Lord of Rot

Chapter 15 Smoked Bacon
James, who died heroically, continued to lie dead in the room after helping Li Qi dig up a strange red herb.

"Okay, gentlemen and ladies." Li Qi ended the suffocating prayer for a long time. The servants breathed a sigh of relief and raised their heads one after another.

"Pitchfork, take someone to dig a grave in my garden." Li Qi said, "Mr. James will be buried there, and he will sleep forever in my garden until the Four Gods open the Kingdom of God and invite him in." , God bless Sam."

Although it was weird to turn the garden into a cemetery, no one dared to raise an opinion. The castle belonged to the baron, including them.

"God bless Jaime!"

"God bless Jaime!"

"God bless Jaime!"

They held their hands together on their chests, and Jaime was their hero, and this era worships heroes.

"I am worthy of you, my teacher, for making a man who betrayed his lord and students a hero," Baron Li Qi thought to himself.

He would not be stingy with honoring the dead, but he would not be so generous with the living.

Going to James' room, ignoring the body lying on the bed with a sunken chest, Li Qi looked at the red plants on the table whose roots were still clinging to soil.

"Scholars may know what this is."

He guessed that there was a great possibility that the fiery red monster became so huge and strange by eating this thing, but eating precious herbs in one go was not in line with development, he should try to plant them in the ground first, try to to breed.

However, magical magic plants are definitely demanding on the living environment, and he must be prepared to eat it as soon as it shows signs of withering. If he doesn't eat it himself, he can give it to others.

Li Qi returned to the room with the fire red grass and planted it in the crypt. The environment here is very similar to the bear cave, as dark, damp and gloomy.

When he washed off the dirt on his hands and returned to the first floor of the castle, the butler Simon happened to come over: "My lord, Mr. Wine Barrel has already dissected that huge monster, but it's a pity that there is no such... stone as you mentioned, How should we deal with it?"

"Let's go see"

Pieces of meat are divided and stacked together.

On the ground was a relatively complete bearskin, which was so huge that it could cover three beds.

"My lord!" Seeing Li Qi approaching, the wine barrel immediately bent down and tried to leave a crease on the chubby belly, but he failed, he couldn't bend down, and in Li Qi's eyes, he just nodded with effort .

However, Li Qi would not be too demanding on the few technicians in his castle.

"There is too much meat. We can try to make blood sausage or jerky, but it is still too much." The wine barrel said uncertainly: "I have never tried bear meat."

"Then try making smoked bacon," Li Qi said.

"Smoked... bacon?"

"I teach you."

Unknowingly, Mr. Wine Barrel, the chef of Porcupine Castle, has become Li Qi's spatula, recreating delicacies for the Baron with his own hands.

Li Qi explained it in detail, allowing the wine barrel to gradually dispel the doubts in his heart. When he first heard about burning meat with smoke, he thought it was a game for the nobles to waste food.

"Does the porcupine have a craftsman?" Leaving the barrel to ponder over it, Li Qi turned to ask the butler, "Blacksmith, carpenter, bricklayer?"

"No." Simon replied with some embarrassment: "Because of your father, Mr. Leed was a warrior who pursued glory in his lifetime. He..."

Well, the thorny Lord Baron is focused on attacking the sand, and he is too lazy to manage the territory. The reward for winning the battle is enough to support Leard to make his team fat and strong.

However, when the war ended, Baron Leard's life became poor.

He is a typical negative case.

Therefore, there is hope for farming development.

"Go to Ironstone City and sell this bear skin." Li Qi said: "I believe that many nobles and businessmen will take this piece of er, complete, yes, the complete bear skin is flocking to, scars mean that we fought fiercely, I hope you The valor of the Warg Slayer can be elaborated to highlight the true value of this gigantic bear hide"

Nobody questions how much it costs to kill a bear of this size, but if you hear that a farmer helped kill it, the price will be discounted.

So Li Qi needs the story to be legendary. After all, the story that appears on such a huge bear skin has a natural high credibility.

"Come to my study later," Li Qi said, "I'll tell you the details of the story."

"Yes, my lord." The butler nodded.

The baron continued: "By the way, go to Ironstone City for the herbs I need, and buy some iron ore stones, seeds, food, and some books, any type of book is fine, and the raven that carries the message, if there is a blacksmith carpenter or bricklayer I’m willing to come here, I’m willing to pay more, I heard that Ironstone City will sell slaves, there are too few people in our territory, we need fresh blood.”

"Sorry, my lord." Simon bowed his waist and said, "Artisans are the lord's private property. I'm afraid the lord of Ironstone City will not agree."

"Then ask about other things, apprentices are fine too." Li Qi had a lot of ideas, but he didn't have the hands-on ability. He was a lord and didn't need to do it himself. The actual situation is that he gave requirements that do not meet the requirements of this era, and craftsmen who are confused work according to the requirements.

"I'll keep an eye out for slaves for you," said Simon, "and I'll also keep an eye out for some sweeping maids who are quick in their hands and feet and work lightly and without fuss."

Li Qi heard the butler making a small report, so he raised his hand to stop him: "Okay, Simon, take a good rest and start tomorrow."

He is happy for the servants to supervise each other, and he doesn't like to listen to some untrue and tricky complaints. Although the sweeping maid's movements are indeed a bit louder, causing the dust to fly, but just sprinkle some water, who can't make his castle flat As for the floor stones, no matter how careful you are, they will get dusty.

At least you can't see poop on the road.

Similarly, he will not stop the steward. This castle does not need the servants to unite. If they unite, shouldn't they defeat themselves?

After instructing the chef's barrel again about smoked and air-dried bacon, Li Qi and the housekeeper turned and left, leaving the chef's barrel scratching his head and trying to smoke the bacon.

Among the servants standing in the corner, the little maid pouted and imitated: "Sorry, my lord~"

It can be seen that she pouts to make her look deep, which is very ineffective and looks funny.

Mrs. Titmouse giggled, but stopped her and said, "Mr. Simon is a gentleman, we shouldn't mock him behind his back."

"Then let him speak ill of us behind our backs, no, he speak ill of us in front of us?" The little maid whispered unconvinced: "I have tried my best to sweep slowly, but the castle is so big, every The room and the stairs have to be cleaned, I am not complaining, I like this job, but if I don’t hurry up, I will give up my sleep and I can’t finish cleaning for a day and a night. Smile and tell me that you can take a rest when you are tired, as long as you finish the work, not like that rabbit!"

She gritted her teeth: "Pinch your fingers and speak in a thin voice, as if you are really... what is it?"

Mrs. Titmouse immediately answered: "Sir, that's what noble gentlemen call you."

"Yes, Sir!" The little maid nodded: "He is not a Sir, huh!"

(End of this chapter)