Magic Industrial Age

As time entered December of the New God Calendar year 313, it also signified the official approach of the year's end.

At this point, initiating any further reform plans was naturally unrealistic; the most important thing was to pass the year peacefully.

Therefore, stirring things up was out of the question, but various matters still demanded attention!

For example, the most important point: the year-end summary.

Magic-powered machinery had been implemented for a year, with remarkable results and no major chaos. It could be said that all plans were steadily advancing,

and a large sum of money had been earned!

With money earned, it needed to be distributed. As it was the first year, Loy was determined to make the dividend distribution a solid process.

And Loy's transactions with the Habsburg Empire were all processed through the Seven Gods Bank. Usually, it was mostly account transfers, without actual Jindale being delivered.

Simply put, it was an increase in a series of numbers on the bank card.

Therefore, Loy had to withdraw a massive fortune of hundreds of thousands from the Seven Gods Bank, and even the transportation was a major problem.

The principle was simple: this time, it wasn't goods being transported, but actual money.

Not to mention outsiders, but anyone involved or aware of it, who wouldn't be tempted?

Fortunately, however, major clients like Loy had a clause in their contract with the Seven Gods Bank for door-to-door delivery.

That is to say, if Loy requested it and paid a certain fee, the Seven Gods Bank had to deliver the money to Flower Collar.

Rumor had it that the high-level members of the Seven Gods Church had even met to discuss this trip, and ultimately organized a team that could be described as luxurious.

Three hundred Temple Guards, twenty Third-Order Transcendent Knights, twenty Temple Priests, and five Fourth-Order Catastrophes.

As for whether there were any Legendary experts?

That was anyone's guess!

In addition, even the Empire's two ironclad ships accompanied them all the way!

Even so, many 'supernatural' events occurred along the way.

What with sudden heavy fog, getting lost at sea; what with mass curses, falling unconscious; what with shadow attacks, rampant shadow beasts…

These were not stories, but things that actually happened, only they came quickly and were resolved even faster!

The Seven Gods Bank was one thing, but the Seven Gods Church behind them was not to be trifled with; it was a major force that could compete with the Sun God Church and win more than it lost.

In short, the fortune finally arrived safely in Flower Collar.

Wooden boxes were carried off the ship one by one, loaded onto carriages, forming a long line, and finally arrived at the Lionheart Manor, where Loy personally counted and received them.

This matter caused quite a stir, and many people knew about it. The disadvantages were obvious: revealing wealth would always attract covetous eyes.

Anyway, for a period of time afterward, Olivia and the other three Catastrophes seemed rather busy.

They really caught a lot of thieves and assassins, both big and small.

Of course, the benefits were also obvious!

Anyway, the knights in the military camp, upon learning that such a large dividend had arrived, were as energized as if they'd been injected with chicken blood.

Outsiders were just envious, but they were going to actually receive the money in their hands in a short time, how could they not be excited?

And the result of their excitement was that they trained more seriously, meditated more diligently, and patrolled more actively.

Many knights even voluntarily went to Lionheart Manor to act as guards, not to guard Loy, but to guard their own Jindale.

Even that one knight who disliked studying the most, who was the most resistant, now looked at the words and magic runes on the blackboard with a sense of familiarity.

This was the charm of wealth!

Moreover, because it was the end of the year, even the vassals and knights from various places had returned to report on their duties one after another, and the number of nobles gathered in Flower Collar was increasing!

Loy originally didn't intend to do anything, but seeing these people in a state of being energized and having nowhere to use their energy, he only thought for three seconds and immediately made a decision.

He was going to hold a meeting for these people!

There's a saying: holding meetings every day may not solve problems; but not holding meetings will definitely not solve problems.

This statement has some truth to it. If you want to accomplish something, if you want the people below to support you, the best way is to tell them why you want to do it?

What are the benefits of doing it?

And, how exactly should it be done? What goals need to be achieved?

As long as the ideological work is done well, the resistance to reform can be minimized, and the subjective initiative of the people can be brought into play to develop in a good direction.

As for the specific content of the meeting, Loy gave it a short name: Looking to the Future.

That is, what changes will magic-powered industry bring, and what will Flower Collar look like in his plans for the future!

And, in what areas do they need to make efforts to achieve this goal!

For example, popularizing education.

Starting next year, Loy plans to achieve universal education as much as possible at the 'town' level, and improve the quality of the territory's residents as much as possible.

