My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 46 Who is cheating whom?
Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di with disdain, then smiled and said, "You said, I am lying like this every day now, and when my family has saved enough money, I can start to enjoy myself, right?"

Zhu Di looked at Xu Qin in confusion. He hoped that Xu Qin could tell him the solutions to those problems.

"Still don't understand?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di and asked.

Zhu Di shook his head.

"You said I eat well, drink well and have fun every day! Those problems are His Majesty's problems, they have nothing to do with me. I don't receive any salary from the Zhu family, right? We don't need to worry about this kind of thing, if he wants to collect it, let them collect it! It's not a big deal!" Xu Qin leaned there, waving his hand and said indifferently.

After hearing this, Zhu Di was so angry. This kid still didn't say anything.

"Well, what else can we cooperate on then?" Zhu Di continued to ask.

"There are a lot of them, don't worry, don't worry, I'm not anxious either!" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di in confusion and said.

Zhu Di nodded and thought to himself, how could I not be anxious?

"Brother Wu, are you done with this matter?" Xu Qin asked casually.

Zhu Di shook his head and said, "How can I finish all the work? Now our princess's business is not doing well, and the princess wants to make more money. The dividends from the Chen family's cloth shop are expected to decrease, so I am also worried!"

Xu Qin nodded and said to Zhu Di with appreciation: "I have to say that Brother Wu is indeed loyal to your princess. Don't worry, your princess won't suffer too much."

"I hope so. However, the situation at the Weaving Bureau is like this now, and everyone is feeling insecure. Although the Queen asked you not to make it bigger, I think this matter is serious enough. So, Mr. Xu, you'd better make plans early!" Zhu Di nodded and tried again.

"Don't worry, it's no big deal. Even if I give it to His Majesty now, His Majesty won't dare to accept it. What he wants now is a way to solve the problem of those weavers! Hehe!" Xu Qin said proudly.

"Are you sure you have a way?" Zhu Di stared at Xu Qin and asked again.

"Yes!" Xu Qin nodded affirmatively.

Zhu Di stared at Xu Qin and thought, you forced me to do this. I asked you so many times, but you didn't tell me. So don't blame me for using tough measures when the time comes.

"Brother Wu, let's go after the New Year. I will take you to make money after the New Year. I don't want to move now. It's winter and it's too cold!" Xu Qin leaned there and said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Xu!" Zhu Di said to Xu Qin with a bow.

Soon, Zhu Di left. After returning to the palace, Zhu Di first wrote, "On October 20, the fourth year of Yongle, Xu Qinyan, I am your step-uncle." Keep it.

Then someone was sent to bring Zhu Gaochi.

"Dad!" Zhu Gaochi walked up to Zhu Di and saluted.

"Boss, your mother said that she would let Sakya Bao expand the sect to include two thousand spinning machines and one thousand five hundred looms. What do you think about this?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi.

"Okay!" Zhu Gaochi nodded and said.

When Zhu Di heard this, he opened his eyes wide and stared at Zhu Gaochi fiercely. This was not the answer he wanted.

Zhu Gaochi also knew what Zhu Di meant, so he cupped his hands and said, "Dad, Mom has already said it, so what can I do?"

"Well, boss, Sakya Bao must have solved the livelihood problem of those weavers. You go and force him, no, force your uncle to do it. Just say that I intend to let Sakya Bao work in the Weaving Bureau as a ninth-rank official. It's not a good thing for him to be idle every day." Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Ah?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di in shock after hearing this. Ninth rank, and still in the Weaving Bureau?

"I've already made a promise to your mother. It's settled. By the way, you also need to tell your uncle that Shakyabao can't fight every day! If he wants to do something in the weaving bureau in the future, I will give him two thousand spinning machines and one thousand five hundred looms. I require him to make a profit of one hundred thousand taels every month. If he can't do it, don't blame me! He can do it at home, so why can't he do it in the weaving bureau? Isn't he deceiving the emperor?" Zhu Di sat there and continued to speak.

"This, this, this! Dad, this, this, this cannot be confused. Sakya Bao's machine is good, but the machine of the weaving bureau is not good!" Zhu Gaochi was anxious. If he said this, his uncle would definitely think that Zhu Di was here to cause trouble.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi. "Dad, if you do this, your uncle will think you are looking for trouble. If you want to deal with your uncle, you can't use this method!" Zhu Gaochi immediately cupped his hands and advised Zhu Di, knowing that it was useless for him to say anything else.

"Yes, I am here to cause trouble. Also, I didn't say that he is not allowed to use the new machines. Of course, we still have to pay for it. We paid for those machines!" Zhu Di nodded affirmatively and told Zhu Gaochi clearly that he was here to cause trouble.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di, not knowing what to say. Everything was already clear, what else could he say?
"Go!" Zhu Di waved at Zhu Gaochi, asking Zhu Gaochi to do it.

