Lord of Rot

Chapter 38 The Second Batch of Slaves Arrives

The autumn planting of the porcupine collar was over, and despite the Baron's order to moisten the soil with manure, there was still dung everywhere on the road.

The manure needs to be composted, fresh manure directly poured on the ground will burn the seedlings, the old cesspool by the roadside has been almost dug out, but the roadside is still ignored, the use of manure is the order of the lord, they just follow the order That's all.

No one yet knows what the manure does.

That's right, porcupine collars don't have their own toilets yet, and the villagers don't bother to build toilets, so they just leave them wherever they go.

Fortunately, the weather is getting colder and colder. If it is summer, the smell... tsk.

After returning to the castle, Li Qi first arranged for Grant and Joe to stay. The only place with a good accommodation environment in the Porcupine Collar is the Baron's Castle, and there are enough rooms. Of course, if more people are needed to join the Porcupine Collar in the future, they must consider Building a house is not the kind of mud house outside, but a stone house that is more resistant to cold and stronger.

Burning bricks to build a house is not within the scope of Li Qi's consideration, because he doesn't know how to do it.

In Li Qi's plan, building large-scale houses is not something that should be considered now. At present, they need to repair some dilapidated houses, and may need to build a few small thatched huts. The main goal is to allow people to survive this winter.

study.

With his eyes closed, Li Qi focused on manipulating the two dead bodies. Because he had greeted them in advance, the two "slaves" followed the convoy out of Iron Stone City, and then they moved alone, running wildly without fear of fatigue.

Should be able to make it back tonight.

Knock knock, the door was knocked lightly.

Li Qi came back to his senses, leaving only a trace of consciousness control. The local ghouls can act as long as they give a command, and the iron oxhoof dead corpse needs him to do it himself. But he is more and more proficient in manipulating the dead corpse with distraction, unless it is a fine operation. No special concentration is required.

"please come in"

The study door was pushed open, and "Widow" Glenn walked in.

"My lord," Gren bowed his waist and said, "I'll report the situation of the porcupine collar."

Li Qi nodded. As soon as he took office, Gu Lan began to conduct investigations in the Porcupine Collar, giving full play to his duties as an administrative officer. According to Li Qi, there is no such official position in Lurea Continent.

"There are six houses that need to be repaired, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive the cold winter. The autumn planting is over. Although you have kindly given the slaves food, they can eat without working, which will cause dissatisfaction among many civilians in the porcupine leader." Ge Lan glanced at the lord and found that the other party nodded slightly. He continued: "The next batch of slaves is about to arrive. The temperature in Pigtail Bay is very low in winter. The slaves need a place to live, and they cannot live in tents all the time."

"Also, in winter, wild animals appear more and more frequently in the dense forest. You asked me to send people into the dense forest to investigate. The farmer who came back said that he saw the footprints of large wild animals."

"The security team also has big problems. They extort protection money, peek at women taking a bath, bully lame bachelors, and they uniformly demand that other people shut up. Anyone who dares to leak will be punished by them."

Li Qi frowned.

Scolding dumb people, kicking widows' doors, kicking lame people's good legs, digging up people's ancestral graves, the security team has become a big problem for porcupine collars?
"Any suggestions?" he asked.

The development of the territory should be handed over to his subordinates. The lord only needs to express his ideas and give the direction of development at critical moments.

Ge Lan nodded: "Don't worry about the food, the food you bought in Iron Rock City is enough to survive this winter, we can use slaves to repair the house, we can't let them be idle, just let them build a house for themselves for the winter, the issue of the security team It is very important and should be caught and beaten."

"It's useless." Li Qi shook his head. In his previous life, he had seen the "security team" disguised as an official, smashing and robbing. If it was useful to make a call, it would not become a cancer.

"Let the slaves chop wood and build a house first," Li Qi said, "It's too far away from the difference between the residents."

The construction of houses in Porcupine Collar must be well planned, and everyone can't be next to their own land, which is a mess.At least starting from the residence of the slaves, there is a plan that is not too messy, and it will be easy to renovate and build later.

He already had a preliminary plan in his mind, but he was not in a hurry.

"When the second batch of slaves arrives, there should be nearly a hundred slaves in Porcupine Collar," he said. "Some of them will come to build houses, while others will need to go to the beach to dig sand and pave roads."

He's had enough of porcupine collars where one foot is deep and the other is shallow.

"paving?"

