Magic Industrial Age

Maruna, Mira Greenman, and Lean Vasquez's letters, though focusing on different aspects, all conveyed the same message: the Royfitz Mana Group was growing stronger!

Once a corporation is on the right track, its development is like a snowball rolling down a hill.

It moves forward, unknowingly growing to an unimaginable extent.

The Royfitz Mana Group's subsidiaries all possess core technologies that the empire urgently needs, naturally making money hand over fist.

Previously, the biggest problem was the lack of talent!

However, as time passed, the internal employee re-education program achieved certain results.

With the help of 'Soul-Stabilizing Spice,' basic meditation became more widespread, and the number of people with magical power increased, naturally boosting production capacity.

Plus, with the vast market of the Habsburg Empire, they truly weren't short of money at this stage!

It's worth mentioning that Lean Vasquez finally broke through to become a third-tier extraordinary.

He also recruited two third-tier individuals under his command, finally establishing the security department's reputation.

Loy's reply to them emphasized stability, focusing on steadily making money.

Furthermore, he forbade blind expansion!

With Baron Miller around, plus Loy's own elevated status, he could still protect the existing industries!

But if they expanded further, some people might get jealous and resort to extra measures.

In addition, Loy also asked them to recruit personnel within the company willing to go to the Duchy of Norman.

The development of Flowery Territory couldn't do without high-quality workers, and training them ourselves at this stage was too slow.

So, it was better to transfer mature workers and magic apprentices from Oakland City.

Loy believed that as long as the benefits and salaries were raised, people would be tempted, many people would be tempted!

Garry Mills, as always, teased, and Mrs. Linda was as gentle as ever.

The most important thing they talked about was marriage!

Yes, these two were finally preparing to get married!

Previously, they were restricted by worldly views and dared not take that step, but when they had money in hand and their say became more important, they no longer cared what others thought.

Unfortunately, Loy couldn't attend their wedding, so he could only try to send a unique gift.

As for Douglas Hill, his main issue was resentment towards mana machinery.

He tried the mana communication that Loy mentioned and actually achieved some results. For example, Morse code was indeed feasible!

However, he was severely limited in trying to go deeper.

With Loy not around, he couldn't find anyone to discuss it with. As for discussing it with others, with the communication magic array in place, everyone said he was making unnecessary efforts.

Resentment arose from this!

On the other hand, he had made some progress with the engineering machinery mentioned earlier, the mana excavator, using some of the technology from mana vehicles.

Finally, there was Baron Miller.

From him, the best news Loy received was that the railway had been completed.

The double-track railway from Fisherman's Port to Oakland City and then to Camote City was officially completed.

The transportation department under the Northern Railway Company had already started operating, with mana locomotives brought from the empire pulling carriages along the tracks.

In terms of speed, it wasn't much faster than horse-drawn carriages at this stage, but freight trains could work tirelessly day and night!!!

With the train, Siren Harbor became the first choice for more sea merchants.

Because goods could be unloaded here and immediately loaded onto mana trains, transported to the inland at the fastest speed.

And various inland products could also be sent directly to Siren Harbor by train and shipped out by sea!

Just with this transportation route, the efficiency was much faster, and the development along the way improved almost visibly.

Originally, Oakland City had already begun to siphon population from the surrounding areas due to mana machinery.

And this time, even the railway stops were seeing more and more people gathering.

It could be said that the changes and prosperity brought by this railway were visible to the naked eye.

The speed of railway construction was also quite satisfactory to the Imperial Cabinet.

It was not only fast and good but also made full use of private capital, divided the pie of interests, and received strong local support.

The empire's own expenditure was not much, further easing the financial pressure.

This time, it most directly illustrated the superiority of the 'joint venture model,' and Miller's status rose even higher.

And he finally made his choice!

Just as Loy guessed, he chose to follow his heart.

He didn't like being a courtier!

He wanted to move upwards in a practical way, so he entered the railway construction department and took over the task of promoting the joint venture model and rapidly building railways throughout the country.

To get rich, build roads first; this is the unchanging principle of industrial development.

The Imperial Cabinet was very clear about this, so Miller's position could be said to have been personally appointed by Hohenzollern III.

Therefore, what Loy and Miller were worried about didn't happen.

Although Miller's position was under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Political Affairs, Hohenzollern III gave him great power.

For example, Miller's letters could be sent directly to His Majesty the Emperor.

With this, even the Minister of Political Affairs had to deal with him carefully.

It is worth mentioning that Miller is about to step down as the governor of Oakland City, but the successor is still a member of the Petrovich family.

Therefore, Loy's industry will not be affected.

To support Miller's work, Loy took out the letter to Maruna again.

He added a lot of extra content, mainly that the construction team under the Northern Railway Company should cooperate well with Baron Miller's work.

As long as Loy supported him, Miller wouldn't go anywhere empty-handed.

He had power, money, and people to build, followed by a group of stakeholders, so no one could make things difficult for him!

