My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 27 Zhu Di's Vision

Xu Qin returned to the workshop as if nothing had happened. Now the workshop can print and dye 170 to 180 pieces of cloth every day. It's not that it can't dye enough, but that there is not so much cloth. Now Xu Huizu is also assembling the machines at home.

Li and her family rented a house and found the people who used to work for the Xu family and asked them to work in the workshops.

Of course, all this has little to do with Xu Qin, and Xu Qin is still lying in the dyeing workshop.

After dyeing the cloth, the workers had nothing to do, so they just stayed in the workshop. The treatment in Xu Qin's dyeing workshop was quite good.

At the gate of the palace, Princess Daming rushed towards the palace. She wanted to file a complaint to Zhu Di.

No matter what, the queen's nephew beat the emperor's nephew in public, so he had to ask the emperor for an explanation.

"Your Majesty, Princess Daming requests an audience!" A eunuch entered the imperial study and bowed to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di turned his head and looked at Zhu Gaochi who was sitting next to him, and said, "Let her go back!"

"Yes, Dad!" Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to stand up.

"Tell her not to stretch her hands so long. I will spare them this time, but there won't be a next time!" Zhu Di said lightly as he sat there.

Zhu Gaochi quickly bowed and said yes.

Soon, Zhu Gaochi went out, and when he got outside, he saw a beautiful middle-aged woman, crying, kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaochi quickly walked over and helped him up.

"Your Highness, you have to make the decision for your aunt. You know, I only have one son, Zhuang'er, and now he has been beaten by that Shakyabao. Isn't this bullying us, an orphan and a widow?

"Your Highness, go and tell His Majesty that this is not a beating of my son, this is simply a beating of our royal family!" Princess Daming was helped up by Zhu Gaochi and said with her sleeve covering her face.

"Aunt, it's not that serious. Besides, aunt, my father is angry right now, so you'd better not get into trouble! You asked Jiang Xin to find trouble with Sakya Bao, but it's a big taboo. My father said, it's just this time, there won't be a next time!" Zhu Gaochi said to Princess Daming with a smile on his face.

"Ah?" Princess Daming had not yet reacted. She looked at Zhu Gaochi in surprise, thinking she had heard it wrong!
"Jiang Xin has been sent to the imperial prison by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and his home has been ransacked. Aunt! You said you wanted to discuss something with Sakya Bao, so just send someone to talk. Why create this scene?" Zhu Gaochi complained to Princess Daming.

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"Don't worry, go back quickly. My father hasn't been in a good mood these days. Go back quickly!" Zhu Gaochi said as he helped Princess Daming turn around and walked outside.

"Your Highness, it was Sakya Bao who refused to talk to us. You don't know that the cloth merchants in Nanjing are having a hard time right now!" Princess Daimyo wanted to say something.

Zhu Gaochi just smiled and said, "Don't bring this kind of thing up to the table, otherwise, my father will be even more angry. It's a small matter, you should solve it yourselves, don't bring it here, it's not good for everyone!"

"Yes, yes, yes, look, even your aunt is confused. Your Highness, please stay!" Upon hearing this, Princess Daming also realized that business matters in the Princess's Mansion can be done but not talked about.

Moreover, Jiang Xindu was arrested and his entire family’s property was confiscated. This was a warning to the princesses.

As for Li Zhuang being beaten, it seems to be no big deal now.

"Okay, take care, aunt!" Zhu Gaochi saluted to Princess Daming with a smile.

"Your Highness, please stay!" Princess Daimyo said, then turned around and walked away in shame.

"Eh!" Zhu Gaochi sighed and turned to go to the imperial study.

After arriving at the imperial study, Zhu Gaochi first saluted Zhu Di.

Zhu Di stood up at this moment and said, "Follow me!"

"Yes!" Zhu Gaochi bowed quickly.

After arriving at the small room behind the imperial study, Zhu Di sat down and still did not speak.

Zhu Gaochi was used to it. Zhu Di liked to pretend to be silent and scare people whenever he had nothing to do.

"It seems that the Weaving Bureau is not having a good time either!" Zhu Di said lightly.

"Dad, now that the new cloth is out, it will definitely be popular for a while. Before, it was difficult to produce a new cloth in a year. When the people find out about it, they will naturally buy it back. This is normal!" Zhu Gaochi said while standing there.

"Boss, even without new cloth, do you think the Weaving Bureau can be a match for Sakya Bao? You know that Sakya Bao's cloth costs are low!" Zhu Di looked up at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi nodded and then asked, "Should I go to look for Shakya Bao?"

After hearing this, Zhu Di sat there playing with his beard and remained silent.

Zhu Gaochi could only continue to stand with his waist bent. "Boss, what do you think about letting Shajiabao go to the weaving bureau?" Zhu Di continued to ask.

Zhu Gaochi looked up at Zhu Di helplessly, thinking to himself, you keep asking yourself this question, if you have the ability why don't you communicate with your mother first!
A son of a former duke who had practiced martial arts since childhood was asked to work in the Weaving Bureau? Moreover, the people in charge of the Weaving Bureau were all eunuchs. Isn't this an insult?

