Chapter 27: The butcher's knife raised

When His Royal Highness Prince Eric took over as king was a foregone conclusion, many people in Bonta City couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

Her Royal Highness is the lord of Bonta City, so Boonta City can almost be regarded as Sevigny's backyard, her loyal supporter and backing.

Now that His Royal Highness Prince Eric has successfully taken over the throne, then according to the usual practice, it is obvious that the previous situation will be liquidated, so a city like Bonta City, which has clearly expressed its support for Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, will inevitably be specifically targeted by His Royal Highness Prince Eric.

Among all the chambers of commerce in Bangta City, the most worrying one is naturally the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

The relationship between the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny is the closest of all in Bunta City, and the president Xu Yi is an extremely strong supporter of Her Royal Highness Queen Sevigny, and has publicly rejected the recruitment of His Royal Highness Prince Eric many times, and has almost completely broken with His Royal Highness Prince Eric before.

In everyone's eyes, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of His Royal Highness Prince Eric, and once he succeeds in inheriting the throne, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will definitely not escape the fate of being liquidated.

It was precisely because of this worry that even Xu Yi had to make a plan in advance, and was forced to stop the development plan of the Falling Rain Valley, and also transferred some of the most valuable resources of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the base of the Duchy of Stantin, beware of His Royal Highness Prince Eric's attack.

But the truth was beyond everyone's expectations.

After His Royal Highness Prince Eric successfully ascended to the throne, he did not take any excessive actions against Bonta City, not only did he not take the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce first as everyone expected, but even made a special statement. The outstanding contribution made by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to the development of Bangta City was specially commended. Almost everyone's jaws dropped.

Moreover, the new lord of Bonta City, who took over from Sevigny, was King Eric...... All right. Now it should be called King Eric's personal assignment, but after coming to Bonta City, he showed a very friendly attitude towards Xu Yi and the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and did not target the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce everywhere as soon as Count Stark served as the city lord.

In addition, the new lord of the city has also expressed his willingness to continue to support the development of the magical industry in Bonta City, and to itch the good foundation laid by Her Royal Highness King Sevigny to develop Bonta City into a new and prosperous city that can become a model for the entire Lampari Kingdom.

Everyone was confused by the attitude of King Eric and the new lord of the city.

His Majesty King Eric...... What the hell are you thinking?

Doubts about this. King Eric made this clear in a special interview with Lampari Weekly.

In this interview, he claimed that he was just an ordinary prince before, and because he was competing for the throne with Her Royal Highness Sevigny, he naturally regarded the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a staunch supporter of Sevigny, as an enemy, and of course wanted to target him everywhere.

However, once he ascended to the throne and began to think from the perspective of a king, he discovered that the magic industry represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce played a huge role in the development of the Lampari Kingdom.

Since he is already the king of this kingdom, the first thing to consider is, of course, the development of the entire kingdom.

The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the magic industry are beneficial to the kingdom, and of course he must support the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the magic industry to continue to develop. It is not unusual to change the attitude towards the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In this interview, King Eric's statement suddenly dawned on everyone.

I have to say. The explanation given by His Majesty King Eric is unusually reasonable.

He is already the king, so naturally he can't be so narrow-minded, and no matter what he does, he needs to take into account the interests of the entire kingdom.

Reputedly...... After the interview was published in the Lampari weekly newspaper and published throughout the country, the opposition to Prince Eric's succession to the throne was immediately eliminated, and King Eric's popularity was unprecedentedly increased throughout the kingdom.

Even in the city of Bonta, where King Eric was most worried about before, there were many voices in support of the new king.

For a moment, the situation in the entire Lampari Kingdom seemed to be like what Sevini had said to Xu Yi before.

Only when the throne is smoothly handed over will the Lampari Kingdom gain the most stability and good development situation.

Seeing the situation in Bangta City and the entire kingdom with his own eyes, even Xu Yi was shaken for a while.

However...... Facts show that everyone is happy too soon, especially Xu Yi.

A month after His Royal Highness Prince Eric ascended the throne, a little bit of it looked inconspicuous at first glance, but if you look closely, it is all news that is unfavorable to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

First of all, the factories set up by the Shin Fei Chamber of Commerce in various other cities in the kingdom began to be subject to special inspections by the castle lords' mansions in various places.

Nominally, this is because His Majesty is concerned about the development of the magic industry, so he will first take the most representative Xinfei Chamber of Commerce as the subject of investigation.

But in fact, in the course of the investigation, there were many magic machine tools and equipment in the factories set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in various places, and even the entire production line was directly removed in the name of the investigation, and even some workers and engineers in the factory were taken away in the name of assisting in the investigation.

Although these personnel were later released, the magic machine tools and equipment were all gone.

