Lady Lai heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing the cargo.
"Fantastic, this big problem is finally resolved. Otherwise, if rchants from all across the nation started to make a fuss, the reputation of Phoenix Chamber of Comrce would be completely ruined."
Feng Luochen also breathed a sigh of relief.
"I’ll go find soone to send all these goods back to the Phoenix Chamber of Comrce."
"Check the goods again."
Feng Bailing walked up to the convoy. Although the cargo appeared intact, for so unknown reason, Feng Bailing felt sowhat uneasy.
"Since the goods have already been verified, then it’s no longer a matter of concern for the Soldier Inn."
Soldier King Qi walked in with a group of rcenaries, smirking to himself as he saw Lady Lai and others. These fools were indeed duped; although the cargo in front of them looked exactly the sa, Soldier King Qi knew very well that this batch of goods was not the original batch.
Although he didn’t know why the mysterious person went to great lengths to swap the identical goods and then sell them to Xiao Junci,
it was clear the mysterious person had his calculations, and once the goods reached the hands of Phoenix Chamber of Comrce, they would definitely be in big trouble.
"It’s already the third watch of the night; we need to hurry."
Feng Luocheng urged as well.
There were about a dozen carts of cargo, and simply unloading them would take quite so ti.
Lady Lai nodded in agreent.
Feng Bailing felt hesitant; she didn’t understand where this inexplicable sense of unease was coming from.
Just as Lady Lai and Feng Luochen were preparing to unload the goods, shouting was heard from outside the Soldier Inn.
"Wolves! There are wolves!"
Several rcenaries shouted loudly as a dark shadow quickly darted into the Soldier Inn.
The shadow moved too quickly, even the rcenaries couldn’t stop it.
With a whoosh, the shadow rushed towards Feng Bailing and the others.
"Where did this vicious wolf co from."
Soldier King Qi and others imdiately went on guard.
Feng Bailing recognized the wolf as Hei Dian.
Unexpectedly, Hei Dian swiftly moved forward, sniffed beside Feng Bailing, and instantly his guarded expression faded.
He bite the corner of Feng Bailing’s clothes; although Feng Bailing had beco Feng San, in Hei Dian’s eyes, she was still Feng Bailing, the scent was unmistakable.
"Hei Dian, what are you doing here?"
Feng Bailing was also surprised, knowing that Hei Dian and Xiao Li were almost inseparable. By rights, Hei Dian should be in Chu City with Xiao Li at this mont. Could it be, Feng Bailing was suddenly alard, could it be that sothing happened to Xiao Li?
Hei Dian pulled Feng Bailing to the cargo, bared his teeth at the cargo and roared angrily a few tis.
"Is there a problem with this batch of goods?"
Feng Bailing knew Hei Dian wouldn’t be growling there for no reason. Judging from Hei Dian’s deanor, it seed like a warning to her.
Feng Bailing frowned, then rembered sothing, walked to the middle of a few carts, found one of them, and took down a few cans.
Feng Bailing quickly checked the labels on the cans and her expression suddenly changed.
Looking at Soldier King Qi with disapproval, Feng Bailing said,
"This batch of cargos is wrong."
Upon hearing this, Soldier King Qi’s expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He had inspected this batch of goods himself, and they were indeed all identical.
Soldier King Qi said in a sarcastic tone.
"I see that you’re not here to pick up the goods tonight, but rather to find fault and bring a wolf to stir up trouble. It’s clear that you’re here to slander our Soldier Inn. Even your own people said the goods are the sa, so how co they’re different when it cos to your words?"
Lady Lai and Feng Luochen were both shocked, as they had clearly checked the goods and found no discrepancies in quantity and variety.
Why did Feng San suddenly change his statent?
"Although the variety and quantity are correct, in this batch of goods, there are so cans, these bottles, due to their short shelf life, I had soone seal them with lacquer, marking the best-before date. The Phoenix Chamber of Comrce does not allow the sale of expired canned goods; they must be destroyed. The recently lost goods included canned goods produced half a month ago. However, the cans in this batch you’ve brought were produced a month ago, which belong to the batch before last, not the recent one."
Feng Bailing swept his gaze coldly, staring at Soldier King Qi.
"What lacquer, what best-before date, I don’t understand a thing you’re saying."
Soldier King Qi snorted coldly.
When Feng Bailing planned the production of fruit cans, she was very attentive to their freshness.
Having co back from the 22nd century, and being a physician, she paid great attention to food safety.
Even though the fruit cans from the Phoenix Chamber of Comrce were wax-sealed and cooked at high temperatures, which allowed them to be preserved for a while, the lack of vacuum preservation technology and preservatives ant they could only be stored for about a month.
Thus, for each batch of cans, Feng Bailing specifically had the villagers seal them with lacquer to ensure that expired cans were not sold.
Of course, these details were only briefly ntioned by Feng Bailing to main responsible parties like Zhang Dafa, and earlier when checking the goods, everyone only paid attention to quantity and variety, not noticing the issue of shelf life.
If it weren’t for Hei Dian’s unexpected arrival, Feng Bailing wouldn’t have been suspicious.
"Batch before last?"
Lady Lai, looking shocked, quickly stepped forward and checked the lacquer that Feng Bailing ntioned.
Indeed, as Feng Bailing said, this batch’s lacquer was from a month ago.
Soldier King Qi’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected the Phoenix Chamber of Comrce to have this move up their sleeve, but he quickly thought of a way out.
He chuckled awkwardly.
"There must be so misunderstanding. The goods we found were from the batch before last; it seems we were mistaken. But it’s all goods, as long as it’s returned to you, it’s all the sa."
Feng Bailing’s eyes narrowed; she walked to another vehicle and flipped out a few more cans.
Upon inspection, the lacquer was different again.
"This lacquer is from a month and a half ago, also from the batch before last. How would you explain this? Our Phoenix Chamber of Comrce would never mix batches of goods."
Feng Bailing stared intensely at Soldier King Qi.
The Phoenix Chamber of Comrce had lost several batches of goods before, and none of those batches had been found.
But this ti, as soon as Soldier King Qi made his move, he found the goods, but those found were mixed from several batches.
This unexpected discovery by Feng Bailing suddenly made it clear to both Lady Lai and Feng Luochen.
Righteous anger filled Feng Luochen as he stepped forward to accuse.
"Now I understand, this isn’t about encountering thieves; it’s clearly encountering soldier bandits. I was wondering why the rcenaries Brother Zhang hired couldn’t handle the thieves. It turns out you were guarding your own theft, taking the opportunity to extort the Phoenix Chamber of Comrce."
"How dare you accuse us of being soldier bandits."
The rcenaries of Soldier Inn erupted in anger upon hearing this.
Soldier King Qi remained cool.
"Be careful with your words. Just the accusations you’ve made earlier are enough to get you decapitated."
Saying this, Soldier King Qi signaled, and his rcenaries swiftly surrounded Feng Bailing and the other two.
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