My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 139: Getting Myself Confused (Part )
Xu Qin smiled and said that his family had fallen on hard times and was no longer so pampered. Yao Guangxiao heard this and smiled.

After Xu Qin made the tea, he handed a cup to Yao Guangxiao, and then he picked up the cup himself, holding it in his hand, and looked at Yao Guangxiao: "You came to see me specially? It seems that we are not that familiar with each other, right? Besides, my father and you were not that familiar with each other before."

"Yes, it was a bit abrupt. It's just that I learned that Mr. Xu is an expert in arithmetic, so I came here to see him. Also, I came here to see Mr. Xu on the order of His Majesty. His Majesty attaches great importance to Mr. Xu." Yao Guangxiao said to Xu Qin with a smile.

Xu Qin couldn't help laughing when he heard this, then waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about other things, not His Majesty. Who would believe what you said about respecting me? Right? He himself doesn't believe it. If you just come to take a look and chat, I welcome you. If you have other purposes, don't talk. I don't want to hear it. I'm busy. Look at this construction site, I'll be watching it myself."

Yao Guangxiao also turned his head to look at the people working in the distance, and asked: "Mr. Xu is generous, even if he does not go to the court to serve as an official, he can do very well. However, has Mr. Xu ever considered it? Now you have Empress Xu protecting you and your family. If one day, there is no Empress Xu's protection, where will Mr. Xu go?"

"Hahaha, you really can't scare me. The world is so big, there's nowhere we can't find a place to stay." Xu Qin laughed after hearing this.

"Mr. Xu, all the land belongs to the king. It will not be easy to avoid His Majesty and find a place to settle down." Yao Guangxiao looked at Xu Qin and said with a smile.

"That's because you don't know how big this world is. You can only see the Ming Dynasty and some of the surrounding countries. Do you know what other countries there are to the west? Are there any other countries on the other side of the sea?

Even without my aunt's protection, I, Xu Qin, can continue to travel around the world and be free and easy! You are not familiar with the land under our feet! "Xu Qin said to Yao Guangxiao with a smile.

Yao Guangxiao was stunned. This is not right. How can you be so confident? How do you know so much? Are there countries on the other side of the sea? Are there many countries in the west? Are there countries that Ming Dynasty does not know about?

"What do you want to say? Just say it directly. There's no need to beat around the bush or lay any groundwork. Since His Majesty asked you to come, you must have come with a mission." Xu Qin said with a smile as he looked at the dazed Yao Guangxiao.

"Yes, His Majesty hopes that you can go to the Weaving Bureau. Moreover, His Majesty really trusts you, there is no doubt about that. In addition, when His Majesty asked you to go to the Imperial Prison, he personally gave orders to Ji Gang on my side, and specifically instructed that you should not be wronged in the Imperial Prison. Everything you need should be provided. I just didn't expect such an accident to happen!

I can testify to this matter, and Ji Gang can also testify to it. I hope you will not bear a grudge against Your Majesty." Yao Guangxiao looked at Xu Qin and said with his hands clasped together.

"Okay, I believe it. None of this matters!" Xu Qin waved his hand and said indifferently.

Yao Guangxiao didn't know what to say at this moment. He believed it and said it was not important. What should he say next? This did not match his expectations of this impeachment. He had thought that if Xu Qin did not believe it, he would explain it again and then lead to the subsequent conversation.

But now that Xu Qin has said so, are we just going to insist on talking?

"Does Mr. Xu really believe this?" Yao Guangxiao stared at Xu Qin and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I believe it. I said the same thing to my aunt in the palace before. Didn't you just say that Your Majesty trusts me very much? I have said that I believe it, but Your Majesty still doesn't believe it? So how much does Your Majesty trust me?" Xu Qin said to Yao Guangxiao with a sneer.

Yao Guangxiao was stunned by Xu Qin's logic.

Seeing that Yao Guangxiao didn't know what to say for a moment, Xu Qin smiled and said, "You are here to persuade me to go to the Weaving Bureau and take charge of overseas trade? Is that right?"

Yao Guangxiao nodded and said, "Yes, His Majesty hopes that you can go now. I think you also know that the civil officials group now hopes to lift the sea ban and allow civilians to go to sea. This is not possible. The court needs money now.

If the common people are allowed to go out to sea, the officials and merchants will have money, but the people and the court will have no money. The court will not be able to do anything it wants, and it will have to look at the faces of the civil officials. Your Majesty is not a person with such a good temper.

However, no one knows more about sea trade than you. Besides, if you come forward to preside over this matter, those civil officials may not be your opponents. And you have the support of His Majesty, the Queen, and the Crown Prince behind you. It can be said that those civil officials can do nothing to you. "

After hearing this, Xu Qin smiled and said, "Then go ahead. You can definitely go. His Majesty trusts you, my aunt trusts you, and the Crown Prince trusts you. As for sea trade, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it. There are many people in the Weaving Bureau who understand it. After all, they have gone to sea once before. Why do you need me? I am just a commoner, how can I take care of such a big thing?"

