Chapter 43 Consequences
The cleanup operation carried out by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and Her Royal Highness Princess Seweni against the orcs in the Black Rice Wasteland did not attract much attention in the Kingdom of Lampari.
Even the "Bonta Daily" and "Lampari 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 Kingdom of Lampari is not at all calm.
Because 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 broke the contract first in the name of Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's unilateral violation of the agreement, so it was managed The Department canceled the right to produce any magical machinery in the kingdom.
To everyone's surprise, Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not express any objection to this ruling.
After the ruling came out, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce closed down the various production bases and =none=wrong=.s. factory workshops located in a total of six cities in the Kingdom of Lampari within half a month, and completely stopped Produce magic machines.
The only ones that have not stopped running are the product service centers established by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in many cities, which still provide after-sales service to customers who purchase Xinfei brand magic machines. As for other aspects, only the branch of the Magic Research Institute of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and the branch of the Magic Machine Tool R&D Center, which were relocated from the Rainfall Valley, are now located in Sanqidun Manor.
Moreover, these two places are currently only conducting research and development on the improvement and upgrading of various magic machines that have been developed by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. They do not develop new products, and they do not carry out any actual production of magic machines. However, it is not subject to the ruling of the Magic Industry Administration.
Other than that. The only factory workshop in Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that is still in normal operation. However, only the fruit canning factory established in Koror Village remained.
So in just a blink of an eye, the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has changed from the most promising and promising chamber of commerce in the Lampari Kingdom to a chamber of commerce that cannot produce any magic machinery. In the eyes of most people, this is basically already Sentenced to death for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce that cannot produce magic machines, is it still the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?
Of course, for the situation faced by Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. People are not just sighing with emotion, but many people expressed shock and even anger.
At the beginning, the Magic Industry Management Agency forced the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to disclose its technology, and to cooperate and share technology with the ten designated chambers of commerce. In everyone's eyes, it was a robbery that violated commercial principles. Now President Xu couldn't stand it anymore and decided to terminate this unfair cooperation. The Magic Industry Management Bureau is so aggressive, and even wants to beat the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to death!
The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce did not express any objection to the ruling of the Magic Industry Management Agency, but countless voices in the kingdom questioned the Magic Industry Management Agency.
In many cities in the kingdom, many civilians even spontaneously organized themselves. Gather in front of the product service centers established by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce in these cities to publicly express support for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
And in many newspapers in various cities. There are also various articles supporting the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.
Among them, the title of the article published on the front page of the "Lampari Weekly" is the most direct.
"Magical Industry Administration = Bandit Chief?"
A more direct and sharp article matches the title that makes people feel a little horrified at first glance.
In this article, the spearhead is directly aimed at the Magic Industry Management Agency, claiming that the Magic Industry Management Agency is not worthy of being the department in charge of managing the magic industry system in the Kingdom of Lampari, and is simply assisting the ten designated chambers of commerce. The Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's naked robbery is simply the bandit leader leading a group of shameful robbers!
This article does not use all kinds of cryptic words to accuse like other newspapers at all, but names the Magic Industry Management Agency by name, and even mentions the ten chambers of commerce in the back of the article. Standing behind them are some big nobles in the kingdom, which is why they have such strong support and dare to treat Xinfei Chamber of Commerce like this.
People who know some inside information will be shocked after reading this article.
This "Lampari Weekly" actually dared to directly open fire on the Magical Industry Administration, and even dared to point out those big figures behind the scenes. This is completely courting death.
However, after seeing the author's name marked in the article, people's minds suddenly suddenly.
It is understandable that Baron Haines personally wrote the title of the article and published it.
You can think about it again, these people who know a little bit about the inside story will only feel the shock in their hearts several times more intense.
The reason why Baron Haines was able to found the "Lampari Weekly", the reason why "Lampari Weekly" was able to gain a foothold in the city of Anvilmar, and quickly developed into the leading and most influential newspaper in the Kingdom of Lampari, naturally It is because Baron Haines has the support of some big figures with huge strength.
