My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 125 No time
When Xu Qin heard what Zhu Gaochi said, he immediately asked if he was planning to trick him again.

Zhu Gaochi was anxious. He waved his hands at Xu Qin and said, "How could I possibly cheat you? To be honest, the weaving bureau is completely unable to carry out work now. Going out to sea has almost stopped. Your cousin's wife is very anxious, and my father is also anxious. So, I have no choice but to come to you."

"No, cousin, please don't look for me. I'm really scared. If another Zhu Yunwen comes and hides in Southeast Asia, it will really be the end of me. I dare not have any contact with Zhu Yunwen. I just want to make my money honestly! Cousin, please ask for help from someone else. Really, I dare not get involved in these things! Otherwise, I will have to stay in the imperial prison again." Xu Qin immediately shook his head and said to Zhu Gaochi.

"This! That's not true. Don't worry, your cousin will guarantee you." Zhu Gaochi said hurriedly when he heard what Xu Qin said.

"Forget it. It's useless for anyone to guarantee me. I can't be trusted. My aunt also guaranteed me at the beginning! Didn't I still go to the imperial prison in the end?" Xu Qin waved his hands quickly, then brought the teacup over and handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin and sighed.

"Cousin, the money earned by the Weaving Bureau last year is enough, right? There's no need to rush." ​​Xu Qin sat down and said to Zhu Gaochi.

"My father is anxious. Besides, Sakya Bao, you probably know something from the last time you went to see Yuan Fu and the others. Those civil officials want to restrict my father and bring the army under the control of the Ministry of War. This is not acceptable!
This time, the civil officials have united to prevent our weaving bureau from buying goods, which is actually a declaration of war. We must break the situation. If we can't break the situation, the weaving bureau will be abolished, and the army will be restricted by the Ministry of War. In this way, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will have a hard time in the future. "Zhu Gaochi said while sitting there and sighing.

After hearing this, Xu Qin nodded without saying anything, thinking, what does this have to do with me? I am not doing any good, and I am not doing any harm now.

"Cousin, please help me. Is it not enough to just ask you?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin and said while sitting there with a sigh.

When Xu Qin heard Zhu Gaochi say this, he looked at Zhu Gaochi in a daze.

"Really, I was forced by my father and had no choice. Besides, your cousin's wife is also very anxious. What do you think I should do? Hey, Shakyabao, I won't say much else. Just think of this as helping your cousin. Your cousin won't promise you anything. It's useless. I can't make the decision now. Even if I can, I know that promises are useless.

If I were in charge, you would just state the conditions directly, and I would give you everything I could give you. " Zhu Gaochi sighed as he looked at Xu Qin.

"Eh!" Xu Qin sighed when he heard it.

Zhu Gaochi had said so, and Xu Qin was indeed conflicted, mainly because Zhu Gaochi asked him for help, and Xu Qin didn't want that to happen.

"Please help your cousin. I will give you all the conveniences I can give you, okay?" Zhu Gaochi continued to look at Xu Qin and said.

Xu Qin sat there thinking for a while, then shook his head and said, "Cousin, I can't help you with this. I really don't want to get involved in the affairs of the Weaving Bureau. You know the reason. I can't handle it.

Cousin, even His Majesty can't handle it alone, so it's unrealistic for you to expect me to handle it. Maybe it's okay now, but those civil officials will hate me to death. When I, Xu Qin, get into trouble again, those civil officials will attack me together, but His Majesty may have to deal with me. Tell me, why should I do that?
Cousin, please consider me too. My family has fallen on hard times. Plus, you know some things clearly. His Majesty doesn't trust my father, nor does he trust me. I know this clearly. I am dancing on the edge of a knife now. It is very dangerous!
But you don’t have to worry about not having money. Look at this!”

After Xu Qin finished speaking, he took out a large roll of drawings of the glass workshop from the drawer and handed it to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi was still thinking about what Xu Qin had just said. It had to be said that Xu Qin's consideration was correct. The Xu family did not have the trust of his father. Once they took a wrong step, his father would be furious and the Xu family would not be able to withstand it.

Zhu Gaochi could only sigh. Xu Qin was right. People have their own concerns. They are not willing to risk their lives to help you. Without guaranteeing safety, who would dare to do such a thing? There is no benefit, but a lot of disadvantages. '

However, when Zhu Gaochi saw Xu Qin handing him a roll of drawings, he took it and asked casually, "What is this?"

"The drawings of the glass workshop. I plan to produce glass, which is like colored glaze, but different from colored glaze. It is similar to crystal. Once it is produced, it will definitely make a lot of money. You pay 200,000 taels, and I will give you 40% of the share, my family will also take 40%, and the other 20% will go to the Jingchang family." Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Glass?" Zhu Gaochi unfolded the drawings and saw that the words on them were all written by Xu Qin, but the drawings were very well drawn.

