I was a god in the 18th century

In the first week after the monthly exams, Xia Qingdai had her first weekend break in the first month of school.

She declined the study group's request to meet, but chose to spend one day with her teacher, and then go to the castle to spend a day hunting with Owen and the others. She had just learned to ride a horse and shoot a gun, but her hands were itching.

People in the study group can get together and discuss during any lunch break at school, so why squeeze in a rare weekend break!

With this idea in mind, Xia Qingdai refused without any psychological burden.

A string that is too tight can easily break, but she still likes a life of relaxation.

Nine new horses were recently purchased at the farm of Fortress Villa, and together with the three original horses in the stables in the backyard of the castle, there are now twelve horses in Fortress Villa.

Except for the one who was nursing a leg injury, all the other horses were in good health.

Xia Qingdai feeds a few soybeans and carrot slices every day, which is enough to keep these horses full and well fed.

In this lean time, even people still have a lot of food to fill their stomachs. However, in Fucui Villa, even the horses can eat carrots and bean cakes every day. What kind of fairy life is this!

The horses in the stables of Mr. Macken, the richest man in the town, are not even half as many as those at Fortress!

During this period, it was normal for a small landowner like Owen with an annual income of two thousand pounds to have a carriage and two horses at home. Anything more would be excessive consumption. And it’s useless, it’s a waste.

Referring to the Bennett family in "Pride and Prejudice", we know that Elizabeth's sister Jane wanted to go to the Bingley family. Mrs. Bennett refused her eldest daughter's request to ride on the grounds that a carriage was needed at the farm. Let her ride to Bingley's house.

Moreover, she also concluded that the Bingley family's carriage was taken out by the men, and there would be no extra carriage to take Jane home.

In other words, even Bingley, who earns 5,000 pounds a year, always keeps a four-horse carriage - although it is equivalent to a Rolls-Royce sedan, after all, it is only four horses and one carriage.

From the number of horses to the number of servants, Fucui Villa is now completely overrun.

Therefore, a new version of Irving's annual income has been released in the town.

Everyone believed that he must have made a fortune in America before inheriting Fukuoka Villa. Now, relying on the interest from a windfall, it is possible to earn an annual income of 10,000 pounds.

In other words, Owen may be richer than Mr. Marken and is the richest man in this town.

Of course, people inside the villa also said outside that not all of these horses were Mr. Owen's property, and half of them belonged to cousin Xia Qingdai.

As soon as this information came out, Xia Qingdai became even more popular in unmarried social circles.

A rich and beautiful single lady, she owns a villa that can bring in an income of about 1,500 pounds a year, and she has inherited an unknown amount of property, maybe tens of thousands of pounds.

Such perfect beauty, how could people not flock to it?

In the marriage market of the 18th century, money and status could put thick filters and weights on people, regardless of whether they were men or women.

Of course, maybe the same is true in modern times. People who have houses, cars and savings are definitely more popular than people who have nothing.

Since David, the butler, came to Fukuoka Villa and saw the food falling from the sky for the first time, he immediately changed his faith and decisively embraced God.

However, Xia Qingdai discovered that this guy, like Owen, was not that pious and did not provide any power of faith. But regardless of whether he is pious or not, he always talks about God. After knowing that there was a patron saint in the villa, David became more energetic in training the male servants.

And he is well versed in the way of pua, so that all servants must know how to behave in front of God.

Perhaps what the army needs is absolute obedience rather than unique ideas, so David, who came out of the army, also asked other servants to do the same.

In just one week since he arrived here, he has managed the inside and outside of the villa in perfect order. Not only the servants in the castle admire him, but also the farmers on the farm and the rangers who guard the mountains and forests are in awe of him (mainly because his muscles really look like they can shoot someone to death at any time).

Paul has now been pushed out of the position of personal valet by David, and instead promoted a valet named Gerald who works quietly and hard like Jack.

He was a new servant hired by Owen after he came to Fortress. In terms of qualifications, it would have been impossible for him to become a valet so quickly, but who caught David's eye?

As for Paul, he fought back against this matter, but after being hit by David's neck against the wall once, he no longer dared to have any other opinions.

This rude David's arms were as scary as steel, and his master didn't care about his brutality at all, making all the male servants below him miserable.

Are you here to be a servant or a soldier?

The big soldiers stationed in the villages don't train as frequently as they do!

Regarding the matter of knocking Paul off, this is actually what Irving meant.

He himself never spoke because he had already planned to use Paul to establish authority for his direct henchmen.

As the saying goes, the three things a new official needs to do when he takes office is that David, a foreigner, needs to quickly establish a foothold in the castle. As Irving's right-hand man, he naturally needs to be stronger in the early stage, and also needs a little cooperation from his master Irving.

After breakfast, the group put on their riding clothes and went to the farm to pick horses.

Before, everyone had to rent horses in town when hunting. But there is no need now. There are enough horses in the mountain farm for everyone to ride.

Xia Qingdai chose a gentle mare specially bought for her, which was shorter than the other horses.

Until the 20th century, women's riding clothes were mainly masculine upper garments and feminine skirts. As you can see from the photos, even female soldiers wear such riding attire.

In other words, women generally ride sideways when riding horses. Because the aesthetics at this time believed that this would be more elegant, spreading the legs was too rude.

But side riding is very difficult, just think about it. Elegance is elegance, but danger is also danger.

Xia Qingdai is a modern woman. She has to abide by such rules because she is crazy.

I'm wearing safety pants under the skirt, why are I afraid of being exposed while riding astride?

Of course, in this era, not all women ride sideways. Women with a relatively high social status are shown astride portraits.

Therefore, although Xia Qingdai's actions will attract people's attention, no one will raise objections in person.

Who made her the boss in the Fukui Villa!

Even David knew that Commander Owen respected his cousin like no one else.

I saw Xia Qingdai put on a man's jacket, deerskin gloves, a pair of tight breeches, a spacious long skirt, long boots, and a flat hat made of straw, sitting astride a horse, looking heroic With a little bit of coquettishness, you will feel high-spirited just by looking at it.

"Let's go, let's set off." Xia Qingdai said with a whip.

"it is good."