Lord of Rot

Chapter 440 Let the other world see what it means to be an infrastructure maniac

"The Forehead has bribed Hay, hoping to get the water mill technology?"

Li Qi didn't expect that Alex would bring him such news.

After the banquet, he lay on the bed and prepared to fall asleep, but Alex came to disturb him and said that he had something important to disturb him. Li Qi had no choice but to put on his clothes to receive him.

In the study room.

The two figures were dragged to the wall by the candlelight. Following the airflow caused by the words, the firelight swayed their shadows.

"Yes sir"

Alex's face turned ugly: "I think you should have Hayao killed immediately as punishment for betrayal!"

Li Qi tapped his fingers on the table: "What did he promise to give you?"

"Meritor" Alex said: "He said that the Forehead harvested a large amount of food. Now that you have maintained a friendly relationship with Princess Sophia of the Desert, there is a large shortage of food. If I can purchase a large amount of food at a low price, I will be heavily rewarded." "

You are right. Now Li Qi wants to develop a large number of cavalry, and even wants to reduce costs and make profits in the desert area. Naturally, food is very scarce.

The desert is your own horse farm. The war horses don't cost money, but the food for the war horses has to cost money.

Reducing food costs means making money.

As for the water mill... because he has been strictly protecting it, no one has been able to replicate the water mill's technology until now. After all, with the Tuna family's lessons learned, no one can guarantee that they can withstand the porcupine's wrath.

"Then give it to him," Li Qi said.

Alex obviously didn't expect Li Qi to say this: "Huh? Give it to him? That's..."

"It's just a waterwheel," Li Qi said nonchalantly.

The efficiency of waterwheels is extremely unstable, limited by geographical issues, and it is impossible to build waterwheels without restrictions. If the water flow is too small, it will be completely useless.

He also has better natural powers at his disposal, such as windmills.

The best method is manpower, which is low-cost and can be driven by a piece of black bread, but it is quite useless as a street lamp.

The internal combustion engine can also be used, but it is not something he can create with his own hands. He can only place his hope on scholars.

As a lord, his greatest advantage is to discover and use talents without prejudice.

A waterwheel technology, switching to a low-price food purchasing channel is the real benefit.

Looking at the noble young man who was still struggling, Li Qi said: "Alex, you have done a good job in this matter. The territory will not forget your contribution, and I will not forget your loyalty. I look forward to the day when you become a knight." one day."

If nothing else, take my cake first!

"Yes, sir!" Alex bent down excitedly.

He gave up the temptation of benefits from Fat Butler Hay and took the initiative to confess everything to Li Qi. What did he want? Of course, I hope to exchange loyalty for real glory.

Compared with being short-sighted and only looking at immediate interests, Alex takes a longer-term view. The rise of the porcupine is no longer unstoppable. He should strengthen his beliefs instead of being clever. As the children of aristocratic families, they are the first priority. The lesson is to learn how to stand in line.

"It's just hay, he keeps making little moves." Li Qi hesitated. Although the other party was greedy, he was definitely a talent and could always bring surprises to him.

Moreover, when some nobles who obviously have no dealings with Li Qi want to do something that is harmful to others and not beneficial to themselves, they will also resort to haymaking. It is better to have a target than no target at all.

But when it’s time to beat, we still have to beat.

"I will arrange for someone to keep an eye on him. You can go back and rest."

"Yes, sir~"

Li Qi, who returned to Iron Valley, immediately started the crazy infrastructure construction mode after two days of rest.

For no other reason than he already had some money in his hands, and Tie Gu was only acting as a transit point for the Porcupine Collar, which was too unqualified.

The environmental problems here cannot be transformed into industry, and the land is not suitable for agriculture. Even if Li Qi has used the black dragon's decay magic to continuously improve the soil quality, it is difficult to make it reach the level of the Porcupine Territory, let alone compared with places such as Golden Wheat Field. .

Except for the fire oil, which is still difficult to mine, the lilac mushrooms that can barely support the expenses, and the bloodline herbs that are used less and less, there is nothing too special here.

Therefore, Li Qi plans to take advantage of the terrain and build this place into a talent training center.

As for the previous plans, they can be thrown away. The territory should be expanded and the goals should be longer-term.

Because he owns most of the desert, Li Qi plans to give up the breeding of war horses in Porcupine Territory, leaving only the racecourse to train a small number of cavalry. Most of the cavalry in the future will come from the desert.

Just like most infantry would come from a porcupine collar.

Only by combining the advantages of each region's arms can you create the strongest team.

"The soldiers of Dongxia are obviously heavy infantry, the cavalry of Endor are horse archers, and the desert can barely be regarded as the T1 version of light cavalry. Well, if you want to recruit the strongest version, it seems that you still need to expand your territory. Although Linta Bay currently belongs to Dongxia Yes, but I like to wear light armor in battle, and my bow and arrow skills are also good, but I have musketeers, and the musketeers are undoubtedly T0 in terms of long-range!"

It's like playing horseback and slashing. If you desperately recruit the same type of troops in one area, the final result will be that you will be overwhelmed by the enemy.

Cavalry and cavalry are not the same concept.

Lonely Mountain Castle is very suitable for cultivating scholars, spellcasters, extraordinary people, and high-level talents.

As an industrial area, Porcupine Collar has too many functions. It is not good to have too many functions. Some functions can be extracted.

Moreover, this is also a commercial territory in intermediate transformation. He plans to make each of his territories have basic commercial attributes. After all, the world is too chaotic, and it is not good for him to affect the whole body.

Self-sufficiency is the primary goal of development at this stage.

We must resolutely implement the three... In short, that's what it means.

But for the little nobles who have been used to taking things easy and leisurely in recent times, life is not so comfortable.

Meetings are held every day. If the roads were not repaired, they would probably spend a lot of time on the road.

Li Qi clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention: "Blessed by the four gods, through everyone's efforts, we have basically completed the original goal. We have a small market, a residential area, and three villages. Our life is barely passable, or... That sentence continues to build roads, and in these areas, clear areas...and here, here..."

The two brick kilns began to work frantically. In order to supply the demand of Shangtie Valley, Li Qi's manpower was not very sufficient, so he had to go to Giant's Foot to recruit "trainees" in large numbers. No, they were looking for cheap and easy-to-use ones. civilian.

It’s not that he didn’t want to buy slaves.

The reform of Giant's Foot was obviously very successful, probably due to Prince Hoffman's thunderous methods. There was not a single slave trader visible on the surface of Giant's Foot.

Even if there are slaves, the price will not be too cheap, because it is the autumn harvest season and people are very expensive.

As a result, carriages began to appear in the Burning City, and even in some small villages and towns further south, as well as in small tribes that had not yet been banned. They brought the Thunder Mark documents from the Prince Hoffman family and took out the bang la la The ringing bronze star, with a smile on its face, extended an olive branch to the giant-footed farmers who were living a difficult life.