My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 122: Courtesy first, then attack
Xu Qin didn't want to get involved in those things. He wanted to watch Zhu Di fight with those civil officials. It had nothing to do with him anyway. But, don't let your fight affect me? You also want to cut off my financial resources. Is that okay? Cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Am I such an honest person?

Xu Qin believed that Xia Yuanji understood that he did not want to help Zhu Di, so he went to him, hoping that he could allow him to get enough cotton. Even if the price went up, it didn't matter, as long as he made less money. He was very busy and had no time to fight with them for such a small amount of money.

The next morning, after Xu Qin had breakfast, he rode to Xia Yuanji's mansion. It happened that there was no court session that day, and Xia Yuanji was not on duty, so he returned home first.

When Xia Yuanji learned that Xu Qin had arrived, he frowned, but still sent someone to bring Xu Qin in.

After Xu Qin came in, he first saluted Xia Yuanji. Xia Yuanji was alert, but still stood up to return the salute, then asked Xu Qin to sit down, and the servants also brought tea to Xu Qin.

"I heard that there is not enough cotton on the market now. I wonder if Minister Xia knows this news?" Xu Qin sat down and said to Xia Yuanji with a smile.

"Yes, I know. Now our Ministry of Revenue is also rushing to transfer cotton from other places to Yingtian Prefecture, but it takes time." Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and nodded, thinking in his heart, what does this kid want to do?

Is it possible that he has no cotton in his workshop and is looking for me? I can't agree to that! If I agree, there will be endless troubles. Although I don't want to anger him, if I give Xu Qin enough cotton, then other cloth merchants will have no cotton, and there will be chaos.

Those merchants want to make money first, and those workshops also employ a large number of people. Now controlling the shipment volume of cotton has made those cloth merchants miserable, but they can still bear it, after all, everyone is the same.

Moreover, they were not worried about how much money they would lose. After all, there was no cotton and there was not enough cloth on the market. Not to mention the high price of cloth, when cotton was liberalized, they could continue to produce and still make money. Moreover, once the maritime ban was lifted, they would make a fortune.

But if everyone does not have enough cotton, and Xu Qin has enough cotton, then they will suffer heavy losses. Xu Qin's family produces cloth quickly, and originally Xu Qin's family almost occupied half of the high-end cloth market. Now that Xu Qin's family is allowed to produce in large quantities, then the entire Ming Dynasty's high-end cloth market will be occupied by the Xu family!
Even if there is enough cotton by then, no one will be able to compete with Xu Qin.

Another thing is that Xu Qin's family's output is large enough. If the Weaving Bureau directly purchases Xu Qin's cloth to ship out to sea, then their attempt to force the Weaving Bureau not to ship out to sea would have completely failed.

Xu Qin was stunned for a moment after hearing what Xia Yuanji said, and said, "Minister Xia, this is meaningless, right? Didn't I make it clear last time? How you fight with His Majesty has nothing to do with me. Now you control cotton. If you don't sell it to me, it will cut off my source of income."

Xia Yuanji smiled, bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Mr. Xu, this matter has nothing to do with me. This is the business of those cotton merchants. So, if Mr. Xu has nothing else to do, then I have something else to do."

Xu Qin stood up and stared at Xia Yuanji. Xia Yuanji was very supportive of Zhu Di. Of course, he could understand that he wanted to take back the Weaving Bureau now. After all, Xia Yuanji was the Minister of Revenue, and he hoped that all the money of the court would belong to the Ministry of Revenue.

But Xia Yuanji knew clearly that he didn't want to conflict with them and didn't want to go to the Weaving Bureau, so why did he still force himself like this?

But Xu Qin was not a spoiled child. Although he had doubts in his heart, he still stood up and said, "Okay, anyway, I have been to your house and told you that my family does not have enough cotton. Since you said so, don't blame me for being rude next time."

After Xu Qin finished speaking, he bowed to Xia Yuanji, then turned and left. There was no way to talk anymore, so let's not talk anymore, let's get started!
When Xia Yuanji saw Xu Qin leaving his living room like this, he was also worried. He wanted to call Xu Qin to discuss something, but he knew in his heart that everything would be in vain if the cotton issue of Xu's workshop was not resolved.

But Xia Yuanji was worried in his heart, not knowing what measures Xu Qin would take.

Xu Qin left Xia Yuanji's mansion, turned around to look at the gate of Xia Yuanji's mansion, sneered, and jumped on his horse.

After returning home, Xu Qin immediately summoned the servants and guards in his house, asked them to take torches and kerosene, and go straight to his family's supplier, Guo's Silk Cotton. Guo's Silk Cotton ranks among the top ten in Nanjing in terms of cotton sold every year, which is also due to its connection with the above.

Soon, Xu Qin led his men and headed straight to the warehouse of Guo’s silk and cotton.

Xu Qin came with his servants, and all the people who came here to buy cotton looked at Xu Qin. Guo Changhe, the owner of Guo's Silk Cotton, also received a report from his servants and quickly rushed to the open space, just in time to see Xu Qin dismounting.