Then, there was the establishment of a special Magical Industry Administration under the Kingdom Council.

As the name suggests, this is dedicated to the management of the various chambers of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom that are involved in the magical industry.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

According to the regulations of the Magical Industry Administration, as long as the Chamber of Commerce involved in the magical industry is involved, it must be under the unified management of the Magical Industry Administration.

The so-called management requires all chambers of commerce related to the magic industry to unconditionally cooperate with the work of the Magic Industry Administration, for example, the Management Bureau requires that all chambers of commerce involved in the magic industry must have a certificate of conformity issued by the Administration before they can open for production.

On this certificate, the management department has set up a corresponding certificate for different magical machines.

As a result, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which currently produces more than 100 types of magic machinery, needs to apply for more than 100 certificates.

And each time you apply for a certificate, the procedure is complicated. As a result, the various fees paid are also substantial.

Take the magic refrigerator production certificate as an example. Want to be successfully approved. If you do it, you need to pay as much as 300 gold coins.

After the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has completed the certificates for all kinds of magic machinery, the cost is more than 40,000 gold coins.

As for the grey expenses that are unavoidable in the process of applying for approval, that is by no means less than that.

In other words, just because of the requirement of the certificate, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce spent more than 80,000 gold coins.

The duration of the certificate is only one year......

If just spending tens of thousands of gold coins a year is not a big impact on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, then another regulation of the management bureau is completely unacceptable to Xu Yi.

In the name of supporting the development of the magic industry in the kingdom as a whole, the Magic Industry Administration has asked the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to open its unique technology to other magic industry chambers in the kingdom. It is used to help other magic industry chambers of commerce to grow.

This request was resolutely rejected by Xu Yi.

In addition, when the Magical Industry Administration asked other Magical Industry Chambers of Commerce in the Kingdom for their opinions, it was also opposed by the vast majority of chambers of commerce.

Almost all chambers of commerce agree that such a provision is completely contrary to the most basic business principles.

If the Governing Office enforces it, it will be tantamount to destroying the iron rules of all the chambers of commerce in the Kingdom of Lampari.

For the sake of its own reputation, no chamber of commerce dared to support this decision of the Authority.

Because the opposition was too fierce, the management department had no choice but to give up.

However, through this matter, Xu Yi completely recognized King Eric's true thoughts.

It's not that he doesn't want to deal with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, on the contrary, he wants to do it very much.

It's just that maybe it's because he's worried about the agreement with Sevigny, or maybe he's worried that he's just ascended the throne. He needs to save some face, maybe someone gave him advice. Make him less direct...... It can also be said that the appearance of eating is not so ugly.

In short, he is now taking a slow, soft-looking, and inconspicuous approach against the New Flying Chamber of Commerce and the magical industry that the New Flying Chamber of Commerce represents.

Of course, Xu Yi could guess what he really thought.

As a king, of course, he wanted to be able to grasp the magic industry, which had a profound impact on the entire kingdom of Lampari, in his own hands.

And after that, the commercial tax reform implemented by the new city lord in Bangta City was actually a manifestation that he couldn't wait for in Xu Yi's opinion.

This commercial tax reform is like raising the butcher's knife against the magic industry represented by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce without any restraint and nakedly, intending to cut off a large piece of the fattest fat that is now the fattest and fill the diehard nobles behind him who supported him on the throne.

Every time he thinks of this commercial tax policy reform, Xu Yi can't help but sneer in his heart.

His Royal Highness Prince Eric finally got his wish to ascend to the throne with the support of those nobles, but how could these nobles support him for free?

No matter how much they pay, these greedy nobles will naturally want to get several times or even dozens of times the reward from him.

This is evident from the Duke of Stark's appointment as Prime Minister of the Kingdom and his own position as Director of the Magical Industry Administration.

It's just that these are Xu Yi's speculations, but they can't be explained in detail with Sevigny.

Looking at Sevigny in contemplation, Xu Yi sighed lightly in his heart.

He didn't know how much Sevigny knew about these situations.

If she knew about the actions of His Royal Highness Prince Eric, would she regret that she would rather live up to the expectations of countless people than give up the fight for the throne completely?

A young man wearing the uniform of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce suddenly ran over from a distance, panting and standing in front of Xu Yi, waking up Xu Yi and Sevigny, who were deep in thought at the same time.

"Is there anything wrong?" Xu also wondered, but he had told him not to disturb his private conversation with Sevigny.

"Yes...... Grow up, Camadoo City...... The lord of the castle is here. The young man gasped and replied.

"Oh, Lord Castle Lord is here again?" Xu Yi blinked, turned his head and smiled at Sevigny. "Your Royal Highness, are you interested in watching a good show?" (To be continued......)