The cleanup operation carried out by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Her Royal Highness Princess Sevini against the orcs in the Black Rice Wasteland did not attract much attention in the Lampali Kingdom.
Even "Bangta Daily" and "Lampali Weekly", which always pay special attention to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Her Royal Highness Princess Sevigny, did not mention this matter because of Xu Yi's care.
However, the situation in the Lampali Kingdom is anything but calm.
Since the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce unilaterally terminated the cooperation with the ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Administration, the Magic Industry Administration ruled that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce had breached the contract first and was therefore placed under administration. The authority revoked the right to produce any magical machinery within the kingdom.
To everyone's surprise, the New Aircraft Chamber of Commerce did not express any objection to this ruling.
After the ruling came out, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce closed down various production bases and factory workshops in a total of six cities in the Lampali Kingdom within half a month, and completely stopped. Produce magical machinery.
The only ones that have not stopped operating are the product service centers set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in many cities, which still provide after-sales services to customers who purchase Xinfei brand magic machinery. As for other aspects, only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce Magic Research Institute branch and the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center branch were relocated from the Falling Rain Valley and are now located in Sanchidun Manor.
Moreover, these two places are currently only conducting research and development on improving and upgrading various magic machines that have been developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. They are not developing new products, nor are they conducting actual production of any magic machines. However, it is not subject to the ruling of the Magical Industries Administration.
Other than that. The only factory workshop of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that is still in normal operation. But all that remains is the fruit canning factory established in the village of Koror.
So in just the blink of an eye, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce went from being the most promising chamber of commerce in the Lampali Kingdom to a chamber of commerce that was unable to produce any magic machinery. In the eyes of most people, this was basically a failure. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was sentenced to death.
If the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce cannot produce magic machinery, is it still the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce
Of course, for the situation faced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. People were not just sighing and sighing, there were also many people who expressed shock and even anger.
When the Magic Industry Administration forced the New Flying Chamber of Commerce to disclose its technology and cooperate with and share technology with the ten designated chambers of commerce, it was considered by everyone to be a bandit act that violated business principles. Now Chairman Xu can't bear it anymore and has decided to terminate this unfair cooperation. The Magic Industry Administration is so aggressive that it wants to beat Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to death with a stick!
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not express any objection to the Magic Industry Administration's ruling. However, countless voices in the kingdom questioned the Magic Industry Administration.
In many cities in the kingdom, many civilians even organized themselves. Gather in front of the product service centers set up by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in these cities and publicly express their support for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
And in multiple newspapers in various cities. Various articles supporting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have appeared.
Among them, the title of the article published on the front page of "Lampali Weekly" is the most direct.
"Magical Industry Authority = Bandit Leader?"
Matching this title, which makes people feel a little scary at first glance, is a more direct and sharp article.
In this article, the target of the attack is directly aimed at the Magic Industry Administration, claiming that the Magic Industry Administration is not worthy of being the department responsible for managing the magic industry system in the Lampali Kingdom, but is simply assisting the ten designated chambers of commerce in the management of the magic industry system. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce carried out a naked robbery, and he was basically the bandit leader leading a group of shameful bandits!
This article did not use all kinds of obscure words to accuse like other newspapers. Instead, it named the Magic Industry Administration by name. It even mentioned the ten chambers of commerce in a not-so-subtle way at the end of the article. Behind them stood some of the great nobles in the kingdom. This was how they gained such strong support and dared to treat the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in this way.
People who know some of the inside stories can't help but be shocked when they read this article.
This "Lampalli Weekly" actually dares to directly open fire on the Magic Industry Administration, and even dares to name the big shots behind the scenes. This is completely seeking death.
However, after seeing the author's name marked in the article, people immediately understood.
It is understandable that the article was published under the title of the book written by Baron Heiners himself.
If you think about it again, these people who know a little bit about the inside story will only feel that the shock in their hearts is several times more intense.
The reason why Baron Haynes was able to found "Lampari Weekly" and the reason why "Lampari Weekly" was able to gain a foothold in Anvilmar and quickly develop into the leading and most influential newspaper in the Kingdom of Lampali is naturally It's because Baron Heiners has the support of some big shots with huge power.
Now he actually published such an article in "Lampali Weekly", which clearly represents the will of the big shots behind him, and it can be regarded as a clear expression of the attitude of those big shots.
