Volume 3 Chapter 8 - Only having lords in eyes (1/2)

After visiting the Falling Rain Valley, Newman returned to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s office with Xu Yi.

When the two had a meeting alone, Newman invited the Frestech Chamber of Commerce again while also deepening their conversation.

“Chairman Xu, to be honest, I very much don’t understand why this country would suppress your company. After King William learned of this matter, he was very surprised and also very confused. A company that could help an entire kingdom develop like your Frestech Chamber of Commerce, it’s fine if you don’t support them, but to actually suppress it, King William and I are both angry for you and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.” Newman said in an indignant manner.

Xu Yi revealed a faint smile, “Many thanks for you and King William’s care and support, but I think that chairman Newman shouldn’t ask about our Lampuri Kingdom’s internal matters.”

Newman shook his head and said with a sigh, “Chairman Xu, I acknowledge that this is an internal matter for your Lampuri Kingdom and I believe that you can solve it with your abilities. But I have to sincerely represent our King William to say that our Rudson Kingdom will always have our doors open to you. If you change your mind one day and want to develop in our Rudson Kingdom, King William will openly welcome you.”

Xu Yi gave a shrug, “I hope that day will never come.”

It had to be said, Newman was already putting it rather straightforward.

His words were clearly digging around the corner. If this was earth, it would be immediately considered espionage.

But the Sines Continent’s society was different from earth’s. The countries of the Sines Continent were strictly speaking just a gathering of nobles, a king couldn’t even compare to some of the more powerful nobles of the two greatest empires.

If the royal family wasn’t strong enough, the other nobles that belonged to that kingdom could go independent, which wasn’t a strange thing on the continent.

For example, because of the famine in the Lampuri Kingdom, their national power had weakened. There was a patch of land controlled by a count to the kingdom’s north that had gone to the northern Sack Kingdom.

Although this noble was called a shame and a traitor of the Lampuri Kingdom, it was different compared to earth. The Lampuri Kingdom’s public didn’t react that much on this matter.

To the citizens, the Lampuri Kingdom’s royal family had weakened and couldn’t control all the nobles in the kingdom. It was natural for this situation to occur, there was no need to freak out about it.

For the citizens of the Lampuri Kingdom or the citizens of the Sines Continent, they didn’t have much national identity and just continued their normal lives. They only cared about the lord that ruled over them.

For example, when Count Sean ruled over Banta City, everyone had a happy and prosperous life. These last two years had quickly developed Banta City and made everyone’s lives even better, creating a high support rate among the Banta City citizens.

When the Royal Parliament transferred him, the Banta Citizens cursed the Royal Parliament for being idiots.

What angered the citizens even more was what Count Stagg had done after taking over as City Lord which almost ruined the prosperity that Banta City had before. There were many people’s lives that were affected by this.

So the Banta City citizens didn’t have a favourable impression of Count Stagg, rather they even began secretly despising him.

There were many incited citizens who when heard that Xu Yi became a viscount and received territory, they wanted to pledge allegiance to Xu Yi and become people governed by Lord Viscount Xu Yi.

On the Sines Continent, this was a very meaningful matter.

That was because if this was really done, it meant that the citizens would become the citizens of Viscount Xu Yi’s private territory. They wouldn’t receive the same protection from the laws of the Lampuri Kingdom and would take him on as their lord.

This meant that Xu Yi as the lord could use his identity as the lord to do anything he wanted to people who swore loyalty to him. Other people wouldn’t be able to do a thing, not to mention being able to speak up.

Perhaps to put it a bit more simply, it meant that the citizens would become Xu Yi’s slave based on his title as a viscount, but their statuses were different from that of slaves.

Although Xu Yi completely rejected all thoughts of people pledging loyalty to him, he could see based on this that on the Sines Continent, the citizens didn’t have the same sense of belonging or national identity. They only cared about nobles who they worked for or were noble to.

So in theory, Newman’s invitation to Xu Yi wasn’t something casually said.

As long as Xu Yi was willing, he could separate the Frestech Chamber of Commerce from the Lampuri Kingdom and join the Rudson Kingdom.