My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 128 Go make money

Those ministers did not believe what Zhu Gaochi said. How proficient could Xu Qin, a child of his age, be in arithmetic? He could only do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. He probably could not do anything a little more difficult.

Zhu Di sat there worried. Not only were the one hundred or eighty math problems difficult to solve, the key point was that if Sakya Bao really solved them, he would lose a lot of money.

Zhu Di was not reluctant to spend the money, but if the answer was really revealed, he would be a little disappointed. Although this possibility was not high, what if it happened? Zhu Di was just like that, suspicious!

Zhu Di looked at the reactions of the ministers below, and then said: "I will let the teachers of the Imperial College come up with the questions, and you go and call Xu Qin to the East Palace. If the teachers of the Imperial College can't answer them, then there is nothing we can do."

Song Li could not help himself at this moment, so he stood up, bowed to Zhu Di and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to disturb the arithmetic teachers of the Imperial College, right? Xu Qin is only a 17-year-old boy, how much can he know about arithmetic? We have come up with a few questions, and even Shakya Bao may not be able to answer them."

"Yes, we can easily come up with a few questions that will make Shakyabao think for a long time!"

"Do we need to alert the Imperial College? Does Your Majesty think too highly of Xu Qin?"

All the ministers in the imperial study looked at Zhu Di with a chuckle. Of course, they did not look down on Zhu Di. Although they looked down on him in their hearts, they did not dare to show it. Zhu Di dared to kill the ministers.

Instead, they looked down on Xu Qin. Although they lost the battle of cotton, they still had so many supplies to come, and they could block the weaving bureau at any time. Even if Xu Qin took action, he might not be able to break the deadlock.

"Well, my dear ministers, don't underestimate him. You just heard it. Five thousand taels of silver for solving a problem. The reason why I asked him to solve the problem is that I wanted to see if he has the real talent. After all, I think you have heard about how Xu Qin performed when he was studying in the Imperial College. But since Shakyabao said such a thing, I think he may know a little about arithmetic." Zhu Di stroked his beard, looked at the ministers below, and said this deliberately.

"Your Majesty, don't take bragging seriously!" Xie Jin stood up and bowed to Zhu Di.

"Yes, it's okay for young people to brag. But five thousand taels to solve a problem, haha, but it will take me several years of salary to wait!" Huang Fu stood up and said to Zhu Di with a smile.

Zhu Di sat there, still thinking about something.

Liu Jun, the Minister of War, stood up and bowed to Zhu Di, saying, "Your Majesty, the words of a young boy should not be taken seriously. If you are in trouble, each of us can give Shakya Bao a question and let him answer it!"

"Well, my dear ministers, what do you think we should do if the questions we raise are not difficult for Shakya Bao?" When Zhu Di heard what Liu Jun said, he smiled inwardly and stroked his beard.

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

The ministers below all denied it excitedly.

Zhu Di saw that there was a bit of noise below, so he raised his hand to calm the ministers down. Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Please ask Shijiabao to go to the East Palace. I will arrange the math problems here. You tell Shijiabao that there are definitely 180 math problems for him to do."

"Yes, Dad! But Dad, this, Sakyabao said that he would give 5,000 taels for each problem he solved, and he couldn't delay." Zhu Gaochi reminded Zhu Di, thinking in his heart, this is safer, I will get 20%, what if Dad doesn't pay? Does Sakyabao dare to ask in person?
Therefore, it is better to ask dad to prepare the money first, otherwise, you won’t be able to get the 20%.

Although it's a bit heartless to cheat my father of his money, my father has also cheated me of a lot of money. Over the years, there must be at least two or three million taels. It's good that I can get some of it back.

When Zhu Di heard what Zhu Gaochi said, he looked unhappy, stared at Zhu Gaochi and scolded him, "How could I owe him such a small amount of money?"

"Dad, it's a lot, four or five hundred thousand taels!" Zhu Gaochi continued to bow and said to Zhu Di.

"Get out!" Zhu Di yelled at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi bowed and immediately left. He knew that his father would definitely be prepared and his father had to save face.

After Zhu Gaochi left, Zhu Di looked at the ministers below, thought for a moment, and said: "Now, each of you will come up with an arithmetic problem that you think is the most difficult. I have said before, if Sakyabao really solves it, you? Well, you should have some shame!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, rest assured. Even if Shakyabao is proficient in arithmetic, can he surpass us?" Xie Jin stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Di.

The other ministers also nodded frequently, not taking it seriously at all. This was because Zhu Di and Xu Qin were playing a big game. One question cost five thousand taels, and if the answer was not found, it would be ten thousand taels. This made them interested. Otherwise, they would not take it seriously at all.

Soon, Zhu Gaochi came to Xu Qin's courtyard with a smile on his face. Xu Qin was drawing a blueprint.

Zhu Gaochi came in and saw Xu Qin still drawing the blueprint, so he moved over and saw Xu Qin doing some calculations on a white paper next to him. Some of the things he wrote were beyond his understanding.

