Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

Hearing this figure, Feng Haizhou was completely speechless. In the blink of an eye, the value of the 400 mu of land increased fifteen times, fifteen times!

Then, he suddenly remembered Tang Cheng's words that day, "No matter what the price of this land rises in the future, I will sell you ten acres at the original price." People trembled.

No one has asked about that land for decades since the founding of the country. How did Judge Tang know that it would increase in price?Could it be that he knew at that time that Shannan Dongdao would build roads?No, Yu Guan hadn't even come to Jinzhou at that time, and there was no news at all. It was impossible for Judge Tang to know.Furthermore, even if he knew, how can he be sure that Jinzhou will build roads?

Then, Feng Haizhou thought of the last possibility. The road construction errand that stumped Judge Tang was not a trick at all, but he wanted to do it on his own initiative?

The more he thought about it, the more possible it became, and the more he thought about it, the more certain he became. Feng Haizhou looked at Tang Cheng again with a slightly changed face.Since he bought this river beach last year until now, what a deep pit!This is the boss, a trap that traps everyone in the yamen. At this time, think about Yao Shijun and Ma Biejia, and think about those people who heard that Tang Cheng took over this job and said he was insane ...

Insane, yes, all insane!It's just that the crazy thing is definitely not Tang Sansi...

After a lot of mixed thoughts in his heart, Feng Haizhou suddenly remembered that Tang Cheng had promised to buy him ten acres of land at the original price. At the current price, ten acres would be six hundred guan, which is the sum of his salary in the past 15 years. Well, with these six hundred guan, he can replace a big house, and he can...

Thinking of this, Feng Haizhou's distracting thoughts about Tang Cheng just now disappeared, and now he only hopes that the judge will never shake his head again.

Unfortunately, Tang Cheng couldn't feel this strong desire, so he still shook his head.

"Sixty times is not enough?" Du Lahe smiled, "Then there is really no way."

It's over, Tang Cheng, you're too much!Du Lahe had already made up his mind at this time, and immediately sent someone to inquire about the buyer of the river beach after returning later.

After hearing Du Lahe's complete abandonment, Feng Haizhou felt his heart suddenly empty. It was Zhou Jun's words that saved him from extreme disappointment, "If this is the case, then I will add ten more."

"Seventy strings per mu", Zhang Liang, who had been smiling and silent just now, looked at Tang Cheng, smiled slightly and said, "This is a sky-high price."

"I bought this land after I came back from Yangzhou last year. The current price is four to one mu, and it's less than half a year's work so far. The seventy ton has already increased by fifteen times. It is indeed a sky-high price, too high!" At this point, Tang Cheng bowed his hands to Du Lahe and Zhou Jun and said with a smile: "It's not that I intend to raise the price, it's because I never thought of selling this place since I bought it that day."

"You actually bought it?"

"I bought it when I came back from Yangzhou last year?".

This unexpected news made the scene a little silent for a moment, Zhou Jun and Du Lahe lowered their heads and wondered what they were thinking.Zhang Liang didn't ask anything, but just gave Tang Cheng a meaningful look.

Seeing this, Tang Cheng returned a smile. He knew that Zhang Liang had figured it out. Indeed, it was because of his news that day, because Yu Dongjun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was going to be the observation envoy of Shannan East Road, majoring in Fangzhou official road. If there is no news, I will decisively buy this land.

"good taste"

"good intentions"

After the silence, Zhou Jun and Du Lahe said these two sentences with similar meanings almost at the same time.

"What kind of scheming, you two think too highly of me, it was just a hothead that day."

How could the two of them believe what he said, but they didn't say anything more about it. Zhou Jun changed the tone and said: "This land can't grow crops, so naturally it can't be passed on to future generations. Brother Tang, you When I bought it that day, I must have had the intention of selling it. I am waiting here today, and I am a sincere buyer. Brother Tang, if you simply make a price, we will definitely not refute it."

"Brother Zhou wants to test me?" Tang Cheng laughed when he heard the words, "Why is Brother Zhou willing to pay a high price of [-] guan for a piece of unproductive river land? If my prediction is correct, Brother Zhou will buy this land." After the piece of land, you want to build a warehouse, right?"

