My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 16: King Zhao is also in trouble

Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin viciously. He really couldn't kill him. If he could, he would have wanted to draw out his Embroidered Spring Sword and chop the young man in front of him into two halves with one stroke!
Xu Qin smiled and said to Zhu Gaosui: "Don't worry, cousin, I will pay you back when I make money. I am short of money recently, if you still have some, you can continue to lend me some!"

"Get out!" Zhu Gaosui glared at Xu Qin and shouted.

"Okay, I'm going back!" Xu Qin said proudly to Zhu Gaosui with a smile, and then he prepared to go back!
"Wait a minute!" Zhu Gaosui immediately thought of the purpose of his coming here!

Xu Qin stopped and looked at Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui immediately went over and imitated Xu Qin, hugged Xu Qin's neck, and said, "Tell your cousin the truth, what are you doing in the mansion?"

"Spinning, you know everything!" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaosui as if he was an idiot.

"I know spinning, but why do you spin so fast? Thousands of kilograms of cotton go in every day, and tens of thousands of spindles of cotton yarn come out?" Zhu Gaosui didn't care about Xu Qin's expression. He needed to find out clearly.

"Hehe!" Xu Qin said as he stretched out his hand and rubbed his thumb and index finger against each other!

"What does it mean?" Zhu Gaosui didn't understand what this gesture meant.

"Give me money and I will tell you!" Xu Qin winked at Zhu Gaosui with a smile on his face.

"Sakyabao, don't go too far! I gave you one thousand taels!" Zhu Gaosui was so angry that he shouted at Xu Qin.

"Borrow it and I will return it!" Xu Qin emphasized.

"Get lost!" Zhu Gaosui let go of his hand. Xu Qin smiled and walked towards the main door. He knocked on the door. The gatekeeper opened it and immediately made way when he saw that it was Xu Qin. Before Xu Qin went in, he turned his head and said to Zhu Gaosui, "Cousin, welcome again. My father may be in a better mood in a few days and will see you. I guess I will be short of money by then, so bring more!"

"Get in!" Zhu Gaosui was so angry that he shouted at Xu Qin.

Xu Qin didn't care. He stepped into the door and the doorman immediately closed it.

"Bah, bandit!" Zhu Gaosui spat fiercely towards the direction of the gate.

"Your Highness, why are you afraid of him?" A captain nearby looked at Zhu Gaosui in confusion.

Zhu Gaosui glared at the centurion and said, "I'm afraid of him? I'm afraid of my mother! This bastard, relying on my mother's love for him, actually dared to steal my money!"

Zhu Gaosui said this and left angrily. It was so infuriating.

When Xu Qin returned to the front yard, he walked towards the living room and found his father drinking tea in the living room. Xu Qin went over, took out the banknote, put it on the table, and said, "Dad, buy cotton!"

"Where did you get it? Did you steal it from your third cousin?" Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin in surprise and asked.

"Hehe!" Xu Qin smiled and said, "I need 10,000 taels of silver within half a month at the latest. You should find a way to raise it. Give as much of the cotton yarn as you can!"

"Ah, why do you need so much money? Your mother still has more than 4,000 taels! Here, we only have about 300 taels a day. In half a month, we can raise less than 5,000 taels at most. It is difficult to raise 10,000 taels!" Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin and calculated for Xu Qin.

"Try your best. The profit from selling the spindles is too low!" Xu Qin said with a sigh.

"The cotton cloth can also be sold. The cotton cloth at home is estimated to be worth three or four thousand taels!" Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin in confusion.

Although he clearly did not have that much money to turn around, Xu Qin refused to sell the cotton cloth. If he sold the cotton cloth, he could use the money to continue buying cotton and bring in profits every day.

"No, I won't sell it. I still have a use for the cotton cloth. Now I make money by spinning machines! The cotton cloth in the mansion will be of great use to me in the future. It would be a pity to sell it now. It is worth three or four thousand taels now, but it may be worth seven or eight thousand taels in the future!" Xu Qin shook his head and said!
If I want to open a dyeing workshop, how can I do it without cotton cloth? Now I can only save a small portion every day.

"Okay, Dad, I'll think of a way then! If it doesn't work, we can buy some cotton on credit and return it to those merchants a few days later. We are a big consumer of cotton in Nanjing now, and those merchants may be willing to buy on credit!" Xu Huizu said after thinking for a moment.

"We'll talk about this later. I'm going to get busy!" Xu Qin said and left. The cloth dyeing machine was almost ready, but Xu Qin needed to prepare the dyes himself.

When Zhu Gaosui returned to the palace, he was so angry just thinking about it. Although Xu Qin said it was a loan, how could he borrow money from him?

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaosui went to the imperial study in the Qianqing Palace.

"Dad!" After Zhu Gaosui entered, he saluted Zhu Di first.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were dealing with memorials. In fact, most of them were handled by Zhu Gaochi. Only when Zhu Gaochi thought that the matter required Zhu Di to make a decision would he give it to Zhu Di.

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhu Di sat there and said expressionlessly.

Now, the army is attacking Annan, and this month, Duke Chengguo Zhu Neng died in the front line. Zhu Di ordered Zhang Fu to be the general of conquering the barbarians, and to sweep Annan while the miasma is not easily contagious in winter. Fighting on the front line requires money.

In addition, he has decided to start building the Beijing Palace from May next year, and has sent ministers to Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanxi and other places to collect wood, which also requires a large amount of silver.

