My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 45 Goodbye Zhu Di
Xiao Ningyue was not confident. She hoped to tie Xu Qin down deeply. If relying on people didn't work, she would rely on money.

After meeting Xu Qin, his family's cloth business has grown bigger and bigger, and no one dares to bully him! Although Xu Qin has no status, his aunt is the queen, his eldest cousin is the prince, and his third cousin is the head of the Jinyiwei.

Although it was heard that Xu Qin and his third cousin did not have a good relationship, once something happened, Xu Qin could still talk to his third cousin, while many people did not even have the chance to speak.

Therefore, what Xiao Ningyue has been worried about during this period is how to make Xu Qin continue to support her family.

"Haha, what are you worried about? Don't worry, I won't take your family's share. I, Xu Qin, don't care about this little money. Besides, there are some things you don't know. You may know something about my family's situation.

Just one thing, you understand, right? I, Xu Qin, am not a bad person, but why don't I have any friends? "Xu Qin laughed when he heard Xiao Ningyue say that.

"Why...why?" Xiao Ningyue looked at Xu Qin in confusion.

"I don't want to harm anyone. Those who are close to me may get into trouble one day in the future. So, our current relationship is the safest for you, okay? Don't worry! I will take care of your Xiao family's business!" Xu Qin lay there, smiling and waving his hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu!" Xiao Ningyue understood a little after hearing what Xu Qin said. After all, she had lived in Nanjing for so many years and had heard all kinds of rumors.

"Well, go back if you have nothing else to do. Remember to reserve some cloth!" Xu Qin reminded Xiao Ningyue again.

"Yes!" Xiao Ningyue nodded, showing no intention of leaving.

Xu Qin looked at her in confusion.

"Sir, are you sleeping now? Didn't you just get up?" Xiao Ningyue looked at Xu Qin. She didn't want to leave so soon and wanted to chat with Xu Qin for a while.

"I got up a long time ago. My brother, Duke Dingguo, came to call me early in the morning and asked me to avenge him. I've been in the Imperial College for more than an hour and now I'm so sleepy." Xu Qin said helplessly to Xiao Ningyue.

"Oh, so that's the case. Then Mr. Xu, you take a rest. I'll go back first." After hearing what Xu Qin said, Xiao Ningyue felt it would not be appropriate to stay here any longer, so she had to go back first.

After Xiao Ningyue left, Xu Qin lay there and fell asleep.

Zhu Di actually knew that Xu Qin had gone to the Imperial College early in the morning. However, he had something else to do in the morning and had no time to take care of him. Sometimes he still needed to make decisions on court affairs. Although he didn't want to deal with them and left them to the prince, Zhu Di still had to take care of some key matters himself.

After lunch, Zhu Di thought about it, changed into casual clothes and left the palace.

After arriving at Xu Qin's dyeing workshop and reporting, Zhu Di went to Xu Qin's office. At this time, Xu Qin had just finished his meal.

"Brother Wu is here? Have you finished the matter in Fengyang?" Xu Qin said to Zhu Di with a smile while the servants were cleaning up the dishes.

"Just eating?" Zhu Di asked in surprise.

"Well, you just woke up now. You got up early in the morning and fell asleep! Sit down!" Xu Qin smiled and invited Zhu Di to sit down, and made tea for him.

"Oh, so that's the case. By the way, are the rumors outside true?" Zhu Di asked Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin turned his head and looked at Zhu Di and said with a smile: "Didn't you know this a long time ago?"

"Yes, but are you just going to give up like that? Is the Weaving Bureau so powerful?" Zhu Di pretended to be confused and asked Xu Qin.

"Hehe!" Xu Qin smiled and said nothing.

As soon as Zhu Di saw it, he knew that this guy had bad intentions. This news must have been spread by Xu Qin himself.

"Then our princess has no chance at all, right?" Zhu Di looked at Xu Qin and said with a look of regret.

Xu Qin smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Why are you so anxious? Didn't Princess Baoqing tell you about what happened yesterday?"

"I have said it, but I'm worried that there might be changes on His Majesty's side. Now that the Weaving Bureau has already started, how can he give up easily? Although His Majesty loves the Queen, I'm worried about His Majesty when it comes to matters of the court." Zhu Di said with a worried look on his face.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Wu, great minds think alike. I have the same concern. Come on, have some tea and let's have a good chat!" When Xu Qin heard Zhu Di say this, he felt like he had met a soulmate.

Mr. Wu, as expected of someone who helps the princess manage her million-dollar fortune, has some insight. "Right? Master Xu has the same worries? Although the Queen Mother won't let you expand, I'm worried that His Majesty might let you expand, or let you go to the Weaving Bureau. After all, the court needs money. Otherwise, His Majesty wouldn't want our princess' money!" Zhu Di continued to pretend. He just wanted to get familiar with Xu Qin.

