Chapter 802: Further Cooperation
Kong Daqian just put forward his own ideas. He naturally had no objection to their Majesty's practice of merging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into the Ministry of Propaganda.
This is also a convenient operation for Zhou Xu, as it means that for the next period of time, the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be done together with the Propaganda Department.
If the work pressure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes too great in the future, he will consider opening a separate department, but there is obviously no need for that now.
[According to the time, the wood elves should be almost there by now. ]
As the thought flashed through his mind, Zhou Xu's gaze fell on Kong Daqian.
"Next, the first task of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to negotiate cooperation with the wood elves!"
As he spoke, Zhou Xu told Kong Daqian the key points of the matter.
Kong Daqian was also a smart man and quickly understood what their Majesty meant.
It just so happened that the work of the Propaganda Department here had come to a temporary end. He could take advantage of this time to go to the Wood Elves and discuss cooperation with them.
After accepting the task, Kong Daqian quickly took his leave and prepared to set off to talk with the wood elf.
Meanwhile, the Wood Elves...
The wood elves who participated in the exchange group now look like city people.
He was dressed neatly from head to toe, which made him stand out from the crowd in the village who still walked barefoot, wore old clothes and maintained their original style.
It's not like they haven't tried to take off their shoes and go back to their old ways, but it turns out that they can't go back.
Not to mention the awkward feeling of their feet stepping on the soft and wet mud, the coldness coming up from the soles of their feet was unbearable for them at the moment, so they had to put on their shoes and socks quickly, not to mention their clothes and pants.
At the same time, on the first day back, the wood elves who returned to their homes had just laid down on the bed a second ago, and two seconds later, they climbed up again with a look of discomfort on their faces.
Without the dry bed and warm bedding, they could not sleep comfortably on the obviously damp bed in front of them.
Compared with clothing and living problems, food problems undoubtedly made them more uncomfortable after returning...
"Do you know hot pot?"
Somewhere in the village, a group of wood elves were surrounding a member of the tribe, listening to him vividly talking about something called "hot pot".
"The hot pot at Manxianglou is really a good thing. It's such a big copper pot, divided in the middle, half is white soup and the other half is red soup. The white soup is made from pork bones, it's so fragrant, and the red soup is even more amazing, using chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, which are rare things that have to be shipped from a faraway place called the rain forest, plus butter..."
The wood elf began to drool as he spoke. Lately, he had been craving hotpot like crazy.
The tribesmen around also listened with longing in their hearts.
Ever since he came back, he found that life was simply impossible.
The food that the wood elves eat every day is actually not bad. In addition to various game they hunt, they also eat fruits picked from the forest.
But the cooking skills are simply incomparable to those of the Great Zhou.
Not to mention the seasoning, there is basically no seasoning.
For a while, they really couldn't stand it anymore and decided to cook by themselves to see if they could learn the cooking techniques of the Da Zhou and improve their daily diet.
It turned out that they had no cooking utensils, and no seasonings. Well, they couldn't do anything.
Just spread your hands and start moving.
At the same time, what they can't stand the most is boredom!
In the past, they felt very comfortable just sitting under a tree and dozing off. But now, after seeing the prosperity of the Great Zhou, they just feel bored, a kind of boredom with nothing to do! Even playing badly is very uncomfortable! They are afraid of comparison in everything. Before, they would not have this feeling without comparison, but now with comparison, they just feel that nothing in this village is good.
Everyone's mind is filled with thoughts about their previous life in the Great Zhou.
“When do you say the next exchange visit will be?”
It hasn’t been long since they came back, but they have already started thinking about the next exchange visit.
At this moment, a wood elf ran over slowly and pulled away the wood elf who was busy bragging.
"What's the matter? Why are you pulling me?"
"The clan leader is looking for you, only you are missing."
While he was talking, he had already been pulled to the clan leader.
At a glance, he quickly discovered that all the tribesmen who had participated in the exchange group before were there, and he was the only one missing, so he hurried in and sat down.
Seeing that all the tribesmen were present, Locke coughed twice and then began to talk about the matter formally.
"I called everyone here this time because we will soon start further cooperation with Da Zhou. The current content of the cooperation is mainly the exchange of some resources and items, so I want to ask everyone what you think."
As soon as Locke finished speaking, an excited voice rang out among the tribesmen.
"hot pot!"
After hearing this, many tribesmen's eyes lit up and they followed suit.
At the same time, the tribesmen who wanted other things also spoke up...
"I don't usually have enough clothes, pants, and shoes to change into."
"Furniture, please change some furniture. The things in the house now are so inconvenient to use."
"I want dry and warm bedding..."
"Even if we change the bedding from Da Zhou, it will still become damp here, right? It's an environmental issue."
"How about changing the seasoning?"
"Seasoning is great! We can use it when we make food!"
"Also, tableware and cooking utensils. It would be best if the whole set is replaced."
“…”
As an exchange group of wood elves, they had seen the prosperity of the Great Zhou and wanted so many things. When this topic was brought up, all the wood elves present started talking one after another.
During this process, Locke, the chief of the wood elves who brought up this topic, had no chance to interrupt.
But looking at the excitement of his tribesmen, a drop of cold sweat slowly slid down Locke's forehead.
He could sense that there were a lot of things that his clansmen wanted to get from the Great Zhou. They were all kinds of things, some of which he had never even heard of.
Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is that this cooperation revolves around the exchange of resources and items.
In other words, if they want something from Da Zhou, they have to exchange it for something that Da Zhou wants.
Locke didn't mind this matter itself, but the problem now was, did their clan really have what the Great Zhou wanted? Even if they did, could they really exchange for what so many clan members wanted?
Thinking of this, Locke really had no idea what to do.
(End of this chapter)
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