I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 287 Preparation before going out
Looking at the ancient street from the castle, it is still far away.

There was a field between the two, a wall planted with roses and roses, a garden of exotic flowers and plants, and several rows of giant trees that were taller than those wooden houses.

These things blocked a large part of the view, and naturally blocked the majesty of the ancient street.

If you want to feel it well, you have to get close.

However, Xia Qingdai is not interested in seeing it anymore for the time being.

She had already played with these buildings, and now she would hurry up and take a French lesson, then dress up and go out to attend a picnic at Taole Mountain Villa.

When Miss Bai saw Xia Qingdai being so calm, she couldn't help but calm down. She thought to herself: She is still not steady enough and is not as calm as the students. After all, she is a noble girl who has seen many miracles.

After a French class, Xia Qingdai walked into her dressing room and picked out the skirt.

In addition to what you wear on your body, you should also bring another pair to wear after a nap. If attending a party, add a dance skirt.

But Xia Qingdai didn't have time to attend the dance. She should have gone back to school by that time.

She chose a white skirt embroidered with small floral flowers. After putting it on, she revealed a round and white arm. She looked pure and beautiful.

Because it was still early in the morning and I couldn't bare my breasts, I added an off-white transparent silk scarf to make a collar that half covered the wide square collar of the imperial dress.

The skirt to be worn for afternoon tea after a nap is a slender green skirt with a bud collar and a large hem. It is different from the regular imperial skirt. It has a bit of rococo style, but it is much simpler than rococo. It can be used as a dance skirt.

This skirt was custom-made by Xia Qingdai from a tailor in the town. She was a little tired of wearing high-waist imperial skirts every day.

Personal maid Mary also wore a beautiful imperial dress today, the one Xia Qingdai gave her.

As a personal maid today, she will go to Taole Manor with Xia Qingdai.

In the 18th century, when the British mind had just begun to be liberated, the social atmosphere was different from that of the 19th and 20th centuries. It needed to be more open and tolerant.

But don’t think that as time goes by, things will become more enlightened. That’s not necessarily true.

At this time, maids were the fashion trendsetter for middle- and lower-class women, and it was common for them to spend most of their salary in exchange for beautiful and gorgeous dresses. Servants are also different from later generations. Everyone pursues independence and freedom and firmly opposes wearing uniforms customized by nobles for servants.

Therefore, servants wearing uniforms with uniform styles and uniform colors like those in Downton Abbey do not exist in this era.

Not free, or rather die.

Nowadays, a large number of servant uniforms in Britain have been sold to America and other parts of Europe. Real British servants refuse to wear them anyway.

Asking them to wear uniforms is like making them slaves, which is absolutely unacceptable.

They would rather wear tattered and cheap clothes than finely crafted uniforms.

Therefore, when Mary appeared in the servant area wearing a beautiful silk imperial dress, she immediately attracted the attention of many maids. When she learned that Mary had not spent her several months' salary to buy this, but that it was a generous gift from her cousin, she became even more envious and jealous.

"Oh, how could you wear such a dress to Tao Le Manor." Mrs. John said sourly.

Mary only said: "My cousin asked me to wear it."

"But the skirt is too long, so you can't help my cousin run errands."

Mary repeated: "My cousin asked me to wear it."

Mrs. John: "...My cousin is too generous."

While the servants were busy preparing horses and carriages, Xia Qingdai found Owen and discussed with him the investment promotion in Chinatown and the construction of cement roads, and of course the use of cement. She has piled the cement at the door of the warehouse, and the hard-working servants have packed it and moved it into the warehouse.

When Xia Qingdai left home to go to school, the renovation of the cement road was left to Irving.

"The roads we often walk must be poured with cement. There is no need to save, these materials are easy to obtain."

"Ah."

Owen nodded slightly to show his understanding.

The two of them were standing on the balcony on the third floor, overlooking the villa, while talking about this topic.

After finishing speaking, Xia Qingdai looked around casually and suddenly found a building beside the waterfall in the back mountain that she had not noticed before.

She raised her hand and pointed over there and asked, "Hey, Owen, what's that on the back mountain?"

Owen said casually: "It's just a hydraulic station."

"Oh." Xia Qingdai didn't think much about it. It's not uncommon to use traditional power such as water power. It existed in ancient times hundreds of years ago. Not to mention that in the context of , steam engines have already appeared and been widely used.

Owen didn't mean to elaborate.

After the two talked about Chinatown and the cement road, they separated temporarily and each prepared to go out.

When going out, Owen rode a horse, Xia Qingdai and Miss Bai took a car, and Mary had to walk by herself.

Unless they are traveling far away, servants cannot ride with nobles.

Although the actual status of a tutor is not much higher than that of a maid, it will not be criticized if she occupies the word "teacher" and rides in a carriage with the master.

The carriage Xia Qingdai took out today was a golden pumpkin carriage with rubber wheels. It was a Cinderella carriage model she bought from Hyundai.

As Owen's horse and Xia Qingdai's carriage ran onto the concrete road one after another, the people who had been watching all ran to the cement road with joy to feel the sacred stone.

Owen's horse was riding parallel to the carriage. Xia Qingdai opened the curtain of the carriage and asked with a smile: "Owen, how do you feel about this road?"

Owen: "Very good, it must be more friendly to carriages."

Xia Qingdai laughed and said, "It's true, it's not bumpy at all!"

It's a pity that the cement road was not built long. When the carriage returned from the cement road to the gravel road, Miss Bai couldn't help but said: "I didn't think it before. After walking on the road paved by the goddess, I realized that the road under our feet was actually like this." bumps.”

Xia Qingdai smiled and said: "I am afraid of comparison in everything. It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!"

Today, half the town's squires came to Taole Manor for a picnic, so the courtyard felt noisy and full of people.

Horse manure was everywhere, and Xia Qingdai was unwilling to jump off the carriage. Sherider, who was acting as the groom today, was forced to drive the carriage to a clean area before getting off the carriage.

Sheridan muttered in a low voice: "You shouldn't take the horse out. It's too dirty. It's not even as good as a wheel of the tram given by God."

Xia Qingdai got off the carriage and was welcomed into the castle by the enthusiastic Brown sisters.

Except for the place where the horses are parked, the other courtyards and corridors of Taole Manor are still very clean.

There are young men and women running and laughing everywhere, and the wind brought by the flowing skirts is filled with fragrance.