I Created Scientific Magic-Chapter 416 - 404: This is the Only Thing That Can Counter Faith!

Chapter 416: Chapter 404: This is the Only Thing That Can Counter Faith!

Ulysses, bound and unable to argue, was quickly tied up by a group of fiercely aggressive musketeers.

As a Bloodline Knight, Ulysses was confident enough to instantly kill the few lowly civilians capturing him at such close range, yet facing the dark muzzles of their guns and two inscrutable great wizards, he wisely chose not to resist.

After the lord of Steel City had surrendered, Lynn required little effort to occupy this crucial city.

Seltod Domain is the largest iron ore production area in the entire kingdom and a necessary target for this counteroffensive!

Steel is the foundation of industry, its importance is self-evident, and it is used almost everywhere!

Although many steel workshops had been newly established in the capital, the output was still far from sufficient, which was why they had developed many new weapons but had not equipped them on a large scale.

In fact, the power of magic was instrumental in manufacturing armored vehicles and battleships; otherwise, they couldn’t even produce qualified steel!

But there were only so many wizards, and it was somewhat wasteful to use such high-level talents for something as trivial as steel-making, so once they defeated the Church this time, they needed to quickly establish the entire industrial chain.

After several days and nights of rapid movement, the legion temporarily rested in Seltod City and resumed their campaign of land distribution from the landlords.

The musketeers, coming from poor backgrounds, were more excited than one another, rushing into the nobles’ luxurious manors, overpowering the guards, and beginning to tally the finances.

Lynn always maintained strict discipline; anyone found hoarding finances or wantonly killing the poor would be dismissed and even severely punished!

Establishing good military discipline often requires training day after day, while its collapse sometimes only needs a moment of indulgence.

The wealth and land, measured and accounted for, were distributed to the poor who had long suffered under the nobility and the Church.

Distributing land, dispersing wealth, denouncing wrongdoers, and aiding the injured formed their fourfold method to change the poor’s perceptions!

This true benefit was the only thing that could combat faith!

Although most of the poor lacked education, they were not truly foolish; at least, anyone with normal intelligence would understand that once under the Church’s rule again, everything they had acquired would be taken back.

Rafael watched as box after box of treasure was distributed, tens of thousands of glittering gold coins given directly to the poor, and he couldn’t help but be amazed by the generosity of this star of magic.

Even the wizards from the Iyeta School had their criticisms, unable to understand the actions of someone who dispersed wealth so freely.

“Only the money that circulates is real money!” Lynn, seeing everyone’s confusion, explained.

The value of money is artificially given, and it can only be realized by being exchanged for goods.

Having many imperial Gold Coins wouldn’t buy you an airship, let alone a fighter jet, because the empire simply didn’t have such things.

Therefore, the goods produced were the truly valuable things, gold coins were merely tools used for exchange and measuring the value of goods. Without goods to buy, having money made no difference from being destitute.

These poor people could be transformed into workers, producers of goods, and consumers at the same time. If all went as expected, the silver and gold distributed to the poor would circulate back into their hands through the purchase of various novel goods, and then they would disperse their wealth again through wages, creating a positive cycle…

In this process, the poor obtained work, the economy developed, and a large quantity of goods was produced.

Lynn explained some basic economic theories, but Rafael and the others were utterly confused and truly didn’t understand why giving money to the poor would benefit the economy.

“You minions of the devil, disgraceful scum, the great Lord will surely cast you into hell, to burn your souls in the fiery abyss…” The arrested nobles watched as their own treasures were confiscated and distributed to the contemptible poor, furiously glaring and screaming in rage.

“Since they miss that false god so much, let’s send them to heaven!” Lynn gestured, and several elite guards escorted these nobles away.

“Traitors, disgraceful scum, a shame to the nobility!” Before being dragged away, the noble youths from the Seltod Domain were still furiously cursing, but this time they directed their insults at Hansen and the others.

Compared to the ‘innately evil’ Wizard, these fellow nobles who betrayed were obviously more detestable…

Earl Hansen ignored these shouts; he believed that if given the chance, this vociferously shouting group of noble youths would not hesitate to betray their own to survive!

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It was merely a matter of who acted first…

Due to time constraints needing to reclaim the kingdom’s territory before the pontifical army’s arrival, Lynn and the others did not linger long in Steel City, staying just three days, but accomplished much.

First were the nobles within the city; after scrutiny, those with the greatest crimes were executed, their bodies hanged at the city gate. Those with lesser crimes were sent to mine or build roads. Only a few nobles with good reputations were spared their lives and wealth, but had their noble statuses revoked.

Any gangs or local strongmen were also entirely dealt with, all rounded up and executed by firing squad.

Through this wave of iron-blooded slaughter, coupled with the previous land and wealth distribution conciliatory policy, they swiftly gained initial control of Steel City and earned some of the populace’s favor in just three brief days.

Another advantage was that there were no longer any nobles to hold them back, so in the future, they could confidently develop the industry.

After settling these matters, Lynn left behind three Wizards, two hundred musketeers, and based on the rescued poor, formed a two-thousand-strong security force to guard against any potentially riotous Believers, before preparing to move on.

“Things are going smoothly with the two Speakers, right?” Before leaving, Lynn called over Rafael, who was responsible for communications, to inquire.