I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 479: Setting Sail, Qing Dynasty

On September 1792, 9, the British government formally appointed George Macartney as the chief envoy, George Staunton and Isaac Owen as deputy envoys, and sent them to the Qing Dynasty in the name of congratulating Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty on his 26th birthday.

This diplomatic mission was also the first attempt by Western countries to explore the ancient Eastern country.

The entourage consisted of more than 80 people, including astronomers, mathematicians, artists, doctors, and 95 guards to protect the mission. All members were escorted by warships, and the expenses were borne by the East India Company.

Before Xia Qingdai changed Owen's fate, if history had followed its original trajectory, there would not be a single person who knew Chinese in this delegation.

Even centuries ago, Westerners have longed for the brilliant civilization of ancient Eastern countries. Which of the royal families in European countries did not have silk, porcelain, tea and tea sets from the East?

Voltaire even said, "In morality, Europeans should be the disciples of the Chinese."

But unfortunately, Chinese is too difficult. Even though the European aristocrats of this period admired Eastern civilization very much, they did not learn Chinese as they did Latin and French.

After all, the East was still too far away from them.

But now that Owen has appeared, things are different. His family has descendants of mixed Oriental descent, as well as patron saints from the East. So he probably doesn't have to worry too much about going to the East.

On the day Owen went out to sea, Xia Qingdai rushed back from school and saw him off at the dock.

This time he also brought four veteran soldiers who had followed him in the past, and they set out with him as his personal guards.

Soon after Xia Qingdai watched the ship leave the port, she found a secluded place and returned to the modern era.

Compared to standing on an 18th-century dock and gazing at the ships going by, it is certainly a better view to lie down beside a modern magical landscape glass tank and overlook all living things.

Owen seemed to have some feeling in his heart. He stood at the bow and looked up at the sky. He saw the goddess's face looming behind the misty clouds.

As the ship moved on the sea, the map of London gradually disappeared from Xia Qingdai's sight, leaving only a vast expanse of space before her eyes.

She lay on the glass tank and watched for a long time, watching the fleet sailing through the waves, the rippling blue sea, and the seabirds circling in the sky.

After a long time, Xia Qingdai was disturbed by a noise outside. She came to her senses and turned around to ask, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"Go and provide support. Someone nearby is about to jump into the river, and the police officer on duty here can't swim." Xia Shanglu replied.

"Ah, then you can't go in the water without a life jacket!"

The answer she got was the sound of a door closing.

Xia Qingdai frowned, not knowing whether her brother had heard her.

Xia Shanglu's hand injury has almost healed. Because the suture operation was very successful, his hand has basically recovered its function in just over two months, without any sequelae. Naturally, he started working overtime again, and it was not uncommon for him to be called out by a phone call like tonight.

Xia Qingdai turned her head and casually glanced at Fucui Villa on the other side of the glass tank.

At this time, the villa and the sea are divided into two parts in the glass tank, one side is the villa, and the other side is the sea.

Because her brother was suddenly called out for support, Xia Qingdai no longer had the heart to watch Owen and his fleet sailing peacefully, so she simply sat at the desk in the room to read and study. Although it was only the beginning of the second year of college, medical students were only busy and busier, and there was no time to relax. There were always endless medical books to memorize and endless classes to attend.

Studying medicine is a never-ending process, you can keep learning as long as you live.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Qingdai checked the time on her mobile phone and, while she was relaxing, she called Xia Shanglu.

The phone rang once, but the other end didn't answer, which made her nervous again. She quickly stood up and dialed the second time. This time the phone rang twice before it was finally connected.

"Brother, why didn't you answer the phone just now? Didn't you say you would be back soon? Why haven't you come back for so long? Is everything okay?" Xia Qingdai asked questions in rapid succession.

"You are Officer Xia's sister, right? He is saving people in the river now—"

"Where are they? Where are they saving people? Are they wearing life jackets?" Xia Qingdai interrupted the other person and asked anxiously.

"No, I can't find a life jacket—"

"Where? Where? Where?" Xia Qingdai interrupted the other party again and asked the address three times in a row.

"In Yanjiang Park, around Dongdu Bridge." The auxiliary police officer who was helping hold the phone had just finished saying this when he heard a "beep beep beep" sound from the other end of the phone.

He could fully understand the anxious feelings of the family members on the other end of the phone, and now he was anxious looking at the situation in the water. Unfortunately, the river was turbulent at night, and he didn't know how to swim, so he didn't dare to go down.

Xia Qingdai had a bad feeling, so she grabbed the first aid kit at home and rushed to the river.

There is a shared bicycle parking area at the entrance of the community. She quickly swiped a bicycle from it, pedaled the bicycle like a Hot Wheels, and headed straight to the river.

Less than 200 meters from their neighborhood is Yanjiang Park, which spans two districts and is very long. In the evenings of summer, spring, and autumn, there are always many people coming here for walks and night jogs.

It was not difficult for Xia Qingdai to find the place where the person jumped into the river, because as she rode her bicycle along the way, she could see from a distance a place surrounded by people.

When she got closer, Xia Qingdai didn't bother to park her bike. She just put it there and rushed into the crowd.

"Make way! Make way!" Xia Qingdai, who had gotten into the encirclement, saw two people lying on the ground. One was an ordinary citizen, and the other was wearing a police uniform. Someone was performing CPR on the policeman.

When Xia Qingdai saw that the person who was saving the man was actually her own brother, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't the one lying there.

"Let me do it." Without saying a word, she took out the acupuncture bag and walked forward.

Xia Shanglu listened to the familiar voice in his ear, turned his head and saw that it was his sister. He quickly made way for her and asked her, "Why are you here?"

Xia Qingdai did not answer. She took out the acupuncture kit from the medicine box, pulled out the silver needles and started giving acupuncture to the drowning and unconscious person.

While performing acupuncture, she also injected the power of faith into the opponent's pulse to assist in treatment.

The person who had stopped breathing and whose heartbeat had been stopped had his meridians forcibly opened up by her true Qi, and with the stimulation of acupuncture points, the blood circulation was restored in less than a minute, and the heartbeat of the person in suspended animation resumed.

The most dangerous moment was over. Xia Qingdai pulled the young policeman back from the brink of death, and the onlookers cheered. After saving one, Xia Qingdai turned around and took over from her brother to save another.