My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 39 Rumors spread
Xu Qin watched Zhu Gaosui walk to the door of the office, and then found that Zhu Gaosui stopped.

Xu Qin just watched, really not understanding what Zhu Gaosui was trying to do.

When Zhu Gaosui walked to the door, he remembered the purpose of his visit today, so he turned around, returned to his previous seat and sat down.

"Awake? If not, you can ask the imperial physician to see him." Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaosui with concern.

"Get out! Let me ask you, do you know a piece of news?" Zhu Gaosui cursed at Xu Qin and then asked.

"What news?" Xu Qin didn't understand.

Zhu Gaosui was delighted when he thought of this news, and immediately said to him, "Boy, I heard that your business is going to be taken over by the Weaving Bureau? Is that true?"

"How did you know?" Xu Qin asked in surprise.

"Hey, it's spread all over the capital. Tell me, what happened?" Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin very excitedly and asked, having completely forgotten about the five thousand taels he had just received.

"You go ask your father. How would I know what's going on? Your father asked your eldest brother to come to my house to talk about merging into the Weaving Bureau." Xu Qin said while looking at Zhu Gaosui with a deliberately depressed look.

Zhu Gaosui was even happier when he heard this. He patted Xu Qin on the shoulder and said, "Hey, kid, you've got this day too!"

Xu Qin just looked at him. Could he please not be so obvious in his gloating expression?
Zhu Gaosui smiled and said, "How about I go and plead for you?"

Xu Qin was delighted when he heard this. He went to intercede? He had no face at all! In front of Zhu Di, he could not participate in such things and could only do the work of a lackey.

"No need? Let me tell you, I know where my father is? Give me ten thousand taels and I will plead for you. I guarantee it will be useful!" Zhu Gaosui said with a smile, patting his chest, trying to get money from Xu Qin.

"Okay, write an agreement. If it's useful, I'll give you 100,000 taels. If it's useless, how about a tenfold compensation?" Xu Qin asked Zhu Gaosui with a smile.

"Get lost!" Zhu Gaosui saw Xu Qin like this and knew he couldn't deceive him anymore! Then he smiled and said, "Are you willing to accept this?"

"Why should I be unwilling? Besides, even if I give it to the Weaving Bureau, they may not dare to accept it. It may look like a tempting offer, but there is a huge pit behind it!" Xu Qin said to Zhu Gaosui with a mocking look.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaosui looked at Xu Qin in surprise and asked, "Why?"

"Why? Think about it yourself. What else can I tell you? Besides, I am doing business on the orders of the emperor. If your father wants to take it back, he must have a legitimate reason, so, hehe!" Xu Qin also laughed.

Zhu Gaosui stared at Xu Qin. He found that Xu Qin was not worried at all and could even smile. He was sleeping here just now!
Seeing him like this, Zhu Gaosui thought that he needed to remind his father about this matter, as this kid might have some other conspiracy or tricks up his sleeve.

Soon Zhu Gaosui left, and Xu Qin lay there and smiled.

By the evening, everyone in Nanjing knew that the Xu family workshop might be acquired by the Weaving Bureau, but they were not happy. On the contrary, they were very worried!
After all, the Xu family workshop does not have a cloth shop, so the Xu family needs the cloth shop to sell the cloth for them. Moreover, the Xu family probably dare not continue to expand. If it continues to expand, it will affect the interests of many people. But now that it has been taken over by the Weaving Bureau, the result will be different.

The Weaving Bureau made money for the emperor, and there were tens of thousands of weavers. The cloth merchants calculated that if all the tens of thousands of people in the Weaving Bureau used the Xu family's machines, then their cloth shops, weaving workshops, and spinning workshops would all go bankrupt! In other words, their business would be cut off.

Early the next morning, the businessmen sat together, very angry, and discussed how to deal with the matter.

Don't underestimate those cloth merchants, they have someone protecting them. Last night, those cloth merchants went to their masters and told them about this matter.

So early this morning, those businessmen came over to exchange information with each other.

In the Eastern Palace, Zhu Gaochi saw so many memorials, all of which were about the Weaving Bureau's acquisition of the Xu family workshop, and he was against it.

Zhu Gaochi got a headache when he saw those memorials!
After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi handed the memorials to Hu Guang in the cabinet and asked Hu Guang to deliver them to Jiming Temple. Zhu Di needed to be informed of this matter.

"Well, this matter is probably not as simple as the old man thinks!" Zhu Gaochi sat there and said with a smile.

At the entrance of Xu Qin's workshop, a group of eunuchs were standing there. Ning Xiang, the boss of Ning's cloth shop, was standing at the back with his waist hunched.

The eunuchs in front of him were all in charge of the weaving bureau. They came here today to negotiate. Of course, they had no say in the matter of acquisition. They came here today to distribute Xu family's cloth.

Now the daily sales of Ning Family Cloth Shop are declining sharply, so the Weaving Bureau has a large backlog of cloth. If these cloths are not liquidated, His Majesty will hold you accountable, so several eunuchs in charge came here together.

