At this time, Europe.
Hannover.
Due to the liberalization of the economy, the Longyan Army could cut off the supply lines of the Holy Crusaders, but there was no way to cut off those who came to Hanover to do business.
People in Hanover also have goods that need to be sold.
Lingchen was just a garrison in Hanover and had no way to interfere with Hanover merchants' business.
In addition, European countries have entered a truce period with a tacit understanding, and the conflicts between the Long Yan Army and the Holy Crusaders have also reduced.
But there is still friction.
However, there was friction before that could consume the Holy Crusaders' combat effectiveness.
There seems to be no profit in fighting a war of attrition now.
In order to face this crisis, Ling Chen made a decision to send businessmen into the Holy Crusaders' jurisdiction to do business.
Sweep away the wealth brought by the Holy Crusaders from within.
Use money to control this army.
Ling Chen personally led the team to the jurisdiction of the Holy Crusaders, and Diana came with him.
The two men pretended to be businessmen from Longyan.
Regarding the appearance of their Dragon Flame merchants, the top leaders of the Holy Crusaders remained highly nervous.
The Holy Crusaders are now led by Prince Subiz.
Since the last defeat at the hands of the Dragon Flame Army in Saxony, Prince Subitz led the remaining Holy Crusaders cavalry to Hanover to take over the Holy Crusaders left by Douglas.
The two Holy Crusaders' regiments were temporarily united into one, under the command of Prince Subise.
Because he had been defeated by the Long Yan Army several times, Ling Chen, as a Long Yan man, was highly concerned by them as soon as he arrived in the jurisdiction of the Holy Crusaders.
Prince Subiz asked: "How is the businessman from Longyan doing now?"
"Dear Prince, it's funny to say that the Long Yan businessman seems to have fallen into a scam."
"Not long after he arrived here, he met a liar selling a so-called money printing machine. This Long Yan businessman was defrauded of two hundred silver coins."
Upon hearing the news, Prince Subiz, who was always serious, also laughed out loud.
"There are still people who believe such a stupid scam. Are you sure he is really the Long Yan merchant?"
The waiter smiled and said, "Yes, I'm sure."
There was a burst of laughter in the Holy Crusaders' command room.
On the other side, Ling Chen pretended to be a Long Yan businessman.
At this time, he was catching a dirty liar, his eyes were cold and filled with murderous intent.
No one has ever been able to deceive him, but today he was defrauded of two hundred silver coins by such a funny liar.
"My money went there!"
Blinken begged, "Oh, for the love of the Lord, please forgive me."
"I've already spent your money, just think of it as a joke."
Ling Chen couldn't hold back the killing intent in his eyes. If he hadn't been stared at, he would have become a corpse at this time.
"I hate liars the most, especially people like you who use poor acting skills to deceive!"
Ling Chen threw him away and threw the wooden box in his left hand on his head.
Ling Chen felt that he had been unlucky for eight lifetimes. As soon as he came here, someone promoted him a box that could conjure money.
Originally, no one would fall for such a clumsy deception.
This liar also knows that such a thing cannot fool anyone at all.
He also told everyone that the money conjured from this wooden box cannot be spent and it is fake.
The next step is a clever trick. The liar uses children to help him deceive.
The liar said: 'He was originally a designer who made toys, but because of the war, this child lost his mother, and he also lost his wife...'
At this point everyone understood what happened.
Ling Chen also felt inexplicably that he was a general, and they said that he could not control the troops, so he would do whatever it took to win the war.
But when he really had to face the losses caused by the war to these people, Ling Chen hesitated.
He didn't know if this was considered regret. In the war, the people who were most affected were ordinary people.
So Ling Chen donated his two hundred silver coins with self-blame and guilt in an attempt to help this poor father and his poor children.
But in the end, it didn't last more than an hour.
Ling Chen saw this poor father and his so-called son sharing today's harvest.
At that time, Ling Chen instantly realized that he had been deceived.
Someone took advantage of his compassion to defraud him of money.
Ling Chen was instantly furious. He could never accept such a result.
Then the current scene happened.
The wooden box missed him and smashed into pieces when it hit the wall. Ling Chen still pinched his collar in confusion.
"Listen, you'd better pay back all the money you cheated, otherwise, you should know the consequences."
At this moment, a bunch of children ran out of nowhere.
When they stopped Ling Chen, some people were holding Ling Chen's legs, while others were grabbing his hands.
“You are not allowed to bully Uncle Blinken!”
Ling Chen was stunned when he saw so many children coming out to stop him from punishing this liar.
Blinken helped him stand up, looked at Ling Chen, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I really can't pay you back your money."
He took out a small notebook, quickly wrote an IOU on it, tore it off and solemnly handed it to Ling Chen.
Ling Chen looked at the IOU in his hand and watched these children defending Blinken.
He was in a daze.
Blinken bowed deeply to express his apology.
Then he quickly left, taking the children with him.
This time Ling Chen didn't chase him out. He didn't know why.
Why would these seemingly ghetto kids defend a liar.
This makes him look like a bad person.
At this time, Diana found Ling Chen who was sitting in the corner thinking hard.
"Ling Chen, I finally found you. How about it? Has the liar been caught?"
"If you can't catch it, don't catch it."
"Even when you caught him, I already knew what that liar did."
"I heard from other people that he was really a toy designer and the war took his wife and kids and he lost his job, but this guy was a good guy."
"He helped children who were also traumatized by war."
"It's just two hundred silver coins. If you lose it, you lose it. Being able to help them is also a good thing for us."
Ling Chen looked at Diana with a hint of bitterness on his face. This was all the result of their battle with the Holy Crusaders.
The endless war of attrition will only hurt more people.
"You're right, he's a good man, but we have to find him."
Diana was stunned. She looked at Ling Chen who stood up in confusion, and asked in confusion: "Why?"
Ling Chen took a breath and smiled: "We need his help."
"We need him to help us end this war quickly. The Holy Crusaders must leave Hanover."
Diana was still puzzled, but he believed in Ling Chen.
"Let's go, our time is precious, I remember he walked in this direction."
