My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 22 The Troubles After Best Sellers
Xiao's Cloth Shop produced high-quality cloth, which was four feet wide. This caused heated discussions among the people. Some people went directly to Xiao's Cloth Shop to see the cloth.

Most people would tear off a few feet of silk and take it home to make clothes for their family members.

In just one day, the 200 pieces of cloth sent were sold out.

"Miss, all the new fabrics have been sold out, and we still don't have enough. Can you send us some more tomorrow?" The owner of the Xiao Family Fabric Shop's Nanjing branch stood there and reported to Xiao Ningyue.

"Well, how are the sales of our own fabrics today?" Xiao Ningyue asked the shopkeeper.

"Sales are good, at least double what they were before. Many people come to buy high-quality cloth, and they also bring some from our store. After all, high-quality cloth is expensive, and not everyone can afford it. Some people even buy a few feet of high-quality cloth, but they still buy more from our store. Today, our store sold 350 pieces of cloth! That's almost 210 more than before!" the shopkeeper reported immediately.

"Oh, okay!" Xiao Ningyue stood up excitedly after hearing this.

Those customers who had previously left due to lack of raw materials have returned.

"Miss, new cloth?" the shopkeeper asked tentatively again.

"Tomorrow we will have a maximum of one hundred pieces. We can't get so much right now. Tell those customers that our store only has about one hundred pieces of cloth available every day!" Xiao Ningyue said to the shopkeeper.

"Only this much? Miss, it's not enough. There weren't many people this morning, but there were more people in the afternoon. I estimate that there will be a lot of people during the day tomorrow. Miss, you still need to get some more!" The shopkeeper looked at Xiao Ningyue worriedly when he heard it.

"With such a large quantity, the printing and dyeing workshop can only produce this much, and all of it is in Nanjing City! We are the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty that sells this kind of fabric. What are you afraid of? Talk to the customers nicely and don't neglect them. Explain everything to the customers!" Xiao Ningyue instructed the shopkeeper.

"I understand this, what a pity!" said the shopkeeper with a bit of regret.

"It's nothing to regret. With such high-quality fabrics, are you still worried about not having customers?" Xiao Ningyue said confidently, and then muttered, "It's just that the production is a bit low. I don't know why Master Xu doesn't expand production!"

Xu Qin also wanted to expand production, but unfortunately, he had no money!

The money from selling more than 8,000 taels of silver today was all used to buy cotton. This is the only money available at home, and now I have some of the cotton on credit.

In the evening, Xu Qin returned to the mansion. The dyeing workshop was basically managed by Xu Qin, while the spinning and weaving matters were all left to his mother and others.

"Baoer is back, come on, bring the food!" Li was very happy to see Xu Qin coming back, and immediately asked the servants to bring the food.

Xu Huizu is also very happy. Although he is busy during this period, his mood is much better. He used to be stuck at home with nothing to do. Now, sometimes he repairs machines and sometimes he does accounts. He feels busy and fulfilled.

When a person is busy, he will not have any random thoughts. This is the case with Xu Huizu!

After Xu Qin finished his meal, Xu Huizu called Xu Qin to the study.

After Xu Qin arrived at the study, he began to add firewood to the stove and water to the kettle, preparing to boil water to make some tea.

"Baoer, the deal is done, what's next?" Xu Huizu asked, leaning back in the recliner.

Xu Qin smiled and asked, "Dad, what do you mean?"

"Well, Dad wants to ask you what you think! The money coming too quickly may not be a good thing!" Xu Huizu said to Xu Qin with a smile.

Xu Qin immediately said to Xu Huizu proudly: "Dad, who worries about having too much money these days? Besides, we have to make more money. What if His Majesty wants to take care of our family again one day? How can we do it without some savings?"

After hearing this, Xu Huizu smiled but said nothing. He knew that this was not what Xu Qin said truly.

"Dad, why are you looking at me?" Xu Qin asked when he noticed that Xu Huizu was staring at him.

"Do you want to expand further?" Xu Huizu asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Xu Qin nodded.

Xu Huizu sat there in silence for a moment, then said, "Bao'er, have you ever thought about this? There are millions of textile workers in the southern part of our Ming Dynasty! If you do this, you may destroy the jobs of millions of people, as well as a large number of cloth merchants!"

"Hehe!" Xu Qin laughed after hearing this.

"Bao'er, you'd better not provoke Zhu Di in this kind of thing, otherwise he will deal with you!" Xu Huizu frowned and reminded Xu Qin.

"Dad, what right does he have to punish me? How can he do that? The imperial edict is still on the incense table. I am doing business according to the imperial edict. I am not taking advantage of others, am I? I make money with my own ability, am I? What right does he have? Of course, he is the emperor, he can punish me without any reason.

But then again, he had issued an imperial decree at the beginning, conferring the title of Marquis upon the aunt who cured her!

As for me, I will reward you with 10,000 taels of silver, a house and 1,000 acres of land. Who am I looking down on?
I told you, there will be a time when he begs me! Dad, just wait and see! "Xu Qin sat there, very unconvinced and said. The Marquis was gone, and it was impossible for him not to care. Although it was to treat his own aunt, but you, Zhu Di, were the first to break your promise.

"Bao'er, Dad's idea is that it's enough. If Zhu Di holds a grudge against us, it will not be good for us!" Xu Huizu reminded Xu Qin again.

