My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 15 Are You a Bandit?

In order to accumulate funds quickly, Xu Qin needed tens of thousands of taels of silver to weave cloth and run so many machines. However, after making those machines and buying cotton, silk, and hemp, Xu Qin had little money left.

Therefore, during this period, thousands of spindles of yarn were put into the market every day, and the daily profit was two to three hundred taels. After all, many machines had not yet been assembled!

Use the money you get back to continue buying cotton, spinning yarn, and putting it on the market!
Many people were curious about why the spinning in Xu Huizu's mansion was so fast. Thousands of kilograms of cotton were brought in every day, and many spindles were shipped out to be sold the next day!

The market originally needed a large amount of cotton yarn because of the court procurement. Zhu Di had been preparing for war, preparing to fight the Mongolian Tatars. If he wanted to fight in the north, he had to prepare enough cold-resistant supplies. Now that winter has arrived, cotton yarn is urgently needed in all places!

Moreover, almost every ordinary citizen in the Ming Dynasty had a spinning machine. Some spun for their own use, while others sold it to merchants.

Therefore, a few thousand more spindles of yarn would not cause any big waves for Nanjing!

However, it was noticed by many people who were interested, because, up to now, no female workers had ever entered Xu Huizu's mansion. In other words, those who were spinning in Xu Huizu's mansion were the servants of the mansion.

This situation lasted for about half a month. As more and more spinning machines were built in Xu Qinxin's mansion, and his father wanted to rescue the families of the sacrificed soldiers, and also released some servants when Xu Huizu was imprisoned before!
Now all these people have been recruited back by Xu Qin, and they are all women, including those who carry cotton. However, transporting and selling spindles are done by male servants, which is hard work.

During this period, the old mansion started weaving, but no weaving was done in the new mansion because Xu Qin did not have so much money. The money earned from selling spindles every day was needed to buy cotton. With so many spinning machines, a large amount of cotton was needed every day.

Nowadays, the Xu Mansion produces tens of thousands of spindles every day!

On the loom side, a large amount of cotton cloth was also woven every day. However, Xu Qin did not sell these cotton cloths, but kept them!

Because the cotton cloth woven by Xu Qin is twice as wide as the cloth woven by the looms of the Ming Dynasty. The cloth woven by the looms of the Ming Dynasty is only one and a half feet wide, while the cloth woven by Xu Qin's looms is four feet wide.

This kind of cotton cloth will definitely be more popular if it is released because it is easier to cut clothes and there is no waste of material, and the price will definitely not be more than twice as much!

Therefore, Xu Qin wanted to wait. After Xu Qin finished working on the looms, he went to the riverside outside the city and bought a large yard, ready to dye the cloth himself!

The cloth of the Ming Dynasty nowadays is of a single color, and most of it is the same color without any patterns!

As for spinning, my father is in charge of the old house, and my mother and several concubines are in charge of the new mansion.

Anyway, they have nothing to do and no identity!

Before, Li was the wife of a duke, but now, she is just an ordinary woman!

The Jinyiwei guarding outside Xu Qin's mansion were also amazed. So much raw materials went in every day and so many spindles came out. Some of the Jinyiwei soldiers' family members also worked in spinning, but not so fast!

Therefore, this matter was quickly reported to Zhu Gaosui!
"Spinning, fast? How fast can spinning be?" Zhu Gaosui heard the report from his subordinates and did not take it seriously at all!

“Your Highness, really, you don’t know. Thousands of kilograms of cotton are delivered every day. Just think about it, how many spinning machines and how many people are needed for thousands of kilograms of cotton? But, there are not so many people in the old house of Xu Mansion. Moreover, thousands of spindles of yarn are shipped out every day to be sold. Your Highness, thousands of spindles of yarn require thousands of people to spin. The Xu Mansion is so big, how many thousands of people can it accommodate?” The captain who was specifically watching the Xu Mansion stood in front of Zhu Gaosui and explained.

"Thousands of ingots? Hmm~" Zhu Gaosui also felt a little surprised!
After thinking about it, Zhu Gaosui took the Embroidered Spring Sword and prepared to go to Xu's Mansion in person. The other members of the Jinyiwei did not dare to enter Xu's Mansion without orders, but he could!

Soon, Zhu Gaosui brought his men to the outside of Xu's mansion. The Jinyiwei immediately knocked on the door, and an old man opened the door!

"Open it, I want to go in!" Zhu Gaosui said while standing there.

"Wait a moment, I'll go in and report!" The old man immediately closed the door and locked it.

Zhu Gaosui stood there in shock, then shouted, "Arrogant!"

The gatekeeper's servant hurried to find Xu Huizu. Xu Huizu actually had nothing to do so he went to repair those spinning machines and looms. Because he knew how to assemble them and he had nothing else to do, Xu Huizu was very happy to do such things!
The doorman found Xu Huizu and reported it immediately!
"King Zhao? He's here? Hmm? Go find the young master. The young master is in his study!" Xu Huizu frowned and said to the doorman. He also put down the tools and walked towards the front yard.

The doorman found Xu Qin, who was drawing the machines and tools for dyeing cloth. When he heard that Zhu Gaosui was coming, he put down his simple pencil and quickly ran to the front yard!

When they arrived at the front gate, Xu Qin asked the gateman to open the door, and saw Zhu Gaosui standing there with a dark face.

