My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 176 Zhu Gaochi's Little Thoughts

Zhu Di suddenly asked this question. Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, wondering what his father meant by asking this. However, he still cupped his hands and said, "I heard from the Crown Princess. I didn't look closely, but the Crown Princess said it was good."

After hearing this, Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi and said quietly, "You said you have one in the East Palace, Kunning Palace, and Prince Zhao's Palace, so why doesn't my Qianqing Palace have one? I have seen it, and that mirror is very bright and reflects very clearly. I also need a mirror in the Qianqing Palace, so why didn't Shakyabao give it to me? He even gave it to the concubines, but not to me?"

"Ah?" Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Di, dumbfounded. His father actually thought like this? This?
"Boss, I am embarrassed to ask Sakya Bao for it. You see, you also have a share. Why don't you ask me for some? Sakya Bao has given a lot, but you haven't given anything yet." Zhu Di continued to stroke his beard and said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Yes, yes, Dad. I'll go there soon. I'll go there soon." Zhu Gaochi bowed and said as soon as he heard it.

"Also, I heard that those mirrors range from a few hundred coins to a few hundred taels. You can go and ask, what is the cost? Can we make money at this price? So cheap? I heard from your mother that silver was also used. You can go and ask clearly." Zhu Di continued to say to Zhu Gaochi.

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, his mind quickly turned? He also asked if he could make money? Is Shakyabao a fool? Otherwise, this thing can make money without even thinking about it. Dad probably wants to find out how much profit this workshop has, and then he wants to cheat himself out of his money? No, this workshop has 30% for himself and 10% for the third brother. This, I have to hide some money, otherwise, Dad will be thinking about it.

So Zhu Gaochi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Dad, I will definitely ask later."

"Well, get busy!" Zhu Di nodded and waved his hand.

Zhu Gaochi could only return to his seat and start reading the memorial.

Xu Qin had already arrived at the workshop in the south of the city and was watching those people making mirrors. They had made quite a few of them. Next to them, Xu Qin also hired some carpenters to start making mirror frames. After making more, Xu Qin planned to start selling them, but there was no rush yet.

In addition, there are glass products such as glass cups, which have not been made yet. There are still some minor problems that Xu Qin also needs to solve.

Xu Qin had been busy in the workshop. When it was almost evening, Xu Qin was about to go back home after finishing his work when he heard his housekeeper coming over and saying, "Master, the Crown Prince is here."

Xu Qin was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm busy, please ask him to come in."

"Isn't this rude?" the steward said after a moment's hesitation.

"I'm busy making money to help him make money. It's okay, go and call him in!" Xu Qin said as he lay down again, carefully checking the equipment. Xu Qin was dirty all over now, but he had changed into work clothes specially placed here. He would go back and change into clean clothes later.

Zhu Gaochi was a broad-minded person and didn't care about trivial matters. He followed the housekeeper into the workshop. The workshop was large and hot, and there were many people there, all of whom were busy.

"Where is Sakyabao?" Zhu Gaochi asked the manager when he didn't see Xu Qin.

"What about this?" Xu Qin was lying under the machine and asked when he heard the sound.

"Huh?" When Zhu Gaochi heard the sound coming from under the machines, he immediately squatted down and saw the dirty Xu Qin.

"My cousin, what are you doing? You, you, if you don't speak, I won't dare to recognize you." Zhu Gaochi shouted at Xu Qin.

Xu Qin continued to busy himself with his own work and said, "This machine is not debugged properly. There is a problem with the balance."

"Ah? Then you don't need to do it yourself?" Zhu Gaochi said quickly.

"No one knows how to do it except me. Okay, cousin, what's the matter? You tell me first. I'll be busy for a while. If it's important, let's wait until I'm done. Then we can go back together and talk while eating at my house. This machine needs to be debugged. We will try to produce new things tomorrow. When new things come out, we can make a lot of money." Xu Qin kept debugging the wrench he designed.

"Oh, don't worry. My father saw that you sent mirrors to my mother and the Eastern Palace. My father asked why you didn't send one to him. But my father meant that it was not a good idea to ask you for it now, so he let me come. Don't I have a share? My father was thinking, let me buy some." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

"What are you buying? You're buying it for your own family? Why does your father want that thing? I gave away all those women your father had!" Xu Qin asked with a smile while lying on the ground.

"Don't talk nonsense, kid!" Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, and then said: "My father uses it himself. He spends most of his time in the Qianqing Palace and needs to tidy up his clothes."

"Okay, when I'm done, we'll go pick some out. You decide how much your father needs, and we'll get as much as he needs." Xu Qin nodded.

It took Xu Qin nearly a quarter of an hour to crawl out from the ground. He tested the machine and found no problem. Then he washed his hands and face, changed his clothes, and led Zhu Gaochi to the mirror workshop.

