I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 548 Everyone is serious about infrastructure construction

On January 1794, 1, the British delegation bid farewell to the local governor, prefect, and many local officials in Guangzhou, as well as Wang Wenxiong and Qiao Renjie who escorted them all the way south, and set sail.

When the ship arrived in Macau, everyone got off the ship and stayed for a while, and then officially left China on March 3 and set sail for home.

The return journey was much smoother than the journey there. There were no more big storms along the way, and the team was not separated by wind and waves like the journey there. It only took half a year, and in September of that year, they successfully returned to the British Port of Portsmouth.

The good news is that even though Owen returned to Fucui Villa, the Wenrenyi Stronghold guarded by stone statues did not disappear.

Xia Qingdai's landscape tank was thus divided into two.

Of course, the area of ​​the village is not comparable to that of Fucui Villa, as it only occupies a corner. But this is a long-term map after all, and can be regarded as one of Xia Qingdai's bases.

Because none of the diplomatic missions during this mission to the Qing Dynasty were completed, after returning home, the members of the British delegation naturally could not give a good evaluation of the Qing Dynasty in order to shift the blame.

Even though Qianlong gave each of them many gifts and spent a lot of money on food and accommodation, in the end their evaluation of the Qing Dynasty was as follows:
"The poverty was shocking. The garbage we threw away along the way was picked up and eaten by their people."

"An army of beggars."

"The Qing Dynasty's pride comes from ignorance."

And so on and so forth.

Xia Qingdai no longer felt anything about this. She now regarded both Britain and the Qing Dynasty as her own possession, and was determined to fully fund her two little men to reach the top.

If possible, after unifying the martial arts world, Owen will continue to conquer Europe. Wen Renyi will vigorously develop science and technology, keep up with the wave of the industrial revolution, and maintain China's status as the big brother in Asia.

For this purpose, she bought a lot of high-tech gadgets and stored them at home in case of emergency.

During the time when Owen was drifting on the sea, Xia Qingdai focused more on her modern study and life. When she had free time, she would help Wen Renyi with the infrastructure construction of his mountain village.

After more than half a year of renovation, not to mention the mountain village, even Taohua Village at the foot of the mountain has changed dramatically.

Just buy some mini wooden sticks from the Internet and put them in Lilliput, and they will become big pieces of wood.

Because the cost is not high, Xia Qingdai chose North American black walnut strips, European oak strips, beech strips, etc. As for the pine wood with a strong smell and the rubber wood of ordinary quality, she didn't like them.

The Chinese may be born with an infrastructure gene. With Xia Qingdai's generous funding, all kinds of buildings are springing up.

Not to mention people outside, even the people in Taohua Village and the mountain village, looking at the changes in their living environment over the past six months, would feel that the world has changed dramatically.

The elderly people in Taohua Village often sit under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, looking at their new brick and wood houses with their mouths grinning from ear to ear.

The originally barren saline-alkali land in the village has been transformed into fertile fields with the help of Xia Qingdai's various modern fertilizers, and beautiful terraces have also been developed on the hillsides.

Taohua Village has a subtle flavor of "Peach Blossom Spring". There is no poverty, no hardship, and no disputes here.

The villagers now only recognize the Taoist priest Wenren in the mountains, but do not know Emperor Qianlong.

If the county government sends people over again this time, there will be no need for the people in the mountain village to take action. Taohua Village will unite and rise up in resistance. No one can take away their good days.

Xialin Village, which borders Taohua Village, watched Taohua Village become closed off. First, no one came out to the market. Then, young men began patrolling the entrance of the village, not allowing outsiders to enter. Then, they heard the sound of "DuangDuangDuang" knocking on the door all day long, and no one knew what they were doing.

Then suddenly one day, the villagers of Xialin Village came to a mountain that could directly overlook Taohua Village, and found that Taohua Village had changed a lot. Looking around, there was no thatched house or mud house in the large village below, and every household had a brick house!

How is this possible!
We are both in a remote and poor place, how come you guys have become rich quietly? It's so unfair!

In order to get to the bottom of this matter, the village chief of Xialin Village, who received the news, convened a meeting of villagers overnight. Then he led the smartest young man selected from the village, brought local products, and went to Taohua Village to learn from them.

This time, the Taohua villager Zhuang who was guarding the village entrance did not stop them, and of course did not let them enter the village. Instead, he led them directly into the deep mountains behind the village.

Everyone in Xialin Village was stunned when they saw the winding mountain road paved with huge blue bricks!

When did this mountain become like this? I wonder which Bodhisattva’s temple this is!

After climbing the mountain for two hours, they saw a towering mountain gate. Its towering appearance made people feel nervous even from a distance.

"This...is this the gate to heaven?" the old village chief of Xialin Village asked stutteringly.

This is the stainless steel Nantianmen that Xia Qingdai spent money to customize in modern times. It is very imposing and thick. If a door is added, the Lilliput Kingdom should be able to withstand several attacks from the world's most powerful artillery.

The old farmer, who had never been to the county town in his life, had never seen such a mountain gate and was immediately stunned.

"Old village chief, your guess is almost right." The leader of the Taohua Village militia laughed proudly, "This mountain gate was transformed by the goddess of gods."

"Goddess of the Gods?"

"Hey, let's stop talking. Just go inside. You'll know soon."

After entering the mountain gate, there is an extremely wide blue brick road. The people of Xialin Village walked on it carefully, and they became more and more nervous as they walked.

There is actually such a place hidden in this mountain. I haven't heard of it for decades. It's really terrifying! No wonder the people in Taohua Village want to guard the mountain road and not let people enter the mountain.

Soon, the people of Xialin Village were led to an unheard-of castle in the mountains and met the city lord who was too young.

Although the other party was young, the elderly village chief of Xialin Village did not dare to act presumptuously in front of him.

Because the other person's eyes are so sharp that they are not like those of ordinary people, and the light shining on people is like substance.

The young hunter who came with the old village chief from Xialin Village swore that even the wolf kings he had seen did not have such a look that could make people's legs and feet weaken. Not to mention looking into his eyes, just lowering your head and being looked at by him could scare you into sweating and making you feel terrified all over.

And this city lord was none other than Wen Renyi, whose momentum was growing stronger with sufficient supplies.

"Are you the head of Xialin Village?"

"Yes...it's a villain."

"You came at the right time. I was just about to send someone to your village."

Although Wen Renyi's voice was very low, his words sounded like thunder in the ears of everyone in Xialin Village.

What does this mean? Are we going to take action against them in Xialin Village?
Some of the timid ones knelt down on the spot.

They shouldn't have followed the people from Taohua Village on this journey. They should have been alert when they stepped on the incredibly large blue brick road.