Lord of Rot

The autumn planting of the porcupine collar was over, and despite the baron's orders to moisten the soil with manure, there was still dung everywhere on the roads.

The manure needs to be composted, fresh manure directly poured on the ground will burn the seedlings, the old cesspool by the roadside has been almost dug out, but the roadside is still ignored, the use of manure is the order of the lord, they just follow the order That's all.

No one yet knows what manure does.

That's right, Porcupine Collar doesn't have its own toilet yet, and the villagers are too lazy to build a toilet. They often just poop wherever they go.

Fortunately, the weather is getting colder. If it were summer, the smell would be...tsk.

After returning to the castle, Li Qi first arranged for Grant and Qiao to stay. The only place with a good accommodation environment in the Porcupine Territory was the Baron's castle, and there were enough rooms. Of course, if more talents are needed to join the Porcupine Territory in the future, this must be considered. Build a house, not a mud house like outside, but a stone house that is more cold-resistant and sturdier.

Burning bricks to build a house is not within the scope of Li Qi's consideration, because he doesn't know how to do it.

In Li Qi's plan, large-scale house building is not something that should be considered now. At present, they need to repair some dilapidated houses and may need to build a few small thatched houses. The main goal is to allow people to survive this winter.

study.

Li Qi closed his eyes and concentrated on controlling the two dead bodies. Because he had greeted them in advance, the two "slaves" followed the convoy out of Iron Stone City and then acted alone, running all the way without fear of fatigue.

I should be able to make it back tonight.

Knock knock, the door was knocked lightly.

Li Qi came back to his senses, leaving only a trace of consciousness control. The earthly ghoul could move with just a command, while the iron ox hoof corpse required him to do it himself. However, he became more and more skilled at controlling the corpse while distracted, unless it was a delicate operation. No special concentration is required.

"Please come in"

The study door was pushed open, and "Widow" Glenn walked in.

"Sir," Grant bowed and said, "I'm here to report on the situation of the porcupine collar."

Li Qi nodded. As soon as he took office, Grant began to investigate the activities in the Porcupine Territory, giving full play to his duties as a political officer. Political officer is Li Qi's term. There is no such official position in Lurea continent.

"There are six houses that need to be repaired, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive the cold winter. The autumn planting has ended. Although you kindly gave the slaves food, they can eat without working, which will cause dissatisfaction among many civilians in the Porcupine Territory." Lan glanced at the lord and found that the other party nodded slightly. He continued: "The next batch of slaves is about to arrive. The temperature in Pigtail Bay is very low in winter. The slaves need a place to stay and cannot live in tents all the time."

"Also, in winter, wild beasts appear more and more frequently in the dense forest. You asked me to send people into the dense forest to investigate. The farmer who came back said he saw the footprints of large wild beasts."

"The security team also has big problems. They extort protection money, watch women bathing, and bully lame bachelors. Moreover, they uniformly ask others to shut up. Anyone who dares to leak will definitely be retaliated by them."

Li Qi frowned.

Scolding dumb people, kicking widows' doors, kicking lame people's good legs, and digging up people's ancestral graves, the security team has actually become a big problem for the porcupine collar?

"Any suggestions?" he asked.

The development of the territory should be left to his subordinates. The lord only needs to express his ideas and give development directions at critical times.

Grant nodded: "Don't worry about food. The food you bought in Iron Stone City is enough to survive this winter. We can use slaves to repair the houses. We can't let them be idle. They can just build their own houses for the winter. The problem of the security team It’s very important and should be caught and beaten.”

"It's useless." Li Qi shook his head. In his previous life, he had seen "security teams" wearing official guise, smashing, smashing, and robbing. If they were useful, they wouldn't become a cancer.

"Let the slaves chop wood to build houses first," Li Qi said. "It's too far away from the residents."

The construction of houses in the Porcupine Territory must be well planned, and everyone cannot be left next to their own land in a mess. At least starting from the slaves' residence, there is a plan that is not too messy, so that they can be renovated and constructed later.

He already had a preliminary plan in mind, but he was not in a hurry yet.

"When the second batch of slaves arrives, there should be nearly a hundred slaves in Porcupine Territory," he said. "Some of them will build houses, while others will need to go to the beach to dig sand and pave roads."

He's had enough of porcupine collars where one foot is deep and the other is shallow.

"paving?"

"That's right, dig sand to pave the way." Li Qi nodded: "By the way, we will prevent those slaves from causing trouble when they are full."

