Chapter 1811: The Great Scam

At this time, Europe.

Under Ling Chen's orders, Blinken harvested the merchants of the Holy Cross Army on a massive scale.

After Prince Soubise entered the market, he quickly received dividends from Blinken.

He was never a person who could sit still; after receiving the dividends, he promoted Blinken's company extensively, claiming that his hands could create miracles.

This attracted countless wealthy individuals and Nobles to purchase the Joint-stock in Blinken's hands.

He did not expect it to be this exaggerated.

After Ling Chen learned of this news, he could barely keep his mouth shut from laughing.

In his view, these so-called European Nobles were now like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they didn't even realize it when they walked into the wolf's den.

But Ling Chen was in no hurry to harvest them; for Ling Chen, there was no rush yet.

But for Blinken, he could not quite stand it anymore.

Every day, those who came to find him were wealthy individuals and Nobles; wealthy individuals and Nobles without any power or influence did not even have the chance to step over the threshold.

Now, those coming to seek to purchase Joint-stock were no longer relying on financial strength.

They were relying on status and position.

The son of the Dean of the Italian Councilors, who was currently highly sought after in the Habsburg Family, even came to seek a purchase.

He even threw money around, directly buying Joint-stock worth 100,000 Gold Coins.

But he was not the one who bought the most.

He lost to an elderly man with a short stature.

He had another identity: the grandfather of the Archduchess of Austria, a Noble within the Habsburg Dynasty, Lord Victor.

In order to obtain the Joint-stock in Blinken's hands, he even used a little bit of his connections.

In the end, he bought Joint-stock worth 150,000 Gold Coins.

Such results caused the Dragon Flame Army led by Ling Chen to become instantly wealthy.

However, this also made Ling Chen sense a trace of danger; the scam was already very large now, and once it collapsed, the scope of the fallout would be too extensive.

Among them were even their allies of Dragon Flame.

But now, Ling Chen had to withdraw.

He did not directly order Blinken to leave, but instead had the Dragon Flame Army soldiers who had infiltrated the area create a moderate fire at the Saint Luo Hotel.

And in this fire, Blinken happened to be burned to ashes.

Everything looked so reasonable.

Everything looked so natural.

In reality, Ling Chen's subordinates had taken Blinken and escaped.

But the newspapers reported that an Italian Noble and famous merchant had unfortunately died in the fire at the Saint Luo Hotel last night.

After such a report came out, the whole of Europe exploded.

Prince Soubise immediately led troops to charge into the Saint Luo Hotel, and upon seeing that charred corpse, Prince Soubise wailed in pain.

He even fainted from crying twice; Prince Soubise was so heartbroken that those who didn't know would think he was sad about Blinken's passing, but in fact, he was sad about the money he had invested in Blinken.

It was a full 10,000 Gold Coins; this was real money!

And the costs had not yet been recovered.

The Nobles of all of Europe fell into a panic because of Blinken's death; some of them had bought quite a lot of Joint-stock from Blinken.

Once Blinken died, it meant that this money would be very difficult to recover.

Europe at this time did not yet have any complete laws.

In their panic, these Nobles remembered that while it was true they had signed contracts with Blinken, Blinken might be dead, but his company was not.

As long as they found Blinken's company, this money could still be recovered.

But immediately after, a reality they could not accept occurred.

After verification and reality checks from multiple sides, everything told them that the company Blinken established did not exist at all.

This was a slap in the face.

So many wealthy individuals and Nobles, including those princes and Nobles, people with real power.

Would actually believe in a company that did not exist at all?

The answer was yes!

When Ling Chen was forging it, this company did indeed exist, but it was just a shell company; those gold mines, while they existed, belonged to Dragon Flame, and other companies could not mine them at all.

But because of Ling Chen, these fake things were all made to look like the real thing.

Except for the fact that it was fake.

The European Nobles who realized the situation was wrong were already too late to regret it.

The company was a shell, and the person had been burned to death.

Their money had long been transferred to an anonymous account, and no one knew where it went.

Victor stated: "This is a disaster for the European economy."

This matter caused too much of a stir, and too many people of status and reputation were involved; for the sake of their reputation and face, many people wanted to pursue it, but they could not admit they had been scammed.

However, the most miserable were the Crusaders; after Prince Soubise was scammed, a large-scale internal mutiny broke out within the army.

Many soldiers were demanding their pay.

But the army currently had no money to pay them at all.

In this snowy weather, someone, not knowing who, was adding fuel to the fire, telling them.

It was not that the troops had no money, but that their money had been misappropriated by Prince Soubise.

He bought Joint-stock, and now this money had been completely lost.

It was impossible for them to get a single cent from Prince Soubise.

Upon learning this news, the Holy Cross Army instantly erupted into chaos.

Many soldiers angrily looted the armory of the Holy Cross Army.

Others even launched a direct attack on the Holy Cross Army headquarters.

Prince Soubise could not control the situation at all.

And at this moment, it was a case of it never rains but it pours.

The Dragon Flame Army launched a massive offensive at this time, and the already collapsed Holy Cross Army had no ability to stop them.

The Hanover region, which had been ruled by the Holy Cross Army, was quickly routed.

After three months, it returned to the hands of the Dragon Flame Army.

This battle had no pressure at all.

The Holy Cross Army, which had originally been considered valiant and battle-hardened, was simply as fragile as paper weathered for many years in this battle, shattering at a single touch.

Troops without military pay have chaotic morale and are nothing but a pile of loose sand.

They could not resist the Dragon Flame Army at all.

Ling Chen stood on the city wall, watching the Holy Cross Army fleeing in panic in the distance, and let out a laugh.

Whatever faith in the Lord they had, in the end, it was nothing more than something held together by interests.

Without military pay, these soldiers had no combat effectiveness whatsoever.

Ling Chen shook his head, drawing a final period to the war in Hanover.

According to the statistics of this scam, Ling Chen's harvest this time was worth a full 150,000 Gold Coins, which could be said to have directly brought the Dragon Flame Army's military funds to a terrifying level.

But Ling Chen hesitated because of this.

With so much money, he was now considering only one thing: whether or not to return it.

Among them were quite a few allies of Dragon Flame. BiQuGe

For example, Excellency Victor; although he was a general of Austria and had fought against him.

But this was a matter of stance, not hatred.

General Weikeduo had even helped Liu Zheng escape danger in Austria.

He had also shown him kindness, so he felt a tiny bit of unease about his money.

However, this unease was basically eliminated after Ling Chen repeatedly admonished himself.

"I am only keeping it for him temporarily; if he wants it, I will certainly give it to him..."