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The Starfall Iron Mine was not on high ground, so there was nothing dangerous about it. One could say that it was a flat plain.
"These are... Who are these people? The people of the Tyrum family?"
"It doesn't seem to be, look at their strength, it's only about a thousand."
"Only a thousand people? How dare they come to attack our mine?"
The three magistrates who rushed over were generally observing the Astra Militarum while they were wiping their sweat. After seeing that there were only a thousand people in the Astra Militarum, there was a sigh of relief.
There were also only a thousand people on the team behind them but each one of them was an elite and they were equipped with all the latest firearms and equipment. Especially since they had flintlock guns in their hands, it cost a lot of money to buy them. Even the Tyrum family was a little out of sight.
It was just that, what they didn't know was, that the flintlock guns were a product that the Astra Militarum eliminated for several generations and the current Astra Militarum was using the latest type of rifle. The biggest difference about firing a flintlock could be described as the application of tactics.
For the one thousand people in the mines, the queuing strategy was adopted. However, the tactics of the Astra Militarum could be more flexible and unrestricted.
"Ready, fire-!" Cross gave an order.
Two hundred meters away from the Guards in the mine, the Astra Militarum shot.
Boom-!, Boom-!, Boom-!
Numerous bullets were fired.
The three magistrates were shocked. They were so far away from each other, why did the other side shoot?
In the next moment, something even more shocking happened to them. The Guards at the mine got hit by bullets and fell. The firing range of the shotgun was only 100 meters while the new rifle's range was two hundred meters. This was an almost crushing advantage. In addition, the new rifles were more accurate.
As the Astra Militarum advanced, they were 100 meters away. More than 100 Guards had fallen in the mines and they couldn't even see the enemy's shadows. It is a one-sided slaughter.
These mine Guards were just an irregular army that had never been in battle and had never been honed, so their morale immediately collapsed. Many people fled backward in fear.
The Astra Militarum quickened its pace and approached within 100 meters, so the accuracy of the rifle was much better. After each shot, another hundred or so people fell. So far, the mine Guards collapsed right away. They were begging for their parents and were running away in a panic.
"Ignore these people and capture the magistrate and the other great clan patriarchs first." Cross faintly commanded.
There was no expression on his face, as this one-sided battle was all within his expectations. With the Astra Militarum's military literacy and advanced firearms, if he couldn't beat his opponent easily, that would be a dereliction of his duty.
Soon, the three magistrates who came from the small county town were brought before Cross. They were frustrated and confused. It was only a thousand people, why would their Guardsmen collapse so soon? They were completely defenseless.
Cross coldly glanced at the three of them, but he didn't say anything. What came next was simple. Letting these three people come forward and the mine was quickly taken over. Next, they went to the nearby small county town, and the small county town was also taken over.
Byrum Alvin's second son who had just gotten up from bed was directly arrested by the Astra Militarum and later rushed back to the capital.
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"What did you say? The mine is occupied by the Astra Militarum?" In Byrum's Mansion, Byrum Alvin, who heard the news, stood up abruptly. He looked in disbelief.
Ultán Acker next to him was also shocked.
"It's true, that army calls itself the Astra Militarum." Alvin's second son said with a sad face.
"The Astra Militarum?" Alvin was still in disbelief, shook his head, and said, "Weren't they guarding the mausoleum in the Royal Tombs Mountains? A bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled people can defeat the thousand elite Guards in the mine?"
In Alvin's eyes, the thousand Guards guarding the mine made him quite apprehensive. If he wanted to defeat them, he couldn't do it without paying a price. Therefore, he could only send someone to negotiate first.
"It should be the Astra Militarum." Acker spoke: "The Royal Tombs Mountains are very close to the mine, those who can hide from us and raid the mine silently are most likely the Astra Militarum."
"Is this Astra Militarum so powerful that it can defeat a thousand Guards guarding the mine?" Alvin was still puzzled.
"You can send someone to investigate first, this matter is far beyond my expectations." Acker let out a long sigh.
The army came from the north and then entered the capital, so the journey was smooth. The three major institutes were about to be reopened, so Scientists from all over the world were gathering. No one expected that something like this would happen.
The results of the investigation also came out soon. When it was learned, it was indeed the Astra Militarum that did the deed. Moreover, they defeated the mine Guards in a short time, Alvin and Acker were a bit overwhelming for some time.
