My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 77 Who dares to have an opinion?
Zhang looked at Zhu Gaochi in shock. What he said was exactly the same as what the Queen said. However, she had not thought of the meaning of "plant a paulownia tree to attract the golden phoenix" before.

Seeing Zhang like this, Zhu Gaochi smiled and asked, "Don't you understand?"

Zhang looked at Zhu Gaochi curiously and asked, "How do you know what the queen mother means so well?"

"How many years have I been her son?" Zhu Gaochi smiled proudly, and then said: "The queen mother wants you to manage the weaving bureau well. The weaving bureau will bring a lot of money in the future. Of course, the premise is that Shakyabao wants to work in the weaving bureau. In addition, when you choose people this time, you should inform Shakyabao in advance. If you are suitable, keep them. If you are not suitable, you can continue to replace them. Everything is based on Shakyabao!
Hey, my mother loves me, how could I not know that, but you must not mess things up, if you do, my mother will not be able to explain to my father. As long as you don't mess things up, my father won't ask!"

Zhang nodded, still admiring her husband in her heart. In fact, Zhang also knew in her heart that her husband was not as simple as he seemed, so she said, "Okay, go and do your thing. I have prepared a list and will send it to Shakyabao. Don't delay Shakyabao's business."

"Well, take care of all aspects first. No matter who he belongs to, in our eyes, he is a slave. It doesn't matter who is behind him. What matters is that he is obedient. If he is obedient, we will keep him. If he is disobedient, we will deal with the people behind him as well. Okay, you draft it." Zhu Gaochi stood up and left after he finished speaking.

Zhang smiled, it was indeed a family tradition.

In the afternoon, Xu Qin received the list, and the eunuch from the East Palace was still waiting for Xu Qin to see the list at the workshop.

Xu Qin actually didn't want to read it, but it was sent by the Eastern Palace, and it was sent by the Crown Princess herself. If he didn't open it and take a look, it would be a bit disrespectful.

Xu Qin opened it, flipped through it casually, then closed it and handed it to the eunuch in the East Palace, saying, "Okay, let's do as Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess wishes."

The eunuch happily bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Yes, I will go to the weaving bureau right away. Sorry to bother you, Master Xu. In addition, the Crown Princess also specifically told you that whenever you are free, you can go to the East Palace. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess would like to treat you to a meal."

"Well, I'll go when I'm free!" Xu Qin nodded with a smile.

The eunuch bowed to Xu Qin again, then turned and left.

Xu Qin smiled, and in his heart he still admired his cousin's wife. This cousin's wife was highly praised in history and was a virtuous wife to Zhu Gaochi.

In the palace, Qiu Fu personally went to the gate of the harem and asked to see the queen. The queen just sent someone to pass on a message: "Children fighting is not a big deal, don't worry about it. It's not convenient to meet with ministers in the inner palace, so don't take it to heart."

When Qiu Fu learned about it, he sighed and felt very nervous.

Although Empress Xu spoke very politely, if she really thought it was a trivial matter, she would come to see me.

It’s not that the queen cannot meet with ministers, it’s just that other concubines in the palace cannot meet with them easily.

Qiu Fu knew in his heart that it would be a lie if Empress Xu said she had no objection. How could Empress Xu tolerate being told that the Xu family was a ruined family?
However, before coming outside the Kunning Palace, Qiu Fu went to the Qianqing Palace first. Zhu Di comforted him and said that it was not a big deal and the Queen would not take it to heart. But Qiu Fu was worried. Being remembered by the Queen was more dangerous than being remembered by Zhu Di.

Others didn't know, so how could I not know? I had followed Zhu Di for so many years, how much influence Empress Xu had on Zhu Di and on the ministers in the court, how could I not know?
Even though he was nervous, he had no better solution. However, he still maintained a proper attitude and sent his son to apologize in person. He also came here in person to explain.

What he didn't know was that the sons of nobles outside hated Qiu Jianqing to death. They had invited Sakyabao to dinner yesterday in order to discuss overseas trade. Now, the opportunity had been lost, and it would be unimaginable how difficult it would be for them to continue.

The status of those sons of nobles and Xu Qin was not equal. Their words were useless in front of Xu Qin. If they went to Zhu Yong, Zhu Yong might not pay attention to them. If they went to Zhang Mao, the son of Duke Yingguo Zhang Fu, Zhang Mao might not care about them either. Their status was too unequal.

Therefore, that group of nobles now hate Qiu Jianqing to death, but they are still arrogant in front of Xu Qin. How bold are they?
Xu Qin fought in Nanjing for five years and nothing happened. Doesn't this show his status?

Even if Your Majesty dislikes Xu Huizu's branch, Xu Huizu is the Queen's younger brother.

Xu Qin doesn't care about what's happening outside. He has been staying in the workshop these days and never goes to the weaving bureau.

That morning, when Xu Qin woke up, Shiyue and Mufeng helped him put on clothes.

Mu Feng said to Xu Qin: "Master, someone from the Weaving Bureau is waiting for you at the door."

"Well, leave them alone." Xu Qin nodded and said indifferently.