"Yes, my cheap uncle will definitely not give up easily. With so much money, how can he give up? He wants to fight the Tatars, but can he do it without money? So, hehe, there is no rush about this matter!" Xu Qin sat down and said to Zhu Di with a smile.

"Cheap uncle?" Zhu Di was a little confused. How could an uncle be cheap?
"Even Your Majesty, I have never met him. What's more, he is not very good to my family. What else is he but a step-uncle? This is not important. What is important is that he will definitely send people to put pressure on me." Xu Qin waved his hand at Zhu Di and said.

"This, is there such a thing?" Zhu Di stared at Xu Qin in amazement. He became a cheap uncle? Being your uncle for sixteen years was actually cheap?

"Of course, just wait and see!" Xu Qin did not understand what Zhu Di said, and thought that Zhu Di did not believe what he said and would send people to put pressure on him.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "What should we do? The Queen Mother asked you not to expand further, and now you have given some to the Weaving Bureau, so how about giving some to our princess's cloth shop as well?"

Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di and said with contempt: "Your princess is so rich, why does she care about such a small profit? Besides, you just wait and see, there will definitely be benefits for you."

"Benefits, what benefits? If we are taken over by the Weaving Bureau, we will get no benefits at all!" Zhu Di said anxiously.

"That has its advantages! Besides, we dare not take over the Weaving Bureau easily, unless Your Majesty wants to take a gamble and bet that those weavers and cloth merchants will not scold him. Now listen to the news outside, who of those cloth merchants is not worried? And who of those weavers is not worried about having nothing to do?" Xu Qin said proudly to Zhan Zhu Di.

"That's true. I have heard about it, but can you solve this problem?" Zhu Di looked at Xu Qin with hopeful eyes.

"It's a small problem. How big of a deal is this? Let me tell you, Zhu Di doesn't trust our family. If he trusts our family, these problems will still be problems. Also, do you know that the treasure notes are becoming less and less valuable? Why?" Xu Qin leaned back and continued to speak proudly.

"Why?" Zhu Di was surprised when he heard Xu Qin ask this question and asked immediately.

"The people don't trust him. Zhu Di wants to use the treasure notes to extort money from the people. The exchange rate of the treasure notes to copper coins is one to one, but among the people, the exchange rate of the treasure notes to copper coins is not that high. For example, one thousand treasure notes can only be exchanged for more than 700 copper coins, but the government doesn't care. It is still one to one. So both the merchants and the people will suffer a loss of more than 20%.

This won't work. In the end, the people still use copper coins, but they are too heavy. If it were silver, it would be much more convenient, but our Ming Dynasty does not have that much silver and gold.

Therefore, the court has no way to deal with it now. It knows that this treasure note is an exploitation of the people, and it gives local officials the opportunity to exploit more money and allow those officials to embezzle money, but it has no way to deal with it. "Xu Qin said with a smile while lying there.

After hearing this, Zhu Di nodded. The disadvantages of Baochao were obvious, and everyone knew it, but there was no solution.

"Do you have a solution?" Zhu Di asked Xu Qin.

"Yes, of course!" Xu Qin nodded and said.

Zhu Di frowned, looked at Xu Qin and asked, "Then why don't you give advice to His Majesty?"

After hearing this, Xu Qin looked at Zhu Di with disdain, then sighed and said, "You know that His Majesty doesn't trust our family. Do you think he will believe what I say? Besides, if I say it, what does he think of our family? Is he thinking that he wants to use his merits to get my father released from confinement and restore his title?"

"Well, there is such a possibility." Zhu Di nodded. He would think so.

"Really? So it's none of my business! Besides, he thinks everyone wants to be an official in their family. I don't want to be one, and neither does my father. My father said that it is safest to be confined at home and not see anyone. Your Majesty can't still doubt it, right?

If my father's title is restored, within two years, His Majesty will find an excuse to punish my father like he did to Li Jiujiang, or even put him in prison. Why bother? "Xu Qin leaned there and said with a smile, Li Jiujiang is Li Jinglong, Jiujiang is Li Jinglong's courtesy name.

"Hiss, so that's it. So your father doesn't want to come out?" Zhu Di was very surprised. He really didn't know this.

"No, my father said that he will assemble machines for me at home and do the accounting in the future. My father also hopes to help me with something. He can't help with other things, so he can do this for me now. Now my father is doing all the accounts in my family, and those machines were also assembled by my father. When the machines break down, they are sent to my house and my father will repair them." Xu Qin shook his head and said with a smile.

Although Xu Huizu is busy now, he is really happy. He has not yet had time to think about the machine and has also suggested some ways to improve the parts to Xu Qin.

Zhu Di nodded at this moment, but he still had doubts in his heart. He did not believe what Xu Qin said.

"Then aren't you going to release those methods to solve the problem of weavers' livelihoods and the decreasing value of banknotes? Just ignore it?" Zhu Di asked Xu Qin. This matter needed to be clarified. If a solution could be found, it would be even better.

(End of this chapter)