Just looking at Zhou Jun's face, one could tell that Tang Cheng's guess was right.

"Thanks to the two of you, I realized that this river beach is actually a golden rooster. In this case, I can just sell eggs. Wouldn't it be too stupid to sell chickens together?" Tang Cheng said lightly. A smile: "But although this land is not for sale, it can be divided."

"Oh, what's the way?" Zhou Jun and Du Lahe are both engaged in large-scale business. Now that they have a wharf, if they can build a warehouse on the adjacent river beach to form a storage capacity, no matter whether they are food or export There will be a higher degree of freedom in the scheduling of goods, and the terminal in the hands will have greater value invisibly.This is also the fundamental reason why the two are willing to pay such a high price.

"There are two plans. One is for me to build a warehouse here. After the warehouse is completed, the two of you can pay the rent every year; If you want to do other business, you can do it. After the road is completed and the wharf is opened, this place will be prosperous. Popularity means wealth. Not only warehouses, but also restaurants and inns are also very profitable. If the two of you are interested in such a business, then I will Going out of the land, the two of you will contribute money to repair the house and build the building, and the business profit will be divided equally." After finishing speaking in one breath, Tang Cheng laughed and said, "I don't know my plan, what do you two think?".

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Returning to Wanfulou Inn, when Tang Cheng walked out of the inn, he had a relaxed smile on his face.

"You, the business of this shop is really dead." Zhang Liang, who sent him out, pointed at Tang Cheng and nodded: "Dulah's decision is nothing more than that, but Zhou Jun would agree to let you step in." his business".

"I didn't expect it either. I thought he would definitely choose to pay the rent like Durrach."

"Perhaps, he wants to tie you more tightly. Since then, his business is also your business, so you don't have to plan for it, Tang Cheng. Think about it carefully, this Zhou Jun has very far-reaching intentions," Yan said. At this point, Zhang Liang suddenly stopped, and with a smile on his face, he said seriously: "Tang Cheng, come to the capital, you are indeed talented in business affairs, and you come to the capital just to take over my business. You will definitely be able to It can be more helpful to the third son. It's a pity to live in this small Jinzhou."

"It's just a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse. You are right. When it comes to talent, you are too flattering! Brother Zhang may not have thought of it. At this time last year, I just came out of home and was still worried about the flowers after I arrived in the county. Selling. Hey, I’m really scared of being poor! If you want to change when you are poor, you can only spend more time thinking about how to make money. The so-called talent is nothing more than paying more attention than others.” Tang Cheng, who also stopped walking, smiled Shaking his head, he said: "These two times I worked with the merchants were really to solve the troubles at home. In fact, my ambition is not here. After I borrowed the river beach this time to have a stable income, when the road is repaired, my mind will be the same. It’s time to turn to schoolwork, and I’m ready to prepare for the imperial examination. With a proper background, it may help the third son even more in the future.”

"Oh, what you mean is that you don't want to do business anymore?"

"Indeed," Tang Cheng nodded, "It was a last resort in the past. In fact, there are many things worth pursuing in this world besides making money. Hehe, since I started the tung oil business last year, I have really put my heart into my studies. Too few, I’m not afraid of Brother Zhang’s jokes, even though I’m a state student now, I haven’t even entered the state school once, so I’m really ashamed to say it.”

"It's a pity", Zhang Liang sighed with a smile, "Forget it, since you have the ambition to be born in the right way, it's hard to persuade XX."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled and nodded, and the two continued to walk forward, "Brother Zhang, if you have to leave these two days, you can help persuade him to stay for a few more days."

"Why is this? Isn't everything done right?"

"In two days, after I finish the land acquisition for road construction, I intend to use the names of Du Lahe and Zhou Jun to invite big merchants from all states in this province to Jinzhou for a while." Tang Cheng chuckled, "This is a tiger's skin As for the work of the banner, once Dulahe leaves, I will not be able to do the banner.”

"Businessmen meeting! Could it be to attract merchants for your river beach?".

"It's not just here, the main purpose is to promote, to promote Jinzhou, to promote the wharf. The more publicized, the more popular it is. It's still the old saying that popularity is wealth. Speaking of it, it is also a big deal for Laodu and Zhou Jun. It's good. As for attracting merchants to my river beach, it's just incidental."

