My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 137: Drag Big Brother Into the Water

Zhu Di cursed at Zhu Gaosui, who knelt there and said nothing.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaosui like this and scolded him, "Tell me how I should punish you."

Zhu Gaosui looked up at Zhu Di and said with a pitiful face: "Dad, as long as you don't let me go to the fiefdom, I can do anything. Dad, I, I, Dad, don't believe what Shakyabao said, he is just a dandy boy.

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaosui and scolded him, "You are still being stubborn and calling yourself a dandy! All right, go and do those questions. Go, do those math questions. Even the math doctors in the Imperial College can't do them. How can Shakya Bao do them? I think you are the dandy."

"I, I, eh!" Zhu Gaosui originally wanted to make an excuse, but after hearing what his father said, he knew it and had no way to explain it.

"You know, in order to verify whether Shakyabao has real talent and knowledge, Dad paid him 5,000 taels per question, a total of 100 questions, which means that your father will give Shakyabao 500,000 taels.

"Five hundred thousand taels, it's all your fault? You always say in front of me that Shakyabao is uneducated and a playboy. Now you tell me, what should we do?" Zhu Di pointed at Zhu Gaosui and shouted angrily.

"Ah? Five, five, five hundred thousand taels? Dad, why does it cost so much money to ask him to do the questions? Dad, this money is too easy to make, right?" When Zhu Gaosui heard this, his eyes widened and he stared at Zhu Di. He was so envious of Xu Qin in his heart. He earned five hundred thousand taels just by doing the questions. How many people would he have to help and how many things would he have to do to earn five hundred thousand taels?
"Now it's not an easy thing for him to make money. What should he do with this money?" Zhu Di shouted while staring at Zhu Gaosui.

"Ah?" Zhu Gaosui understood now that his father wanted him to pay compensation. This was not possible. Five hundred thousand taels was not a small amount.

"What? Either you pack up and go to the fiefdom immediately, or you pay for it! If it weren't for you, Dad wouldn't have asked Sakyabao to do the test, let alone offer such a high price. You have to raise the money for me in the next two days. If it takes too long, I don't know how Sakyabao will spread rumors about your dad outside.

Your father has to have some dignity! If people outside think that your father, as an emperor, is untrustworthy, then your father will kill you. "Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaosui and cursed.

Zhu Gaosui stared at his father blankly, thinking, you want face, I want money! You want me to spend money to buy your face? Is that appropriate? You insisted on making a bet with Sakyamuni, and I didn't know when you made the bet. Now that you've lost, you ask me for money. Is that fair?

"Are you ready?" Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaosui and scolded.

Zhu Gaosui knew at this moment that he couldn't agree to it. If he agreed, the 500,000 taels would be gone, and he would become a victim. Even if he was wrong, he couldn't pay for it all by himself. So he kowtowed to Zhu Di and said, "Dad, I don't have so much money. I gave you 200,000 taels during the Chinese New Year. Now you want more. Where can I get the money? Dad, my elder brother has it. He now owns the Xu Family Workshop, and every month he gets hundreds of thousands of taels in dividends."

Zhu Di sat there, stroking his beard, staring at Zhu Gaosui who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Your elder brother doesn't have so much. A few days ago, your elder brother sent 200,000 taels to Sakya Bao, saying that he wanted to do some business. Now you have it."

When Zhu Gaosui heard this, he looked up at Zhu Di and said, "What kind of business is Shijiabao going to do? Why didn't you call me?"

Zhu Di just stared at Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui lowered his head again and said helplessly: "Dad, I really don't have it. Dad, if you don't believe me, just go and search. Besides, Dad, my eldest brother gets more dividends than me every year. How much more money do you want from my eldest brother?"

"I just said, your elder brother doesn't have it. You have to find a way. I don't care. You have to raise 500,000 taels for me. This matter is your fault. If it weren't for your incompetence, would I have lost so much? If you don't take responsibility, who will? If you don't come out, that's fine. Don't blame your father." Zhu Di continued to intimidate Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui sat on the ground, wanting to cry but without tears, because his father had bullied him so much.

"Dad, I can only raise half of it at most. I can't raise more than that." Zhu Gaosui knew that if he didn't want to spend a penny, it would be impossible. His father would really let him go to the fiefdom. If he had to pay all, it would also be impossible. He didn't want to be a sucker.

"That's fine. Send the money to your eldest brother before dark today and tell him that he will pay the rest of the money." Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaosui.

"That's fine, that's fine!" Zhu Gaosui was happy when he heard that the boss would also contribute half. Anyway, it wouldn't work for him to contribute alone. If the boss contributed together, then there would be no problem.

"Hmph, get out!" Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaosui.

"Yes, father. I'll take my leave now." Zhu Gaosui kowtowed quickly, stood up, and left quickly. He couldn't let his father regret it.

After Zhu Gaosui left, Zhu Di thought for a moment, called Li Xing, and took out 200,000 taels. Li Xing said: "After I go to Jiming Temple, you give it to the prince and tell him that he will pay for the shortfall. Don't let anyone else know about this."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Xing quickly put it away.

