Volume 4 Chapter 27 - Holding the butcher’s knife (1/2)

When his highness Eric took over, the kingdom was going to change and many people in Banta City were worried.

When her highness Seveni was the Banta City’s City Lord, Banta City was like Seveni’s back garden, full of her faithful supporters.

Now that his highness Eric had taken the throne, then according to normal conventions, the previous situation would have been taken care of. For Banta City that explicitly showed their support for Seveni, it would definitely be something his highness Eric took care of.

Of all the companies in Banta City, the most worrying was naturally the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce was the closest to her highness in Banta City and chairman Xu was a firm supporter of her highness Seveni, rejecting his highness Eric in public many times, so he had completely made a break with his highness Eric before.

To everyone, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was a thorn in his highness Eric’s eyes, so once he took the throne, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce wouldn’t be able to escape his sights.

It was because of this worry that Xu Yi had to put his plan in place ahead of time, forcing him to stop developing the Falling Rain valley and moving the most precious resources over to the Stantine Duchy. It was all in case his highness Eric made a move.

But facts surprised everyone.

After his highness Eric took over the throne, he didn’t make any excessive moves on Banta City and didn’t start with the Frestech Chamber of Commerce like everyone expected. He even made a statement that commended the Frestech Chamber of Commerce for all they’ve done in developing Banta City which made everyone’s jaws drop.

Moreover, although the new City Lord was appointed by his highness……Alright, it should be King Eric now. After he arrived in Banta City, he was very friendly towards Xu Yi and the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. It wasn’t like how Count Stagg immediately aimed at the Frestech Chamber of Commerce once he took over.

Other than this, the new City Lord indicated that he would support the development of the magic machine industry. He would go around the foundations her highness Seveni built and develop Banta City to become one of the most prosperous cities in the Lampuri Kingdom.

Everyone was confused by what King Eric and the new City Lord did.

His majesty Eric…..just what was he thinking?

For this question, his majesty Eric had accepted a special interview from the «Lampuri Weekly» to explicitly show his position.

He claimed in the interview that he was just a normal prince and because he was competing for the throne with Seveni, naturally the Frestech Chamber of Commerce that supported her would be his enemy and he would try to take them down.

But once he became king, he began thinking from the angle of a king and he found that the magic machine industry represented by the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was of great help to the development of the kingdom.

Since he was the king, the thing he had to think about first was the development of the kingdom.

The Frestech Chamber of Commerce and the magic machine industry was good for the kingdom, so of course he would support their development. It wasn’t strange for him to change his attitude towards them.

Through King Eric’s statement, everyone understood.

It had to be said, King Eric’s explanation was quite reasonable.

He was already the king, so naturally his eyes couldn’t be narrow. He had to consider the benefits of the kingdom before doing anything.

It was said that…..after this interview was published to the entire kingdom, the regions that had been opposed to his highness Eric taking the throne stopped complaining. The prestige of King Eric in the kingdom had increased without a doubt.

Even Banta City that was most worried about King Eric had many new voices that supported the king.

Suddenly, the Lampuri Kingdom became like how Seveni described it to Xu Yi before.

With the stable throne, the Lampuri Kingdom would be able to develop in the most stable manner.

Seeing the situation in Banta City and the kingdom, even Xu Yi had hesitated a bit.

However…..facts proved that everyone was happy to soon, especially Xu Yi.

A month after his highness Eric took the throne, it was little by little at first, but if one looked carefully, bad news kept coming for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

First it was inspections on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s factories in the various other cities.

In name, it was because the king cared about the development of the magic machine industry, so they wanted to conduct an inspection of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

But in truth, during this inspection, there were many production magic machines and even entire production lines that were taken away as part of the investigation. There were even some workers and some engineers that were taken away.

Although the people were released, the magic machines had never come back.

After that, the kingdom’s parliament had established a magic machine industry management department.

As the name suggested, this was a department that managed all the companies involved in the magic machine industry in the kingdom.

The one that bore the brunt of this was naturally the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

According to the rules of the magic machine industry management department, as long as a company was involved in the magic machine industry, they would be managed by the department.

This so-called management was requesting each company to work with the magic machine industry management department. For example, the department required all the companies involved in the magic machine industry to have a certificate from the department before they started producing.