Now was a critical time, they did not want to fight with the Astra Militarum. Thus, the Starfall Iron Mine was firmly held by the Astra Militarum.
With this mine, the Astra Militarum relieved the urgent need. Next, there was no further expansion. The main focus was still the continuation of various researches but the recruitment process was still quietly going on.
Time passed, and another year quickly passed.
Elizabeth became seventeen years old and a lot of big things happened this year. What attracted the most attention from all parties was the complicated power struggle in the capital between, Alvin and Daniel.
Daniel, who was weaker, chose to be soft and allied with Alvin and recognized him as his rightful leader. But after being ridiculed as a coward, Alvin went back on his word again. He was looking for opportunities to sneak up on Alvin. As a result, the sneak attack failed and the two sides started a war.
Daniel was no match and led his army to escape from the capital, he headed straight to the southwest. Vale in the southwest had a reputation for benevolence, so he accepted Daniel who had come to join them.
Not long after, Daniel repeated the same old story. Taking advantage of Vale's absence, he rebelled again, trying to replace Vale's position as the Lord of the Southwest but it had long been expected by Masson and Daniel was defeated.
With only a thousand men, he hastily fled to the northwest. Abel did not talk about benevolence and justice, he tricked Daniel into the tent, and then one bullet cost him his life. So far, among the many forces in the world, there was another one missing.
Inside the capital, it had become a three-legged race. Alvin had the most power, while Li Tang, led by Li Er joined the party with integrity. The royalists of Prince Ernst and Hartmann Wynne also had a certain amount of weight. The three of them restricted each other, balancing each other out.
At Acker's suggestion, Alvin gave up the way to solve the problem by force and began to vigorously recruit Scientists and started developing better firearms.
So the capital had a rare period of calm.
As Elizabeth became eighteen years old, this year was simple for most people. Nothing major happened this year, but it was an extremely important year in the history of the Imperium. This year, a new type of steam engine was developed by the research team.
Later generations called it, the industrial steam engine. The birth of this steam engine was the beginning of the first technological frenzy, which some people also called the Industrial Age. The human beings of Greater Terra had truly come to the age of machines.
In the past few years, the research team has made numerous improvements. For example, a separate condenser, a thermal insulation layer outside the cylinder, oil-lubricated pistons, planetary gears, parallel motion linkages, centrifugal governors, throttle valves, pressure gauges, etc.
The efficiency of the steam engine was increased to more than ten times that of the original steam engine, eventually, the industrial steam engine was invented. It was different from the first steam water-lifting machine.
In this new steam engine, a condenser was separated from the cylinder wall, making the original machinery that could only lift water. It became a steam engine that could be universally used in various industrial production. The thermal efficiency of the product had increased exponentially while coal consumption was greatly reduced.
Elizabeth personally cut the ribbon for this steam machine and it was elevated. Up next, the industrial steam engine was not only widely used in the mining industry, but at the same time, it had also been rapidly promoted in smelting, textile, machine manufacturing, and other industries.
In short, productivity was greatly increased.
At first, Scientists did not realize what this meant until later. Decades later, looking back on the history, they just discovered what a great project to be involved in and in other areas. As various forces attached importance to Scientists, more and more new things were being invented.
In the southwest region, Masson, who was recognized as a wise man, improved the textile machine and invented an entirely new type of textile machine. It was more than ten times more efficient than the old textile machine.
Subsequently, on the side of the Astra Militarum, the power of this textile machine was changed to a steam engine. Again, the efficiency continued to increase dramatically.
"Greater Terra's technology is finally on the right track." Seeing this, Sebastian was quite relieved.
The birth of the industrial steam engine was the real break from the feudal era. Coming to the industrial era, the Imperium's social form slowly changed. More and more self-employed people and craftsmen emerged and the Power of Capital gradually rose.
This year, the Astra Militarum Award was given to the team that developed the industrial steam engine. It's been almost thirty years since the Astra Militarum Award was presented again.
Back in the days of Fabre, the previous emperor, the Astra Militarum Award was canceled. Today, seeing that the time was right, Elizabeth resumed this award. Of course, at this time, other forces did not recognize it but later generations recognized Elizabeth's Astra Militarum Award.
With the increasing number of transactions, Elizabeth was overworked.