Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 297 Grizzlie Castle Police Department
After receiving the unanimous vote of all forum members, the Federation was obviously much more confident. With the promise of assistance from various forces, it took the initiative to propose to dispatch a team of mages mainly composed of mid-level spellcasters from Daus and the neighboring Wizard Kingdom to secretly infiltrate the border area of Saint Valen and harass the Church Inquisition forces in the area.

This battle plan was mainly intended to distract the church's attention and prevent them from continuing to target the border territory where Harvey was located, so that he could completely control the situation in the Grizzli Territory that had just been cleared, and create a vacuum zone of church power in the rear of Saint Valen.

"The Federation is planning to engage in a protracted magical guerrilla war with the church and the nobles within my sphere of influence..."

He was just using the identity of the organization behind the forum to verbally support the Federation, and the other party immediately understood his intention and gave him a price that he was satisfied with. In exchange, he could obtain the assistance of a group of mid-level mages with rich combat experience lurking deep in the border areas. At least, it could reduce a lot of unnecessary casualties in daily military operations for Harvey's army, which was mainly composed of ordinary civilians. From the Battle of Grizzly Castle, it can be found that those who can cause great harm to the soldiers are mainly the spellcasters under the nobles, the bloodline knights of the Inquisition sent by the church, and the combat priests.

After settling the forum referendum, Harvey finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The next major goal was to sort out the newly captured Grizzly Fort and figure out how to deal with the remaining direct relatives and loyal vassals of the former Earl Fagan...

Baron Trevor Fagan, who was released, could only take away the relatives of his family branch, while the wife, illegitimate son and several daughters of the former Earl Fagan were still held in Harvey's hands. I believe this is a situation that Baron Trevor is completely happy to see - after losing the legal and bloodline heir to the title, he can get the title of earl more naturally and devote himself to the management of Grizzlie Castle for Harvey.

As for the battle that broke out outside Jackdaw Town, all the civilians who were dragged in were released by Harvey, while the mercenaries who wanted to benefit from the war were obviously treated worse than others.

These speculators, who often pretended to be bandits and plundered everywhere in peacetime, were soon divided up by Harvey's mines, logging camps and farms of the garrisoned troops. Fifteen years of hard labor would be their best destination.

Pierce personally led a team of bloodline warriors to turn the Earl's mansion upside down. The results of the search were quite gratifying. From the Earl's family's underground treasury alone, five or six boxes of gold pounds were carried out, about 20,000 to 30,000 pieces. Although they were niche coins of the Principality of Saint Valen, the gold quality was obviously good. In addition, there were a large number of gems, antiques, and a dazzling variety of jewelry in the treasury.

What surprised Harvey the most was that Captain Tommy, the captain of the personal guard who had awakened the talent of "Weakness Insight", actually discovered a completely unknown secret room in the Earl's study. In addition to dozens of high-level magic stones and several boxes of magic potions, there was also a whole set of shiny new enchanted armor - judging from the emblem inscriptions on the lining of the armor, it was not a mid-level defensive magic weapon produced by the Federation, but the magical heritage of an ancient wizard family.

As expected, the Earl of Fagan family, which has been operating in the Grizzlies Territory for generations, is so financially powerful.

Thinking that this huge fortune would fall into his hands in an instant, Harvey couldn't help but sigh that this was the allure of war plunder. No wonder those nobles and princes had enjoyed repeated conquests against each other for hundreds of years.

However, the gold pounds and jewelry will only be in Harvey's hands for a short time, and will immediately be invested in the financial expenditure of the territory's city hall to be used for importing food and scarce materials... After all, in a few days, he will welcome a full 5,000 working population, and the population size of the territory will soon exceed 20,000.

…Senior Inspector Yurio of the National Police Agency hurried to the castle, awaiting the new work instructions that the lord was about to issue.

"I heard that the City Hall asked you to send a police team to Grizzly Castle to assist the remaining Northern Army?"

Yurio stood upright in front of his desk, straightening his collar with one hand as usual, and replied sternly, "Yes, my lord. The military has less than 500 soldiers left in Grizzly Castle. Besides guarding the three important gates, there are simply no troops left to control the situation inside the city..."

He paused and continued, "After most of our troops evacuated Grizzlie Castle, the city is now in a state of complete chaos and lack of management. There have been numerous riots by criminals and gang members, as well as numerous acts of vandalism, looting, and theft. Therefore, I have dispatched fifty police officers to take over the security duties of the existing City Guard patrol team."

It has to be said that Mr. Yurio, a former apprentice knight, has fully demonstrated his subjective initiative in his work in the short period of more than a year that he has served Harvey. Not only has he put forward quite constructive suggestions on several occasions, he has also actively cooperated with the work of the city hall and the army, which has made Harvey increasingly satisfied.

"There's no need to wait for City Hall's approval process. You will immediately depart for Grizzlie Castle and take charge. Follow my orders to formally establish a branch of the Police Department. Select several officers you deem suitable and promote them... Also, begin recruiting local civilians with clean records and decent conduct to complete their training as quickly as possible and join the branch."

At this point, Harvey stroked his stubble and slowly recalled, "You've trained a group of experienced police officers and spies in the Territorial Police Department? From what I hear, their work and performance are very good."

Yurio blushed slightly as he modestly replied, "According to your earlier idea of plainclothes police, it's thanks to them that we've uncovered numerous spies and rats hiding in the shadows within the territory... spies sent by neighboring nobles, speculators intent on reselling the territory's goods, and local residents colluding with the Church."

Harvey nodded and instructed, "This spy organization must also be established in Grizzly Castle, and you must be personally responsible for it. I allow you to apply for several sets of two-way magic communication equipment to facilitate the rapid transmission of intelligence and information between the two locations..."

A hint of joy appeared on Yurio's businesslike face. Just as he was about to thank Harvey, an even more surprising piece of news immediately popped out of Harvey's mouth.

"Haven't you been asking me a few days ago to equip all members of the National Police Agency with the same magical weapons as the military?"

Harvey pulled a rectangular box from his desk drawer and pushed it towards the senior superintendent, encouraging him. "Open it and take a look. This is a brand new security weapon designed specifically for you by the Arms Factory and Alchemy Laboratory—the Magic Revolver."

(End of this chapter)