Without a doubt, Perfikot will not support the labor movement led by Kallen. On the contrary, she will ruthlessly suppress it and become Kallen's greatest enemy.

This is not because Perfikot is heartless or deliberately targeting Kallen, but because she must do so.

After all, she holds the identity of the Lord of the North, the Empire's Count. She can express sympathy for the plight of the working class, but she could never openly support the labor movement.

Because this would not only betray her stance as an Empire noble, but also contradict the principles she upholds.

Perfikot oversees the Empire's most crucial doomsday response plan aimed at allowing more people to survive when the doomsday winter arrives. To achieve this goal, she needs a highly stable society and must also cruelly exploit the workers.

In fact, not only workers are exploited; those capitalists, factory owners, and bankers are also targets of her exploitation.

To construct shelters and Energy Towers, Perfikot's exploitation of those factory owners can be considered extreme. She does not allow any cutting of corners, nor does she accept any excuses or perfunctory actions. For those capitalists, it is as if she is taking their very lives.

Although the Northern Territory Lord's mansion indeed pays them, Perfikot usually follows the tradition of the original world government's difficult-to-recover engineering payments, giving these capitalists only a deposit and advance payment, with some not even receiving an advance payment, not to mention the final payment.

Moreover, due to her special identity, even if she truly does not pay a single penny, those capitalists and factory owners dare not disobey her wishes and refuse to produce those items.

Perfikot will not indulge them, as in cases where milk is dumped rather than being sold at a lower price — she would never allow such things.

Anyone daring to do such will have to test whether the Steam Knights of the North can kill.

As for the results, one can only say those who have experienced it speak well, with no negative reviews.

This is how Perfikot treats capitalists, and workers are treated equally. She might provide better treatment to workers, but the premise is that workers need to work earnestly and complete all construction tasks according to quality and quantity, rather than launching a labor movement to challenge the order she maintains and declare war on her.

"So, does that mean if we want to lead a successful labor movement, we must defeat you and your army?" Kallen feels an inexplicable sense of black humor.

Is she really going to lead her people against the Northern Steam Knight Order? For real?

"Yes, you must achieve victory in the struggle even in the face of the Steam Knights I deploy; otherwise, I will suppress all disturbances." Perfikot speaks very seriously, with no hint of jest.

If a large-scale labor movement indeed occurs in the New Continent colony, as Lord of the North, Perfikot will surely dispatch troops to assist in suppression, even if the colonial governor has not requested her help.

Upon hearing Perfikot speak so assuredly, the expression on Kallen's face involuntarily stiffens as she cautiously asks, "How many Steam Knights would you deploy?"

Although Steam Knights are indeed terrifyingly strong, Kallen believes if they could get the cannons from Pignes Castle's military factory, one or two Steam Knights would still be manageable.

"Given the current situation, the entire White Bear Knight Order will be deployed, with a total force of around four flag units, that is, fifty Steam Knights." Perfikot offers a number sufficient to evoke despair, and she adds, "In addition to the White Bear Knight Order, the Iron Fire Knight Order will also be deployed. Their equipment is not as advanced, but they can deploy more people, roughly eighty Steam Knights."

"A total of one hundred and thirty Steam Knights? Is this really necessary? Such a military scale could crush a small country, right? You just use it to suppress a labor movement? Am I really that heinous?" Kallen suddenly feels less worried and even starts to tease Perfikot.

After all, if it were just ten or so Steam Knights, she'd have to rack her brains on how to defeat them and preserve the fragile revolutionary spark. But one hundred and thirty?

This number is enough to crush all resistance and any unauthorized gatherings and organizations in the New Continent colony.

Even if Kallen had a hack and armed all the workers in the Workers' Federation, even training them to the level of the veteran Guard Army and equipping them with enough cannons, facing one hundred and thirty Steam Knights would only result in being smashed like a walnut with a hammer.

Come on, this is like leading a peasant revolt in the feudal era, sweeping through the lord's army as if by divine assistance, liberating vast lands only to reach the castle gates of the lord, thinking victory was assured, then suddenly the lord emerges with a Gundam and smashes the castle gates, changing the scenario from historical to sci-fi in an instant; winning this would be a miracle.

As for Steam Knights, they may not be considered sci-fi in this world, but in terms of strength, they are indeed on a vastly different scale from ordinary armies.

"In direct combat, no one in this world can stop my Knight Order, not even the powerful nations of the old world." Perfikot shows great confidence, even jokingly saying, "By deploying Steam Knights with Flying Airships on the battlefield, and throwing Thermobaric Bombs if unable to capture fortresses, I don't see anything capable of halting my advance."

Hearing Perfikot mention Thermobaric Bombs, Kallen suddenly recalls this individual before her once suppressed three powerful nations single-handedly, ending a war impacting numerous countries within seventeen days — a terrifying presence.

This prompts Kallen to ask Perfikot: "If you use Thermobaric Bombs, how can I possibly win?"

"You can't, but I won't throw Thermobaric Bombs at the cities of the Empire; Her Majesty the Empress wouldn't consent to it, so that's an opportunity for you to grasp. Don't openly carry a banner of betraying the country — you can promote your ideologies and overthrow the capitalists, but do not oppose the Empress. At least this way, I can use the guise of righteousness to avoid using Thermobaric Bombs." Perfikot's attitude is quite serious on this matter because if someone really tried to divide the nation at this time, she would indeed resort to using Thermobaric Bombs.

"But even if you don't use Thermobaric Bombs, one hundred and thirty Steam Knights alone are enough to suppress all resistance." Kallen shakes her head, thinking she's crazy to consider how to win in such a situation, as she sees no chance of victory.

Yet Perfikot merely laughs and says, "Who says you can't win? As long as you have a way to cut off the Steam Knights' logistics supply, they'll soon be immobilized."

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