I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Of course, Surya is not simply losing money in this way. When it is incorporated into a large system, the prices can be standardized. Otherwise, if you take all the profits, other countries will inevitably over-purchase and sell at low prices, directly driving down the selling price.

The same applies to other bulk commodities, which are regulated through a standardized system.

However, all this is still a bit far away for the people on the mainland today. Their biggest need now is to have enough food and clothing.

In a war that involved most of the continent, the highest casualties were not the soldiers slaughtered by machine guns and artillery on the battlefield, but the civilians displaced in the war.

The reason why war is associated with barbarism is largely due to its devastating destruction of the social environment.

Everyone knows that war is ultimately fought over logistics, so everyone tries their best to destroy the enemy's rear and destroy their economic circulation, material supply, and talent flow.

The Allies originally wanted to bring the red mist to the subcontinent to cause it to bloom for this very purpose.

Therefore, the unarmed civilians are the most unfortunate, and being displaced is considered good luck.

While fleeing famine, one must not only find food but also avoid becoming someone else's food. One must also be careful of looting by bandits, starving companions, and bullets and shells that may come from any source.

How could production work be sustained under such circumstances? The widespread famine was only the most basic disaster, and starvation was one of the most painful ways to die.

The area where Hathor is located is considered to be relatively good. Under the joint leadership of Ernesto and Seris, the recovery work is going very smoothly, but there are also many homeless beggars begging on the streets.

The land reclamation work in the front has never stopped, but with more and more refugees coming later, the workload has become overloaded, and the people of all countries affected are migrating inward as a whole.

Under the national distribution environment, the rear states would not reserve too much surplus grain, and most of it was donated to other new states and cities waiting to be built, so the refugees would not get much food.

In fact, they just need to stay in Jianshe State and wait for support from the rear. As long as they can be registered and assigned a farm to resume production, the necessary basic supplies will be in place. Our own people will always be the first priority.

However, after years of inefficient and anti-intellectual brainwashing by the former feudal state, most people's trust in the concept of the state is approaching zero, and they believe more in gossip and intuition shaped by their previous values.

It is even more impossible to prohibit the movement of people. If you prohibit something that did not exist in the first place, it will only confirm the rumors and speculations among the people and increase the number of migrations. We can only focus on persuasion and propaganda.

Hathor came to the assigned workstation, wielded a hoe with one hand and started working. Willen found an excuse to ask him to do some easier work, but he glared back. Helplessly, Willen could only scratch his head and go about his own business.

He was ten years younger than Hathor, but still in the prime of his life. He only looked like a junior in front of Hathor, a disabled war veteran.

Ernesto’s fellow farmers’ union members soon arrived nearby and organized the newly formed farm members to work together to reclaim wasteland.

After having a full meal, they all had a little glow on their faces and worked very hard. If nothing unexpected happens, this area will be their new home in the future.

In his spare time, Hator also greeted and got to know many comrades from the farmers' association. His current position will allow him to have many interactions with these women in the future.

After experiencing the impact of three tragic wars, Ernesto can basically be said to be dominated by women. At least, most of the Ernesto people Hathor has seen are women, even the guards carrying guns. It is said that the next Ernesto chief will also be like this.

But looking at the burly man carrying Ernesto's newly made PPSh submachine gun, even if he is a woman, he is not someone to be trifled with.

The women in Ernesto's story are dominant, which is directly related to themselves, in addition to the fact that so many men died on the battlefield that they were cut off from the rest of the generation.

At least so far, Ernesto is still the only country with full coverage of women in the regular military. They can fly fighter jets and engage in aerial combat, or serve as front-line infantrymen. They can drive tanks and fight with cannons. It is impossible to deny this.

You have to know that for a regular infantryman fighting on the front line, the total weight of his equipment starts at at least 30 kilograms, which means he has to normally maintain a weight of 60 kilograms in a high-intensity war. This is definitely not a practical problem that can be solved by saying "I can do it too."

They did not have the economic and industrial conditions of the Seris Alliance to fully popularize exoskeletons. They relied entirely on their physical bodies, fighting will, and heavy casualties to support Ernesto's full counterattack.

