1882, businessman He Kunshan started a water supply company in Guangzhou, but local gentlemen tried their best to stop it on the grounds of "harming Feng Shui", so he had to give up. This incident sho

Analysis of test questions: This question mainly examines students' ability to remember the contents of the textbook. The "local squire" in the material is the representative of feudal forces, which shows that the development of national industry was oppressed by feudalism at that time. So the answer is d.