"Your majesty, this is actually an opportunity." Duke Stagg had the same smile, looking like he had a card up his sleeve as he spoke.
"Opportunity?" King Eric looked at Duke Stagg with a confused gaze.
The situation in the kingdom was already this bad and he actually said that this was an opportunity?
What opportunity?
"Your majesty, did you forget?
Since her highness Seveni gave up on fighting for the throne with you, although it is much simpler for you, the people in the kingdom who oppose you have hidden themselves because of this.
When they didn't do anything before, we couldn't distinguish them and it was even harder to do anything to them.
Now that they have jumped out because of this, isn't this a good chance to deal with them? "
Seeing the dangerous smile on Duke Stagg's face, King Eric felt a chill in his heart.
This Duke Stagg who looked normal on the surface and even had a harmless smile was actually very ruthless in his heart.
Perhaps this situation was a good chance for him to get rid of his enemies, so he wouldn't show any mercy.
But for him as the king and the Lampari Kingdom, was this really a good chance?
If it was said that before he took the throne, Eric only had a simple understanding of the kingdom's situation, now that he had been the king for close to a year, he had a rather deep understanding of the kingdom's situation.
Before this, he was very dissatisfied that the New Flyer wasn't willing to support him taking the throne. He thought that once he took the throne, he would definitely take care of the New Flyer.
He had indeed done this.
Although the New Flyer had been targeted by the nobles, they had all received his support.
He didn't feel that there was a problem at first, but as time passed, losing the New Flyer had an effect on Banta City and even the Lampari Kingdom.
Even if there wasn't this bloody conflict, Eric had already learned about the influence of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce through the various reports from the various regions.
This influence, most of the time, was positive and positive.
Eric could even conclude that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce played an important role in Banta City's development over the past few years.
The Lampuri Kingdom's financial situation had clearly improved over the past few years, which was greatly related to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
If he stood in the position of the Lampari Kingdom's king, looking at the entire Lampari Kingdom, Eric should be like his father, Lampuri Thirteenth, firmly supporting the New Flyer.
But since things had reached this point, it was impossible for him to stop.
Moreover, the ten companies of the nobles that supported him had already pushed the New Flyer out of the Lampari Kingdom, so it was impossible for him to keep the New Flyer.
The large nobles that supported him led by the Stagg Family had already stolen all the magic machine market from the New Flyer through these ten companies, obtaining large benefits from this.
Even if Eric was the most honourable king of the Lampuri Kingdom, he definitely wouldn't dare go against this group of stubborn conservative nobles who controlled almost the entire Lampuri Kingdom.
Not to mention anything else, just the Stagg Family that Duke Stagg represented was something that Eric didn't have any confidence in dealing with.
Seeing that Eric was silent, Duke Stagg didn't guess his true thoughts and thought that he was just hesitating. He revealed a smile and continued, "Your majesty, I know that you are worried that this will cause chaos in the kingdom, but I have already prepared a plan.
But don't worry, I already have a series of perfect plans for these things. I can slowly and effectively get rid of those who oppose you. I guarantee that there won't be any mistakes. "
Eric gave a long sigh in his heart, knowing that he didn't have any leeway to oppose this.
When Duke Stagg came to tell him about this matter, perhaps he was already implementing this plan and he was just here to inform him.
Anyway, he had all the power in the kingdom in his hands and even the royal guards in the royal palace only listened to his orders, so what did Eric's opinion matter?
After thinking for a bit, Eric gave a slight nod, "Alright, we'll do as the duke says."
Duke Stagg looked like he already expected this. He revealed a faint smile and gave Eric a bow.
"Then your majesty, please rest well. I'll be leaving first."
Seeing Duke Stagg leave, Eric's face sunk. He forcefully clenched his right hand and the pen that was as thick as his pinky broke in half with a "kacha" sound.
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The chaos in Banta City didn't affect the Principality of Constantine that was several hundred kilometers away at all.
It was different from the bloody conflict that shocked the entire Lampuri Kingdom during Banta City's spring harvest, which slowed down the entire spring harvest. The Frestech Farm had over a hundred thousand hectares of farmland and they had already finished harvesting half a month ago.
