Chapter 424 - 235: Big Deal_1
Qian Yixiu certainly didn’t dare to greet the foreigner in English. After deliberately giving the old foreigner a couple of curious glances, she smiled at Lin Qing and said, "Uncle Lin."
Lin Qing’s father was the deputy head of the Armed Escort Bureau, and Qian Sangui had started his career following his father on escort missions. Qian Yixiu had met him twice before.
Lin Qing also smiled and said, "Yixiu, you’ve grown taller again since I saw you last year."
The old foreigner, seeing that the little girl wasn’t scared by him and was even curiously looking at him, smiled and said, "Hello."
The old foreigner spoke in English.
Qian Yixiu certainly didn’t dare to converse with him in English, but she just smiled and nodded her head to welcome him.
There were many items laid out on the table, including glass vases, small glass marbles, some spices, an ivory carved ornament, an exquisite sitting clock, also two glass round mirrors, and two pocket watches.
She had indeed travelled to a turbulent era. The Great Qian Kingdom’s economy was booming, encouraging handicrafts and commerce, but its firearms technology was comparatively backward, at present only having developed fire muskets, while clay cannons were still under research. The Great Qian Kingdom was known as a military power, but this was in comparison to neighboring countries which still used cold weapons.
Looking at the items from across the ocean, the craftsmanship was extremely exquisite, and it was uncertain how advanced their development was, whether they had already reached the early stages of capitalism.