he miscalculated before, and because of this he become more meticulous when trying to do something
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 17 Years Old (184 AD)
Level: 13
Next Level: 912.000
Renown: 145
Cultivation: Art Of War (level 7)
SP: 256.700 -> 246.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 385 -> 395 ( STR Potion)
VIT: 155 -> 165 ( VIT Potion)
AGI: 162 -> 172 ( AGI Potion)
INT: 165 -> 175 ( INT Potion)
CHR: 90
WIS: 130 -> 140 ( WIS Potion)
WILL: 105 -> 115 ( WILL Potion)
ATR Points: 0
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Chapter 59: Langye and Training With Huang Zhong
Lie Fan then takes a rest when he arrived in his room, a week passed to begin their expedition and Jia Xu was surprised when he transported the Rations that they have enough for a year thinking that he miscalculated before, and because of this he become more meticulous when trying to do something
Lie Fan is amused by Jia Xu's reaction at the time and will never expect the suffering he will feel in the future thanks to this, it was morning when Lie Fan called for every high-ranking official and military personnel to the main hall
Lie Fan: "Today I will begin my expedition to clear Xu Province from the remnants of the Yellow Turban, I hope you all stay behaved and follow Sir Chen Gui's orders"
Jia Xu: "Even though My lord and I leave Xiapi, General Chao Bo will act as our eyes and hand here in Xiapi"
All the officials there stay silent after giving their signs of agreement, Lie Fan using his eyes signals to Chao Bo that he is free to give punishment if necessary to help Chen Gui
After Jia Xu finishes speaking, Lie Fan then appointed Chao Bo officially as interim Xiapi Military Commander replacing Ze Rong temporarily after that the meeting is dismissed with Lie Fan bringing his retinue riding towards the northern gate of Xiapi
At the northern gate, his army numbering 25.400 was stationed there already in formation and waiting for Lie Fan to arrive
Xiapi Soldiers were lacking in experience on the battlefield so they were trained hard by Huang Zhong from the second day they arrived at Xiapi under Lie Fans' permission
Ze Rong is there supervising the army while waiting for Lie Fan and the others to arrive, this past month Ze Rong admired Huang Zhong's strength and put himself under him learning his ways
Lie Fan arrived and was welcomed by the sight of his army that will become his tools to start his hegemony as it's any minute now that Emperor Ling will suddenly die or the Governor system is introduced back thanks to Liu Yan
Lie Fan step up on the stage that was put up and began to give a speech talking about the win they have defeating the Yellow Turbans and now they will cement that win by clearing their remnants for the safety of their family here in Xiapi
While the speech does not have that impact full but due to the energy from Lie Fan's 15.400 soldiers he brought from Luoyang everyone feels their morale rise cheering for the defeat of these yellow turbans
Not wanting to waste any more time, Lie Fan walks down from the stage and gets up on Pangu his trusted steed riding up the front of the army with his generals and Jia Xu following him
In the future, this will be recorded in history as Lie Fan's rise to power becoming one of the warlords that have influence as big as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao as he rise through personal work and not from the help of his family
25.400 soldiers began their march led by Lie Fan advancing towards the north where their first stop is Langye the city that acts as a waypoint between Xu Province and Qing Province
As north of Xu Province is Qing Province that most of the Yellow Turbans from Ji and Yan provinces run there so in the northern part of Xu Province they encounter many small groups of Yellow Turbans
Lie Fan ordered Huang Zhong to lead the battle while he and Jia Xu act as a strategist and observe the battle while commanding the formation if they needed to change direction or form
Lie Fan learn many ways of using military tactics while working with Jia Xu, and Jia Xu also learned modern tactics that can be incorporated with the tactics he used which filled some loopholes or even improved it
Jia Xu doesn't even shy about using poison to poison the Yellow Turbans well when they encounter Yellow Turbans' base, Lie Fan agrees to use whatever it is if he can keep his soldier alive and stay fit for battle
When they arrive at Langye, it's already 2 weeks passed by, and due to the crafty Jia Xu Lie Fan army doesn't have casualties but injuries can't be avoided
Langye Governor welcomed him when he was informed of the Imperial Army that marched toward their city and Lie Fan decided to rest his army for today while inspecting Langye at the same time asking for Information about Yellow Turbans
When Lie Fan accompanied by Jia Xu and his bodyguards reached Langye Goernor's Castle he began a full inspection of the city's condition asking for reports from each department and Jia Xu will examine it
The condition at Langye is much better than at Xiapi but not by much, due to the insufficient Oriole Members they had Jia Xu concentrate on sending the members to Xiapi and other cities only have small numbers like 1-3 members
So the evidence they gather for corruption is not much and Jia Xu suggested that they focus on the Yellow Turbans first while the Oriole slowly accumulate the evidence of corruption in each city except for Xiapi
Lie Fan agreed and with Jia Xu finish examining every report, he found some small problems like a small difference in the fund's number of each report but he act like it was okay as they requested the report suddenly so the report is made in a hurry
After finishing inspecting the reports of each department, Lie Fan ask if there were any Yellow Turbans sighted near Langye or around Langue
The Governor says there is a group of Yellow Turbans numbering 10.000 men or more that was passing through Langye a week ago from Qing Province, maybe seeing the wall that Langye has they changed their target and headed northwest toward the direction of Puyang at Yan Province
Lie Fan thanked the Governor and finish the meeting for today, Lie Fan tells Jia Xu to supervise the Langye government while he will bring the army tomorrow to travel around the vicinity of Langye and even go near the border with Yan Province
Jia Xu: "No My Lord that's too dangerous, what if something happened and the step you take is the wrong one?"
