Lord of Rot

Chapter 628 New Flag and Expedition
Li Qi didn't care about the expressions of those nobles.

The vast majority of nobles have already accepted their fate and are even looking forward to it.

It seems that some small rights have been lost, but more things have been gained in exchange.

In Dongxia, which has the best economic conditions, except for some big nobles, most of the small nobles are the same as the porcupine collar five years ago. The annual surplus is even less than 1 gold day, which is not as good as the caravan merchants.

But as long as they can get this opportunity, their income will at least increase dozens of times, and their wealth will be visible to the naked eye.

Especially the earliest second sons of the nobles who followed him, most of them did not have titles or territories, but they all found good jobs.

Some are in charge of water power, and some are responsible for road paving, etc. These are all top priority tasks and have low weight.

At Leonie's strong request, many people were arranged to go to major cities in Giant Foot to carry out infrastructure construction. Even Leonie had to speak nicely when she saw them.

Smart people are already looking for ways to add people to the team, hoping to catch the fast ship of Li Qi, but the part that didn't react... is normal for being eliminated.

Times have changed and sacrifices cannot be avoided.

The giant wheel of history cannot just grind dirt, but occasionally there should be some losers to show off the correct direction.

"The war is not over yet, the orcs are still watching us eagerly from the other side of the sea, spying on our fertile land, and greedily eyeing our property!"

And there are not only enemies on the other side of the sea, but also contacts between material planes are becoming more and more frequent.

This continent has never been truly peaceful.

"We can't just surrender, and we don't have to surrender!"

Li Qi opened his hands, and the three giant dragons spread their wings together.

Hundreds of thousands of people have begun to boil.

"emperor!"

"emperor!"

"emperor!"

The sound was so loud that it even overshadowed the roar of the dragon.

……

"Emperor! Emperor!"

The young man looked excitedly at the figure riding the dragon away. He raised his fist high and shouted at the top of his lungs to vent his excitement.

Among the 10 people, except for a small number of aristocratic gentlemen with ashen faces in the stands, most of the others didn't care at all what Li Qi meant by the emperor.

I haven't suffered any losses, and maybe my life will get better and better.

The young man watched the three-headed dragon break into the black clouds, and then the clouds and fog dispersed, and the sky became clear.

Eye sockets are red.

There were people nearby shouting at the top of their lungs until they were dizzy and passed out.

After he came to his senses, he continued shouting at the top of his lungs.

Suddenly, a chill came over me.

The young man looked at the man with long pointed ears standing beside him.

That kind of killing chill comes from the other party.

"It's still here!" The other party murmured to himself, then suddenly turned his head: "Boy, those over there shouldn't be nobles, right? Who are they?"

The man with long pointed ears pointed into the distance.

The young man looked in the direction of his finger: "That seems to be someone who has made outstanding contributions. Lord Ulti is inside!"

"Urti?" The man was confused.

"Look at the sky!" The young man pointed at the sky: "Have you seen those eagles? They are all raised by Lord Ulti!"

His face was full of adoration.

Ulti's story has also been mentioned in villain books, from when he was rescued as a slave, and then he got a chance to change his destiny by relying on his skills of trimming horseshoes, to when he heroically saved people, and finally got The lord's reward is to raise the Hippogriff.

From a slave to a big man now, Ulti is the object of admiration and envy of countless people.

After Li Qi left, the Hippogriff team performed a flying performance.

Although not as powerful as the dragon, the eagle looks heroic and powerful, and its appearance is much better than that of the dragon. Both men and women find it beautiful when they see it.

"What outstanding contributions can an elf make?" The man with long pointed ears frowned.

The boy quickly pulled the girl and squeezed out of the crowd. It wasn't long, but they were so squeezed that they were sweating profusely.

"I feel like there's going to be big trouble!" The young man held his knees and gasped, "I feel like there's something sinister about me. Maybe he wants to kill some adult!"

This is a crisis. To paraphrase Ulti’s life experience, crisis = danger + opportunity!

The girl hesitated and said, "Have you noticed?"

"what?"

"He has long pointed ears." The girl stretched out her hand and pulled on her two ears: "Miss Bailu's ears are also pointed."

"Are they relatives?"

The girl couldn't give a definite answer, but she just said they had something in common: "They all have beautiful silver hair, which is different from those hunters."

