House Witch

Chapter 457 456. Mechanicus

After the first salvation meeting, the witches' actions began.

In less than a week, the major gangs and cult organizations that once dominated the fringe areas of Sin City were inexplicably eradicated.

According to very few eyewitnesses, it seemed that it was done by a group of girls who could use magic. Someone once got drunk at night and saw five little girls walking into those gangs on the way home in the middle of the night. station, and then the next day the gang is gone.

A small number of gang members fearfully said that they were not girls at all, but witches possessed by the devil. They were all monsters.

Most of those poor survivors seemed to be a little insane because of fear. They would shout about talking goats, half-human and half-goat, half-human and half-cat, half-human and half-horse girls, etc. lies.

Most residents of the fringe cities do not believe the words of these mentally disturbed gang sympathizers, and they are not even very concerned about the destruction of these gangs. After all, this kind of thing happens all the time.

In the eyes of the people in the edge cities, this is nothing more than a new gang war. The old gang has been destroyed, and a new gang will soon take over. Instead of thinking about this, they should think about what to do. It is better to collect a new protection fee to provide for the upcoming new gang.

As a result, the business of the Blood Temple in the city has been extremely booming in the past two days, and even the vampires who act as blood priests are a little tired from drawing blood.

However, when people prepared the protection money early and waited for people from the new gang to come to collect it, they waited around and no one came.

Their life these days was surprisingly comfortable. Even the group of extraordinary villains who used to run towards them every day with nothing to do suddenly disappeared, and the chaotic edge of the city suddenly became peaceful.

If there was anything unusual, it would probably be that the sites that originally belonged to gangs were suddenly surrounded by people, and the sound of construction came from inside every day.

The strange roaring noises from every construction work made people a little uneasy, always feeling that something terrible was brewing there.

And a week later, the surrounding curtain was removed, and what was revealed in front of everyone were two majestic buildings that shocked them.

One is a tall and majestic church, and the other is a huge factory covering a vast area.

And both of them are not the common wooden or stone buildings, but large-area steel buildings. The full metal texture makes the two buildings look like two sitting and lying on the earth at first glance. The dark beast makes people feel fear at first glance.

After all, in this era, steel is a pipe product and is generally used to make armors or weapons for knights. How can it be so luxurious that it can be directly used to build houses.

As for the price of steel, just think about the fact that the most valuable items in an average knight's home are his ancestral armor and sword.

And how much steel is used in these two buildings now, and how much armor and weapons can be converted into it, this calculation can almost make everyone's breath suffocate.

This kind of generosity is really beyond the limit of their imagination.

But the question is, who can be so arrogant? Why would such a person build these two buildings in such an edge city?

People didn't dare to think about it, let alone ask. Anyway, they were frightened every time they walked past these two buildings, for fear that they would disturb the gentlemen inside.

But compared to this luxurious and majestic building, the people in charge of both the church and the factory are extremely kind.

They will cordially invite passers-by to visit and ask if they would like to join them.

Such an invitation is like pie in the sky. It is so beautiful that it seems a little unreal. However, the people in the edge city have suffered too much. They have been beaten so hard that they do not believe that such a good thing can happen. Most people They didn't even dare to go in. Faced with the invitation, they just left timidly.

In fact, they were a little uneasy when they refused. After all, this would not give the gentleman face. What if they got angry?

Fortunately, the gentlemen in churches and factories seemed to be surprisingly gentle. They were not angry when faced with rejection and were very tolerant.

After another week of this, a brave man finally plucked up the courage and walked into the church and factory.

Onlookers watched the brave man enter the door, and some recognized him as Gray, the man picked up by the widow Eve. They also had a daughter, Correa, who was very ugly.

Everyone thought that Gray might not be able to come out after he went in, but from morning to evening, when the patience of the onlookers was almost exhausted, Gray came out, and he excitedly told everyone what he saw inside. , saying that good days are coming for the folks.

According to Gray, this church is called "Mechanicus". Although it is indeed a sect, there are no gods respected in the church. The priests are just explorers of technology and monks who embark on the path of machinery.

The church’s teachings also advocate that people use technology to change their lives, and that everyone can achieve a better life through the power of technology.

Gray added that the factory was where the mechanical monks manufactured various mechanical products. There were countless huge machines roaring inside, making loud sounds like dragon roars. The power of those machines was so huge that every time they operated, They are all more efficient than thousands of blacksmiths working together, etc.

In short, Gray's words really shocked the onlookers. After all, they had never seen a church that did not respect gods, let alone a mechanical factory. People in this era actually didn't even know what the concept of machinery meant. .

But Gray himself is an excellent blacksmith, so he must have some basis for saying that which machine is more powerful than a blacksmith.

But with this machinery factory, wouldn't the blacksmiths be unemployed?

The crowd was in commotion again. After all, blacksmithing is a pretty respectable job these days, and those who have mastered the blacksmithing craft have a high social status.

Forerunner Gray was very calm about such concerns. He said that the factory was recruiting workers. He himself had decided to join the factory and change his profession to become a worker. In the future, he would first learn technology from the mechanical monks of the Mechanicum, and then Go to work in a factory.

This made many onlookers think Gray was crazy. After all, what's the point of being a worker? The lowest status these days are farmers and workers. Although blacksmiths are also considered workers, they are skilled workers after all, and their status is not too low. I'm afraid that my sudden career change is not because I'm out of my mind.

Just like that, the crowd dispersed again, until another week later, the entrance of the Mechanicum and the Machinery Factory was once again crowded with people.