"Don't be afraid of shit, Dad. If it doesn't work, I will take you to escape overseas. We can still go hungry!" Xu Qin said nonchalantly.

I have been beaten for four years, was it all in vain?

Even though those bastards don't dare to bully me openly, aren't they bullying me secretly?
It is impossible for my aunt to take charge of everything for me. Many things need to be solved by myself!

"Well, think it over carefully. Dad is not afraid of him, he is just worried about you!" Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin and advised.

"I'm even less afraid of him! I get angry just thinking about it. I cured my aunt, but she didn't even summon me once. Isn't that infuriating?" Xu Qin said while gritting his teeth, thinking that he had to make him come and beg him!
"Okay! How do we do it?" Xu Huizu was also a man with a bad temper. He was not afraid when he heard his son say that. In Xu Qin's words, the money in his family came cleanly!

"Starting tomorrow, I will continue to make spinning machines and looms and rent a house. Besides, our dyeing workshop can't make enough money!" Xu Qin said with a smile.

"Well, good! The money can be turned around!" Xu Huizu nodded. The profit from selling cloth is very high now. Basically, one day's sales are enough for two days' turnover. Therefore, there is some surplus money in the family now.

In the next few days, Xu's fabrics were not enough to sell in Nanjing. The hot sales of Xiao's Fabric Shop also boosted its sales, and the dyeing workshop of Xiao's Fabric Shop became busy again.

Xiao Ningyue was extremely happy as she had made quite a lot of profit in the past few days.

However, she was not happy for a few days before trouble came knocking. Other local cloth shop owners came to find Xiao Ningyue.

Those people had only one request, which was to divide the Xu family's fabric equally and not let the Xiao family enjoy it alone.

Xiao Ningyue was of course not convinced. Before, her family couldn't even buy spindles, and those cloth merchants didn't help. Now that she had finally come back to life, this group of people came to threaten her again!
After talking for a long time, they still didn't reach an agreement. Xiao Ningyue kept saying that if they wanted to get information, they could go directly to Xu Qin instead of coming to her because she couldn't make the decision.

But they did not agree. During this period, they also went to find Xu Qin, but Xu Qin refused to see them.

"Miss Xiao, don't think that everything will be fine if you rely on Xu Qin. You think too simply. Xu Qin is nothing in front of other nobles, and the Queen has more than one nephew! If you are smart, you should separate them! Or, you go and persuade Xu Qin to meet us! You decide the time, and the place is Cuiyueju!" At this moment, a middle-aged man stood up, full of power.

There are dozens of cloth merchants of all sizes in Nanjing, but there are only two truly the strongest ones. One is the Ning family cloth merchant, backed by the weaving bureau, and its cloth shops are also spread all over the country. The other is the Chen family cloth shop, backed by Zhu Yuanzhang’s daughters, that is, the princesses. It is slightly smaller than the Ning family cloth shop, but its profits are just as much more than that of the Ning family cloth shop!
The person who just spoke was the boss of the Ning family cloth shop, Manager Ning.

"Miss Xiao, I hope you have thought it over carefully!" The shopkeeper Chen of the Chen family also stood up and looked at Xiao Ningyue coldly.

"My two shopkeepers, it's not that I don't agree, but how can I be worthy enough to be Mr. Xu's boss?" Xiao Ningyue stood up anxiously and bowed to them.

But all the cloth shop owners left the Xiao family's living room with their hands behind their backs.

Xiao Ningyue couldn't help but feel worried.

In the East Palace, Zhang was cutting the newly bought cloth from the Xu family. She loved it very much as the patterns on the cloth were very beautiful.

Zhu Gaochi just came back for lunch and saw Zhang cutting cloth, so he came over and asked, "Has the palace released the cloth?"

"How can it be from the palace? I sent someone to buy it at the Xiao family's cloth shop. I heard that the Xiao family's cloth shop sells the Xu family's cloth, which is your uncle's. Winter is coming, and I also want to make a few new clothes for Zhanji and the others, and a few sets for you too. Look at this cloth and the pattern, it looks high-end!" Crown Princess Zhang said happily while holding the cloth.

Zhu Gaochi frowned after hearing this and then asked, "Whose cloth did you just mention?"

"Your uncle's family? I heard so from the servants. But then I thought, didn't Sakyabao ask for an imperial decree before? He said that he wanted to do business and make money. I guess it was Sakyabao who did it!" Zhang looked up at Zhu Gaochi and said with a smile.

"This, was made by him?" Zhu Gaochi picked up the cloth and was very surprised.

"Yes, it's not cheap. Four hundred coins per foot. People have to rush to buy it. There are not enough to sell!" Zhang nodded and said.

"Four hundred coins per chi? It's so expensive, yet you still want to rob it?" Zhu Gaochi didn't understand. He was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and was very sensitive to the prices of people's livelihood.

"Really? Don't be fooled by the four hundred coins per foot. It's actually not that expensive. This cloth is four feet wide! No more material will be wasted in making clothes!" Zhang said as she unfolded the cloth for Zhu Gaochi to see.

"Hey, hurry up and bring me ten thousand taels of silver!" Zhu Gaochi slapped his forehead and then said excitedly to Zhang.

"What's wrong with you? Ten thousand taels? Don't you know how much money we have at home?" Zhang rolled her eyes at Zhu Gaochi, sat down, and continued to cut money, not bothering to pay attention to him.

(End of this chapter)