……

Throughout the entire history of Lulea, there has never been a time when hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously went to the royal city when a king ascended the throne.

It is foreseeable that this incident will also become the history of the entire Lurea continent and be remembered by people.

What Li Qi needs to do next is the real process of enthroning.

He needed to decide on the ministers of the kingdom, mainly palace officials.

Before him, the king's power was very limited, although the king of Lurea was not bound by the church because of his strong military strength.

It is precisely because of this that there are so many religions.

Then there is the small territory. The territory of the nobles is a country within a country. The royal family can neither tax the territories of other nobles, nor can it pass by at will, or take other actions.

No matter how small a baron is, when the king comes to his territory, he is just a guest.

The king's army was very small, and it became normal to summon nobles to lead troops in battle.

This is also the fundamental reason for the lack of power of the king.

Not only that, the king had no power to intervene in city management, and its operations were also outside the king's jurisdiction.

The first thing Li Qi did after becoming emperor was to take administration, finance, justice, military, church, etc. into his own hands.

That's not right, because he is not asking other nobles to make concessions through his status as emperor, but he has already had these things and now he is just announcing them to the outside world.

Whether you agree with it or not, it is already a fact.

While making his remarks, Li Qi also did not forget to give away the benefits.

It is also necessary to let some talented nobles take charge of the key points.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor of Justice, etc.

In the empty hall, Li Qi sat on the throne, using his right elbow to support his side of the face with his palm.

"Doesn't it feel good to be the emperor? Standing at the pinnacle of power in Lurea."

Leonie waved her hand to the waiting servants to retreat.

"Are you okay?" Li Qi patted his leg and motioned for her to come over and sit down.

crackling~!

An electric arc exploded on Leonie's cheek, and she turned her head away, pretending that she didn't know anything. "They want to be kings because they lack strength and need the loyalty of neutral nobles to enhance their scope of power," Li Qi said, "but my current power is enough to sweep across the entire continent of Lurea."

Being an emperor is a matter of course.

Even if he doesn't do it and really forces Prince George to come, the other party will be frightened and have trouble sleeping and eating.

"No one is coming from the north."

Leonie talked about the last part of the reunification: "Do you decide to wait for them to take refuge, or do you decide to do it directly?"

Seeing that she is eager to give it a try, she probably wants to end it herself.

"They will take the initiative to defect to me," Li Qi said, "when the army comes to the city."

Xinglong Island has long been built by Li Qi as his own exclusive training base for extraordinary corpses. Those northern warriors, plus the recent extraordinary corpses, have all become nutrients for cultivation.

The northern border is already under siege!
……

north.

'Heart of the North' Yiluona was wearing battle armor with thick animal skins on her shoulders.

She was riding a steel-maned white bear that was obviously bigger and bigger than the other white bears.

It is said that this steel-maned white bear has the blood of a white dragon, and is also one of the top combatants among Warcraft.

When the news of Li Qi's proclaimed emperor came, Yi Luona knew that the war had begun, but she sent people to Xinglong Island several times, and each time she only received the reply "Okay, okay, everything goes well", but she always said Not a single soldier returned.

The uneasiness in my heart became more and more serious.

Could it be that the huge monster has awakened?
Fortunately, in recent days, Xinglong Island finally responded, but the news of its return was shocking.

Surrender...or die!

On the ship returning from Xinglong Island, the flag of three dragons with their mouths open and roaring has been hoisted.

She recognized that flag, it was Clarence's new family crest.

It is also the symbol of Emperor Lurea.

Yilona turned to look at Stormwind City, the entire city including all the guards, even the demihuman area, scholar area, mercenaries, etc.

In the end, it is estimated that only 2000 people can be gathered, and the number of them who can exert extraordinary combat effectiveness will be halved.

But she remembers clearly that over the years, Xinglong Island has definitely cultivated no less than a thousand extraordinary warriors!

One warship after another has surrounded the entire storm port.

The deck was filled with extraordinary beings.

"Start the war!" Yi Luona gritted her teeth.

Even if this war is bound to be lost, even if the snow covers the house, the Storm family will still hold the torch.

Use the last faint light of fire to resist the cold winter.

She shouted the family motto and held her weapon high: "The fire will last forever!"

……

"good"

Li Qi looked at Ake who was jumping in front of her, but she opened her arms vigorously and opened the new flag in front of her.

