my pokemon player.

Chapter 136
Lancaster stood up directly. He felt that he might be hallucinating, so he shouted to Lance:

"Say what you just said again!"

Lance had no choice but to report the information just now:
"When I got back to the shed, the jug and the cubs had all disappeared."

Lancaster, who heard the same words again, finally confirmed that it wasn't his hallucinations, but that the big milk tanks really disappeared!
He sat back on his seat, not knowing what to say for a moment, this blow was too great for him.

It was Herman who reacted in time. He pulled Lance up and asked loudly with anger:

"What do you mean the big milk pots have all disappeared? How did you take care of them? Did they escape? Why didn't you send someone to find them?"

Faced with this series of questions, Lance didn't even dare to wipe the saliva that Herman sprayed on his face, and quickly replied:
"When I visited the shed with the distinguished guests from Guanhai City, the big milk tanks were still in the shed, but when I saw off those guests with you and returned to the shed, I found that the big milk tanks were gone .”

"The time in between was very short, even if they escaped, they couldn't run very far, but they were not found around the shed, and there were no militiamen and residents to report the situation, which shows that the big milk tanks did not escape by themselves. "

"When I found out that they were missing, I searched around the shed for the first time, but I still didn't see them. Before I came to report to you, I also sent people out to look for them. Let them inform us as soon as they have news. .”

Lance knew very well that every word he said now was related to his own life, so he answered very methodically.

First, it is explained that the big milk jug was not lost while he was guarding it. At that time, he was seeing off the guests of Guanhai City.

Then he said that the big milk tank did not run away by himself, but disappeared due to other reasons, and once again evaded his responsibility.

Finally, he explained that he hadn't done nothing, and had already sent someone to find the big milk tank.

In short, in one sentence, although the big milk jug was lost, I did not neglect my duty.

Herman naturally heard the meaning of Lance's words, he let go of Lance's collar, and said with a puzzled expression:

"What you mean is that when you showed the guests of Guanhai City, the big milk pot was still in the shed, and it was only after sending off a guest that the big milk pot disappeared?"

"Yes."

Lance saw that the anger on Herman's face had dissipated a lot, and he knew that he had passed one level, but the most difficult level had not been passed yet, and it still depended on Baron Lancaster's attitude.

And Lancaster also gradually recovered from the shock, he knew in his heart that since the big milk jug has been lost, the most important thing now is to find out why the big milk jug was lost, and then find the big milk jug .

"I remember that it didn't take long when you sent those guests off. Just like Director Lance said, it's impossible for a big milk can to travel far in such a short time."

"But no one around has found them, which is a bit strange. They can't just evaporate out of thin air, right?"

Lancaster was also very puzzled. The big milk tanks were not small and there were a lot of them. No matter if they ran away by themselves or were stolen, it was impossible for them to remain silent.

But the fact is that no one witnessed the big milk jugs, they really disappeared out of thin air, which is really unbelievable.

"Secretary Hermann, how do you think the big milk jugs disappeared?"

Lancaster turned to Herman and asked.

"This subordinate doesn't know either. Why don't you ask the head of the farm, Lance. He is the head of the ranch and is familiar with big milk tanks. Maybe he will have some insights."

Herman didn't know how the big milk jug disappeared, but as the head of the ranch, Lance was always responsible and obliged to explain this matter.

"Captain Lance, do you have any guesses about the disappearance of the big milk tank?"

"I do have some guesses, but I don't dare to say."

Lance said tremblingly.

"What time is this? I'm still babbling here. If you have any guesses, tell me quickly!"

Herman said anxiously from the side.

Lancaster waved his hand, signaling Herman not to worry, and then said softly to Lance:
"I know that the big milk jug is lost, and you blame yourself, but as you said just now, this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't put too much burden on you, just speak out your thoughts, It will also help us find the big milk tank faster."

Although Lancaster was very angry that Lance lost the big milk jug, he also knew that this matter had nothing to do with Lance, and Lance did nothing wrong.

So he didn't say anything serious to Lance. He just wanted to find out the reason of the matter quickly and get the big milk jug back.

As for how to punish Lance, that's a matter for the future.

Seeing that Lancaster was not angry, Lance also breathed a sigh of relief. Three points of his frightened look just now were real, and the remaining seven points were just pretending.

He just wanted to pretend to be pitiful, so as to win Lancaster's sympathy. He knew that his lord was a relatively weak person.

As long as he shirks the responsibility and pretends to be innocent, there is a good chance that he will be forgiven by Baron Lancaster, and his life will be saved.

