Chapter 805: The Glory and Charm of Money
In the end, the wood elves could not resist the temptation of 100,000 silver coins and signed an agreement with Kong Daqian.
They were quite generous in their bids; one hundred thousand silver coins was indeed a huge sum of money.
You know, now in their Great Zhou, the average people's monthly food and drink expenses are just over one silver coin.
If we save a little, one hundred thousand silver coins would be enough for one hundred thousand people of the Great Zhou to use for a month. At this stage, the total population of the Great Zhou is not that large!
And how many people are there in the Wood Elves? One hundred thousand silver coins would be enough for them to spend for many years just on food and drink.
Of course, the expenses of the wood elves cannot be calculated according to the normal expenses of ordinary people. After all, ordinary people in the Great Zhou do not eat at Xiangmanlou every day.
In addition, judging from what the other party reported, it seems that the other party will need to purchase a large amount of furniture, clothes and other daily necessities. The 100,000 silver coins will probably be spent faster than expected.
And this is what they are happy to see!
After reaching a brief consensus, just in case, Kong Daqian told Locke about what might happen at that time.
For example, they need to cut down some trees and clear some land.
Although the wood elves love nature, they are not extremists who would not cut down a single tree. After all, many objects in their own village are made of trees.
They resist meaningless destruction, but they don't mind acquiring wood if there is a real need for it.
Overall, the conversation was quite pleasant.
"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation. The 100,000 silver coins we agreed on will be delivered along with our team when the time comes."
After finishing the conversation with the Wood Elf Chief Locke, Kong Daqian quickly wrote a report and sent it back.
After receiving the report, Zhou Xu showed a smile.
The results of the conversation with the wood elves were basically in line with his expectations.
From the very beginning, his goal was to buy the mineral vein.
As for the idea proposed at the beginning, letting the wood elves mine the minerals themselves.
If you think about it carefully, it will be clear that this is impossible. According to the current performance of the wood elves, they simply do not have the ability to mine minerals on their own, or they simply do not want to do this.
It was completely foreseeable that the other party would eventually accept his buyout with 100,000 silver coins.
Through this wave of cooperation, they not only obtained the diamond mines, but also further deepened their influence on the wood elves. It can be said that they killed two birds with one stone.
Under this premise, since we need to find a mineral vein, Zhang Xuemei will need to contribute.
As early as the day Ye Jinghong brought back the diamond, Zhou Xu had already ordered Zhang Xuemei to come back.
Zhang Xuemei should be on her way back now.
Zhou Xu was not in a hurry. After all, building a mine and mining ore would take a lot of time for preliminary preparation.
In this process, the season quietly enters summer...
After arriving in the New World, Zhang Xuemei went directly to the forest basin.
During this process, the 100,000 silver coins packed in several large boxes were also successfully delivered to the hands of the wood elves.
When they opened the lid of the box, the dazzling silver light from the large number of silver coins under the sunlight was so dazzling that they could not open their eyes.
For the first time in their lives, the wood elves felt the glory and charm of money.
"So can we go shopping at the market now?!"
As always, Locke asked the previous exchange group members to come with him.
At this moment, they were all very excited.
"Of course, do you want to set off immediately? If there are a lot of people, it would be best to rent a few more carriages. This will make it much more convenient for moving around and transporting things after purchasing."
At this point, the receptionist from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who was in charge of the reception quickly explained something.
"I need to explain here that when your delegation came to our Great Zhou for exchange, we reimbursed all expenses because we were entertaining guests. But if you want to go shopping in our Great Zhou now, you will have to pay for all the expenses along the way."
Hearing this, the wood elves led by Locke nodded subconsciously and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
After receiving a clear answer, the receptionist of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke again...
"Then please confirm which city you are going to shop in? How many people are going? Do you want to rent a carriage? So that I can make arrangements."
As soon as these questions came out, Locke was suddenly numb, his mind was blank, and he basically couldn't answer any of them.
He even felt a little regretful at this moment. If he had known this would happen, he should have gone to Da Zhou in person during the exchange visit. In this way, he would not be so clueless now.
Compared to Locke, who had an empty head, the wood elf who had participated in the exchange group had a much brighter mind.
"Western Hill City, let's go to Western Hill City! We need to rent a carriage. As for how many people to go, can we go back and discuss it first?"
During the time he came back, he missed Xishan City terribly. Although the nearest Green Forest City also had a market, Xishan City was more prosperous and had more things. He had to purchase a lot anyway, so Xishan City would definitely be given priority.
Faced with this problem, there was no reason for the receptionist to refuse.
"Of course, you can discuss it slowly. I will wait for your news at the post station. If you need to come to our Great Zhou for shopping in the future, I will be the person responsible for receiving you. You can just call me Xiao Li."
After temporarily bidding farewell to Xiao Li, the wood elves who returned to their tribe were undoubtedly having some fun.
When signing up for the exchange group, many wood elves wanted to go, but in the end they were not selected.
Now, after listening to the wood elves who had returned from the exchanges bragging for so long, the wood elves who were originally not very interested in the Great Zhou are now eager to try. More and more tribesmen want to go, which makes Locke suddenly in a difficult situation.
The wood elves who had participated in the exchange group before undoubtedly all wanted to go, and they had very legitimate reasons.
"Since we are going shopping this time, who in the tribe knows more about it than us? Of course we should go!"
Once this was said, who could refute it? But this did not mean that the other wood elves accepted it.
"According to what you said, you guys have to go every time. When will it be our turn?"
“That’s right!”
Suddenly, the scene became noisy again.
Later, Locke couldn't stand the noise anymore and yelled...
"Be quiet! Look at what you look like now?!"
After a simple scolding, Locke looked at the tribesmen who had quieted down and calmed down a little, and changed the subject to business.
"How about this, pick ten people from the previous exchange group, ten people who have never been to Da Zhou, and ten people who have been there this time, and then replace them with other tribesmen."
Although Locke didn't understand some things, he roughly knew that these 100,000 silver coins were not something they could spend in one go. They would definitely come to the Great Zhou often in the future, so they made such an arrangement.
(End of this chapter)
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