Lord of Rot

Chapter 241 War Is Inevitable
After one night.

Li Qi was about to leave Ironstone City for Porcupine Collar with his father and daughter blacksmith and the carriage they rented to carry the family's luggage.

For the father and daughter, there was not much difference between living in Ironstone City and living in Porcupine Collar. Anyway, they both lived in slums, and what they made was only farm tools. Blacksmiths would not starve to death anywhere.

Poor porcupine collar, there must be someone to cultivate the land... right?

But they saw Fanongjin waiting at the gate of Iron Stone City.

Old Toe didn't take much kindness to Fanonkin.

But after yesterday's incident, the old toe's perception of Fanonkin has barely improved, but a kid who doesn't work, begs every day, and cheats is really not a good match for Hammer.

"My lord" Fanonkin greeted Li Qi first, and signaled that he had something to say to him.

Li Qi nodded and followed Fanonkin a few steps outside.

Fanonkin said, "I would like to ask you to take care of Chuna."

"The porcupine collar is not too far from here." Li Qi said, "If you want to see her, you can come anytime."

Li Qi looked over Fanonkin's shoulders, and in the distance, a group of children from the slums in shabby clothes gathered together. They were from three or four years old to teenagers, and the older one led the younger ones, looking over here.

Fanonkin shook his head: "But I, I can't leave Iron Stone City, I still have them to support."

His identity is definitely not as simple as what he sees in front of him. I'm afraid his job is to raise little mice for some people.

Li Qi patted Fanonkin's shoulder lightly.Then turn around and leave.

It is not far from Porcupine to Iron Stone City. It takes only one day to gallop on a fast horse, and two days to take a slower horse-drawn carriage.

But this distance is enough to prevent a man and a woman from seeing each other again in this lifetime.

Li Qi and Luobo rode on horseback, while Chuanna, father and daughter, rode in a carriage with luggage.

This is the first time Chu Na has left Iron Stone City since she grew up.

She watched the towering towns get farther and farther away, and the sadness of parting gradually diminished. Instead, she became excited and had more thoughts about her future life.

Although the speed of the carriage is not very fast, it is already much better than walking.

They set out in the twilight and walked for a long time before the sun came out.

After resting for a while on the road, we continued our journey, but today we are destined not to reach Porcupine Collar.

It is not safe to travel at night, and people are tired and horses are tired.

But he never thought that he happened to meet a group of businessmen from Lintawan on the side of the road.

"Master Li Qi?!"

A businessman was startled when he saw Li Qi and others coming on horseback.

The other businessmen immediately gathered around and bowed down to salute Li Qi.

This eagerness frightened Chuanna's father and daughter. They had seen too many businessmen and knew that those businessmen were mercenary.

What is the merchant doing in Porcupine Collar?
In the past few years in Ironstone City, even if they have never been to Porcupine Collar, they have heard of a poor neighbor.

The people had no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies, and lived in low-footed houses made of mud.

Some people even dig mud to eat because they can't eat.

The only majestic one is Baron Porcupine.

News of his victories can often be heard in Iron Stone City.

A powerful lord is awe-inspiring, but a lord who makes people hungry will definitely not attract others.

But after seeing Li Qi, the group of businessmen seemed to see their own father, not only brought the food in their car to Li Qi, but also Chu Na and Laotoe were stuffed with a lot of delicious food because they followed Li Qi.

Li Qi accepted it with a smile.

He also assured everyone that they would be able to buy what they wanted.

It is probably because of Li Qi's attitude that everyone earns money together, and the porcupine collar's business will only get better and better.

After seeing all the merchants around Li Qi leave, Chuanna walked to Li Qi's side with the unfinished jerky, imitating those merchants, and bowed awkwardly: "My lord, thank you very much for your kindness." Help out."

"It's just a little effort," Li Qi said, "And I'm very short of craftsmen. When I see talents, I want to take them for my own use."

Especially a craftsman who is not extraordinary now, but is very likely to become extraordinary in the future.

"Is there a shortage of blacksmiths in porcupine collar?" Hammer asked.

She was afraid that after she and her father arrived in Porcupine Collar, they would not even have the job of making farm tools, and the little savings they had accumulated over the years would not be enough to support them.

"Of course I will!" Li Qi said: "Miss Hammer, don't worry about not having enough work when you get to the porcupine collar, you will only worry about not getting enough work."

Hammer Na only thought it was a big talk from the young lord for the sake of face.

Too much work to get done?

Even in Iron Rock City, they don't have ironwork every day.

At dawn, everyone set off, the merchants' convoy was slower, and was soon left behind by Li Qi and the others.

At noon, they finally reached the porcupine collar.

"Is this a porcupine collar?" Hammer Na felt that she had been cheated all along!
Li Qi attaches great importance to Hammer, who has the possibility of becoming a superhuman.

He ordered Luobo to take Chuanna and the others to a dormitory to live temporarily.

The porcupine collar currently has barely enough housing.

And take Hammer to the blacksmith factory to work first, hoping that she can adapt to the work and new life here.

……

The weather is getting colder.

But the first snow did not fall for a long time, and it was already the end of December in a blink of an eye.

The research on muskets and explosives is still progressing smoothly, and the finished flintlock has been produced, and the production is currently being increased.

The research on the side of Thomas Scholars has a lot of trouble.

The magic scroll only exists at this stage of the picture on the paper forever, he can't concentrate the energy on the magic circle, so it is just a piece of ordinary paper with a complicated magic circle drawn on it.

Li Qi was hesitating whether to use the lucky potion, maybe the potion could help Scholar Thomas make a little bit of progress.

The lucky potion only pushes the things that are about to be sent to you with a small probability, but it cannot change the general direction, such as wishing things to come true. At present, it seems that Thomas Scholars have no entry in the study of magic scrolls, and using potions is also a waste .

Let him do his own research first.

Thomas scholars only consume some paper when studying magic scrolls, and the cost is not high.

Li Qi was holding a cup of hot beef.

There was a light rain last night, so when Li Qi left the study and was about to go back to his room to sleep, he had to add an extra bed of fur blankets. It was very warm and he slept very comfortably.

It seems that he is thinking, but in fact he is controlling dead bodies and ghouls such as Guy who is far away in the water stream.

Recently, Mountain Palm Fort has intermittently sent a lot of good things to Longship Fort, as well as large sums of money.

According to the letter sent by Mrs. Jielin, the current water stream has gradually returned to normal.

Everything seems to be back to normal.

But they are very clear that these are just the initial investment of the Monkey Family, as long as the Monkey Family asks for a return, they will immediately reveal the truth, and it is a fool's behavior to cut the profits of Longship Fort to Mountain Palm Fort.

War is inevitable.

Guy continued to communicate with Hillpaw.

It's just that every time the content of the letter will be shown to Mrs. Jielin, and Li Qi's spiritual power will also be there, and they discuss how to deal with it.

The monkey family wants to secretly control the water, but it's not like developing their own territory, throwing money into it without limit.

"Probably after this winter, the monkey family should want to reap the benefits."

(End of this chapter)