After he became emperor, the flag, family crest and even the surname had to be redesigned. He was not just the Clarence family, but created a new family based on himself.

The porcupine obviously can no longer keep up with the "story" of Li Qi. People like the dragon, and Li Qi needs the support of the people.

Moreover, the three-headed dragon appeared with Li Qi and has become his iconic image.

Therefore, although Li Qi did not want to make any big changes, his surname and first name remained unchanged, but the porcupine flag was still changed to the three-headed dragon flag.

And it will be regarded as a symbol of Lurea, and it will be inserted into every corner of the continent.

Akke pursed his lips and smiled.

"Come" Li Qi waved and asked Akke to come over: "But this place needs to be changed. Try to make the three-headed dragons the same size. Although we all know that Habakak is small, it doesn't look good."

"Yeah!" Akke listened obediently beside Li Qi and nodded carefully.

When there were subsequent arrangements from palace officials, Akke stood directly next to Li Qi, looked at his profile, and listened to his review one by one.

Then her face turned red as she stared at it, and she remembered what Lisu Mama said at that time.

"...Well, Bear Castle should also be renamed. Let's call it Dragon Castle."

Li Qi has no special feelings for dragons.

But as a symbol of his power, he must make everyone feel affection for the dragon.

When I think of dragons and power, I think of Reacher Clarence.

"Akeke!"

"Yes!" Akeke came to his senses immediately.

"Take him down. You should know how to arrange chefs. We will spend more time living in the royal city in the future, so we cannot fall behind in chef training. Then we will arrange for someone to go to Porcupine to pick up a group of experienced chefs."

"Yes!"

After she finished answering, she suddenly realized.

She was just a beekeeping maid, but now the work she was doing seemed to be a bit beyond her scope.

"Don't worry," Li Qi comforted, "I have arranged for others to come over, but the work they are doing has not been finished yet. They don't have enough time. They will have to wait for a while, and Stacy and the others don't have time to do it either. You have followed me the longest, and I trust you the most.”

"Yes!" Ake nodded happily.

The way the affairs of the royal city are handled has still not been completely reversed. The most obvious manifestation is that as the emperor, Li Qi still has to intervene in all matters, big and small.

This is a very common thing in other territories, but it is completely redundant here. A big city with a population of millions can kill him.

Even if it is just the needs of the nobles, it is enough to torture people.

Someone came in again.

Wearing an "iron lump" of super-heavy armor, he squirmed in.

The iron boots hit the ground with a loud bang.

The hussars on guard stood straight, knowing that adults were coming!
That hill-like figure is none other than Lacey Sith.

As an extraordinary person whose extraordinary power is to "lose weight", Lacey's combat effectiveness has not improved significantly. Many of the soldiers who have trained under him have become extraordinary people, and their strength is also above his.

The glory of being a knight was too much for him to accept.

So after many applications, Lacey successfully got Li Qi's nod and obtained this set of super-scale rune armor that no one else could equip except him!
It weighs up to 2000 pounds and will create a crater when placed on the ground.

The characteristics of this armor are that it is strong, heavy, has high defense, and is equipped with multiple artillery. It is a true war machine.

There are even runes on the back and tail vertebrae, which can be propelled by flames to achieve ultra-short forward ejection.

"Laixi" Li Qi looked at the "Krypton" warrior and felt helpless: "If you keep it serious, I really won't be able to take you to Pan Bo's expedition."

"Your Majesty!" Lacey said quickly: "The battlefield is the destination of knights!"

He has been with Li Qi for so many years, and has gained fame and fortune, and is famous for being responsible for the training of soldiers on Monkey Island.

But what Lacey wants most is to fight and roar to his heart's content on the battlefield, otherwise there is no need for him to spend all his savings in recent years.

Although he was an internal high-level official, Lacey did not have the opportunity to get in touch with the real core information. The real big event was basically Li Qi's family meeting to discuss it with his women.

Before that, Lacey only knew that Li Qi was resisting the orc invasion. It was not until he listened to Li Qi's speech today that he knew that Li Qi intended to expedition to Pan Bo, so he rushed over as soon as possible.

But he didn't expect that he just gritted his teeth and wanted to persuade Li Qi to agree to it, but he didn't expect that Li Qi had already seen through his intentions at a glance.

(End of this chapter)