Lord of Rot

As soon as he opened the door and went out, the manservant Pitchfork ran over in panic: "My lord!"

"what happened?"

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest," the manservant lowered his head and said, "But the red grass you asked me to keep an eye on seems to be withering. I watered it according to your instructions, and collected chicken manure to fertilize it. I didn’t delay, I didn’t even dare to close my eyes and kept staring at it!”

He stopped the servant's self-reflection: "Okay Pitchfork, take me over first to take a look."

He had already expected that magic herbs would be difficult to survive after transplantation.

He also quickly saw the red herbs transplanted in the soil. The leaves were withered and yellow, and the stems were wilted and bent.

"It's not your fault, Pitchfork," Reach comforted his loyal manservant: "You did a good job, at least tell me before it wilts completely."

"But my lord, I made it die, was it chicken droppings? Maybe the droppings cursed it."

"That's not the case." Li Qi can't let people demonize manure. His territory needs all resources to develop. Fertilizer is the top priority for agricultural development. How about abandoning manure and praying to the four gods? No kidding, God doesn’t go hungry.

He asked the manservant to dig out the red grass and asked: "Go and get me some salt...the more the better."

"Yes!"

After a while, Li Qi told the manservant Pitchfork to go back to rest, and he returned to the crypt with red grass and a large bag of salt.

He put the salt into the coffin where the body was placed as required to ensure that it would be "pickled and tasted", and then he also put the red grass inside.

"Maybe this thing can be a magic material." He couldn't think of how to use this thing in a short time. What if he also turned into red hair after eating it? That couldn't be explained by a blessing from the four gods, it was more like the devil's favor.

Close the coffin lid and recite the incantation.

The crypt has returned to silence, and all we have to do is wait for the "pot" to come out.

……

When Li Qi woke up from bed, it was dawn. Looking through the window, it was probably noon.

I slept until three o'clock in the morning.

He originally wanted to enter the crypt to see how the newly refined corpse was doing. The other party was his next guarantee, but there were already noisy sounds and the sound of carriages outside, and the butler Simon was back.

Li Qi decided to go out first and see what his butler had brought back.

"Good day, my lord"

The long journey made Butler Simon's hair a little messy, but his posture was still very decent.

"I'm glad you're back." Li Qi nodded: "You know I can't wait to know what your harvest is like this time."

"You will be satisfied!"

Simon's expression was very proud. He had obtained a huge benefit for his lord.

Li Qi looked at the carriages parked at the gate of the castle. There were eight old variegated horses.

It contained grain, seeds, and iron ore, and the front one contained stacks of books, occupying one-third of the carriage.

"The skin of the blazing demon bear has earned you 20 gold days," Simon said. "Baron Simon is very interested in your story of defeating the terrifying demon beast."

The corner of Li Qi's mouth twitched slightly. The Baron Sparks in his memory was not someone who liked to listen to stories. He preferred to "work" in other places. For the Baron who owned the iron mine, 20 gold days was nothing at all. It is estimated that the other party just wanted to have fun with him, such as paying for the story told by a baron who aspired to become a bard, but that was not important to Li Qi, as long as he got the money.

Butler Simon began to count every expense for Li Qi. Gold days were not a currency in circulation, so he found someone to exchange them for silver moons. On the 8th gold days, he got 1800 silver moon fathers. Recently, the price of goods has risen sharply because the harvest has been low. How good, the food and seeds cost 740 silver moons, but these things are enough to keep people from starving this winter.

Of course, it is also possible that Baron Li Qi is regarded as a big fat sheep. There is no price tag for buying and selling things, and the price is opaque. It may cost 5 bronze stars for you to buy, but it may cost 1 silver moon for another person.

If the news that Simon sold a bear skin worth 20 gold days was publicized, Li Qi believed that he would be the most popular "big fat sheep to be slaughtered" in Iron Stone City, not to mention that this fat sheep was full of showmanship. Her hair was combed meticulously.

Books cost 3 silver months each.

Although Li Qi felt great pain in his heart, he still nodded and accepted. Books are the only way to understand the history of this world and gain knowledge.

When he had nothing to do in the cold winter, he probably would light a fire and read a book.

Because only scholars on the continent of Lurea can compile books, and of course there are ordinary bards who like to write messy things, but if they want to be passed down, they must have the help of scholars, so the price of each book is very high.

The thin books cost a total of 300 silver months.

In addition, there are iron, raven, herbs, etc. that he specifically requested before.

There are also eight horses and carriages, which cost a total of 14 silver months to rent, but if Li Qi plans to buy these horses, each horse will cost 10 silver months.

"They are all old horses, they are not worth the price," Li Qi sighed, but the butler tickled his itch accurately. It must be said that Simon was very capable as a butler and could know what his lord wanted.

Because Li Qi needs resources very much, all resources, including horses.

If you plan to increase the speed of agricultural cultivation in the future, horses are a must in the role played.

Moreover, no lord is willing to sell his horse, because horses are wealth.

“Where did the rest of the money go?”

"Iron Stone City's garrison needs to pay part of it, and they can also ensure that we won't be cheated when we buy it," the steward replied.

"Okay, what else?"

"There are still 30 slaves," the steward said, "although most of them are children and women, they are still on the way and are expected to arrive tonight."

Li Qi smiled: "You did a good job, Simon."

The territory needs people, but the steward is not loyal enough, but he is good at guessing the lord's heart, and he does a really good job.

Probably the butler knew that this was the only way to make the lord ignore his past "disloyalty". Loyalty was not absolute, but the value that could be created was indeed visible and tangible. Li Qi could be furious because of the other party's disloyalty, but he could also Ignore those little things because of the other person's abilities.

"Arrange them to stay first and give them some food." The population is his wealth, and he is not willing to lose it.

"By the way, there is also a blacksmith apprentice who is willing to come to Porcupine Territory to work for you," Simon said.

"You really brought me a lot of surprises." Li Qi's smile became brighter: "Prepare a separate house for him and tell him that I will help him open a blacksmith shop in Porcupine."

Even if you are an apprentice, as long as you have the skill of blacksmithing, you can come in handy in farming.

"By the way," Simon said, "there is another piece of bad news."

His expression showed no sign of the bad news.

"Tell me." Li Qi was a little disgusted with the butler's habit of pouring out bits of news while holding his hands.

"Mrs. Alsop returned to the arms of the Four Gods," Simon said: "On the second morning of their wedding, she was kicked to death by her husband."

Looking at the butler with a sad expression on his face, Li Qi overturned his "disgusting" judgment just now. He liked the other party talking like this, and this kind of good news should be spoken last.

Even his stepmother couldn't resist the "iron ox's hoof", so Li Qi gave her a chance.

"May she find eternal peace in the arms of the four gods," Li Qi prayed with a serious expression, as if he had a deep relationship with his stepmother.

The Knight of the Iron Ox Hoof would not care about the Baron of the Porcupine Territory who had no strength, but he dared to use his hooves to crush the marriage brought about by Red Rose, because the Leopold family had already left.

Looking at it this way, Baron Sparks probably meant to express his apology when he bought the bear skin, but the way he expressed his apology was a bit arrogant, like: "My men killed your stepmother, I'm sorry, this is compensation." But he may not have Little did he know that Li Qiben planned to use the "hoof" to kill people.

"That iron hoofed knight probably has mental problems." A person who keeps trampling the person next to him to death may only have mental problems, but in this era, no one will notice this, because apart from trampling his wife to death, iron Bullhoof Rider is normal on weekdays.

Li Qi asked the butler to buy the horses and told the other party to have a good rest.

After a series of good news, he felt a little hungry and needed to eat first.