I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 475: Building a Small Country

The power of faith has quietly evolved during this period, but for Xia Qingdai, there has not been much change so far.

After all, it was not necessary for a "god" to shout at the villains below. If she needed to, she could just let Owen pass on the message, and it would not consume her faith power.

She actually hopes that one day she can evolve to be more useful, for example, she can become invisible when she returns to the modern era, have various super powers to turn decay into magic, etc. This is the evolution she wants.

The current changes can only be regarded as a carrot dangling in front of her to encourage her to continue to develop believers. Maybe one day she will get what she wants?
You still have to have dreams, just in case they come true.

Xia Qingdai lay beside the glass tank, admiring the row of model houses she had just put down. These were the homes she rebuilt for the believers whose homes were destroyed.

Different from the pure solid wood cabins in the oriental style that she liked to collect in the past, this time she bought a combination of wood and plastic, which is very European in style and looks expensive, but in fact the material is relatively cheap. The price is also cheap, and each European-style cabin costs less than a hundred yuan, which is a world of difference from the pure solid wood ancient style model she put in Fucui Villa Chinatown.

These model toy houses were originally designed to be fully open for the convenience of players, but this definitely poses a safety hazard to the little people living in them.

But Xia Qingdai also had a solution, which was to pick up nails and nail the movable board down.

Although these model houses were cheap, it still cost her more than 3,000 yuan to renovate the entire street.

After all, this is a real street in London, not the so-called "Chinatown" made up of a few buildings in Fu Cui Villa that she had just played with.

However, compared to the money from these model houses, the land underneath them is essentially given away for free, because Xia Qingdai asked Owen to sell the "sacred objects" in exchange for them.

Although this entire street belongs to the slums, even so, the real "poor" can only rent a small house here, and even the most shabby apartments belong to other landlords.

After the flood, they were going to lose a lot of money. Not only did they lose the rent, but they also lost their house. The reconstruction process was complicated and the cost was painful. But now with Owen's intervention, they got the compensation for the demolition. How can they say this is a great relief.

Because everyone knew that Irving had the shadow of the family patron saint behind him, so this group of people knew when to stop and did not dare to ask for too much, which made Irving's acquisition go smoothly.

If Xia Qingdai hadn't airdropped the mini house, it would have taken a lot of time and effort to rebuild the streets. Now, it doesn't have to be so troublesome.

Xia Qingdai had completed the general outlines, so Owen only needed to ask the craftsmen from Lilliput to modify the internal drain pipes, fireplaces and other details, and the efficiency was amazing.

Owen suddenly became a wealthy landowner owning an entire street, attracting the attention of the nobles in London.

The huge bluestone slabs on the street, which look like they could not be from this world, paved this unique new street.

In the end, those who can live here are the poor people in distress, but the place is not distributed evenly, but only those with virtue can live here.

Those who have a skill, can demonstrate their own value, and are literate can all be allocated a nice house, which is not only clean and bright but also has low rent.

This was a charity that Xia Qingdai did for believers in London in the 18th century. It not only enabled them to preach and gain the power of faith, but also allowed them to enjoy the fun of building a small country, killing two birds with one stone. So when the street was finally completed, Xia Qingdai placed a Gothic-style tower at its entrance and invited a pastor who had betrayed God and converted to the true God to manage it.

This tower is the most expensive building in the entire block. The Elizabeth Tower model is made of pure mahogany and cost Xia Qingdai nearly ten thousand dollars!

With the tower placed here, the grade of the entire block seems to be raised.

After Xia Qingdai finished renovating the streets here, she no longer wanted the three temples in the Garden Square. She sold them to Earl Grosvenor along with the Lotus Building model that had not been renovated and was used as a public toilet.

In fact, when the miracle first appeared, the Grosvenor family thought that Owen would use the patron saint to "force the sale" and take away their land in the central square. They were ready to unite all the forces that could be united and stand on the moral high ground to condemn the Owen family. But unexpectedly, Owen did not come to play hooligan in the end, which made Earl Grosvenor ashamed.

For this purpose, he spent a price higher than the market price to buy these three temples, which were not very exquisite but had relatively interesting stories.

Both parties are very satisfied with the transaction, which is a win-win situation.

Earl Grosvenor even voluntarily sold his shares in the London Hospital to Owen so that his cousin, who was very interested in medicine, could conduct medical research more conveniently.

Xia Qingdai and Owen naturally accepted this good intention, as it was a rare opportunity.

It was not difficult for Xia Qingdai to earn money in the eighteenth century, but it was still not easy to take a bite of the cake that had already been divided - unless she used "divine" power.

In view of Earl Grosvenor's kindness, Xia Qingdai returned the favor by removing the glass covers above the three temples, and then covered the roofs of the temples with a layer of plastic wrap. She then bought local tiles and renovated the model houses that originally looked good but were not practical.

The plastic wrap that can cover the entire roof is worthless to Xia Qingdai, but it is certainly rare for people in the eighteenth century.

Although the renovated temple still looks worthless when viewed up close, it at least doesn’t leak anymore.

Post-flood relief and construction occupied all of Xia Qingdai's spare time for the rest of her summer vacation.

Apart from following Master Liang like a little tail and copying prescriptions from her teacher, she would go back to her room and secretly build a new Lilliputian kingdom.

In the process, she also repaired a collapsed textile factory. In return, she took away a Jenny loom, which was strictly prohibited from export by the British government.

She took this thing out not to sell it for money in modern times. In fact, it is not worth much in modern times, because microcarvings must at least have artistic value. The Jenny loom has no aesthetic appeal and cannot prove that it is a real antique from the 18th century. It has no artistic value and no one will pay for it.

The reason why she wanted to take such a thing was, of course, to give it to the people of the Qing Dynasty.

You have to know that after the Opium War, the textile industry of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by the cheap cotton cloth dumped by Britain. At that time, the cotton cloth sold by Britain was the same price as the cotton in the hands of farmers. How could the cotton cloth of the Qing Dynasty still be competitive?

The countdown to summer vacation has begun, and the day for the British delegation to leave for the Qing Dynasty is approaching. Xia Qingdai is naturally very much looking forward to it.