Chapter 832 Who is failing?
Taking Xiao Li's reminder into consideration, Locke picked out fifty young and strong men from the tribe.
The tribesmen were selected the day before, and the horse-drawn carriages arrived the next day. They were taken away that day and delivered directly to the logging team and timber processing plant in Green Forest City.
Before setting off, Xiao Li reminded Locke that it would be better to give each of them three silver coins as a backup.
Once they get there, they will definitely need to buy some daily necessities on the first day. At the same time, they have just arrived there and their salary will not be paid until next month, so they still need money for food.
Locke nodded after understanding the situation, and then asked hesitantly.
"Are these three silver coins enough?"
“…”
Obviously, Locke's values have been distorted by the previous 100,000 silver coins. In fact, he still has a huge sum of thousands of silver coins in his hands.
After figuring this out, Xiao Li adjusted his mood and quickly explained it.
"According to the prices in Green Forest City, the normal monthly food and drink expenses for an ordinary citizen are only about one silver coin plus twenty to thirty copper coins. They have employee meals, which are even cheaper. As long as they don't spend money recklessly, three silver coins are enough for them to eat for two months."
“…”
This time it was Locke who was silent.
"Are there so many three silver coins?!"
“…”
In any case, Locke still followed Xiao Li's advice and stuffed three silver coins into each member of the tribe before letting them get on the carriage to Green Forest City to work.
After arriving at the place, Xiao Li quickly arranged for the fifty wood elves to take up their posts, then found the manager and gave him a few instructions. Then he retired with his mission accomplished. He didn't need to worry about anything else afterwards.
It was a new day, and before the sun rose, there were clang clang clang clang sounds outside the dormitory. The wood elves lying on their beds were still drowsy, and the captain who was assigned to share the dormitory with them had already woken them up one by one.
"Wake up! If you delay any longer you won't have time for breakfast!"
While the captain was shouting, he had already put on his clothes. When the wood elves heard about breakfast, they all woke up.
They actually have nothing to be uncomfortable with when it comes to getting up early.
As mentioned before, they used to have to get up early to hunt, and they got up even earlier than they do now.
It's just that last night, when I was lying on the bed in the dormitory, thinking that I would live here in the future, work, make money and live here, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned until late at night, so I'm very confused now.
After changing their clothes and taking a quick shower, the captain quickly took them to the nearby staff canteen for breakfast.
It is worth mentioning here that although the logging team and the wood processing plant are two units, they are both under the jurisdiction of the Construction Engineering Department, so the dormitories of the two units are in the same place, and the employee canteen is right next to the wood processing plant.
Because the wood elves were not fast enough, there was already a long line in the cafeteria, and they were at the end of the line.
However, the auntie who served food in the cafeteria was very quick and it didn't take too long for them to take their turn.
“Staff meal or order it yourself?”
After taking a look at the wood elf carrying the tray, the auntie who served the food asked quickly, and then immediately added another sentence.
"Staff meals cost one copper, no choice."
This price is undoubtedly a discount for them.
Although the wood elves are used to spending lavishly, they are not stupid.
I only had three silver coins in my pocket, and I spent nearly fifty copper coins on buying daily necessities, pillows, bedding and the like that day. Now that things had come to this, it was natural for me to try the employee meal that cost one copper first.
After hearing this, the auntie who served him the food immediately gave him a bowl of soy milk, two large steamed buns and a small dish of pickles.
For the wood elves who usually have two meals a day in restaurants every time they come to Da Zhou, this breakfast is quite simple.
The taste certainly couldn't compare to that in the restaurant, but it was cheap, only one copper. This made the wood elves feel pretty good. They didn't feel as uncomfortable as they had imagined, and they even found the food quite delicious.
After all, if you think about it carefully, they eat in their own villages most of the year, so this meal is not as good as theirs.
They just have money and like to enjoy life, but there is nothing wrong with their brains.
At the moment, although I can no longer afford to eat at Manxianglou, if I can spend a copper, I can have such breakfast every day, which would feel pretty good.
After a simple breakfast, the wood elves, led by their captain, quickly gathered in the open space for roll call.
Then the members of the logging team took the horse-drawn carriages used to transport timber directly to the woods outside the city to start their day's work.
At first they didn't think there was anything wrong.
Isn't it just cutting down trees, doing some simple repairs after cutting them down, and then moving them onto a carriage and transporting them away?
They used to do this kind of work in the village.
Of course, before the morning had even passed, they had already realized that the intensity of work on both sides was completely different!
"It's terrible. Just the wood we have cut so far would take at least a week in the village."
At this moment, one of the wood elves was seen leaning against the trunk of a big tree, panting, and even his words were a little unclear.
Seeing this, another wood elf who was working in the same team with him also put his hands on his hips, looked up at the sky with tired eyes, and doubted his life for a moment.
"Why do you think we are here to work? Is it too late to go back now?"
“…”
Listening to the discouraging words of the tribesmen nearby, the wood elf leaning against the big tree was about to respond.
Just then, the captain came over.
"What? We've only cut down a few trees? That's not enough?"
At this time, the captain's tone was a little bit incredible, as if he had never seen such a weak player.
When the two wood elves heard this, they stretched their necks and stood up straight.
"Who? Who's down?"
"You can't do it anymore?"
"It's not me!"
"That means you can't do it?"
"It's not me either!"
Looking at the two wood elves singing the same tune, the captain's mouth twitched unconsciously.
Being assigned to lead these wood elves to work, he must have a mission.
Long before this group of wood elves arrived, the captains in charge of leading the team had already done their homework.
The elves are a race that attaches great importance to face and has a strong sense of self-esteem. In other words, if you just stimulate them a little, sometimes it can have miraculous effects.
Faced with this situation, the captain laughed twice.
"Well, why don't we compete? If you can do more work than me in a day, I'll treat you to dinner. You can order whatever you want in the cafeteria."
When the wood elves heard this, they immediately became excited.
And the result is predictable, it’s no match, no win at all!
Although they did not get to have the captain's dinner, the wood elves felt as if they were alive after eating the food they bought, as if the fatigue accumulated during the day was greatly relieved.
"Fuck! I live for this meal!"
(End of this chapter)
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