Carrot on a Stick

10th month, 30th day, Chiyou City.

After numerous days of travelling by foot, Fan Zhongyan and his men finally arrived at Chiyou City under the protection of a military force.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he personally welcomed them at the city gate.

Only Fan Zhongyan could receive such special treatment.

The officials and minor officials that followed along numbered around three hundred, a huge lineup. Amongst which, there were some officials from the Nanjiang Governor-General House and also officials that the various Houses and counties recommended.

Other than that, there would be the fifty students from Xinan University who graduated early.

Three hundred people, their greatest similarity and strength was their young age.

Based on the information from the Administration Department, the average age of the officials in Shanhai City was less than thirty. Meanwhile, those that followed Fan Zhongyan here were even younger, with an average age of twenty-seven.