"Boss, you know better than me whether the Ministry of Revenue has money or not! The court has a lot of things to do in the past few years! Go and persuade Sakya Bao to go to the Weaving Bureau. Every extra penny he makes will be a help to you!" Zhu Di sat there, looked up at Zhu Gaochi and said.

Zhu Gaochi quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, father. However, the expenses of the court depend on taxes. If we rely on business, it will not be a long-term solution. Of course, I know that father loves me, but how can I explain this to mother and uncle?

Even if they were persuaded, Shakyabao would not go. What should we do if Shakyabao did not go?

The Weaving Bureau is run by the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Letting Sakyabao go there would be an insult to my uncle and Sakyabao. Mother will never get over this!"

"Hmm!" After hearing this, Zhu Di pinched his eyebrows and had a headache!

"What will happen to the Weaving Bureau then?" Zhu Di continued to ask.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, then bowed to Zhu Di and said, "Father, I'll go talk to Shijiabao and ask him to provide the weaving bureau with machines. Is that feasible?"

"Can he? Even if he can, this kid has come up with so many patterns, and he comes up with several kinds every year. The Weaving Bureau can hardly cope with them. Hey, there are tens of thousands of weavers in the Weaving Bureau, so many people, but they are not as good as Sakya Bao alone!" Zhu Di sat there and said with a sigh.

Zhu Gaochi stood there, not daring to say anything.

"What percentage do you account for?" Zhu Di suddenly asked.

Zhu Gaochi immediately looked up at Zhu Di, then thought for a moment and said, "20%!"

"Well, you get 20%, and Duke Dingguo gets 20%. That means your uncle's family still has 60%. I heard that the share is still increasing, right? In a year, it will be a lot of money!" Zhu Di nodded and said.

Zhu Gaochi had no idea what Zhu Di was up to!

"You said, if Sakya Bao could earn 10 million taels a year, how many problems could he solve in the court?" Zhu Di continued to ask.

"Dad, how is that possible?" Zhu Gaochi immediately shook his head.

"How is it impossible? Now he produces about 180 pieces of cloth a day, and the price of each piece is 40 taels. It is estimated that he can reach 200 pieces soon. What if he can dye 1,000 pieces of cloth every day? Have you calculated how much profit he will make in a year?" Zhu Di sat there, staring at Zhu Gaochi and asked.

"Dad, even if we can dye a thousand pieces of cloth, we won't be able to sell them, right?" Zhu Gaochi asked Zhu Di in return.

"Five patterns, each with five colors may not be sold. What if Shakyabao comes up with five more patterns, or even ten?" Zhu Di continued to ask.

"Dad, this, this is not very realistic. The pattern is not easy to make!" Zhu Gaochi shook his head quickly.

"But Xu Qin figured it out. He figured it out in just one month!" Zhu Di said while staring at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi didn't dare to look up at this moment.

"These few days, I have come to my senses. You said, Shakyabao's machine is so fast. If he really produces a thousand pieces of cloth every day, have you ever thought about how many weavers in my Ming Dynasty will be out of work? How many cloth merchants will be out of business!
All the money was earned by Shakyabao alone, but the weavers, each of them has a family behind them, and they may have no way to survive!" Zhu Di said worriedly as he looked at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi looked up in horror at this moment and looked at Zhu Di. He had not thought about this aspect yet.

"Dad, this, this! This won't do. We can't let him continue to expand!" Zhu Gaochi immediately said to Zhu Di.

Money is a small matter; the stability of millions of weavers is the big issue!

"You also know that we can't expand any further?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi immediately knelt down and said to Zhu Di: "Dad, I have never thought about this problem. I thought he was just doing a small business to make some money, but I didn't expect that he would produce so much. However, Dad, now that he has not expanded so much, I want to stop him and not let him continue to expand!"

"Stop it! Are you going?" Zhu Di asked with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go!" Zhu Gaochi nodded firmly.

"Get up, it will be useful if you go there. Do you still remember the imperial edict? This kid is waiting for me here. Besides, he has no status now. Who can say anything if he expands the workshop? What does it have to do with him whether the weavers can survive?" Zhu Di said with a sneer.

Zhu Gaochi's forehead was already sweating at this moment, and he quickly said: "Dad, he will listen, I will go and convince him, don't worry, even if Shakyabao doesn't understand, my uncle will understand!"

"Your uncle understands, but can he stop Sakya Bao? Are you sure you can? Also, boss, these are small things. The real key is that I want this money. Besides, those weavers also need something to do! Do you understand?" Zhu Di sat up and stared at Zhu Gaochi seriously.

Zhu Gaochi thought for a moment and frowned, "Dad, this is difficult. If you want to make so much money, you can't use Shakyabao's method to make so many weavers. Dad, you can make less money, but if the weavers have nothing to do, it will be troublesome!"

"So you go and solve it!" Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)