Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife ( Yang Shi Liu) 515

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The Grand 100 Family Banquet

100 family banquet, a banquet for 100 families, on the first day of every new year, the leader of the North would have 100 representitive families from all over the three provinces gather for a banquet. For these 100 families, they needed to be of a good northern background and upbringing. They also had to be Duan Mu An Guo’s supporters. Of the families, half had sent their daughters into the Winter Palace.

In short, these 100 families had to be deeply grateful toward Duan Mu An Guo. Only then could they be able to participate in this banquet.

Feng Yu Heng followed the people of Illusory Hall and stood outside the hall. Inside, there was an old man nearing 70 that was kneeling on the ground while slightly trembling. Facing Duan Mu An Guo, he spoke while shedding tears of gratitude: “This year, it got cold early in Jiang Zhou. The majority of the crops froze to death. After great leader heard about this, he reduced the tax collected by 80 percent without another word said. He even allowed us to keep the leftover grains for our families to use. Great leader’s grace of saving our Jiang Zhou’s citizens, we must not forget!” The old man said this then kowtowed to Duan Mu An Guo.

Duan Mu An Guo sat in the head position and held a cup of wine in his hand. He listened very carefully to what the old man had said then said: “I am the caretaker of the North. All of the citizens are my Duan Mu An Guo’s citizens. If you meet with a crisis, I naturally cannot ignore it.”

With just a few words, Da Shun’s citizens had been Duan Mu An Guo’s citizens. Feng Yu Heng though that Feng Jin Yuan had come to the North the previous year to relieve the disaster; however, who knew that the people of the North thought this way.

After the old man finished giving his thanks, someone helped him back to his seat. Immediately following this, a middle-aged woman carrying a child went forward. The woman kneeled on the ground and loudly said: “This is this humble woman’s son. His name is Nian En. Nian En is extremely grateful of great leader’s grace. When this child was born from her mother’s womb, he was frail and sickly, and his life was at risk many times. For the sake of seeking medical treatment, all of the family’s savings were spent, but it was still utterly inadequate. Because there was no money left to see a doctor, the guards of Song Zhou were not even willing to let us into the city. The child was about to perish; however, we were fortunate to have run into great leader. Not only did you give us money to see a doctor, you also announced to the entire city that anyone severely ill could go to the leader’s palace for financial support to seek medical aid. Also, the guards could not refuse entrance to someone that was ill. This child’s life was given by the great leader. When he has grown up, he will definitely need to do his best to repay this and thank great leader for the grace of this life.

It had to be said that the earlier old man’s words did not cause Feng Yu Heng to feel moved, but this woman’s words immediately caused her to remember the plans for “guaranteeing medical care for all citizens” and “reducing the cost of treatment for the severely ill” that she had been wanting to pursue. It was just that Da Shun was too large, and there would always be some resistance when setting it in motion. In addition to this, her efforts were indeed very scattered, and she could not focus entirely on a single matter. That is why it had been delayed to this point. However, who knew that this sort of idea would appear in the North. Although it was not well-developed, she had to admit that Duan Mu An Guo did indeed have some merits on this point.

Thinking like this, she could not help but begin to think about how she would implement the modern conveniences into her Ji An prefecture; however, at this time, the sound of very powerful footsteps in the snow came from behind. It was a feminine voice that spoke, “If it wasn’t for your family’s eldest daughter being brought into the Winter Palace, how could you have enjoyed something so good as receiving treatment without paying money.”