The spring harvest season was almost upon them.
In previous years, this had always been Cantona's busiest time, but also his happiest.
With more than ten complete sets of farmland magic machinery at its disposal, the Cantona Chamber of Commerce received countless requests to help with the harvest from Bunta City and several neighboring cities every spring.
Though the work was exhausting, it not only brought in considerable profits but also built the Cantona Chamber of Commerce's reputation. So, even though it had long since outgrown its beginnings as a small chamber with only a dozen or so farmland magic machines, Cantona still placed great importance on this work.
This year, however, the arrival of the season left Cantona worried.
The reason was simple: a new regulation issued by the City Lord's Manor.
To ensure that the spring harvest and spring plowing proceeded smoothly, the City Lord's Manor required all farmland within Bunta City's territory to use a designated brand of farmland magic machinery.
That designated brand was, of course, the Zaotian Farmland Magic Machinery produced by the Zaotian Merchant Guild, the only guild recognized by the Magic Industry Administration.
Everyone knew why the City Lord's Manor had introduced this regulation, but Cantona had no choice.
Other merchant guilds could move away if they could no longer operate in Bunta City. But the Cantona Chamber of Commerce's plowing and harvesting business was rooted in Bunta City's farmland, so it simply could not escape the city's jurisdiction.
Cantona had considered leaving Bunta City, but the Cantona Chamber of Commerce could hardly leave the Lampari Kingdom altogether. Given the current situation, setting up business in another city within the kingdom would only buy them a little time.
The Magic Industry Administration was extending this regulation throughout the Lampari Kingdom, claiming that only