Chapter 830 New Developments
After finishing the hot pot, the wood elves ate melon seeds and listened to books in the restaurant. Considering the cost of this meal, they now wished they could eat melon seeds until the restaurant closed.
At this moment, the storyteller sitting in the middle of the lobby was talking about the enemy invasion on the border of their Great Zhou.
"Chief, there seems to be an enemy attacking them on the other side. As allies, shouldn't we lend a hand?"
The wood elf sitting next to him asked Locke in a low voice.
To be honest, Locke was also unsure at the moment.
This is the first time he has done something like forming an alliance.
Indeed, according to the covenant, they have the obligation to help each other and jointly resist powerful enemies, but now that it has really happened, Locke is a little unsure. How should he deal with this matter? After all, the Wood Elves have never fought a serious war with anyone in all these years.
After much thought, I finally mentioned it to Xiao Li.
"Xiao Li, I heard that enemies are attacking you recently? Do you need our help?"
Locke asked this question in a simple manner, and Xiao Li smiled slightly after hearing it.
"Thank you for your concern, Chief Locke, but please rest assured, it's just a small problem, we can handle it. If we really need your help in the future, we will definitely not be polite to you."
While speaking, Xiao Li politely declined, but did not make his words completely final.
Although he was not particularly clear about the latest battle situation, there were new instructions coming down from their department.
As a member of the department, Xiao Li only needs to follow instructions and there is no need to do anything extra.
This is indeed the case. Zhou Xu is in a relatively comfortable state in this war, and there is no need to ask the wood elves for help.
Not to mention that they are only allies with the wood elves now, so asking them for help will not be in vain.
Doing so would disrupt his plans for the wood elves.
Faced with Xiao Li's polite refusal, Locke didn't say much. In the next two days, he was busy with their own purchasing work.
The procurement work took two days. Before leaving, the tribesmen kept asking me to have a hot pot meal, saying, "We are leaving soon, why don't we have a hot pot meal before leaving?" So I had another hot pot meal.
The main reason was that he himself couldn't help himself. He was really greedy and it was not easy to quit.
After this trip, daily expenses plus purchasing costs, nearly two thousand silver coins were gone, and this was even after they had restrained themselves.
If this trend continues, the remaining silver coins will definitely not be enough to survive the winter this year.
As for simply cutting off these things...
Locke had never even thought about it, or perhaps this idea was a little unrealistic for them.
On the way back, under financial pressure, Locke finally couldn't help but ask that question...
"Xiao Li, how do you people from the Great Zhou make money?"
When Xiao Li heard this question, he was stunned. Mainly from their point of view, the question was indeed a bit strange.
However, after realizing that it was the wood elf who asked the question, Xiao Li reacted quickly.
"It's just work. Simply put, it means putting in the corresponding amount of work, and then you can get the corresponding salary every month, which is money."
Locke nodded after getting this answer. He didn't think there was anything wrong with working and getting paid. He even thought it was natural.
This was also the main reason why he was a little confused when he was told to give them 100,000 silver coins.
After all, from Locke's point of view, they did nothing in this matter, and the 100,000 silver coins were just taken for free.
"Then Xiao Li, do you think we can work here?"
Locke, who asked this question, felt a little nervous.
Little did he know that when faced with this question, Xiao Li's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably.
The importance of the job of receiving the wood elves is unquestionable, so Kong Daqian, as the minister, also specially picked a smart person to be on standby here at all times.
Under this premise, Kong Daqian of course made their purpose, or specific task, clear to Xiao Li.
Their fundamental goal is to completely assimilate the wood elves and ultimately make them a part of their Great Zhou.
Under this premise, it is really difficult for him to answer this question.
"I have never encountered this before. Logically speaking, you must first be a citizen of our Great Zhou before you can work in our Great Zhou. I have to go back and ask before I can give you a specific answer."
Xiao Li hinted at something in his words, but didn't say it definitely, and he didn't know whether Locke understood it or not.
After saying goodbye to Locke, Xiao Li, who was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time, wrote the report as quickly as possible and sent it back.
This report was presented to Zhou Xu.
The plan to assimilate the wood elves has finally made new progress.
In the report, Xiao Li wrote down his own way of handling the situation, which was relatively safe and there was nothing wrong with it.
At this stage, the wood elves are obviously inseparable from their Great Zhou and have begun to think about how to get more money to continue their lives.
Under this premise, the impact of the answer to this question cannot be underestimated.
If the answer is yes, let the wood elves get the opportunity to live and work in their Great Zhou, so as to further assimilate each other.
If the answer is no, then it is equivalent to putting pressure on the wood elves in disguise.
Because the wood elves were obviously running out of silver coins, if they wanted to get more silver coins, they had to follow the rules of their Great Zhou and work.
But if you want to work in their Great Zhou, you must first be a citizen of their Great Zhou, which is equivalent to asking the wood elves to submit to their Great Zhou.
The latter set of procedures seemed logical and would force the wood elves to submit to their Great Zhou. But on the other hand, such means could very likely have the opposite effect if they did not go smoothly.
After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Zhou Xu quickly wrote down the follow-up arrangements and directly handed it to Xiao Li by carrier pigeon.
After receiving the letter and confirming the content, Xiao Li went directly to the wood elf village.
Since their Great Zhou's mining field had built a road nearby, it wasn't too difficult to get hold of a horse-drawn carriage carrying ore.
"Chief Locke, I have confirmed that you, the Wood Elves, can be allowed to work in our Great Zhou."
After receiving this reply, Locke's face suddenly brightened with joy.
After asking this question that day, he thought a lot about it, but he didn't expect the other party to agree so easily.
But now he also realized that Xiao Li hadn't finished speaking yet...
(End of this chapter)
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