A few years ago, when New Years passed, there would be countless people who came to Banta City from other cities looking for work.
These people even surpassed the original population of Banta City by several times. So during this time each year, Banta City would be filled with people and it would be very lively.
However, after New Years this year, the people of Banta City were surprised to find that there were much fewer people coming to Banta City from other places.
Although there were still groups of people coming from other places in the Fersen Carriage Company's Magic Cars each day, there were much fewer people compared to last year.
This large drop made the citizens of Banta City who were familiar with the situation of the past few years feel that Banta City was a bit deserted this year.
When winter came and the new year passed day by day, the people of Banta City found something that surprised them.
Because of the waves of people that came to Banta City over the past few years and adding in the increase in people's income, the various large companies had opened countless stores in the city to satisfy the needs of the people that came.
But now, the stores in the city were all closing their doors.
At first it was the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce that announced that they were closing their housing sales center outside the city. Then the Armani Chamber of Commerce announced that they were closing their two clothing stores in the city.
After this, there were more and more companies that announced that they were closing their stores.
The people of Banta City even woke up every night and when they went out the next day, they found that there were several stores that were closing.
If it was said that the people of Banta City felt a bit deserted because there were fewer people on the streets, then the stores closing one by one made this feeling even deeper.
It was like in the blink of an eye, Banta City that was even more prosperous than Anvilmar City had suddenly fallen.
If this trend continued, perhaps it wouldn't take long before Banta City returned to being a small and remote city.
Even if there were many people in Banta City who were dissatisfied with how lively Banta City had become and how peaceful it was before, everyone had to admit that as long as Banta City became more prosperous, the lives of everyone in Banta City would become better.
Returning to the peace of the past was good, but if Banta City became poor again, people would lose their good jobs and their lives would become hard again, that was something that no one was willing to accept.
But whether he was willing to accept it or not was one thing, and whether he could stop this change was another.
Moreover, the fact in front of everyone was that this trend couldn't be reversed. Banta City ….. seemed to be walking further and further down the path of turning back.
Seeing the shops with the familiar company emblems announcing their closure one by one, leaving only the flags of the ten companies that were still flying in Banta City, the people of Banta City couldn't help revealing a trace of resentment when they looked at these flags.
If it wasn't for those fellows, how could the New Flyer leave Banta City?
If the New Flyer didn't leave Banta City, how could Banta City have become like this?
These resentful people did not only include many ordinary people who used to have good jobs but later lost their jobs because of the ten companies, but also many nobles in the city.
These nobles in Banta City only needed to invest in a company and they would receive quite a bit of dividends each year, living a comfortable life.
But these ten companies came and squeezed out the other companies, causing these nobles to lose large amounts of benefits.
If they were to compare the degree of resentment, these nobles were even more resentful than the normal citizens.
The current situation wasn't good, so these nobles could only hide their resentment in their hearts.
If they waited for a suitable time, this resentment would definitely explode.
But unlike these nobles who didn't dare vent their resentment because of their status as nobles, the normal citizens were resentful, but to them, the most important thing was their own lives.
Now that the ten companies had monopolized most of the jobs in the city, they kept their wages as low as possible and their work intensity was several times that of the other companies in Banta City.
If they continued to stay in Banta City, it was clear that they wouldn't be able to obtain the same satisfying jobs as before.
So after thinking about it, the people of Banta City finally made a decision. They would leave Banta City and go to other places to find satisfying jobs.
Actually before this, when the New Flyer went to the Principality of Constantine to open the Xinfei Farm, they had already recruited many old farmers from Banta City and there were many old farmers who had moved their entire families there.
Adding in the fact that there were many people who came to Banta City from other places looking for work each year, for the citizens of Banta City, leaving Banta City wasn't a hard decision to make.
Before the first month of the new year passed, there was a situation that was completely different from normal in Banta City.
In the past, there would be countless people coming to Banta City from other places, but there were groups of people leaving Banta City this year.
Some went east to the Mirando Duchy.
The New Flyer worked with the Mirando Duchy and the Kingdom of Ruhr, deciding to build a new production base in Ampriston Town in the Mirando Duchy. They were currently recruiting large amounts of workers and were in urgent need of skilled magic machine workers.