Yao Guangxiao stared at Xu Qin in a daze. This, this, seems to make sense. However, he couldn't deal with those civil officials. So Yao Guangxiao said to Xu Qin: "Master Xu, I can't control those civil officials."

Xu Qin smiled and waved his hands, saying, "Do you think I can calm them down? I'm only seventeen years old, and I'm young and inexperienced. Do you think I can calm down those civil officials? What a joke! I don't even have the confidence to do so. How can you trust me so much?"

Yao Guangxiao looked at Xu Qin and didn't know what to say. He had heard Zhu Di say before that Xu Qin was very smart, but he didn't expect that Xu Qin would leave him speechless like this.

"Well, you are an expert in arithmetic now, and those civil officials have to give you face." Yao Guangxiao said to Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin smiled contemptuously and continued, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? What's the point of being good at arithmetic? Those civil officials are well-read, do you think they will respect a master of arithmetic? If that's the case, you are also well-versed in Buddhist scriptures, and you are also a minister in the court. You can suppress it, but you are no better than me."

Then Xu Qin put down his teacup, clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Oh, yes, why didn't I think of it before? Don't you have a ready-made person to preside over the Weaving Bureau? No, no, I will go to the East Palace later and propose to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess that you go to preside over the Weaving Bureau. There will definitely be no problem.

The prince had persuaded me to go before, saying that there was no one else but me, but now there is one, right? "

"Ah?" Yao Guangxiao was confused by Xu Qin. When he came to his senses, he waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, I don't know how to do business. Besides, I am trying to persuade you."

"It won't matter. As for overseas trade, even if you send a whole shipload of our Ming Dynasty's garbage over, you can probably sell it for money. Our Ming Dynasty's products are very popular in other countries. What's more, there are so many people in the Weaving Bureau, they will assist you. You just need to go there to intimidate those ministers. Don't worry, I will definitely recommend you to go." Xu Qin said to Yao Guangxiao very happily.

Yao Guangxiao looked at Xu Qin in amazement, unable to understand how it turned out like this while they were chatting. The key point was that he sold himself out after just a few words?
At this moment, Zhu Gaosui also came to the construction site with his men.

Xu Qin touched his head and wondered what was going on today. Not only did Yao Guangxiao come to his workshop, but even Zhu Gaosui came.

Zhu Gaosui was confused. Didn't his father go to Jiming Temple? Why was Yao Guangxiao here?
"Greetings, His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhao!" When Yao Guangxiao saw Zhu Gaosui, he immediately stood up and bowed.

"No need to be so polite. You, you, didn't my father go looking for you? Why are you here?" Zhu Gaosui still couldn't figure it out.

Yao Guangxiao was helpless and could only bow and say: "I am here on the orders of your majesty to persuade Xu Qin to go to the weaving bureau."

When Zhu Gaosui heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said, "You persuade him first, I'll wait, you go first."

Xu Qin came over with a smile. Zhu Gaosui retreated and shouted to Xu Qin, "Shijiabao, I don't have any money. You know, my father cheated me of 250,000 taels yesterday to give you the money for the bet. I really don't have any money. Search for it!"

As he said this, he reached into his pocket to prove that he really had no money.

"Third cousin, this is not right. This is not right. Every time you saw me before, you would put some money in your pocket for me, your cousin. Now you have become bad and you even embezzle your cousin's money. How can we still be cousins ​​if we behave like this?" Xu Qin stopped there and said to Zhu Gaosui with an unhappy look on his face.

"What cousin's money? That's my money. I don't owe you any money, but you owe me money. Also, let me ask you, why does the boss of this workshop have a share but I don't? I didn't have a share in those cloth dyeing workshops before, that's fine, but I don't have a share in this either? How dare you care about me having money? Do you care about me, your cousin?" Zhu Gaosui pointed at Xu Qin and questioned him very unhappily.

Xu Qin touched his nose, then said with a smile: "Third cousin, you are not bad at this!"

"How can I not be short of money? The money I make throughout the year is not even as much as the dividends you give to the boss. Is it easy for me to make that much money? I don't care. No matter how much the boss takes from this workshop, I will take that much too. You can't bully your third cousin like this. How much money did my father ask me for because of you? You should at least compensate me a little. Otherwise, let me tell you, how can we be cousins?" Zhu Gaosui shouted angrily.

"Okay, okay. Well, you go ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince 100,000 taels of silver and ask Him to give you half of it. I have already divided it and there is no way to divide it further." Xu Qin said with a smile. Anyway, if you have any problems, you can go to the Crown Prince. I don't care about those things. I and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion must account for 60%. As for the other 40%, Zhu Gaochi can divide it however he wants. It has nothing to do with me.

(End of this chapter)