So Lance didn't hesitate any longer, and directly expressed his guess:

"Lord Baron, I suspect that this matter was done by those people from Guanhai City. Apart from me, they are the only ones who have come into contact with the big milk cans today, and only the people from Guanhai City have this ability. They can learn from us. The big milk jugs were taken away right under my nose without anyone noticing."

"So I think the big milk jug was stolen by people from Guanhai City and transported away."

Lance knew that his lord had always been respectful towards Guanhai City, so he did not dare to use the word "steal".

"How is this possible? Why did the people in Guanhai City steal our big milk cans? It's impossible for them to smash their own signs for a little profit."

Herman said in disbelief.

Before Lance expressed his guess, he never thought that it would be someone from Guanhai City who stole the big milk jug.

The reason is very simple, the businessmen in Guanhai City have always been honest, they will not do things that damage their reputation.

That's right, although Herman was very disgusted with these profit-seeking businessmen, he had to admit that the businessmen in Guanhai City were very honest in their transactions, and they were even more trustworthy than individual nobles.

These merchants are very clear about their own position. Only when they trade with integrity can they gain the trust of the nobles and build long-term trading channels.

They never make a one-shot deal. You can say that they will do anything for profit, but they will never lose their reputation for profit.

Because these businessmen know in their hearts that only by maintaining their reputation can they gain more benefits.

This is also an important reason why the merchant alliance can develop and grow in a short period of time. Even the nobles who have always been above the top have given the merchants enough trust in transactions, which shows the high reputation of Guanhai City.

They Qiangwei Town has done deals with Guanhai City for many years. Although they have been ceding benefits, it was all voluntarily given up by the lords of the past dynasties in order to obtain the protection of Guanhai City.

Guanhai City has never had any problems with transactions, and it has indeed kept its promise, until now it is still sheltering Qiangwei Town.

Therefore, after learning that the big milk jug was lost, neither Baron Lancaster nor Secretary Herman thought that it would be done by people from Guanhai City.

Even though Lance put forward his own guess, they still couldn't believe it. People from Guanhai City had no reason to steal their big milk jug.

"Captain Lance, it's not that we don't believe your guess, it's just that the people in Guanhai City have no reason to do this. You usually have little contact with them, and you may not know it. They value their reputation very much, and it is almost impossible to do these things. It’s a sneaky thing.”

Lancaster mused.

"Yeah, we have traded with them many times, and there has never been a problem. The key is why are they stealing big milk cans? They don't run a ranch. Is it because we don't sell them big milk cans? "

"But we have made the situation very clear. When the cubs grow up, we will continue to sell them cubs. They are all smart people, and they probably don't understand the principle of long water."

Herman agreed, and he also agreed with Baron Lancaster.

In fact, in the entire Qiangwei Town, he is the one who knows the most about Guanhai City. He is usually responsible for dealing with Guanhai City, so he knows a lot of information about Guanhai City through this.

For example, there are very few chambers of commerce in Guanhai City that operate raw material business. Most of them buy raw materials at low prices from other places, and then resell them at high prices through their own channels, or sell them at high prices after processing them.

Just like their Moo Moo Fresh Milk, after the Guanhai City Chamber of Commerce purchased the fresh milk, they would add other ingredients such as sweetness to it, make it into a high-end drink, and then sell it to nobles and other upper-class people.

The selling price is several times higher than the price they paid for fresh milk, so they don't even bother to run a ranch. It's troublesome and they can't make much money, so they might as well just spend money to buy fresh milk.

They didn't buy the cubs in big milk tanks to raise them for milk, but they ran the Warcraft Auction House, and they bought the cubs just to enrich the variety of Warcraft in the auction house.

Many rich people will buy a big milk jug to keep at home, just to drink the freshest milk, so the big milk jug is still very popular in the auction house.

But Guanhai City will not destroy the reputation that has been painstakingly managed for many years for just a few dozen big milk cans.

Anyway, Herman didn't believe that people from Guanhai City would do such a thing.

"I really don't know much about the merchants in Guanhai City, but they are the only ones who have touched the big milk tank today, and they are the only ones who are suspected. Apart from them, I can't think of anyone else who can transport the big milk tank away."

Lance said with a sad face.

He is very panicked now, if he doesn't shift the responsibility to the people in Guanhai City, then he will be in danger.

"What Director Lance said makes sense. Anyway, they are the only ones who have come into contact with the Big Milk Tank today, and their behavior is indeed very strange today. They have stayed in Rose Town and insisted on visiting the Big Milk Tank. "

"The Yaojin Chamber of Commerce operates the second largest Warcraft auction house in Guanhai City. Since Mr. Tom is the descendant of a senior executive of the Chamber of Commerce, he should have seen a lot of Warcraft. Logically speaking, he would not be interested in the big milk tank. There is so much interest."

