164. Huai'An Change Leadership

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Sima Lang was grateful to Lie Fan for his trust, he bowed and vowed to serve him well for the rest of his life to repay the trust and care that Lie Fan put into him and his family. Lie Fan was happy that Sima Lang declared his allegiance, with Sima Lang declaring his loyalty to him means that the chance for Sima Yi to do the same will be high.

Lie Fan let Jia Xu and Chen Qun converse with Sima Lang, letting them discuss the content of the exam. When Sima Lang finished talking with Jia Xu and Chen Qun, Lie Fan and Sima Lang together returned to the Lie Clan mansion.

On the way toward the Lie Clan residence, Lie Fan uses the Eye of Erlang Shen to Sima Lang, he wanted to see his attributes after being trained by many top advisors who were experts in many fields.

•Sima Lang

INT: 663 (Max) WIS: 103 VIT: 80 CHR: 89

Sima Lang's stats are more than decent, him becoming a county prefect is the perfect choice to train his skill. Sima Lang in history was known for his administration skills when serving under Cao Cao, with the highest post he ever attained becoming Inspector Of Yan Province.

Unfortunately, he died at 217 when accompanying Xiahou Dun and Zang Ba on a military campaign against Sun Quan, where an epidemic broke out in the army and Sima Lang succumbed to the illness after distributing medicine to the soldiers personally.

Sima Lang's death may have sparked Sima Yi's interest in rebelling against Cao Wei, as maybe he holds a grudge as they can't save his elder brother.

So that's why Lie Fan will treat Sima Lang and Sima Yi like they were his own brothers, as looking at Sima Yi's long age he will become a foundation for his dynasty in the future.

Lie Fan and Sima Lang arrived at the Lie Clan residence and were welcomed by the entire Lie Clan family and Sima Yi. Wannian and Sima Yi are circling around Sima Lang, asking him if the tests are easy for him.

Sima Lang sees the two rascals just laugh, amused by the two of them. As Wannian is Lie Fan's sister who was his lord now, Sima Lang only messed with Sima Yi's hair shaking it with his hand.

Wannian pouts when she sees that Sima Lang doesn't treat her like he treats Sima Yi, so she pesters Sima Yi which makes Sima Yi annoyed causing him to chase Wannian.

Everyone laughs seeing the antics between the two, Lie Fan orders the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous feast to celebrate, and even though the exam results haven't been announced everyone is confident that Sima Lang will pass the exam.

Everyone eats dinner happily, and after dinner is done, Lie Fan heads to his study to write a letter, the content of the letter asks Cai Yomg to write two letters of appointment, one for Sima Lang and one for Lie Shang.

Cai Yong may be confused about Sima Lang's appointment, but as it's Lie Fan who asks him for it Vai Yong will make it first, then ask Lie Fan why he asked for this as Sima Lang's exam results haven't been announced yet.

Lie Fan finishes writing the letter, and he calls for a messenger to send this letter to Cai Yong's residence. After that, he sleeps in Diao Chan's room tonight, doing some night exercises with Diao Chan before going to sleep.

The next day, Lie Fan woke up energized and looking at the sleeping Diao Chan beside him, he kissed her on the forehead before getting up from the bed, doing his morning routine before going to his office at the governor's castle.

In his office, Lie Fan is working on some paperwork when Cai Yong and Lu Zhi enter his office. Seeing the two of them, Lie Fan stood up and told them to take a seat, even though they were his subordinates one was his father-in-law and the other are elder who gave him a chance to rise up in his career.

Cai Yong and Lu Zhi sit down, Lu Zhi takes out a document while Cai Yong takes out 2 documents. They gave this to Lie Fan, and while Lie Fan opened Lu Zhi's letter, Lu Zhi and Cai Yong took turns explaining their intention to visit here.

Lu Zhi: "Governor Lie Fan, this is Sima Lang's exam result and as you can see, he passed all with flying colors, but from this test, we can also see his aptitude and he is best at administration and politics."

Cai Yong: "His worst aptitude is in Military strategy, is not low but a mediocre one. He can improve it by learning more, but his tactics will be textbook and doesn't have the surprise element."

Lu Zhi: "That's why I and Cai Yong are surprised that Governor Lie Fan assigned him to become Prefect of Huai'An, he is still young but considering the skills he has shown, a Prefect is a perfect choice for him to show his talent."

Lie Fan: "Haha, I'm happy that both Master Cai Yong and Master Lu Zhi thought so highly of me, it's Jia Xu and Chen Qun who helped me see what position best suited Sima Lang."

Cai Yong: "I see, these two men also have a talent that I have never seen before, looks like they have been disappointed with the Han Dynasty, making them not want to show their talent."

Lie Fan: "Master Cai Yong don't be sad, while it's true it's more of a personal reason for them, Jia Xu doesn't want to attract attention, and while Chen Qun and his Father Chen Ji bore a grudge against Emperor Ling due to persecutions against the officials under the Eunuchs lead."

