The two waiters remarked, "Fortunately, Manager Li, Manager Mo, and the others left. If they hadn't, they likely wouldn't have been able to escape."
That afternoon, the government took over the Zhao family's significant and profitable businesses. The next day, all these businesses were handed over to the magistrate's brother-in-law.
The official reason given was that the Zhao family was accused of rebellion, leading to the confiscation of all their properties.
Had Manager Li and the others not left in time, they would have undoubtedly been arrested.
Most of those who had been working elsewhere were dismissed, with the exception of a few.
Fortunately, Manager Li and the others had made preparations in advance, as had the Young Master long before. Thus, even though the magistrate's brother-in-law seized all the Zhao family's properties, he did not gain much.
