"Your Highness, someone is looking for you outside the manor!"

Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao appears.

After hearing the servant's description, Prince Yu and Master Qu exchanged a glance and knew who had come.

"Let them in!"

Then, Master Qu followed Prince Yu to the front hall. When he saw Song Dalu with a bruised and swollen face, Prince Yu was startled.

What happened to your face?

"Your Highness, you must stand up for me!"

So, Song Dalu, with tears streaming down his face, recounted the whole story.

"Your Highness, that kid is too arrogant. Relying on the Zhou family's backing, he attacked directly and almost beat me to death!"

"..."

The Crown Prince of Yu's lips twitched twice. He thought to himself, "I only beat you up. If you saw me pull out the Emperor's Sword and start slashing people, you wouldn't think beating someone up is crazy."

"How's the matter going?"

"..."

He thought the Crown Prince of Yu would stand up for him and say how he would teach Jing Zhe a lesson, but he didn't say a word. Song Dalu still felt a little desolate.

Of course, facing the Crown Prince of Yu, he dared not say much, nor did he dare say that the other shop assistants had all run away. He could only say, "Your Highness, rest assured, the shop assistants in the West Warehouse all listen to me. When I said to come to Qu Family Cloth Shop, they will all follow. As for the Zhou Family Cloth Shop's main store, a large number of people have also responded to my call and are preparing to come to Qu Family Cloth Shop!"

Before the Crown Prince of Yu could speak, Master Qu asked, "Where is Old Li from the main store?"

Ultimately, among all the Zhou family cloth workshops, Master Qu admires Old Li the most. Moreover, apart from Zhou Gui and Zhou Ziqiong, Old Li is the most influential and charismatic person. As soon as Old Li leaves, the Zhou family cloth workshop will inevitably disintegrate from within!

As for the other employees, they're just extras!

Hearing about Old Li, Song Dalu got angry: "Master Qu, that old man is so ungrateful—"

"So you mean he's not coming, right?"

Before he could finish speaking, Master Qu's face fell.

In Zhou's cloth shop, one old Li is enough. If he doesn't come, he really has no interest in anyone else. At this stage, Qu's cloth shop is not short of manpower. Even if it were, it could easily be recruited from the city. Why bother to dig up some useless people at a high price?

"Well, no matter what I say, he won't come. He says he can't spend all his money and complains that our Qu Family Cloth Shop pays too little—but, our Qu Family Cloth Shop's monthly wages are indeed somewhat lower than Zhou Family Cloth Shop's, but..."

Song Dalu is cunning. It's true that the Qu family cloth shop tried to poach him, but the monthly salary they offered was less than that of the Zhou family cloth shop. If it weren't for the fact that the Zhou family cloth shop couldn't pay its employees, he wouldn't have come!

However, since he was already there, he planned to subtly bring up the matter of monthly allowances with Master Qu, but he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Okay, I understand."

Hearing that Old Li wasn't coming, Master Qu lost his patience. Especially after hearing Song Dalu say that the monthly wages at the Qu family's cloth shop were low, Master Qu became even more annoyed: "You bastard, you dare to complain that my monthly wages are low? I might not even need you guys!"

At this point, the Crown Prince of Yu also lost his patience and waved his hand, saying, "I don't understand business matters either. You can discuss it yourselves!"

This was a way of kicking them out. The two understood and withdrew from the Yuwang Mansion. Outside, Song Dalu said with a fawning expression, "Master Qu, I will bring people to the Qu family's cloth shop right away?"

"There's no need to rush."

"Master Qu, there's no need to feel embarrassed. We're not working at the Zhou family's cloth shop anymore anyway, so we'll just go work at the cloth shop directly!"

Song Dalu expressed his loyalty.

There's really no need to rush.

"Um... okay, then let's go first thing tomorrow morning!"

Song Dalu was slightly touched. It seemed that Master Qu was a good person. He was afraid that they would get tired, so he insisted that they rest for another day and work again tomorrow.

"No need for tomorrow either."

"..."

"Qu Family Cloth Shop is not short of people right now. There would be no work for so many of you if you came, so there's no rush."

Song Dalu was taken aback, then said, "Okay, Master Qu, I'll have them wait a bit, and I'll go there myself tomorrow."

"You didn't understand what I meant. I meant that none of you need to rush, including you."

"..."

This time, Song Dalu was completely stunned.

Including me? Does that mean you don't even want me?

They were clearly afraid of tiring them out; this one rest is going to be a rest for the rest of their lives!

Song Dalu wasn't stupid. If he still couldn't see that Master Qu didn't want them at this point, he would truly be a fool.

He immediately became angry.

"Master Qu, what do you mean by this? You promised me before that as long as I brought people there, you would accept me!"

"Hehe, I told you I was going to bring Lao Li, did you bring him?"

"I--"

"You didn't bring it, so none of you can go!"

"Aren't you afraid I'll tell the Zhou family about you sending me to the Qu family's cloth shop?"

"hehe…"

Master Qu looked at him as if he were a fool: "What, when you were poaching people, you didn't think the Zhou family didn't know I asked you to help me poach them, did you? Heh..."

Those who betray will always be betrayed.

Song Dalu could leave Zhou's cloth shop for money today, and he could leave Qu's cloth shop for money tomorrow. Master Qu would look down on such a person as well.

After saying that, she ignored him and left.

But Song Dalu couldn't accept it. He had completely offended the Zhou family's cloth shop in order to come to the Qu family's cloth shop, and now the owner of the Qu family's cloth shop was not going to take him in. Where could he go? Who would dare to take him?

Song Dalu's eyes instantly turned red, and he rushed straight towards Master Qu's back. Before long, the two middle-aged men, whose combined age was nearly one hundred, were fighting in broad daylight, which immediately attracted the attention of the people of Ruzhou.

It should be noted that Ruzhou City is not large, and one of the two men was the owner of the Qu Family Cloth Shop, while the other was the manager of the west workshop of the Zhou Family Cloth Shop. The sight of the two of them rolling on the ground was truly...amusing.

Some people watched the spectacle, while others cheered and applauded. Before long, after the two men had bruises on their faces, some people shouted that they should report it to the authorities. But then they thought, "Prefect Liu just died in prison a few days ago. The yamen is now leaderless. Where should we report this to?"

Since the two had only been out of the Yuwang Mansion for a short time before they started fighting, and the place where they fought was not far from the gate of the Yuwang Mansion, the Yuwang Crown Prince received the news immediately.

"These two... are complete idiots!"

The crown prince of Yu the Great slammed the teacup on the ground and cursed.

"Ignore them, let them fight. It would be best if they were all killed! Useless cowards who are good for nothing but causing trouble!"

"Your Highness... I just heard someone say they're going to report it to the authorities..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, the Crown Prince of Yu thought to himself that if Yu Li came and took them back for questioning, it would be a big problem. He could only wave his hand.

"Go and bring those two good-for-nothings back!"

"Yes, Your Highness..."

"..."

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