Chapter 125: 125. Bu Zhi

chapter 125: 125. bu zhi lie fan waves his hand, it can be considered an urgent thing but it's not a mission, or task for them. he just wanted to inform them personally about tao qian's situation and see them training while enjoying some fresh air and not the stuffy ones in the office. all of lie fan's generals nod their heads and express their awareness of the situation. huang zhong turned his head and ordered chao bo to hide all of the chu ko nu's they have, from now on they will change to training with it at night increasing their eye vision at the same time. chao bo took the order and left immediately heading toward the location of the crossbow battalion. huang zhong asked if there was any order announcement that lie fan wanted to convey to them. lie fan: it's not an order, i just want to ask how the condition of the yellow turbans that we captured right now?" huang zhong: "the 20,500 prisoners we have are now under physical training my lord. their training is to increase their endurance, that's why they were assigned under the tuntian system." lie fan: "good idea huang zhong, farming increases their endurance alongside normal physical training. the harvest also can become the military own ration, food keep up the good work!" huang zhong: "actually my lord this is not my idea, it's what master jia xu told me to do!" lie fan: "that is also good work, you listened to my advisors. by the way, where is ze rong?" huang zhong tells lie fan that ze rong right now is supervising the 20,500 prisoners. he commended ze rong saying that he was perfect to become a logistics officer, chao bo's skills in handling logistics were worse than ze rong which propelled him to become the logistics officer in lie fan's army. for huang zhong, chao bo is better for leading an archer-based battalion like him. now that he is the general of the crossbow battalion, ze rong will become the general of the logistics battalion. lie fan doesn't want to meddle too much in the army structure command under huang zhong, except for promotions and rewards he thinks his generals have a better understanding of who is better suited in each position. after some small coordination with huang zhong to hide some of their military secrets from tao qian, lie fan also told them about the situation of the liang province rebellion. everyone there was surprised that the situation had reached such a point. lie fan hoped they keep up their martial arts training and also increase the intensity of the soldier's training regiment. of course, the soldiers also needed some sufficient rest time. he hoped that the soldiers also began to have families to increase the amount of the xu province's population. after that lie fan left the army camp, with his bodyguards he returned to xiapi and divided to visit his industries here. the lie clan has grown significantly since they built the business they have right now. the copper mirror business has been expanded to xu province's major town, they have a warehouse and a production line in each town making the whole of xu province's upper classes slowly have copper mirrors. many merchants tried to copy their technology but they failed in the end. lie fan is slowly turning xu province into his money-making machine, he is planning to introduce soap and shampoo which will become a daily necessity. entering the serenity inn, lie fan was welcomed by the bustling restaurant full of all kinds of people. lie fan walks towards the cashier as he wants to meet the manager, suddenly he bumps into a person who crosses paths with him. lie fan's bodyguard immediately springs into action, trying to defend lie fan. everyone at the inn sees the well-known bodyguards of their governor talking out their swords, protecting someone in the middle wearing a hat with fabric covering his face. the person that lie fan bumped into was surprised but quickly turned calm put up a neutral face and apologized when he saw the soldiers getting their swords out. lie fan: "i'm sorry sir are you okay? i don't mean to bump into you, my hat blocked some of my vision." man: "i'm sorry sir i don't mean to bump into you, i was too focused on my thoughts." lie fan: "no no no it's okay, it's not your fault it was an accident. as an apology, why don't we clear this up by having a meal? i will pay for it." man: "of course sir, if by eating a meal together we can clear up the misunderstanding then of course." lie fan tells him to follow him upstairs toward a private room. hearing that lie fan could even enjoy an expensive private room, he knew the man he bumped into had a high social status or a large amount of money. lie fan and his bodyguards followed by the man go up to the second floor, the waiter assigns them a private room at the corner of the floor. lie fan enters the room alongside 2 of his bodyguards and the man, while the rest of his bodyguards wait outside the room. lie fan: "please have a seat, i have ordered some tea and light foods for us to enjoy." man: "thank you, sir i should say that this is the first time i have entered the private room on the second floor of serenity inn. you must have a high status or very rich sir." lie