Worshipping the God of Wealth in a Western Magical World

Lin Xiao opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated to another world, a medieval land. Magic shone in all its glory? The nobility lived in extravagant luxury? What a load of crap!

All she found here was moldy black bread, streets reeking of filth, coarse, scratchy hemp clothes, and a bunch of “noble” mages who looked down their noses at everyone, even though they might not have a handful of gold coins in their pockets! Hygiene? Technology? Good food? All failing grades!

As a bona fide transmigrator from the East, Lin Xiao looked at this backward, arrogant world and smiled with benevolent menace. “Make money. We have to make money! Development is what matters!”

She reverently brought out the precious little figurine she always carried, the only treasure she had brought from home: a small, smiling statue of the Eastern God of Wealth.

While others prayed for the God of Light’s blessing, she lit incense before the God of Wealth and made a wish: “O God of Wealth, your devoted follower vows to balance meat and vegetables. I ask only that business prosper across the four seas and wealth flow in from all three rivers!”

While others summoned the elements with magic staves, she whipped out an abacus and clacked away: “Cost accounting, supply and demand, monopolies... Can magic put food on the table? Gold coins are what count!”

And so the magical continent began to veer wildly off course:

In the filthiest slums, people lined up to buy Divine Cleansing Soap.

The accessories noble ladies went crazy over were no longer gaudy, impractical magical trinkets, but the light, soft Eastern silk and cotton-linen fabrics made by Lin Textiles, as delicate as rosy clouds!

While alchemists racked their brains trying to turn stone into gold, Lin Xiao smiled and launched her money-making plan, opening the other world’s first chain bank...