Lord of Rot

Chapter 520 The Lamplighter

"Dang clang!"

"Dang clang!"

Ulti raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead, then put down the horse's hoof between his legs. The brand new horseshoe had been nailed on.

He picked up the sandpaper from the side, then grabbed the horse's hoof and put it between his legs.

After a while of pricking and polishing, a layer of foam came off.

After changing the oil and wiping it with a velvet cloth, the old horse, which was still limping before, stood upright and kicked in place.

He also gently nudged Ulti with his head to express his gratitude.

"Hehe!" Ulti happily touched the horse's mane-covered shoulder: "Hongjiu, if you have any questions in the future, just come to me."

Hongjiu seemed to understand and shouted at him twice.

"Okay, let's go" Ulti waved his hand.

After packing up the tools, Ulti left the stable with the guy who was eating, and came to the "office" with a small window. He didn't know why it was called an office. Anyway, there was such a name, and all the places where people worked were called the same. It's an office.

He took a sheet from his bag and held it through the window.

After a while, the sound of "snap" came from inside, and then the voice of the other party: "You have good skills. You have changed the horseshoes of ten horses and repaired the horseshoes of twelve horses recently."

Ulti was a little embarrassed: "I used to be a groom, so I know a little bit about it, and I'm used to it."

"You can be ranked number one in our racecourse." The person in the window moved forward and said in a low voice without handing the order back: "I'll tell you some news. Recently, there was a team traveling far away. I heard that the meal Every month of replenishment is only 1 silver month!"

"Where did the news come from?" Ulti asked in a low voice.

"The son of my wife's brother-in-law's brother-in-law," the other party winked, "working under Mr. Lacey Sith."

"Lacy Sith?!" Ulti was shocked.

After he came here, he first went through a period of training on Monkey Island, and then he was lucky enough to leave Monkey Island early because he had mastered a set of skills, and went to the Porcupine Territory. During this time, the story he heard the most was the Lord Lord's story. It's just that the lord is not in the Porcupine Territory, and has been away for several months. It is said that the current steward of Monkey Island and the Porcupine Territory is the lord's wife, the future lord's wife. She manages everything in the territory in an orderly manner, but He rarely appears and only stays in the castle.

Compared to the lord's wife who is always seen but never seen, Lacey Sith is the top figure that Ulti can occasionally see.

This is one of the few knights who have been ennobled as nobles under the Clarence family. Although he does not have a fiefdom, major events in the entire Porcupine Territory and Monkey Island must pass through his hands. He also has a group of young people who are said to become the lord's guard knights in the future. Soldiers can be said to be the pinnacle of power.

Of course Ulti couldn't help but tremble when he heard the name of such a big shot. He was really a big shot. It is said that even some barons and viscounts had to speak politely when they saw him.

"Yes." The other party nodded and continued: "Actually, it's not a secret, but it hasn't been announced to the public. I heard that a team is going to Endor."

When he heard that it was Endor, Ulti's neck shrank. He didn't want to go back there again. He only had nightmares when he mentioned Endor.

"Have you not been there before?"

"Been there." Ulti nodded bravely: "I was caught as a slave there and had to repair the horses' hooves for several months."

The other party nodded and just sighed and said: "How are you doing, our lord?"

Yeah, well, really good!
Ulti really has to nod at this point. He originally thought that he would continue to be a slave in a different place. Unexpectedly, he started working and made money by relying on his own crafts. Not only did he not starve to death, he did not do much work and lived a good life. Well, I recently had some spare money to go to a pub for a couple of drinks.

This is exactly the case. If anyone dares to speak ill of the Lord, Ulti dares to go up with a small hammer and dig a hole in the opponent's head. Anyway, he already has a hole in his head, so he doesn't mind one more.

"I don't know the specifics. It is said that the logistics department is recruiting people." The other party pondered for a moment and then said: "There is danger, but as long as our porcupine flag is displayed, not many people dare to provoke us."

Ulti really wanted to say that he was satisfied with his current life and didn't want to take any more risks, but he still asked: "Can't find anyone in the logistics department?"

"Yes." The other party nodded: "You also know that our lord has several territories."

"Hey, Porcupine Territory, Iron Valley, Water Stream Land, Monkey Island, Desert" Ulti knows all the treasures. This is no longer a secret. That's why he feels that the lord is powerful. With this number of territories, even a duke can't. Too much.

"What I heard is that if there is a shortage of people, each territory will send people there. Whoever does a good job will definitely get the credit."

The other party whispered: "This is a great achievement. It is said that it is related to that group of mysterious scholars, and the lord also values ​​it very much."

"hiss!!!"

If Lacey Sith is the pinnacle of power that ordinary people can see and can easily command tens of thousands of people, then scholars represent mystery and terror that no one can refuse. It is said that the lord also wants scholars to be kind to each other. Scholars Never bargain when asking for money.