"Well, you Tang Cheng, you squeezed Du Lahe and Zhou Jun really cleanly, from money to their reputation." Seeing Tang Cheng's face with a strange smile, Zhang Liang pondered for a while Afterwards: "No, I understand it. Since you are bothering to make such a big commotion, besides what you just mentioned, you must have other ideas. Tell me, what is it?"

"This is something that is beneficial to both parties. How can it be considered oppression? After all, it is such a big commotion. If you want to talk about the boss, there are naturally some." At this point, Tang Cheng suddenly smiled and said: "It's just this matter I don’t have a clue yet, Brother Zhang, forgive me for being a fool.”

Chapter 158 It's All About Money, Don't Hurry!

When he walked out of Wanfu Building, Tang Cheng turned his head to look at the somewhat silent Feng Haizhou, and asked with a smile, "Haizhou, why don't you speak?".

"It's not that I don't want to say it, it's that I don't know what to say." Feng Haizhou turned his head and smiled helplessly, "I have been in the state government for more than ten years, and I have worked with several judges before and after. I have never felt embarrassed in business. But since I followed the adults to build roads, I often feel that I can’t see clearly, hey! I really can’t keep up with your thoughts.”

"Everyone has their own way of doing things, and the same is true of their thinking. We have only been doing things together for a short time, and we will be fine." Regarding Feng Haizhou's confusion, Tang Cheng really didn't know how to explain it, and he couldn't explain it. , I was stumped and said to him: "I came here through time travel, and this time I used the thinking and methods of later generations to build roads and operate the wharf?" Since I can't elaborate, I can only vaguely speak.

After a vague explanation, Tang Cheng got on his horse and said with a smile at the same time: "Haizhou, do you still remember what I said that day, four to one mu, and I will reserve the ten acres on the river beach for you. If we buy it, we will immediately find a middleman to apply for the title deed."

After he settled himself comfortably on the horse, Tang Cheng took the rein in his hand, and while driving the horse leisurely forward, he said with a smile: "If you want to sell your ten acres of land, I suggest you wait for a while. Then sell, as for the price, one hundred guan for one mu of land is a more appropriate price."

"One hundred guan", Feng Haizhou turned his head in surprise, "Can it be so high?".

"Not now, but things are rare and expensive, and the land will also increase in value." Looking at Feng Haizhou who was full of surprise, Tang Cheng smiled, "In a few days, big merchants from all states will gather together After the state, the value of the river beach land will continue to rise, but among the existing 400 mu of land, I will not sell any of the land in my hands. In this way, you are the only one who can trade. Ten acres, ten acres of land! It’s not much, but it’s enough to build a small warehouse or a restaurant or inn. The only land that can be traded is a complete plot, one hundred guan per mu Maybe even lower. After the roads in Fangzhou and Jinzhou are repaired and the port is officially opened, the price will have to jump a bit.”

"Although I can't keep up with my ideas, I can learn from adults." Feng Haizhou smiled, "I will only sell eggs, not chickens."

At this point, Feng Haizhou, who had stopped his horse, sat upright on the horse, and saluted Tang Cheng with a very solemn expression, "Thank you, my lord."

"Under that situation that day, you were still willing to come with me to build the road, which shows your heart. Besides, you have suffered a lot these days." Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, "Reward and punishment, this is what you deserve Yes, what is there to thank."

The two continued to ride forward, Tang Cheng turned to the main topic and said: "Haizhou, you don't have to follow me these two days, your business is to greet the four people invited from Daocheng, food, clothing, housing and so on. Not to mention, when they want geographical maps of mountains and rivers or want to survey the terrain on the spot, these tasks of cooperation and liaison with local areas are also entrusted to you. Only then can we proceed with land acquisition and land exchange, and then we can officially start road construction.”

"In the past, roads in the prefecture were built when encountering mountains and building bridges when encountering water. This detailed road map has never been used."

"Survey and plan in advance, avoid what should be avoided, let what should be given up, and it will save a lot of trouble when you really start to repair it." Tang Cheng, who was sitting on the horse, straightened his back and looked at the sky outside the city. "More The important thing is that what we want to build is a road that is different from the one before.”

