Chapter 806: Just one hundred silver coins are gone?
As the clan leader, Locke made such an arrangement to calm both sides down.
Including himself, there were a total of twenty-one wood elves who rushed to Xishan City for procurement. They quickly decided on the candidates and reported them to Xiao Li, the receptionist.
"It's no problem to rent eight people in a carriage. If you want twenty-one people, it's better to rent three. In addition, if you need to make large purchases, you may need a carriage for transporting goods. Have you decided on this? Carriages cannot be rented everywhere. It's best to decide once and for all to avoid not being able to rent one later."
When it comes to buying things, the wood elves who have participated in the exchange group are relatively experienced, and they have of course also considered the horse-drawn carriages for transporting goods.
"Let's rent five wagons for transporting goods."
"Okay, the rental fee for a carriage is one silver coin per day, so eight carriages would cost eight silver coins per day. Let me confirm the price. Is that ok?"
"no problem."
There were not many horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and currently more than 90% of the horses, including inferior horses, belonged to Zhou Xu, so the horse-drawn carriage was definitely not a common vehicle.
Ordinary people basically rely on their own two feet to travel. Those with better conditions pay for the ride and ride in ox carts. Those who can afford a horse-drawn carriage are basically either rich or noble.
If Zhou Xu wants to reduce the cost of carriages, the cost cannot be reduced unless he puts a large number of carriages on the market.
After confirming that the wood elves wanted to rent eight carriages, Xiao Li went directly to the post station to make arrangements.
If it were somewhere else, eight carriages would not be able to be pulled out at once. Fortunately, due to various transportation tasks recently, many carriages are parked here.
Coupled with the special identity of the wood elf and the warrant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xiao Li was able to obtain eight carriages successfully.
"Patriarch Locke, please pay a deposit of one hundred silver coins first."
[Is this one hundred silver coins gone? ]
Locke was a little confused, but did not show it. He simply handed over a purse. In it was a hundred silver coins that they had counted in advance. Just in case, they gave one to each member of the tribe.
It was the members of the exchange group who reminded him to put the money in a purse for ease of use. After all, they couldn't carry a big box around everywhere.
Locke never expected that his wallet would be gone before he could even warm it up.
But what he didn't know at the moment was that the one hundred silver coins were just a deposit and were not enough to pay the rent.
The rental fee for eight carriages was eight silver coins a day, and the round trip from Green Forest City to West Mountain City would take several days.
From Xiao Li's point of view, the wood elves' travel is not cost-effective at all.
Eight carriages? Even in their Great Zhou, a small-scale caravan would have three or four carriages, or even only one or two, and those carriages were all used to transport goods.
It is rare for three carriages to be used to transport people, as the wood elves do.
But he has 100,000 silver coins in his pocket, and his mission is to let the wood elves spend as much as they want in their Great Zhou.
In this case, he naturally didn't say anything.
Locke, on the other hand, felt empty after handing over his purse.
Although he didn't understand it clearly at the moment, he realized that the rental of the carriage was probably quite expensive.
So he quickly pulled aside a tribesman who had participated in the exchange group.
"Why don't we just not go to Xishan City and buy some things in Green Forest City."
Seeing their chief's concerns, the tribesman patted his shoulder nonchalantly.
"Please don't worry, Patriarch. We have 100,000 silver coins! 100,000! What does that little bit of money mean to us?"
Obviously, this is also a case of not doing the math clearly.
But there was no other way. These wood elves had been in their Great Zhou for a month. In their daily lives, being able to count was considered good enough. You still expected them to be able to count? That would be a bit difficult for them.
During this time, Locke felt a little nervous after hearing what the other party said.
If you think about it carefully, their 100,000 silver coins could fill several large boxes, and what they just paid was just a small bag of money, which is really nothing compared to those large boxes of silver coins.
[Forget it, just think of it as a chance to broaden your horizons. ]
With this mentality, they quickly got on the carriage and set off towards Xishan City.
During this process, the exploration team led by Zhang Xuemei officially entered the basin forest to search for the location of the mineral veins.
During this period, even Ye Jinghong, the director of the Inspection Department, was pulled in to cooperate with the work and brought the exploration team to the place where he had originally discovered the diamond.
"That's right. I left a mark on the tree."
As Ye Jinghong spoke, he pointed to the towering tree beside him.
At this point, Ye Jinghong's work was basically finished. Even the "Eye of Secrets" could not directly find the mineral veins buried underground.
He was a very busy man now, so he didn't stay here for long and started his journey back that day.
Zhang Xuemei and her team carried out a more detailed exploration around this area.
Picking up ore on the surface? It is likely that there was a crustal movement in this area some time ago, which exposed the ore buried underground.
It cannot be found now, so it is very likely that many years have passed since then, causing the crack in the ground to be buried again.
However, for Zhang Xuemei, there are still clues to follow.
After some exploration, she quickly circled out an area.
The relevant report was also sent to Zhou Xu.
After all, they are people with professional capabilities, and Zhou Xu is quite satisfied with their efficiency.
"Notify the Construction Engineering Department and ask them to dispatch a team from the nearest city to the Basin Forest."
The orders here were sent in the form of carrier pigeons.
The nearest construction engineering department is in Green Forest City.
The current task here, in addition to the reconstruction of individual buildings and facilities in Green Forest City, is to set up a camp in the outer mountains and forests.
While being able to provide better support to the exploration forces on the front line, it also makes it easier for their Great Zhou to occupy the land there.
Now that the order has been received from Xianyang City, the branch chief here, after a brief consideration, directly dispatched personnel from the engineering team in the city to go to the Basin Forest to carry out the mission.
Compared to building a mine, the more tiring work here is actually opening the road. They have to open a road that can allow carriages to enter and exit quickly, which takes a lot of effort.
There was no time to waste. After quickly confirming the route, they said hello to the wood elves living in the forest, and then called the logging team to get to work.
Judging from the current situation, it will take at least a few months.
(End of this chapter)
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