I really don't want to hang up

Chapter 252 New Teeth
After autumn, with a few light rains, the sky is getting colder.

The weather in Wudu is colder than that in Shenbang, and the ubiquitous smog adds a bit of gloom to the city.

The cargo ship sent back by Columbus surprised everyone.

Looking at the boat full of fool's gold, people feel like celebrating April Fool's Day ahead of schedule.

An accountant made a rough calculation, and the value of the goods on this ship was not enough to pay for the freight and insurance.

If it's just like this, it's just a small thing.

After the ship docked, an 'earthquake' occurred at the Fu Bao Exchange!
The Columbus stocks that were lifted were sold by everyone, and their value plummeted.

How high this stock was praised in the past is how low it is trampled today.

However, Fool's Gold's farce completely destroyed people's trust.

Columbus's stock became waste paper, and some people even burned the copy of the stock in public to vent their anger!
There were also people who came forward and wanted to pursue Columbus's legal responsibility, recover his losses, or at least get back something.

However, their claim could not be supported by the court.

The reason the court rejected was simple:
Among the many ores sent back by Columbus, more than 99% are fool's gold, but 1% are real gold mines.

He did send the gold mine back!

Moreover, Columbus, as a captain, not a geologist or alchemist, was unable to accurately distinguish fool's gold from gold mines.

Inference from this point, Columbus did not exist subjective fraud.

What's more, Columbus didn't gain anything from the whole thing!

According to his promise, he transported all the spoils of the voyage back to Wudu, that's all.

The court did not support the demands of the shareholders, but the court also issued an injunction, prohibiting any navigator from replying in advance to announce their harvest in advance, so as to avoid the Fool's Gold farce from happening again.

If it were any other time, the major shareholders would definitely not let it go if they suffered such a big loss.

However, the identity of the major shareholder of Columbus stock is somewhat special.

This group of old nobles from Nanhenwumei originally planned to rely on this business to turn themselves into masters of their own affairs.

Who ever thought. The whole set is inside!
Originally, as the landlords of the Little United Kingdom, they had no reason to lose in a lawsuit in Wudu.

What's more, Columbus is from Godland, and the man behind the scenes is Mr. Luden and the Barker family from Godland!
Wudu sued Shenbang liar at home, how could he lose?
They really lost!

A judge who is about to retire has made the final judgment on this case, prohibiting Sir Billy and others from appealing again, completely closing the case.

After adjudicating the case, the judge retired honorably, was knighted on the spot, and was sent to the House of Lords.

It wasn't until this moment that Sir Billy and the others came to their senses.

What they have been fighting against is not Mr. Ludeng from the Kingdom of God.

It's just a glove, a knife.

And the real behind-the-scenes black hand is the old king in the deep palace.

The old king was in poor health, and bad news kept coming from the palace, and he became seriously ill one after another.

Many people suspect that he will not survive this winter.

Even so, when the old king was sober, he still reached a deal with Mr. Luden through some unknown means.

The depreciation of Columbus's stock has completely bankrupted the finances of Nanhenwumei Island.

They have no legitimate means to fight for their own interests.

As for the illegal way
As long as they dare to use it, the old king will dare to turn his face.

Originally, Sir Billy had pinned his hopes on the Knights of St. Peter, whose combat power should not be underestimated.

If you canonize the Thirteen Saints as the state religion, it is very likely to convince the other party to stand on your side.

The only small problem: there is an extra charge.

Now, the money is gone and the people are almost gone.

When Sir Billy appeared in front of Luden again, he was more than ten years older than he was in high spirits some time ago.

The two sat in the same secret room, in the same position.

Sir Billy looked at the other party's eyes, but there was no condescension and contempt, mixed with solemnity, resentment, puzzlement, anger...and awe.

Billy spoke bitterly,
"Hunting with a lion will only be his next meal, Mr. Luden."

This is an old proverb in Wudu, replaced by Luden's hometown dialect: seek skin with a tiger.

"You're right."

Luden nodded seriously,

"I don't want to do that either."

But the old king gave too much!

After destroying the restoration plan of Nanhenwumei Island this time, the old king approved the mining rights of a gold mine and asked the mint to give priority to purchasing gold from Luden.

This means that Luden's medical company will have a steady stream of cash flow!

Really, there is a mine at home.

Luden no longer needs 300% leverage.

Because, with the wealth of assets in his hands, no bank can help him raise the leverage ratio to 300%.