Soon, Zhu Di set out for Jiming Temple. In the East Palace, Zhu Gaosui came to the East Palace again and directly pulled Zhu Gaochi to the small wing room.

"Boss, are you a human being? I am your younger brother, and you are trying to cheat me like this?" Zhu Gaosui closed the door and stared at Zhu Gaochi fiercely and questioned.

Zhu Gaochi suppressed his laughter, looked at Zhu Gaosui and said, "What's the matter? I don't know."

Zhu Gaosui immediately pointed at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Look at your expression. Don't you know? Ah? Dad lost the bet with Sakyamuni Bao, and you asked me to pay? I don't know anything, and you asked me to pay? Why?"

"Don't talk to me about this. I advised dad not to make such a big deal, but he insisted that the money was small and Sakyabao wouldn't be able to do the questions. He also said that he had the money. Now he says he doesn't have it. What can I do? Sakyabao asked me for money, what can I do? I have no money!" Zhu Gaochi also spread out his hands and said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Hehe, you can't run away this time. Dad said, I will give you 250,000 taels and you will give me 250,000 taels. I will send it to you later." Zhu Gaosui said with a smile when he saw Zhu Gaochi so proud.

"What? No, that won't work. I'll go find my dad." When Zhu Gaochi heard that he had to pay for it himself, he refused to do that.

Zhu Gaosui grabbed Zhu Gaochi.

"Let go, I have no money." Zhu Gaochi said to Zhu Gaosui.

"I have money? Big brother, you go find dad. If dad says he has no money, I will be the one in trouble. We can each take half, which is just right. You are not allowed to go find him." Zhu Gaosui said while pulling Zhu Gaochi, not wanting him to go find his father.

"Why are you holding me? Third brother, hey, third brother, let go, I really don't have any money?" Zhu Gaochi was so anxious. He had to pay twenty-five taels for no reason. He had thought that he could earn more than one hundred thousand taels from this bet, but now, he would lose more than one hundred thousand taels. This was not acceptable.

Zhu Gaosui would not let go, even if he was beaten to death, because if he let go he would lose money.

In the end, Zhu Gaosui just kept an eye on Zhu Gaochi and prevented him from looking for Zhu Di. It was not until Zhu Gaosui received the news that his father went to Jiming Temple that he returned triumphantly.

Zhu Gaochi was left sitting there sighing. Zhang also got the news and knew that Zhu Gaochi was going to pay another 250,000 taels.

Zhang came to Zhu Gaochi's study with a dark face and saw Zhu Gaochi sitting there worried.

"How can this be? You have to play it so big that you have to pay when you lose! People who don't know would think that we in the East Palace are so rich. If it weren't for Sakya Bao's help, I wonder what you would do? Humph, I'll go find my mother. We in the East Palace have many children and don't have much income. How can we afford to be squandered by your father?" Zhang stood there and said with an unhappy face.

"Oh, stop making trouble! Come, come, sit down!" Zhu Gaochi immediately stood up, walked to Zhang, and pushed Zhang to sit down.

"You are an honest man. You have saved some money with great difficulty, but it is being taken away by your father." Zhang said very unhappily.

"Oh!" Zhu Gaochi looked around and said in a very low voice: "We don't need to pay so much. I just calculated that if Sakyabao and Dad make a bet, I will split it 20-80, so we can save 100,000 taels. In addition, we bet with those ministers 40-60, with me 40-40. I just calculated that it's about 90,000 taels, so we only need to pay 60,000 taels.

Now it's not that Dad is eyeing our money, it's that Dad wants the third son to pay. If we don't pay, the third son won't pay either. Well, when the time comes, you give me 60,000 taels and I'll give it to Shakyabao. What else can we do?"

"Hmm?" Zhang heard it, stared at Zhu Gaochi, and then tapped his head with her finger: "You are so bold that you even dare to cheat me of my money. If I find out, how will I punish you?"

"Now only the three of us know about this. If you weren't so angry, I wouldn't have told you. Don't worry, when Sakyabao's new workshop is completed, we can still make money. We need Sakyabao to do more business. This way we can make money. Otherwise, we can't afford my father's abuse of power." Zhu Gaochi said to Zhang.

After hearing this, Zhang nodded and continued, "In my opinion, we should not let Shakyabao go to the weaving bureau. It is better to do business properly. We can make more money by following him. Otherwise, even if the weaving bureau makes more money, your father will continue to cheat you out of your money, and we will still live a hard life.

Before, they treated Shakyabao like this, it was strange that Shakyabao would go, anyway, now that Shakyabao is not going, I feel good about it too. "

"From a woman's perspective, our money is our money, and the court's money is the court's money. Now the court needs money, and dad has a lot of things to do. If there is no source, dad will force me, and I will be the unlucky one. It's just that, eh, I don't know how to persuade Shakyabao to go to the weaving bureau. I don't have the face to persuade him, you know?
Now the old man himself knows the situation clearly, and he doesn’t have the face to persuade Sakya Bao anymore.

That's why the matter is at a stalemate. However, I think Dad will find a way. The root of the matter is on his side, and he knows it clearly. "Zhu Gaochi sighed and said to Zhang.

(End of this chapter)