I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 481 Starry Night Carnival
After Xia Qingdai delivered the mineral water to Owen, she also placed a glass on the cabin deck on the bottom floor.

The extremely clear water in the transparent glass cup looked even more sacred. Facing the water falling from the sky, everyone naturally prayed collectively.

It's just that what they believe in most in their hearts is still God, so they can't provide any power of faith to Xia Qingdai.

But Xia Qingdai was not in a hurry. After all, God was their belief since childhood, and it was deeply rooted. It was normal that they could not convert to her "true God" for a while. Anyway, they still had a long time to drift on the sea, so she could slowly win people's hearts.

After delivering the water, Xia Qingdai began to feed the animals.

She first placed a piece of edible grade oil paper on the cabin of the Lilliputian country, and then put the steak cut into strips on the oil paper. Although it was just shredded beef, for the Lilliputian country, it was a large and top-quality fresh steak.

In addition to shredded steak, Xia Qingdai also prepared lamb rolls, minced salmon, shredded cod, lettuce, taro seeds, and potatoes and flour, which are the most indispensable ingredients for the British, for hot pot.

After feeding the little ones the food, Xia Qingdai put some small cubes of ice that she had just taken out of the refrigerator underneath to chill the food for them.

After all, although she didn't feed much, for the little people on the boat, even if they ate as much as they wanted, it would take them a week. In order to prevent the meat from spoiling, clean ice was essential.

Xia Qingdai had no intention of dividing the food equally, she placed all of it on the deck of the cabin where Owen was. This was clearly meant for Owen to distribute.

The noise of feeding naturally caused most of the people on the boat to stop what they were doing and stand still to look up.

Most of them were seeing food falling from the sky for the first time, so they were naturally excited and nervous. They would never rob it, and even if Owen didn't give them any, they would definitely not complain.

After all, in their minds, this is food from heaven bestowed by the patron saint of the Owen family. Who dares to covet it?

In a theistic country where everyone has faith, the idea of ​​a family god is still very popular. Even if others do not believe in pagan gods, it does not prevent them from respecting them from the bottom of their hearts.

Owen was used to doing missionary work, so he naturally would not enjoy the food that Xia Qingdai fed him alone. Even if he had to use delicious food to attack him, he would make everyone on the ship united as one.

Irving is actually quite adept at winning people's hearts.

Whether it was the people in the territories in the countryside where he was responsible for law enforcement, or the people who worked openly for him in his law firms and factories in the city of London, or the underground forces who worshiped the true God and were used by him, they were all completely obedient to him.

Now that they were on a diplomatic mission to the Qing Dynasty together and had been together for such a long time, even if Xia Qingdai didn't say anything, Owen would have to win them over himself.

The members of the mission, including astronomers, mathematicians, artists, doctors, etc., were all people of some status. The list had been finalized half a year before departure.

Owen had not wasted his time in London. He had already won over those who needed to be won over. Even the 50-year-old envoy Macartney had become a close friend of Owen, not to mention the other people in the delegation.

After conquering the members of the delegation, the next step is naturally to subdue the guards who are protecting them.

Although these guards were carefully selected from among the strongest and most capable, the list was not announced early on. The final selection was not made until the last week of the trip, so Owen naturally had no time to interact with them in advance.

But this is not difficult for him. As a person in a high position, as long as he can be generous and know how to appoint people to the right positions, he will be fine.

Faced with Xia Qingdai's first feeding at sea, Owen did not choose to distribute it one by one, but instead held an earl dinner.

Before the dinner started, Owen announced the most unconventional rule in the most calm and composed manner - this dinner party did not care about the status of the people, and everyone was reveling together. At this dinner party that lasted all night, sampans were used as bridges between the boats, and no boat was left out of the revelry.

In order to cheer them up, Xia Qingdai specially opened a can of Happy Fat House Water and a can of beer.

The food that was originally expected to be enough for the children to eat for a week was consumed by at least 40% to 50% during the carnival night. But Xia Qingdai didn't care about it at all. On the contrary, she supported Owen's approach.

Sometimes, appropriate waste can make a lasting impression, especially for the lower-level guards, who would probably remember this night for the rest of their lives.

Xia Qingdai lay above the sea, looking down at everyone, and was in a very good mood.

After selling the 10 new songs given by Owen, Xia Qingdai paid off her mortgage and is now debt-free. Spending money to feed the Lilliputians is just a small thing, and this expense is not as much as the cost of raising cats and dogs.

Xia Qingdai, who was lying in the air watching, couldn't help but feel excited when the dance music started, so she went down stealthily and joined the dancing demons.

Finally, after dancing a few dances, she was pulled out of the crowded and stuffy cabin by Owen and came to the secluded stern deck.

"Wow! Owen, look, what beautiful stars!" Xia Qingdai sat on the ground and raised her hand to point at the starry sky above the sea.

There are many stars on the sea in October.

"Well, can you see more clearly from up there?" Owen and Xia Qingdai sat side by side and asked curiously, "Are there any other life forms on the stars above the clouds?"

"Ha, Owen, you really think a lot. You really have a brain for science." Xia Qingdai laughed, "I can't see the starry sky of your world up there. I can only see some white clouds."

"Oh," Owen said calmly, "that's a shame."

He had flown into the sky on a few occasions with a drone, but he could only see the changing white clouds and nothing else.

"It's okay." Xia Qingdai shrugged. "In fact, there's nothing good to see on the stars and the moon. You understand astronomy, so you must know that the stars have no special meaning. All the romance is given to them by poets."

"If we can explore the starry sky, then that itself is very romantic." Owen paused and asked, "Cousin, will people in the future be able to go above the starry sky?"

"Yes," Xia Qingdai replied, "The future development of science will be more powerful than you can imagine."

"Haha, I can imagine that." Owen retracted his gaze from the starry sky, tilted his head slightly, and smiled faintly, "Isn't your presence here the most scientific thing?"

"Ahahaha, maybe." Xia Qingdai couldn't help laughing.

Faced with this matter, she herself didn't know whether it should be considered metaphysics or science.

She stretched out her body, with the tranquil sea in front of her and the sounds of lively singing and dancing behind her.

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