I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

"drive!"

A small group of cavalry appeared in the field of vision of both sides, rushing towards Tina and others from the side with muskets and small explosive packs in their hands.

"Beckett!"

Tina shouted loudly without changing her expression

"I saw!"

The sergeant responded loudly, and led the soldiers who had been waiting nearby to form a gun formation to block the dozen or so cavalrymen.

The style of the rifles they hold is slightly different from the ones being fired on the other side.

"boom...."

There was a burst of fire, and a series of small bullets suddenly shot out from their gun muzzles and flew towards the cavalry. The next moment, a large number of cavalrymen who were galloping in the lead fell down, and even the horses of their teammates in the back were tripped.

Fixed-load shotgun shells contain dozens of small steel balls in one bag. With the cooperation of teammates, one round of shooting can cover almost all the three-dimensional space in front. At close range, most cavalrymen can enjoy a baby-like sleep.

In order to quickly get close to the musket formation and throw explosive packs, they were mostly wearing light armor and had no defense against shotgun shells. While they were in a panic, the second team also fired their own shotgun shells, ending the battle.

Cavalry is more suitable to find opportunities in open areas. If they want to charge into an army with smoothbore shotguns in street fighting, there is no place to hide, which is really a waste of life.

No carbon-based creature can stand up to shotgun shells.

Chapter 89 Eight Points to Note

The news of the Knights' collapse soon reached the ears of the nobles, and the Lord of Patras got on the prepared carriage and fled without saying a word.

The other manor owners and nobles immediately discarded their noble medals that they were once proud of, and hurriedly fled the city lord's mansion, trying to blend into the crowd.

After Tina and her companions defeated the Knights head-on and occupied the City Lord's Mansion, they vigorously captured the remaining City Lord's private soldiers, forcing them to surrender and accept captivity to prevent them from escaping with guns and causing chaos.

As the sky grew brighter, the residents, who had been frightened all night, cautiously opened the windows to check what was happening on the street outside.

Soldiers in linen uniforms were patrolling the streets, and many teams were using large brooms to sweep up garbage and filth on the streets.

From time to time, soldiers wearing yellow and white hats and armbands walked by in a line, shouting non-stop.

Tina didn't know what the broken window effect meant by Medea, but she faithfully carried out Medea's orders, and in some aspects they were even more stringent than what Medea had set.

Because she did not bring her own team when Medea made her fortune, but relied on the charter to carry out propaganda and mobilization. Just as the regulations said, unite all those who can be united.

The sources of soldiers are varied, so the overall military discipline of the team is much worse, which has given rise to a more professional "white hat army" that is specifically responsible for enforcing discipline.

The patrol team even has the absolute authority to execute people on the spot without asking for permission for serious offenses, while the soldier patrol team on Media's side only has the right to arrest and punish.

However, the use of severe punishments in troubled times is indeed effective. After killing several groups of corrupt officials, the feudal soldier behavior basically disappeared, and they were able to do nothing to harm the civilians.

The patrol team's slogans are simple and easy to understand, even catchy. In addition, from time to time, female party members would go out on the streets to explain the nature of their organization.

Many people then realized that they were the civilian army that had always been revolting against tyranny in their ears.

Only then did brave civilians begin to go out one after another. Seeing that they were fine, more people appeared on the streets, and the whole city began to operate normally again.

At noon, the civilian army arrested, interrogated and investigated nearby residents, and brought to justice all the guilty private soldiers, servants, city guards, middle and large nobles, and large estate owners under the command of the lords, and held a massive parade to criticize them.

At the same time, he preached Medianism and let the gathered people judge him according to the ideological manual of Medianism.

As for small landowners and members of the small nobility, investigations were conducted and evidence was collected. Those who were innocent were deprived of their land and stored grain outside the regulations, and were exempted from the punishment of confiscation of property.

The same treatment is applied to rich peasants and other groups. Tina believes that the previous one-size-fits-all policy has caused extremely serious rebellious psychology among these two classes.

Many people could not survive after their possessions were confiscated because they were innocent, so they had to join the Kingdom Army.

Relying on her familiarity with local residents and her intricate network of personal connections to act as a guide brought great losses to the volunteers under Tina's command.

Many times, it is not the soldiers who get into trouble, but the soldiers’ relatives and friends who are implicated because of their military service, which greatly affects the soldiers’ mental health.