"Well, I've been staring at this for the past two days." Feng Haizhou followed Tang Cheng's eyes and turned to the space, "Now that we have money, don't worry, my lord, we will definitely be able to repair a 50-year-old car." A road that can be firmly remembered by Jinzhou people."

When the two of them were talking, a luxury car drove up in front of them. When Tang Cheng drove his horse to avoid it, he saw that the oncoming carriage raised the curtain of the car. Skin-like face, although this wrinkled face is old, but the deep eyes are extremely eye-catching.

When avoiding and staggering, the eyes of the two naturally met together. After the old man in the car looked at Tang Cheng, he cupped his hands with a smile on his face to show his gratitude. Tang Cheng returned the smile and continued to ride the horse. go home.

The carriage stopped all the way around the gate of the Biejia mansion. Just after walking out of the door of the concierge and seeing the old man through the opened curtain, it immediately shouted: "Xiaosi, go to the inner courtyard and report to Madam." , the old man is here," he said to the boy in the porter, he trotted to the front of the car, warmly and respectfully joined hands with the driver to welcome the old man down.

As soon as the old man entered the second gate, Mrs. Ma who had received the letter from the inner courtyard had also arrived.

"Father, why are you here so fast?" After seeing the old man, Mrs. Ma, who was in her 40s, seemed to forget that this is a second door with many servants, and knelt down in front of the old man, "This cold spring day The son still made dad run such a long and urgent road, the daughter is not filial, it is the daughter who is not filial." When talking about the latter, Mrs. Ma's words already had a strong crying sound.

"Father, let's take a look when you miss your daughter. What is filial piety?" The old man helped Mrs. Ma up, and looked at her kindly: "Your uncle is just a moment of anger, and your husband and wife for many years can really 'reconcile'. No, let Yue rest assured, with daddy around, you don’t have to be afraid of anything.”

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In the next few days, Feng Haizhou and Zhang Xiangwen accompanied the people from the Ministry of Industry to the county to survey the route, while Tang Cheng accompanied Zhou Jun and the three. The details of some cooperation intentions needed to be discussed in detail. People came from such a long distance, and Tang Cheng had to lead them around the famous mountains, scenic spots and quiet places.

The private letter to Zheng Lingyi and Sun Shijun, the governor of Chunzhou, Lingnan Province, and some other things along with the letter have been sent out, and Zhang Liang is here, so Du Lahe is not in a hurry to leave. Not to mention the rush, after sending his servants to bring back a letter from home, he also leisurely stayed in Jinzhou for the time being, judging from this posture, he clearly wanted to watch the road construction with his own eyes before leaving.

Tang Chengcheng thought that no matter what these days, the two of them should be left behind first. Since Zhou Jun is like this, Tang Cheng will naturally do his best, so that while talking about things and leisurely leisurely, time will pass. Extra fast.

On this day, when Tang Cheng was chatting with the three of them in the restaurant of Wanfu Building, Zhang Xiangwen, who was covered in dust, walked in from outside.

Seeing him coming in, Tang Cheng was overjoyed, "Second brother came just in time, but the road construction route has been set?".

"It's settled." After Zhang Xiangwen poured a cup of tea and drank it all, he "brushed" the geographical map of mountains and rivers under his arm and spread it out in front of Tang Cheng.

"This red line marks the route planned by several adults from the Ministry of Industry," Zhang Xiangwen wiped his mouth, "Now those few are still continuing to survey below, marking and discussing road construction methods for several dangerous sections. Follow the same day When I was leaving, my brother ordered me to come back as soon as the route was marked."

"Okay, the second brother has worked hard." The professional issues are left to the professionals. Tang Cheng is confident about the team from the Ministry of Industry brought by the Eastern Army all the way. After looking at the geographical map casually, he pushed the map towards Zhou Jun and Du Lahe, pointed at the red line with his finger while smiling and said: "Everything is ready, I only owe Dongfeng, you two, you should know how to pay for it." Let's go!".

