Lord of Rot

Chapter 578 Who should be the new king?

Ella disembarked from the ship holding her daughter, whose condition had improved.

He put his arms around his daughter's thighs and raised his shoulders.

"Hey!"

Qiu also took advantage of the situation and hugged her mother's neck.

The mother and daughter had just followed the team for a while when the people in front suddenly started making noise.

"Quickly give way, quicky give way!"

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"Why should we give in?"

Pedestrians were very dissatisfied.

Everyone is in a hurry, so why should you give way?

Ella, who was relatively short and unable to jump up while holding her daughter, asked the person in front of her in a low voice: "What's wrong? Is Master Li Qi here?"

She had met Li Qi, and as long as she could see Li Qi, she believed that he would definitely recognize her... The mother and daughter were already penniless.

"Lord, I always fly over from the sky." The man in front said: "The ones coming in front are the expedition team."

"Expedition?" Ella was confused.

The other party looked at the tired appearance of Aila and her daughter. Although they also changed their clothes on the boat, they could not pretend to be tired from the journey and recovering from a serious illness.

"First time?"

"Yes." Aila nodded: "I came to seek refuge with my relatives."

"It's easy to settle down in Iron Valley if you have relatives, otherwise outsiders won't be able to stay here even if they try their best." The other party said, "My wife works as a cook in the castle, catering to the mage gentlemen."

There was a bit of pride in his words.

"Mr. Master?" Aila asked anxiously, puzzled, "Don't Mr. Li Qi live in the castle?"

"Do you know how many castles your Excellency has?" The other party asked Ella first. When Ella nodded blankly, she cleared her throat with satisfaction and said, "Not to mention the things everyone knows about the East Gorge, do you know how many castles there are in the desert? "

Ella shook her head obediently: "I don't know."

"I don't know either," the other party said proudly: "But I know that no matter how many castles there are in the desert, they all belong to the lord. Not only that, half of Endor now also belongs to the lord!"

Ella opened her mouth slightly.

This is actually the case. Is the Clarence family really so powerful?
The expeditionary force passed by in formation, and the man whispered to Ella: "Do you know what the expeditionary force is going to do?"

"I don't know." Ella almost reacted nervously.

"Some time ago, our lord appeared in Linta Bay riding a dragon as high as a mountain and repelled the dragon that originally attacked the royal city." The other party said: "The expeditionary force went to help Linta Bay. After all, porcupines and Alligators are a family."

"Dragon" is beyond Ella's understanding. Even though she has heard too many versions of stories about dragons and the white dragon in the royal city, it still feels a bit unreal when she hears this word related to her brother.

Riding a dragon, that's a dragon!

Ella's eyes followed the expeditionary force. This team followed orders and marched in an orderly manner.

They held their heads high, as if they were fighting a war destined to be won.

If your lord owns a dragon and defeats another dragon, even you will have enough confidence to win the next victory.

Maybe there is no need to fight, the enemy will surrender when they see the powerful army.

Ella thought of her husband Leo again, wondering what he would do and whether he could be so confident in defeating the enemy and winning.

It's hard.

After Ella followed the team for a long time, she finally saw the village.

"I want to enter the castle, what should I do..."

"No one can enter the castle." The man in front interrupted Ella and said, "Now the castle is a magic school, and only children with extraordinary talents can enter."

He glanced at the child in Ella's arms: "Your child is still too young. When she grows up, maybe she can be sent to the castle to study and learn magic."

"Then, what if I want to see the lord?" Ella has no interest in learning magic. Without someone to rely on, it's hard to say how many days the penniless mother and daughter can survive.

At home, her parents and husband make the money, and she is only responsible for taking care of her daughter.

Now she is homeless, with no roof to cover her head, no bed to sleep on, and she doesn't even know what she will do tomorrow.

The other party asked: "The lord is in charge of hundreds of thousands of people. If everyone wants to see the lord, does the lord need to do anything else?"

After several inquiries, Aila finally gave up the idea of ​​going to Li Qi directly. She had to find a way to find a job. At least there was no war here, and she might be able to find a job to support her mother and daughter.

……

As the expeditionary force entered the Linta Bay battlefield, the crocodile, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally opened its mouth to devour the enemy.

The army was almost overwhelming, and it took three days to reach the hinterland of the mother river.

Without the support of the White Dragon Earl, and no White Dragon appearing, the nobles of the Mother River had no choice but to flee. This time, Bode Wisdom, who had been angered for a long time, showed the terror of his "Skinner" nickname. Rebels and speculators were skinned and hung on the flag one after another. The blood was dripping, but the people were still alive.The skinned fear and powerful force extinguished the resistance team that had just gained some momentum.

After only holding on for less than ten days, the mother river completely fell. A small number of nobles fled, while the vast majority chose to surrender.

The minor nobles collected the ransom to redeem the big lord.

Or the big lord takes the ransom to redeem the minor nobles under him.

