Chapter 804 Material Exchange

This cooperation is mainly about material exchange, which Zhou Xu had already made clear long before, so Kong Daqian didn't have anything to be shy about.

He just took out the diamond that Ye Jinghong had brought back and placed it in front of Locke.

"Chief Locke, this stone was accidentally found by a member of our exchange group in your forest. We are very interested in this type of stone and are willing to provide appropriate materials to exchange with you."

Without playing tricks on Locke, Kong Daqian directly revealed his purpose.

Looking at the diamond, Locke frowned.

To be honest, they, the wood elves, are not interested in stones. Compared to stones, they care more about plants.

Of course, he doesn't care, but he's not stupid.

The diamond in front of him was obviously different from ordinary stones. It was obvious that it was not something that could be obtained by simply finding a few stones in the forest.

Considering the nature of his tribesmen, Locke really had no confidence at the moment.

"Excuse me, how many stones like this do we need in exchange for the things we want?"

As he spoke, Locke gestured to the wood elf who was accompanying him and told him what they wanted to exchange.

After listening, Kong Daqian pondered for a while.

"A single set of these things is not expensive, but if you want to arrange them for the entire clan, the quantity is large, and the price cannot be underestimated."

Having said that, Kong Daqian pondered for a while, then pointed to a carriage not far away.

"According to my rough estimate, carriages like this would need to be filled with at least fifty."

"Five, fifty cars?!"

Locke's face changed immediately when he heard this number.

Locke had to admit that he had some luck just now, imagining that maybe he could find dozens or hundreds of such stones and exchange them for these things.

In this case, if he mobilized all the tribesmen and put in some effort, he might be able to find it.

But if we need to fill fifty carriages...

Although they hadn't started looking yet, Locke was already able to confirm the result: Impossible! There was absolutely no way they could put it together.

Kong Daqian was obviously aware of this situation.

This time they came to do business, not to help alleviate poverty, so it was naturally impossible for them to deliver all the goods and reimburse all the expenses as we did with the previous exchange groups.

At this moment, he was not in a hurry. He wanted to let the Wood Elf Chief on the opposite side figure it out first.

Locke didn't hesitate for too long, only about a minute.

"Minister Kong, we have never done this kind of thing of looking for stones before..."

Locke looked embarrassed, implying that they probably couldn't do it.

Seeing this, Kong Daqian expressed sincerely...

"There should be a mineral vein inside your forest. We just need to find the location of the mineral vein and then mine it."

This is to start teaching them how to do it directly.

But Locke felt that there was no hope.

"Mineral veins. Mining."

The fish has been salty for too long, and he gets a headache just thinking about these troubles.

Seeing Locke's headache, Kong Daqian smiled slightly and spoke again...

"Well, we have another plan here, which should be the most convenient for you."

As he spoke, Kong Daqian proposed another plan.

"I see that the things you proposed are of many categories and very complicated. It would be troublesome for us to prepare them. How about this? Our Great Zhou can directly pay a sum of money to buy the mineral veins in the forest."

"At that time, we in Da Zhou will directly send people to build a mine in the forest to mine ore. You don't need to provide labor. You can just take the money and go to our Da Zhou market to buy things yourself. How about that?"

"As for the specific amount..."

As he spoke, Kong Daqian gestured with his hands.

"One hundred thousand silver coins."

As soon as Kong Daqian said this, before Locke could react, the wood elf beside him became excited.

"Okay, okay! This is good!"

This reaction shocked Locke who was standing next to him. Although he had no diplomatic experience, he knew that it would be rude to do such a thing in such an occasion.

So he quickly glared at the boy next to him fiercely.

Feeling the intimidating gaze of the family head, the wood elf next to him obviously realized his own gaffe, and after laughing dryly twice, he restrained himself a little.

But before he could calm down for a few seconds, the wood elf, fearing that his clan leader had never seen the world and had a confused mind, could not help but lean close to their clan leader's ear.

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"Chief, this plan is good, choose this one."

When Locke heard this, veins on his forehead throbbed. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to do this in front of the diplomats from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even he felt it clearly.

As the patriarch, Locke naturally wouldn't just listen to the boy next to him without thinking.

After all, he had no idea how much one hundred thousand silver coins were. He had no idea what currency was.

"Um, Minister Kong, can we discuss this internally?"

"sure."

Kong Daqian nodded, then stood up and left, leaving the room to the wood elves.

After seeing Kong Daqian leave, Locke finally couldn't help but ask a question.

"How much is one hundred thousand silver coins?"

"a lot of!"

During the exchange visit one month ago, although the wood elves did not spend any money, the staff did not avoid them when paying, so they had a rough idea of ​​how much some things were worth.

"We can buy everything we want and still have a lot left over! In short, there's a lot!"

Locke nodded, and had a general idea in his mind.

At the same time, he thought about this plan and found no problems.

Although these wood elves are greedy for pleasure, gluttonous and lazy, their personalities are relatively simple.

From Locke's perspective, when they were needed to collect ore before, the transaction was still valid because they had to work.

But according to this new plan, they don't need to do anything, and the 100,000 silver coins are basically free.

After the conversation resumed, Locke couldn't help but raise the questions in his mind. Kong Daqian felt a little embarrassed after hearing them.

After all, according to the thinking of their human country, this mineral vein is in their territory, so it belongs to them. Locke's current thinking is really too naive.

"Hahaha, Chieftain Halock, you worry too much. Assuming this plan is successful, our Great Zhou will have to send a team into the forest to confirm the location of the mineral vein, and then arrange a construction team to build a mine and mine the mineral vein. In this process, we will definitely disturb you."

"Besides, considering the transportation problem after the ore is dug out, we have to clear a road in the forest for the carriage to pass through, so this little money is still needed."

At this moment, what Kong Daqian said were just superficial reasons.

Of course, the 100,000 silver coins were not taken for nothing. Their real purpose was to let the wood elves take the money and spend it like crazy inside their Great Zhou, thereby further deepening their Great Zhou's influence among the wood elves! (End of this chapter)