Lord of Rot

Chapter 23 The Lazy Slave

Li Qi stood outside the stables. The male horse with a strong mane that he usually rode fell to the ground with limp hooves, thinking about his life.

The mares fled to a corner of the stable, trembling, as if the mane horse was a terrible monster.

According to his instructions, the chef wine barrel mixed maltose with flour and added a little herb of life to steam a special medicine with a sweet taste.

The subjects of the experiment were naturally the horses in the stables.

The Liemane horse is a good breed of war horse, tall and tall, and as a breed of Dongxia war horse carefully bred by grooms, it combines the advantages of various war horses. The bloodline is very inclusive, very loyal and intelligent.The pack horses that Li Qihua bought with silver coins looked very small standing beside him.

But to Li Qi, the fine lineage of the strong-maned horse is not the most important thing at present, but the number of horses.

The fiery-maned female was tied up in another place, and it would be responsible for maintaining the bloodline of the fiery-maned horse, and the ones that could sow seeds for it had to be at least war horses.

"The medicinal effect is still too great. It seems that the grass of life needs to be crushed into juice, and then mixed with two large basins of water to make it."

Horses can't handle it, let alone people.

After instructing the wine barrel to continue diluting to make special effects medicine, and absolutely not allowing it to be eaten by mistake, Li Qi rode on the strong maned horse and left the castle.

The reclamation of the wasteland on the north side should also be nearing completion, and the seeds will be planted soon, which can use the light plow he arranged for the blacksmith to make.

From afar, you can see the small tents where the slaves built their living quarters.

Some farmers scrambled over to be guards while Li Qi paid him a meal of black bread.

The castle's black bread was enough to keep them full, and they even saved some for the family.

"grown ups!"

When the farmer saw the lord coming, he immediately ran to lead the horse.

Li Qi looked around. The slaves were slowly picking up stones on the ground. Even though they knew the master was coming, they did not speed up their hands. Some slaves even bent down to pick up a small stone the size of a fist, and then walked to the side .

He frowned: "Why isn't it over yet?"

According to his estimation, today he should see a group of slaves resting after busy work, instead of facing a piece of wasteland that has only been dealt with three-fifths.

"We have used whips and sticks," the farmer explained, "but these slaves are too lazy. They work slowly every day. They will be lazy when we can't see them, and they will even hide and sleep. Only those who eat black bread Time to run, they have wasted your kindness and your black bread."

"Where's Ake?"

The farmer replied, "He's in the tent."

"Let him come out and meet me."

The lame man came out with the help of his elder son, and his younger son and daughter followed behind him.

"Good day, my master." Ake knelt on the ground, followed by his three children.

"You should know why I came to you." Li Qi sat on the horseback and looked down at the kneeling lame man below. The difference in height was just like the difference in their status at the moment.

"I'm very sorry, my master"

The man lay on the ground: "Most of them have problems with their bodies, they need to rest, and..."

"Do you think they should eat my black bread and take a slow walk? I am worried that their daily exercise will not help them digest the black bread in their stomachs."

Li Qi said: "I chose you to guide them to play their roles. Otherwise, you might mine in dark mines, or face red-eyed lions in gladiatorial scenes. In short, it won't be like this. Don't worry about taking a nap in the sun while you're hungry."

Ake said, "I, I'll get them done as soon as possible."

"Sigh..." Li Qi sighed. Compared with the slaves who didn't understand the common language, he had a good impression of Ake, who was quite educated and knowledgeable, but he was disappointed by the management ability of the other party.

Looks like a new slave manager is needed.

"It's because they don't listen to Dad! They said Dad is just a cripple, there's no need to listen to him." The little girl raised her head and wanted to stare into Li Qi's eyes to express the truth of what she said, but in the end she was just big-eyed. He dared to stare at the boot, and did not dare to move his eyes upwards: "They also said that there is food and drink here, and the farmers dare not kill them, because they are your property, so as long as you work every day, do it. How many noble lords don't care."

Ake quickly reached out and pressed his daughter's head, preventing her from continuing.

"Your family has a good habit of interjecting without permission. I guess this is an inheritance in your blood." Li Qi didn't pursue a little girl's troubles, and he found that the little girl was more upright than her father.

It is not easy for a cripple to become a manager. He can guess the pros and cons of Ake in this process. Maybe Ake doesn't want to offend the slaves, but this will violate the interests of Li Qi, who is a lord, and his identity Whether it is embarrassing is not what Li Qi needs to consider. As the lord, he only needs to choose a suitable person to solve the problem, and if he can't solve it, he can replace it with another person.

"What's your name?" he asked.

The "Akeke" girl's eyes were still fixed on the boots.

"Okay, Akeke." Li Qi nodded, "Can you tell me who said this first?"

"It's the black pig!" She ignored her father's objection and said, "The black pig is the most powerful among the slaves. Everyone listens to him."

It turned out that there was already a monkey king in the monkey group, no wonder the new monkey king he arranged was not accepted.

"Ake, your daughter is braver than you." Li Qi said, "I hope you can control these dozens of people. Although I promised that there will be bread to fill my stomach, it doesn't mean that I will give some silver moons because of my distress. As a slave I bought, I can let others treat me like a fat pig who can be coaxed at will."

"Yes" Ake was lying on the ground, but he didn't dare to lift his head. He knew the cold blood of the nobles, and the nobles would show his cold blood next.

"Go and bring the black pig over," Li Qi said.

The black pig is a big-bodied slave, and Li Qi guessed that before he became a slave, he should have been a mercenary, or a Hercules...the kind that performed funny shows on stage.

"Master" Black Pig knelt on the ground.

Li Qi stared at the black pig for a while, and asked, "What do you think of my porcupine collar?"

The black pig replied: "The master is very kind. He gave us food and accepted us to live here."

Li Qi asked back: "So you repay me in this way? Organize a group of people to grind foreign labor, and then comfortably eat the bread I provided? Then treat me as a fool?"

"We all obey Ake's orders." The black pig glanced at the lame man kneeling on the ground, and replied, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"I thought you would say that Ake is not suitable to lead this group of people, you are suitable." Li Qi said: "Your courage is not even comparable to a little girl, and what you said just now is to fool a nobleman ?"

The black pig's expression changed drastically when he heard the words, he lowered his head: "Master, I..."

Li Qi looked at the crippled man: "Ake, among you, if there is a situation where you fool your master, or even deliberately take advantage of the master's interests, how should you be punished?"

The black pig was already sweating profusely when he heard these words.

And Ake also raised his head and said, "Death!"

Li Qi thought it would be a heavy beating, but after thinking about it carefully, the value of a slave itself is a good body. A disability or serious injury means that the master has to use food to support it, and the money for this support is enough to buy another slave.

Or maybe Ake is going to take this opportunity to establish his prestige.

Only by killing the old Monkey King can the new Monkey King take over.

But in any case, he didn't intend to intervene.

"Master, I was wrong! Please forgive me!" The black pig yelled and begged for mercy. He tried to struggle, but several farmers rushed up and held him down. Ake, supported by his son, walked towards the black pig and picked it up. A big stone hit the black pig hard on the back of the head.

(End of this chapter)