Throne of Vientiane Civilization

This time the cooperation is mainly based on the exchange of materials. Zhou Xu has made it clear before, so when it comes to this, Kong Daqian has nothing to be subtle about.

He directly took out the diamond that Ye Jinghong brought back and placed it in front of Locke.

"Chief Locke, this stone was accidentally picked up by members of our exchange group in your forest. We are very interested in this type of stone and are willing to provide appropriate materials and exchange it with you."

Kong Daqian directly revealed his purpose without playing tricks on Locke.

Looking at the diamond, Locke frowned.

To be honest, they wood elves are not interested in stones. They care more about plants than stones.

Of course, he doesn't care, but he's not stupid.

The diamond in front of him was obviously different from ordinary stones. It was obvious that he couldn't just find a few random stones in the forest.

Considering the urinary nature of the tribesmen, Locke really didn't have much confidence at the moment.

"How much does it cost to exchange a stone like this for the things we want?"

While speaking, Locke motioned to the wood elf accompanying him and told him what they wanted to exchange.

After listening, Kong Daqian pondered for a while.

"A single set of these things is not expensive, but if you want to arrange them for the whole clan, the price should not be underestimated if the quantity is large."

Having said this, Kong Daqian pondered again for a while, and then pointed at a carriage not far away.

"According to my rough estimate, a carriage like this would need to be filled with at least fifty carriages."

"Five, fifty cars?!"

Locke's expression suddenly changed when he heard this number.

Locke had to admit that he had some luck just now, imagining that he might be able to exchange for these things by finding dozens or hundreds of such stones.

In this case, if he mobilizes all the clan members and spends some time, he might be able to find it.

But if you need to fill fifty carriages...

Although they haven't started searching yet, Locke has been able to confirm the result. It's impossible! One hundred percent they can't come up with it.

Kong Daqian obviously knew about this situation.

This time, they are here to do business, not to alleviate poverty. Naturally, they cannot provide all the things and reimburse all the expenses like they did when they received the exchange group before.

At this moment, he was not in a hurry. He wanted to let the wood elf clan leader opposite him figure it out first.

Locke didn't hesitate for long, only about a minute.

"Minister Kong, we have never done this before..."

Locke looked embarrassed, and the implication was that they probably couldn't do this.

When Kong Daqian saw this, he expressed sincerely...

"There should be a mineral vein inside your forest. All you need to do is find the location of the mineral vein and then mine it."

This is to directly teach them what to do.

But Locke felt even more hopeless.

"Lode. Mining."

The salted fish had been salted for a long time, and thinking about these troublesome things gave him a headache.

Seeing Locke's headache, Kong Daqian smiled slightly and spoke again...

"That's good, we have a plan here, which should be the easiest for you."

While talking, Kong Daqian proposed another plan.

"I see that the items you have proposed are of many types and are very complicated. It would be troublesome for us to prepare them. How about this? We, Dazhou, can directly pay a sum of money to buy the mineral veins in the forest."

"When the time comes, we, Dazhou, will directly send our own people to build mines in the forest and mine the ore. We don't need you to provide labor, but you can directly take the money and go to our Dazhou market to buy things yourself. Sample?"

"As for the specific amount..."

While speaking, Kong Daqian made gestures with his hands.

"One hundred thousand silver coins."

As soon as Kong Daqian said these words, before Locke could react, the wood elf accompanying him became excited first.

"Okay, okay! This is good!"

This reaction shocked Locke next to him. Although he had no diplomatic experience, he also knew that it would be rude to do such a thing on such an occasion.

So he quickly gave the boy next to him a fierce look.

Feeling the intimidating gaze of his family leader, the wood elf next to him was obviously aware of his gaffe. After laughing twice, he calmed down a little.

But he didn't restrain himself for a few seconds. He was afraid that the wood elf, who had never seen the world and was confused, couldn't help but get close to the ear of their clan leader.

"Clan leader, this plan is good, choose this one."

Locke felt the veins on his forehead jump when he heard this. In front of the diplomats from the Zhou Dynasty opposite, this was really a bit embarrassing. Even he clearly felt this.

As the leader of the clan, Locke naturally didn't think twice and listened to the boy next to him without thinking.

After all, he had no idea how much one hundred thousand silver coins were, and he had no idea about money.

"Well, Minister Kong, can we discuss it internally?"

"sure."

Kong Daqian nodded, then stood up and left, leaving the room to the wood elves.

After watching Kong Daqian leave, Locke finally couldn't help but ask.

"How much is one hundred thousand silver coins?"

"a lot of!"

During the exchange visit a month ago, the wood elves didn't spend any money, but the staff didn't avoid them when paying, so they had a rough idea of ​​how much some things were worth.

"We can buy all the things we want, and there will be a lot left! In short, it's a lot!"

Locke nodded, and he had a rough idea in his mind.

At the same time, he thought about this plan and didn't find any problems.

Although these wood elves are greedy for enjoyment and lazy, they are relatively simple in character.

From Locke's point of view, when they were needed to collect ore before, the transaction could still be established because they needed to work.

But according to this new plan, they don't need to do anything, and the 100,000 silver coins are just like taking them for free.

After the conversation resumed, Locke couldn't help but raise the question in his mind. Kong Daqian felt a little embarrassed when he heard it.

After all, according to the thinking of their human country, this vein is in their territory, so it belongs to them. Locke's current thinking is really too simple.

"Hahaha, Chieftain Halock, you worry too much. If this plan is established, our Great Zhou will have to send a team into the forest to confirm the location of the ore vein, and then arrange a construction team to build a mine and mine the ore vein. In this process, we will definitely disturb you." "In addition, considering the transportation problem after the ore is dug out, we have to clear a road in the forest for the carriage to pass, so this money is still needed." At this moment, what Kong Daqian said was just the superficial reason. Of course, the 100,000 silver coins were not taken for nothing. Their real purpose was to let the wood elves take this money and spend it crazily inside their Great Zhou, so as to further deepen their influence in the wood elf tribe!