His wealth is enough to buy half of Nanhenwumei Island!

"Mr. Luden, I'm here this time to tell you something."

Sir Billy spoke slowly, as smoothly as he could,

"The repayment contract we signed before may be in breach of contract."

Lu Deng frowned slightly. According to his understanding, the cash in the other party's hands could last at least until the fourth installment of repayment.

Given more time, they could piece together all the debts and get back their land and collateral, so they wouldn't default on the contract so soon.

Lu Deng's brows loosened quickly, he knew what the other party was going to do.

Sir Billy continued,

"We will not breach all the contracts, but one-sixth of them. According to the contract we signed, these lands are all yours."

The other party handed over a long list, and Lu Deng glanced at it. They were all the most remote and marginal territories on the island, and their value was not high, and the other party would not feel distressed if they abandoned them.

They gave up these lands to Lu Deng for no reason, of course they had no good intentions.

Sir Billy's voice was still very steady, unhurried, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him,

"According to the Fog City Code, from the moment we breach the contract, you own these lands, and at the same time, you are also the largest lord on the island, so."

Sir Billy finally paused, his dark blue eyes looked at Luden, and he even said with a smile,
"After the vote of the island council, starting from 2:30 pm tomorrow, you will be the governor of Nanhenwumei Island."

Luden: .
Aren't you going to squeeze your cash dry?

The old nobles directly abandoned the pawns to save the car!

Give all the leftovers to Luden, and at the same time use less money to keep more valuable territories and reduce your losses.

At the same time, Luden, who took over these lands, became the largest lord in name, and as long as the parliament approves, he must serve as the executive governor.

When joining the Little United Kingdom, Nanhenwu Meidao made many absurd requests, and the other party agreed to them one by one, and even wrote them into the law code.

This is also one of them.

The governor of Nanhenwumei Island must be the one with the most land on the island.

Luden doesn't want to be governor?

Also.

According to the Code of the Fog City, Luden refused to serve as the governor and had to sell his real estate to the local nobles.

Or, Luden held his nose as the governor and was forced to fight the old king.

Or, Luden sold the land he ate to the old nobles at a low price.

With the national restoration plan already bankrupt, Sir Billy revitalized the situation as much as possible, retreated to advance, got out of the chaos, and watched the tigers fight on the hills.

If Luden served as the governor, but he was obedient and contradictory, and he was in cahoots with the old king.

At that time, the people of South Hate Wumei Island will use practical actions to teach this Mr. Ludeng from the Kingdom of God.

The will of the people cannot be violated.

Once Luden takes this seat, he must listen to the voices of the people, and his head must follow his ass.

The old nobles have lost enough.

It's the only decent way for them.

Luden sighed and said helplessly,
"Elect the governor, at least choose once!"

The fog is really alive and returning.

Back then in Shenbang, I still had to choose one of the three in terms of appearance.

This time it was good, and he directly gave Luden an imperial appointment.

There is no problem with the legal process that the other party went through, and there will be no excuses for Luden.

At the same time, Lu Deng suspects that the old king is also happy to see the success.

Anyway, the old king has not had a good life for a few days, let Lu Deng become the governor of the island, and become the subordinate of the old king in name.
Just thinking about it is exciting!

Pushed to this seat, Lu Deng could only let nature take its course.

As for how to clean up this mess.
Luden was not worried.

He never worried about the lack of power and resources in his hands.

Lu Deng was only worried that his appetite was too great, and an island would not be able to eat enough.

at the same time.

Fog,

deep palace.

A secretary-general from the Traffic Management Office walked quickly into a room with a newspaper in his hand, and quickly closed the door.

In front of a huge bed, there is a chair.

The secretary-general sat on a chair with his head down, like an obedient student, reporting,
"Mr. Luden met with Billy, and he didn't refuse."

An old and powerful voice said with a smile,
"No one can refuse the position of governor, especially someone like Mr. Luden."

He had read Mr. Luden's stories more than once when he was a child.

This is a compulsory course for every king.

The old man was very familiar with the legendary Mr. Luden, like a pen pal he hadn't seen for many years.

He never expected that he would be able to see the living Mr. Luden in his lifetime.

"Head up."

In an orderly tone, the secretary-general raised his head and looked forward.

A thin, white-haired old man was facing the mirror, grinning.

He looked in good spirits.

The old man turned his head and looked at the secretary-general, showing a snow-white smile.

He said seriously,
"With my new teeth, I can eat again."

(End of this chapter)