According to the legend Ulti heard during this time, the scholar spent 1000 gold days a month!

That’s 1000 gold days. Ulti calculated carefully. If he earns 2 silver months a month... this is already a high salary that ordinary people can’t imagine. One or two bronze stars can help him drink a large glass of beer. The kind that doesn't add much water.

If he wanted to save 1000 gold days, according to the purely official conversion method, he would have to go without food or drink for 4000 years.

And with so much money, those scholars squandered it all in one month. It is said that neither the lord's wife nor other stewards said a word about it, but instead allocated another 1000 gold days to continue to let them squander it!

He wanted to buy a house in the fifth phase of the Porcupine Territory. The beautiful, square house with the small chimney really touched his heart. He could also buy a pony of his own in the future, all of which required money.

Can you make money by being associated with scholars?Sure, just a little leak between your fingers is enough to buy a house or a horse.

"Are you excited?" The person in the window asked with a smile.

"Well! That's the scholar!" Ulti didn't hide his thoughts, but he was worried: "Do they need me?"

The other party sighed: "You don't know, our Porcupine Territory has the weakest foundation among these territories."

"Huh?" Ulti made a surprised sound.

Porcupine Territory is the root of the lord, and it is simply more prosperous than any other place Ulti has ever seen, with smooth avenues, neatly arranged houses, and various areas with clear and orderly functions. He even suspected that the royal capital was not as good as It's prosperous here.

"What do you think!" the other party said: "Because our Porcupine Territory has the worst foundation, such as the Shuijian Land, which is rich and has good transportation. The desert is the only place to train cavalry nowadays. In the past, our Porcupine Territory also had infantry, but Recently, they have been assigned quotas by Tiegu and Shuijiandi, and they are mainly trained there."

Ulti was puzzled: "I think we have quite a lot of horses."

"Do you know how many cavalry there are over there in the desert?"

"How many?"

"5000!" Five fingers stood up: "They are still training. They will be assigned to various territories every once in a while. This batch from our territory is transferred here."

"Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!"

"It is said that the lord is unwilling to ask for so many running horses, otherwise tens of thousands will be enough!" The other party was very proud: "In the entire East Gorge, our lord is second, which noble lord dares to claim to be first?" Just a little worse than the Duke."

Nod, crazy nod.

"Industry has gradually moved to Iron Valley. It is said that there are many more blacksmith factories there." The other party said: "We are short of people, so seeing that your skills are so good, I would like to recommend you to go there and give it a try." .”

After leaving, Ulti thought about the journey to Endor.

go?Definitely want to go.

But he couldn't tell the truth from what the other party said, but it was definitely true to make money, and his skills were indeed among the best in the porcupine racing farm.

Wandering to the front of the tavern, when he opened the door and smelled the smell of sweat, Ulti found a table and sat down.

Immediately, a girl with orange hair came over quickly. Her jawline was very strong. Although her face was quite pretty, it looked very square. Her nose was flat when viewed from the side, so her whole face looked very flat.If you ignore the pockmarks on her face and the moles on her nose, she is still very beautiful.

In particular, the Porcupine collar does not allow female branches. Being able to come here to drink and smell the feminine scent at the same time has become the choice of many men.

Physical urges and alcohol addiction must be satisfied. Of course it's good to have sex here without spending any money.

There are also many people who secretly say that the Lord's rules are unreasonable. Some women just want to lie down on the bed and spread their legs to make money. Why don't you agree.

In fact, this matter has been decided by Li Qi a long time ago before the territory developed. Women's branches are absolutely not allowed. As long as the opening is opened, those women who are crazy about picking up customers will turn into sources of virus infection and get sick from promiscuity. Lurea's medical level is almost non-existent.

Therefore, it is impossible to agree with this for the most basic safety.

There are warnings from precedents. There was once a city-state that opened a bathhouse, and both men and women could go in and take a bath. Lulea was very open about sex. Some hungry men and women were very "clean", so they often went in to take a bath and wash themselves. You get hot when you are hot, and you will definitely sweat when you are hot. If you sweat, you have to wipe it. You wipe it for me, and I will wipe it for you. We help each other... Then, something happened.

Even in the royal capital, cases of virus infection are common in the women's branch hospital. If it is discovered early and controlled well, it is easy to say. If it is a really evil place, it will cost everyone a life.

In addition, there is another reason why the lord prohibits the female branch from appearing: how do you determine whether she is willing or willing.

Such a method of making money is absolutely indispensable for people to be tempted, so the poor people who are "volunteered" are indispensable.

However, some people have countermeasures. Whenever they fight against pornography, they will claim that they fell in love at first sight.

As for this kind of "seeds of infatuation", they are generally not too strict. They are all human beings and they do need to be released physiologically, so the rule is that if they are caught, they will be fined a sum of money.

