Lord of Rot

Chapter 287 Because of the resurrection of the dead

It was dark, and the bloody smell and madness of the day had been blown away by the wind.

Li Qi sat in the conference room that had been simply cleaned up.

Compared with the oppressive hall, the meeting hall of the Iron Wall Fortress is very ordinary, with only a simple long solid wooden table and four chairs.

The candle was lit, and the flames dragged Li Qi's figure to shake on the wall.

Li Qi secretly said: "Even in Tiegu's peak period, there are only four managers at most, and this place is hardly used."

His deepest memory of Lord Iron Valley is that he read in a book. More than ten years ago, a Lord Iron Valley liked to fly, and he wanted to make a ship that could fly into the sky.

Then, he fell to his death, on the cliff against the east wall of the Iron Wall.

"The lord himself only cares about enjoying himself, so it's strange that the territory can develop."

The enfeoffment management of the nobility is layered on top of each other, and the former Iron Wall Castle lord's management scope is only Iron Wall Fortress. For example, the development of the other three villages is completely controlled by the enfeoffment nobles. He only needs to collect taxes.

This is also the style of most lords. Li Qi is probably the only lord in the world who manages the eating, drinking, and work of everyone in the entire territory.

At this moment, Aina, the ghoul, and Ayame, the necromancer, stood on both sides behind him. It was safest for the two ghouls to follow him.

At the entrance of the meeting hall, the housekeeper Li Dun stood upright: "My lords, my lords are here."

"Let them in"

Li Qi held the first Iron Wall meeting.

As for the celebration of the soldiers' victory, let's put it aside for the time being.

After Lacey, Quickblade, and Fatty Butler Hay entered, the butler closed the door.

A castle is absolutely indispensable without a housekeeper, and Li Qi has a deep understanding.

"Sit down." Li Qi pointed to the three chairs in front and said, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Have eaten, my lord!" Hay nodded quickly.

Then he realized that the two noble knight masters in armor hadn't spoken yet, so he quickly shut up.

Lacey and Quick Blade nodded at this time.

"You may not be able to rest well tonight, too many things are on our shoulders, so we must eat enough."

Everyone, including the baron, had to be prepared to stay up all night.

Li Qi first turned his head to look at Quick Blade: "I need to know the casualties of the siege."

"54 people were captured, 30 died in battle, and 16 died of serious injuries. None of us died." Quick Blade said: "However, two soldiers were scratched by crossbow guns, and several bones were broken. Take the sword."

Hay swallowed at the side. He knew that among the 30 deaths in battle, the new lord in front of him killed at least 25, and the 16 serious injuries were probably related to him.

For the militiamen of Ironwall had dropped their arms and surrendered by the time those in shining armor climbed the walls.

"Treat first." Li Qi said: "Go and ask their opinions. If they want to return to Porcupine Collar after they recover, I will let people arrange their leisure errands. It is better to stay in Iron Wall Fort. The development here is rapid. Shortage."

On the one hand, I will go back to retire and live a leisurely life, and on the other hand, I will become a manager here and have a better development, but it is much more difficult.

Quick Blade nodded. The first thing the lord did was to ask about the casualties, which made him feel a lot better. Li Qi was always the benevolent lord.

Li Qi added another sentence: "Let them rest assured that the subsidy will be paid to them after the Iron Wall Fortress is secured."

"Yes!"

"The captives should be locked up first."

In fact, Li Qi also had some headaches, because his savings were a bit difficult to support the development of the two territories.

The porcupine collar can complete a simple economic cycle, which is steady and positive.

However, Tiegu can see the tatters of his head at a glance, and he needs to invest a huge amount of money, and this place has become his territory, so he can't really let it go.

Moreover, Iron Valley is adjacent to the land of water streams, and to the south is the monkey collar, the burning city.

It may be a headache to be replaced by other people as the lord, and there is no living space for being crowded, but Shuijiandi is 'one of our own'.

Drawing porcupine collar's blood to subsidize Iron Valley seems unavoidable.

He put this problem aside for the time being, and focused on solving the immediate problem.

Li Qi looked at the fat man in charge of dry grass: "How is the census going?"

"Yes!" Hay sat up straight, her stomach resting on the table.

He shrank his stomach, and then said: "There are 1012 households in Iron Wall Fortress, with a total of 3035 residents, including 1020 males and 2015 females."

Li Qi looked at the hay in surprise. If this is not the data he made up casually, it means that this person is extremely capable of working.

It took half an afternoon to sort out the materials and information of more than 3000 people, and the data is still very detailed.

The time limit given by Li Qi before was to submit the detailed statistics before tomorrow afternoon. Tonight he only needs to count the number of people.

Li Qi said: "I'm curious how you completed the population statistics in a short period of time."

Hay immediately said: "I let them line up, then ask everyone, and record it."

That's not enough statistics, unless this group of people has undergone rigorous training, fully understands how to cooperate, and everyone can write.

