Standing beside the streets under martial law, watching the castle gates open and then slowly close, the maid supporting Zhang Min couldn’t help but look on with anticipation.

Living in a city of a different race for a long time gave one a strange feeling.

The murlocs here always seemed to look down on ordinary people, as if they were inferior creatures.

Bound by the territory’s rules, they didn’t dare actually make a move, but any normal person would want to leave this environment as soon as possible.

“Definitely. Prince Yu Chenghui is the most favored by the Murloc King. Everyone in the entire Tian Yuan Territory knows how loyal and righteous he is.”

“Besides, we have the conch shell as a token, so as long as the request isn’t excessive, the second prince will agree to it!”

With a note of reprimand, Zhang Min sternly cut off the maid’s questioning.

However, judging from her expression, it was clear that after being turned away when she tried to flag down the car, Zhang Min was no longer as confident as before.

More than anything, she felt uneasy about not knowing what lay ahead.

Time passed, second by second.

Even after it had completely darkened, the three of them remained waiting in front of a building just across the bridge from the castle.

Just then, the murloc guard who had been sent to deliver the message slowly walked over from another street, having finished eating and drinking.

“Oh ho, still waiting?” He spoke flippantly, sizing up the three of them before slowly saying, “The Second Prince is a bit tired today. You can go back and wait. Someone will come to inform you of the meeting time later.”

“We have to wait again?” Zhang Min’s expression suddenly froze, and her breath seemed to stop.

“What else could it be? Did you think the Second Prince went on such a long trip just to come back and see you?”

The guard, whose height was similar to Zhang Min’s, glared with his round eyes. “Is your status higher than that of the King and Queen?”

“The Second Prince didn’t even have time to see the King or his own people when he got home, yet he has to see you first?”

“Let me tell you, although this is the murloc city of Tian Yuan Territory, it is also the city of us deep-sea murlocs. If you want to see the Second Prince, you must abide by our rules.”

As he spoke, the guard was extremely arrogant, showing no sense of being a fellow citizen.

Even if the Zhang Clan had accumulated more wealth than he would earn in his whole life, even if her former status in Mulberry Field Town had let her command ten or even a hundred coolie murlocs at the same time,

at this moment, in Murloc City, she remained pitifully lowly.

“Okay, I understand!”

Seeing the murlocs who had gathered around because of the loud noise, Zhang Min dared not argue any further and had no choice but to leave quickly with her maid’s help.

The night was like a ferocious beast that devoured people.

Before the three had completely disappeared into the shadows, the dozen or so murlocs standing in the light burst into laughter, as if they were soldiers who had won a battle.

“These humans are shameless! We used to rely on them, but now they have to rely on us too!”

“Exactly! If it weren’t for us murlocs guarding the eastern front, the sea creatures that landed would have razed their cities to the ground already.”

“In Murloc City, apart from Mayor Chen, everyone else who comes here, whether a dragon or a tiger, has to coil up and lie low. No one is exempt.”

“Hahaha, this little girl didn’t even bother to find out how many favors the Second Prince has racked up over the years. If you want him to pay them back, wait another ten years!”

“Hehe, we murlocs have a lot of influence. As long as we reveal our identity in any territory, humans will automatically come to our aid.”

“Tch, isn’t that because they’re afraid that if we leave, there will be no one to guard the coastline?”

“...”

The murlocs were discussing it rather loudly.

Even from more than ten meters away, these arrogant words pierced Zhang Min’s heart like knives.

Pfft.

She had not been treated with such contempt since the end of the old calendar, five years ago.

Overwhelmed by anger, Zhang Min, who had already hit her head, lost all her mental strength and could no longer summon any energy.

A mouthful of bright red blood spurted from her mouth.

The next second, amid a dizzying spell, she fainted to the urgent cries of her two maids.

Time flies, and two more days passed in the blink of an eye.

Tian Yuan Territory, Mulberry Field Town.

Ever since the old manager Zhang Da had fallen from power and the new manager Zhang Min had left, all the power of Zizai Liang Lane had passed to the acting manager.

Zhang Bowen, who was only eighteen years old, had taken over the management.

This sizable Liang Lane had seen its daily revenue rise against the trend in an extremely unusual way.

On June eighth, to the astonishment of Old Master Zhang Da, the Lane recruited an unprecedented three hundred workers, more than enough to match the average number of workers Zizai Liang Lane had recruited during the Summer Harvest in previous years.

That night, after such a shock, Zhang Da, who had been terminally ill, miraculously recovered without any medicine and was mostly cured overnight.

Although he still needed to stay in bed and recuperate for a while, his basic mobility and daily living were no longer restricted, and he no longer needed his wife, Ju Yunxiang, to look after him.

Late that night, Zhang Da also called in his wife and summoned Zhang Bowen to his bedside. The two began to ask in detail about the unusual events that had taken place in the shop in recent days.

Of course, you don’t know until you ask, and once you do, you are bound to be shocked.

Zhang Bowen finished recounting the changes in Zizai Liang Lane, the spirit of the recruited workers, the prowess of Teacher Su, the skills of the new chefs, and so on.

Under the almost dazed gazes of Zhang Da and Ju Yunxiang, Zhang Bowen slyly produced three items.

First, the Type One energy stone sickle he had made himself, and the Type Two energy stone sickle that was currently in mass production.

Second, a manufacturing contract with a small company in Hope City, with an initial order of three thousand tools and an estimated delivery time of one week.

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