Lord of Rot

Chapter 18 Death News
As soon as he opened the door and went out, Pitchfork, the servant, ran over in panic: "My lord!"

"what happened?"

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest." The servant bowed his head and said, "But the red grass that you asked me to keep an eye on seems to be withering. I will water it and pick up chicken manure to fertilize it as you ordered I didn't delay, didn't even dare to close my eyes, and just kept staring at it!"

He stopped the servant's self-reflection: "Alright Pitchfork, take me there first."

It would be difficult for magic herbs to survive after being transplanted, as he had expected.

He also quickly saw the red herbs transplanted in the soil, the leaves were withered and yellow, and the stems were bowed and bowed.

"It's not your fault, Pitchfork." Li Qi comforted his loyal manservant: "You did a good job, at least tell me before it completely withers."

"But my lord, I let it die, was it chicken dung? Maybe the dung cursed it."

"That's not the case." It's impossible for Li Qi to let people demonize manure. His territory needs to use all resources to develop. Fertilizer is the most important thing in agricultural development. Abandon manure and pray to the four gods?Don't be kidding, God doesn't go hungry.

He asked the servant to dig out the red grass, and asked: "Go and get me some salt...the more the better."

"Yes!"

After a while, Li Qi ordered the servant Pitchfork to go back to rest, and he returned to the crypt with red grass and a large bag of salt.

Put the salt into the coffin where the corpse was placed as required to ensure that it can be "pickled to taste", and then he also put red grass in it.

"This thing might be a magic material." He couldn't think of how to use this thing for a short time. What if he turned into red hair after eating it?That is not something that can be explained by a blessing from the four gods, it is more like the favor of the devil.

Put the lid on the coffin and say the incantation.

The crypt has regained its tranquility, and the next thing to do is to wait for the "pot" to come out.

……

When Li Qi woke up from the bed, it was dawn, and it was probably noon through the window.

I slept until the sun was up.

He originally wanted to go into the crypt to see how the newly refined corpse was doing. The other party was his next guarantee, but there were already loud noises and the sound of a carriage outside, and the butler Simon had returned.

Li Qi still decided to go out and see what his housekeeper had brought back.

"Good day my lord"

The long journey made the butler Simon's hair a little disheveled, but his posture was still decent.

"I'm glad you're back." Li Qi nodded, "You know I can't wait to know how you got this time."

"You must be satisfied!"

Simon's expression was very proud, he had obtained a huge benefit for his lord.

Li Qi looked at the carriage parked at the gate of the castle. There were eight old variegated horses.

It contained grain, seeds, and iron ore, and the front one contained stacks of books, occupying one-third of the carriage.

"The skin of the blazing demon bear has earned you 20 gold days," Simon said, "Baron Simon is very interested in your story of defeating the terrifying monster."

The corner of Li Qi's mouth twitched slightly. The Baron Sparks in his memory was not the one who liked to listen to stories. The other party preferred to "farm" in other places. For the baron who owns iron mines, 20 gold days is nothing at all. It is estimated that the other party just wants to have fun with him, such as paying for a story told by a baron who aspires to become a bard, but that is not important to Li Qi, as long as he gets the money.

The housekeeper Simon began to count every expense for Li Qi. The gold day is not a currency in circulation. He found someone to exchange it for silver moons. On 8 gold days, he exchanged for 1800 silver moons. No matter what, the food and seeds cost 740 silver months, but these things are enough to keep people from starving this winter.

Of course, it is also possible that Baron Li Qi is treated as a big fat sheep. There is no price tag for buying and selling things, and the price is opaque. You may need 5 copper stars to buy it, and it may cost 1 silver month to change someone.

If the fact that Simon sold a piece of bear skin worth 20 gold days was publicized, Li Qi believed that he must be the most popular "big fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered" in Ironstone City, not to mention that this fat sheep is full of style, The hair is combed meticulously.

Books are 3 silver months each.

Although Li Qi felt a great pain in his heart, he still nodded and accepted. Books are the only way to understand the history of this world and gain knowledge.

When there was nothing to do in the cold winter, he guessed that he would read a book by the fire.

Because only scholars in the Lurea continent can compile books, of course there are ordinary bards who like to write messy things, but if they want to pass them on, they must have the help of scholars, so the price of each book is very high.

The thin books cost a total of 300 silver months.

In addition, there are iron, raven, herbs, etc. that he specifically requested before.

There are also eight horses and carriages, which will cost 14 silver months in total, but if Li Qi plans to buy these horses, each horse will cost 10 silver months.

"They're all old horses, they're not worth the price." Li Qi sighed, but the butler precisely scratched his itch. I have to say that Simon is very capable as a butler, and he can know what his lord wants.

Because Li Qi needed resources, all resources, including horses.

If you plan to increase the speed of farming in the future, horses are a must in the role you play.

Moreover, no lord is willing to sell his horses, and horses are wealth.

"Where did the rest of the money go?"

"The garrison of Iron Stone City needs to pay part of it, and they can also guarantee that we will not be cheated when we buy," the steward replied.

"Okay, what else?"

"There are 30 more slaves," said the steward, "although mostly children and women, they are still on the way and are expected to arrive tonight."

Li Qi smiled: "You did a good job, Simon."

The territory needs population, and the steward who is not loyal enough is good at guessing the heart of the lord, and he does it really well.

Probably the steward knows that only in this way can the lord ignore his past "disloyalty". Loyalty is not absolute, but the value that can be created is indeed tangible. Li Qi can be furious because of the other party's disloyalty, but he can also Ignore those little things because of the ability of the other party.

"Arrange them to live first, and give them some food." Population is his wealth, and he doesn't want to lose anything.

"By the way, there is another blacksmith apprentice who is willing to come to Porcupine Collar to work for you," Simon said.

"You really brought me a lot of surprises." Li Qi's smile became brighter: "Prepare him a separate house and tell him that I will help him open a blacksmith shop in Porcupine Collar."

Even an apprentice, as long as he has the skill of blacksmithing, he can be useful in farming.

"By the way," said Simon, "there is one more piece of bad news."

His expression couldn't tell what was wrong with the bad news.

"Let's talk." Li Qi felt a little disgusted by the butler's speaking habit of pouring out news little by little.

"Ms. Alsop returned to the embrace of the four gods," said Simon. "On the second morning of her wedding, she was kicked to death by her husband."

Looking at the butler with a sad expression on his face, Li Qi overturned the "disgust" judgment just now. He likes the other party's speech like this, and this kind of good news should be said last.

His own stepmother couldn't stand against the "iron cow's hooves", so Li Qi gave her a chance.

"May she find eternal peace under the embrace of the four gods." Li Qi prayed with a serious expression, as if he had a deep relationship with his stepmother.

The Iron Oxhoof Knight would not care about the Baron Porcupine Collar without any strength, but he dared to trample on the marriage made by Red Rose to death, it must be because the Leopold family had left.

Looking at it this way, Baron Sparks should have expressed his apology when he bought the bear skin, but the way he expressed his apology was a bit arrogant, like: "My subordinate killed your stepmother, I'm sorry, this is compensation", but he may not He didn't know that Li Qi was planning to use his "hooves" to kill people.

"That iron hoofed knight probably has mental problems." A person who keeps trampling the person next to him to death may only have mental problems, but in this era, no one will notice this, because apart from trampling his wife to death, iron Bullhoof Rider is normal on weekdays.

Li Qi ordered the housekeeper to buy those horses and told him to rest well.

After a series of good news, he felt a little hungry and had to eat first.

(End of this chapter)