Many people who come to the store to buy goods first buy their own fabrics, and then always casually take away the silk or gauze in the corner, not asking for more than a bolt.

A slight chill ran through me. Although I had already consulted a lawyer to check for any loopholes in the contract, I was still feeling uneasy.

Something's fishy. Maybe it's a setup, but I wonder who this young master is trying to trick.

He secretly asked Erniu who the people who came to buy cloth were, and sure enough, he figured out something was amiss.

After buying the cloth, these people stayed at inns in the city and did not go home.

Moreover, Manager Wang inquired about it afterward.

The young master only cooperated with five cloth shops; he didn't even go inside the doors of the remaining dozen or so.

The funniest thing is that the price of Wanyun yarn and Huanhua brocade is one or two qian higher than the price of their own cloth.

Manager Wang frowned slightly, unsure of what the man was thinking.

At this moment, Young Master Gu the Second and Young Master Gu the Third arrived in Yingzhou Prefecture and went directly to the cloth shop.

The city was bustling with people, and the commercial area was filled with the noisy shouts of vendors, making it a lively place.

Young Master Gu looked excited.

"Third brother, what do you think our family's expression would be if we opened a shop here, made something of ourselves, and left Dad far behind?"

Gu Laosan remained silent.

"Second brother, quickly find the area where local cloth shops gather and ask around to see if they have our family's Qianyun yarn?"

They visited seven or eight fabric shops in a row. The two of them strolled around the shops, initially looking excited, but the more they entered each shop, the more disheartened they became.

Second Young Master Gu: "Wait a minute, Third Brother, is Mei Liulang trying to fool us?"

Young Master Gu narrowed his long, narrow eyes slightly.

"Could it be that this person is pretentious and boastful, and that our fabrics are actually unsellable, and he's just showing off on a whim?"

Before I knew it, I had arrived at Okawa Cloth Shop.

Their steps grew heavier and heavier as they looked around, their hearts growing increasingly heavy with unease.

But a quick glance revealed the words "Wan Yun Sha" and "Mei Hua Jin" in a corner.

Um?

Gu Laosan walked over quickly and whispered a few words to the second young master.

Upon closer inspection, the familiar feel is there.

Their fingers trembled slightly as they looked at the price next to them.

"One bolt of cloth costs one tael and two mace, and it is one mace more expensive than other cloths in the surrounding area."

The shop assistant, who had been waiting nearby, carefully examined the two men's faces. Suddenly, he smiled, bowed, and asked, "Gentlemen, would you be willing to purchase Wan Yun Sha?"

Young Master Gu suddenly paused, "What kind of name is this?"

"Young master, this is Wan Yun yarn, a new arrival at our shop... The quantity is limited. The shopkeeper got it from a cloth shop that has been in business for generations. I heard that this shop is in a small town and doesn't know how to run a business, so it's getting worse and worse. That's why this exquisite cloth is unknown to the people in the prefectural city..."

"fart!"

Young Master Gu quickly grabbed him.

I went outside.

Young Master Gu roared, "That damned Mei family son bought Qianyun yarn from us for five or six hundred coins, and then resold it in the prefectural city for one tael and two qian. He must have made at least five hundred coins from us for every piece."

Damn it, that bastard even changed his name.

And our family's fabrics, the Huanhua brocade, he actually altered them to plum blossom brocade! That's utterly shameless!

Third Young Master Gu: "Second Brother, let's go check out the other houses."

They arrived at Wang's Cloth Shop.

Shopkeeper Wang stood quietly elsewhere, watching the excited young man, and smiled slightly. "He's taken the bait, hasn't he?"

I quietly returned to the back room and drank tea in peace.

Erniu: "Shopkeeper, should we remind him?"

"No, as long as it's not directed at us, we should respect other people's fate and mind our own business. Anyway, that person won't shortchange us, so why bother?"

Gu Sanshao forcibly suppressed the pounding in his heart and asked the shop assistant beside him in a calm manner, "Young man, how much does this cloth cost? Are there many buyers?"

The waiter standing guard had noticed the two long ago; they had memorized the portrait the young master had given them over the past few days.

The guys now know the two brothers better than they do themselves.

Does the face have moles? Are there double or single eyelids? Is the nose bridge high or low?

With a slight smile, he bowed respectfully and said, "Gentlemen, these fabrics just arrived recently. Basically, whenever three to five people come into the shop, at least two of them buy a bolt, saying that the quality is good and the fabric is very unique."

Thank you.

The two walked and talked outside.

"Second brother, did I hear that right? Two out of five people bought it, haha. I suddenly have an idea. If we open a shop in the prefectural city and bring our goods directly from the town, wouldn't we be able to earn at least six hundred coins per bolt of cloth?"

Young Master Gu pondered for a moment, then glanced around at the people around him.

"Second Brother, I'm afraid we can't leave now?"

"Um?"

Meanwhile, the shop assistants that Mei Liulang had left behind at places like Wang's Cloth Shop and Dachuan Cloth Shop found an excuse to buy a cup of rice wine from a rice wine stall outside and whispered, "Old man, where are you from? What's the price?"

The old man's expression suddenly changed. "What I wanted came true. I wanted milk, and here comes my mother."

Strange and peculiar.

The idlers who had been wandering around heard these whispers and scattered to the inn, whispering, "Come out quickly, the fish has taken the bait."

As dusk approached, the two men each held a water bottle and ate sesame seed cakes. Young Master Gu held a notebook and a black charcoal pencil.

This brush is said to have been sold in the capital by a foreign country. In terms of its use, it is a bit expensive, as one of these brushes can buy at least two or three high-quality brushes.

Young Master Gu approached from a distance, also holding a notebook in his hand, unable to suppress his smile.

"Second brother, at Dachuan Cloth Shop, 38 people entered in two hours, 18 of whom bought Wanyun yarn... Bah, Qianyun yarn."

Within two hours, 29 people entered Liu's cloth shop, 14 of whom bought Huanhua brocade.

Young Master Gu looked at a line of small print written in his notebook.

In two hours, a total of 48 people entered Wang's cloth shop, of whom 23 bought Qianyun yarn.

The more I calculated, the more alarmed I became. This was just one day's income; what about a month's?

If they were brought directly from the town and sold, bypassing that damned Mei Liulang's reselling, what an astonishing sum that would be!

Even the usually calm Third Young Master Gu couldn't help but change his expression slightly, and his breathing seemed to become a little heavier.

"Second brother, are you going back?"

"No, let's stay one more day. If the number is still the same tomorrow, opening the cloth shop is not out of the question."

"good!"

Young Master Gu was full of heroic spirit, as if he possessed boundless power and could swallow a whole cloud in the sky in one breath.