In the mirror workshop, a large number of mirrors that have not yet been cut are neatly arranged, and two workers are cutting the mirrors.

"Such a big mirror? Sakyabao, you, you, it's a miracle, how did you make it?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin in shock. "What miracle or not, this is a business, you can choose any size, if it's too big, I'll have someone make a temporary frame, you can come and pick it up tomorrow." Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaochi.

"Of course the bigger the better. Don't you know my father? Get him the biggest one that can stand up!" Zhu Gaochi gestured immediately and continued, "This mirror is this big and can reflect the whole body. Just use this big one and get him one. I guarantee he will be happy."

Xu Qin touched his chin, nodded and said, "Okay!"

Then he said to the two craftsmen who were cutting, "Pick out a mirror without any flaws. Don't cut it. Just ask the carpenter to make a frame for it. Forget the frame. I'll talk to the craftsmen."

Xu Qin was worried that the craftsmen wouldn't be able to make such a large frame, and that it wouldn't be able to stand up, so Xu Qin thought it would be better for him to go there in person to give instructions.

After giving instructions to the craftsmen, Xu Qin and Zhu Gaochi returned to the city.

After arriving at the mansion, Zhu Gaochi first visited Xu Huizu and Li, his uncle and aunt, and then went to Xu Qin's courtyard.

The two sat in the dining room, had some wine and some side dishes, Xu Qin poured wine for Zhu Gaochi and said, "It's rare for us to have a meal together."

"Of course not! Come on, let's have a fight, brothers!" Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Zhu Gaochi, and they both drank it in one gulp.

"It's a good thing I have you, otherwise I tell you, I would have been worked to death by my father. Look at me now, am I a lot thinner than before?" Zhu Gaochi sat there, spread out his arms, and said to Xu Qin.

"You've lost a lot of weight and look more energetic." Xu Qin looked at him carefully and said.

"That's right. I still have time to exercise for half an hour every day, and I don't have so many things to worry about. After all, the more than 20 million taels of silver you brought back before, although they have been distributed, can still hold out for a while. The money from the Ministry of Revenue is also a normal expenditure. There is nothing big for me to worry about, right?

My father had no money, so you gave him that idea. When the third brother checked, he found another four or five million taels, which was enough for my father to have peace for a while, and I could also feel comfortable for a while. So, nothing happened during this period of time.

It’s just that my father always scares me and the third brother. Today, he called the third brother and I over and scolded us again. I’m fine, but the third brother is really miserable. I guess he’s still busy now. "Zhu Gaochi said to Xu Qin with a wry smile.

"Scare you again?" Xu Qin asked curiously.

"What do you think? You scare me every now and then. Well, forget it. I'm used to it now. However, there is one thing I want to tell you in advance. You must not tell my father how much the profit of this new workshop is. I plan to tell him that the profit is about 20%. Just fool him like this. Say less! Otherwise, my father will be thinking about my money every day. Oh." Zhu Gaochi sighed again.

Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi with a smile.

"What? You won't help me with this kind of thing? Don't worry, this is not deceiving the emperor. If we want to deceive the emperor, we should do it together." Zhu Gaochi stared at him and said.

"Twenty percent profit? Cousin, don't you look down on me? These workshops cost us four hundred thousand taels. Twenty percent profit? I might as well find a way to expand my dyeing workshop." Xu Qin said proudly to Zhu Gaochi.

"How much exactly?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin and said.

"Have you seen the smallest mirror? It's the size of a palm? I'll sell it to you for a hundred coins. Is there anyone who wants it?" Xu Qin asked with a smile.

"Then there must be someone who wants it." Zhu Gaochi nodded.

"The cost is probably just two cents!" Xu Qin smiled and started eating the food.

"Ah? Two, two cents, fifty times?" Zhu Gaochi stared at Xu Qin in shock.

"This one has the smallest profit. The bigger it is, the higher the profit. I'll give it the big one your father has. I can sell it for one or two thousand silver coins, right? Although I bought a small amount, but for a piece like this, the profit is less than one or two silver coins. You can do the math yourself. If it's half the size, I'll sell it for five hundred taels. If it's one-sixth the size, I'll sell it for two hundred taels. If it's one-twelfth the size, I'll sell it for one hundred taels." Xu Qin smiled complacently, while Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin stupidly.

"Hey, hey, you kid, I, come on, have a drink!" Zhu Gaochi didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

Xu Qin and Zhu Gaochi clinked glasses and drank them all. Zhu Gaochi put down his cup, turned to Xu Qin and said, "So the cost is less than 10%? This, this, we're going to make a lot of money!"

(End of this chapter)