Chapter 829 No Money
Shi Lei, who had the home advantage, naturally had the confidence to fight with the opponent, but the opponent's coach Liang Jun obviously also had his own plans. For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate.
At the same time, the wood elves were obviously unaware of the war that had broken out on the other side of the border of the Great Zhou.
After waiting for the spring to come, the wood elves are all a little impatient to start shopping for the new year.
But Locke, the patriarch, felt a little melancholy at this moment.
Looking at the remaining silver coins in the box, he suddenly realized that they seemed to be running out of money...
Before winter, there was still enough silver coins left...
Thinking of this, Locke's expression froze, probably realizing where the money had been spent.
Not to mention the large purchases before winter, this winter, they are extremely dependent on anthracite. After installing heaters in every household in the village, the consumption of anthracite is huge.
What they bought before was not enough, so they had to run out to purchase more.
After contacting Xiao Li, he said that he could provide door-to-door delivery service. As long as they paid a transportation fee, the goods would be delivered directly to their door, so they didn't have to make a special trip.
When the wood elves heard this, they thought it was a good idea as it saved time and effort, and they bought more frequently.
After just one winter, the total expenditure was far beyond their expectations.
Realizing this, Locke quickly called his tribesmen over to discuss the issue.
While several tribesmen nearby were counting the balance one by one, one of the wood elves raised his hand and put forward a bold idea.
"How about we see if there's anything else to sell in the woods?"
“…”
Hearing this, Locke's grip on the staff suddenly tightened, and he almost wanted to swing the staff to hit this evil creature with a stick!
Although they had indeed made a deal with Da Zhou before, selling the mineral veins in the forest and earning 100,000 silver coins, as the patriarch, Locke knew that this was by no means a long-term solution.
Not to mention that the Great Zhou doesn't want everything. Their forest is not big or small, so how could they have so many valuable things to sell?
In the end, although Locke did not really take action, he still scolded him.
While they were talking here, the wood elves who were busy counting money on the other side also counted the silver coins in their hands.
"There are still more than 6,300 silver coins left."
For a few people, this is definitely a huge sum of money, but considering the consumption level of the wood elves and the population of the entire village, it seems a little not enough.
"The furniture we buy can be used for a long time. If we use these six thousand silver coins to buy daily necessities, we don't seem to be that poor..."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately received responses from many wood elves.
"It seems so. Just be careful when spending money next time."
"If you spend a little sparingly, it shouldn't be a big problem."
“…”
After listening to those words, Locke's mood eased a little.
Am I really thinking too much?
Just as the tribesmen said, the biggest expenses in their village have already been paid, such as furniture and clothing, which are not disposable items. The remaining money can be used to purchase necessary daily necessities, which seems to be more than enough.
After taking a deep breath and adjusting his mood, Locke soon came up with a new idea.
"Well, the first step to save money is that we will not go to Xishan City to purchase from now on, but go to Lulin City instead."
Green Forest City was not far from them, and if they hurried, they could make the round trip in a day.
But on the other hand, as a border city, Green Forest City's internal development is not as good as Xishan City, which is an inland city. Many things that Xishan City has may not be available in Green Forest City.
This caused some wood elves who only wanted to go to Manxianglou to listen to books and eat hotpot to express their objections, which were then ruthlessly rejected by Locke.
Compared to before, he is no longer the Locke who knew nothing.
Now, even if he goes to Da Zhou by himself, he can complete the procurement work independently.
At the same time, from the perspective of saving money, Locke added another point.
"And the purchasing team will be reduced to five people from now on."
As soon as these words were spoken, a howl of pain was heard.
But Locke was unmoved. At this moment, he completely demonstrated his majesty as the patriarch and rejected all objections.
He had figured out that even if these guys went out to purchase goods, they were mainly there to eat, drink and have fun. For work like transportation and moving, they would still have to spend money to hire people.
Since he couldn't help much anyway, he might as well not go. Locke roughly estimated in his mind that this would save a lot of money.
Of course, in the end, Locke couldn't stand the tribesmen's pestering, and he relaxed the purchasing number to ten, on the premise that everyone must help with the work.
Compared with the previous scene where twenty or thirty people went there to eat, drink and have fun, this is much better.
The person responsible for receiving him is still Xiao Li from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They had become completely familiar with Xiao Li. After meeting him, Locke directly stated that they would not be going to Xishan City this time, but to Green Forest City.
When Xiao Li heard this, his first reaction was, "They are running out of money!"
He saw how generously the wood elves spent their money.
But even so, Xiao Li still felt incredible about it.
[My goodness, that’s 100,000 silver coins! 100,000!! And you’re almost done with it?!]
At this moment, Xiao Li even felt that it was unreal.
However, Xiao Li always agrees to their requests directly.
When they arrived at Green Forest City, Locke asked Xiao Li if there were any cheaper dormitories available.
Of course this is true.
When we first hosted the wood elves, we gave them dormitories with four people in a room. That was for comfort reasons. In fact, there were also dormitories with six or even eight people in a room.
Xiao Li is relatively moral and recommended that they rent a four-person room and a six-person room, which would accommodate exactly ten people.
During this time, the accompanying wood elves couldn't help asking Xiao Li questions like "Where is the best restaurant in Green Forest City?" and "Is there any hot pot?"
After hearing this, Locke couldn't help but glared at them fiercely.
Upon seeing this, the wood elves immediately acted as if begging.
"It's just one meal. It doesn't cost much. We haven't eaten hot pot for a long time."
Locke was quite moved by these words.
The main thing is that he is also greedy...
[Hotpot, I haven't eaten it for a long time. 】
"Just a reminder, it's just one meal!"
Upon seeing this, the wood elves all looked delighted and nodded in agreement.
Compared with Xishan City, the decoration of the restaurant here is roughly the same. There are also storytellers telling stories in the lobby. However, the food here is much cheaper than that in Xishan City.
This is mainly affected by local income. In border cities, due to relatively general development and relatively low income levels of the people, if your dishes are too expensive and there are only a few tables of customers a day, you won't make any money and the restaurant will lose money.
As the price of food becomes cheaper, the cost of your food will naturally be reduced.
Those expensive ingredients and seasonings that need to be shipped from other places should naturally be used sparingly.
For the wood elves who were used to eating fine wine and delicious food in Manxianglou, they immediately noticed the difference after taking a bite and couldn't help complaining.
But since I haven’t eaten hotpot for a long time, everyone still ate it all up.
(End of this chapter)
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