In the internal communication, Medea had no objection to her behavior, but rather appreciated it very much.

Only those who take things lightly when they should be taken lightly and attach importance to things that they should not be attached to, who make corrections through trial and error according to local conditions and do not follow a script, can accomplish great things.

The effect of implementing such a policy was very significant. Many small nobles who had packed up their gold and silver and were preparing to flee were relieved to find that they were not purged. Some even cried out loud.

Except for the second sons and daughters of the second and third generations of nobles who inherited their fathers and grandfathers' secondary titles and became minor nobles.

There is also a fairly large group of aristocrats, who are honorary aristocrats who are awarded after having finally become magicians, knights and other professions. They may not even have a fiefdom, and they only have an empty title, and at most they can only eat and drink for free.

Either continue your studies, or work for a noble to accumulate wealth and then go out to do some business or something.

As a result, they didn't gain much benefit, the rebels rose up, and their noble titles became their death warrant.

Every aristocratic kingdom has detailed file backups to prevent the emergence of fake aristocrats. As a result, because of the files, they are like fireflies in the dark and cannot hide.

Even if they managed to escape from the rebel-controlled area, they would lose most of the gold, silver and treasures they carried with them. Buying their way through meant buying their lives, and the fate of being harvested layer by layer was waiting for them.

Now that the rebels have relented, they can probably continue to live in peace. As for their former noble titles, they will get angry with anyone who mentions them. My family were all farmers one generation ago!

However, owners of medium-sized and larger manors and nobles were not so lucky. The iron rule in Media that until proven guilty is presumed innocent and the guilty should be punished severely was unchangeable.

She could allow some small assets to avoid being crushed by the tracks, but not large ones.

Their former scale and background, the knowledge accumulated over the years and their views on the world have meant that as long as they are given the opportunity, they will still have a great chance of turning things around even if the dynasty changes.

At most, they will be able to make a comeback in a few dozen or a hundred years, with the same people and the same formula.

Since they are transmitted through mother-to-child transmission, blood and sex, their fate is clear. Just pull them out by the roots and hang them on trees to solve all problems.

As for the good and innocent people who were affected, she could only say sorry.

After the public trial, Tina took over the operation of the City Lord's Mansion. The noble fiefdom books that were searched allowed Tina to conduct a general search based on the books.

The serious problem of land annexation lies in the fiefdoms of the nobles and the land deeds of the manor owners.

Noble fiefs require land to be retained as reserved prizes, so in most territories, many seemingly fertile lands are actually impossible for civilians to cultivate because you do not have the right to do so.

Even these lands had been distributed long ago, but people were just too lazy to cultivate them.

The manor owners occupy more than 70% of the land in the village through title deeds and enjoy an absolute dominant position. The methods they use are even darker and dirtier.

In addition to raising taxes by cooperating with the nobles in the towns, they can also rely on the large amount of land output to lower food prices and raise the prices of daily necessities such as salt.

Civilians' risk resistance is extremely fragile. High taxes and prices of necessities, coupled with the long growing cycle of grain, will cause problems with their capital chain.

At this time, the manor owner could transfer the land into his own hands by mortgaging the land and borrowing high-interest loans, and the common people were transformed into tenants and poor farmers.

By slowly raising the land rent while continuing to pay mortgages until the other party can no longer sustain and cannot repay the loan, in order to avoid becoming a completely landless and helpless vagrant, they can only be transformed from poor tenants into serfs.

Chapter 90 Mobilization before the war

And Tina is now solving this problem

Ordinary people don't care about slogans like equality for all, fairness and justice.

They only care about how much I harvest this year, whether it is enough to survive the winter, whether I have money, and whether I can afford the necessities of life such as salt and oil.

When my family and I get sick, will we have money to donate to the church so that we can get treatment? Will I be able to eat some meat or something good throughout the year and improve my life a little bit?

First solve the civilians' life problems, then increase agricultural productivity, and then study so that they can understand Media's ideas.

Only when they become wealthy will they be willing to pay taxes to Tina and contribute manpower and effort, so that Tina and other rebel forces will have the strength to ensure the fruits of victory, and both sides will achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and a win-win situation.

Crack open the skulls of the great nobles, confiscate their property, and enrich the resources of the base camp, which will serve as the quasi-capital for the basic government to implement welfare.

