When his highness Eric took over as king, there were many people in Banta City who couldn't help feeling a bit panicked.
Her highness Seveni was the City Lord of Banta City, so Banta City could be considered Seveni's back garden. It was her loyal supporter and shield.
Now that his highness Eric had taken the throne, according to convention, he would take care of the previous situation. A city like Banta City that supported her highness Seveni would definitely be targeted by his highness Eric.
Of all the companies in Banta City, the one that worried people the most was naturally the New Flyer.
The relationship between the New Flyer and her highness Seveni was the closest in Banta City. The chairman Xu Yi was a firm supporter of her highness Seveni and had rejected his highness Eric's recruitment many times. He had almost completely broken off relations with his highness Eric before.
To everyone, the New Flyer was without a doubt a thorn in his highness Eric's side. Once he took the throne, the New Flyer definitely wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being taken care of.
It was because of this worry that even Xu Yi had to make plans ahead of time. He was forced to stop the development of the Falling Rain Valley and move some of the most precious resources of the New Flyer to the base in the Principality of Constantine, guarding against his highness Eric's attacks.
But the facts exceeded everyone's expectations.
After his highness Eric took the throne, he didn't do anything excessive to Banta City. Not only did he not attack the New Flyer like everyone expected, he even made a special announcement, praising the New Flyer's contributions to Banta City's development. This had shocked everyone's jaws.
Moreover, although the new Banta City Lord who took over for Seveni was King Eric ….. Alright, he should be called King Eric now. After coming to Banta City, he was very friendly to Xu Yi and the New Flyer. He wasn't like Count Stagg who targeted the New Flyer as soon as he became the City Lord.
Other than this, the new City Lord expressed that he would continue supporting the development of Banta City's magic machine industry. He was itching for the good foundation her highness Seveni had laid, turning Banta City into a prosperous city that could become a model for the Lampari Kingdom.
Everyone was confused by the attitude of King Eric and the new City Lord.
His majesty Eric ….. just what was he thinking?
Regarding this question, King Eric had made a clear statement in an interview with the « Lampari Weekly ».
He said in this interview that he was just a normal prince before. Because he was fighting for the throne with her highness Seveni, naturally he would treat the New Flyer who was a firm supporter of Seveni as an enemy, so of course he would target them.
But once he took the throne and began to think from the perspective of a king, he found that the magic machine industry represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had a large effect on the development of the Lampari Kingdom.
Since he was the king of the kingdom, the first thing he considered was the development of the kingdom.
The New Flyer and the magic machine industry were beneficial to the kingdom, so of course he would support the New Flyer and the magic machine industry's development. It wasn't strange for him to change his attitude towards the New Flyer.
Through King Eric's statement in this interview, everyone suddenly understood.
It had to be said, King Eric's explanation was very reasonable.
He was already the king, so naturally his eyes couldn't be that narrow. No matter what he did, he had to consider the benefits of the entire kingdom.
It's said that ….. after this interview was published in the « Lampari Weekly », the voices that were against his highness Eric taking the throne had disappeared by quite a bit. King Eric's prestige had increased by an unprecedented amount in the kingdom.
Even in Banta City that was the most worried about King Eric, there were many voices that supported the new king.
For a while, the situation of the Lampari Kingdom was like what Seveni had told Xu Yi before.
As long as the throne was smoothly transferred, the Lampari Kingdom would have the most stable and good development.
Seeing the situation in Banta City and the kingdom, even Xu Yi was shaken for a while.
However ….. the facts showed that everyone was happy too early, especially Xu Yi.
A month after his highness Eric took the throne, it didn't seem like much at first glance, but if one looked closely, there was news that was bad for the New Flyer that kept coming.
First was the factories that the New Flyer had set up in the various cities of the kingdom that were being inspected by the City Lord Manor.
In name, it was because the king cared about the development of the magic machine industry, so he wanted to investigate the most representative New Flyer first.
But in reality, during the investigation, there were many magic machines in the New Flyer's factories. Even the entire production line was taken away in the name of investigating. There were even some workers and engineers that were taken away in the name of assisting in the investigation.
Although these people were released, the production magic machines and other equipment were never returned.