Zhu Gaochi could only bow his hands helplessly. If his father acted like this, his uncle and Shakya Bao would hate him to death. How could he do things like this? Isn't this bullying?
In the evening, Zhu Gaochi came to Xu Huizu's house. He knew that Xu Qin would also come back at this time.

When they arrived at the study, after exchanging a few polite words with Xu Huizu, Zhu Gaochi began to talk about Zhu Di's request. Xu Huizu was so angry that he stood up and cursed Zhu Di as a villain. Zhu Gaochi pretended not to hear and agreed with Xu Huizu's curse.

"Dad, don't be anxious, really don't be anxious! Well, make it clear, six hundred taels of silver for one spinning machine, and eight hundred taels of silver for one loom, otherwise I won't sell it!" Xu Qin grabbed Xu Huizu, and then said to Zhu Gaochi.

"What do you mean? So expensive?" Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded at this moment and asked Xu Qin.

"Of course. Think about it. My spinning machine can make at least 700 coins a day, which means I can get my money back in about three years. All the rest is profit. The same is true for the loom machine, which can get my money back in less than 700 days.
So, if the Weaving Bureau wants to buy machines, it's OK. I have no problem with that. Two thousand machines are not enough for my family to produce. Don't worry, as long as you give me so many machines, I guarantee that I can make so much money! "Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

Xu Huizu and Zhu Gaochi were both stunned. Did Xu Qin take the wrong medicine? He was willing to work in the Textile Bureau? Moreover, he was an official of the ninth rank? Before, Xu Qin was asked to be the director of the fourth rank, but he refused to go. Now he wanted to be the ninth rank?
In fact, there is a difference between the two. For a fourth-rank general supervisor, the Xu family workshop was taken over by the Weaving Bureau and he only accounted for 10% of the shares. For a ninth-rank assistant supervisor, he only had to monitor the production of the workers and he could continue to do his own business.

"Shakabao, are you confused? Besides, the machine is so expensive, will my father agree?" Zhu Gaochi asked Xu Qin in surprise.

"That's your father's business. Of course, if your father doesn't want to buy it and wants to use the previous machine, then I can't do it. Can I resign from my post? If not, can I stay in the imperial prison? If that doesn't work, I can also be confined at home, okay?" Xu Qin said while looking at Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

"Not really, not really! But, Sakya Bao, the court is short of money now. According to what you said, these machines are worth more than two million taels. Sakya Bao, don't go too far. Your machines can't cost so much money!" Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin.

"Don't worry about how much money I spend. How about this: my family starts selling machines in Nanjing City now. At this price, do you think we can sell them?" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Well, well, I'll go back and discuss it with my father, but I really don't have any money!" Zhu Gaochi was in such a dilemma. How could he not know whether the Ministry of Revenue had money or not? Even his own Crown Princess knew whether the Imperial Treasury had money or not.

"Let me make it clear first. If you want to buy the machine, you need to pay 50% in advance and the remaining 50%. Cash on delivery! Don't give me credit or anything like that. I won't accept it!" Xu Qin immediately reminded Zhu Gaochi.

"Well, I know, but I have no money!" Zhu Gaochi spread out his hands and said that this matter would probably fall on his head in the end, after all, he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Hey, eldest cousin, you, wow, are still a step behind your third cousin!" At this time, Xu Qin walked over, put his arm around Zhu Gaochi's shoulders, and said with a smile.

"Just say what you want to say!" Zhu Gaochi stared at Xu Qin and said.

"Third cousin is rich, don't you know? Third cousin earns at least one million taels a year, and he can't spend it all. Have you talked to His Majesty and asked him to borrow money from you? If not, you can borrow money from your second cousin. I heard that your second cousin has been eating a lot of empty salaries. Two million taels is not a small amount for the two of them, right?" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi smiled and pointed at Xu Qin: "Shijiabao, if they hear this, they will definitely punish you. But, it's a good idea! Okay, I'll go back and ask my father."

"Hehe, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please walk slowly, walk slowly!" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

After Zhu Gaochi left, Xu Huizu pulled Xu Qin aside and said, "Bao'er, what do you want to do?"

"Oh, Dad, he is the emperor. How dare you not give it to him if he asks for it? Since he wants it, fine, just spend money to buy it. Besides, I will definitely not be a ninth-rank official, but I will definitely make money!" Xu Qin said to Xu Huizu while smiling and comforting him.

"What if Zhu Di doesn't agree to buy it and still lets you become a ninth-rank official?" Xu Huizu asked with a frown.

"Then he will suffer a great loss, hehe! Then we will start selling spinning machines and looms to private merchants, hehe!" Xu Qin said to Xu Huizu with a smile.

"If you buy it for the public, Baoer, what about our family?" Xu Huizu said somewhat unwillingly.

"Dad, if we don't sell it to the public, we won't be able to keep our workshop. Besides, it's not spinning and weaving that makes money now, but dyeing cloth. Don't worry!" Xu Qin continued to say to Xu Huizu with a smile.

Xu Huizu looked at his son with some confusion. What on earth did this kid want to do? Was he planning to trick Zhu Di?

(End of this chapter)