Duke Windsor's sudden change in attitude surprised Xu Yi, but he also felt it made perfect sense.
Ultimately, no one would turn their back on profit.
The magic industry sector had already gained a foothold in the Candel Empire, and everyone could see the enormous profits hidden within this emerging industry.
Tural Province had originally been a coastal province renowned for its poverty, ranking near the bottom in the Candel Empire. Yet after using its well-developed maritime transport to bring in large quantities of magic machinery and the accompanying magic industry sector, it had immediately leaped from the bottom ranks to become a prosperous province with one of the five highest fiscal revenues.
Moreover, the benefits the magic industry sector brought to Tural Province were not limited to fiscal revenue. They had also transformed the entire province.
The most important change was the vast number of jobs it had created within Tural Province.
Since almost all the merchant guilds involved in magic industry required large workforces, once their factories opened in large numbers, nearly every able-bodied person in Tural Province could find work and no longer had to worry about making a living.
In fact, even Tural Province's workforce could not meet these guilds' factory staffing needs, prompting countless people from several neighboring provinces to flock there in search of work.
Many of those people came from the Southern Province.
After witnessing firsthand the enormous impact of the magic industry sector on Tural Province, if Duke Windsor still failed to understand the need for change, he would hardly deserve to have held the position of governor of the Southern Province for so many years.
His only real concern was the Xinfei Merchant Guild's attitude.
After all, the two sides had developed a deep enmity. With him approaching them so abruptly