After that, the kingdom's parliament established a special magic machine industry management department.
As the name implied, it was used to manage the various companies involved in the magic machine industry in the Lampari Kingdom.
The first one to bear the brunt was naturally the New Flyer.
According to the rules of the magic machine industry management department, as long as it was a company involved in the magic machine industry, they had to be managed by the department.
As for the management, it required all the companies involved in the magic machine industry to unconditionally cooperate with the department. For example, the department required all the companies involved in the magic machine industry to have a certificate from the department before they could start production.
On this certificate, the Administration Department set up a corresponding certificate for different magic machines.
So for a company like the New Flyer that produced over a hundred kinds of magic machines, they had to apply for over a hundred certificates.
Not mentioning the complicated process of applying for a certificate, the fees they had to pay weren't small.
Just for the Magic Refrigerator certificate, if they wanted to obtain it, they had to pay over three hundred gold coins.
After the Frestech Chamber of Commerce obtained a certificate for all their magic machines, they had spent over forty thousand gold coins on this.
As for the grey expenses that couldn't be avoided during the application process, it wasn't less than this.
This meant that just for the certificate, the New Flyer had spent over eighty thousand gold coins.
And the time limit for the certificate was only one year … …
If it was said that spending a few tens of thousands of gold coins a year didn't affect the New Flyer that much, then there was another rule that Xu Yi couldn't accept.
In the name of supporting the development of the magic machine industry in the kingdom, the department requested the New Flyer to open up their unique technology to the other companies in the kingdom to help them develop.
This request was firmly rejected by Xu Yi.
Moreover, when the department asked the other companies for their opinions, they were also opposed by the majority.
Almost all the companies agreed that this rule went against the most basic business principles.
If the department enforced it, it would be the same as breaking the iron rules of all the companies in the Lampari Kingdom.
For the sake of their own reputation, no company dared to support this decision.
Because the opposition was too strong, the department could only give up.
However, through this matter, Xu Yi was able to see through King Eric's true thoughts.
It wasn't that he didn't want to deal with the New Flyer, rather he really wanted to.
But perhaps it was because of his agreement with Seveni, perhaps it was because he had just ascended the throne, so he needed to keep some face, or perhaps it was because someone was giving him advice, so he wasn't that direct ….. It could be said that he didn't want to eat in such an ugly manner.
In short, he was using slow and gentle methods that didn't attract attention to deal with the New Flyer and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's magic machine industry.
Xu Yi of course could guess his true thoughts.
As a king, of course he wanted to firmly grasp the magic machine industry that had a deep influence on the Lampari Kingdom in his hands.
After this, the new City Lord implemented a business tax reform in Banta City. In Xu Yi's eyes, it was already a sign that he couldn't wait any longer.
This business tax reform was simply like raising a butcher's knife against the magic machine industry represented by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. He wanted to cut off a large piece of this fat meat and fill up the stubborn nobles behind him that supported him on the throne.
Every time he thought of this business tax reform, Xu Yi couldn't help giving a cold laugh in his heart.
His highness Eric had finally ascended the throne with the support of the nobles, but how could these nobles support him for free?
No matter how much they paid, these greedy nobles would naturally want to receive several times or even several dozen times the return.
With Duke Stagg as the prime minister and the director of the magic machine industry management department, it was very clear that this was the case.
But these were all Xu Yi's speculations, he couldn't tell Seveni in detail.
Seeing Seveni in deep thought, Xu Yi gave a sigh in his heart.
He didn't know how much Seveni knew about this situation.
If she knew Prince Eric's series of actions, would she regret letting down the expectations of countless people and completely giving up on fighting for the throne?
A young man wearing the uniform of the New Flyer suddenly ran over from the distance. He was panting as he stood in front of Xu Yi, waking up Xu Yi and Seveni who were deep in thought.
"Is something the matter?"
Xu Yi was a bit confused, he had told them not to disturb his private conversation with Seveni.
"Sir ….. Sir chairman, Kamado City ….. the Lord City Lord is here." The young man replied while panting.
"Oh?
The Lord City Lord is here again? "Xu Yi turned to Seveni with a smile.
"Your highness, are you interested in watching a good play?"