"That's right, dig the sand to pave the road." Li Qi nodded, "By the way, let those slaves stop making trouble when they're full."

The lame Ake may not be able to manage so many slaves, and the slaves bought this time are not all women and children like before, and must be guarded more strictly.

It's a pity that there are no masons and carpenters in the Porcupine Collar, otherwise so many slaves could do more useful work in the off-season.

Li Qi has "Eagle Eyes", and can use birds to overlook the entire porcupine collar from a high altitude, and can draw a reasonable development blueprint.

"Also, the security team." Li Qi tapped his finger on the table lightly.

Gren lowered his head, listening to the rapid "tat-tat-tat", he knew that the lord was worried about it.

"Boom!"

The hand stopped suddenly.

Li Qi said: "Tell the captain of the security team that if this happens again, no matter who did it, I will only give him 10 lashes!"

"Yes." Grant nodded and backed away.

In the afternoon, the dazed slaves and the carriage convoy finally arrived at Porcupine Collar.

They looked at the dilapidated houses along the way, and the people standing at the door looking at themselves.

They are completely numb to the future.

Unkempt teenage Carrot is named after his six-year-old sister, who is named after his first full meal, when he was so hungry that he sneaked into a convoy and found a basket of radishes , he gnawed on the radish frantically, it was the first time he felt full, the radish was so sweet.

Since then, the feeling of being full for the first time is his name, and he named himself a carrot.

But the carrot was caught, and the boy became a slave.

From then on, he was hungry every day, but he couldn't die of hunger, which was better than his previous wandering life.

Among the slaves, Luobo met her younger sister. They were not related by blood, but the girl without a name would secretly give her food to Luobo. Luobo has been protecting her ever since.

Their little ones mingle with the crowd, overwhelmed by the throng of slaves.

"Welcome everyone to Porcupine Collar"

The one who spoke was a cripple, and one of his legs was useless, and he had to be supported by someone, but Luobo found that the slaves who had been here seemed to be afraid of him.

"From now on, you will serve the lord, and even give your life!" The cripple shouted loudly, his mouth was full of the lord.

But Luobo felt that it didn't matter, it didn't matter who was the master, as long as he had food to eat and his sister had food to eat, he didn't need to be full, as long as he didn't starve to death.

Although he hated this world to the core, and always thought that it would be fine if he died, he still wanted his sister to grow up, hoped that she could get rid of her slave status in the future, and marry safely and happily... Radish suddenly felt like he was being held Using a little force with his little hands, he lowered his head and met his sister's smiling face.

I can't die, I have to protect her.

The cripple continued to shout: "The lord has prepared a meal for you. Everyone line up to get it, one for each! Don't snatch it. Those who snatch it will not have black bread for the next day!"

Men with sticks and whips stood aside and stared at them. The slaves had traveled a long way, and they had no strength and did not dare to grab them.

Radish heard a sentence from it, there will be no black bread for the next day, one day? !

For God's sake, can we eat black bread every day?

He held his sister's hand excitedly, lined up under the supervision of whips and sticks, and walked forward step by step. He saw many people holding black bread.

What a big one!
The radish is excited, such a big piece of black bread must be full.

"We have something to eat, sister!" he said excitedly to his sister, his eyes moist.

"Quiet!" The man standing on the side of the road with a stick shouted.

Carrot shut his mouth immediately, he didn't want to get a stick.

But he couldn't stop his small movements. He raised his head and looked forward countless times, getting closer and closer.

A basket of black bread, steaming hot and fragrant.

The person with the black bread is very clean, is she a noble lady?
The other party handed over black bread, and Carrot took it dully.

"Say thank you!" Another man with a stick shouted, "Thank you, Miss Wine Glass!"

"Thank you, Miss Wine Glass" Luo Bo immediately thanked him. He had met kind people when he was begging before, but when he thanked them, he was disgusted by the other party.

Carrot took his sister's hand to go.

"Wait!" The wine glass lady took another black bread and handed it to her younger sister, "Hey, this is yours."

"Thank you~" My sister replied with a sweet smile.

"Wine glass" said the man holding the stick, "Such a small child still needs to be given a whole piece of black bread? You might as well give it to me."

"The lord's order is for everyone." The wine glass wrinkled its nose and replied emphatically, "Everyone!"

The man waved his hands again and again: "Okay, okay, what you say, I just think it will take years for this little thing to grow up, and it's a waste to feed her food."

He didn't want to run afoul of the castle maids.

(End of this chapter)