Lu Zhi and Cai Yong knew of the persecutions meant by Lie Fan, it can be said that Cai Yong also faced the same problem due to the eunuchs. The reign of the Ten Attendants is truly a black mark in the history of the Han Dynasty.

Cai Yong next explained that the two documents he gave to them were Sima Lang and Lie Shang's appointment letter, which he could send to the two of them right now.

Lie Fan nodded his head and expressed his gratitude to both Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, he asked them to announce the exam results to Sima Lang, and he asked them to follow him back to the Lie Clan residence.

Lie Fan, Cai Yong, and Lu Zhi go to the Lie Clan Residence, where they meet Sima Lang who is looking after Wannian, and Sima Yi who is playing together in the garden.

Sima Lang seeing the three of them saluted and greeted them, knowing that the arrival of the two examiners for his exams meant that they would announce the results of his exam.

Lu Zhi gave the document filled with Sima Lang's exam results to him, Sima Lang took it and opened the paper, seeing the full mark Sima Lang smiled full of joy, thanking Cai Yong and Lu Zhi.

Sima Yi and Wannian joined in, urging Sima Lang to show them the paper, and seeing Sima Lang's full marks passing the exam, both Sima Yi and Wannian jumped in joy for him, hugging Sima Lang happily.

The news of Sima Lang passing the exam soon spread to the entire Mansion, Ying Yue, Diao Chan, and Cai Wenji all congratulated Sima Lang. Lie Fan invited Lu Zhi and Cai Yong to join them for lunch, to celebrate Sima Lang's passing the exam.

When having lunch together, Lie Fan gave Sima Lang his letter of appointment, congratulated him, and told him to not let him down, as this position is very important to the future of Lie Fan's force as a whole.

Sima Lang received the letter respectfully, and with everyone's eyes on him, Sima Lang opened the letter when he saw the content of the letter, his being appointed as the Prefect of Huai'An made Sima Lang shocked.

Sima Lang asked Lie Fan about this, and Ying Yue, Diao Chan, and Cai Wenji were surprised as Lie Fan's father Lie Shang was the Prefect of Huai'An, making Huai'An Lie Fan's hometown and the Lie Clan the master of Huai'An.

Lie Fan explained to Sima Lang, that his father Lie Shang was promoted to become the Governor of Langye and that he would replace Lie Shang as the Prefect of Huai'An, a very important town for many secret projects being held there, and home of many new creations that become Xu Province hot commodity.

Sima Lang was touched that he was trusted with such important responsibility, and he vowed to Lie Fan that he would do everything he could to continue the great work done by Lie Shang.

Lie Fan was satisfied by this nodded his head and patted Sima Lang on his shoulder after everyone continued eating lunch happily. After lunch, Lie Fan sent a letter of appointment to Lie Shang in Huai'An.

When the letter arrived at Huai'An, Lie Shang was surprised as he never expected that he would be promoted to become Governor of Langye. Yu Yan was happy that Lie Shang was finally being promoted to a position that he deserved.

In the same month, Sima Lang went to Xiapi with Lie Fan, Jia Xu, and Sima Yi. Lie Shang welcomed them at the main hall, Lie Shang was satisfied that Sima Lang would replace him.

Lie Shang handed Sima Lang the official seal and token of Prefect of Huai'An. Lie Fan and Jia Xu watched this with Sima Yi who was brought by Lie Fan, as Lie Fan wanted Sima Yi to see the important ceremony of his brother.

With Sima Lang officially becoming the Prefect of Huai'An, All the important documents and paperwork were handed to Sima Lang for review, and Lie Shang and Yu Yan were ready to go to Langye to become a power couple over there.

Langye Former Governor was ready for the changing hand of Langye, with Taishi Ci and Bu Zhi of course 'persuading' him to follow Lie Fan's order. Yu Yan Merchan Group also preparing to change its headquarters to Langye, as Langye has more channels than Huai'An.

Yu Yan was reluctant to change headquarters, but Lie Fan persuaded her to do this, he promised in the future that Huai'An would become another major town, a major port town for Xu Province, and even in the country.

Lie Fan and Jia Xu stayed in Huai'An for several days to help Sima Lang adapt to his new position, Lie Shang and Yu Yan went toward Langye, being protected by Lie Clan Guards and Oriole members.

When Lie Fan and Jia Xu wanted to go back to Xiapi, Sima Yi was reluctant to leave his brother but Sima Lang persuaded him to follow Lie Fan, as the education provided there is better than in Huai'An. Sima Yi doesn't agree but Sima Lang said that he wished for Sima Yi to have a higher position than him in the future, so Sima Yi reluctantly agree.

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Name: Lie Fan

Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu

Age: 23 (190 AD)

Level: 15

Next Level: 1.588.000

Renown: 600

Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 8)

SP: 371.700

ATTRIBUTE POINTS

STR: 864 (+20)

VIT: 420 (+20)

AGI: 408 (+10)

INT: 415

CHR: 93

WIS: 339

WILL: 237

ATR Points: 0