Lord of Rot

Chapter 142 Winemaker's Life Money

Jingle!

Jingle!

Jingle!

The hydraulic forging hammer lifted quickly, then fell freely, hitting hard!
The red-hot iron was struck by hundreds of pounds of hammers to create sparks.

The workstations in the assembly line factory have been separated as much as possible, the roof has been raised as high as possible to ensure ventilation, and there are several small water channels flowing through to avoid fire, but the temperature has not dropped at all.

Li Qi walked around the factory, and the blacksmith apprentices on each line were doing their own work.

The concept of the assembly line was proposed, but doing things is not as simple as imagined. Making armor still requires experience. The scene of the blacksmiths with their hands behind their backs and drinking tea supervision did not appear. Go over and help.

Can you not do it?You can only get paid for making a set of armor. If you can’t make it, you won’t get a Bronze Star. After working for so long, they are doing no less than usual. They work overtime every day, but they earn much less.

But if you ask the blacksmiths if they still want to support this mode of operation, they will definitely support it with both hands. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this group of apprentices is getting more and more proficient.

The day when drinking tea and patrolling can make money is coming soon!

"My lord, this was built recently."

A blacksmith came over and introduced Li Qi respectfully: "A total of four sets have been made."

Four sets, the speed is slower than expected before, a few blacksmiths can knock out five sets together, and now a group of assembly line apprentices who work hard are added, and the speed is even slower.

They waste a lot of material.

This is the difference between teaching others to do it and doing it yourself.

It's all an early investment, and Li Qi said that he can handle it.

Li Qi picked up a set of armor, which was similar to the one that Joel tried on before. It was not refined enough, but it was made of thick materials, which brought a very sufficient sense of security when worn on the body.

"Help me build a few more sets of armor." Li Qi said, "I will give you the body size after finishing the batch of porcupine soldiers."

"Yes, my lord!"

Li Qi planned to put armor on his ghouls as well. The strength of the two ghouls was far beyond that of ordinary people, and the weight of dozens of pounds did not affect them.

Li Qi also took some tin cans with him when he left, and the long-haired monster who ransacked the headland's crypt was just these two days.

……

"My lord! Please allow me to solemnly introduce you, this is Mr. Baumol, the brewer!"

In the afternoon, when Li Qi was reading in the shade of a tree, Qiao excitedly brought a white-haired man with a hooked nose in a robe.

"Good day, my lord!" Baumol bowed and saluted with proper etiquette.

"Good day, Mr. Baumol."

Li Qi looked at this elegant winemaker, who was about the same age as Glenn, but his posture was comparable to Simon's.

He remembered that Grant had come to tell him that Joe was going to bring in a winemaker with terrible winemaking skills.

He was very puzzled at the time, but now that he saw someone, he felt even more strange.

There must be something going on here.

Li Qi: "Mr. Baumol, where did you make wine before?"

"I make wine for Lord Sour Apple," said the winemaker, "and run the winery for him."

Sour Apple, a "village-level" lord who grows sour apple trees, governs a small village of 60 to [-] people. The people in the village usually farm to support themselves and pay taxes. They will pick sour apples to make wine in July and August. .

By the way, some of the cheap beer that Joe bought before was bought from the sour apple lord.

It's cheap, the quantity is large, and although the taste isn't very good, it's still beer.

As for Sir Sour Apple, Li Qi only knew that his grandparents used to be quite prestigious figures, but years of wars have left the family in limbo, and they owed a lot of foreign debts. In the end, the village with no one to inherit came to be a winemaker at the time. The apprentice's sour apple, he was the closest of the collateral blood, and had the right of inheritance.

They told Sour Apple that they don't need to make wine in the future, and they can be a noble lord.

"I just learned how to make wine, but I am going to be a nobleman".

If Sour Apple knows what he will experience in the future, he must regret being a nobleman, because what awaits him is not a noble life, but a debt.

But Sour Apple is very capable, relying on his wine-making skills, he even slowly paid off the debt.

Even sour cider has become a popular civilian drink.

"The beer you brew tastes very good," Li Qi said in a down-to-earth manner.

He drank sour cider beer, although it was not as good as barley beer, but he was not particularly picky and could drink it.