Because in the past week or something, the conditions of the Gray family have gotten better and better, and their family can even afford meat. What is the concept?

Only then did everyone know how high the salary in the machinery factory was.

Moreover, in the past few days, several "brave men" have plucked up the courage to go in and visit. However, when others asked, these guys all said that Gray was bragging, but in fact he was not that good at all, which made everyone believe it was true. of.

But the lives of those bastards have obviously become much better recently. After asking Gray again, everyone discovered that these bastards had actually secretly joined the machinery factory and became new workers.

Good guy, those bastards are trying to make a fortune in silence, and they also deliberately deceive people in order to reduce competition.

This time, the entire city was shocked. More people gathered the courage to step into the steel church and factory. Then they entered with doubts, and then walked out with shock and admiration.

In less than a month, the entire city has had one worker per capita.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'm so stupid, really, I just thought about the working class, but I almost forgot that there are no large factories in this era, let alone a formed working class, there are only some small handicraft workshops, which is still I have to start a large factory myself and catalyze the emergence of a working class."

On the roof of the Mechanical Church, Dorothy looked at the city below that had changed drastically in less than two months, and said this with some tiredness.

To be honest, this kind of behavior is stupid. If it weren't for the magical power of magic that can be used to cheat, this kind of nonsense would be completely unfeasible.

"Forget it, it's just a waste of time. After all, I don't have that much time to waste it slowly. Let's first rely on magic to forcefully start the industrial revolution and liberate productivity. Otherwise, if productivity is insufficient, all plans will be in vain. With enough productivity , this is the basis of everything.”

“For the idea that man can conquer nature to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, sufficient material conditions are just needed.”

"Although it seems that the Renaissance must first come before the Industrial Revolution, the reverse is almost the same. After living a prosperous life, having enough food and clothing, and satisfying physical needs, people will have the energy to pursue spiritual needs, and they will not To satisfy the spiritual control of a church, only in this way can the foundation of the faith of the Glory Church be shaken."

The house witch pinched the corners of her eyes tiredly, then stood up. She came to the window and looked out of the city in the distance.

The reason why the belief in the Angels' Glory Sect is so popular actually has a lot to do with the general poverty of the people in this era. Life is difficult and the level of education is low, which naturally makes it easier to pray to gods and worship Buddha. Belief in gods serves as spiritual comfort.

Therefore, in order to hinder the spread of the church's faith, she must be ruthless and directly remove the firepower from the cauldron.

People's lives are difficult, so find ways to improve their living standards.

People are poorly educated and ignorant, so we should find ways to improve their education level and free them from ignorance.

People need spiritual pursuits, so they should use various arts and cultures to satisfy their spiritual needs.

In short, various angles have completely blocked the channels for the spread of angel belief, leaving angel belief no longer able to survive in this land.

Dorothy's eyes turned to the factory not far away, where mechanical monks wearing priest costumes were instructing the new apprentices on how to use the machine tools to manufacture products.

For these adults who were older and whose thoughts had solidified to a certain extent, she directly administered a harsh medicine. She directly crushed their worldview with this mechanized factory that transcended the times, and then sent people to reshape it.

She didn't expect this group of medieval civilians to quickly become workers with real skills. For now, these workers were actually doing assembly line work. Everyone's work was simple, but boring. .

But after all, she was not that group of vampire capitalists, and she didn't want to let these people work as consumables on the assembly line all their lives, so she came to the teachings of those mechanical monks.

First work on the assembly line, get a salary and improve the quality of life, and then slowly learn skills from those mechanical monks. As long as these people are not so lazy that they don’t even want to learn Bai Jiao’s skills, they will gradually master some mechanical skills. of.

In short, the ascending channel is given to you. It is up to them whether they can grasp it or not.

Although Dorothy's propaganda says that everyone is equal in the mechanical teaching, this only refers to equality in personality. Equality in social status is impossible. After all, even a powerful witch cannot help the gap in individual abilities. Erase.

There are differences in abilities and naturally there are different levels of status. This is a matter of course. Just for the sake of fairness, we cannot let mediocre people get something for nothing and be in high positions.

Dorothy looked away, then picked up a mechanical-style dragon mask on the table and put it on. In this way, combined with the nun uniform she was wearing, the witch had turned into a mechanical monk.

Although in fact, there are only two true mechanical monks in the entire Mechanicus, one is her and the other is Dinisha.

The other church members are real machines/monks, and they are all mechanical self-disciplined dolls created by the otaku witch using puppetry.

Although the fact that the puppet looked so real shocked the younger junior sister Audrey, for Dorothy, this was really just the basic skill of puppetry with hands.

It's a pity that without the power of a witch and just the power of a human mage, it is difficult to give these puppet monks much intelligence. Therefore, these puppet monks sometimes appear to be mentally retarded. Fortunately, the workers are in awe of them. Mechanical monk, so this abnormality is not harmful. It will be regarded as the weird character of the monk master, and it can be explained.

And when Dorothy left the office on the top floor of the church and came downstairs, the noisy sound of children reading came to her ears, which caused a soft smile to appear on the face under the witch mask.

Maybe it's because she is currently using the body of the Moon God. The incarnation of the Moon God is inexplicably maternal, so the otaku witch is always extra friendly to these children.

Compared with the adults in the factory who are not very malleable even if they reshape their outlook on life, the children here now are the real future pillars of the Mechanicus.

The otaku witch is looking forward to it

Our flesh and blood are weak, let’s all ascend mechanically together.