After autumn, there were a few light rains, and the weather gradually became colder.

The weather in the Fog City is colder than that in Shenbang, and the ubiquitous haze adds a bit of coldness to the city.

The cargo ship Columbus sent back surprised everyone.

When people look at the boats full of Fool's Gold, they feel like they are celebrating April Fool's Day in advance.

An accountant made a rough calculation and found that the value of the goods on the 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 unbanned Columbus stocks were eagerly sold by everyone, and their value plummeted.

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

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

Columbus's stock was turned into waste paper, and some people even burned the stock text in public to vent their anger!

There were also people who came forward and wanted to pursue Columbus' legal responsibility, recover their losses, and at least get something back.

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

The reason for the court's rejection is simple:

Of the many ores Columbus sent back, more than 99% were fool's gold, but 1% was real gold.

He did bring back the gold mine!

Moreover, Columbus, as a captain, not a geologist or alchemist, had no ability to accurately distinguish between fool's gold and gold mines.

It can be inferred from this point that Columbus did not commit subjective fraud.

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

According to his promise, he transported all the spoils gained from the voyage back to the Fog City, and that was it.

The court did not support the shareholders' appeal, but it also issued an injunction prohibiting any navigator from replying to the letter in advance to announce his harvest in order to prevent the Fool's Gold farce from happening again.

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

However, the status of the majority shareholder of Columbus stock is somewhat special.

This group of old nobles from Nanhenwumei planned to rely on this business to become the masters of their own country.

Who would have thought that the whole set is already inside!

Originally, as landowners from a small United Kingdom, they had no reason to lose when they litigated in Fog City.

What's more, Columbus was from the Kingdom of God, and the people behind it were Mr. Luden and the Buck family from the Kingdom of God!

Wudu sued Shenbang Liar at home, how could he lose?

They really lost!

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

After deciding the case, the judge retired honorably, received a knighthood on the spot, and was sent to the House of Lords.

It was only at this moment that Sir Billy and others finally woke up.

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

This is just a glove and a knife.

And the real mastermind behind this is the old king in the palace.

The old king was in poor health, and bad news kept coming from the palace, with one serious illness after another.

Many people doubted that he would survive this winter.

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

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

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

As for illegal ways

As long as they dare to use it, the old king will dare to rebel.

Originally, Sir Billy placed his hope in the Knights of St. Peter. The combat power of this Knights cannot be underestimated.

If the Thirteen Saints can be canonized as the state religion, it is very likely to convince the other party to side with you.

The only small problem: it costs extra.

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 of them were sitting in the same secret room, in the same position.

The look in Sir Billy's eyes when he looked at the other party was not condescending or contemptuous, but mixed with solemnity, resentment, confusion, anger and awe.

Billy spoke bitterly,

"Hunting with a lion only becomes his next meal, Mr. Ludden."

This is an old proverb from the foggy city. Translated into Luden’s hometown dialect: To seek skin from 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 Nanhen Wumei 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 Nanhen Wumei Island!

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

Sir Billy spoke slowly, as calmly as possible,

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

Luden frowned slightly. Based on his understanding, the cash in the other party's hands could last until at least the fourth installment of repayment.

Given more time, they could scrape together all the debts, get back their land and mortgages, and avoid defaulting so quickly.

Luden's brows relaxed quickly, he knew what the other party was going to do.

Sir Billy continued,

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

The other party handed over a long list of names, and Luden glanced at them. They were all the most remote and marginal territories on the island. Their value was not high, and the other party wouldn't feel bad if they gave them up.

They certainly didn't have good intentions in giving up these lands to Luden for no reason.

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

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

Sir Billy finally stopped, looked at Luden with his dark blue eyes, and even said with a bit of a smile,

"After the vote of the island's parliament, starting from 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, you will be the governor of Nanhenwumei Island."

Ludden:.

Aren't you going to squeeze out all the cash?

The old nobles simply abandoned their pawns to save their chariots!

Give all the scraps to Luden, and at the same time use less money to retain more valuable territory and reduce your own losses.

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

When he joined the Little United Kingdom, Nanhen Wumeidao made many ridiculous demands, and the other party agreed to them one by one, and even wrote them into the code.

This is one of them.

The governor of Nanhen Wumei Island must be the one who owns the most land on the island.

Luden doesn’t want to be governor?

That’s ok too.

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

Or, Luden pinches his nose and becomes the governor, and is forced to fight in the ring with the old king.
To be continued...