I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 58 Investing in fleet?

After the English class was over, Brutner and others got up and went downstairs one after another.

The European aristocrats of this era all danced and played cards endlessly at night, had a rich nightlife, and slept in the morning, so breakfast was at eleven o'clock.

Gauss got up early, took Owen's mathematics book, and read it with great interest. When it's almost time, he will walk out of the guest room and follow the teacher downstairs.

For breakfast today, everyone had fresh mashed potatoes with warm milk. Only Xia Qingdai had fried eggs and bread, and of course a glass of hot milk.

Since Xia Qingdai began to absorb the power of faith every day, she no longer needs to sleep or eat, and she does not feel sleepy or hungry every day.

She felt like she had learned the Taoist method of fasting, and she had a lot more time than ordinary people.

Normal people spend at least one-third of their lives sleeping, but now she only sleeps for two or three hours a day before waking up naturally, which gives her a lot of extra precious time.

After breakfast, the young boy Gauss consciously asked Xia Qingdai if he had any questions that needed answering.

Xia Qingdai nodded naturally and said, "The question is in the living room."

"Okay, let's go there." Gauss said.

"Me too." As a future mathematician, young Martin has always been very interested in difficult problems.

And the most important thing is that he likes to be courteous to Xia Qingdai.

Although after Xia Qingdai spent a huge sum of money to buy Richard's manor, Martin knew that his poor self was probably not worthy of the wealthy oriental princess in front of him.

But this doesn't stop him from being happy to get along with her. Anyway, everyone is now a guest at Owen's house, so it doesn't hinder anything to chat and study together.

If Xia Qingdai was already engaged to Owen at this time, then Martin would naturally keep a distance, but the fact is that he is not.

Xia Qingdai, who only focused on her studies, could not feel Martin's attentiveness.

She only thought that the other person was simply studious and interested in everything related to mathematics.

After all, in Xia Qingdai's understanding, Martin, who was Gauss's friend, was also a mathematician with a famous name in history and an outstanding person.

Martin is different from Bruttner. The latter is remembered by history purely because of the title of Gauss's first teacher. Martin will also be a university professor and a mathematician who devotes himself to mathematical research in the future. Qianqian left a name.

After learning a few difficult questions, Xia Qingdai suddenly became enlightened. Everything that I couldn't figure out at first is now clear after Gauss, Martin and Owen took turns to explain it.

Although she slept less and less day by day, her brain became clearer and clearer day by day.

The incense offered to her by the castle and the people around it every day turned into the power of devout faith, giving her ample confidence.

The power of faith she absorbs every day to manifest herself is slowly changing her like "moistening things silently".

If Xia Qingdai takes an IQ test immediately after absorbing the power of faith, she will be surprised to find that she has become one of the geniuses with high IQ.

After studying, it was already afternoon.

Everyone went back to their rooms to take a nap, including Xia Qingdai.

When I woke up, it was exactly four o'clock in the afternoon, and the reception room downstairs was already full of people.

Bruttner and his wife sat in front of the piano and played music with four hands, while Gauss and Martin each read their own mathematics books.

Only Owen was the busiest, meeting people one after another in the study and dealing with daily affairs. Xia Qingdai held an original English book and sat by the fireplace, warming herself by the fire and reading. On the small table next to it, there are cookies and hot milk that the cook Lily and Mrs. John made together.

With Xia Qingdai's training, the castle chef's skill in making bread and biscuits has improved by leaps and bounds.

The first thing Xia Qingdai corrected them was pouring sugar into the flour.

She really couldn't bear the sweet snacks.

Xia Qingdai downloaded many recipes with relevant ingredient ratios from the Internet and asked Lily and Mrs. John to memorize them one by one.

Then let the two compete several times, each time giving points to their snacks.

Under the pressure of competition, the two of them were thinking about how to master the heat and proportions in their dreams. In less than a month, they had become decent pastry chefs.

To be honest, even if the two of them resign from the castle and go to London to find jobs, they will probably be able to dominate the UK where dark cuisine is rampant with their cooking skills.

Of course, they will not leave the castle. Judging from the KPIs they completed this month, this month’s bonus will be higher than their monthly salary!

It would be foolish to leave such a promising day.

People outside are squeezing their heads to get in!

When he was recruiting servants, the door of Pastor Austin's house was almost trampled down by enthusiastic people.

Speaking of Austen, during this period Xia Qingdai met Jane Austen at a ball held by Owen to sell mirrors. They never met again and only communicated occasionally.

In two days, the old gentleman Marken's house will hold a mirror dance. Xia Qingdai and Jane have both received invitations and will be able to meet again then.

While he was reading the book, Owen came over, sat on the sofa next to Xia Qingdai, met her gaze and said, "Businessman Bill came to me this morning to talk about investing in a caravan, mainly about a voyage to the East. Fleet, I promised him.”

Xia Qingdai's face lit up when she heard this. She had mentioned to Owen in their chat before that don't stick to the land. If you have spare money, you should invest in business, especially the foreign trade fleet.

The first industrial revolution is in full swing. At this time, the gentry and nobles who do not keep up with the development of the times and still hold on to the old idea of ​​​​sitting and waiting to die will be eliminated.

Xia Qingdai perked up as soon as she heard Owen talking about the voyage fleet!

Last year, in 1790.

On the occasion of the eightieth birthday of the Chinese Emperor Qianlong, the British finally had the opportunity to come to the curious Eastern country openly and openly to meet the emperor at the center of power.

So King George III carefully selected a batch of congratulatory gifts, which were delivered by envoys by boat with both hands.

It can be said that the British at the beginning, even though they were ahead of the world because of the Industrial Revolution, still had a sense of awe for this superpower in the East.

Although the Europeans had colonized many territories in Southeast Asia, America, and Australia at this time, the tragic defeat they suffered at the hands of the Ming Dynasty's navy was still deeply etched in their memories, so they did not dare to easily provoke this large Eastern country with its naval cannons. .

Coming all the way to China this time, the British placed themselves in a relatively low position as a "pleaser", hoping to knock on the closed door of the big Eastern countries, exchange what they had, and exchange and cooperate on an equal footing.

For this reason, the congratulatory gifts sent by the British are absolutely sincere.

These include the most advanced steam engines, battleship models, astronomical telescopes, pistols, cannons, pocket watches, world maps, etc. at the time.

If the ministers of the Qing Dynasty and Qianlong at this moment had the courage and insight, they should immediately start exchanges and learning with the British.

It is a pity that Qianlong, the decision-maker of the Chinese nation at the end of the 18th century, was dim and incompetent in his later years. He looked down on a "small country" like Britain at all, and did not pay attention to the "wonderful skills" they brought to him. He only regarded it as a Just give him some trinkets to please him, some silks, ceramics and tea leaves, that's all.

Everyone knows what happened next!

(End of this chapter)