My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 17 Asking for help
When Xu Qin came out of his house in the suburbs, it was almost dark, so he had to hurry to Nanjing City. Just as he entered the city gate, he was stopped by a tall, pretty woman wearing an apricot-yellow cotton dress, followed by two maids and four guards!
Xu Qin thought he had been hit on the road, and he didn't want to argue with a woman, so he prepared to go around him. If a man tried to stop Xu Qin, he would be asking for a fight. He hadn't had a fight for a while, and he also needed to remind those playboys in Nanjing City not to mess with him.

"Mr. Xu, please stay!" the woman saluted and shouted to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin sat on the horse, reined in the horse, turned his head to look at the woman, and found that the woman was quite beautiful, but he really didn't know her. Xu Qin had fought with many playboys, but had never dealt with those women.

"Are you looking for me?" Xu Qin frowned and said to the woman.

"Yes, I am Xiao Ningyue, the head of the Xiao family's textile shop in Nanjing. Today I learned that Mr. Xu had gone out of the city, so I specially waited for him here. I wonder if Mr. Xu would be so kind as to go to Cuiyueju next door for dinner!" Xiao Ningyue said politely to Xu Qin!
Xiao Ningyue, I don’t know you!

Although Nanjing City is not big, it is not small either. Besides, the people Xu Qin had dealt with before were all children of nobles or ministers, and he really didn't know those businessmen.

"What's the matter first?" Xu Qin asked calmly. They didn't know each other at all, but they were having dinner together. Moreover, in this era, merchants were a lowly profession. Although there was no explicit rule, everyone thought so! In this day and age, even male merchants didn't dare to easily block Xu Qin's way, let alone a female businessman. Judging from his age, he was probably only about 20 years old!
No matter what, even if Xu Qin is now a commoner, he is the eldest son and grandson of Xu Da, and the nephew of the current Empress Xu! Not everyone dares to see him, and not everyone can see him.

"I dare not waste Mr. Xu's time. I have encountered difficulties in spinning cloth and have no spindles available! I have come to ask Mr. Xu to sell the spindles to me. I am willing to pay a price that is half higher than the market price!" Xiao Ningyue said while bowing to Xu Qin.

"I have money but cannot buy a spindle?" Xu Qin found it hard to understand!
Xiao Ningyue smiled bitterly and bowed, "I have offended someone. Someone has said that anyone who dares to sell me a spindle from a cloth workshop will be offended. Master Xu may not know that there are many people we merchants cannot afford to offend! A seventh-rank county magistrate can destroy our family!"

Xu Qin narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao Ningyue, then smiled and said, "Leverage?"

Xiao Ningyue looked up at Xu Qin and bowed again, saying: "I am willing to increase the price by 10%. Please approve it, Mr. Xu!" Xiao Ningyue had no choice but to raise the price again.

Xu Qin's curiosity also emerged, mainly because he heard the two maids around him gossiping every day. Xu Qin also liked to ask about gossip, so he smiled and asked, "Who is it?"

"Chen Tangjin, the youngest son of Chen Ying from the Censorate!" Xiao Ningyue did not dare to hide anything and told the truth!

"Chen Ying's youngest son Chen Tangjin!" Xu Qin smiled after hearing this!
Chen Ying was no ordinary minister, but the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate and a vicious dog in Zhu Di's hands. Whenever Zhu Di wanted to deal with someone, Chen Ying would pounce on him as soon as he gave a hint and start finding all kinds of reasons to impeach him, even if there was no reason at all!
For example, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, Luo Qian, the Minister of Justice, and Mei Yin, the royal concubine's son-in-law, were all impeached by Chen Ying. Some committed suicide, while others were killed!

Many ministers were also killed by Chen Ying, and several of my father's good friends were also killed by Chen Ying. My father also took in the children of those good friends, but they did not dare to keep them in the mansion, so he could only arrange for them to live in the homes of his former subordinates outside the city.

"Yes!" Xiao Ningyue bowed to Xu Qin and said!

"Did Chen Tangjin take a fancy to you?" Xu Qin asked with a smile. He was familiar with Chen Tangjin, who was also studying in the Imperial College. He was already 22 years old this year. He had beaten him several times, and Chen Ying didn't dare to say a word now!
Chen Ying did write an impeachment memorial to impeach himself and his father. However, Zhu Di could kill other ministers, but he had to think carefully before killing Xu Huizu and himself. Moreover, Empress Xu and the Crown Prince were there to help speak for him. Chen Ying's impeachment was useless after two times. When Xu Qin found out, he beat Chen Tangjin, leaving him with a black eye and a swollen face each time. After four or five beatings, Chen Ying did not dare to impeach anymore.

"Yes! He not only has his eyes on me, but also my wealth. Last month, my father was so scared that he committed suicide, but he still wouldn't let me go! He also spoke to the spindle merchants in Nanjing, saying that anyone who dares to sell spindles to my family will be punished!" Xiao Ningyue lowered her head and said with a sad face.

"You are quite brave. You dare to come to me?" Xu Qin said with a smile. Xu Qin knew very well how Chen Tangjin and his men oppressed the people and robbed them.