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"Second brother, I remember that your fourth uncle is at home, please invite him to Zhoucheng; and your Uncle Yao's side, any spare staff in restaurants or inns will help me borrow them" and come out of the restaurant , Tang Cheng hurriedly walked and said to Zhang Xiangwen beside him: "I won't say anything about the fourth uncle. I will pay another salary to anyone who is borrowed from your Uncle Yao. This is an urgent job, and there will not be much delay."

"In such a hurry? Why?" evag proofreading.

"Buying land and exchanging land are all money, so don't rush." ​​Tang Cheng continued to walk out in a hurry, while waving his hands and said: "Second brother, this matter, I will be with you when I am free tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Say, it's important to do things first."

Zhang Xiangwen was also infected by Tang Cheng's fast pace, "Well, when will people want it?".

"Gather together tomorrow afternoon, and leave early the morning of the day after tomorrow." Seeing that they had arrived at the entrance of Wanfu Building and the two were about to separate, Tang Cheng pulled Zhang Xiangwen over, put his shoulders on his shoulders and said with a smile: "Second brother, what's the matter?" Brother Hui will leave you a good shop, so that you can solidly save a wife's book!".

After saying this sentence, Tang Cheng didn't wait for Zhang Xiangwen to speak again, he laughed and got on his horse and galloped away.Behind him, Zhang Xiangwen, who was stunned for a moment, hopped and shouted loudly: "I'm not in a hurry to get a wife. Brother, if you dare to tell my second uncle about this, I, I will break justice with you."

It’s hard to say whether Tang Cheng heard his words, but the passers-by along the way heard them clearly. The area around Wanfu Building is the most prosperous area in Jinzhou, and there are quite a lot of people coming and going. As soon as he finished shouting, the passers-by who had just been attracted by his loud voice burst into laughter together.

Rao Zhang Xiangwen's face is unusually thick. At this time, he can't stand so many people laughing at him for "marrying a wife" and want to explain it, but there is no way to explain it. Laugh more.After blushing so rarely, he held back for a while, turned around and slipped back into the inn again.

Seeing this scene, the laughter of passers-by outside the door grew louder.

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Tang Cheng rode his horse all the way straight to the house, but he didn't even get off his horse when he arrived at the door, and told the oncoming door: "Old Gao, tell Madam, there are only the essential left-behind staff in the Yunxi tung oil shop. In addition, everyone else is drawn to the state city, and they must all be there tomorrow afternoon."

After finishing the order here, Tang Cheng, who was waving his whip, turned his horse's head and galloped to the state government again.

"What's so urgent?" Lao Gao looked at Tang Cheng who was flying away in the dust, muttered and ran to the yard.

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All the way straight to the state government office, Tang Cheng had never been to Sitian Cao's office these days, when he arrived suddenly when he was approaching the Sanya government office, he immediately attracted the eyes of those swordsmen and pens.

"Okay, hello everyone, I have an urgent errand here, so I have to bother everyone." Tang Cheng bowed his hands to everyone and returned the group salute, spread out the geographical map of mountains and rivers he was holding, and waved to the responsible old Liang : "Brother Liang, please distribute the land drawn by the red line above, and calculate the land and acres involved as soon as possible. By the way, how many of these lands are government land and how much is private land? Clearly sorted."

"Well, this is indeed a lot of work." When Lao Liang was looking at the geographical map of mountains and rivers carefully, another Daobi who came up to him looked at the map and asked Tang Cheng with a smile: "This is the road that my lord wants to repair." ?”.

Seeing Tang Cheng nodding, the Daobi turned around with a smile and said loudly: "Hey, everyone, this is an adult's job, we have to do it beautifully." When he called, the other Daobi all shouted loudly. go along.

"My lord's business is our own business, and you need Zhou Tong to come and remind you, cunning!".

"Yeah, I won't be back at noon, Lao Liang, hurry up and share."

You said something to each other, after hearing that this was a job for Tang Cheng to build roads, everyone was very enthusiastic, and the office was very lively for a while.

"Thank you all." Tang Cheng laughed when he saw this, and said to Zhou Tongdao: "Now you go to Wanfulou and explain to the shopkeeper that he will send you a table of Da Sixi's banquet in the Accord. The wine should not be too much, but it should be good, um, let him send over an ou of the 15-year-old Jiannanchun wine.”