Compared to last year, because the New Flyer had upgraded their agricultural magic machines and put in new medium sized agricultural magic machines, their harvesting efficiency was much higher than last year.
Even if there were twenty thousand more hectares of farmland than last year, the total harvest time was three days less than last year.
The new generation of Xinfei agricultural magic machines naturally attracted praise. Not only did Lord Wein order several dozen sets from the New Flyer, even the Kingdom of Ruhr, the Mirando Duchy, and the Drake Duchy that was over a thousand kilometers away had sent representatives to the New Flyer, adding up to close to a thousand sets.
Just with these orders, the total value was over three million gold coins. This represented the New Flyer's first large sale of household magic machines this year.
As for the military magic machines, since they agreed to exchange them for territory from Lord Wein, the New Flyer had greatly reduced their sales volume. They only sold to some companies that were close to them, so the total value was less than a million gold coins, which was a bit of a decrease.
However, if the value of the military magic machines supplied to Lord Wein was included, the total price of the military magic machines would exceed 2 million gold coins.
Adding in the various household magic machines and a small number of production magic machines that were sold in the first half of the year, the New Flyer had sold a shocking seven million gold coins in less than five months of the year.
With the high profit margin of the New Flyer, from this seven million gold coins in sales, the New Flyer had a net profit of over three million gold coins.
This surprised Xu Yi a bit.
He thought that because the New Flyer had been rebuilding their production base and opening up the market, the company's sales and profits would have greatly decreased.
But based on the current situation, although it had decreased quite a bit compared to last year, going from a net profit of over four million and three hundred thousand gold coins in the first five months of last year to just over three million gold coins, it wasn't that much of a decrease. Not only was it acceptable, it even surprised Xu Yi and the high level members of the company.
Being able to earn such a high profit in this situation, it was enough to prove that the world's pursuit of magic machines hadn't decreased at all.
Although they were forced out of the Lampari Kingdom market, with the development of the New Flyer, they had opened up the markets of many other countries and regions outside the Lampari Kingdom, so their prospects were even wider.
In the Kingdom of Ruhr, the Mirando Duchy, the Drake Duchy, and even the Sack Kingdom, the Xinfei Brand magic machines represented the trend and the most advanced products. Countless families were proud to have a Xinfei Brand magic machine.
With the current trend, it wouldn't be long before the New Flyer would be like the Lampari Kingdom, taking most of the magic machine market in these countries.
Why didn't it take all the markets?
Of course it was because Xu Yi wanted to leave some space for the other companies that produced magic machines.
But for Xu Yi, during this time, the most important thing for him wasn't how much sales and profits the New Flyer earned or how much money he earned, but rather how much money he spent.
Accurately speaking, it was how much money he spent on Duke Stantine.
Even if Lord Wein said it very easily, transferring his territory to Xu Yi who was actually a foreigner, it wasn't easy to get approval from Duke Stantine.
Since signing the contract with Lord Wein, in just a short month, Xu Yi and Duke Stantine had met seven times, spending over a million gold coins before finally settling this matter.
Today was the day Duke Stantine was conferring a medal on Xu Yi.
According to the rules of the Principality of Constantine, or rather the rules of the Sines, if one wasn't a noble, they definitely couldn't have private territory.
So to transfer a piece of land from Lord Wein to Xu Yi, it required a very complicated and troublesome procedure that took several circles.
First, Lord Wein declared that he didn't have the ability to manage all the territories under his name, so he took the initiative to hand over Xu Yi's territory to the duchy.
Then Duke Stantine gave a special commendation to the New Flyer, commending the New Flyer's outstanding contribution to the development of the Principality of Constantine. As the chairman, Xu Yi's contribution was great, so he gave Xu Yi the honorary citizenship of the Principality of Constantine, as well as the honorary title of Lord of the Principality of Constantine.
After this, Duke Stantine gave the land Lord Wein had given to Xu Yi as an honorary lord, turning it into his private territory.
After going through this process, this piece of land was finally recognized as Xu Yi's private territory.
After receiving the title badge from Duke Stantine and the private territory bestowed certificate, it meant that from this moment onwards, the territory was considered Xu Yi's private territory.
The Principality of Constantine and the Lampari Kingdom were different.
As long as Xu Yi had enough power to protect and manage this private territory, then in this territory, he would be the king!