Status may be acquired through words, but the right to speak has always been fought for, from ancient times to the present.

Chapter 389 Don’t Play If You Can’t Afford It

Come as you say

'Snapped! '

'Ouch!'

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a female soldier in Ernesto police uniform holding a refugee by the collar with one hand:

"The collective does not need and does not allow lazy people. If I see you slacking off and stealing the collective interests again, I will personally send you to hell!"

Everyone looked at their feet and saw that the progress of others was almost the same, but this guy was about two-thirds behind the others. This meant that he was either slacking off or was seriously ill.

The refugee who was grabbed by the collar looked quite handsome, but now he looked a little funny being grabbed like a chicken. People around him whispered to each other and looked at him with unfriendly eyes:

"He's so lazy, he's taking advantage of me. We'll teach him a lesson after work."

'Yes! Take his potatoes away and let him eat shit!'

One person echoed, and began to drool at the thought of food. Everyone had been hungry for too long, and even now they couldn't suppress the crazy desire to eat. When they saw food, they just wanted to stuff it into their mouths, no matter whose it was.

But before he could fantasize for long, he was slapped: "Shut up! Are you crazy to snatch food? If you dare to snatch it, I can only report you. I don't want to be hung outside in the sun."

Are you kidding? You think you are in a bandit's den and can just steal other people's food? If you really dare to do that, the lightest thing you will get is a dragon fruit-like ball hit on your face by the butt of a gun.

No one thought that there was anything wrong with what Ernesto did as a soldier, not only because of the deterrent power of guns, but more because of the factor of order.

They need order. Order is the only safe haven for the weak. No one thinks that equal distribution is wrong, and no one thinks that working together is bad. This is what they need now.

On the Lausach motorway

Veronica was sitting in the car, rubbing her brows. Her personal secretary and administrative secretary were constantly sending and receiving messages to arrange the next itinerary.

After her vigorous rectification, Praven State repeatedly checked from top to bottom. Now Veronica is almost a commander without troops. Almost all her superiors, subordinates, and colleagues have been sent to prison by her...

The magnitude and drastic nature of the action has made Praveen state famous across the country, and even the formal establishment of the international alliance has not completely overshadowed the spread of information about Praveen's anti-corruption work.

In other words, this is the topic that citizens are most willing to discuss, and it also makes Veronica's name mentioned repeatedly, gradually establishing her iron-fisted style and image in front of the public.

However, the side effects are also very obvious. The absence of almost the entire team can only be temporarily replaced by deputies. She now needs to go to the central government for a meeting and give a detailed report document, requesting direct intervention from above to transfer officials from across the country to fill the vacancies in Praveen State.

Only the Alliance Center has the power to transfer or promote people to other places, and currently she is the only one who has enough qualifications to negotiate this matter.

But this also gave some people an opportunity.

When passing through a relatively narrow mountainous area, the Guardian that was driving at high speed in front suddenly shook its body and its shield shattered. The body spun left and right, the tires slipped, and it rolled sideways.

'Boom! '

Only then was there a dull explosion.

The guards in front and behind also braked suddenly to avoid the out-of-control vehicle.

"Enemy attack!" "Alert!"

The bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat reacted immediately and his face changed drastically: "Oh no! It's the sound of an anti-material sniper rifle!"

"Damn it! How could they have this!"

This thing can't even hit a tank, let alone a taxi. As long as the position is right, it can even break the armor of a light tank.

Veronica's security team was cautious enough on this trip, and the five cars looked exactly the same.

At the same time, the order of Veronica's special car was disrupted. It was the fourth car in the convoy, just avoiding the core protection area occupied by the third car that was hit.

Moreover, her private car has been specially modified. The fully explosion-proof body is extremely solid while ensuring powerful performance.

But even so, the kinetic penetration of anti-material rifles can still pose a certain threat, just like the security vehicle that was not penetrated but lost control.

Just as the convoy adjusted its position to block Veronica's vehicle and block the opponent's shooting route, two gangsters wrapped in black and holding RPGs appeared on the top of a mountain 500m away.

The psychic female bodyguard immediately controlled one of them. When she took aim and was about to press the launch button, her arm turned uncontrollably, instantly killing her companion and herself on the spot.

