Among the five people in the third group to enter, it was the self-introduction of the last man that drew Zhang Tie's attention.
He was a young man, not yet thirty, refined and gentle in manner. More importantly, Zhang Tie found him inexplicably familiar.
"I am Sun Qiming of the Red Plains Trading Company in Mysterious Heaven City. Greetings, Candle Dragon True Person!"
Sun?
Zhang Tie suddenly understood why the man looked familiar. The face shape of the child Lv Shasha had brought with her earlier was seven or eight parts similar to the Sun Qiming before him. Looking more closely, Zhang Tie immediately became certain: this Sun Qiming was his junior sister Lv Shasha's husband.
What did they mean by truth being stranger than fiction? This was exactly it! Strictly speaking, Sun Qiming ought to address him as senior brother along with Lv Shasha.
After looking Sun Qiming over a few times, Zhang Tie's tone softened at once. "Is your Sun Family also skilled in manufacturing machinery and equipment?"
"In the presence of a True Person, I would not dare claim such skill. Great Xia stands supreme among mankind in the field of machinery manufacturing, and every province and region has hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Compared with the major trading companies and great families at the very pinnacle of Great Xia's machinery industry, we still fall somewhat short. However, our Sun Family has been immersed in machinery manufacturing for several generations and is deeply familiar with all its intricacies. The family's principal products are several different types of boiler-camel engines, as well as several small steam machine tools and certain steam-powered city-defense equipment. Red Plains-brand machinery is modestly well-known throughout You Province and the entire Northeast Protectorate, and is deeply favored by many longtime customers." At Zhang Tie's