Lord of Rot

"Dwarf?" Li Qi looked at the half-tall man.

"My name is Fula, and I am a dwarf carpenter." The man seemed to have been used to being discriminated against for a long time: "Sir, only people with special status can survive on this ship."

"I think so." Li Qi nodded, and then asked: "Where is your home? Fula."

"Golden Wheat Field"

"That's a rich land." Li Qi raised his eyebrows. It was located in the middle of Lurea, not far from the king, and its lord was the current king.

But what surprised Li Qi even more was that the place was not close to the sea, how did this guy get caught on the boat.

The dwarf carpenter seemed to have guessed what Li Qi was thinking, and explained himself: "It's hard for me to find reliable work locally, so I wanted to try my luck in other cities, and then..."

Li Qi nodded to express his understanding. Disabled people will always face discrimination wherever they go. Fortunately, Fula has a skill.

"If you want to find a job, maybe you can stay in my territory," Li Qi said.

"Of course!"

Fula was pleasantly surprised, and he was worrying about what to do next.

Li Qi looked at the boy: "What about you, what is your identity?"

"The bard, my lord."

"You are younger than any bard I have ever seen," Li Qi said.

The boy's face turned red: "My father is a bard, and I will be too."

"He sang on the boat." Fula boldly interjected. He found that the young lord was very gentle. He also wanted to help a group of unfortunate boys: "He has a very good voice, otherwise those bastards would not have left him alive." .”

"Okay." Li Qi actually has no feelings for bards, but a boy who leaves here probably won't live a good life.

He needs all the talent, everything!

Li Qi glanced at the three dull women again and sighed: "If you three are willing to stay, Porcupine Leader welcomes you. If you don't want to stay, maybe there is a caravan from Iron Stone City who will be willing to help your relatives send messages." .”

This is too difficult. If the women are not in Dongxia, their parents would not be able to take them back even if they wanted to, and Li Qi would not be able to waste manpower on it.

Except for the heirs of the Bill family, staying in the Porcupine Collar is the best choice for these people.

Through the interrogation of the last surviving pirate, he learned that this group of pirates had a conflict with the Leopold family fleet before, and the reason was found in the logbook.

Several people have been accommodated and will be considered in detail tomorrow.

Pirates, just hand it over to the security team. Li Qi didn't think there was any aspect of this guy's body that was worth spending 10 ounces of gold to wake up.

Li Qi sat on the chair in the study room wearing the clothes the valet had thoughtfully put on him.

He flipped through the logbook. The pirates obviously didn't have the habit of keeping accounts. They just robbed and spent. This logbook came from a merchant ship owned by Leopold's family. It clearly recorded a certain port call of the ship. The unloading list also includes estimated arrival and departure dates at each port.

The pirates said that the merchant ship was transporting about one million gold days.

one million!

Hiss, when he first heard this number, Li Qi's heart almost stopped beating. He understood why the pirates with only about twenty people dared to go crazy and try to take a bite of such a big piece of meat, even he would be excited.

The difference between him and the pirates is that he is greedy for money but also cherishes his life, knowing that the money is not something he can touch.

"The top nobles are really rich."

I was still calculating how many gold days a month, and when I was racking my brains, the liquid assets of his family already amounted to millions. Just like in his previous life, he had a monthly salary of several thousand yuan, but he still ate luxuriously for instant noodles in bags. When I was confused, I heard that other people's tax evasion was calculated in hundreds of millions. It was absurd and unreal, and it was even more false than a novel.

In addition, the ship has become his personal property, but it still lacks sailors, captains, navigators, doctors, cooks, helmsmen, etc. As long as they are gathered together, it can set sail.

"Let's wait until the dock is built later."

Li Qi stretched himself. Today's victory in the battle was all due to his remote control. He was extremely tired and needed a good sleep.

the next day,

Li Qi arranged for people to send La Bill out of the Porcupine Territory and to Ironstone City, where he could find a team of mercenaries to escort him home.

lunch.

Li Qi was eating pork stewed with onions. He picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth, elegantly and calmly.

By the way, there are not only no chopsticks in this world, but also no knives and forks.

There is a knife for cutting bread, like a dagger, and a spoon for drinking soup. Otherwise, you need to grab it with your hands to eat, or use bread to "spread" a lump of mashed vegetables, which is often paired with mashed potatoes or thick soup.

Grant, who was eating at the same table, looked at the two wooden sticks in front of him. He also tried, but he couldn't be as flexible as the lord, so he could only eat them with his hands.

Grant originally thought that he was eating very elegantly, but after a comparison, he found that he looked like a savage.

"Is everything okay in the territory?" Li Qi asked. He didn't know what Grant was thinking.

"Everything is fine, but it's almost the Divine New Year, my lord."

The first year of the Divine Calendar was the year when Lurea continent was unified. The then King of Lurea ascended the throne in the royal capital and was blessed by the bishop of the Four Gods Sect.

Li Qi knew little about that period of history.

"What should we prepare for?" he asked. In his impression, one must live well in old age.

"As far as I know, there was no celebration when you became lord?"

"The Porcupine Territory was too poor at the time." Li Qi nodded: "I didn't want to mobilize troops and mobilize people."

At that time, he hadn't traveled through time yet. He only knew that the former Li Qi was afraid of strangers, timid, and cowardly.

Grant nodded, thought for a moment and said: "Maybe you can hold a celebration on New Year's Day, which will make the people of the territory full of energy for the future, and the Porcupine Territory's victory over the pirate invasion also needs to be celebrated. The celebration will clear up exhausted."

"Okay." Li Qi nodded: "I'll leave this matter to you."

He had saved a lot of money, and he might spend part of it on the celebration, but it was nothing compared to what he earned, only a few hundred silver months at most.

"The Porcupine collar has great development prospects," Grant said. "Everyone is full of expectations for life, I mean including the slaves. They are all praising your kindness."

"This is everyone's slave, not just me, but also each of you." Li Qi smiled.

In the afternoon, Joe came back.

He brought back the proceeds from selling the pills this month. According to Li Qi's request, he first spent money to buy things, talents, food, tools, slaves, etc., and then brought back the remaining money.

Qiao is indeed the son of a businessman, at least what he brought back this time is far more than Li Qi's last time.

Dozens more slaves arrived, filled with uneasy fears about the future.

In addition to what Li Qi specially ordered, Qiao also brought back precious craftsmen.

Including masons, gardeners, leatherworkers, and pharmacists, Li Qi seriously doubted that the double price attracted them, but no matter what, having talented people come to Porcupine Collar is a great event worth celebrating.

Especially pharmacists, they are proficient in pharmacology and are half doctors.

There are no real doctors in Lurea. Some scholars are proficient in medicine and can even perform surgeries, but ordinary people still have to rely on pharmacists' bitter medicines to save their lives.

"You will come at the right time," Li Qi said to Joe: "We will hold a New Year celebration, bring everyone to participate, they will like it here."

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