He was afraid that this was just a cover that Lie Fan made to invite him and Hua Tuo to his city. Before they were a traveling doctor, going to city after city to cure people, and now they decided to stay in Xiapi due to Lie Fan's medical paper that he said was given to him by a hermit.
Lie Fan: "Master Zhang Zhongjin, we finally meet! Thank you for accepting our invitation to Xiapi!"
Zhang Zhongjin: "It's my honor to be invited by Governor Lie Fan, the paper you have given to us is truly magnificent! Those medical theories have truly opened my mind, I was honored to be able to participate in the advancement of medicine in our era!"
Lie Fan: "Haha! Master Zhang Zhongjin and Master Hua Tu working together will surely break through the limitations of medical care in this era and bring it to a new height!"
Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjin were happy with Lie Fan's compliments, even though they are humble but who doesn't love being praised. Lie Fan takes out 2 of the Jad Necklaces and gives them to them, he doesn't want to lose the bright minds in the medical field of this era due to illness that hype can contract through patients.
Giving it to them is also a form of investment, as long as they live they will only die due to old age, and they can train more and more doctors and hopefully experts in the medical field that can replace them in the future as he can't lead the medical field because it's not his expertise.
Lie Fan: "Master Hua Tuo and Master Zhang Zhongjin, this is a gift from me to the two of you. It's said that it can bring good luck and protection from disease so always wear it, it compliments well with the job the two of you have Haha!"
Hua Tuo: "Thank You, Governor Lie Fan, It's our honor to receive such an expensive gift from you."
Zhang Zhongjin: "This gift is too precious, I'm just a normal doctor no need for such a gift."
Lie Fan: "It's okay Master Zhang Zhongjin just take it, think of this as another layer of protection. If you don't accept it I will feel offended by your gesture."
Zhang Zhongjin can only accept the necklace after hearing what Lie Fan said, Lie Fan is satisfied with this and then asks for a report on how the Hospital is doing right now. Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjin give Lie Fan a tour of the hospital facilities, They explain that patients is increasing each day, and due to their high rate of success, the hospital's reputation is increasing each day.
Lie Fan is satisfied with this, he also hopes that Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjin can give the people who come more knowledge about how important it is to be clean. Wash yourselves at least once a day, clean the dishes with hot water, and keep your house clean.
Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjin agree, that spreading knowledge about how importance it is cleanliness is the first step to preventing diseases from spreading or reproducing. Lie Fan also hopes that they can help train a new generation of doctors and nurses, as they will be spread across Xu Province, and also help reduce the burden the two old men have.
After a long tour and discussion between the three of them, Lie Fan was rest assured to leave the hospital to the hands of the two of them. Lie Fan returned to his residence, and he was surprised by the carriage of the Cai Clan parking in front of his residence.
Lie Fan entered the residence and he was informed by a servant that Cai Yong and his daughter Cai Wenji were waiting for him at the main hall, Lie Fan hurriedly walked towards the main hall as this is another talent he can use as a writer for his decree joining him as Master of Writing.
Cai Yong and Cai Wenji are accompanied by Ying Yue and Diao Chan, Yu Yan slowly lets them become hostesses even though they aren't married yet to Lie Fan but Yu Yan does this to train them. Everyone in the circle who knew about Lie Fan already knew about Ying Yue and the newly added Diao Chan.
Lie Fan entered the main hall and saw this scene, seeing Ying Yue and Diao Chan together receiving Cai Yong and Cai Wenji felt his heart filled with warmth.
Lie Fan: "Master Cai Yong and Lady Cai Wenji, I'm sorry that I'm late to receive the two of you. I just came back and was informed of the two of you waiting for me."
Cai Yong: "It's okay Governor Lie Fan, I come to visit you to say my gratitude to you. My daughter has told me about what transpired after I left Luoyang, and thanks to your help she managed to control the Cai Clan back and brought most of the members here to Xiapi."
Lie Fan: "It's what I should do, Master Cai Yong asked me to help deliver this letter and I can't just stand by and let those elders destroy your hard work and let a beautiful maiden like Lady Cai Wenji be swallowed by those wolves and be controlled as a pawn they can sacrifice."