At the same time, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce had entered the Mirando Duchy, planning to help the Mirando Duchy build several roads that connected the duchy, which also required large amounts of labour.
Other than this, the Armani Chamber of Commerce, the Sarank Chamber of Commerce, and the other old companies of Banta City had moved many of their factories to Ampriston Town, so they also needed to recruit workers who were willing to follow them.
It's said that in order to attract these companies to invest, the Mirando Duchy had given them a very high tax rate and had many policies to support them.
Although this would make the products of these companies in Ampriston Town be considered imported products by the Lampari Kingdom, according to the information that came out of these companies, the products they produced in Ampriston Town weren't planned on being sold to the Lampari Kingdom.
After all, other than the Lampari Kingdom, there was a large market on the Sines Road.
Some went south to the Kingdom of Ruhr.
As early as last year, the New Flyer, the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, and the Armani Chamber of Commerce had already invested in some factories in the Kingdom of Ruhr. This year, the Kingdom of Ruhr had increased their investment in joint ventures.
Although the Kingdom of Ruhr had requested these three companies to recruit local workers, in terms of the need for skilled workers, these three companies had to recruit large amounts of workers from Banta City to satisfy their needs.
At the same time, the Kingdom of Ruhr had used the household magic machine technology they obtained from the New Flyer to open several factories, so they also had a need for skilled workers.
The Kingdom of Ruhr naturally didn't have any talents in this area, so naturally they could only look for skilled workers in Banta City.
Moreover, compared to the New Flyer and the other companies, the Kingdom of Ruhr gave skilled workers a higher wage.
For a high level mill worker, the New Flyer gave a wage of fourteen gold coins a month without overtime. As for the factories in the Kingdom of Ruhr, they gave a high wage of at least eighteen gold coins a month and they could enjoy high treatment.
Apart from those who headed east and south, the vast majority of the remaining people headed west.
Most of them entered the Black Rice Wasteland and stopped. They went to the factories built by the New Flyer and the other companies, but now several dozen Banta City companies had moved to them.
The final group went south from the Black Rice Wasteland, entering the Principality of Constantine.
These people mainly entered the factories built by the New Flyer in the Principality of Constantine and some were recruited by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, working for the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce's newly built Constantine Seaside Garden District.
There were quite a few people from other places who came to Banta City to look for work, but after coming to Banta City and understanding the situation, these people all went in different directions and left Banta City again.
In the first month of the new year, Banta City was quite chaotic because of the new year and the people who came and went.
After the first month and less than half of the second month, when one came to the streets of Banta City, one would find that this city that people called a miracle a few years ago had become an empty city.
There was a bit of a cold breeze in the early spring and there was a piece of paper that had been thrown on the street that had rolled several times in the wind, landing at Seveni's feet.
Looking down at the piece of paper, Seveni carefully picked it up. Opening it, she found that it was a promotional flyer for the Armani Chamber of Commerce's clothing store.
Looking at the colourful pictures on it and then looking at the empty street that didn't have many people, Seveni couldn't help feeling a bit of pain in her heart.
In her impression, Banta City had always been more prosperous than Anvilmar City and was always filled with vitality. People always had bright smiles on their faces, so why did it become like this?
Although she knew that the New Flyer leaving Banta City would affect Banta City, Seveni never would have thought that it would be this serious.
Banta City could become prosperous because of the appearance of the New Flyer, which led to the development of the magic machine industry in Banta City, allowing the entire Banta City to develop.
Now that Banta City had become ruined, it was also because the New Flyer had left Banta City.
Could it be that to Banta City, the New Flyer was really that important?
Actually, there was no need to ask this question, Seveni was very clear that the answer was yes.
She wouldn't feel any regret or annoyance because of what had already happened. Coming to Banta City this time, other than finding Xu Yi to help her solve the problem of the refugees in her territory, she also had another important thing to do.
Now that Banta City had become like this, the current Lampari Kingdom had also changed.
These changes weren't good changes, Seveni saw many dangers from these changes.
Even if she didn't want to interfere with the kingdom's internal affairs, as the Lampari Kingdom's princess and as Lampuri Thirteenth's daughter, she had to do something for the country.
The first thing was to start with Banta City.