When you can't hold back your thoughts, then spend a lot of money to get a shiver. Finally, you can compare for yourself and see whether it is more cost-effective to spend money to marry a wife or to spend money to go to whoring.

Under such circumstances, there are fewer female practitioners who actually voluntarily work secretly, and those who are willing to do so are almost extinct.

The profit is not as much as the fine. If you don't make money, of course there is no need to do this. It's not like there are no ways to make money.

On the contrary, the number of marriages has increased a lot, which has led to an increase in the number of pregnancies.

"A glass of beer," Ulti said, "and a fried chicken leg."

The girl responded and trotted away.

Soon a fried chicken leg and a glass of beer were served.

This fried chicken leg is not simple. It is said to be one of the delicacies invented by the lord. The chicken leg is coated in batter, soaked in egg liquid, and finally coated with a layer of bread crumbs. Bread crumbs are bread dried by some special method. Ground up.

Finally, fry them in oil until golden and fragrant.

No seasoning is needed, just pick it up and take a bite, the taste will be yummy!
After a tiring day, Ulti picked up the still warm chicken leg, opened his mouth and took a big bite.

Click, the shell as beautiful as gold is bitten into pieces, crisp and sweet, the outside is crispy, but the chicken leg meat inside is very tender and juicy, and the juice gets into the mouth with a slight press of the teeth.

He picked up the wine glass and took a few sips. The refrigerated beer from the cellar entered his stomach as he swallowed, making him shiver with pleasure.

Then take another bite of the chicken leg.

Cool!
Summer means eating fried chicken and drinking cold beer.

It is said that there are hundreds of kinds of delicacies invented by the lord, and this is just one of them. It is deeply loved by the people at the bottom because it is very satisfying.

Ulti threw the chicken bones into the plate, twirled his fingers and looked at the table next to him, where two people were playing cards.

It seems to be quite famous, called Hearthstone. It is said to be one of the things invented by that group of scholars. The price of the original version is not cheap, but some people also bother to make pirated copies. Just find some paper and draw a pattern and you can use it. , it’s just entertainment anyway.

"Four gods above, why do you have this?"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing how lively they were, Ulti looked over and asked strangely: "Who is that?"

"Midnight Sun, the leader of the knights under the Duke of Dongxia." The other party picked it up and said with a smile: "Our lord saved his life back then."

"Hey, the value is quite high."

After listening to the excitement for a while, Ulti had no interest in this time-wasting game. He was still more interested in Gwent. At that time, he saw a few stewards playing, but unfortunately after watching for a while, he still didn’t understand. Those two The manager was caught for deserting his job and was given a scolding.

After paying and leaving the tavern, Ulti unknowingly arrived at the infrastructure construction site for the fifth phase of housing.

In the distance are a series of beautiful red-brick houses, where people are already living and cooking, and smoke is starting to come out of the chimneys.

The smoke flew high and turned into clouds.

One by one, they are floating above the head, so beautiful.

It won't be long before beautiful red brick houses will sprout from this planned land like weeds.

Warm in winter and cool in summer, it’s still beautiful.

Although the price is very expensive, that is not the problem of the house, that is your own problem.

It's almost dusk.

While Ulti was looking at the house in the distance in a daze, a group of people wearing special work clothes came over carrying ladders, buckets and wick cutters.

They are lamplighters, they are responsible for maintaining the light in their territory.

This is also the place where Ulti was most shocked about Porcupine Territory when he first arrived. The place actually lights up lights at night, just to prevent thieves!

Although it is not a candle, but a kind of oil called fire water, it is not particularly bright, but it cannot stand up to the large quantity.

However, with street lights, people will not huddle up at home and sleep immediately after eating, but will choose to go out for a walk, and there are even night markets.

Everything is good here, except that you spend money quickly.

When Urti saw the lamplighter coming, he quickly gave way.

Watching them cooperate with each other to climb up a street lamp on the roadside and change the kerosene. It is said that their salary is very high and every lamplighter is proud of their work.

"Lamplighter should be able to buy a house easily."

He was just thinking wildly when he saw the lamplighter climbing down the ladder, and then he came over alone and said something excitedly.

Ulti heard clearly what they were talking about, and also knew what that person did, an insect weirdo.

Because street lamps attract a lot of flying insects at night, and there are all kinds of weird ones, so someone will come to collect the insect corpses and give the lamplighter a sum of money as a reward. Because of Akke, there are not a few people who like bugs. This kind of people are also called insect weirdos.

The sky is getting dark, and the dim light of the street lamps illuminates the rows of beautiful brick houses. Against the backdrop of the red glow of the setting sun, it is as beautiful as a painting.

"Hiss!" Ulti made up his mind and said with firm eyes: "I want to go to Endor. I want to make money to buy a house! Buy a pony!"

Make money, don't be shabby!

Working for the lord is not shabby either!

(End of this chapter)