Volume 5 Chapter 93 - Responsibility that must be carried (1/2)

The proposal Xu Yi raised was passed by the Stantine Duchy congress in the end.

This wasn’t surprising.

With the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s current powerful influence in the Stantine Duchy, once Xu Yi decided to promote something in the Stantine Duchy, there was no chance of failing.

But in this process, Xu Yi’s proposal had only received 56% support, only barely being able to pass. It showed just how impossible it was for everyone in the Stantine Duchy to support this.

Of the remaining 44% of the congress members chose to abstain, there were few who voted against it.

Other than proving the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was very influential, so that others didn’t dare go against them, it was also a kind of silent protest.

This silent protest was demonstrated through the fact that although this proposal had passed, there were various kinds of difficulties.

According to this proposal, the slaves of the Stantine Duchy should have had their statuses changed. However, when it came to implementing this proposal, there was no lord that had slaves that cooperated with this.

According to initial estimates, the slave population of the Stantine Duchy was between one hundred and fifty to one hundred and sixty thousand, but the statuses of the slaves weren’t changed in the first week this bill passed.

This wasn’t strange.

The slaves had never been educated and it was hard for them to obtain news. There were few who knew about this bill and there were even less that knew about how to apply for it.

Moreover, even if they did know about it, the slaves didn’t dare apply.

The years of being slaves made them not dare to go against their lords, so unless their lords said anything, there was no slave that dared to come forward.

As for counting on the lords to come forward themselves?

Stop dreaming!

So, Xu Yi’s proposal had passed, but because of how hard it was to implement, it didn’t matter if it had passed or not.

In the beginning, this was a matter that many people paid attention to in the Stantine Duchy and the surrounding countries, but after half a month of no action, people’s attention gradually turned.

At this time, an important matter had happened in the Lampuri Kingdom that attracted everyone’s attention.

Her majesty Seveni had given birth!

Two months ago, her majesty Seveni had taken the initiative to announce that she was pregnant and had been for eight months now.

Not only did this news create a stir in the Lampuri Kingdom, it also attracted the attention of the surrounding countries.

After all, her majesty Seveni wasn’t married, but she had actually become pregnant. This was just too shocking.

Moreover, for many people, this wasn’t a scandal that just brought shame to the Lampuri Kingdom’s royal family, it brought shame to all of the Lampuri Kingdom.

But in these two months, her majesty Seveni didn’t cover up this matter at all. She openly appeared in front of everyone and with the newspapers of the Lampuri Kingdom making explanations for her, it made people gradually forget that this was a scandal and they began wholeheartedly congratulating her.

After all, her majesty Seveni’s child would definitely be the successor to the throne, so there was no meaning in calling it a scandal any longer.

Two months later, her majesty Seveni had been pregnant for ten whole months.

So half a month ago, there was a surge in attention towards this unborn child in the Lampuri Kingdom.

Everyone was discussing this unborn child, guessing on whether it was male or female. There were even gambling houses that made bets on this.

Now that the child was finally born, it instantly captured everyone’s attention.

According to the news of the royal palace, her majesty Seveni gave birth to a prince. The entire process was very smooth, with both her majesty and his highness coming out safely.

The entire Lampuri Kingdom was filled with joy.

Since her majesty Seveni took the throne, the Lampuri Kingdom had become stable and their economy rapidly grew. The lives of the people became much better as their nation became stronger, even forcing their mortal enemy the Sack Kingdom to bow their heads to the Lampuri Kingdom.

Everyone loved her majesty who let them all live good lives, who also was beautiful and benevolent to all.

Now that she had given birth to a child, naturally everyone was happy.