I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

At this time, Medea had no idea that the church's eastern expedition army would be in such a corrupt state. Her focus at this time was on Puellalor.

This is the seat of the Queen's family. Most of the troops currently recruited by the Kingdom of Ovinia are stationed here, and the rest are in the royal capital.

Because it is close to the port city of Bonwich, supplies from other territories of the kingdom can be transported directly here by sea. This is also the largest material transfer station for the entire kingdom’s army.

At this time, on the front line of Alos, the first large-scale musketry battle in the history of the world broke out.

The rout of the frontline soldiers allowed the general in the rear of the territory to promptly discover that the potions had become damp and had lost their effectiveness, and he urgently replaced a batch of potions stored in a dry warehouse so that the troops could re-equip themselves.

The complicated road conditions in the snow meant that the Third Army in the direction of Alos could not move very fast, so Alos had to deal with its own problems.

By the time the Third Army arrived at the city, the enemy had already taken advantage of the situation in the simple defense lines they had dug, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Third Army.

Commander Graf asked the military wizard to cast farsightedness on him so that he could observe the terrain carefully. After seeing it, he felt a little headache.

Although the enemy did not have barbed wire, the trenches were dug crisscrossingly, and the effect of the field artillery's bombardment was probably not as good as before.

He now has no rapid supplies within the radius of his own territory, and his artillery cannot bombard indiscriminately as before. Large-scale casualties seem inevitable.

Graf drew the saber from his waist and shouted, "Prepare to attack! For the people! For the commander! Long live!"

Under his command, the two prepared artillery regiments began to launch artillery shells, and fierce explosions and flames filled the enemy's positions.

Just as Graf expected, although the artillery still caused considerable casualties, compared with the previous scene where most of the enemy were killed or injured in two rounds of artillery fire, the current situation could only be said to be barely acceptable.

During the bombardment, the soldiers also crouched and moved forward, occasionally looking for traces of enemy soldiers through the mechanical sights on their rifles.

The dense gunfire killed many people. General Aros, who was watching the battle from the rear, frowned when he saw Astaire's firepower: "Why can their muskets shoot so far?"

The adjutant's face was also very unpleasant: "I have observed that the difference in range is roughly twice as great, and the difference in accuracy is also very large."

After the musket came out, he developed a great interest in this new weapon and tried it out many times. He was familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the muskets issued by the kingdom.

But compared with the opponent's weapons, it has no advantages but only disadvantages. Not to mention the problem of shooting accuracy, the opponent's outrageous bullet reloading speed alone is enough to kill them in seconds.

At this time, Astaire's soldiers also approached the firing range of the Kingdom's musketeers. They stretched out their gun barrels from the trenches and fired at the attackers.

After Remi finished firing, he quickly came down and let his comrades waiting in the rear take over.

He began to clean the barrel of the gun in a hurry, then took out a small medicine bag from his backpack and loaded medicine into the barrel, pulled out the cleaning rod, squeezed it tightly and then put in the iron ball.

After some operations, four of his comrades had already gone up to the position before him. One of them was unlucky and was shot in the head and did not survive.

Taking a deep breath, he climbed up the trench again and extended the barrel of his gun. In the smoke from the barrel, he saw an enemy lying on the ground in the distance.

A look of joy appeared on Remi's face, but suddenly he felt a force hitting his forehead, and then everything went black and he lost consciousness.

Looking up, Astar's soldiers were dispersed and advancing rapidly towards the defense line, while the army of the Kingdom of Alos was firing bullets frantically in an attempt to force the other side back.

From time to time, you could hear a loud bang and a series of screams coming from the trenches. That was the sound of muskets exploding because the soldiers were inexperienced and had too much gunpowder.

The riots that occurred from time to time would always cause an area to fall into a brief firepower vacuum period for a short period of time, allowing many Astell's soldiers to successfully advance out of the trenches.

They took out wooden-handled grenades from their backs and waists, pressed the magic crystal button on the handle and threw them into the trench, then lay down again and pulled out their bayonets to put on the muzzles of their guns.

"Boom! Boom!"

"what!!!"

"My legs! My legs!"

"Long live victory! Kill!"

