It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

Of course, Li Cheng hasn't contacted Carter yet, but once he successfully deceives him, he plans to immediately contact him through Mr. Stoller and say to Chairman Carter in the same way: "I have a huge and profitable project here, spearheaded by Her Highness Veronica, with a start-up capital of 100,000 pounds. Are you interested?"

Do you think some businessmen might refuse?

Impossible. Even if Carter refused, his businessmen wouldn't.

Li Cheng gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

On one side was £100,000 in start-up capital, along with Veronica's power and guarantees; on the other side were businessmen who controlled vast amounts of raw materials, distribution channels, and connections, but lacked cohesion.

Of course, the most crucial factor is that he genuinely had the ability to make a fortune; otherwise, he would have ended up running away with Newton's money...

Merchants' Guild...

Veronica was intrigued; she felt like she was reading an interesting novel and couldn't wait to know what happened next.

Of course, she maintained her composure on the surface, simply asking calmly, "What project?"

Li Cheng succinctly stated, "It's a project related to the textile industry."

"...The textile industry?"

Veronica's expression turned somewhat strange, as if she had thought of something.

Then she looked Li Cheng up and down, as if he were a confident fool: "If you are trying to force Earl Anderson to submit using similar methods, then I advise you to give up this plan as soon as possible."

Li Cheng: ?

What kind of crazy methods are these?! Do you think this is some weird cyberpunk story where the only way to make money is by kidnapping girls?

“This has nothing to do with Earl Anderson,” Li Cheng explained with a wave of his hand. “I have an invention called the flying shuttle, which can modify existing looms to weave cloth at several times the speed.”

New invention?

Modify a loom to operate at several times the speed?

As Veronica listened, she felt more and more like she was listening to an interesting novel, one written by a madman in the midst of illogical fantasies, with his finger dipped in ink, and then compiled and published by another mentally ill person.

However, considering Li Cheng's invention of soap, Veronica managed to suppress her laughter.

She decided to be lenient and give this interesting guy more opportunities to talk his mind and prove himself—at least it sounded interesting, didn't it?

—In a very short time, Veronique made the above thoughts in her mind.

"Weaving involves warp and weft threads. The warp threads are divided into odd and even groups. Then, by stepping on a pedal, the two groups move up and down alternately, while simultaneously holding a shuttle to make the weft threads weave between the odd and even warp threads..."

At this point, Li Cheng began explaining the reason for the flying shuttle loom, regardless of whether Veronica could understand it or not.

The purpose was to show that he was very professional, not the kind of swindler who would try to trick people into investing just by talking.

"oh, I understand now."

Veronica didn't know anything about looms, so she interrupted, "So where is your 'flying shuttle loom' now? Can I see it in person?"

Where is the loom?

Li Cheng was taken aback.

That's a good question. Let me write to Roy first and then I'll tell you.

So Li Cheng, who had been so talkative just moments before, suddenly fell silent. He realized that he had overlooked a very important issue—that is, although the flying shuttle had been built, the flying shuttle loom had only just been put on the agenda and was still far from being completed.

"Ok?"

Seeing Li Cheng's stunned expression, Veronica asked with a hint of amusement, "You're not trying to tell me there's no actual product yet, are you?"

"No, really not..." Li Cheng, fully embodying the spirit of a PPT entrepreneur, forced himself to remain calm and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the crucial shuttle has already been completed. All that's needed is to modify the existing loom structure. In less than a month—no, half a month—I will deliver a physical machine to Your Highness."

"Half a month?"

Veronica repeated herself, her brow furrowed.

She was patient; investing was different from infrastructure construction, there was no need to rush. Besides, even if this guy was just bragging about the loom, at least his investment strategy was correct.

He's a pretty good person.

Veronica thought to herself, but said aloud, "Your idea is good. I've got it. I'll leave this entirely to you and won't interfere."

She decided to wait until this matter was over and see how well Li Cheng had completed it before making further arrangements.

If someone does a good job, she might consider recruiting them as one of her own. However, if someone embezzles money from her, Veronica will pretend not to know, but she will secretly remember it.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Li Cheng waved his hand modestly.

Looking at Li Cheng's somewhat smug expression, Veronica's lips twitched, and a feeling of displeasure arose in her heart.

This person doesn't have any major problems, but all sorts of oddities and quirks add up to something that's just not pleasing to the eye, and you get the urge to see him suffer.

But this guy turns out to be quite useful, so we have to treat him well...