Lie Fan: " I have Huang Zhong with me, he is a veteran and understands military tactics I will listen to o his advice it's gonna be okay"
Jia Xu: "Hmm, I trust General Huang seeing the demeanor he had when leading our army into battle, fine My Lord can do that but don't take too long as we have to continue head to Xiaopei before going south"
Lie Fan: "I understand, I will leave 400 men here as your guard"
Lie Fan walks out of the castle and rides his horse accompanied by his bodyguards they ride towards the city's southern gate when they made out they ride towards the camp where his army is stationed to rest
When he enters the command tent, he saw Huang Zhong imparting some veteran knowledge to Chao Bai, Zang Ba, and Ze Rong who was listening to it seriously
When they heard the tent curtain is opened up, they turned their head and saw Lie Fan standing there looking at them making them get up from their seats and greeting him
Lie Fan: "General Huang is teaching the younger ones today I see Haha!"
Huang Zhong: "The Youngsters have great talent but they needed to temper their minds in battle I hope my experience can become a stone that helps them tempering their minds"
Lie Fan: "I like that! Why don't we have a duel General Huang since it's been a long time since we trained together"
Huang Zhong: "Haha! I hope My Lord doesn't stop training your skills and be too focused on your official duties!"
Lie Fan: "Of Course not! But wait before I forgot I come here to inform all of you that tomorrow we will travel around the vicinity of Langye and even go near the border with Yan Province to search for Yellow Turbans"
Everyone received the orders and Lie Fan also pointed out sending 400 of their best men to protect Jia Xu, Ze Rong takes that order and walk out of the tent immediately
Lie Fan tells Huang Zhong to wait for him at the training area while he walks out from the tent and walks towards the tent where they store the weapons, getting inside and takes out his halberd from his system storage then walks out from the tent
Holding his halberd, Lie Fan walks towards the training area and sees Huang Zhong already waiting for him there holding his polearm a crescent blade on his horse
Huang Zhong: "Haha! My Lord takes your position so we can start, there's a training armor I got for My Lord to be used whoever touches each other three times is the winner!"
Lie Fan: "Okay I agree! Even though I know I will lose I will give my best!"
Lie Fan wears the armor and riding his horse Pangu takes his position, Huang Zhong as the veteran makes the first move riding towards Lie Fan with his crescent blade do an upward slash
Lie Fan receives the attack and can feel Huang Zhong's strength still overwhelming him but a little lighter than before with the strength he has now, he deflects the attack and thrust his halberd toward Huang Zhong's chest
While laughing Huang Zhong use the crescent blade handle to hit the pointy end of Lie Fan's halberd from below to change its direction upward with his head moving sideways
The sound of polearms hitting each other rang across the area attracting the attention of the soldiers to come and watch the training duel between their lord and general
Huang Zhong does a sideways attack which Lie Fan deflects, and Lie Fan counterattacks with a heavy crossways attack, and Huang Zhong does the same making their weapon collide and making a very loud sound, both of their horses feel the heavy blow their body twitching and take a couple of steps backward Lie Fan arm feels a bit sore due to the impact he receives
Lie Fan and Huang Zhong do bout after bout, attacking and defending impressing their soldiers and giving morale to them
Lie Fan's original soldiers who knew the strength of their lord are even more impressed with Huang Zhong's strength as they can see that Lie Fan is overwhelmed by Huang Zhong's attack which shows his prowess
The training continues for about an hour when Huang Zhong defeated Lie Fan with the score of 3 and 1, Lie Fan accepted the defeat in front of his soldier with a big heart and even laughed about it while saying that this was a fun experience which then they put their weapons down and walk back towards the command tent together
_________________________
Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 17 Years Old (184 AD)
Level: 13
Next Level: 912.000
Renown: 145
Cultivation: Art Of War (level 7)
SP: 246.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 395 -> 409
VIT: 165
AGI: 172 -> 175
INT: 175 -> 180
CHR: 90
WIS: 140 -> 143
WILL: 115
ATR Points: 0
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