"Lord Zhang, it's been a long time."
Lin Ke smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.
Previously, this Great Confucian had also been sent to Chaoyang Street, where he had built Chaoyang Square. That was where Lin Ke and Qi Ye had held their contest.
"What brings you here today, Lord Lin?"
Although Lin Ke was only in the Second Realm, this Great Confucian from the Works Department showed him no disrespect. Instead, he treated Lin Ke as an equal, or even placed himself slightly below him.
This was respect for Lin Ke's overall capabilities beyond his strength.
His authority, business ventures, finances, poetic talent, literary skill, and so on, for instance.
"It's only proper that I visit." Lin Ke smiled as he replied, "When you have time, Lord Zhang, please remember to make arrangements for my residence. A large group of servants is moving in today, and they'll need somewhere to stay."
"No problem!" Lord Zhang immediately thumped his chest upon hearing this. "Your ceramic tile technology is truly a stroke of genius, Lord Lin. I had the tiles prepared ages ago. I was just waiting for your word!"
As he spoke, Lord Zhang rubbed his hands together, looking rather eager. "How about this? I'll set off right now!"
Lin Ke was somewhat surprised by Lord Zhang's lightning-fast decisiveness. "Lord Zhang, I can have my steward take the servants to an inn to make do for a while. There's no rush."
"There is, there is, there is! I'm off!" Seeing how courteous Lin Ke was, Lord Zhang widened his eyes. The next instant, he rose into the air and flew toward the Lin Residence.
Lin Ke and Zhuge Li were left staring at each other.
"Technical people really are refreshingly straightforward!" Lin Ke didn't know whether to laugh or