"Hey, third cousin, what brings you out? Did you bring money?" Xu Qin walked over with a very happy look on his face and immediately hugged Zhu Gaosui.

As soon as Xu Qin went out, the doorman closed the door again and locked it.

Zhu Gaosui pointed at the closed door, widened his eyes, stared at Xu Qin angrily and shouted: "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Qin asked pretending to be confused.

"You close the door? You dare to close the door? I want to go in to check, and you dare to close the door? How outrageous and arrogant!" Zhu Gaosui shouted at Xu Qin who was hugging his shoulders, and tried to shake Xu Qin off.

"Why don't you dare close the door? What's the matter? If you want to go in, just go in. What identity do you use to go in?" Xu Qin immediately frowned and stared at Zhu Gaosui and questioned.

"I am the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard! I have to go in and search now!" Zhu Gaosui shouted angrily.

"Where is the imperial edict?" Xu Qin said nonchalantly.

"You? Do I need an imperial edict to search your house?" Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin with contempt! "Then I won't let you search. If you dare to break in, I will go to the palace to find my aunt! And I will beat the imperial drum! Don't make a mistake, my father is not an official!" Xu Qin also looked at Zhu Gaosui with a sneer on his face.

"Sakyabao, you, are you looking for death?" Zhu Gaosui stared at Xu Qin with gritted teeth. This kid was too disrespectful!

When Xu Qin heard this, he said to Zhu Gaosui provocatively: "Come on, kill me!"

Zhu Gaosui stared at Xu Qin fiercely and said, "I want to go see my uncle!"

"My father said he won't see any guests!" Xu Qin said indifferently.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaosui pointed his finger at Xu Qin, not knowing what to do with him! He took a deep breath and said to Xu Qin, "How come your family produces thousands of spindles every day?"

"It's a spinning machine! You don't even know this? The front and back doors, as well as the surrounding walls, are all guarded by Jinyiwei. You don't think they are sending it to my house, do you?" Xu Qin hugged Zhu Gaosui tightly, then asked with a smile: "Don't interrupt me, do you have money? I'm short of money!"

"What do you mean?" Zhu Gaosui then looked at Xu Qin warily!

"I'm short of money!" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaosui with an expression as if he was hard of hearing.

"What does your lack of money have to do with me? And you still come to blackmail me for money? Who gives you the courage?" Zhu Gaosui raised his voice and shouted angrily at Xu Qin.

"My aunt gave it to me. My aunt said that if I don't have money, I will come to you. You have money!" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaosui with a smile on his face!
Zhu Gaosui just stared at Xu Qin in a daze!

"If you don't believe me, go ask your aunt!" Xu Qin said as he began to reach out for money. Zhu Gaosui only reacted at this time and wanted to dodge, but Xu Qin grabbed his neck and he couldn't move!

Xu Qin immediately touched the pocket containing the silver bills and wanted to reach out to take it out!

Zhu Gaosui grabbed Xu Qin's hand tightly and shouted loudly: "Shijiabao, are you a robber? Let go, let go, or I will be rude to you!"

"Whatever, just give me the money!" Xu Qin didn't care. In a one-on-one fight, no five Zhu Gaosui could be his match.

Zhu Gaosui was extremely angry, but he could do nothing about Xu Qin, so he could only shout loudly: "I will do it myself, I will do it myself, how much do you want!"

"I want as much as you can get!" Xu Qin still wanted to reach out and snatch it, but Zhu Gaosui refused. He brought two thousand taels today!

"One hundred taels, one hundred taels, let go!" Zhu Gaosui continued to shout while struggling. At this moment, Xu Qin had already pressed Zhu Gaosui to the ground and stretched out his hand to continue snatching the money. The Jinyi guards next to him did not dare to pull him away!

"Are you sending away beggars?" Xu Qin said nonchalantly!

"You are all dead, pull him away!" Zhu Gaosui saw his subordinates watching and no one dared to come!

"If anyone dares to move, I will set fire to your house at night!" Xu Qin immediately turned his head and glared at the Jinyiwei and shouted!
When the Jinyiwei heard this, they dared not move. Xu Qin had done such a thing before.

"Two hundred taels!" Zhu Gaosui continued to shout!

"I will do it myself!"

"Three hundred taels! Shakyabao, don't go too far!"

"Don't worry about it!" Xu Qin said with a smile!

"Five hundred taels. If you still don't agree, my mother will beat me up!" Zhu Gaosui held Xu Qin's hand and his pocket tightly.

Xu Qin heard it and it was almost time. He nodded and said, "Pay the money!"

But Xu Qin was riding on Zhu Gaosui and had no intention of getting up at all!
"Let me up!" Zhu Gaosui glared at Xu Qin.

Xu Qin immediately reached out to continue snatching!

"I'll take it, I'll take it, don't snatch it!" Zhu Gaosui shouted immediately!

Soon, Zhu Gaosui took out a silver note and saw that it was the one thousand taels note. He wanted to curse and put it back, but Xu Qin caught him and shouted, "Let go!"

"Sakyabao, this is one thousand taels!" Zhu Gaosui shouted.

"One thousand taels will do!" Xu Qin said as he patted Zhu Gaosui's wrist. Zhu Gaosui felt pain in his wrist and let go. Xu Qin quickly packed the banknotes!

People also stood up.

"Sakyabao, are you a bandit?" Zhu Gaosui stood up, gritting his teeth in hatred.

(End of this chapter)