Lord of Rot

Chapter 358 The First Stronghold in the Desert

Baike Oasis suddenly discovered that his second son seemed to be a little different.

It's only been one night, what happened?
Under the "protection" of the two knights, Backer followed his son downstairs. Someone had already prepared breakfast, but the person serving beside him was also changed. It wasn't his trusted servant, but someone with a sly eyebrow and a mouse eye. A boy with a rascal air.

Turning his head, he couldn't see the familiar figure.

I'm afraid this place has been completely controlled by Kur!
Baike Oasis was stunned. He didn't expect his son to have such ambitions. Is this something he can do?He knows his son best.

"Father, let's have breakfast." Kuer's performance was very gentle.

After sitting down, Baike Oasis felt that something was wrong: "Where is your brother?"

Kur sat down, grabbed a piece of cake and said with a smile: "I saw that he wasted a lot of time wandering around the Bangta market all day, so I gave him a sum of money and asked him to go out for a walk."

"Go out for a walk?" Baike Oasis' face was ugly, and it seemed that his eldest son had been kicked out of the Bangta Bazaar.

In just one night, he had such courage!

Kur said: "Father, you are getting older, it is... it is time..."

At the beginning, he still had the courage to follow Li Qi's instructions, but seeing his father's face change after hearing the news of his brother Kunk's departure, the fear he had had for his father over the years took the upper hand, and he stuttered when he spoke stand up.

Baike Oasis is very aware of his second son's temper. He usually looks smooth when things go wrong, as if he can handle any situation, and can communicate with everyone calmly, but in fact he will show timidity when encountering real troubles.

There is a little cleverness, but no great wisdom.

In contrast, although his eldest son Kunk is a bit arrogant, his ability as a lord is actually several blocks away from his second son. Now that the Bangta Bazaar is becoming more and more prosperous, the eldest son has learned from it. Management has played a big role, and it is also the best successor in his mind.

But to inherit...you have to die soon. Now that I am in my prime, I still have a lot of days to live, and I don't want to give the Bangta Market to my son. If I get it long enough, I will pass it on directly. Grandchildren are also possible.

"Who told you to do this?!" Bike Oasis asked.

Kur tremblingly said: "Yes, it's the Baron Porcupine from East Gorge, Mr. Li Qi Clarence, father, father, you are already old, you should give me the Bangta Bazaar."

"Alas!" Bike Oasis sighed. He knew Baron Porcupine, a lord younger than his son, had never underestimated him.

But this is a desert, and my family has been in the business for so many years, is it still afraid of a porcupine baron who came all the way and didn't know the place?
Even if the other party is the Duke of Dongxia, they can't even think about snatching a city or land. The Lurea people discriminate against bloodlines and regions very much. Baron Porcupine is from Dongxia, so it is impossible to gain a foothold in the desert.

If the other party uses his son's identity to control him from behind the scenes, there is nothing he can do.

"Father, please give me the Banta Market." Kur begged again, and then said: "Master Li Qi said, as long as I control the Banta Market and work for him, our family's income will definitely be the same as before. Dozens of times more, you also know how easy his silk is to sell, what he lacks is our road, didn’t we also cooperate with the Bill family before? It’s great for everyone to make money together!”

"That's different!" Bike Oasis said angrily: "We and the Bill family are only interested, and he can't put his hand into the Bonta Market."

A business partner, one who wants to turn you into a puppet, how can it be the same.

"But the Bill family lost to the porcupines," Kuhl said, "and I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, now the Baron porcupines is bringing a dozen extraordinary people in the Bangta market. As long as he wants to, he can slaughter the city in half a day. "

"Then let him massacre the city!" Bike Oasis felt that his stupid son was hopeless.

Just let Baron Porcupine kill him, would he dare?

If he is really killed, Baron Porcupine will not even think about taking root in the desert, and can only go back to the East Gorge in despair.

Maybe it will lead to a war.

"I think it's better to kill him." The wandering knight drew his sword and said, "I will run away after killing him. You will inherit the territory and then you will be wanted on me."

Being wanted seemed like a trivial matter to him.

Bike Oasis' eyelids twitched, and only then did he remember to observe the two knights carefully.

"Wandering knight?!"

If it was this group of wandering knights who broke their oath, they might really use all means to achieve their goals.

Once he died, as the heir, Kuer must be the most suitable candidate, not and must be.

But he is not reconciled to his son becoming a puppet, and he has managed to make someone else's wedding dress for many years.

Baike Oasis said: "I can promise you to let Kur become the lord of the Bonta Bazaar, but I want to see Baron Porcupine, and I have a few conditions that he must agree to, otherwise..."

Clang!
The sword is out of its sheath.

The wandering knight Okai put his sword on Baike Oasis's neck, turned his head and said to Kur: "It seems that your father wasted your kindness."

Bike Oasis was stunned, and he hadn't said what the condition was. Could it be that Baron Porcupine planned to kill him from the beginning?
How did he know that Li Qi didn't care about his life or death at all.