The slightly sour taste is not unacceptable, it's not as bad as what Glenn said.

"Why don't you continue to work under Sir Sour Apple?" Li Qi asked.

Baumol leaned forward and said: "Because I owed a sum of money. In order to help my former family, I borrowed a lot of money. The salary for making wine for Lord Sour Apple is quite a lot, but it is not enough for me to pay off the debt."

Li Qi could understand what he meant by an unsophisticated rhetoric. He was short of money, so he quit.

"I do have the idea of ​​building a winery," Li Qi said, "If you can make the winery profitable, I don't mind helping you pay off the debt."

The premise is to make a profit, and the wine must be delicious.

Who knows if he really knows how to make wine, or borrowed the name of Sir Sour Apple.

"Of course, my lord!"

"Joe, you have brought back the talent that Porcupine Castle needs most." Li Qi said with a smile: "Take Mr. Baumol to rest first. After dinner, I should discuss wine making with Mr. Baumol and Grant."

Joe nodded happily: "Yes, my lord!"

Bowmore's manners are all right, and he worked under Sir Sour Apple before, so he's a clean slate, and if the winemaking is all right, he's a very suitable talent.

"High alcohol, medical alcohol." Li Qi leaned against the tree, the book was spread out in his arms, and a gust of wind blew through, flipping the pages of the book.

The air was just right, the temperature was right, and there were no mosquito bites. Li Qi slowly fell asleep.

One of the maids, Goblet and Little Eyes, was carrying a wooden barrel, while the other came out of the castle carrying a wooden basin filled with dirty water, and saw the sleeping lord under the tree.

The two slowed down.

Then, as if thinking of something, they looked at each other, smiled, and then walked away cheerfully.

Seeing the handsome face of the lord every day, the mood will be very happy.

The "yawn" felt very comfortable to Li Qi.

It's almost dusk.

If you can't hear the whistle, the training should be over.

He got up and rubbed his shoulders.

Knowing that the lord is sleeping soundly under the tree in the yard, no one would dare to come over and make noise, and everyone would deliberately avoid this place.

Li Qi didn't call anyone, he walked back to the castle slowly.

"Ok?"

Someone was talking, as if there had been an argument.

His ears helped him capture that information.

Li Qi slowly walked up to the second floor, and in the room by the window, he heard the voices of two people.

The door was not closed tightly, probably because he wanted to be vigilant, but with Li Qi's body control, he could guarantee that there were almost no footsteps.

"What do you want!" It was Grant's voice.

"I helped your ex-lover, Grant." There was an unfamiliar voice, but the only one who could move in the castle seemed to be the new brewer.

Did he know Grant?

Hearing the tone of the chat between the two, Li Qi suddenly understood why Ge Lan said that the new brewer was not very skilled that night. It should be that Ge Lan had some reason to be caught by the other party and wanted Li Qi to directly reject the brewer. Baumol, but dared not speak for himself.

He continued to listen, and it was Glenn who spoke next: "So, you want money?"

"I wanted money before," said the winemaker Baumol, "but the lord promised me to open a winery directly. You know that my brewing skills are not bad. Well, I also know some good raw materials. I believe the lord will agree. Acquired."

Before I hired him, he actually started to plan to earn kickbacks?

very good!

"You'll help me, too, won't you?" Baumol asked, his tone sure.

"I can give you money."

Grant took a deep breath as he spoke, trying to calm himself down: "Take the money and go."

"Your little silver moon? No." Baumol said, "Although I did intend to borrow some money from you before I came here, but now I have changed my mind, making wine for a large territory with thousands of people, and me My own winery, why should I leave?"

"Tell me a price." Grant said through gritted teeth.

"10 Golden Days"

"You're crazy! How could I have so much money!" Grant lowered his volume, but he could hear him wanting to growl.

But Baumol said: "Aren't you the big steward of the Porcupine Territory? I have inquired clearly, managing the construction of the entire territory, just a little bit of money."

"This money is enough to support you to death!" Grant said, "Impossible!"

"Then I'll talk to the lord about your past and your... daughter."

"You!" Grant's voice softened, "I'll try to borrow money."

There was a sound of patting his shoulders in the room, and Baumol said comfortingly: "Old man, think about the days when we fought together, you don't need to give me money, I really want to serve a lord like you. "

"I will raise money!" Grant said with certainty.

