On Blessing Day, a whole slew of companies was established...
"Griffin Grain, Oil, and Food Co., Ltd."
"Sarah Cosmetics Co., Ltd."
"Lesley Trading Co., Ltd."
"Ansen's Hat Agricultural Development Co., Ltd."
"Kloze Military Industry Development Co., Ltd."
"Alice Trust Development Investment Bank."
As well as "Wanderer Animal Husbandry Technology," "Sarahlia's Secret Clothing Trade," "Grand Lord Capital Management," "Monsra Rice Microfinance"... and countless other companies.
Even the lord himself lost track of exactly how many there were for a while...
In any case, they covered nearly every type of industry.
In Wheat Fragrance Territory's newly leveled open-air market, company signs had been nailed onto every door. Eventually, there was nowhere left to nail them, so the sign for "Po Hao Gourmet World" was nailed to the stable door, while "Teddy's Marvel Perfume Industry" went up beside the latrine.
These had all been jointly funded by the merchants and the "Wheat Fragrance Industrial Group," and were all "subsidiaries under the group"...
The reason for this was that the lord had announced to the merchants—
"Any enterprise under the Wheat Fragrance Industrial Group will not have to pay commercial taxes in Wheat Fragrance Territory! Not a single coin!"
Of course, anyone who wanted to rent a storefront for an office or something still had to pay...
The lord had specifically set aside such a large market area precisely to lease it out...
Overnight, Sarah became the legal representative, chairman, Executive Director, and General Manager of twelve companies...
Lesley had even more under her name, a full eighteen companies.
The cultured Ansen also had nine under his name.
The named laborers in the territory had now basically all become high-ranking executives at the General Manager level or above, each of them feeling as though they had brought glory to their ancestors and finally held