Now he actually publicly published such an article in the "Lampari Weekly", which clearly represented 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 fierce, I am afraid that those big figures behind him who support the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are really dissatisfied with the decision of the Magical Industry Administration.
Among these people, Earl Summer, who is currently serving as the lord of Sewell City, is the most violent and has the clearest attitude.
As early as when the Commerce Department decided to increase the special tax on magic machines, Earl Summer went the other way in Sewell City and implemented additional subsidies for magic machines, which just balanced out the special taxes collected by the Commerce Department.
And at the same time, the Earl of Summer has always held a very inactive attitude towards this so-called special tax collection, which made the few chambers of commerce that produce magic machinery that have just emerged in Sewell City this year far more expensive than all other magic machinery manufacturers in the kingdom. The Magic Machinery Chamber of Commerce in the city is much easier.
Also because of this policy implemented by the Earl of Summer, many magic machinery guilds in other cities have moved to Sewell City.
Now, around the production base built by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, a large-scale magic industrial park has been built outside Sewell.
Although it is not comparable to the size of the previous Bangta City, this magic industrial park contains all the current chambers of commerce related to the magic industry. It can be said that it already has a small and relatively complete industrial system model.
And when the Magic Industry Management Agency announced the prohibition of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from producing magic machines in the Kingdom of Lampari, Earl Summer did not even make a superficial effort, and directly declared that the ruling of the Magic Industry Management Agency did not comply 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, but Earl Samo still sits comfortably in the position of the lord of Sewell City, and there is no position that is not wrong. signs of stability.
Of course, the open and secret battles among the big figures above are simply out of reach for the common people at the bottom of the kingdom.
For the civilians, they only found one thing, that is, because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was banned from producing magic machinery, a large number of job opportunities due to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce’s magic machinery industry chain were lost, which directly and indirectly caused Many people are unemployed.
Although the ten chambers of commerce of the Magic Industry Administration began to recruit a large number of people after this, the salaries offered to the workers by these ten chambers of commerce were far from before, and the various welfare policies were even more suspended, which naturally led to countless People are extremely dissatisfied.
In addition, the most severely damaged in this incident, apart from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, are those small chambers of commerce that previously relied on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to survive.
After the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce was banned from producing magic machines, all the small chambers of commerce previously associated with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce were naturally affected.
For example, the small chambers of commerce that used to rely on parts processing for the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce and other chambers of commerce, because the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stopped producing magic machinery, and the ten chambers of commerce designated by the Magic Industry Administration incorporated parts processing into their own system Among them, it is difficult for these small chambers of commerce to receive orders.
Less than a month after the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce announced the suspension of production, as many as dozens of small chambers of commerce in Bangta City, mainly engaged in parts processing, announced the suspension of production.
In addition to some chambers of commerce that shut down when the Magic Industry Administration levied special taxes on magic machinery, in less than half a year, more than half of the chambers of commerce related to magic machinery in Bangta City have disappeared.
Although the current Bangta City can still be regarded as very prosperous, it is far from what it was half a year ago.
More importantly, on the streets of Bangta City, there are fewer and fewer signs belonging to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. The half-spread wings icons that were seen everywhere in the past gradually disappeared in the city, replaced by the one 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 the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce really disappeared?
Turn your eyes from Bangta City to the southwest, and come to the black rice wasteland about 200 kilometers away from Bangta City, or sneak a little further south to the Duke of Standing, which is farther away, and you will find the new flying Not only did the Chamber of Commerce not disappear, but it developed rapidly in these two places.
On the road leading to the Black Rice Wasteland and the Principality of Standing, freight locomotives are carrying countless goods and galloping quickly, transporting the magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to different destinations.
The Magic Industry Administration only prohibited the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce from continuing to produce magic machines in the Kingdom of Lampari, but did 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 Commercial Administration, but it is something that the Magical Industry Administration cannot decide.
And no matter how much the Commerce Department wanted to target the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, how dare it issue such a ban that would surely offend the public's anger at the cusp of this limelight?
Even His Majesty King Eric would not dare to issue such an order...
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