They will not leave any evidence. Unless Zhu Di wants to deal with Chen Ying, otherwise, those evidences cannot serve as evidence!

"I learned from fellow students that in the Imperial College, only you, Master Xu, dare to deal with Chen Tangjin. What's more, Chen Tangjin can't do anything to you. I really have no other choice but to come here and beg Master Xu to sell me the spindle!" Xiao Ningyue bowed to Xu Qin again and said.

"The news is correct, huh!" After Xu Qin finished speaking, he sat there and thought for a moment, thinking that he would be happy if he could make Chen Ying's family suffer a loss. This bastard is not a good person!
Anyway, I have offended Chen Ying before, so I am not afraid of offending him again! Besides, even if I don't provoke him now, Chen Ying will find a way to kill my family if he has the chance.

Thinking of this, Xu Qin smiled and said: "Send a carriage to my house tomorrow to load it, at the original price! I, Xu Qin, am not a person who takes advantage of others. That's it!" After Xu Qin finished speaking, he patted the horse, and the horse moved forward immediately!
After hearing this, Xiao Ningyue's eyes began to brighten. She bowed to Xu Qin from a distance and said, "Thank you for your help, young master!"

After Xu Qin returned to the mansion and finished his meal, he went back to the study. The two maids saw that Xu Qin was busy, so they stopped talking. But whenever Xu Qin sat on the recliner, the two maids would start gossiping!

These two maids actually grew up with Xu Qin. They are three years older than Xu Qin. The taller one is called Shiyue, and the one with a rounder face is called Mufeng. It is said that these names were given by their father. As for the original names of the two maids, neither of them knew. When they were bought back from the mansion, they were less than five years old and had forgotten many things.

Xu Qin was busy in the study. There were two maids. One added firewood to the stove, boiled water, and then took the hot water outside to wash clothes for Xu Qin. The other maid was serving with writing materials!
They both took turns coming!

In their hearts, Xu Qin is both a master and a younger brother!
In the study room in the front yard, Xu Huizu was sitting there drinking tea. Li had just finished washing up and was drying her hair in Xu Huizu's study room. She was busy during the day and only had time to wash her hair at night.

Although Xu Huizu was drinking tea, he was holding an account book in his hand, calculating the family's income during this period!
"Master, Duke Cheng's body will be sent to the capital in a few days. Should we send someone from our mansion?" Li asked while sitting there.

After hearing this, Xu Huizu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go. You don't need to bring expensive gifts, just prepare a few dozen taels of silver and send someone to bow. Our family doesn't have any status, so it's not right to go or not to go. But if we don't go, we won't be able to explain ourselves if someone complains about us in the future. If we go and they don't let us in, that's another matter!"

"Yes, master, I think so too! It would be our fault if we don't go. But if we go and are not allowed in, then it has nothing to do with us!" Li nodded and said after hearing this!

"You still have money, right?" Xu Huizu asked.

"It's gone. I gave it all to you. Didn't I use it to buy cotton?" Li looked up at Xu Huizu and said.

"Okay, I'll deduct fifty taels from you in the next two days. Baoer still needs a lot of money. Although we have earned seven or eight thousand taels in the past few months, the cost of the cotton cloth we have saved is more than four thousand taels! Fortunately, the money from the cotton can be circulated now, and there is profit every day!" Xu Huizu nodded with a smile after hearing what Li said.

"Hehe, Bao'er is awesome, right? Much better than you! Look at our spinning machines and looms, they are so many times faster than those outside! With just these two things, we can make tens of thousands of taels of silver a month without adding any more machines!" Li said proudly to Xu Huizu with a smile.

"Well, Baoer wants to dye cloth and enter the cloth industry. Although I don't know how he knows all this, dyeing cloth is right. If this kid wants to disgust Zhu Di, he should sell goods directly to the people. As for spindles and cotton cloth, they are only sold to those cloth merchants and will not have much impact!" Xu Huizu said with a smile.

When Li heard this, she rolled her eyes. The reason why Xu Huizu agreed to let Xu Qin do this was because he wanted to disgust Zhu Di!
The next day, before Xu Qin woke up, Shiyue came to Xu Qin's bedside, pushed Xu Qin and said, "Master, Master, there is a woman outside looking for you. Master, did you go to Qinhuai River to play without paying?"

"What? No money? No, Master, when did I go out to play recently?" Xu Qin was still in a daze. When he heard that he didn't pay for going to Qinhuai River to play, Xu Qin immediately woke up!
"Master, you came back so late yesterday!" Shiyue said with a smile!

Xu Qin scratched Shiyue's head with his hand and said angrily, "Is the young master such a person?"

Having said that, he got up directly. Shiyue came over to help Xu Qin get dressed and said, "Master, the women on the Qinhuai River are beautiful, but they are all prostitutes. If you bring them to the mansion, the master will know and beat you. Then the mistress and the concubines will not help you stop them. Even if our mansion is in decline, it is not an ordinary family!"

“What are you thinking about!” Upon hearing this, Xu Qin pinched Shiyue’s cheek and stared at her fiercely!

Shiyue still smiled and said, "They have come to my house to ask for the debt of love. I don't know if you know about it yet. If you know, you should get ready to run!"

ps: Change the update time, the second chapter will be released at 7 am.

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