After thinking for a moment, Veronica finally found a way to get a small revenge.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

So, under Li Cheng's relaxed gaze, Veronica tapped her fingers lightly on the mahogany desk and gave a polite smile: "Actually, this time, I mainly wanted to invite you to stay at the castle for a few days."

"OK?"

Li Cheng subconsciously agreed, but then he was stunned when he realized what the other person had said.

What's going on? Why are you suddenly a guest? Even if you suspect I'm making things up, locking me up here won't do any good!

Li Cheng hesitated for a moment before asking, "How many days...?"

It was an invitation from the princess, after all, so he felt he should give her some face. Besides, most men probably wouldn't have the opportunity to stay at a princess's house...

Seeing Li Cheng's hesitant expression, a sense of pleasure spread through Veronica's heart.

Then her smile widened as she said, "Half a month."

Chapter Ninety-Two: Princess Eberle and Hero Roy

Holly has a bit of a headache today.

Previously, when Li Cheng was locked in a small dark room, because the other party would make fun of her from time to time, she would often retaliate with sharp words and sometimes even use her superior position to play pranks.

When Li Cheng was released, she was furious because she had been tricked into revealing information by him. Before they parted, she said some harsh words, such as "Be careful not to let me see you again."

Holly didn't take it too seriously at first, since it was just something she said in anger, and she had said it quite a few times before.

But to her utter surprise, she was punished today—Her Highness assigned her to Li Cheng to serve as his temporary maid for half a month.

......

night.

In the princess's castle, the rooms used to entertain guests are naturally of a high standard, with everything from the wool carpets on the floor to the velvet bedding on the bed exuding luxury and sophistication.

It's a world of difference compared to that dark little room I stayed in last time...

Li Cheng sat at his pearwood desk, holding a delicate quill pen, and wrote in the printed English style he had honed during his college entrance exams in his previous life on gold-embossed letter paper. Although it wasn't very beautiful, it at least looked neat and clean.

There were quite a few people he needed to contact, so after thinking about it, he decided to first urge Roy on his side to make some progress.

【Dear Roy Sanchez】

Although we've only been apart for a few days, I still want to ask how the flying shuttle loom is progressing.

I didn't originally intend to rush things, but for some reasons, I reached an agreement with Princess Veronica. She has decided to invest in our business and provide some assistance.

Although the investment wasn't much, only about £100,000.

【...】

Therefore, to put Your Highness's mind at ease, I have to write this letter to urge you to complete the work as soon as possible and personally lead a team to deliver the finished product to Your Highness's castle.

[As an aside, I'll be visiting Princess Veronica's castle for the next two weeks, so please don't send your replies to the wrong address.]

Aber Lee

In this letter, he gave a brief description of the current situation, but the core idea can be summed up in three words: work overtime!

"For some reason, I have this strange feeling of becoming a princess waiting to be rescued..." Li Cheng put down his quill and muttered to himself, "What is this? A fantasy adventure of Princess Eber and Knight Roy rushing to finish a loom?"

He shook his head, put the letter away, and then took out another sheet of paper.

【Dear Isaac Newton】

The princess's castle is quite large; I'll stay here for a few more days...

Knock knock knock—

Just then, there was a knock on the open door.

Li Cheng turned around and saw Holly, the little green maid, standing at the door with a frustrated look on her face, holding a silver tray with a steaming cup of green tea on it.

“Come in,” he said.

Holly then entered the room, walked steadily to Li Cheng, and took the green tea from the silver tray and placed it on the pearwood desk.

After doing all this, she said in a muffled voice, "The tea has been brewed again."

"Ah."

Li Cheng casually agreed, picked up the white porcelain teacup and took a sip—the taste was mellow and the aftertaste was long-lasting; this was the best variety of tea he had ever tasted in both his lives.

“Good tea!”

He exclaimed in admiration, then put down his teacup and said with a smile, "But it's too hot. I'll brew another cup."

???

"Don't go too far!" Holly finally snapped, "One minute she complains it's too cold, the next it's too hot, I've already run back and forth four times!"

"Hmm, is that going too far?"

Li Cheng sneered: "That's because you haven't seen anything worse—hurry up and make some tea. If you keep making a fuss, I'll make you make me make a cup of tea with cold water!"

"You...you...you!"

Although Holly didn't understand what cold water was, she instinctively felt that it wasn't something easy to handle.

She was furious, but helpless, and could only angrily curse, "So petty, are you even a man?"

Not a man?

This was intolerable! Li Cheng immediately stood up from his seat and stared straight at the other party.