Originally, they wanted to rely on their status as palace people to enter Xu's dyeing workshop, but the Xu family's servants did not let them in. Since when did a eunuch have the power to bully the Xu family?
None of them reported this to Xu Qin. They knew their young master's character. If they reported this kind of thing, they would only get scolded. When did their young master wake up naturally?

It was still noon when Xu Qin rode his horse and arrived at the Xu family dyeing workshop slowly with his guards. From a distance, he saw some eunuchs there. When Xu Qin saw them, he sneered.

When they arrived at the workshop door, Xu Qin ignored them and rode straight into the workshop.

The eunuchs looked at each other, but no one dared to get angry.

What a joke! Who dares to get angry? They have been in Nanjing for so many years, how could they not know who Xu Qin is? In front of Xu Qin, you have to coil up if you are a dragon and lie down if you are a tiger. Otherwise, I will beat you and it will be in vain!
When Xu Qin arrived at the office, the servant came to report that someone from the Weaving Bureau wanted to see him outside.

Xu Qin nodded and told them to come in.

Soon, the three eunuchs brought Ning Xiang into the Xu family workshop.

At this moment they also saw a large amount of grey cloth still placed on the carriages in the yard. At the same time, the dyed cloth was also being loaded onto the carriages. Looking at the marks on those carriages, they belonged to the Xiao Family Cloth Shop.

When the three eunuchs and Ning Xiang entered Xu Qin's office, they saw Xu Qin lying on a recliner.

"Greetings, Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu, could we talk about distributing Xu family's fabrics?" The leader was a eunuch, white and fat. Xu Qin didn't know him, but he guessed that he was the head of the weaving bureau.

"Sit down!" Xu Qin said, lying there and pointing at the chair in front of him.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu, we have a large backlog of goods in our weaving bureau that cannot be sold. As you know, we are working for His Majesty and the Queen. If the backlog of goods cannot be liquidated, His Majesty will be furious. Therefore, please, Mr. Xu, give us some of the Xu family's fabrics!" The eunuch continued to bow to Xu Qin.

"Well, forty taels of silver per piece. Pay first and get the goods later. Now our family dyes about two hundred and twenty pieces of cloth a day, but we can increase more than ten pieces a day. Let me make it clear first, I need a guaranteed one hundred and twenty pieces from Xiao's Cloth Shop, and the rest will be given to you." Xu Qin said while lying there, with an unhappy look on his face.

Ning Xiang and the eunuchs were very happy when they heard this. They immediately bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu. Can you make the price a little cheaper?"

Xu Qin looked up at them and said, "This is the condition of the Xiao family. They rely on selling my cloth to drive the sales of other cloths and make money from other cloths. What? You can't do it? If you can't do it, forget it!"

Xu Qin said this and sat up, too lazy to talk nonsense.

"I can do it, I can do it!" Ning Xiang said anxiously when he heard Xu Qin say forget it.

"It's good that you can do it! It's settled. Bring the money over tomorrow. I don't want to talk too much with you guys. Just hand over the money and receive the goods!" Xu Qin said expressionlessly.

"Yes, yes, thank you very much, Mr. Xu. I wonder if you are free. I would like to treat you to a meal!" Ning Xiang said very happily.

"I understand. You can go now!" Xu Qin said, waving his hand.

The eunuchs and Ning Xiang did not expect that things would go so smoothly. They had just come in and the work was done. It seemed that their weaving bureau was really going to take over all the workshops of the Xu family. If so, their weaving bureau would make a lot of money, and they would have even more benefits.

After the eunuchs left the office, Xu Qin smiled, lay down, and continued reading the book.

After the eunuchs and Ning Xiang went out, they couldn't contain their excitement.

"It seems that the rumors are true. The Xu family workshop may be transferred to the Weaving Bureau. Congratulations to Eunuch Yang and all the eunuchs!" Ning Xiang said happily while bowing to the eunuchs.

"Well, the Ning family will be richer in the future!" Eunuch Yang said while patting Ning Xiang with a smile.

In fact, Eunuch Yang and Ning Xiang are about the same age, but Ning Xiang has a fawning look on his face.

"I dare not, I dare not. It's all thanks to the help of you gentlemen. Don't worry, our Ning family has always been grateful!" Ning Xiang said with a smile and bowed again.

"Okay, fine. Come and get the cloth tomorrow morning. The Xiao family's cloth shop makes money with the Xu family's cloth. I believe we can do it too. Just be careful." Eunuch Yang said to Ning Xiang.

"Yes, yes!" Ning Xiang still nodded with a smile.

Meanwhile, at Jiming Temple, Zhu Di frowned as he looked at the memorials sent by Hu Guang!
Zhu Gaosui also came here yesterday and reported the rumors in the capital. Now the ministers have also begun to oppose this matter, all voicing their opinions on protecting cloth merchants and the livelihoods of weavers. How could I not know that I should protect the livelihoods of weavers?
"Hu Guang, tell me, should the Xu family workshop be taken back by the Weaving Bureau?" Zhu Di put down the memorials, stared at Hu Guang in front of him and asked.

After hearing this, Hu Guang looked up at Zhu Di. This was not a easy question to answer.

(End of this chapter)