I was a god in the 18th century

The land is not guilty. Although Richard is in bad condition, his land is a good land with beautiful mountains and clear waters. It is separated from Irvine's Floating Mountain Villa by a lake.

The opportunity is rare, not to mention Xia Qingdai, even Owen is very excited, but he has no money.

But his "god" wants to buy it, and he is willing to do the legwork and take charge of the management.

In the eighteenth century, although Britain did not strictly restrict population circulation, it also had a household registration system, which was called a settlement system.

From the second half of the seventeenth century to the first half of the twentieth century, this settlement system existed for nearly three hundred years.

Targeting the poor who appear in large numbers in cities.

Because wool is easy to sell, Britain is the wool producing area in Europe. As a result, there was a "land enclosure movement", in which the gentry and nobles drove farmers off the land to raise sheep.

Farmers who have no land to cultivate have no choice but to move to cities to seek opportunities to work and earn money.

But the society at that time did not have that many jobs, so many refugees were born in the city.

As the number of refugees increases, social security will naturally decline. In order to solve this problem, settlement law came into being.

Its content is not complicated. It mainly connects the rights and wealth of living in a different place, especially a big city.

For example, if the annual rent of a house you rent in London is less than ten pounds, the local government can send you back to your place of origin.

Ten pounds is a lot of money!

The average annual salary of a maid is only five pounds, which is almost nine pounds more than that of a stronger male servant. An ordinary helper, on the other hand, can earn at most five to six pounds throughout the year.

So for these ten pounds, for ordinary people, Alexander basically has to eat or drink just to be able to afford the rent!

Fortunately, it is already the end of the 18th century and we have entered the era of the Industrial Revolution.

Although the handicraft industry struggled under the influence of machines, it also created a large number of industrial jobs and other emerging industries.

This has increased the demand for labor, so the settlement law has undergone some new changes in recent years, but I will not go into details here.

Because Xia Qingdai, who is "rich and wealthy", doesn't have to worry about this.

And she doesn't want to go and settle in London. She just needs a legal identity and a "place of origin" so that she can buy the land she likes.

In fact, it could have been less troublesome and just let Owen be her agent in the "human world".

But Owen insisted on helping Xia Qingdai handle the matter, so the latter naturally let him go. Anyway, she didn't have to worry about troublesome things.

In addition to helping Xia Qingdai get a household registration, Irving was also busy buying Richard's land.

Although most of the matters related to buying and selling can be done by a lawyer, to deal with the treasure given by Xia Qingdai, he still had to make the deal in person.

Xia Qingdai originally planned to resell the grain for money. After all, a potato in reality is about the same size as a human when it comes to the castle. Now that it is a snowstorm year, the grain is extremely valuable.

By bringing more food, she can not only help these disaster-stricken people solve the food crisis, but also exchange money, killing two birds with one stone.

But after careful analysis, Xia Qingdai felt that something was wrong.

Xia Qingdai is still a senior in high school this year. Although she has little social experience, she likes to read history. Using history as a mirror, she can know the ups and downs and avoid many stupid things.

The capitalists are evil! Xia Qingdai didn't want to cause trouble for her English teacher Owen at the critical moment of the college entrance examination.

The snowstorm caused a shortage of food, but it was only for the common people at the bottom, not for the gentry, nobles and wealthy businessmen. It has always been the case that the gentry's money is returned in full, and the common people's money is divided into three parts.

If she puts a large amount of grain into the market, she will definitely eat into the cakes of other wealthy gentry and wealthy merchants, which will cause trouble.

Marx said that capitalists would dare to trample all laws in the world if they had 100% profits; if they had 300% profits, they would dare to risk the gallows!

Her primary goal now is to study and make a splash in the college entrance examination. So anything that would cause big trouble must be pushed back.

After deciding not to sell food, Xia Qingdai spent ten yuan on four small wooden mirrors on Pinxixi.

What is a palm mirror for modern people, but for people in the castle, it is a floor-standing full-length mirror!

At this time, there were glass mirrors in Europe, but they were not very effective and were poisonous.

The mirror that Xia Qingdai brought over is a modern industrial product. It is non-toxic and effective. It can illuminate every detail. It is definitely a killer weapon in the luxury goods market.

Only the amount invested in the four sides can't move anyone's big cake, which can be digested in Owen's circle of squires.

There is a big difference between luxury goods and food.

Things developed exactly as Xia Qingdai expected.

Owen held a dance specifically for the mirror. You can imagine how sensational it would be if such a treasure was taken out and placed in the ballroom!

As members of the British squire class, although we live in the countryside, we have not seen the world.

However, no one has ever seen such an exquisite glass mirror as the one Owen brought out, and they can't help but be shocked.

Irving also announced on the spot that he had too many mirrors and wanted to sell four of them.

Everyone was very excited when they heard this, but the price Owen placed on the mirror made most people remain calm in the end.

However, soon after the news was released, it quickly aroused the interest of local gentry and wealthy businessmen.

The richest and most respectable man in their county was an old gentleman named Jim Macken.

He has a large estate and a house in London.

With an inheritance of 100,000 pounds, he can get 5,000 pounds of interest income every year, plus the 2,000 pounds produced on his estate, he has a total income of 7,000 pounds a year!

With this background, coupled with Mr. Marken's high respect in this county, it is natural that he should also serve as the justice of the peace in this area.

He has a son and three daughters. In addition to the eldest son who inherited the manor, he also loves his three daughters very much.

After hearing that there was a treasure for sale at Fucui Villa, he came to visit without any delay and saw a floor-length mirror that satisfied him.

He spent a huge amount of money to buy three mirrors, ready to add makeup to each of his three daughters.

Irving's neighbor, Mrs. Brown, originally liked the rest of the side very much, but she couldn't raise so much spare money at the moment - in fact, the Brown family had a lot of shameful poor relatives and needed financial aid from time to time, so they really couldn't afford to buy it. The money for luxury goods was eventually intercepted by Bill, a wealthy businessman who came after hearing the news.

Owen knew exactly how much the mirror would fetch if sold in London.

But firstly, the businessman's behavior was currently shameful, and secondly, Xia Qingdai was anxious to get money to buy the land, so in the end he chose to sell it directly to the big businessman Bill.

Once the money was in place, the household registration was in place, and the lawyers and magistrates were in place, the purchase of Richard's land became very smooth.

Xia Qingdai suddenly transformed into a wealthy woman who owned a large estate in the 18th century.