Cai Wenji blushed a bit when she heard what Lie Fan said, she felt a bit happy when Lie Fan said she was beautiful and he didn't want her to be sacrificed. She immediately changed her expression to not let anyone see it, She knew that there was no chance between her and Lie Fan as her father would never agree for her to be a 3rd Wife.
Cai Yong was satisfied by what Lie Fan said, he began to appreciate this young governor more and more. He can rest easy that at least there's a bright mind in this generation to succeed in the responsibility of keeping the peace of the Han Dynasty.
If only he wasn't engaged or still single, maybe he could be a matchmaker to him and his beloved daughter, but knowing that not only does he have 1 woman but 2 he doesn't want his daughter to be in a household full of scheming between the women, especially about future heirs.
Lie Fan: "Haha! Why doesn't Master Cai Yong stay and enjoy some tea with me, Lady Cai Wenji can be accompanied by Diao Chan and Ying Yue to enjoy the scenery in our garden. I have a good quality tea leaf from his majesty given to me as a reward."
Cai Yong: "Governor Lie Fan truly knows how to make this old man agree, Ji'er you go with Lady Diao Chan and Lady Ying Yue. Father will stay here with Governor Lie Fan, I will call you when we will go back."
Diao Chan and Ying Yue take Cai Wenji away, they are happy with this opportunity as they want to befriend this gentle and elegant lady. Diao Chan has learned court etiquette but she isn't on the same level as Cai Wenji, they hope they can learn from her.
Lie Fan and Cai Yong go toward the study room, The study is very big with all kinds of books that have been ordered and put there. Lie Fan also bought some good paintings to be put as decoration there, Cai Yong was a scholar, artist, and literature lover like how the study room is decorated.
Lie Fan ordered a servant to bring the tea leaves he stored in the storage, Lie Fan asked Cai Yong to sit down and together they began to talk about menial topics until suddenly Lie Fan asked Cai Yong if he ever wanted to go back to Luoyang to resume his old position.
Cai Yong: "The truth is Governor Lie Fan, I truly wanted to go back and resume my position serving Your Majesty and the people. But with its condition is there right now, I think I can't go back especially now that the roots of my clan have been changed and put here in Xiapi."
Lie Fan: "Master Cai Yong actually can continue serving Your Majesty and the people of Han, but you don't work on the Imperial Court but somewhere else."
Cai Yong: "Somewhere else, Governor Lie Fan means serving under your administration here in Xiapi?"
Lie Fan: "Haha yes! Master Cai Yong truly has a keen sense, My administration truly needs a good writer who can write words with elegance and knows how to organize them so people can understand the message clearly."
Cai Yong was pondering about Lie Fan's invitation, he was thinking of accepting it because serving under Lie Fan's administration can be said to be the most worry-free.
He has seen the policies and how Xiapi and Xu Province administrations work, under Lie Fan's leadership and instigation he has changed the government structures in Xu Province. He eliminated corrupt officials and replaced them with talented and honest officials.
It can be seen from the number of people he appointed, Chen Gui and his son Chen Deng were some of the best officials he had seen in this era. They were flexible and knew how to play politics correctly, they also founded new policies which helped Xu Province as a whole slowly recover from famine and the consequences of the war.
Cai Yong: "Then may I know what will become part of my assignment?"
Lie Fan: "Almost like your old ones Master Cai Yong, Writing eulogies, announcements, memorial inscriptions, editing and collating text, and all things like that. Of course, you would not be working alone you only will do the most important one or something urgent that needs to be handled immediately."
Cai Yong: "I don't know if these old bones can handle so many things but I will try to do my best."
Lie Fan: "Marvelous! Then Master Cai Yong from now on your official position is the Master Of Writing and Ceremony, You directly served under me and your departments will handle all of Xu Province. I have planned for a public library to be open in the future, I don't know if Master Cai Yong agrees to this?"
Cai Yong was stunned by what Lie Fan said, he didn't expect Lie Fan to have such a bold idea. Maybe almost all nobles will never care about such a move, but this can threaten the hegemony that the nobles have over the common people which is reading and writing.
Cai Yong: "Such a plan was honorable Governor Lie, but can you handle the consequences it will bring towards you and your administration?"
