Chapter 270: Winds of Change in North Africa

Viscount Olivier hesitated, "Your Highness, but if there are too many orders prohibited from sale, factories will struggle to survive..."

Joseph smiled and waved his hand, "Please rest assured, the association will not interfere with the vast majority of orders. Only a few buyers who may threaten national security will be banned, which might occur once in a few years."

The factory owners all heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this—under such terms, there were practically no restrictions.

Compared with the benefits brought by the new technology—significant improvement in the quality of iron ingots and an increase in the production of fine steel—this was completely acceptable.

In fact, they hadn't noticed the "quality evaluation" clause. And this was the main means of controlling the steel factories.

The so-called quality evaluation was an assessment carried out on a company, equivalent to rating the company.