Lord of Rot

Chapter 144 I want a beautiful house
At the foot of the castle, wheat field village.

The wind blows the wheat waves, turning them golden.

Li Qi stood in front of the field ridge, watching the busy crowd harvesting, followed by the little secretary and follower carrot.

"Your great guidance has given everyone a good harvest," said Carrot.

He saw with his own eyes that the development of the porcupine collar depended on Mr. Li Qi's leadership. It was not any miracle from the sky, nor was it the food bestowed by the gods. If there is a miracle, then Mr. Li Qi is the miracle itself.

"It is inseparable from everyone's hard work," Li Qi said.

At the same time, I secretly said in my heart: I still need to kowtow less to worship God.

He believes that this is the reason for the development of the porcupine collar to use the time of worshiping God to develop and create by oneself instead of praying for the gods to give them alms.

There is a good harvest this year.

The farmers stooped into the wheat fields. This year's harvest was good, and there was grain at home, which made life easier in winter.

Farmers and women went to the field to harvest, and children ran around on the ridge with bare feet.

"Heitan, pour me some water!" A farmer stood up and called out to the three children on the ridge of the field.

Of the three children, two played well, and the other was excluded and followed pitifully.

It seems that no matter which world is like this.

The little boy 'Little Boss' heard the shouts from the field, turned his head, "Got it!" replied, and then said to his two companions, "I'll be back soon, let's go dig worms!"

After giving some careful instructions, Heitan ran back, went to the field ridge, picked up a water jar, poured a glass of water, and hurried to his father, sending him up with both hands raised.

The farmer took the cup, took a sip, and felt refreshed: "The porcupine collar has really changed a lot. Back then, our family was still hungry digging wild vegetables to eat."

The civilians who first lived in Porcupine Collar could feel the changes. The roads were wider and the food harvest was bumper.

"Hurry up and drink!" Heitan looked at his father anxiously, turning his head back from time to time.

The farmer took a sip, drank the water, and handed the cup to Heitan: "Okay, let's go, don't go too far."

"Got it!" Heitan took the cup and trotted away.

It was not only the farmers who lamented the harvest, but also the slaves. The first batch of slaves who were ordered to open up wasteland and farm the land worked hard. The lord said before that the best harvest would be rewarded, and there are still some.

Li Qi looked at the busy scene, but his heart was not so relaxed: "This food, plus some stockpiled before, is estimated to be enough for more than 2000 people to barely survive the winter."

After the harvest, the heavy plow developed by Li Qi will be used to plow the land to loosen the soil, and along the way, the roots will be dug out and burned to make fertilizer.

Oats are planted in autumn. Oats are not as delicious as wheat, but they can be harvested around December, and the yield is not low.

Plant some cabbage and other vegetables, and you can still get by this year.

At the same time, Li Qi was also planning to buy food, and he didn't panic because he had food at home.

Land reclamation has also been going on there for a while, and nearly a thousand slaves have become serfs. The blacksmith factory even had to stop what it was doing and give priority to the production of farm tools.

Today is destined to be a special day.

Later, the slaves who came to the porcupine collar looked at the cheering 'seniors' with envy.

Slaves are tools that belong entirely to the lord and do not have any freedom, but serfs can have a small amount of property and only need to hand over most of the harvest to the lord.

Porcupine collars can spend money to buy out their slave status, which means that as a serf, as long as he works hard and makes money, he can become a commoner one day.

The little gazelle followed the team and left her dormitory. As a slave, her only luggage was a change of clothes for work points.

Now that their identities have been changed to serfs, they are going to a new dormitory.

"When you save money, you can become a commoner with a porcupine collar." The one who chattered excitedly in front of her was the aunt in the same dormitory. She hoped to use her big ass to hook up with a commoner and exchange her status directly, but she failed .

Since the order of the lord was issued, few people are willing to marry slaves for their own comfort, but the young soldiers in the castle look at them with enthusiasm. According to the little gazelle, the aunts usually take some business. Soldiers who want to be rich can redeem themselves, and later simply exchange for some food and drink, and some are even free, as long as they come to play together.

With dry firewood and fire, the young and strong body meets the age of sitting on the ground and absorbing soil, and it hits it off.

At the beginning, this incident even got into the castle, but both parties were willing, and the lord had nothing to do about it. He only said that if she was pregnant with a child, she could not lift her pants and deny her recognition.

You love me, no one can do it.

When it comes to becoming a commoner, everyone seems to have a burning flame in their hearts.

"I want my son to become a commoner first." It was another aunt who was talking next to the little gazelle: "I heard that the lord has a mason construction team that is always short of people. When he becomes an apprentice, he will definitely make a lot of money." money."

Women's work is not as much as that of men. The porcupine collar is in the initial stage of development, and most of them work with strength.

"Women can also go to the brick kiln factory to make clay pots." Another aunt said: "When I save enough money, I will go to the brick kiln factory."

"I want to farm"

Farmers still have to farm the land for a living, food-based, but they can become civilians and then farm the land, and then they will have to pay less tax.