High-quality talent is the foundation of industrial development and the source of soldiers for expanding military strength. Without talent, everything is just empty talk.

Therefore, this has always been the top priority that Loya must grasp.

Secondly, the magic energy industry in the Fleur Territory is basically 'state-owned'.

That is to say, it is all in Loya's hands. Although it can be said to be concentrating efforts on major tasks, it also stifles the involvement of private capital and more possibilities.

Therefore, next year, Loya will encourage these wealthy vassals and knights to start their own businesses.

They naturally have no competitiveness in the main industries involved in the Raymond Magic Energy Group, but it would be great if they aimed at the accessories needed by the factories and formed their own factories for this purpose.

Of course, they have to find their own locations, dig up their own talents, and come up with their own technologies...

But as long as they find a way, become a supporting industrial chain of Raymond Magic Energy Group's subsidiaries, they will make money like crazy!

However, as with starting a business, there will naturally be successes and failures. After the process of natural selection, those who remain will have found their own path.

Even if they fail, they can still train a group of qualified technicians.

Of course, it is not enough to just develop the economy. Having money but not matching military strength means that you are just a dish in front of others.

The re-education of the Lion Knights is obviously successful, but they alone are certainly not enough.

Therefore, Loya plans to form the first professional legion in the Fleur Territory next year.

Different from the model of farming in peacetime and gathering in wartime, this legion is a fully detached professional legion supported by the Fleur Territory.

Loya's positioning for them is basic meditation introduction, excellent physical fitness, no production, only training and honing war skills, purely for war.

Actually, he now understands that the reason why the Old Continent developed the knight system is ultimately due to the low productivity.

The output of a village can only support one formal knight to eat, drink, and train.

But what will happen if a large number of knights gather together without a corresponding food supply?

Will they all starve to death?

Or will they turn into bandits, smashing, looting, and burning?

The latter is more likely. After all, in the face of life and death, all knightly glory is false!

It can be said that it was not the era that chose the knight system, but the low productivity that determined that large-scale detached warriors could not appear.

Loya didn't dare to talk about military reforms or think about establishing a professional legion even though he conquered east and west last year and had a great reputation.

The reason is simple: he has no money!

That's right, there is still a lot of gold in the underground treasure, but that is fixed and limited!

To support the construction and training of a war legion, what is needed is a continuous source of wealth, like living water that is inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

From this perspective, the economy is the foundation of the military.

In addition to this, there is also this dog-shit political system, which can be described as crude, or even non-existent.

Loya wants to stride into a capitalist society, and this loose management system is absolutely not acceptable.

He must formulate a relatively complete political system and ensure that every order he issues reaches the village level,

And then, there are people who can fully implement it.

By that time, tax farmers and slave owners will all go to hell!

Especially those tax farmers, the farmers work hard to farm the land, how much does I, the Lion King, take, and you dare to make a profit in the middle?

I've wanted to deal with them for a long time.

Therefore, more elite and more civil servants must also be selected and cultivated, and the most important thing is to set a historical precedent and establish various rules.

Of course, this matter cannot be rushed, it must be done slowly.

Well, the above content caused an uproar when Loya explained it at the meeting.

Because, upon careful calculation, it is not just one or two rights that are being infringed, but a complete subversion of the existing system.

However, Loya also has them under control. Whenever the situation is a little uncontrollable, he announces a wave of this year's various revenues.

Then, these vassals and knights calculate the wealth they can get and silently suppress their anger.

When they can't suppress it anymore, they announce some more, which really makes these vassals and nobles feel uneasy and entangled.

If this year was a good start, then next year will be the most crucial year, which may lay the foundation for the development of the next ten or twenty years.

Otherwise, Loya would not hold meetings again and again and explain them in detail to these vassals and knights.

Of course, meetings are meetings, explanations are explanations, but many things are also being promoted step by step.

For example, the annual Christmas is coming. Although the Harvest Festival has just passed, this festival still has to be celebrated in a big way.

This will be another hard time for Butler Hoover!

For example, after Christmas is the God's Grace Festival, and Loya has some psychological shadow about the God's Grace Festival.

Therefore, he conscientiously increased the alert level and asked all knights to be prepared for battle!

When celebrating festivals, playing is playing, making noise is making noise, but we must also be vigilant.

Loya wants to see which ignorant person will come to make trouble this year?

In addition to this, the cultivation of the secret holy technique [Golden Bone] has also gradually moved onto the right track.