"Lord Fang is truly formidable. I heard he also channeled water to several villages under Anhe County in Hezhou. Lord Zhao, do you know how that explosive was made? I'm awfully curious."
Zhao Song shook his head. "How would I know that?"
"Lord Fang is twenty-one now, isn't he?" someone asked.
Zhao Song said, "Yes, already twenty-two."
"Three years from now, when he comes back, he'll be twenty-six—not yet thirty—and already poised for a second-grade post. Lord Fang truly makes the rest of us green with envy."