My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 169 Zhu Di is worried
Those sons of military honors bought up goods everywhere and forced those workshop owners to hand over the goods. Even if they said that the production was not enough, they still forced them to produce. Those workshop owners seemed to be in a difficult situation on the surface, but they were very happy in their hearts. As soon as those sons of military honors left, they arranged for the workers to work overtime.

But for those civil officials, it was as uncomfortable as eating a fly. They couldn't even win the fight, and they couldn't personally go out and argue with those sons of military honors. Moreover, those county magistrates didn't dare to move. Once they did, those sons of military honors would find ways to make things difficult for them, and then it would be difficult for them to keep their positions.

Xu Qin didn't care about that. Zhu Gaochi had already sent someone to deliver the money. As long as the goods arrived at the warehouse, Xu Qin would pay. As for the goods from the Weaving Bureau, he didn't have to pay first, including tea and porcelain, as they were all owned by the housekeeper.

Xu Qin would visit his glass workshop when he had time. Now the workshop was still debugging production and there were some technical issues that had not been resolved, but for Xu Qin, it was not difficult.

Now Xu Qin is already building a mirror workshop, which is where he can really make money. As long as the glass from the glass workshop comes out, Xu Qin will prepare to produce mirrors first. As for whether to go overseas, it is not important. Anyway, the domestic market for this is also very large.

There is also a glass products workshop, which Xu Qin is also building.

Therefore, Xu Qin was very busy these days and had no time to go to the palace.

Zhu Di was not happy. The Trade Bureau had been established for several days and the warehouse was also purchasing goods. Xu Qin asked Zhu Gang to be in the warehouse exclusively and also promised Zhu Gang that he would be his deputy. As a third-rank official, Zhu Gang was a man of great energy.

When the Chengguo Mansion learned that Xu Qin had appointed Zhu Gang, they were very happy. It was not that Zhu Yong could not be assigned the position, but that Zhu Yong could not be assigned such a high position. He would be a third-rank official when he came out, and would have a very high status if he was transferred to the army in the future.

Zhu Di was sitting in the imperial study, looking at Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui who had just come in.

When they were summoned by Zhu Di, they were both extremely worried, wondering if their father was going to trick them again. Especially Zhu Gaochi, who didn't dare to go to Zhang's bedroom these days, as he would be kicked out if he went. There was no other way, Zhu Gaochi took all the money to the Trade Bureau, and it would be strange if Zhang didn't have any objections.

But Zhu Gaochi thought, he had no money anyway, so if his father wanted to cheat him, he couldn't.

"Boss, has Sakya Bao come to see you? When will the Ming Daily be published?" Zhu Di stroked his beard and asked Zhu Gaochi.

"Ah, Dad, he didn't look for me. Besides, Xu Qin has been busy these days. I wanted to ask him to come to the East Palace, but he was not available. I am also busy setting up the Ming Daily, so I have nothing to do." Zhu Gaochi immediately stood up and said with a bow.

"Well, you have to go and see Sakya Bao in a hurry. I heard that the Trade Bureau is already receiving the goods, and the collection is pretty good. There have been many memorials impeaching Xu Qin in recent days, as well as many memorials impeaching those sons of nobles. You need to find out what Xu Qin is doing now and when he can go to sea. Otherwise, I don't know how long I will have to endure the hard times." Zhu Di said and looked at Zhu Gaosui.

When Zhu Gaosui saw his father staring at him, he suddenly thought: Why are you staring at me? Didn't you say this to the eldest brother?
Zhu Gaochi also noticed this and thought, the third son is going to be in trouble. His father has no money, and the only one who has money now is the third son, and the second son is too far away.

Zhu Gaochi saw that the third son was still confused, so he cupped his hands and said, "Dad, I still have 20,000 taels in the East Palace. How about I give you the 10,000 taels?"

"You keep it. The Trade Bureau has cleared out all the money in your Eastern Palace. Now you can't even enter the Crown Princess's bedroom. If you take another ten thousand taels, you won't even be able to go back to the Eastern Palace." Zhu Di waved his hand and said, still looking at Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui was not a fool. He now understood that his father was going to ask him for money, but he did not ask. He just stared at him. This was the time for him to show his filial piety. However, showing filial piety required money. He had been cheated by his father a lot during this period, and he did not have much left.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaosui simply lowered his head and pretended not to hear it.

"Third brother, you Jinyiwei did nothing when the Trade Bureau went out to sea this time. Previously, I wanted you to keep an eye on those porcelain workshops and see how much goods the tea mountains can produce. Have you made any arrangements here?" Zhu Di said with a dark face as he sat there.

"Ah? Dad, you didn't say that!" Zhu Gaosui looked up at Zhu Di in surprise and asked.

Zhu Di suddenly got angry and cursed, "You won't do it if I don't tell you to. Why are you managing the Jinyiwei? Those civil officials below fooled your father, and you didn't know how to verify it? Before, they said they didn't have the goods, and now those noble children are forcing them to have the goods. Now they have them again, and you don't know how to check? Don't you know how to interrogate them?"

