"Your highness, this is the final financial report of the store, please take a look."
Seveni looked at the final financial report of the Seveni Chamber of Commerce in the hands of the deacon and gave a sigh. After looking it over, she gave a bitter laugh.
"I never thought that in just a few months, we would earn several thousand gold coins. It's no wonder those people are thinking of ways to chase out New Flyer."
The deacon was a bit confused as he looked at Seveni. Why did her highness mention the Frestech Chamber of Commerce when she saw this financial report?
Could it be that it was like the rumours, that her highness had a close relationship with the New Flyer's chairman, which was why she kept paying attention to New Flyer?
"Take out these several thousand gold coins and use it all to buy food. Then give it to the people in the villages outside Tagg City.
They suffered a flood a while ago, so these food should be able to help them pass this time. "Seveni said.
"Yes."
The deacon nodded in response before praising with a smile, "Your highness really is benevolent. The people in those villages aren't citizens of our territory and you're actually thinking about them.
If the City Lord of Tagg City knew about this, he would definitely feel ashamed. "
"Although they aren't citizens of my territory, they are citizens of the Lampari Kingdom.
As the princess, I should care about them. "Seveni softly replied.
"But your majesty ….." The deacon paused before swallowing the words in his throat.
Seveni looked at him with a warning in her eyes before waving her hand, "Alright, you can take care of these matters."
The deacon quickly gave a nod before leaving.
Seeing the deacon leave, Seveni gave a sigh before revealing a bitter smile.
Closing the Seveni Chamber of Commerce wasn't her intention.
Seveni was planning on using her own efforts to make the Seveni Chamber of Commerce a window for the magic machine companies led by New Flyer to keep in contact with the Lampari Kingdom, maintaining this relationship.
But some time ago, Eric took the initiative to summon her and had a long talk with her.
During their talk, Eric clearly told Seveni that he hoped that she wouldn't rashly interfere with the kingdom's internal affairs because it would make it hard for him as the king.
Although Seveni proposed that the magic machine industry management department would work with the ten companies that represented the interests of the nobles of the kingdom, pushing out New Flyer and the other companies, creating a very bad influence on the Lampari Kingdom, she was doing this to recover some losses.
But Eric didn't support Seveni's idea. He said that the magic machine industry management department's actions had the support of the kingdom's conservative nobles, so this situation was already irreversible... even he as the king couldn't change it, not to mention Seveni who didn't have any real power.
But Eric also said that he was very clear on the current situation in the kingdom and he was working hard to control it.
Eric hinted to Seveni that he was taking back his power bit by bit from the nobles led by Duke Stagg, trying to control the Lampari Kingdom. So he hoped that Seveni wouldn't make any moves during this time to avoid messing up his plans.
Although Seveni didn't completely agree with Eric's idea, thinking that Eric was sitting on the throne and she was Eric's blood related little sister, she should support him, so she was convinced by Eric in the end.
After that, Seveni stopped all the business of the Seveni Chamber of Commerce and gradually closed all the shops of the Seveni Chamber of Commerce in the Lampari Kingdom. At the same time, she gradually gave the factories under her name to the ten companies of the magic machine industry management department.
Up to this point, Seveni's efforts through the Seveni Chamber of Commerce had all been for naught.
Compared to before the Seveni Chamber of Commerce was established, the Lampari Kingdom was now firmly controlled by the ten companies, or rather the large nobles.
To Seveni, the situation in the kingdom would only get worse.
This naturally filled Seveni's heart with frustration.
She wanted to use her own power to change the situation of the kingdom, but she never thought that she would stop halfway when she had just started.
Thinking of how Xu Yi called her "naive" before, Seveni couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.
"I hope that Eric can smoothly carry out his plan and take back control of the kingdom step by step." Seveni gave a sigh and shook her head, throwing this problem to the side.
Because the Seveni Chamber of Commerce was closing, many of the refugees that Seveni had arranged to work for the Seveni Chamber of Commerce needed a new place to go.
Of course Seveni wouldn't send them back to their original territories and let them continue being exploited by the lords.
But letting them stay in their territories would go against the rules of the nobles. It would be easy for the royal family to be blamed and Eric would be in a passive position.
So after Seveni thought about it, she found that she could only ask Xu Yi for help again.
It was a good thing that Xu Yi agreed to all of Seveni's requests. After receiving Seveni's request, he didn't say anything else and agreed to help her arrange for these refugees.
