Lord of Rot

Chapter 439 Return

The team crossed the desert, walked through Bangta Canyon, then passed through the Monkey Territory, and finally went north into the water stream for a while, then headed east into the Iron Valley.

It was another long journey, and by the time we officially entered the territory, it was already October.

Li Qi rode his horse and looked up at the sky.

Rocket's temper is getting worse and worse. The estrus period is a big problem, and Li Qi and the horse herders have reached a consensus that they should select excellent bloodlines and not breed them casually.

Gel... so cruel.

Fortunately, Li Qi didn't often need to go to the battlefield, so he just let the rocket move.

With the loud roar of the rocket, the territory was announced to the arrival of its lord.

Horse hooves stepped on the compacted flat road. In order to build the road to connect several villages, Li Qi spent a lot of money. In order to ensure the straightness of the road, he cut down trees, knocked stones, and paved pits.

Now, after more than half a year of road construction, part of the avenue has been officially put into use, as evidenced by the rush of people coming and going.

A caravan stopped on the side of the road and took the initiative to make way for the oncoming team. One of the apprentices asked in a low voice in confusion: "Who is that person?"

"Lower your head!" The merchant in the caravan raised his hand and pressed the back of the little apprentice's head, forcing his head down: "I usually ask you to recognize the noble family emblem, but you have already recognized it in your nose. It is the porcupine flag!"

Do not look directly at the noble lord, otherwise it will be an offense. There is no such provision in the law, but it is on the whip of the noble lord.

The little apprentice wanted to raise his head curiously, but the big hand pressing the back of his head was too strong. He could only roll his eyes upward and could barely see the exquisite noble boots.

Like this small caravan, there are many people who are as afraid of Li Qi as a tiger.

Walking along the way, you can see many small businessmen lowering their heads hastily and shrinking back, fearing that there is something wrong with their attitude in some aspect and will cause the displeasure of Baron Porcupine.

It wasn't until Li Qi's team rode away that the merchant stood up straight with relief, and the caravan returned to the road.

"Why are we afraid of the Baron? Doesn't he welcome us to do business?" The young apprentice was puzzled and pointed to the carriage: "Didn't we also collect a batch of mushrooms? Didn't you also chat and laugh with the nobles of some villages in the past? ?”

"Ouch!" When he saw the businessman raising his hand, he subconsciously shrank his head and screamed.

When the pain didn't come, he quietly glanced up.

"Boom", the knock came down.

The little apprentice rubbed the back of his head vigorously and kept "hissing" in his mouth to suck in the cold air.

The businessman bared his teeth and waved his hand: "The head is so tough!"

Then he continued: "Can those in the village compare with the Baron? Have you forgotten the news about the Blood Sand Lord? I should really let the green-eyed toad get into your head to see if it is full of brain-eating creatures. maggot!"

The young apprentice just shook his head and hummed, thinking that he would never ask questions again, otherwise he would be beaten every time.

It is said that Baron Porcupine has only been in the desert for half a year, but he has been stirring up wind and rain and launching wars. The barren land has been dyed red with blood. When you turn over the sand, there is blood underneath.

The only strange thing is that the very belligerent Baron Porcupine was not criticized by the king and still went his own way, and no lord who thought he was just stood up to denounce him.

The specific reasons are probably only known to the lords themselves.

In any case, people have subconsciously placed Baron Porcupine as the number one person under Duke Dongxia, and he is also a murderous lord with a very bad temper. Of course, he must be well-behaved and not dare to offend him when meeting him.

……

The towering city wall appeared in Li Qi's eyes.

"The city wall that used to be able to withstand thousands of armies can now be demolished by just one palace level."

Li Qi moved his eyes away from the "Porcupine Flag" and placed it on the large banner.

A banner was hung on the wall that read, "Hard work is glorious, cheating and cheating are shameful."

Similar slogans appear in various places.

Different from the high degree of unity of the Porcupine Territory, Tiegu has recruited many external talents, which also means a mixed bag of people from all walks of life.

Although he was not afraid of being plagiarized, Li Qi still consciously let his own people control the core technology. Some important technology factories, such as alchemy, muskets, artillery, bombs, etc., were only researched in the Porcupine Territory to ensure that the technology was not outflow.

Under the current environment, the power of artillery is still very terrifying, especially when combined with the precise guidance of the caster. To sum it up in an earthly language: "You have been locked by our fire control radar. It is a pity that you don't even have the chance to listen to the alarm."

Return to the castle.

There have been no changes to the Iron Wall Castle. Lily, the housekeeper chosen by Li Qitit, has obviously always kept in mind the instructions to use good steel on the blade.

Li Qi didn't have much to say. In fact, he was not in a good mood, because after leaving the Monkey Territory, Scholar Tonks parted ways with him. The other party took his apprentices and headed straight for the Burning City. Even if Li Qi Qi said many times that if there was any danger, he could let the apprentices leave with him first.

If you don’t have a scholar, you can have a scholar and an apprentice.

But Scholar Tonks obviously had no plans in this regard, which disappointed Li Qi for a while.

However, being able to obtain the magical knowledge from his hands also made Li Qi very useful. Now he will try to use meditation to exercise his mental power. Perhaps because of his extraordinary talent, his mental power has grown very quickly, and finally he has grown from The 45 units that were stuck successfully grew to 55 units.

At the same time, I also learned a lot of small magic, but I haven't been able to come into contact with magic like Fire Storm and Avada Kedavra.

At night, Li Qi held a banquet.

Invite the entire Iron Valley and all the top executives to dinner.

After not seeing each other for a few months, the conditions of those high-spirited aristocratic young people have changed again. Some of them have slightly fatter cheeks, which seems to be because they usually eat well, and some are mentally exhausted and don't know what they are doing at night.

But in general, they are slowly developing towards maturity and have been tempered.

"There is no business today." Li Qi raised his glass: "Cheers to the glory!"

"For glory!" Everyone raised their cups high.

After the banquet, the crowd dispersed.

The fat steward Hay Cao, who had been hiding in the corner on the table, carefully pretending to be a transparent person, came out a little dazed. A breeze blew, and he shook his head and woke up instantly.

He smacked his lips: "Sure enough, only the lord can enjoy the best wine."

Even though I have money, I have no way to buy some precious wine.

Especially today, I drank fine wine from the desert. If I go back to drink ordinary beer, I will feel something wrong in my mouth.

After turning his head left and right to make sure there weren't too many people around, he looked at a certain nobleman who was leaving alone, and quickened his pace to follow.

"Sir Alex" hay-jacketed close.

The noble young man known as Alex stopped and looked at the hay with a frown. Almost no one among all the nobles would have a good impression of the greedy fat steward. If the other party was not a good hand at making money, just his embezzlement of funds would be enough to make the lord Send him to see the Four Gods.

"Steward Hay, do you have a problem with me?" Alex asked.

"Good thing, good thing." Hayao rubbed his hands: "Want to have a cup of tea at my place? I asked the caravan to do it for me last time, from Endor."

Alex shook his head and refused: "Sorry, I have something else to do."

But Hayao said calmly: "I heard that Master Hahn has achieved several military exploits in the desert and is about to be canonized as a knight. In fact, I have a way..."

Alex stopped taking steps and looked at the hay.

A group of them joined Li Qi, and what they pursued was honor. It didn't matter if they didn't have some things, just because they were afraid that suddenly you and I wouldn't have them.

"Enduo's tea~" Hayao smiled.

Alex smiled and said, "I just want to drink tea to sober up."

"Hahaha, okay, please come with me."