The workers produced equipment, the peasants provided manpower and food, and they spontaneously formed a civilian Red Guard to become Tina's eyes and ears. The armed team of workers and peasants then cracked open the skull of another noble, thus forming a positive and virtuous circle.

This is the reason why uprisings have been breaking out all over Ovinia during this period of time. Civilians and the rebels are cooperating in supply. If one side loses, the cycle will be broken, and both sides will fall into an irretrievable situation.

At the same time, Tina also discovered another use for those petty nobles. They were able to successfully rise from poverty, and they all had some unique skills.

Therefore, simple schools of all sizes were built in the homes of manor owners one after another, and children with magical talents from farmers and workers' families were selected to teach and learn, and to teach ordinary people to read and write.

Both the Lalor Line of Defense and the kingdom's capital dispatched 100,000 troops to defend and suppress the riots.

The capital's 100,000-strong army marched along Nipalmo toward Tina's base in Stark, while the Lalor army was clearing out small-scale riots in other areas.

In response to this, Tina's policy was to withdraw the defense line first, hide in the mountains with the supplies, and use the flying thunder cannon in conjunction with the positioning of the folks to launch a surprise bombing in the middle of the night.

After joining forces with the army led by Nipalmo, the size of the Royal Capital Army increased from 100,000 to 150,000, and they rushed towards Stark with the momentum to destroy everything.

As a result, as soon as they entered Stark's territory, they were hit head-on by Tina's branch troops in the dense forest.

The output of Stark iron ore is average, but the raw materials for black powder are really everywhere, so there is no regret in using it.

Tina, who hurried back from Patras, commanded her troops to leave after the bombing, and did not engage in a positional battle with the Royal Capital Army at all.

He carried an iron bucket and hid during the day and moved out at night. When the army in the royal capital was setting up camp, he would place more than a dozen explosive packs to help the other side, making them restless.

As the army began to advance deeper into the territory, the stretched supply lines began to be attacked from time to time by the rebels, and a large amount of food and supplies were burned.

This forced the prince commander of the Royal Capital Front Army to spread out his troops to gain access to information about the surrounding areas, with the intention of completely solving the problem of logistics harassment.

But how could the soldiers who ran from the great plains of the royal capital to fight in this mountainous area be as familiar with the terrain as the local mountain kids recruited by Tina?

They were often ambushed by various traps and deep pits, and sometimes a small group of troops would be defeated from three sides, causing the prince to curse all the time.

After several successful sneak attacks by the kingdom's army, which burned and massacred villagers, Tina learned from her mistakes and readjusted her tactics.

From now on, the focus will no longer be on blocking the enemy outside the territory, but on luring the enemy deep into the occupied area and then fighting them.

This time, the experiment was carried out on this large army. Almost every uninhabited place was a death checkpoint for the royal capital army.

Because of the presence of the rural Red Guards in the controlled area, Tina and other troops have a large number of spies in the controlled area to obtain information.

Every move of the enemies entering the controlled area will be monitored by Tina and others, and because they can provide early warning, before the enemy arrives, the villagers can take food and supplies and escape to the base in the mountains, implementing a policy of clearing the countryside to prevent the enemy from obtaining supplies.

It is equivalent to letting Tina turn on the full map plug-in, making the information one-way transparent, and once the kingdom’s army enters the base, they will be trapped in a vast ocean of people.

Medea also began to cooperate with Tina's offensive and began pre-war mobilization:

【Three days ago, it was our national humiliation day. The Seris Socialist Federation was attacked by a deliberate terrorist attack from a special force of the Goddess Church.】

Medea's voice rang out over loudspeakers in streets across the country, delivering the message to all parts of the federation.

[It is obvious that the Goddess Church had already made a detailed sneak attack plan. I regret to tell you that nearly 3,000 innocent people and more than 1,000 soldiers died as a result.]

The followers of the Church of Holy Light wearing red cross badges were collecting the bodies of the victims on the scarlet streets. The ground was littered with broken limbs and flesh that could not be identified as whose.

A large number of relatives of the victims were stopped outside the cordon by the guards and not allowed to leave. They cried, begged, and tore off the guards' uniforms, but they still stood there silently to stop them.

The deaths were too tragic, and this is the last bit of dignity given to the victims and their families.

Many people and nuns wearing red cross armbands hid aside from time to time to retch, vomiting until there was nothing left in their stomachs, which were still oozing out sour water, with saliva and tears flowing down their faces.