Herman's IQ is not low, he just formed a mindset before, subconsciously thinking that people in Guanhai City are fine.

Now after Lance's reminder, he also began to feel that something was wrong with Chen Yan and the others.

"You mean, Guanhai City is fine, but those few people might be pretending?"

Lancaster understood what Herman wanted to express.

"I think it's possible. Guanhai City won't ruin its reputation just for some big milk cans, but others don't care about that. The price of big milk cans on the black market is not low."

Herman replied.

"But those people have the token of the Yaojin Chamber of Commerce, or the token of the director. You have also seen that token, and you should be very clear that the token is real."

"Unless they stole the token, but the people in the chamber of commerce also know the importance of the token, and have always kept it strictly. Even if it is lost, they will send flying monsters to the surrounding territories as soon as possible to prevent other Territory cheated."

"We haven't received relevant news recently, indicating that their tokens are not stolen, so where did their director tokens come from?"

Lancaster wondered, the reason why they trust Chen Yan and others so much is because of the council token. If you want to say that their identities are counterfeit, how do you explain that token?

"This"

Herman didn't know how to explain the token.

In fact, they are also unlucky. Generally speaking, the directors of the chamber of commerce will not hand over the tokens easily, and they also know what their tokens mean.

But who made Yinghuo Zhengang reach a cooperation with Yaojin Chamber of Commerce? In order to express his goodwill and trust, Director Locke gave his token to Ryan.

In his opinion, Ryan just wanted to buy some Momoo fresh milk in Qiangwei Town, and he would not do anything to endanger Qiangwei Town.

Even if Ryan really did something with the token, it doesn't matter, anyway, Guanhai City has already decided to abandon Qiangwei Town, so he won't care about the life and death of Qiangwei Town.

And Ryan didn't know that the council token had such a great effect. He thought the token was just a transaction certificate, so he threw it to Chen Yan casually. Unexpectedly, Chen Yan got it with this token. With the trust of Qiangwei Town, he also took this opportunity to steal the big milk pot.

Not to mention that Lancaster and the others couldn't figure out this series of coincidences, even when the person involved came, it took a long time to figure it out.

"Hey, no matter what, let's inform Guanhai City first and ask if they lost a council token."

Lancaster said with a sigh.

"Okay, I'll send someone to contact them, if they haven't lost the token, what should we do?"

Herman asked cautiously, what he meant by what he said was, if the people from Guanhai City really stole the big milk jug, how should they deal with it.

"Let's talk about it then. Maybe it has nothing to do with Guanhai City. There are other reasons. Director Lance, please lead people to find them yourself. Don't let go of any clues. I don't believe it. There are so many big milk cans. It will evaporate!"

Lancaster changed the subject, and he complained in his heart which pot was not opened and which pot was carried by Herman.

If Guan Haicheng really stole their big milk pot, what would he do?
Not only could he not blame Guanhai City, he also had to praise Guanhai City for being so clever in transporting the big milk cans away so easily. He also had to ask if they needed Meili Sheep.

There is no way, Qiangwei Town is so humble in front of Guanhai City.

Herman also knew that he had said something wrong, so he lowered his head and dared not speak any more.

Lance took the lead and said:
"Obey, I'll take someone to look for it!"

After he finished speaking, he turned and left. After leaving the castle, he breathed a sigh of relief, and finally passed this test. The baron did not put all the responsibility on him.

Although he would still be punished if he couldn't find the big milk jug, at least his life was saved.

That's right, he didn't expect to find the big milk jug at all. In fact, the baron also knew that there was little hope of finding the big milk jug, so asking him to look for it was just a show.

"It's all good deeds done by those bastards in Guanhai City! When I see them next time, I will definitely return that punch and kick!"

Lance said viciously, he already believed in his heart that Chen Yan and the others stole the big milk jug.

At this time, Chen Yan and others who were nagged by Lance were also in trouble. They were attacked on the way back to Yinghuo Town.

"Big-mouthed bat, use your wings to attack!"

A blue figure quickly attacked Xu Ruofeng, who was sitting on the back of the one-horned rhinoceros and chatting with Chen Yan, completely unaware of the big-mouthed bat's attack.

By the time he realized that a Pokémon was attacking him, it was too late.

With a sound of "whoosh", the wings of the big-mouthed bat slashed across Xu Ruofeng's neck.

Xu Ruofeng didn't even have time to make a sound, he just fell to the ground and died!
(End of this chapter)