"Okay, 10 golden days, you give me, I'll go right away."

Before the chat was over, Li Qi turned and left.

He needs to know what happened to the chief manager of his territory. Although it can be heard from the conversation just now that the winemaker Baumol is "leading the wolf into the house" by Gulen, his attitude is still qualified.

If you want to know, it's best to start with Joe.

Li Qi found Joe, but he still didn't know what happened.

"Mr. Baumol?" said Jo. "Oh, my lord. I met him when I went to buy beer. What's the matter with him?"

Li Qi asked, "Does he know Grant?"

"Know" Joe said, "on my second visit to buy wine, he talked to me about Mr. Glenn, we only chatted a little, and then he let me know that he wanted to make Porcupine Collar, and said he was Glenn. A friend of Mr. Lan, he also asked me to send a letter to Mr. Gulen, and Mr. Gulen said that he would tell you about it."

Apparently it was then that Grenn was threatened by the incoming letter.

Li Qi is also very curious about Gu Lan's daughter. Isn't the title of 'widow' Gu Lan supposed to like women of the "grandma" level? Women of that grade are likely to be infertile.

"I can ask Lord Sour Apple, he should know what kind of person Bowmore is." Joe guessed that there must be something wrong with the brewer.

Before, he knew that the lord wanted a winemaker, and this winemaker was a friend of Glenn, so he should be reliable.

But things are just the opposite of what Joe thought.

"No need," Li Qi said, "Go find that Mr. Baumol."

"Yes!"

Joe nodded and left, bringing Bowmore in a moment.

"My lord!" Bowmore's etiquette was perfect.

Li Qi pointed to the buckskin bag on the table: "This is the 10th gold day, I don't know what Ge Lan has in your hands, but you can take the money and leave."

Hearing that there were 10 gold days, Baumol's eyes lit up. Even if he really stayed in the porcupine collar to make money by taking kickbacks, it would take many years to earn 10 gold days, but now he has 10 gold days.

"I've heard of your generosity and kindness in Sour Apple Village!" He immediately grabbed the buckskin bag on the table.

The heavy golden day needs him to hold it with both hands.

"Okay, you can leave now." Li Qi said, "Leave the porcupine collar."

"My lord, it's getting dark, can I spend the night here?"

Li Qi shook his head: "You are not welcome in Porcupine Collar, and I am the lord here. If you forcefully stay here, I can think that you are invading a lord's territory. Are you going to provoke a lord?"

Challenge the lord?

With a hat buttoned down, Baumol shrank his neck and laughed, "Your Excellency, you are joking, I'm leaving right away! I'm leaving right now!"

Baumol quickly left the porcupine collar with Jinri in his arms.

It was already dark outside, and Baumol had just walked out of the porcupine collar. Under Li Qi's order, two knights followed him on horseback with swords to drive him away, so that he did not dare to stay.

But Baumol was not angry, as long as he was given money, he would be fine.

"Go to Iron Rock City to enjoy some time first, and then come to Ge Lan when I run out of money, hahaha, my good buddy, I am really lucky to have you!"

He looked up at the moon, just wanted to take a few more steps, and remembered that there was a small resting place when he came, and he could rest there for a night.

But before he had gone far, a figure in front blocked his way.

A figure in a black robe.

"Who!"

In the dark night, a man in black robe suddenly appeared, and Baumol was startled.

"You took a sum of money," the black-robed man said, his voice was dull and emotionless, and he looked very frightened in the dark night.

"Master Li Qi sent you here? We have already discussed it!" Baumol said nervously: "He is a nobleman, he cannot violate his contract and oath!"

But the man in black said slowly, "That's your life money."

A part of the black robe on its body was scattered and turned into a huge black claw.

Baumol had never seen such a horrific scene, and his legs were weak with fright: "I don't want this money anymore, I will never come back again, please let me go!"

"You have already received the money." The man in black came over, and a wisp of black smoke entered Baumol's mouth and nose. Baumol twitched twice and fell to the ground.

"All of you are his, including the money on your body." The man in black bent down and grabbed the corpse, then picked up the buckskin bag, and quickly ran away into the night.

(End of this chapter)