Chapter 829: Out of Money
With the home-field advantage, Shi Lei naturally had the confidence to keep dragging things out with the enemy. But the Liang Army's commander clearly had plans of his own, and for a while, both sides fell into a stalemate.
Meanwhile, the Wood Elves still evidently had no idea that fighting had broken out along the other side of Great Zhou's border.
Once spring arrived and the season turned, the Wood Elves were all itching to begin their shopping for the new year.
But Locke, their patriarch, was feeling rather troubled.
Looking at the silver coins remaining in the chest, he suddenly realized that they seemed to be running out of money...
Before winter began, they had still had a fairly comfortable reserve of silver coins...
At that thought, Locke's expression froze. He roughly realized where all the money had gone.
The grand shopping spree before winter was one thing. Throughout the winter, they had been utterly dependent on Smokeless Coal. After installing heating stoves in every household in the village, their consumption of Smokeless Coal had been enormous.
What they had bought previously had not even been enough, forcing them to make another trip to purchase more halfway through the winter.
After contacting Little Li, however, he had said that delivery was available. As long as they paid a transportation fee, the coal could be delivered straight to their door, saving them the trouble of making a special trip.
The Wood Elves had thought, Oh, that's wonderful. It saves time and effort. After that, they had bought coal even more frequently.
And so, by the end of that winter, their total expenses had far exceeded their expectations.
Once he realized this, Locke hurriedly called the tribesmen together to discuss the problem.
While several tribesmen nearby