Chapter 139: Shelley's Mentor Family Is Furious
Early the next morning, a large number of senior officials from the Shelley family came, and even the family patriarch came in person to check on the results of the month.
"Master Patriarch, the output this month is higher than in other months. It has broken the historical record and reached three times the monthly output."
The person in charge of the family's mining area reported happily.
"Yeah! Not bad! Not bad! I promoted you to manage the mining area because of your strong sense of responsibility. You really did not disappoint me!"
The clan leader nodded with satisfaction and kept praising him.
The person in charge was praised by the clan leader, and his heart felt as sweet as honey.
"Thank you, Patriarch, for your support. These achievements were all achieved under the wise command of Patriarch. I just followed your instructions and I don't dare to take credit!"
"You...you know how to speak, and you always speak to my heart!"
The patriarch was extremely happy to be flattered. This time, the output was equivalent to three months, and he only had to pay a little more than one month, making a net profit of two months.
His Majesty the Emperor must also be very happy as he has overfulfilled the task!
Just as they were complimenting each other, the steward of the mining area hurried in.
With a pop, he knelt on the ground, his face covered with sweat.
"Lord...the leader of the clan, the big thing is...not good, the ore is gone, gone!"
Uh-huh!
Everyone else was stunned for a moment, with doubtful expressions on their faces, and they kept blinking, as if it was difficult to digest the meaning of this sentence.
"What?"
"Say it again?"
The patriarch put down the tea cup in his hand and said uncertainly.
"Master Patriarch, when we went to the storage room to get goods, we opened the door and saw that all the ores inside were gone!"
"The boxes are all empty. When the last batch of ore for the month was shipped last night, I was still there to personally inspect the goods, but just now..."
"What?"
"Nonsense! This is impossible!"
"Are you still awake early in the morning? What did you do last night?"
"The storage room is just a door. How could the ore be missing? Could it be that it still has wings and can fly?"
Everyone yelled at the steward.
"Okay! Don't make any noise, go down and take a look at the situation!" The patriarch got up and walked outside.
A group of people came to the storage room, and when they saw that it was empty, they were all dumbfounded!
"This...this...how is this possible?"
"Except for insiders, no one else can transport so much ore. There must be an insider!"
"Uh-huh!"
All eyes turned to the butler.
The housekeeper turned pale on the spot and fell to his knees with a thud.
"Lord Patriarch...I..."
"Nothing's wrong with you, get up, you guys come with me to check it out!"
The patriarch waved his hand, entered the storage room with a gloomy face, and began to inspect it carefully.
When he walked to the corner and saw the damp wooden box, there was a puzzled look in his eyes.
He reached out and touched it, put it under his nose and smelled it.
"Huh? A nasty smell?"
A senior family member next to him leaned over and sniffed it.
"Master Patriarch, it seems like urine!"
The clan leader nodded and said, "Continue searching!"
It didn't take long, and soon someone discovered the traces.
"Lord Patriarch, there is something strange about the rocks here!"
The clan leader hurried over, reached out and knocked on the rock, and then knocked on the side a few more times.
"Everyone stand back!"
After the patriarch finished speaking, he clenched his fist and punched the rock.
"Pfft!"
A half-meter hole appeared in front of them.
"This...this is..."
Everyone was confused, how could there be a hole?
Besides, what good could such a small hole do?
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