Even to put it bluntly, directly kill and make a dead body, then control the body to stamp it, and then perform a public performance, it is logical that Kur Oasis will become the new manager of the Bangta Bazaar.

If he didn't find it too troublesome, he might have directly killed Baike Oasis, and then used his corpse to control the entire Bangta Market.

From the very beginning, they were not in an equal relationship, and Baike Oasis had no conditions for negotiation.

"Oh, okay!"

In fact, he also knew that he had no choice.

The action was quick, and on the same day, Baike Oasis announced that his son Kur Oasis would become the new lord of the Bonta Bazaar.

Nothing caused much commotion. The merchants came from various towns and territories in the desert, and they would bring this news back to their respective territories.

For merchants, whether there is a tax change is the most important thing. Others are not a problem. The new lord does not seem to change the previous economic thinking, so it doesn't matter who is the lord.

As for Li Qi, he has successfully occupied the first stronghold in the desert, and he has a firm foothold for the time being.

Inside a house in the Bangta Bazaar.

Running water flows through the yard, taking away the heat.

Succulents are all over the yard, adding a little greenness to this vast desert.

A palm tree stands straight in the courtyard, taller than the house, its shadow swaying in the water looking for coolness.

Li Qi was sitting in the room, flipping through the book of fairy myths collected by Kur Oasis.

The book contains more detailed legends about artifacts such as the Golden Holy Grail, the Cauldron of Abundance, and the invisible veil.

However, the logic of myths and stories is quite poor. God is omnipotent in them. If there is light, there will be light. If you say invincible, you will be invincible.

Twisting the pages with his fingers, he turned another page.

"It can revive the dead, can it revive the ghoul? How is the concept of life and death of the ghoul measured? Do you want to try it?"

He suddenly heard the door open and looked up at the door.

Bailu, an elf girl with silver-white hair, walked in.

When she entered the door, she took the initiative to say: "Master Li Qi, just now I saw that Kur Oasis has become the new lord of the Bangta Bazaar. You have owned a town in one night. Why don't you use your strength to rule the desert directly! "

Li Qi knew that she came up with a bad idea again: "I'm just a small businessman who can't stand the trouble, and don't talk nonsense, Mr. Kuer is the lord of the Bonta Bazaar."

"You can go to Panbo Continent, many of our elf warriors are superhumans!" Her voice carried the tone of coaxing a three-year-old child, which was her original intention.

It seems to be saying, my sister has sugar here, please be obedient.

She just doesn't know how to hide clumsiness, and she can't hold back her inner thoughts after a few words.

Without raising his head, Li Qi turned another page: "Let's talk about it after you collect 10 gold days."

Bailu pursed his lips, unwilling to reconcile himself to failure in sales.

"But you can do me a favor." Li Qi said, "Maybe you can speed up the progress, let me earn more money, and build a fleet in the future, so I can send you back to Panbo Continent along the way."

It's a pity not to use Chaofan who doesn't charge and only likes to paint cakes as a subordinate.

"What can I help you with?" She asked quickly, as long as Li Qi let go, she was confident that she would be able to lead the team back and save the mother tree.

"Go to the wandering knight camp and help me recruit some people back."

Now Li Qi was short of men. Although the 30 musketeers had good combat effectiveness, they couldn't break up the battle.

Half of the soldiers in the Bangta Bazaar were just making up the numbers, and the other half were in the wild boar mercenary group. They were not very useful men.

I just heard that the wandering knight camp is full of knights, no matter whether they have faith or not, or whether they pursue honor or not, at least all of them are nobles, and all of them are talents.

Hearing what his two wandering knights said, the wandering knights are not doing well now. They are short of money and food. In fact, they are similar to desert robbers. In addition to implementing the slogan of justice, they also rob anyone they see.

So recruitment is also simple, just give money directly.

He raised his head and looked at the elf girl Bailu standing motionless in front of him in surprise: "Why don't you leave?"

Bailu's gills were full of anger. He was so beautiful. He used to put on a mask to cover himself when he stood in front of others and was afraid of being stared at. He even thought he didn't leave quickly.

I really don't know how to appreciate it!

Hardened her heart, but she also knew that her hope of returning to Pan Bo lay in Li Qi, and she must give in: "Yes, I will go right away."

Seeing her leaving figure get farther and farther away, Li Qi also put down the myth book in his hand.

For so many years, there are definitely not a few demi-humans and elves drifting from the southern Panbo continent. Why have the nobles of the Lurea continent not done anything?
I believe no one knows what the undeveloped new territory means to the nobles.

But it has been quiet for many years, no one has gone on an expedition, and no one has gone to sea. Everyone has a tacit understanding not to mention this matter.

The lack of voyage technology is certainly one of the reasons, but death cannot stop the lords' desire for land.

Or there are deeper reasons.

It's a pity that Li Qi didn't know the reason.

"Write a few more letters and ask, maybe someone will know."

I am not a polished commander now, but I have many good friends.

　Yesterday's update was terminated because the previous chapter was blocked, and now it is unblocked.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)