The wording of this article is so strong that I am afraid that the big figures behind it who support the New Flying Chamber of Commerce are really dissatisfied with this decision of the Magic Industry Administration.
Among these people, Earl Satsuma, who is currently the lord of Sewell City, behaved the most fiercely and had the clearest attitude.
As early as when the Commerce Department decided to increase the special tax on magic machinery, Earl Satsuma did the opposite in Sewell City and implemented additional subsidies for magic machinery, which just balanced the special tax levied by the Commerce Department.
And at the same time, Earl Satsuma has always had a very negative attitude towards this so-called special tax collection, which makes the several chambers of commerce that produce magic machinery that have just emerged in Sewell City this year be more powerful than all other chambers of commerce in the kingdom. The Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce in the city is much better off.
Because of this policy implemented by Earl Satsuma, many magic machinery chambers of commerce in other cities have relocated to Sewell City.
Now, a large-scale magic industrial park has been built outside Sewell City around the production base previously built by the New Flying Chamber of Commerce.
Although it is not comparable to the size of Bangta City before, this magic industrial park contains all the current magic industry-related chambers of commerce. It can be said that it already has a small and relatively complete industrial system model.
And after the Magic Industry Authority announced a ban on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's production of magic machines in the Lampali Kingdom, Earl Satsuma didn't even do any superficial tricks. He directly declared that the Magic Industry Authority's ruling was not in compliance with the laws of the kingdom. Sewell City will not recognize it and will never implement it.
As the lord of a city, it is undoubtedly a very serious matter to openly disobey the orders of the kingdom's governing body. However, Earl Satsuma still sits comfortably in the position of lord of Sewell City, without any lack of position. signs of stability.
Of course, the overt and covert struggles among the big shots above are simply out of reach for the common people at the bottom of the kingdom.
For the civilians, they only discovered one thing, and that was that because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was banned from producing magic machinery, a large number of job opportunities generated by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's magic machinery industry chain were lost, directly and indirectly. Many people are unemployed.
Although the ten chambers of commerce of the Magic Industry Administration began to recruit a large number of people after that, the salaries offered to workers by these ten chambers of commerce were far different from before, and the various welfare policies were not even mentioned, which naturally led to countless People are extremely dissatisfied.
In addition, apart from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, those who were most severely damaged in this incident were the small chambers of commerce that had previously relied on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce for survival.
After the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was banned from producing magic machines, all the various small chambers of commerce that were previously associated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were naturally affected.
For example, the small chambers of commerce that used to rely on providing parts processing to Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, because Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stopped producing magic machinery, and the ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Administration have incorporated parts processing into their own systems Among them, it is difficult for these small merchants to receive orders.
In less than a month after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced the suspension of production, dozens of small chambers of commerce in Bangta City that were mainly engaged in parts processing also announced the suspension of production.
In addition to some chambers of commerce that had ceased production and closed down when the Magic Industry Administration levied special taxes on magic machines, more than half of the chambers of commerce related to magic machines in Bonta City had disappeared in less than half a year.
Although the current Bangta City can still be considered very prosperous, it is far from what it was six months ago.
More importantly, on the streets of Bonta City, there are fewer and fewer signs belonging to the New Flying Chamber of Commerce. The half-spread wing icons that could be seen everywhere in the past gradually disappeared in the city, replaced by the ones designated by the Magic Industry Administration. Various new brand icons for ten chambers of commerce.
Everything seems to be declaring a fact.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is about to disappear from Bangta City.
However... has Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really disappeared
If you shift your gaze southwest from Bangta City to the Black Rice Wasteland about two hundred kilometers away from Bangta City, or sneak a little further south to the Standing Principality further away, you will find Xinfei Not only did the Chamber of Commerce not disappear, but it grew rapidly in these two places.
On the road leading to the Black Rice Wasteland and the Principality of Standing, magic freight motorcycles carried countless cargoes at high speed, transporting the magic machines produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to different destinations.
The Magic Industry Administration only prohibits the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from continuing to produce magic machines in the Lampali Kingdom, but it does not prohibit the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from continuing to sell magic machines in the kingdom.
reason
It's very simple. This matter is under the control of the Kingdom's Commercial Administration, but it is something that the Magic Industry Administration cannot decide.
And no matter how much the Commerce Department wants to target the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, how dare it issue such a ban that will surely offend the public in such a storm
Even His Majesty King Eric would not dare to issue such an order...
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