Fantasy: Starting out as a gigolo, born a Confucian sage

"Is this true?"

Cao Zijing's eyes were full of shock, he took a deep breath, still a little unbelievable.

"Is it true? Just give it a try. Get some cotton and you will know."

Although cotton was not widely popularized in this era, it already had a certain market.

It was only because there were not many plantings and textiles were expensive that it was not popularized.

But with the Jenny spinning machine, that was no problem. Cao Zijing decided on the spot to have someone go to Cao's workshop to pick up the cotton.

"Forget it, let's not expose this matter first!"

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Zijing walked into the back, took out a cotton-padded coat, opened the cotton inside on the spot, and then messed with it.

He stuffed them into the truth spinning machine again, and started spinning himself under Shen Wuming's guidance.

After a moment, Cao Zijing's face was filled with shock, and his eyes looked at Shen Wuming as if he were seeing a god.

"Mr. Shen, you are simply a god. You make me want to kneel to you."

Cao Zijing took a deep breath, looked at the Jenny spinning machine in front of him, was stunned for a long time, and then uttered these words.

"hehe."

Cao Juyu next to him snorted, "Who said I haven't seen the world just now? Who are you talking about? Dad!"

"Did you hear that just now? Someone just said that I have never seen the world. He must have seen a lot of the world."

Cao Zijing's face turned dark and he snorted coldly, completely ignoring his rebellious girl.

Instead, he pulled Shen Wuming to sit down with enthusiasm, "Mr. Shen, this thing you have is very good, very wonderful."

"As long as you transfer this technology to me, we can split the profits 50-50."

"It doesn't have to be like this!" Shen Wuming shook his head, "This thing was originally given to uncle as a meeting gift."

"No, no, no, in business, one thing is another thing. Even if you give me ten thousand taels of gold, I can accept it."

"But I have to give you money for this thing. This is the way of our business."

One of the simplest reasons why Cao Zijing can expand his business is to know how to give away profits.

In his eyes, Shen Wuming is now a chicken that keeps laying golden eggs, but the problem is that the golden eggs may not be given to him.

Shen Wuming must know that as long as the thing gives him benefits, there is no need to worry about anything else, and the profit will be 50-50 for everyone.

Coupled with the friendship between his daughter and him, as expected, the Cao family can make a lot of money.

But if it is really accepted as a gift, then Shen Wuming's inventions in the future may not necessarily be given to him...

Shen Wuming declined repeatedly, but Cao Zijing looked like he would hang himself if he didn't agree, so he finally nodded in agreement.

"I also said I would give my uncle a gift as a meeting gift, and now it's a cooperation. Am I not coming here empty-handed?"

Shen Wuming laughed dumbly.

"How can I be considered empty-handed with 50% profit? This is like giving me a mountain of gold."

Cao Zijing rubbed his hands and said, "By the way, I have a little question. I wonder if I can ask it?"

"Uncle, please speak."

"Why is this spinning machine called Jenny Spinning Machine? Is there any reason?"

"Ah, this..." Shen Wuming could explain it, after all, it was memorized in the history books at that time.

It is said that the daughter of the inventor of the spinning jenny was named jenny, so he named it after his daughter.

But Shen Wenming doesn’t have a daughter…

"Well, this... doesn't have to be called Spinning Machine Jenny. It's just a name anyway, whatever."

Shen Wuming's expression was speechless, "How about uncle get one?"

"Is it possible?" Cao Zijing's face was full of surprise, "Can it be called Shen Cao spinning machine? As a testimony of our cooperation."

"sure."

Shen Wuming didn't care about this. Anyway, everything was copied and he didn't put any thought into it.

Even if the replicas were made at that time, they were all borrowed from the Cao family workshop. He could do it if he wanted to.

Cao Zijing's face was full of excitement, and he said a lot of words of gratitude. Finally, after Shen Wuming's questioning, he got down to business.

"I invited you here this time to discuss the car. Do you have any advice?"

Cao Zijing looked like a good boy asking for advice, "It's mainly because what you said at the time was rather general. I'm not from the Mohist family."

"But I don't want people from the Mo family to cooperate with me on this thing..."

Shen Wuming was a little confused, "Then why do you want Master Cao to go to the Mo family? Isn't it bad to practice business?"

"Okay, okay!" Cao Zijing sighed.

“But if you want to make your business bigger, in many cases, it’s not possible to just rely on business principles.”

“We need to seek technological breakthroughs, and then we can have more business and make more money.”

"So, I want to make this cake..." Thinking that he didn't understand the word cake, Shen Wuming changed it.

“Make the market pie big enough, and then everyone can share more.”

"Yes, yes, we need to make the pie bigger so that everyone can share more of the pie." Cao Zijing nodded repeatedly.

It was as if he had seen a confidant, "Master Shen, these words are profound, make the pie bigger!"

"Ziyu told me last time that Mr. Shen also talked about an invisible hand in the market."

"I think your understanding of business ethics is even better than mine..."

Many times, Cao Zijing had an understanding of business ethics, but it was difficult to express it in words.

It's more like an accumulation of experience.

But with Shen Wuming, he can always say in a few words what he has been holding back but can't say.

So profound!

"Hahaha..." Shen Wuming laughed dryly a few times, and could only say that the political teacher in high school taught very well.

Especially in the textbooks compiled by the Ministry, politics is divided into multiple sections such as politics, economy, culture, and philosophy.

Even though he is not an economics major, he can still come up with a few famous quotes from time to time, which is indeed quite dazzling in this era.

Cao Zijing praised him sincerely for a few more words, and then talked about some difficulties in making cars.

Shen Wuming didn't understand it very well, but the kinetic energy part was actually solved by the Mohists.

Just like the mechanical carriage, it can be powered by inkstone, that is, coal, and it is nothing more than a problem of how to convert it.

In short, it is to make a closed piston and use the piston movement to convert the heat energy of the engine into mechanical energy.

Then use the crankshaft to convert the piston movement into rotational motion to drive the four wheels.

As for the transmission and the like, Shen Wuming doesn't understand the principle and can only explain it roughly.

There is also the clutch, in short, it is to cut off its kinetic energy transmission.

While talking and drawing, Cao Zhuyu seemed to be thinking about something, and a vague idea came into his mind.

As for Cao Zijing, he was more thinking about whether this was feasible and the cost issues in the middle.

When Shen Wuming finished speaking, the father and daughter were still there mumbling something, like they were possessed.

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