fan: "haha! you could say that i have both, now where are my manners? let me introduce myself, my name is lie fan governor of xu province. may i know your name?" lie fan introduced himself to the man, he took off his head and showed his face. the man was surprised to hear what lie fan said, especially seeing the familiar faces he saw on the drawing he had seen on the notice board before. man: "governor lie fan what an honor to meet you. i'm bu zhi from huaiyin, i'm just a humble farmer by day and a humble scholar by night." hearing the name, lie fan feels familiar as he has heard of this name before. a family named bu, suddenly lie fan remembered. bu zhi is a relative to bu lianshi, the future empress of wu and sun quan's most favored concubine. bu zhi is also a very significant official in the wu which proved his talent. lie fan: " from huaiyin? it's pretty far from xiapi, what brings you here sir bu zhi?" bu zhi: "i came here to buy some supplies sir governor, the central plains are turning chaotic and i plan to relocate to jiangdong." lie fan: "the central plains are indeed turning chaotic but xu province is very safe! i see no reason for you to replicate to jiangdong." bu zhi: "it's not that i don't trust sir governor, but as a scholar, i can see that the situation in our capital is worrying." lie fan was impressed by bu zhi's intuition, his background is very humble but he is a hard worker and capable of putting up with indignities. from the looks of it, he is still young, maybe around 18 to early twenties. if he can grab this guy, his advisor's pool will increase and he can spend his time more freely. lie fan: "then what do you plan to do if you relocate to jiangdong? the conditions there are much poorer than here in xu province. corrupt officials are rampant and bandits are everywhere, the local government only cares about its own pockets and and even works together with bandits." bu zhi: "i will live far from all of that sir governor, i will continue as a humble farmer and continue to read as a scholar at night." lie fan: "the truth is sir bu zhi, i think our encounter is a fate under heaven's will. i can see that you're a talented young man and our age seems to be the same. why don't i give you a job under my administration and live here in xiapi?" bu zhi: "sir governor i'm truly honored! but we just met and even if it is fate under heaven's will, i don't think that my abilities will live up to your standard." lie fan: "if you never try when will you ever know if it's up to my standards or not? i can see that you are very dedicated to farming, a position in my agriculture department is a good choice for you." bu zhi was touched by this, all the people in his hometown said that he learning to become a scholar every night after a hard day of work in the field is wasting his time. lie fan who was a hero and a very talented person praised him that he has talent and was willing to give him a platform to showcase it, thinking about what lie fan said about jiangdong and thinking that he finally had a chance to live his dream he decided to take it. bu zhi: "my lord i truly appreciate the chance you have given to me, i will try to live up to your expectations!" lie fan: "haha rest easy bu zhi, i will introduce you to my think tank groups, each of them is a top-class advisor in their own field." bu zhi: "my lord i think i'm not qualified to enter this elite group, i'm from a humble background and they are at least from a very respectable family." lie fan: "nonsense! since the time you entered to become my subjects, all of your backgrounds are the same that is subject to me governor of xu province." bu zhi can only nod his head, this is the first time he sees different upper-class people, not the ordinary upper class but the top of the cream. lie fan assigned bu zhi as an agriculture advisor because of his background working as a farmer. even though he knew in the future bu zhi would also show his talent in the military field, right now bu zhi needs to accumulate experience and learn under bigwigs such as jia xu and xun you. after that, the meal was served and they knew each other better. lie fan learned that bu zhi has a relative in his hometown, a couple who have a 4-year-old daughter named bu lianshi. hearing the name bu lianshi, lie fan was sure that he got the bu zhi that would serve wu even becoming it's fourth imperial chancellor. lie fan used the eye of erlang shen to see the kind of stats that bu zhi had right now, so he could at least expect how big his early contribution would be. •bu zhi int: 487 wis: 82 vit: 77 chr: 79 bu zhi's stats are the lowest among his advisors, even wang lang and cai yong have higher stats in intelligence than him. but they are much older than him and have accumulated more experience so it's understandable, the distance between their stats is also not much and bu zhi will catch up. _________________________________ name: lie fan title: yellow heaven subjugator age: 20 years old (187 ad) level: 14 next level: 412.000 renown: 215 cultivation: yin yang separation (level 4) sp: 706.700 attribute points str: 753 vit: 331 agi: 328 int: 349 chr: 93 wis: 289 will: 207 atr points: 0