Even if the information is placed in front of the eyes and the hay is sorted out, it may not be completed in half an afternoon.

"I didn't complete this by myself." Hay explained: "I found the head of the Iron Wall Fortress and asked them to divide the residents into two groups. Of course, there are also your powerful fighters to help. Those people After knowing that they will be separated, they will automatically look for their friends and relatives, and when they don’t know what will happen, they will spontaneously gather together, just like sheep.”

"The next statistics will save a lot of effort." Qiancao got up and sent a stack of papers to Li Qi: "I only recorded one name for each household."

"Good job." Li Qi glanced casually.

The population is calculated according to the household, and if there is no relative and no reason, it will be regarded as a separate household.

Hay's manager has not seen much, but he has a good understanding of human nature.

When something frightening and unknown happens, people will spontaneously seek out their peers and family, avoiding yelling and disobedience.

Only the head of each household is called.

The number of people counts is watery, because there may be single people who have not found their relatives, or repeated roll call records, but the total number of people should be around [-].

The population of 3000 is labor force.

Li Qi looked at Lacey again.

Lacey Heath began to report on her work progress: "The artisans have been selected, and there are 53 people."

Li Qi said: "Yes, let them repair the armor first."

"I've arranged for someone to do that," Lacey said.

Nodding his head, Li Qi looked at Quick Blade: "How is the interrogation of the captives going?"

"They say they don't just serve the Black King," said Quickblade, "but also to prevent any outsiders from entering."

Li Qi frowned: "What do you mean? Where is the Black King? Didn't the Black King send them to guard the castle?"

"My lord," the fat steward Hayao raised his hand, seeing the eyes of the three of them looking at him, he swallowed dryly and said, "I think I know why."

"Ah, I forgot that you are a local." Li Qi patted the table lightly, and suddenly said, "Tell me, why?"

Fat steward Hayao said with difficulty: "The dead are revived!"

"The resurrection of the dead again!"

It seems that the entire Iron Valley has something to do with the recovery of the dead, but Li Qi has never seen it along the way, and Baron Ross's army has always been calm, but he reminded Li Qi that some strange things happened recently.

"What is resuscitation of the dead?"

"Some people have seen their dead relatives appear," said the fat steward, Hayao.

That is the same undead magic, or the undead technology that he has figured out. This is not unusual, but to Li Qi, it is just another "peer".

He is more experienced in dealing with dead bodies.

"Have you seen it too?"

"Of course not, my lord." Hayao shook her head: "Everyone I saw died, and then disappeared."

Li Qi asked: "So the residents of the castle hid here to avoid the recovery of the dead?"

"Yes, my lord!"

It seems that even if it is not for the duke's potion of longevity, for the development of the territory, he has to investigate the problems behind it.

He ordered: "Quick Blade, don't slack off patrolling at night. Whether it's the resurrection of the dead or the living looking for death, if there is any problem, just shoot the warning. I want to ensure that no one can enter the castle before I allow it."

"Yes!"

"Lacey, the repair work of the craftsmen's armor and weapons must start immediately, as well as the management of the residents... I think they are very obedient to the management, alas, those residents should leave them alone."

There is no working environment in the Iron Wall Fortress, even if Li Qi gets more than 3000 people, it will not be able to play a role.

Moreover, this group of ordinary residents who just want to hide in the castle don't need to spend too much time managing them, as long as they don't make trouble, just leave them alone.

Li Qi looked at Hay again: "Are there any survivors in the other three villages? What is the usual resident population? Forget it!"

He suddenly remembered that the latest census was from three years ago, and now there is a war and the resurrection of the dead, it is not known how many people will survive.

"Lassie, later you and the hay go to the castle granary to see how much food is left."

"Yes!"

At the end of the first meeting, the three stood up and bowed to salute.

Hay imitated awkwardly, and then with a big belly, she chased Lacey's figure away. At first glance, it looked like a ball stuck to Lacey's heel.

Li Qi felt a pain in his head.

"When the Black King comes out of the coffin tomorrow, let's see what is in his memory. It is best to arrange some dead birds to go out to investigate the situation of the three lost villages, especially the location of the fire oil mine."

Li Qi hasn't forgotten the reason why he came to this corner, if it wasn't for oil, wouldn't it be nice to develop in the porcupine collar?

He stood up and stretched his waist: "I want to drink something, forget it...conditions are not allowed."

He missed his life at Porcupine Fort. At this time, if he could eat an ice cream and a glass of extraordinary honey water, he would definitely feel better.

Walking out of the meeting room, Li Qi asked the butler guarding the door: "Mr. Litton, is there any wine in the castle?"

"I remember the castle had wine cellars, my lord."

"Don't worry, take me to the treasure house of Iron Wall Castle first."

This castle is all his own, it would be a waste not to see what treasures are inside.

"Yes, please come with me."

(End of this chapter)