"Wanfulou still has 15-year-old Jiannanchun wine? My good guy, he said it was gone when I had a banquet a few days ago." After saying something angrily, Zhou Tong looked at Tang Cheng embarrassedly, "My lord ,This this".

"If you are told to go, go, don't be a good boy." Tang Cheng's words caused everyone to laugh again, "After you go, tell the shopkeeper that I want it, or else you'll be 'really gone'".

"Okay, I'll be honored by your lord at noon today," Zhou Tong smiled and ran out quickly.

According to Tang Cheng's suggestion, many cases should be combined into one place, and all the required files and materials should be arranged and put in the middle. After Lao Liang divided the tasks, everyone sat around the case and got busy, even Tang Cheng didn't take a moment to share a part of it.

"Everyone, everyone, at this time, don't forget to extend half an acre of land on both sides at this time." Seeing that all the knives and pens were a little puzzled, Tang Cheng explained in detail: "On both sides of the road, the half acre of land next to the road is also Count it in, but the half acre has to be accounted for separately.”

"Half an acre on one side, and one acre on both sides", one of the knife pens was surprised and said: "My lord, how wide is the road you have to build! It will cost a lot of money and food."

Everyone knows about Tang Cheng’s road construction, and everyone knows what’s going on. He has no money, grain, or corvee quota. If a road is to be built in a situation like Tang’s judge, it should be as narrow and short as possible. To save money?How could he pay it back! ! !

People agree with each other, and after Daobi asked first, the others followed suit: "Yes! My lord, this is a business matter. In your situation, it is not easy to cope with it, but don't put yourself in it." , this road is only for food and money, not to mention one centimeter wide, even one centimeter wide, and it will be great to be tired after dozens of miles."

"Thank you colleagues for your concern, let's do it first, ah", Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hands and then began to work hard. Others couldn't say anything when they saw this, and they all buried their heads to work. The only sounds in the room were the crackling of abacus and the flipping of documents.

After the Sanya bell rang, no one left. After eating the Dasixi banquet noodles sent by Wanfulou, everyone continued to work again. This was the case in the afternoon and the morning of the next day. There was a lot of noise, and the knife and pen officials trotted back and forth to go to the toilet, so that Lao Liang sighed and said that he was so busy before him that he had never seen it in more than 30 years.Just hurrying and rushing like this, I finally finished the whole work when I left the office at noon the next day.

While Lao Liang and the others were busy finishing up and counting everyone's work together, Tang Cheng was at his desk in his office room drafting official land acquisition documents. It doesn't matter whether the private land is replaced with official land, or sold at the market price for self-determination by the people.

After the official document was drafted, Tang Chengcheng planned to personally send it to Mr. Yao for signature and seal. When everyone had reached the door, he stopped and waved to Lao Liang.

"Old Liang, take this official document and ask Yao Shijun to sign and seal it." When Tang Cheng handed the official document to Lao Liang, he specially instructed: "You don't have to leave it there after you sign and seal it. Let it go, and you can bring it back to me."

"Okay", Lao Liang nodded and looked at the content of the official document. After he had walked a few steps, he suddenly turned around and came back, "My lord!! Here!! Is there a typo?".

"Oh, what's wrong?" Tang Cheng leaned over to take a look, but saw that what Lao Liang was pointing at was the phrase "purchase at market price", "That's right!".

"Buy at the market price!!" Hearing this, Lao Liang raised his head and looked at Tang Cheng in surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.

However, whenever the imperial court expropriates land, it is a high incense for the common people to have enough official land to replace. If the quality of the replaced official land is not too different, it will be blessed by Amitabha, the Buddha.When did the official land expropriation talk about redemption?Counter price?How much does that cost?Judge Tang has it?

"That's right, that's it, you go." Tang Cheng, who was busy at the moment, patted his shoulder before turning around and leaving before the shocked Lao Liang asked again.

He lowered his head to look at the official document in his hand, then raised his head to look at Tang Cheng who was busy working in the office again. After Lao Liang sighed, he turned and obeyed his orders.

Chapter 159 The God of Wealth Is Invited

"Oh, so fast." Tang Cheng took the official document from Deng Jiachun, looked down at the brightly colored signature on it, and raised his head with a smile, "Okay, um, what did Master Shijun say?".