What really made Zhu Di feel threatened was the Tatars in the north. Zhu Di prepared to march north. If he did not, the northern defense line would face tremendous pressure. The Tatars could attack from one part of the defense line at any time and burn, kill and loot all over the northern Ming Dynasty.

This is not what Zhu Di wants to see.

In addition, Zheng He had just led more than 27,000 people to the Western Ocean in September. The money had just been raised. He said that he was going to publicize the power of the Ming Emperor. In fact, Zhu Di got the news that Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen might have fled to the countries along the coast of the Western Ocean!
These are huge expenses for the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty's current taxes are almost fixed. If it wants to do so many things, it will not be possible without other sources of income.

Therefore, Zhu Di is now very worried about how to raise so much money.

Zhu Gaochi was also worried and repeatedly advised Zhu Di not to do so many things at once, but Zhu Di didn't listen. Zhu Gaochi could not persuade him and could only think of a way out.

Zhu Gaosui didn't care whether Zhu Di was worried or not. He was very angry that his 1,000 taels of silver were gone, so he cupped his hands and said to Zhu Di: "Dad, I was going to visit my uncle's house today, but I didn't expect that I couldn't even get in. Shakyabao was too much. Not only did he not let me in, he also robbed me of my 1,000 taels of silver!"

"Huh? Why are you going to your uncle's house?" Zhu Di looked up at Zhu Gaosui and asked.

"Dad, you don't know. I heard that my uncle's mansion purchases thousands of kilograms of cotton every day and produces tens of thousands of spindles every day. However, my uncle's mansion does not employ anyone. Even the people in the mansion, if they want to produce tens of thousands of spindles, they will need thousands of spinners. So, I wanted to go and investigate, but Shakya Bao wouldn't let me!" Zhu Gaosui explained to Zhu Di.

After hearing this, Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui thought Zhu Di didn't believe him, and said anxiously: "Really, Dad, and the mansion you rewarded him with now has tens of thousands of kilograms of cotton sent in every day, and tens of thousands of spindles of yarn sent out for sale. Now no one knows why the spinning in my uncle's mansion is so fast?"

After hearing this, Zhu Di did not speak, but turned his head to look at Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi immediately stood up, walked past the desk, came to Zhu Gaosui, and said with a folded hand: "Dad, can I go and ask around?"

"You don't know?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi with a strange look on his face.

"I really don't know! I have no time to take care of other things these days. I need to pay more attention to the funeral of Prince Dongping!" Zhu Gaochi responded with a bow. Prince Dongping was the king who was posthumously named after Duke Chengguo Zhu Neng.

Zhu Di sat there without saying anything.

Seeing Zhu Di was speechless, Zhu Gaochi bowed again and asked, "Do you need to go to your uncle's house to take a look?"

"No need, third brother, you go and ask. Since you can't get in, just ask outside! Big brother, you just mind your own business!" Zhu Di waved his hand and said.

He had no time to take care of the affairs of the Xu Mansion now. After all, his trusted general Zhu Neng died this month, and the army still needed to go on an expedition to Annan. There were many troublesome things and he had no time to take care of Xu Qin.

"Yes!" Zhu Gaochi immediately bowed when he heard what Zhu Di said, and Zhu Gaosui on the side also bowed in agreement.

"Is there anything else?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaosui.

"Ah, it's gone!" Zhu Gaosui quickly shook his head and Zhu Di waved to Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui could only bow and say goodbye.

After leaving the imperial study, Zhu Gaosui turned his head and looked at the imperial study, wondering if he had not made it clear just now? He was robbed of 1,000 taels by Xu Qin, but his father did not react? Xu Qin robbed his son's money, but he did not react?
After thinking about it, should I go to Kunning Palace and talk to my mother? After careful consideration, no! Being scolded is a small matter, I can't let Xu Qin get away with it. Once my mother knows that Shakyabao has no money, she may send someone to send money over.

"We have to find a way to teach him a lesson, otherwise, he will shit on my head!" Zhu Gaosui said angrily. Killing him would definitely not work. Even if he was his father, Zhu Di would not kill Xu Qin unless Xu Qin was proven to be plotting a rebellion and was the mastermind.

However, I can use my father to teach Xu Qin a lesson. Only my father can teach Xu Qin a lesson. Mom, hum, it’s too late for my baby! Teaching? Dream on!

"We have to think of a foolproof plan! Get rid of this bastard!" Zhu Gaosui said while gritting his teeth. He had made up his mind to fight Xu Qin.

For more than ten days, Xu Qin hardly went out and did experiments at home. Of course, he also instructed the servants in the mansion to go to various places to buy raw materials. They were purchased separately and he even deliberately bought some useless raw materials. It was not necessary to buy too much, just a few kinds would be fine.

That day, Xu Qin finally mixed several dyes in the laboratory in his own courtyard and was extremely happy.

The next day, Xu Qin went out with 12,000 taels of silver and a few guards.

After arriving outside the city, Xu Qin bought a house in the area near the river. That afternoon, he asked the people in his mansion to go to the house to clean up and send the finished parts in the mansion to the new house.

But Xu Qin didn't know that during this period, the textile workshop merchants and dyeing merchants in Nanjing City were all looking for Xu Qin.

As soon as he entered the city gate, Xu Qin was stopped.

(End of this chapter)