But more masked men in black rushed down from the top of the mountain holding various guns. At the same time, there was a second muffled sound of an anti-material sniper rifle. The Guardian that was lying on its side on the road was shot through the body of the car. The bullets penetrated into the interior and made it lose its resistance.

The third shot was a complete miss. The large-caliber sniper bullet shattered the car body and detonated the fuel tank, causing a small explosion.

"There may be a sniper at 3 o'clock, please be careful!"

"We are under attack, calling for backup, over!"

"Fuck! They dared to attack even though they were so close. It's hard to see clearly, right?"

[Report the situation, support will take 6 minutes, please hold on! ]

"Go, go, go! Get moving!"

The second guard in the front row drove the car to the same position as Veronica's car, so as not to make it easy for the suspicious sniper point to complete his mission.

The four cars drove by and fired back, and suddenly this deserted place became a new battlefield.

The first and the last 1 escort versions of the Guards were equipped with a defensive machine gun on their roofs. They were constantly firing to clear out the enemy troops that were trying to approach, but there were about hundreds of enemies scattered all over the mountains, so the effect of the machine gun clearing was not ideal.

At the same time, there is also an anti-material sniper rifle that fires cold shots at all times.

Although a maximum-power stand shield could withstand several rounds of anti-material sniper rifle bullets if prepared, the pressure on energy supply loss was enormous.

However, they still delayed the arrival of reinforcements.

There was a distinct buzzing sound in the distant sky; it was a new armed helicopter that took off urgently from a nearby military area.

After flying within a kilometer, half of the 19-barrel 70mm rockets on the four external attachment points of the small wing ignited and fired out, instantly plowing the attacking criminals' positions and making them lose their offensive capabilities.

The other half was cleared by rocket bombing in each area according to the reported location by the weapons operators, while the 2000mm chain gun with 30 rounds of ammunition under the nose continued to clear the remaining weapons.

The bodyguards in one car stayed behind to contact the army comrades who would arrive later, and the remaining three relatively intact Guards restarted and continued their journey under the air protection of the armed helicopter.

Seeing that the matter had been dealt with, Veronica continued to look through the information, making notes on it, trying to figure out how to ask the central government for a few more capable people.

As for this matter...some people would be more anxious than her.

Or it could be said that being able to do such a thing was a manifestation of losing reason and taking risks. It was possible that they were discarded pieces after finishing the cleanup work, and they would be sacrificed to exchange pieces with her.

All I can say is if you can't afford it, don't play.

Chapter 390 Second Entry

The convoy drove into the military airport and slowly stopped. Veronica looked up from the documents and saw the transport plane warming up next to her and asked in confusion, "Why did it change?"

The secretary was also somewhat puzzled. He got out of the car and asked the waiting officer a few questions. Then he came back, opened the car door, and said to her with a somewhat strange look: "It was Prime Minister Koi's order."

Veronica raised an eyebrow: "The news spread so quickly?"

'Um...'

In the conference room, Prime Minister Kaedmon and senior officials including Koi signed a red bill called Operation Thunder, and the bill officially came into effect.

In light of the various vicious incidents that have broken out in various states, as well as rampant corruption and other unhealthy tendencies, a 200,000-strong garrison force has been reorganized into a military police force to carry out the most severe crackdowns on all illegal and criminal activities.

【Operation Thunder Special Act】

[We will crack down on criminal acts severely, severely, and quickly. We will resolutely investigate those who can be investigated or not, resolutely arrest those who can be arrested or not, resolutely sentence those who can be sentenced or not, and resolutely kill those who can be killed or not. 】

From the moment the bill officially came into effect, the spirit of rectification that spread from Pravan State spread to the entire alliance.

No matter what others think, whether they believe that the bad practices of state-owned enterprises in Pravan are isolated cases or a common phenomenon, the response given by the Alliance Central Committee is that it will conduct a thorough investigation throughout the alliance, which means that it is more inclined to believe that it is not an isolated case.

However, the measures taken by the alliance are more radical, including a major internal rectification and a cleansing of unhealthy tendencies in the social environment.