At the moment when the enemy fell into chaos, he jumped into the trench with red eyes, raised the rifle with a bayonet in his hand, and stabbed one of the standing enemies in the chest.

Such scenes were played out in various places in the trenches. Being forced to this distance, the muskets in their hands became fire sticks, allowing the Astar soldiers, who were nearly 1.2 meters tall with guns and bayonets, to take advantage and soon began to flee.

General Alos couldn't bear it any longer and sent out the last of his ace mage troops.

As a result, as soon as they took off, they were instantly shot down by several quadruple Maxim anti-aircraft trucks that Asstar had brought with his army, and were sent back. Now the middle and low-level magicians were no match for Asstar.

This scene made General Alos' face turn pale. After thinking about it, he finally chose to retreat. Before leaving, he ordered his adjutant to retreat back to the city and hold on.

What he didn't expect was that not long after he left Alos, his adjutant and his troops surrendered.

What a joke. He knew the game was over and ran away. Why would he continue to fight for his life?

The troops covered in gunpowder entered the city of Alos. What Graf did not expect was that the people in the city not only did not hide, but gathered on both sides of the main road, cheering for the army that occupied their city.

From time to time, a few former Alos soldiers who had been hiding were tied up by civilians and brought to the front of the team, which made Graf look dreamy:

"Am I at war? Why does it feel like I'm home?"

This was actually the result of the spies and caravans that Media had previously sent out coming into play.

They actually didn't do anything, didn't cause any damage, they just promoted the various welfare policies of Astar Territory from time to time, such as [One of My Astar Relatives].

Not only that, they also published books containing Medea's various statements.

In addition, most of the people in Astar's caravan were once either civilians or slaves. There were too many real examples that made them yearn for the Astar territory.

Because the distance was not far, many of them fled to Astar, and their success influenced their relatives who did not leave. One person brought another, and one group spread the news to another, gradually leading to the current situation.

"Long live Medea!!!"

"Long live Astaire!!!"

The people cheered excitedly one after another, and Graf even saw many people kneeling and kowtowing to them excitedly.

Chapter 43 As long as I am here, the Aros family will be here!

"I can't believe it. Why are people here like this?"

The group came to the lord's mansion, which was already deserted, so they occupied it easily.

Graf dismounted and did not go in. Instead, he turned around and stood at the door of the mansion, watching the long line of troops entering the city behind him.

They were surrounded by the public, and from time to time some soldiers would receive some small gifts from the public, which frightened them so much that they quickly stuffed the gifts back. The scorching gazes of the military police and their own non-commissioned officers who rode by from time to time were truly terrifying.

The sergeant laughed and said, "It's actually quite normal. Commander Medea said that these should be the middle class whose assets have shrunk significantly and ordinary people who have gone bankrupt."

When he mentioned Medea, his eyes were full of fanaticism: "And the war we are launching now is just. We are rescuing these people who are in dire straits! Our goal is to let everyone live a good life together!"

"Long live Medea!!"

"Long live Medea!!!"

His shouting also inspired the soldiers and civilians present, and everyone started shouting wildly.

In a territory, if a steam assembly line factory appears in any industry, it can squeeze out the market of all related industries within the territory. The manufacturing costs of both parties are completely not in the same order of magnitude, not to mention that there is usually more than one.

A large number of machines require workers to operate, and small workshop owners who are squeezed out of business have no choice but to work in factories. However, the production efficiency of industrial products is too high, which exceeds the upper limit that the people in the territory can bear.

Coupled with the difficulty of transportation in winter and the blind expansion of aristocratic merchants, serious overcapacity was caused. A large number of goods were stockpiled and could not be sold, which led to factory shutdowns and workers' unemployment and loss of income.

Prior to this, Media's strategy of increasing the value of cash crops such as cotton led many plantation owners to convert their food fields to grow cotton and hemp fibers.

Now that both sides are at war, these raw materials cannot be sold at all. The cotton spinning factories in their own territory have also closed down because the workers are unemployed and cannot afford the consumption.

The previous craze for planting cash crops and the reduction in grain planting caused a certain food shortage, which caused grain prices to skyrocket. The wealth of the middle class, who had relatively good family conditions, also shrunk significantly in this shock.

