I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 172 Unhygienic London workers
Anne left, and Lotus Tower returned to peace.

Later that day, the Lotus House carriage arrived in London. As soon as he entered the city, it caused a sensation in the whole city, which was even greater than the time when he drove the off-road vehicle into the city.

It's nothing to have six horses pulling a cart. When the royal family holds celebrations, there are eight horses in the cart.

But the focus of the Lotus Building is not the six horses pulling the cart in front, but its antique style and rich oriental style.

A moving castle full of oriental characteristics, everyone who sees it will yearn for it.

Countless children chased behind the Lotus Tower, straddling the branches and imitating riding a horse with "oohs".

This is Xia Qingdai's second time in London, and the city feels more prosperous than half a year ago.

On the busy streets, there were ladies riding in open carriages whizzing by, men chasing after them laughing and cursing, and children running around taking advantage of every opportunity.

There are many more people on the street than half a year ago. Xia Qingdai knows that this is a change brought about by the industrial revolution.

The small-scale peasant economy, in which men farmed and women weaved, gradually became unsustainable. Bankrupt farmers continued to leave their homes and settle in London to find work and survive.

The population in the city is increasing, and workers after work like to drink alcohol and coffee, so bistros and cafes can be found everywhere in the city, which has also promoted the development of business.

At the end of the 18th century, affected by the Little Ice Age, natural disasters occurred all over the world. There are droughts, floods, winds and locusts.

Europe is currently experiencing widespread drought, but London is lucky to be spared. Although the water level of the Thames has also dropped significantly, it is still flowing after all.

And because capitalists continued to plunder resources from colonies around the world, coupled with the explosion of productivity brought about by the Industrial Revolution, business in London even seemed to be very prosperous.

The shops along the street were crowded and looked full of life.

This is the truth of capitalism. It is plundering the whole world to nourish itself. It is strange that it is underdeveloped.

But what Xia Qingdai couldn't bear to look at was that compared to half a year ago, the cleanliness of the entire city had dropped by another level.

Not counting the cow, horse and donkey feces that can be seen everywhere, there are even cats, dogs and humans. What is raised on the road is not ashes, but dung particles.

There are two to three hundred thousand horses serving as transport in London every day. It is obviously impossible to completely dispose of their excrement.

Therefore, in London, all gentlemen and ladies with any respect cannot walk by themselves. They either ride horses or ride in cars or sedan chairs.

If any gentleman is short of money and cannot afford to rent a carriage or hire a bearer, it is best not to dress smartly. Otherwise, if you dress like a dog but walk on the road with your own feet, you will definitely be laughed at by the bearers following you, without exception.

Sitting on the second floor of the Lotus Building, Xia Qingdai looked down at the crowded and prosperous city and frowned slightly.

It’s okay if you don’t look down at the horse manure on the road. But walking along the Thames River in Lianhua Tower, she saw countless people pouring toilets into the river.

Xia Qingdai's eyebrows were almost twisted to the point where she could pinch a mosquito to death!

She remembered the information she had read before and knew that the pollution of the Thames River would become more and more serious with the development of the industrial revolution and urbanization. At this time, London had not yet built a complete sewer treatment system. Septic tanks and sewage tanks were the most common ways of discharging sewage in buildings. There would be excrement workers at night to deal with the sewage in septic tanks.

However, the increasing number of migrant workers living in slums and apartments are not so particular. Discharging sewage directly into the Thames River is the most trouble-free, labor-saving and cost-effective way - the key is that no one will take care of it.

In fact, the garbage caused by human life is not fatal. The industrial sewage discharged by the factories that have mushroomed on both sides of the Thames River is the real disaster.

It is now 1791, and in more than half a century, 1856 will be the year that London will have its "Stinking Year" recorded in history. The stench from the Thames even reached the point of affecting meetings in the Houses of Parliament.

When she first bought the mansion, Xia Qingdai had not thought about the serious pollution problem that the Thames River was about to experience. But now she saw the person emptying the toilet into the lake with her own eyes, and she felt the urgency of the matter.

Oh my God, this is too dirty. What can I do? Pour some disinfectant into the lake and fight poison with poison?
The impact of the eloping man and woman on her outlook was nothing after seeing the uncivilized behavior of the residents by the Thames River!

After all, elopement is their own business, but emptying the toilet into the river directly affects her!
Although Xia Qingdai will not use local British water, because it is just a piece of cake for her to pour water from modern times.

But when she thought that the lake next to her mansion was mixed with the excrement of the entire city, she still felt uneasy, and her good mood for her graduation trip was compromised.

Jane noticed the change in Xia Qingdai's mood and thought she was causing trouble because of Miss Anne who had eloped. She advised: "Everyone has their own destiny, we just need to respect her. Xia, what do you think? ?”

Xia Qingdai came back to her senses and pointed to the Thames River beside her with a smile: "I don't have a Madonna feeling. I was just thinking about this river."

Jane glanced at the Thames in confusion and asked, "What's wrong with the river?"

Xia Qingdai sighed: "I just came here and saw a lot of people dumping garbage in it. I'm afraid that the river will soon become smelly. My house in London is not far from the Thames River."

"Oh, that's it." Jane nodded in realization, and then advised: "The Thames River is very big and deep, and a little bit of garbage will not affect it."

"No, it has an impact, and there will be negative consequences sooner or later."

Xia Qingdai disagrees with Jane's view because she knows history.

After entering the 19th century, the Thames River will become a famous smelly river. Moreover, because the pollution was so serious, people took river water for drinking, which caused several cholera plagues, killing thousands of people.

Pollution first and then treatment seems to be the only way for industrial development. Throughout world history, this has been the process.

But as a native of England at the end of the 18th century, Jane had seen enough of this uncivilized behavior to not be surprised.

There are no fewer residents in the town of Ifla than in London who pour sewage into the East Lake. If it hadn't been for the drought this year, no one would have noticed.

Later, the East Lake dried up and a dragon spit out water again. People did not dare to blaspheme the gods, so they restrained themselves from this behavior.

Of course, it is impossible to change purely by conscious effort, and this is also because of the close watch of the water protection teams formed by the squires on both sides of the lake.

Not to mention pouring sewage into East Lake, even getting close to the lake has to be investigated. Each household can only carry one bucket of water per day, which is an iron rule during drought.