Lie Fan: "Hah... Just think of this as me saying nonsense, oh Here comes the tea I'm sure that Master Cai Yong will love this."
Lie Fan diverts the subject to end its discussion, he knows the consequences will be massive but he wants to destroy the dominance the nobles have so that they can feel threatened and Imperial Power can rise for him in the future of course.
Lie Fan and Cai Yong spent some time drinking tea and talking about literature, and then they ended their discussion. Lie Fan walks together with Cai Yong towards the garden, Upon reaching there Cai Yong calls for Cai Wenji saying that it's time for them to go back.
The three women, Diao Chan, Ying Yue, and Cai Wenji have grown closer while waiting for Lie Fan and Cai Yong. They promised to go out together sometime or visit each other, Lie Fan finds it truly fascinating no matter whether women of this era or the future they can bond so fast.
Lie Fan escorted them to their carriage and watched it leave until it was gone. Lie Fan found that today was truly fruitful, he managed to get Wang Lang and Mi Zhu to truly serve under him while the old timers like Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and Cai Yong who were still loyal to the Han Dynasty slowly being coaxed to change their loyalty of course subtly.
Lie Fan returned to his residence where Diao Chan and Ying Yue were waiting for him in the garden, Lie Fan took them to eat lunch together as it was time and he hoped that in the future everything would go as smoothly as today. Lie Fan doesn't know that shortly, dark clouds will enshroud his dream as something unexpected always happens.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 18 Years Old (186 AD)
Level: 14
Next Level: 412.000
Renown: 185
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 1)
SP: 711.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 557
VIT: 257
AGI: 263
INT: 284
CHR: 93
WIS: 239
WILL: 187
ATR Points: 0
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Lie Fan returned to his residence where Diao Chan and Ying Yue were waiting for him in the garden, Lie Fan took them to eat lunch together as it was time and he hoped that in the future everything would go as smoothly as today. Lie Fan doesn't know that shortly, dark clouds will enshroud his dream as something unexpected always happens.
Lie Fan spends lunchtime together with his family, he begins to think about marrying Ying Yue. He wanted to give Diao Chan a wife title also, but according to the culture and customs of this time he could only have one wife and the rest were concubines.
No matter if he called her the second wife, the outside world still se her as a concubine, and Diao Chan of course knew this. That's why Wang Yun and Cai Yong were reluctant in marrying their daughter to him, Cai Yong stay tried while Wang Yun keep pushing for it subtly until he blundered.
Lie Fan after lunch met with his mother and brought this up, Yu Yan agreed with Lie Fan's intention to marry Ying Yue and told him that Diao Chan would understand. She also told him that what matters to Diao Chan, in the end, is how Lie Fan and his family perceive her so he doesn't have to care about how the outside talks.
Yu Yan was happy that Lie Fan decided to marry Ying Yue this year, but seeing as Ying Yue had lost her family at a young age Yu Yan prepared her dowry for her so she would not be dishonored. For the betrothal gifts, Yu Yan and Lie Shang will prepare them together for Lie Fan as only parents were allowed to do this.
Yu Yan told Lie Fan to talk about this with Ying Yue and Diao Chan, telling him to leave while she handled everything perfectly and sent a letter to his father to inform him of his intention.
Lie Fan can only shake his head at Yu Yan's enthusiasm, he leaves Yu Yan's quarters and goes towards the Embroidery room where they know Ying Yue and Diao Chan always spend their time in there after lunch.
Ying Yue and Diao Chan are now doing some embroidering together happily while talking about some advice they had from Cai Wenji, about how to be more elegant and proper as a lady of the household should be. They were talking when Lie Fan entered the room, they were surprised and then happy as Lie Fan decided to spend time together.
Lie Fan takes a seat between them, he is sweating because he doesn't know how to say it without hurting Diao Chan's feelings. Diao Chan will probably understand and should have known as this was learned by her since young under Wang Yun's tutelage, but it doesn't mean she will not be hurt when she heard this.
Ying Yue: "Husband what's wrong? Why are you sweating so much? Today isn't that hot compared to yesterday."
Lie Fan: "Yue'er and Chan'er, I came here to talk about marriage with the two of you."