Zhu Gaochi was moved and said to Xu Qin: "Did you draw this yourself?"

"Nonsense, if I didn't draw it myself, who drew it?" Xu Qin said indifferently.

"Is it true?" Zhu Gaochi was a little excited, and then immediately said: "If you have the ability, draw it for me. Do you have this ability?" "What do you mean? Cousin, aren't the drawings of those spinning machines, looms, and dyeing machines in my family all drawn by me? How can this be faked? Don't people in my family know about it?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi in confusion and asked. He did not hide this from himself. Who in the whole mansion didn't know about it?

"No, where did you learn it? You slept every day in the Imperial College. You haven't even opened your book box. And these words you wrote, oh, they're not as good as your nephew who has just started to learn!" Zhu Gaochi deliberately said this to Xu Qin, but he was indeed very suspicious.

"Eh!" Xu Qin sighed, then looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "I am not interested in anything except what the teachers say. I am interested in everything else. I know everything about astronomy and geography. So, I really can't listen in school!"

"Then who taught you this, this?" Zhu Gaochi pointed at the blueprint and asked Xu Qin with a shocked look on his face.

Xu Qin smiled when he heard this. He certainly couldn't talk about his past life, so he could only proudly say to Zhu Gaochi: "I am a genius in these matters. I tell you, I tried every possible way to cure my father's illness, and luckily, it worked in the end. These are child's play!"

"Hiss!" Zhu Gaochi gasped and stared at Xu Qin suspiciously.

Xu Qin also felt strange. He didn't know that Zhu Di suspected that there was a master behind him. If he knew, Xu Qin would curse him.

"What do you mean? You don't believe me?" Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked back.

"It's not that I don't believe it, Shakyabao, this is a bit unbelievable. Look at you, you are uneducated to begin with!"

"What are you talking about? I am uneducated and unskillful? Cousin, you can say that I am a playboy, you can say that I am a prodigal, but you can't say that I am uneducated and unskillful. How can I be uneducated and unskillful? Don't ruin my reputation!" Xu Qin retorted immediately when he heard Zhu Gaochi say that he was uneducated and unskillful.

"You, do you still have a reputation in the Imperial College? Okay, okay, you are just ignorant. I don't believe you drew this thing. You are probably fooling me!" Zhu Gaochi said this deliberately.

"Hehe, you are provoking me, no, you are provoking me on purpose!" When Xu Qin saw Zhu Gaochi like this, he pointed at Zhu Gaochi and said with a smile.

"Well, draw it now and show it to me. Your blueprint is better than any other drawn by the officials in the Ministry of Works. Can I believe it? Who taught you?" Zhu Gaochi nodded and said with a smile.

"Tsk!" Xu Qin waved his hands, too lazy to pay attention to him.

"Draw it for me!" Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin as soon as he saw that Xu Qin was not fooled.

"Can you understand what I'm drawing? Okay, let's not talk about this. I let you look at the drawings so that you can follow me to make money. I don't care whether the people in the court are rich or not. I can make you have money to spend." Xu Qin smiled and changed the subject. There was no need to waste time here.

But Zhu Gaochi didn't think so. This was more important than making money. If he could prove that Xu Qin was the one who did it and there was no master behind him, then his father's suspicion was wrong and all his previous actions were wrong. His father needed to re-examine his relationship with Xu Qin, including how to deal with the Xu Mansion in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin: "For this small matter, I will send 200,000 taels later, but I just want to know now, are you really capable of this?"

"Get out, get out, I don't want to talk to you anymore, go away!" Xu Qin said as he stood up and started to pull Zhu Gaochi.

"Hehe, you were bragging. Haha, I saw through you!" Zhu Gaochi deliberately pointed at Xu Qin and said with a smile.

Xu Qin rolled his eyes. He used such a simple provocation. Did he treat me like a three-year-old child? So he said helplessly, "How about this? Let's make a bet? I don't want to do unpaid work. You go find someone to give you math problems, no matter how difficult they are. One problem for one thousand taels of silver. I will solve it for you on the spot. Okay?"

You can't cheat on math, right? You can come up with the questions yourself, or you can ask the ministers to come up with the questions! Is that okay? One thousand taels of silver for each question, and if I can't answer it, I'll compensate you with ten thousand taels. Let's make some money!"

"Are you serious?" Zhu Gaochi became excited when he heard it. Mathematics is indeed something that cannot be faked. It needs to be learned. The Imperial College also has mathematics, and there are many doctors of mathematics. Officials who work in the Ministry of Works, especially technical officials, need to know arithmetic. Those who work in the Ministry of Revenue also need to know arithmetic.

"Prepare the questions and money, then come to me and I will answer them for you on the spot, okay? Get out of here, get out of here now, and don't talk to me about the Weaving Bureau. I'm busy!" Xu Qin said as he pulled Zhu Gaochi up. He didn't want to talk to him any more as he was really busy.

(End of this chapter)