Xu Qin did not hide the fact that he could draw from Zhu Gaochi. Everyone in the palace knew about it.

"What the hell are you writing? What are these?" Zhu Gaochi pointed at the mathematical symbols on the draft paper and looked at Xu Qin in confusion. However, seeing how seriously Xu Qin was calculating, he did not dare to doubt whether Xu Qin did not know how to do it.

"You won't understand even if I explain it to you. Have you done it? I won't go without money!" Xu Qin looked up at Zhu Gaochi and said. "It's done, but you?" Zhu Gaochi still felt confused about these calculations.

"If you can understand, that would be great! Okay, let's go to the East Palace to make money. It's not easy to get money from your father." Xu Qin was very happy and immediately put away the drawings.

Five hundred thousand taels was not much for Xu Qin, but he would be happy if he could get money out of Zhu Di, even if it was only 50 thousand taels.

"Are you sure you can do it? Otherwise, it will be embarrassing for you. Your reputation as a playboy will be confirmed." Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin hesitantly. Although he hoped that Xu Qin could win, it would not be good if he lost.

As for whether dad loses or not, that’s not important. What’s important is that I have to get some money out of him.

"Could it have anything to do with whether or not you are a playboy? I am a playboy too, and I am determined to be a playboy!" Xu Qin rolled his eyes at Zhu Gaochi and said with contempt.

Zhu Gaochi pulled Xu Qin aside and reminded him again, "I guess my father might ask the ministers to give you questions. If you can't answer them, the ministers will laugh at you to death!"

"Ministers set questions?" Xu Qin stood there thinking for a moment, then asked, "How many questions did they set?"

"A lot, I estimate it's a lot!" Zhu Gaochi nodded.

When Xu Qin heard this, he stood there stroking his chin, thinking carefully about this matter. How could he trick those ministers?

Seeing that Xu Qin did not move, Zhu Gaochi thought that Xu Qin was afraid, so he pushed Xu Qin and said, "Hey, you are not afraid, are you?"

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Qin glanced at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "Hey, how do you think we can cheat those civil officials out of their money? And we have to make them pay for it themselves?"

"This is a bit difficult!" Zhu Gaochi was a little stunned when he heard Xu Qin's thinking.

"Five thousand taels per question, isn't that too expensive? Can't they afford it? No, it's not that they can't afford it, it's that they can't afford it on the surface, but they can afford it in secret, but they dare not show it. If your father finds out, it will be troublesome. The salary in my Ming Dynasty is not that high.

However, five hundred taels is not okay. I estimate that five hundred taels is okay! Although it is also high, they dare to take it out, and they will have a way! What do you think? "Xu Qin stood there, looking at Zhu Gaochi with a sly smile.

"How could you cheat me?" Zhu Gaochi still felt it was a little unbelievable. It was not so easy to cheat a civil official's money.

"Despise them, belittle them, and I don't believe they won't take the bait when the time comes." Xu Qin said proudly while looking at Zhu Gaochi.

"This!" Zhu Gaochi didn't know what to say and could only look at Xu Qin speechlessly. He didn't have the confidence now. After all, he didn't know whether Xu Qin could answer it.

"Cousin, when I'm answering your questions, you can go outside and provoke them. Just tell them what I said and say that they are no good. Anyway, what kind of provocation is effective? Let's make some money to spend!" Xu Qin said happily, smiling and putting his arm around Zhu Gaochi's shoulders.

"Can it work?" Zhu Gaochi looked at Xu Qin doubtfully.

"You don't trust your little cousin, do you? He's here to help you make money. Besides, okay? I'm going to the East Palace to solve a problem later. Can't you watch?" Xu Qin said, staring at Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi thought it was right, so he nodded and said, "That's fine, that's fine, don't worry, I will make them pay for it."

"Are you sure my aunt is not in the palace?" Xu Qin asked again.

"Not leaving!"

"Let's go to the East Palace and make money!" Xu Qin immediately hugged Zhu Gaochi and walked outside.

Xu Qin and Zhu Gaochi soon arrived at the Eastern Palace. Zhang was not in the Eastern Palace either, but accompanied the Queen out of the palace to pray for blessings.

Zhu Gaochi had already arranged everything and was answering questions in the pavilion outside. The daytime temperature was quite good these days, and with the sun out, it was very comfortable to sit in the pavilion and drink tea.

"Come on, cousin, have some tea!" Zhu Gaochi smiled and pulled Xu Qin to sit down and have some tea.

"As for the questions, I'm here to do them, not to drink tea." Xu Qin looked at Zhu Gaochi with confusion.

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon. Have some tea first." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

On Zhu Di's side, he also brought people to the East Palace, but he did not go through the main gate, but came in from the back door. He also had questions in his hand. There were really a hundred questions in it. Zhu Di thought, since this kid dared to play so big, he should prepare more. If he couldn't solve it, he would pay ten thousand taels for each question!
(End of this chapter)