Ying Yue+Diao Chan:" Marriage?!"
Ying Yue and Diao Chan began to blush heavily, their faces were so red that if it was a movie there was smoke coming from the top of their heads.
Lie Fan seeing how they reacted thinking that they were too cute, stroked both of their heads feeling his nervousness go down. He takes a deep breath and takes each of Diao Chan and Ying Yue holding it tightly.
Lie Fan: "Chan'er you know about the tradition our people have, there can only be one legal wife which will be Yue'er, and the others even if they have the same festivity marriage ceremony can only be a concubine. I want you to become my second wife but we can't change it, maybe in the future when I'm more powerful I will change that tradition."
Diao Chan: "Husband I understand clearly about our tradition, My Ex-stepfather has put all of this since I was young. I'm happy that I can be with you, nothing else matters. Yes maybe I feel a bit hurt but I understand and I will wait for the time when I can be your 2nd wife."
Lie Fan: "Chan'er....."
Lie Fan is touched by what Diao Chan said, he takes her in his arms hugging her. Ying Yue on the side stayed silent, she knew that Diao Chan had sacrificed much more than she, so she let Lie Fan and Diao Chan share some personal intimacy.
After hugging Diao Chan for some time, Lie Fan released her from his arms. He then turned towards Ying Yue, She would be the main star of the wedding so he wanted to inform her that after her wedding it would be Diao Chan's turn.
Lie Fan: "Yue'er, after our marriage ceremony a few days later, will be the marriage ceremony of Me and Chan'er."
Ying Yue: "It's okay husband, Sister Diao Chan has sacrificed everything from her family and even purity for you, And she is also like a sister to me so I'm happy to share my day with her!"
Lie Fan: "I don't know what I have done in my past life to deserve the two of you, I promise that I will always love and protect you to repay what you two have sacrificed for me."
Diao Chan and Ying Yue smile with full warm love to Lie Fan, They spend time together talking about the guests they will invite and who will become Ying Yue's guardian to replace her parents who have long gone.
Lie Fan was thinking of asking Hua Tuo to take Ying Yue as her goddaughter or adopt her if he wanted. Hua Tuo has his own family but they are still in his hometown, Lie Fan is considering moving them here to Xiapi. To at least cure the old man's loneliness, Ying Yue can become his goddaughter which also benefits Lie Fan.
They spend time together until evening, enjoying dinner just the three of them. Yu Yan and Wannian eat in the dining room while they eat on the terrace in Lie Fan's quarter. After dinner, they separated with Lie Fan using this time to cultivate and Diao Chan Ying Yue went back to their quarters.
Lie Fan takes another cultivation pill and swallows it, he goes to the middle of his courtyard and begins to take a deep breath to concentrate. Slowly entering tranquility, and feeling how peaceful his mind is Lie Fan feels the world's energy begin to gather around him.
Dong taichi movements, the Yin and Yang in the center of his meridian began to spin and absorb the world energies around him. He can feel how much world energy he needs, and comparing it when he needs to reach level 1 is like feeling a bucket of water to now a big tub that we used to take a bath.
Lie Fan did the taichi movement for almost 5 hours, The time now reaching midnight as you can see the moon is almost at the top of his head. He was sweating due to mental fatigue, he wanted to push on but he decided to stop for now as he needed rest and he could feel that he managed to fill a quarter of the tub which meant he needed to do this 3 or 4 times before reaching level 2.
Lie Fan cleaned himself up, taking a hot bath that he ordered the servants to prepare, and after wearing new clean clothes he lay down on his bed and went to sleep.
The next morning, Lie Fan eats breakfast alone and goes to the Governor's Castle to do his duty for the day. Lie Fan wants to inform his advisors of his decision to marry Diao Chan and Ying Yue, The marriage ceremony at this time was considered to be sacred especially if it was high-status people who were going to marry.
At the Governor's Castle, Lie Fan goes towards his office has been prepared for him since he became the Inspector of Xu Province and now have been renovated to match his new status. There he called for Jia Xu, Xun You, Sun Qian, Chen Gui, My Zhu, and Cai Yong They can be said will be the backbone of his government.
