For tonight's dinner, Lu Payne directly booked a unique courtyard in Tianwaitian. The dining room is in the courtyard, surrounded by rockery, ponds and shady trees. On the four sides of the dining room are windows inlaid with palm-sized pieces of colored glass on rosewood frames. They are light-transmitting and elegant. Such a design can be regarded as unique in this era when glass is still regarded as a treasure and gem-like.
This small courtyard for dining is called Liulitian.
Lu Payne had been waiting here for a long time.
"Li Qiang, have you been here before?"
Yan Liqiang came here and just chatted with Lu Pein for a few words, when Lu Pein suddenly asked Yan Liqiang a question.
"Brother Lu, why do you ask this? This is my first time here. I have never been here before!" Yan Liqiang asked back.
"Li Qiang is indeed an extraordinary person. He remained calm and focused even after entering Liulitian. How rare!" Lu Peien smiled and shook his head, pointing at the colored glass pieces on the windows around the room. "Don't be afraid of you making fun of me, Li Qiang. Although I think I have traveled a lot and seen a lot of things, when I first came to Liulitian, I was stunned for a long time when I looked at the colored glass windows around the room. I realized that my experience was still shallow. The big merchants and wealthy people in the Imperial Capital are really incomparable to other places!"
So that's how it is. Yan Liqiang understood it all at once. These furnishings in this colored glass sky might be considered strange in the eyes of Lu Pein and others, but in Yan Liqiang's eyes, he looked at the colored glass and felt that it was not much different from colored glass. The window that amazed Lu Pein was just a glass window in Yan Liqiang's eyes, so naturally he would not make a fuss about it. At most, he just felt it was a little novel.
Yan Liqiang might not have known much in his previous life, but when it comes to these "strange skills and tricks", I'm afraid that the knowledge of all the people in the Imperial Capital combined is not as much as that of Yan Liqiang alone.
"Ah, so this is what Brother Lu was talking about..." Yan Liqiang scratched his head in embarrassment, "In fact, I was also shocked when I came in just now, but I didn't want Brother Lu to think that I was ignorant and making a fuss, so I pretended to be calm and deliberately turned a blind eye!"
Lu Peien was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Li Qiang, you almost fooled me..."
"Haha, don't be surprised, Brother Lu, don't be surprised, haha..."
The two people were chatting in the room while waiting for the people from Lingshan Sect to arrive.
Just before the agreed time, the voice of the Lu family steward appeared in the corridor outside Liulitian, "Everyone, please come this way, please come this way..."
Upon hearing the voice of the Lu family's steward, Lu Peien in the room glanced at Yan Liqiang and said, "Liqiang, wait a moment. I'll go out to greet him!"
"Let's go together. Mr. Lu's friend is also my senior!"
"good!"
Lu Payne nodded, and then the two of them walked out together.
As soon as he opened the door and came outside, Yan Liqiang saw the Lu family's steward leading the way and three people walking towards this side.
Among the three people who came over, there were two men and one woman. One of the men was about the same age as Mr. Lu. He was well-groomed. Although he looked quite old, he was very smart and capable. The other man was a fat old man wearing a blue shirt and carrying a somewhat unkempt saddlebag. He had a round belly and looked a little unkempt, but he was very imposing. Even the old man who was dressed exquisitely and brightly turned his body slightly sideways when talking to him, showing great respect. The woman was in her twenties, wearing a lotus-colored long skirt. Her appearance was not inferior to Hua Ruxue, and she had a quiet temperament.
"Lu Pein greets Uncle Yao!" Seeing the three men coming over, before the Lu family's steward could speak, Lu Pein stepped forward and bowed to the smart and capable old man who was dressed smartly.
"Haha, Payne, no need to be so polite!" The old man glanced at Yan Liqiang with a smile, "This is the Yan Liqiang you mentioned, right?"
"I dare not. Yan Liqiang greets Uncle Yao!" Yan Liqiang also stepped forward respectfully and bowed to the Lingshan Sect's manager. Following Lu Pei'en's instruction, he also followed Lu Pei'en to call that man Uncle Yao. "Uncle Yao gave Mr. Lu the Resurrection Pill, but it ended up saving my father's life. Liqiang has long wanted to thank Uncle Yao in person!"
"Haha, you're welcome, you're welcome. This is also the fate between you and my Lingshan Sect!" Manager Yao laughed, "Let me introduce you two. This is Master Zhang of the Thousand Machine Hall of our Lingshan Sect. Our Master Zhang is known as the world's number one master of mechanical devices. I don't need to tell you his name, but I'm sure you have heard of it..."
Lu Pei'en and Yan Liqiang were both shocked when they heard Manager Yao's introduction. They didn't expect that this fat old man with a round belly was actually a living signboard of Lingshan Sect, the head of the Thousand Machine Hall of Lingshan Sect, Zhang Yourong, who was known as the world's number one master of mechanical devices. No wonder Manager Yao was so respectful to this person just now, because in terms of this person's status in Lingshan Sect, his status was much higher than Manager Yao's.
Knowing the identity of this person, Lu Peien and Yan Liqiang did not dare to be negligent and greeted him solemnly again.
If the head of the Qianji Hall of Lingshan Sect appeared in the Imperial Capital, it would not be surprising at all. What was strange was how such a person could come to today's dinner with Manager Yao. This was too unexpected! After all, neither Yan Liqiang nor the Lu family had any intersection with this famous figure before.
"This is Master Bingbing, the core disciple of our Lingshan Sect!" Manager Yao continued to introduce the beautiful woman next to him.
The core disciples of a sect, especially those of the four major sects, are not simple characters. Their status in Lingshan Sect is also higher than that of Manager Yao.
What happened today? Did the elite and big shots of Lingshan Sect come to visit the Imperial Capital? Yan Liqiang muttered to himself. He didn't know if he was too sensitive. Yan Liqiang always felt that the head of the Tianji Hall of Lingshan Sect and the beautiful woman named Bingbing were secretly observing him...
After the group exchanged greetings outside, they returned to Liulitian's room.
"I traveled to Ganzhou three months ago and found several interesting and useful things there. One is called Yan Coal, one is called Yan Furnace, and the other is called Yan Knife. When I asked around, I found out that the three things were invented by the same person, a teenager named Yan Liqiang. Later, I heard that the teenager came to the Imperial Capital with Sun Bingchen, so I followed him to the Imperial Capital, just to meet you!" Zhang Yourong, the world's number one master of mechanical devices, spoke directly as soon as they sat down. "I just want to ask Liqiang, how did you come up with the idea of making those wonderful things?"
Yan Liqiang was flattered all of a sudden. He didn't expect that this master of mechanical devices from Lingshan Sect actually came here for him, and even chased him all the way from Ganzhou to Imperial Capital City...
(End of this chapter)