Meanwhile, in the weaving bureau compound, hundreds of merchants signed up, and all their goods were displayed in the front yard and the side rooms of the weaving bureau. There was no other way, they really had to place their subordinates there.

Shang Minghai is maintaining order here, and the newly appointed management of the Weaving Bureau are also busy here. They all want to show their faces in front of Xu Qin.

The news had already been circulating in the palace, and it was up to Xu Qin to decide whether to keep her or not.

Therefore, the eunuchs and female officials are now very responsible, fearing any accidents. "Eunuch Shang, everything is ready, but there are so many merchants this time, how many goods can be selected? If you choose too few, those merchants may have opinions about Master Xu, which is not appropriate. Eunuch Shang, can you tell Master Xu in advance?" A eunuch came to Shang Minghai and carefully reminded Shang Minghai.

"Well, there are indeed too many. Three or four hundred shops, and this is a short period of time. If it takes a long time, it is estimated that the number will double. The merchants in many places don’t know yet. Okay, I will remind Mr. Xu when the time comes!" Shang Minghai said with a frown.

There are indeed too many, almost every family has a small table with their goods on it.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Qin came over on horseback, and Shang Minghai and the eunuchs from the Weaving Bureau were waiting to greet him at the door.

As soon as Xu Qin got off his horse, Shang Minghai and others came over and saluted him.

"Well, I heard that hundreds of companies participated? Well done, very good!" Xu Qin dismounted and said to Shang Minghai and others.

"Thank you for the compliment, Master Xu. It's my honor. Master Xu, there are many products. If you want to see them all, it will probably take you a long time. In addition..." Shang Minghai said, and then he leaned towards Xu Qin, and then whispered: "Master Xu, there are so many merchants. If you choose too few, I'm worried that your reputation will be damaged. But if you choose too many, I'm worried that those merchants will mess around under the banner of the royal family."

Xu Qin nodded and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, just pick until you have enough. We didn't charge a penny for the goods we selected this time. We gave them such a big opportunity, and they still dared to have any opinions. We gave them face.

Let's go in. Time is short. Let's go and choose first. Didn't we prepare five million taels? We plan to choose seven million taels of goods, pay three and a half million, and keep the rest for backup."

Xu Qin walked inside as he spoke, and Shang Minghai and the others followed immediately. When they entered the weaving bureau compound, they saw that there was a person standing next to each table. These people were either the bosses or the shopkeepers. Basically, most of them were the bosses, and only a few, such as the Ning Family Cloth Shop and the Chen Family Cloth Shop, were the shopkeepers.

Xu Qin also saw Xiao Ningyue. Xiao Ningyue noticed that Xu Qin was looking at her and immediately smiled.

Xu Qin put his hands behind his back and started walking in order. The first booth was a booth selling hand warmers. The hand warmers were basically made of copper, of course, there were also gold-plated ones.

Xu Qin picked up the hand warmer and looked at it. The host immediately bowed to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin put down the hand warmer, looked at the owner and said, "Is this a fine product? Is this an ordinary product?"

"Yes, yes, what the Marquis is holding in his hand is a fine product. This is ordinary and ordinary people can afford it." The owner said excitedly.

"The fine products cannot be sold. This kind of gilding craftsmanship cannot be leaked out. How many ordinary products can be prepared?" Xu Qin picked up the paper next to him and looked at it.

The owner immediately cupped his hands and said, "For ordinary products, we can only prepare a thousand within half a month. We can't make more. For premium products, can't we sell them?"

The owner actually hopes to sell high-quality products so that others can remember his things.

"We can't sell it to Japan because they will steal and imitate our technology. So, do you hope that all the hand warmers on the market will be from Japan in the future?" Xu Qin said to the boss with a smile.

When the owner heard this, his face changed drastically, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "This, this, this won't do!"

"Well, record it. One thousand ordinary hand warmers!" Xu Qin said to Shang Minghai and others behind him, and someone started recording it immediately.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, thank you, Mr. Xu!" The boss thanked him repeatedly. He didn't expect to be chosen like this. He didn't give any gifts. He just came here to try and show his face.

"Well, no need. Get ready as soon as possible." Xu Qin waved his hand and continued to the next one.

"Your stuff is too good to go out to sea right now!"

"Well, your stuff is so expensive, the profit is too low, no!"

"Your craftsmanship is so good, you can't sell it. This ordinary business costs two thousand sets!"

Xu Qin looked along the way and saw that even if their products were not selected, those merchants were very happy. It was not because their products were bad, but because their products were too good. This made them feel comfortable listening to them, and they thought that next time they would bring something not so good, so that maybe they would be selected.

Soon, Xu Qin came to Xiao Ningyue's side. Without even looking at her, Xu Qin said to Shang Minghai, "Register them all. We'll take as many as you can."

"Yes!" The eunuchs below nodded immediately. They all knew that Xiao Ningyue and Xu Qin had a very good relationship. No one had any objection to Xu Qin's choice. After all, many of the goods just selected were not obtained through connections, so it was still fair compared to Yan.

(End of this chapter)