While waiting for them to come, Lie Fan opened up the scrolls that were put on his table. There are reports of the city's production, the crime rate, and some policies that he needed to mark if it's allowed or not. While reading the piles of scrolls one by one, suddenly he read a very interesting concept that had been submitted by Mi Zhu.
He didn't expect that it hadn't been a day since Mi Zhu was in office and he had submitted a proposal. The ideas he proposed are also familiar to Lie Fan, Mi Zhu proposed the concept of the Night Market. He was actually surprised as in China, the concept of the Night Market was introduced during the Tang Dynasty which was hundreds of years in the future.
While it can't be denied that before the Tang Dynasty, there must have been people who also submitted or thought about this idea, the success was during the Tang Dynasty which even received strict sanctions by the Tang Dynasty. Leading towards the end of the Tang Dynasty, the restrictions were lifted because of Economic Expansions.
Lie Fan has an understanding of the concept of Night Market, at least he is assured that it will be a success because he has the power to have a high level of security and administration power to allow it. The only problem is the curfew that has become part of the culture and accepted by all people, he needs to discuss this with his advisors later.
He put this scroll down and saw Jia Xu and Xun You had already arrived, he greeted them and told them to wait for the others to arrive. 5 minutes later, everyone that Lie Fan called for is standing in front of him waiting for him to speak.
Lie Fan: "Everyone, today I called you here because I have something important I want to announce. I have decided that it's the right time this year to marry Ying Yue and Diao Chan, we will have two separate marriage ceremonies. I hope Master Cai Yong will help me make the announcement and preparation for the ceremony."
Everyone: "Congratulations My Lord/Governor!"
Cai Yong: "Governor, I will begin to prepare everything that is needed for the ceremony. Because we will have two marriages, I hope that the auspicious dates will be informed to me shortly."
Lie Fan: "Haha Thank You everyone, Okay Master Cai Yong I will inform you of the dates when My Mother has gone to see the monks."
Jia Xu: "My Lord, have you considered how many guests you will invite to your wedding banquet?"
Lie Fan: "Because we are far away from Luoyang, Your Majesty will not come but he definitely will send Imperial Envoys as his representative. The inner circle of Baohuzhe, some of the important Baohuzhe members, and close friends of the family are the people who I will invite"
Sun Qian: "My Lord, your marriage can be said to be an important event so we need to invite even some of your political enemies like He Jin."
Lie Fan: "They will not come, but I'm sure that they will send some emissary to congratulate me and some gifts. Sun Qian and Jia Xu can make the list first of Important members of Baohuzhe and send it to me."
Jia Xu and Sun Qian heed Lie Fan's order, and Mi Zhu steps forward and asks Lie Fan how big of a budget needs to be prepared for the ceremony and banquet. Lie Fan didn't know about the cost of the ceremony, he wanted it to be grand so he told Mi Zhu to coordinate with Cai Yong.
As for the Banquet, the wines will be ordered from his hometown Huai'An where the beer and fruity wine have become a household name in Xu Province. For food, He wanted Mi Zhu to invite the chefs from Serenity Inn to become the head chef and coordinate the Kitchen staff.
Mi Zhu while listening to Lie Fan, began to calculate the cost in his mind and suddenly he had a bright idea that would push the Mi Clan to become one of Lie Fan's closest and trusted supporters.
Mi Zhu: "My Lord, for the ceremony and banquet I have an idea. The Mi Clan is willing to pay for all the expenses of My Lord's marriage event and even make it grander."
Lie Fan: "Oh? Then what does the Mi Clan expect from me for doing this favor? I think It will not be a free meal."
Mi Zhu explains that he and the Mi Clan just wanted to support him, The Mi Clan has a very large amount of money anyway and he hopes that doing this can bring them closer. Lie Fan was skeptical of this, as he understood if he was in Liu Bei's situation who was endorsed as he had lost his land but Lie Fan had more power and money than Liu Bei in the early stage.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 18 Years Old (186 AD)
Level: 14
Next Level: 412.000
Renown: 185
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 1)
SP: 711.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 557
VIT: 257
AGI: 263
INT: 284
CHR: 93
WIS: 239
WILL: 187
ATR Points: 0
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