"This, this, Dad, I will arrange it right away!" Zhu Gaosui immediately bowed and said, wanting to leave here.

"What's the use of you? I was counting on you to be in charge of the defense of the capital, but you don't know how to share your father's worries. If you really can't make it, go to Beijing, go to Beijing, and be with your second brother. You two can be in cahoots with each other." Zhu Di sat there and continued to scold.

Zhu Gaochi immediately pulled Zhu Gaosui, thinking, "Don't be stubborn, take out the money. If you continue to be stubborn, you will be the one who will be in trouble."

"Dad, I was wrong. I will arrange it right away. Also, Dad, I, I have another 100,000 taels of spare money. I will send it to you later." Zhu Gaosui certainly understood what Zhu Gaochi meant.

"Hey!" Zhu Di sighed. When the two heard this, they thought to themselves, is there something else going on? "You said, I have no time to spare since I gave birth to the three of you. Look at your uncle, he only had one child, and he doesn't have to worry about anything at home. He was imprisoned, but he still had money to spend and was able to build such a big mansion. What's the point of me giving birth to the three of you?" Zhu Di sat there and sighed.

Neither of them dared to say a word.

"Now Sakyabao has set up a glass workshop. I heard that there are many people there, and Sakyabao has been going there frequently these days. Third brother, do you know what kind of glass Sakyabao produces? This guy is obviously very attentive, even more attentive than he was when he made the spinning machine. He will definitely make a lot of money. How come you three can't think of making money?"
"Third brother, you can only accept bribes from those officials and do things for them, but you don't know how to make money with your own ability?" Zhu Di sat there and continued to complain.

"Dad, I, I, I don't have this ability. I'm good at fighting, but Dad, I think the eldest brother has some ideas about this." Zhu Gaosui immediately pushed Zhu Gaochi aside.

Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Gaosui fiercely, thinking, why did you push me out? But he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only bow his hands and said to Zhu Di: "Dad, I am incompetent and I don't know much about business."

"Hmph, hey, third brother, go and ask Sakya Bao to come over now. I have to find a way to get some money. The entire palace combined doesn't even have 200,000 taels. Even your mother is complaining." Zhu Di leaned there and said with a sigh.

"Yes, yes, Dad, I'll go right away!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaosui felt relieved and turned around and ran away.

"This, this!" Zhu Gaochi saw that Zhu Gaosui had left, leaving him alone to deal with Zhu Di. How difficult!
"Boss!"

"Hey, Dad!"

"Boss, you see, before, when we wanted to push the weaving bureau to go out to sea, it never worked. But look at Sakya Bao, he just used that bunch of guys to do it, and within a few days, the warehouse began to pile up with goods. Those civil officials wrote memorials to impeach him, simply because Sakya Bao ruined their plan. They will not let this go easily, and will definitely continue to impeach him. This won't do. You think of a way to stop those ministers from impeaching." Zhu Di sat there, saying lightly.

"Dad, this is difficult! Those ministers are very dissatisfied with Sakya Bao. Moreover, Sakya Bao made promises to officials at will, and they also said that Sakya Bao sold official positions and titles. They are now using this point to attack Sakya Bao. In addition, they are impeaching the sons of nobles mainly for forced buying and selling, saying that they disrupted the supply of goods in the Ming Dynasty, etc.

But the key is to impeach Sakyabao. They didn't criticize the sons of military meritorious officials much." Zhu Gaochi said with a bow.

"How to solve it?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked.

"Dad, we can't arrest them even though they impeached us. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble will arise." Zhu Gaochi said helplessly.

"Hmph, I just don't believe it. You and I both know what their purpose is in doing this. I just don't believe that I can't do anything about them." Zhu Di said with a cold snort as he sat there.

Zhu Gaochi lowered his head and said nothing. According to the rules, there was really nothing he could do to them, and Zhu Gaochi was helpless.

"Okay, you go and read the memorial first. When Sakyabao comes, I will ask him if he has any ideas." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi standing there and waved his hands in frustration.

After Zhu Gaosui left the palace, he found out where Xu Qin was and ran straight over. Xu Qin was currently solving technical problems in the glass workshop. He had just finished solving them, and now smooth and transparent glass could be produced piece by piece. Xu Qin was very excited when he saw the glass, and the workers were even more excited, as they had never seen anything like this before.

"Young Master, Young Master, His Royal Highness Prince Zhao wants to see you!" The steward of the Xu Mansion came to the workshop today and shouted to Xu Qin.

"What are you doing at this time?" Xu Qin asked the manager.

"I don't know!" said the manager, shaking his head.

"Okay, continue producing, don't stop." Xu Qin had no choice but to instruct the craftsmen. He had originally wanted to try to produce mirrors today, but since King Zhao was here, he still needed to deal with him.

Soon Xu Qin arrived outside the workshop and saw King Zhao sitting in the thatched hut drinking tea.

Only the factory building has been built in the workshop, but the office space has not been completed and is still under construction.

(End of this chapter)