"I heard that the blacksmith factory also recruits women to tan leather and sew leather armor. One piece will give you 50 copper stars!"

"How much? 50?"

"Yeah, I heard what someone said, but there is no shortage of people. Those who can go in are the wives and daughters of blacksmiths." Then whoever must be a certain soldier.

Tanning leather and sewing leather armor is not a difficult job, but wolves have more meat and less meat, so they can't grab it.

After all, everyone wanted to get rid of the status of slaves and become civilians.

However, if serfs want to save money to buy out their slave status, even if they have a good harvest every year, it will take many years.

"Little Gazelle, what are you going to do in the future?"

The little gazelle who was suddenly named was taken aback: "Me?"

She just wanted to talk about going back to her hometown, but when she thought about it, her hometown was too far away, and she walked from there to Porcupine Collar for an unknown amount of time. Countless companions died on the way, and even if she really went back to live, she would not be as good as Porcupine Collar.

"I want to make money," said the little gazelle, "and buy a nice house."

Have a home in Porcupine Collar.

Only civilians can own their own houses, but so far I have never heard of anyone who has the money to buy them.

The aunts were a little stunned, but they changed the topic tacitly.

The newly built dormitory left the former slave living area, and it was closer to the unclaimed farmland, although it was still far away from the village where the civilians lived.

The concept of class is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Then there is the dormitory. The dormitory space is larger. Each room can only accommodate eight people. They have their own cabinets where they can store their belongings. There is also a unified warehouse, where Ake will send people to supervise and guard the future harvest.

The little gazelle was assigned to a dormitory that she didn't know very well. The girls in the room were about her age. The seven of them had a good relationship and were chatting. They didn't have any special reaction after the little gazelle came in.

"Knock" the door knocked, and then the aunt in charge of the dormitory smiled: "Little gazelle?"

"Yes!" The little gazelle got up from the bed.

"Your friends are looking for you"

"My friend?" The little gazelle was at a loss, those old ladies who came with him?In fact, after they separated, everyone would not deliberately get together again, unless they were very close to each other when the fields were divided tomorrow.

She put on her shoes and went out. When she saw the girl in the long cloth skirt, the little gazelle walked over in disbelief: "Sister?"

It's true that I haven't seen my sister for a few days recently.

It turned out that the younger sister had been bought as a slave by her knight squire brother.

"Are you a commoner?" she asked in a low voice.

"Yeah!" The younger sister nodded: "Last time my brother won a battle with the adults, and got a lot of money as a reward."

"Great!" The little gazelle was sincerely happy for her sister.

The younger sister's character is at a disadvantage in the slave community. If she hadn't had an older brother who served as a knight, in the porcupine collar where the rules became more perfect and the slaves were protected personally, I'm afraid she would also be hungry.

But if you think about it carefully, maybe it is because she has a brother who takes care of her that she has this personality.

"Go" my sister took her hand and walked out.

"What's wrong?" The little gazelle didn't know why, but was led away obediently.

"You are free now." The younger sister said, "It was agreed before."

"what!"

The little gazelle felt dizzy for a while.

Are you free?
become free!
"I want to go back and get my clothes." She looked at her sister and said solemnly, "Also, thank you!"

At the same time, I made up my mind that I must return the money to my sister!

……

Inside the castle, Li Qi commanded two chef apprentices.

Bowmore is worthy of being a brewer. Although he mainly makes sour cider, it is not a problem to make ordinary beer.

For example, the wheat beer he plans to make has relevant knowledge and experience.

Wheat beer requires raw materials such as malt and hops.

Too much wheat malt will make it sour, so a certain amount of barley malt must be added, which comes from the experience of brewer Baumol.

Malting is the first step.

Soak in water and wait for the leaf buds to grow, which takes about a week.

Then you need to fry the malt, sieve off the dust, and finally let it cool.

People in Lurea like to drink beer, especially in summer, so hops are grown in many places, and the raw materials are not uncommon.

Beer is different from liquor. The hops of beer are a kind of plant, which is the raw material for brewing beer. The hops of liquor are foam.

Grind the malt and start cooking.

It is then filtered to obtain the wort.

Bring to a boil and add the hops.

Cool down, then pour into sealed barrels and ferment with yeast.

About 10 days or so, the beer is ready to drink.

Li Qi wrote down the precautions early on, and told the apprentices that they would come to him immediately if they had any problems.

Two chef apprentices were busy, and later two more apprentices were added to help. A total of more than 1000 pounds of raw materials were used for malting, which was only an experimental production.

It’s not difficult to run a winery, it’s just hard work every day, but the simple hard work involves a part of technology, and it still needs to cultivate talents.

The weather is hot now, and the alcohol content of the beer is very low. The soldiers in training can drink a pound of beer a day, and they are all comparable to buffaloes.

Farmers also like to have a drink after work, and these beers may not last long before they can be drunk.

After the production is successful, Li Qi will take out a part of it for distillation and try to make high alcohol.

"Is that how whiskey is made?"

"The raw materials seem to be about the same."

Li Qi didn't know much about wine before, but now that he has Bowmore's wine making experience, combined with distillation, he thinks he can try it when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)