To be honest, even if Astar didn't attack, Alos would not be able to hold on for another month or so. They didn't even understand these problems, let alone solve them.

But these bankrupt people are not slaves. If they get angry, they will buy a gun on the black market and attack you. Riot can be caused by just a thought.

Medea's attack at this time undoubtedly added the heaviest weight to the scale in their hearts, and the people's hearts would inevitably turn to her.

Graf announced in the square in front of the Lord's Palace that Alos had entered a state of wartime martial law and began to integrate the resources of the entire Alos according to plan.

The first step was to assign the troops of the two divisions to the company level and go throughout the territory to search for the families of aristocratic manor owners for raids and public trials, confiscate their property, parade the guilty and then shoot them, and force the innocent to do forced labor.

It doesn’t matter if there is no map. There are a lot of enthusiastic fellow villagers leading the way along the way, and basically no one can successfully escape or hide.

Then came the land reform, abolishing all previous Alos tax policies and replacing them with progressive taxation.

All the land in the territory of Alos was unconditionally accepted and surrendered. The land currently cultivated temporarily belongs to the farmers, and specific planning and arrangements will be made after subsequent officials take office.

A large number of slaves without native places were also released. A small number of people who had recently been demoted to slavery still had some humanity and their native places were directly restored without their further intervention.

Astar did not abandon the remaining slaves who had become numb from years of slavery, but sent them all to the construction site to build new homes.

Provide them with food and clothing, reduce their workload, and let the non-commissioned officers attend classes every night, and they will be able to recover one day.

All factory resources are also recycled, integrated and counted.

After large amounts of food and property were continuously transported to the Lord's Mansion from all over the territory, Graf, who had communicated with Medea, began to provide disaster relief, but not for free.

Existing factories that are ready to start operations will increase wages and benefits, and pay one month's living expenses in advance. The remaining large number of unemployed people will go to new jobs under the arrangement of the lord's mansion and can also receive the same benefits.

There are a lot of railways and concrete roads that need to be built in Alos, which creates a huge demand for machines and factories, and adds a considerable number of jobs.

Cotton spinning raw materials and industrial textile factories that had previously had excess production capacity were able to resume production, producing large quantities of cotton clothing for workers, and blacksmith workshops also received a huge number of orders for tools.

If there is no demand, create it; if there is no money, borrow from the noble landowners; all individuals who affect social order will be punished severely, severely and quickly.

The five-pronged approach of purge of the nobility, public trial, nationalization of land, reform of slaves, and work-for-relief was collectively known as the Median New Deal.

Ovinia Capital

"Bang! Crash!"

After reading the letter report in his hand, Ovinia III kicked the table hard, overturning it, and the delicious dishes on the table fell to the ground.

Looking at General Aros kneeling below, he picked up the golden wine jug held by the maid beside him and threw it at him:

"Why did you come back? You didn't defend your territory. Now that you've lost your home, why are you still running back? Why don't you defend it to the death!"

"Thirty thousand men, a full thirty thousand troops! Plus the thirty thousand in the important city on the front line, sixty thousand men are gone! How can the general escape from the battlefield, you have a pig brain!"

Gilman Alos half-knelt on the ground, dodged the wine jug, raised his head and blushed: "As long as I am still here, the Alos family will still be here!"

"you!"

Ovinia III covered his heart and tried hard to resist the urge to vomit blood. With Astar's style, your whole family has been confiscated. It's nothing compared to your family alone.

Barely suppressing his anger, he turned to look at the captain of the guards on the other side: "Where are the people from Bria and Dongweier? Any news?"

"Yes...none of them escaped, they were all wiped out..."

"A few days? It's only been a few days! In less than a week, you've already lost two territories and let the enemy push their army to the front of the capital. What are you doing!!!"

The captain of the guard was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the enemy's artillery fire is too fierce. The soldiers can't withstand such an attack, and our artillery units are in Lalor and haven't moved yet..."

"Then there's no need to go. Just press on the walls of Lalor. We can't lose this city even if all the people there die!"

"Go tell the earls and lords in the rear to send supplies and soldiers to Lalor as soon as possible. If Lalor is lost, the capital will be at the forefront! If I'm gone, what kind of nobles are they!"