Volume 2 Chapter 188 - It was intentional (1/2)

Count Stagg’s response came very quickly.

When Count Sean gave him Banta City and he officially became the City Lord, in just a week, the City Lord’s Manor released new measures.

There weren’t any problems with it on the surface because the new City Lord was taking office, so deciding to inspect Banta City, especially how the land was being used was a good way to familiarize himself. This was a measure that had good intentions.

But this operation was soon targeted at the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

The first goal was aimed at Sandton Manor.

Sandton Manor used to be the private residence of Viscount Sandton, but after Viscount Sandton’s family went bankrupt, he was forced to sell the manor attached with the territory. It was bought by Xu Yi at a high price and then rebuilt into a small scale production base for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce by Xu Yi.

When Count Sean was City Lord, no one had thought there were any problems.

But when Count Stagg became the City Lord, after checking the land use in Banta City, he raised problems with Sandton Manor’s current use.

According to the notice of the City Lord’s Manor, because Sandton Manor used to be the private residence of Viscount Sandton, this land was considered private use property.

According to the laws of the Lampuri Kingdom, private property couldn’t be used for commercial use.

That meant that although Xu Yi could buy this manor from Viscount Sandton, he could only use it as his private residence and couldn’t use it as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s production base.

For this situation, the City Lord’s Manor stated that Xu Yi had to change Sandton Manor immediately. He had to move the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s factory from there as soon as possible, otherwise the City Lord’s Manor would have to follow the kingdom’s laws and seize the rights for Sandton Manor.

Once this notice was released, it immediately roused large amounts of disapproval in Banta City.

Sandton Manor had already been the production base of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce for a year now and no one thought there were any problems with it. Even the previous City Lord Count Sean didn’t say anything about it, so why did Count Stagg suddenly order Xu Yi to change it?

But the «Banta Times» published an issue with the headline «Lampuri Kingdom land use laws».

According to the laws, Sandton Manor’s current situation was indeed going against it and the City Lord’s Manor’s actions were following the laws, so there was nothing wrong with them.

Moreover, the «Banta Times» even stated in a corresponding article that there was no avoiding this situation.

If after buying Sandton Manor, Xu Yi had applied to the Royal Parliament to change its use to commercial use and received their approval, there wouldn’t have been any problems.

Although in the laws of the kingdom, the territory of nobles was their personal property, so it was their business how they handled their territory and no one had the right to interfere.

This land belonged to Viscount Sandton theoretically. If he used it for commercial use, indeed no one had the rights to say anything.

But Xu Yi had bought this land from Viscount Sandton. So according to the laws of the Royal Parliament, although the property rights belonged to Xu Yi, Xu Yi didn’t have the same freedoms as Viscount Sandton on how he used it.

In short, the City Lord’s Manor’s notice to Sandton Manor didn’t have any problems on the surface.

“Pei!” Chairman Cruise viciously spat on the ground, “There’s no problem on the surface, but who would only care about that? This Count Stagg, he is clearly aiming at you.”

Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “What? You only learned this today?”

Chairman Cruise looked at the relaxed Xu Yi with a confused look and he couldn’t help asking, “Hey, aren’t you worried about this at all? Count Stagg is starting to move against you, what are you planning to do?”