The lame Ake may not be able to manage so many slaves, and the slaves bought this time are not women and children like before, so they must be supervised more strictly.

It's a pity that there are no masons and carpenters in Porcupine Collar, otherwise so many slaves could do more useful work in their spare time.

Li Qi has "Eagle Eyes" and can use birds to overlook the entire Porcupine Territory from a high altitude, and can draw a reasonable development blueprint.

"Also, the security team." Li Qi tapped his finger on the table lightly.

Grant lowered his head and listened to the rapid "tap-tap-tap" sound. He knew that the lord was worried about this.

"Boom!"

The hand suddenly stopped.

Li Qi said: "Tell the captain of the security team that if this happens again, no matter who did it, I will only give him 10 lashes!"

"Yes" Grant nodded and stepped back.

In the afternoon, the confused slaves and the carriage team finally arrived at Porcupine Territory.

They looked at the dilapidated houses along the way and the people standing at the door looking at them.

They are completely numb to the future.

The unkempt boy Carrot held the hand of his 6-year-old sister and followed the team. His name came from the first time he was full. At that time, he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it. Then he sneaked into a caravan and found a basket of radishes. , he gnawed the radish crazily. It was the first time he felt full. The radish was so sweet.

From then on, the first feeling of being full was his name, and he named himself Carrot.

But Carrot was caught and the boy became a slave.

From then on, he went hungry every day, but he never died of hunger, which was better than his previous wandering life.

Among the slaves, Carrot met his sister. They were not related by blood, but the girl without a name would secretly give her food to Carrot, and Carrot has been protecting her ever since.

Their little bodies blended in with the crowd, overwhelmed by the crowd of slaves.

“Welcome to Porcupine Collar”

The person who spoke was a lame man. One of his legs was crippled and he had to be supported by someone. But Luo Luo discovered that the slaves who had been here seemed to be afraid of him.

"From now on, you will serve the Lord, even at the cost of your life!" The lame man shouted loudly, with Lord Lord in his mouth.

But Carrot felt that it didn't matter, it didn't matter who was the master, as long as he had food to eat, and his sister had food to eat, she didn't need to be full, as long as she didn't starve to death.

Although he already hated the world and always thought that it would be okay if he died, he still wanted his sister to grow up, hoping that she could get rid of her status as a slave in the future and marry safely and happily... Luobo suddenly felt that he was holding her hand. With a little force on his little hand, he lowered his head and met his sister's smiling face.

He couldn't die, he had to protect her.

The lame man continued to shout: "The lord has prepared a meal for you. Everyone lines up and comes to get it, one for each person! Don't grab it. Those who grab it will not have black bread to eat for the next day!"

The men with sticks and whips stood aside and watched eagerly. The slaves had already traveled a long way, and they had no strength and did not dare to snatch them.

But Carrot heard a sentence from it, there will be no black bread for the next day, one day? !

God be damned, can I eat black bread every day?

He excitedly held his sister's hand and lined up under the supervision of whips and sticks. Step by step, he saw many people holding black bread.

What a big one!

Carrot was excited, such a big piece of black bread would definitely be enough to fill him up.

"We have something to eat, sister!" he said excitedly to his sister, his eyes moist.

"Quiet!" shouted the man holding a stick standing on the roadside.

Carrot immediately shut up, he didn't want to get a stick.

But it couldn't stop his small movements. He raised his head and looked forward countless times, getting closer and closer.

A basket of brown bread, steaming hot and fragrant.

The person with the black bread is dressed very cleanly. Is she an aristocratic lady?

The other party handed over the black bread, and Carrot took it dully.

"Say thank you!" Another man with a stick yelled: "Thank you, Miss Wine Glass!"

"Thank you, Miss Wineglass." Luobo immediately thanked him. He had met kind people before when he was begging, but when he thanked him, he was disliked by the other party.

Carrot took his sister's hand and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" Miss Wineglass took another piece of black bread and handed it to her sister. "Now, this is yours."

"Thank you~" My sister replied with a sweet smile.

"Wine glass," said the man with the stick: "You want a whole piece of black bread for such a young child? Why don't you give it to me?"

"The Lord's order is that everyone has it," Wine Glass wrinkled his nose and retorted, and emphasized: "Everyone!"

The man waved his hands repeatedly: "Okay, okay, you have the final say. I just think it will take many years for this little thing to grow up, and it would be a waste to feed her food."

He didn't want to have a conflict with the castle maid.