Lord of Rot

Chapter 114 The kidnapped slave

In the next few days, Li Qi's life returned to the rhythm before heading to Green Forest Castle.

In the stable, the groom told Li Qi that the female horse's physical condition was very good. She ate a lot and took good care of her, making her fat and strong.

When Li Qi asked about the calving date, the groom gave an approximate time.

autumn.

The horse's gestation period is about three hundred days, and the gryphon's bloodline may have some influence, but the horse will definitely give birth this fall.

Li Qi emphasized to the groom that he would receive a generous reward if the calf was successfully delivered, and if it failed... he would not want to fail.

The next part of the trip is to visit three villages and inspect the water mills, especially the commercial area under construction.

The brick kiln is being built.

Clay can be dug by the river, and the masons will lead the slaves to make red brick embryos from the clay. They will try to bake them many times, because Li Qi only has a rough idea of ​​how to bake bricks. As a lord, he really only needs to propose The concept has its own people to perfect it using their own technology and smart materials.

Beekeeping Village.

Some seeds suitable for summer sowing have already been planted.

Flower trees and fruit trees are also planted around the beekeeping village.

Li Qi sat under the tree to enjoy the cool air and drank ice-cold honey beer.

Ake stood beside him. She was a human-shaped mosquito repellent lamp, and no bugs would come close.

In fact, Li Qi also underestimated the people in this world. Although people do not have mosquito-repellent mosquito nets, they do have a summer grass similar to mugwort with large leaves. When dried and burned, it produces a pungent smell that can repel mosquitoes.

But just like mugwort, the smell is too strong, and ordinary people cannot adapt to such a pungent smell.

The valet Pitchfork refilled the ice-cold honey beer for Li Qi, and glanced at Ake in a show-off manner. He would never allow a maid to get too close to the lord, so that the valet could enjoy the honor of serving the baron personally!

Li Qi didn't care about the small movements of his men, because he was calculating another thing in his mind: "Counting the time, it should be here, right?"

The group of slaves who set out with him from Green Forest Castle should have arrived.

"grown ups!"

The soldier trotted over: "Sir, the slave team sent from Green Forest Fort has arrived."

"Finally!" Li Qi stood up suddenly.

That’s a population of 500!

It has almost doubled the population of the Porcupine Territory. With enough manpower, he does not have to stop certain tasks and lay off people due to lack of manpower.

However, when Li Qi felt it while riding a horse, his expression became extremely bad.

"Who is the person responsible for escorting!"

The two young servants following Li Qi heard the anger of their lord and immediately drew their swords.

Why is Li Qi angry? Because grandpa promised him 500 slaves, but there were about a hundred less!

Not only that, the slaves were mentally sluggish, with injuries on their bodies, and some of them looked in extremely bad condition, with only one breath left, but were urged on by whips.

This is completely different from his previous request. Everyone is the wealth of the porcupine collar.

The person who took the lead in escorting the slave fell to his knees: "Sir, please listen to me!"

"You'd better give a reasonable explanation for harming the interests of a lord." Li Qi looked down at him.

The words don’t have to be spoken completely, but they will be enough of a deterrent when they fall on people’s ears.

"Yes! When we were passing by the water stream, we encountered an army."

"army?"

"It's a militia team, no, they are just a group of farmers!" The man defended loudly: "They held hoes, axes, and some carried pitchforks and rakes. They said they wanted to turn slaves into soldiers. We resisted , some of them were killed, but some slaves also died."

Li Qi sighed. If it was the messy place in Shuijian, it would be normal for this kind of situation to happen.

"And what? They took the slaves?"

"No, they can't take away the slaves." The man continued: "You are the owner of the slaves, but... the man who calls himself Baron Waudou said that he would pardon the slaves who followed him and give them free land. They took dozens of slaves."

"Another illegitimate child."

Li Qi didn't want to deal with illegitimate children, but he didn't expect that these guys were so arrogant and dared to rob a baron's slave.

But it makes sense to think about it. If this group of people weren't arrogant, they wouldn't call themselves the illegitimate sons of Baron Waudou.

"Ak"

"Sir" Ake's life has been very good recently. He has put on a new crutch and is accompanied by several strong slaves as bodyguards.

Without his children around to take care of him, his complexion is getting better and better.

His two sons are the backbone of the beekeeping village, and his daughter has gained the attention of the lord. Who in the entire Porcupine Territory can compare with him? So what if I am just a slave.

"Arrange this group of slaves to rest and count their numbers." Li Qi looked at the helpless slaves and said, "Let the pharmacist treat them, prepare soup and rice for them, let them have a good rest, and ensure that everyone is as healthy as possible. Survive, register the information, and tell them the rules of living here."

Acker said: "Yes! Praise you for your mercy."

"Follow me," Li Qi said to the stewards of the slave escort team who were kneeling on the ground.

This is the first time the Porcupine Territory has had a conflict with the outside world.

All the stewards of the Porcupine Collar were present.

It is said that they are all, but in fact it is only Grenn, Qiao and Quick Blade.

Li Qi asked: "What do you think we should do?"

Dozens of slaves were robbed from Porcupine Collar. If he pretended that nothing happened, others would laugh at Porcupine Collar and laugh at Lild's son as a softie.

But if you send troops for dozens of slaves, as long as one soldier is injured or killed, you will lose money.

Quick Blade clenched his fist: "You should kill him directly! Sir, I will personally take off the head of that bullshit Wodu bastard for you!"

Only war can wash away the humiliation of robbing a baron.

But Joe said: "My lord, I don't think there should be a war."

"What did you say?" Kuai Ren was angry.

Li Qi stopped Kuaishou and said to Qiao: "Tell me what you think."

"Yes!"

Qiao nodded, collected his thoughts and said: "From some of the information I learned while doing business, the situation in Shuijian Land is very complicated. There have been a lot of illegitimate children there recently. Even if we kill one illegitimate child, another one will pop up next." , and this will draw us into that chaotic vortex.”

The current porcupine collar needs to develop quietly and avoid war as much as possible.

If the porcupine leader takes action against the illegitimate child, the outside world will not care about the reason and will only think that he wants to step in too.

It was very common for nobles to find excuses to start a war.

"What do you think should be done?" Li Qi asked.

"This one……"

Joe is just the son of a businessman and is not proficient in military or diplomacy.

The same goes for Gulen. He is suitable to be the steward of territorial development, but he is not good at fighting or diplomacy.

Li Qi said: "You can't swallow this breath by yourself, porcupine, it's covered in thorns."

He swallowed. In the future, the flag of the Porcupine Territory would encounter more and more obstacles outside. He could not throw away the Porcupine family motto set by his father Lild, "covered with thorns."

The noble's face is above all else, but he has not yet figured out how to do it. The best way is to directly send the corpse Aina to kill Wodu Eighteen, but this will also expose Li Qi's trump card.

The reason is that he doesn't know much about Wodu Eighteen. If he can know more detailed information, he can create more detailed countermeasures.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Otherwise, a group of people sitting here discussing will only fight with their own imagination.

"grown ups"

The retinue came in, lowered his head and said, "There is a female messenger. She said she came from Longship Castle and hoped to meet you."

"Longship Castle...this is coming with the slave team."

Li Qi said: "Invite her in."

Thank you [Xuanyuan Zhiyuan] for the 300+300 reward.