Adding in the refugees that came to Seveni's territory during this time, there were over two thousand refugees that came to Seveni's territory from other places.
Even if it was the New Flyer, it would be hard to take in all these people. Xu Yi had to work with several other companies on the Black Rice Wasteland to take in all these refugees.
But most of these refugees had worked in the magic machine factories of the nobles before, so they had a certain level of skill. It was quite easy for them to integrate into these companies.
The problem Seveni had to consider now was how to give these refugees a suitable identity.
Although many refugees had their entire families in exile, there were still some refugees who had family and friends back home. They might return to the Lampari Kingdom in the future, so if they were all sent out now, they would lose their legal status in the Lampari Kingdom when they came back.
This problem wasn't too hard for Seveni. With her status, it wasn't a problem for her to ask for some legal status from the kingdom's parliament.
The only problem was that there were too many of them.
When she was considering if she should divide them into several batches to solve this problem, the door that the deacon had closed was suddenly pushed open.
Seveni looked up in surprise, but she found that the deacon had come back with another person.
This person didn't seem to have any strength and could barely stand up with the help of the deacon. His clothes were in a mess and his hair was in a mess, looking no different from the refugees that came to Seveni's territory.
But if one looked seriously, one could see that this person was different from the refugees.
This person's clothes were messy and tattered, but it was clearly made of high grade fabric. The workmanship was very fine and the style was very new, so it was impossible for a normal refugee to wear clothes like this.
Moreover, he had a slender figure. Although most of his exposed skin was covered by dust and blood, one could still see that his skin was very fair and tender. No matter how one looked at him, he was completely different from those refugees who were used to doing rough work and had sturdy bodies and rough skin.
"Your highness."
The deacon called out to Seveni and prepared to help her sit down in a seat on the side.
Seveni was curious who this person was and why the deacon was so familiar with him, bringing him here. That person seemed to have heard the deacon's voice and suddenly looked up.
His eyes met Seveni's and Seveni revealed a surprised look. That person didn't know where his strength came from, but he broke free of the deacon's support and charged in front of Seveni. He kneeled down and hugged Seveni's leg as he loudly cried out.
"Your highness!
Save me!
Save me!
Our entire family ….. was killed by those damn fellows ….. I almost ….. was almost killed ….. Save me ….. "
Seveni was surprised and quickly helped him up. She looked at his dirty face that was covered in dirt, but now it was covered in tears. She confirmed that she hadn't seen wrong, this person was indeed manager Dema's youngest son, Jiawen.
Because manager Dema had been serving Lampuri Thirteenth since Seveni was young and his youngest son Jiawen was around the same age as Seveni, the two of them had been playmates since they were young. Seveni and Jiawen were quite familiar with each other.
Even if the two of them grew up and their relationship faded because of the difference in status, they still met often.
At manager Dema's funeral last year, Seveni had personally attended it and chatted with Jiawen for a bit, comforting him to live well.
Although Jiawen was a bit depressed because his father had just passed away, he still had the image of a noble young master.
But she never thought that after a year, he would become this down and out.
What surprised Seveni even more was what he said.
"What did you say?
Your entire family ….. was killed? "Seveni looked at Jiawen in shock.
"You're talking about being killed?
Who would have the guts to kill your entire family? "
Jiawen shook his head in a trembling voice, "I ….. I don't know ….. I was sleeping well, but I was suddenly woken up. Then I saw a group of people charge into my house and kill my family. I ….. I was forced into a secret passage by a servant to hide ….."
Seeing that Jiawen wasn't clear, Seveni couldn't help knitting her brows.
"You don't have a clue at all?"
Jiawen shook his head in a daze, "I don't know ….. I don't know anything ….. No!
There should be a clue inside!
Father told me before he died that if something happened to the family, I should find you and give these things to you. "
Carwyn fumbled in his pocket and found a small package wrapped in thick kraft paper.
The kraft paper was covered in sweat and blood, looking very dirty, but Seveni didn't hesitate at all as she took it from Jiawen's hands.
Manager Dema actually said these words to Jiawen's family before he died, there must be something strange about this.
Opening the kraft paper, she found that there was a sealed letter, a small booklet, and a small bottle. The bottle was half filled with an unknown purple liquid.
Seveni looked at the small bottle and couldn't see anything, so she put it to the side. After thinking about it, she opened the seal of the letter.
When she opened the letter, Seveni's eyes suddenly narrowed.