If those locals and nobles were unwilling to do it, he would directly let the Northern Railway Company's people take over and still do a great job!

As long as the task was completed beautifully, Miller would be even more valued by His Majesty the Emperor.

Everything was no longer a problem!

This was a virtuous cycle, and it was the only thing Loy could do to help him from such a distance.

It took Loy a full three days to finish writing the replies. Looking at the thick stack of letters at hand, he actually felt a sense of satisfaction.

He never expected that coming to this world, writing letters would become the main means of communication.

Although it was a bit slow, it really had a strange feeling, hard to explain!

In any case, he had a formal knight send the letters back on horseback at full speed.

On the eighth day of the ceasefire, the main force led by Grand Knight Commander Alfonso Zeke finally arrived in full.

Loy immediately made a detailed count. Not counting those who focused on logistics and transporting supplies, he now had 5,000 militiamen.

These were not old, weak, sick, or disabled serf soldiers, but warriors who all had ranks and were strong and sturdy.

They were equipped with leather armor, round shields, spears, and bows and arrows as standard.

Although they were selected from various places and were not all full-time, they received an extra warrior's salary and honed their combat skills in their spare time.

Although they were from the bottom, they were also the foundation.

Moreover, if they could go further, they would have the opportunity to become knight squires.

Almost every formal knight would bring three to five knight squires. They trained, charged, fought, and shared glory with the knight.

In a sense, they were one with the knight, and only by learning and achieving success here would they have the opportunity to awaken Battle Qi.

They were also the main force of the war!

And Loy had nearly a thousand knight squires now. After Loy equipped them with equipment, they were also a considerable fighting force.

As for formal knights, there were a total of 451.

In terms of strength, each was a monster with awakened Battle Qi, amazing physique, and immense strength.

If equipped with a full set of knight armor, warhorse, and lance, they were moving tanks.

If they were led by extraordinary knights and launched a charge, with the knight's aura enveloping them, they could crush all enemies in their path.

Being able to gallop in the Old Continent for many years and become the cornerstone of the ruling class, the power of knights was actually far beyond imagination.

Then there were extraordinary knights, and Loy had gathered six under his command.

Grand Knight Commander Alfonso Zeke, Grand Knight Commander Vincent Ackerman, these two belonged to the Lion Knights and were the most talented and youngest extraordinary knights.

Then there were Knight Cody Isaac, Knight Jarr Turner, and two who came with the main force, Bill Dean and Tania Anderson!

Among them, Knight Bill Dean was the nephew of Grand Knight Commander Sol Dean, showing the strength of the Dean family with two extraordinary individuals in one family.

As for Tania Anderson, she was a rare extraordinary female knight.

Don't underestimate her just because she was a woman. When Loy first met her, he didn't even recognize her as a woman.

She was two meters tall, rode a larger-sized Shire horse, her arms were as thick as an adult's waist, and her weapon was a battle axe.

Loy gestured, and it wouldn't be a problem for that battle axe to crush both man and horse.

If you added Oliveira and Loy himself, there would be as many as eight extraordinary individuals who could be mobilized.

Finally, there were the Catastrophe-level powerhouses, Iron Knight Phil and Flame Sword Saint Otto.

In noble wars, under normal circumstances, fourth-tier Catastrophe-level individuals are not allowed to intervene.

Of course, if both sides used them, that would be another situation, and it wouldn't matter.

However, the shortcoming was that the team's magical power was seriously insufficient.

As a thousand-year-old family, the Raymond family had naturally cultivated many mages, and even had a complete process.

When the children of Flowery Territory reached the age of ten, they had to be sent to specific cities for testing.

If magical talent was detected, they would be recorded by the Raymond family and carefully cultivated.

And their families would receive corresponding rewards.

It could be said that although magic was difficult to learn, there were still many good seedlings given the base of millions of people in Flowery Territory.

The Raymond family even conducted targeted training based on qualifications. For example, Demon Eye Sorcerers and Forest Walkers were essential.

It could be said that the strength of the Lion family was not one-sided. In addition to knights, there were many mages, and they were also very comprehensive.

Unfortunately, the mages were concentrated in the Mage Tower, and the Mage Tower of Flowery Territory.

Apart from the one built for Ms. Palacios, built in Siren Harbor, the other two were in Lion Fortress.

Then, along with Lion Fortress, they were all gone!

As a result, although Loy inherited the title of Earl, he was extremely short of magical power.

Until Ms. Palacios sent all the mages in her mage tower over.

These people arrived on the tenth day of the ceasefire, a total of 88 people, most of whom were magic apprentices who had just started meditation.

And the leader was none other than Walter Clark, the third-tier LV12 mage who completed the debugging of the communication magic array!

With him, the biggest benefit was that he could contact his teacher, Ms. Palacios, through specific magic books.

And at the first moment of contact, Ms. Palacios brought bad news.

—Pirates are attacking!

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