They all have responsibilities and obligations to each other.

Seeing everything is getting better.

The crocodile family did not think they were safe after capturing the mother river, because the crocodile and the porcupine had set a common goal in Feixiang Valley.

As for the royal city?

unimportant.

A good king is a king who is killed.

Wherever the new king lives, there is the new royal city.

So, who should be the new king... Perhaps this is the reason why the crocodile and the porcupine looked at Flying Valley at the same time, but neither made any move.

……

The victory celebration was held for three days.

The expenses were covered by the caravan of 'Dwarf' Lehrer, including fine wine, meat and women.

The terms of exchange are that all the things looted by the army will be sold to Leler's caravan. There will be no price suppression and all transactions will be normal.

However, as soon as this proposal was put forward, it was noticed by the keen businessmen of Oasis City and strongly blocked it.

Nowadays, Li Qi's command has a large population but limited industrial productivity. The biggest problem is that there is no money to buy. Some big towns are okay, but it is small villages and small territories that have great demand for goods.

Nowadays, there are a large number of products that can be resold directly, which is basically a shovel and stuffing money into a bag.

A group of businessmen argued hard, and some even started to form gangs, just to thwart Lele.

However, this group of people was not united and wanted to replace Leler, so they started fighting among themselves.

The cost of food and drink for thousands of people is indeed a huge expense, but Muhe has a population of 10,000+. As long as this business is done, Muhe will basically be a commercial back garden.

Not to mention things that were so far away, the looted items by the Linta Bay soldiers were enough to allow the celebration to recoup its costs and make a lot of money.

The first group of people to be attracted were the logistics workers.

They have no fighting ability and are easily coaxed by benefits. Even if they become lively, they don't have to be afraid of being slashed with a sword.

If you look for those officers, if one of them is unhappy, someone will definitely bleed.

Because of his outstanding performance and because the Lord began to personally train the Hippogriff, Ulti was promoted one after another and now has become the logistics manager of the expedition team.

From a slave, to a blacksmith repairing horseshoes, to becoming a Hippogriff breeder, and then managing a logistics department, then my immediate boss was shot in the head by a stray arrow and had to be forced to take over, and finally I was actually appointed as the chief steward because of my outstanding performance. Ulti's experience would be a good story to tell to the bards.

At least the grooms and slaves would enjoy hearing it.

Also because he has the highest status besides the expeditionary force commander and the extraordinary warriors, those people are too lazy to take care of messy things, and Ulti is relatively gentle, so there is an endless stream of people coming to him for help.

"How about handing this matter over to the lord?" Ulti suggested cautiously, observing the expressions of several businessmen at the same time.

At the mention of Li Qi, all the businessmen including Leler's expressions froze.

They made a lot of money under Li Qi's protection, and of course they paid more money. All businessmen were instinctively afraid of Li Qi, even though they had never heard of Li Qi's habit of killing businessmen.

"Then let's go together," Leler said, "But I want to take the lion's share!"

He has recently opened up several business routes for Li Qi, earning him pots of gold coins, which is almost more profitable than digging for gold.

If Leler really brought this matter to light, even if it was to appease Leler, Li Qi would definitely agree to Leler's request to eat alone. The other businessmen would make twice as much money as Leler. , in other words, Leler can earn an amount that only a dozen businessmen can earn.

But if they really want to break up, Lele also has to consider whether he will be killed quietly by other jealous businessmen.

Let’s make money together if we have money.

"Okay, in this case, let's discuss it among ourselves." Ulti breathed a sigh of relief: "I still have an appointment with Mr. Li Qi Qiaofu, and he even invited me to drink."

"Li Qiuofu?" Leler thought for a long time, then suddenly remembered: "Oh, the person you saved back then?"

"Yes" Ulti nodded: "Actually, it was an accident, but the two of us have become good friends."

"Not necessarily" Lehrer doesn't think so.

Li Qiuofu lost one battle after another after returning, but Ulti has been promoted all the way, and now he can even chat directly with Bode Wisdom through his identity as the chief steward.

In the past, when facing Ulti, who was just a stable boy, Li Qi Qiao only needed to give some money to repay the favor of saving his life. But now when facing Ulti, who is more noble than himself, Li Qi Qiao How should my husband repay me?
But it has nothing to do with Lehrer. His first priority is to solve the problem of sharing the spoils with businessmen. His immediate boss is Li Qi Clarence!
Benefits can be given, but how much you can eat depends on your ability. Let me take a sip of wine to soothe your throat and then scold you!
It wasn't until the next day that Lehrer and others learned the news.

Liqi Qiaofu wanted to kill Ulti in the dark last night, but luckily he was discovered by the extraordinary soldier who drank too much and went to the toilet, and stopped him in time.

The chief executive of the expeditionary force who came to help had a conflict with the Lintawan nobles, and almost killed one person. As expected, things got serious.

(End of this chapter)