Guo Changhe came to Xu Qin, bowed to him and said, "Greetings, Master Xu!"

"Well, how much cotton is left in the warehouse?" Xu Qin nodded and asked.

"This, this, Mr. Xu, there is not enough cotton now!" Guo Changhe was in a difficult situation. He also received news from his brother-in-law, who worked in the Ministry of Industry. He said that the quantity should be controlled. For those merchants, it is only necessary to supply a few hundred kilograms to each merchant every day. If it is known that a merchant has bought cotton from other merchants, he will not be allowed to buy from them.

When Xu's Workshop came to him to buy cotton, he took the initiative to give 1,000 kilograms. After all, Xu's Workshop was a big customer and needed tens of thousands of kilograms of cotton every day. After hearing what Guo Changhe said, Xu Qin turned around and pointed at the unlit torches and kerosene behind him, and said with a smile: "I set fire to it when there is not much? You know I deserve it! Also, you can notify the people behind you to come and talk to me now! If you can make the decision yourself, then let's talk!"

"This, this!" Hearing what Xu Qin said, Guo Changhe could only wipe his sweat and bow to Xu Qin and said, "Mr. Xu, it's not that I don't want to sell it, but I can't afford to offend you. This is not just my brother-in-law's business. If I don't do it, not only will I be in trouble, but my brother-in-law will also be in trouble. Mr. Xu, please be kind and I will provide your workshop with 2,000 kilograms every day from now on, okay?"

Xu Qin smiled and leaned close to Guo Changhe's ear and said, "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. You might have to store all this cotton for the whole summer, and then you can sell it in the winter. Then, silk will be a big seller. Besides, you have so much inventory, and you may not have enough money and warehouses to store cotton. In addition, silk is expected to sell better in the future."

Guo Changhe looked at Xu Qin in surprise, then bowed to Xu Qin and said, "I am stupid, please explain clearly, Master Xu!"

"I will advise Your Majesty to prohibit cotton fabrics from being exported. From now on, only silk fabrics can be exported from the Ming Dynasty!" Xu Qin said to Guo Changhe with a smile.

"What, what?" Guo Changhe looked at Xu Qin in shock.

"Tell me, how are you going to sell your cotton then? I heard that most of the workshops in Nanjing are now in a state of suspension. Summer is about to come, and cotton fabrics will be temporarily retired. All major workshops will start to weave silk fabrics. You should save the cotton in your warehouse for use in autumn!" Xu Qin said to Guo Changhe with a smile.

"This, this, this, are you serious?" Guo Changhe was very shocked, sweat kept coming out of his forehead. If this was the case, he would suffer a huge loss. So much money was invested in cotton, and he couldn't sell it. How would he have so much money to buy silk at that time? He also didn't have so many warehouses. In addition, if this news came out, the price of cotton would fall.

Xu Qin did not answer Guo Changhe's words, but looked at Guo Changhe with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, my Guo's silk cotton still has 40,000 dan of cotton, which is almost 4 million kilograms of cotton." Guo Changhe said while bowing to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin smiled and asked, "Can you make the decision yourself?"

"Yes. If that's the case, I believe that cotton merchants will not be able to bear it. Everyone is storing cotton now, thinking about going out to sea for trade. If going out to sea is banned, then, not only will everyone's cotton this year be stuck in their hands, but they won't have enough money to buy silk. What's more, in autumn, when the new cotton comes down, so much cotton will gather together and the price will inevitably fall." Guo Changhe said immediately.

Guo Changhe trusted Xu Qin's words. After all, the weaving bureau presided over by Xu Qin had gone out to sea for trade, and his aunt was the queen, so the weaving bureau was still managed by his aunt.

"Okay, deliver 30,000 kilograms of cotton to my workshop every day. That's the old rule!" Xu Qin said to Guo Changhe.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Could you please release this news a few days later? I am willing to give you a 10% discount. I just hope that you can sell this batch of cotton quickly. Thank you very much." Guo Changhe said as he knelt down in front of Xu Qin.

Xu Qin smiled and said, "Since we have been working together for such a long time, I will only give you three days!"

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, thank you, Mr. Xu!" Guo Changhe immediately kowtowed to Xu Qin, and Xu Qin left with his men.

Not long after, the Xu family's carriage came to the Guo family's silk and cotton side and began to load cotton.

Xu Qin left the city, as the cotton issue had been resolved.

However, Xu Qin still didn't know how to tell his aunt the suggestion. He didn't want to go to the palace. Once he went there and was caught by his aunt, it would be troublesome again.

I really don't want to get involved in the affairs of the Weaving Bureau. It's too troublesome and I'm busy!
There is no benefit in working for Zhu Di. If there is a benefit, it is fine for me to go. The key is that Zhu Di obviously does not trust me? Otherwise, I helped him make so much money, but he didn't even see me, let alone restore my family's title.

But there is no need to rush. If it really doesn't work, call Jingchang back and let Jingchang report to his aunt. It is better for me to stay away. This way it will be safer and easier.

Guo's silk cotton was shipped in large quantities and sold to anyone who came, which made other cotton merchants very dissatisfied.

(End of this chapter)