Lord of Rot

With the first transaction fee in hand, Li Qi had already arranged for people to go shopping in the town.

He needs to buy some livestock and build a small pasture in Porcupine Territory. He wants to raise more chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and pigs to improve his life. In addition, there are slaves. Porcupine collars need people. The slave trade has never stopped. But the slaves bought last time were children and women. They are the least valuable in the slave market. If you want strong slaves, the price I'm afraid it will double several times, or even nearly ten times.

There is also iron, the replacement of farm tools must be accelerated.

Food still needs to be purchased. At present, it seems that it is not the Porcupine Territory that supports him as the lord, but him making money to feed the entire Porcupine Territory first.

Then there’s talent.

Li Qi went to the tavern in Iron Stone Castle. If he wanted to find some capable people, he had to go to the place with the most information.

When I opened the door, the strong smell of alcohol hit my face, and the quarrels and noise were overwhelming.

People huddled together, bragging about people they knew or didn't know.

The arrival of Li Qi, whose clothes obviously didn't match the place here, made the tavern quiet for a moment, but then everyone acted like nothing happened. You talk about yours and I talk about mine.

"I guess the poop on those golden horses is made of gold. They have to hire someone to pick up the poop behind the carriage hahahahaha"

"You must not have seen that sword, the one from Old Toe. It's made of silver steel. It's said to be very deadly to some evil things. Last time I wanted to pull it out and see, he actually gave me a silver moon. Damn it, Is that silver steel sword his wife's breast? I would rather throw that silver moon into the brothel."

"Dongxia and Giant's Foot are going to fight again? Didn't they just stop for a while?" "I heard that it was because a woman from the Jinjianjian family died there and her stomach was brutally cut open. It seemed that she had an affair with a male servant?"

"Going northwest, there is a scaly monster in the swamp near Pig Head Mountain, which is very similar to a salamander. They attacked the caravan and pulled the goods and people into the swamp. Only one was left because of urine. The lucky boy who was rushing to release water behind the tree saved his life." "Shh, that guy is just drinking here."

Li Qi's ears were filled with all kinds of messy news, some heard from hearsay, and some made up after drinking too much.

There are also things he experienced personally on site.

"The Iron Ox Hoof Knight kicked another one to death at the Simon family's dance last night."

"How did you know?"

"Nonsense, my cousin's husband's brother works as a cook in the castle. He saw with his own eyes that the Iron Oxhoof Knight was killed. The body has been buried in the cemetery. The biggest grave is!"

"A glass of malt liquor." Li Qi stopped in front of the counter and placed a silver moon on the table. He wanted to put a bronze star more, but there was only a silver moon in his pocket.

The tavern owner drank a large glass of ale, which was enough to fill his stomach completely.

Just when the tavern owner wanted to collect the money, Li Qi pressed his finger on Yinyue: "This glass of wine is not worth a penny."

"What do you want to ask?" the tavern owner asked. "A guest like you must want to know something."

"I want to find some capable people to help me work, to help a noble lord."

"This is the first time I have seen a noble lord come to the tavern to find someone," the tavern owner said, but when he saw Li Qi loosen his fingers pressing on Yin Yue, he quickly grabbed the money into his palm and said, "There are three religions and nine schools here, who are these people?" There are all of them. If you want to find someone who can kill, just a few mercenaries with wolf head badges. There are more than a dozen of them. They often do some dirty work, but sometimes they don't follow the rules, so you have to be careful when using them. "

"I don't need mercenaries." Li Qi shook his head. The mercenaries had no integrity at all, and their combat effectiveness may not be as good as his dead body.

"'Widow' Gulen, he used to work under a certain lord, but because he had sex with the lord's 50-year-old widow mother, he had his legs broken and was kicked out."

Li Qi turned to look at the down-and-out lame man who was drinking in the corner. Is he an old man? This is nothing among the nobles, as long as both parties are willing to do so, then he turned to look at the tavern owner: "What else?"

"'Lucky Boy' Joe, the son of a businessman, when passing through Pig Head Mountain a few days ago, the convoy was attacked by monsters in the swamp. He was the only one to survive. He is very confused now."

A manager and a caravan merchant are all talents he urgently needs.

No matter what type of talent he lacks.

The tavern owner said: "Maybe you are looking for some noble sons who can do certain jobs, but you can only find losers in the tavern."

He filled the bottle for Li Qi and said: "The only success they have is that they can use a story to trick someone into drinking a glass of wine."

But the sons of nobles are not willing to serve for themselves, and the Porcupine collar is now mainly about cost-effectiveness.

Li Qi picked up the wine and walked towards the "lucky boy" Joe first. The other person looked up at him, then lowered his head.

"I heard your story," Li Qi said, "I won't sympathize with you, nor will I laugh at you."

Joe still lowered his head.

"I am a lord." Li Qi took a sip of wine and said relaxedly: "The kind with a fiefdom. Do you want to take revenge by killing those monsters in the swamp?"

Joe looked up at him with a twinkle in his eye.

"I am short of talented people under my command now. If you can serve me, I promise to help you destroy those swamp monsters."

"Are you serious?" He opened his eyes wide, and Li Qi saw clearly that his half-drooped eyelids covered the red bloodshot eyes. He must have been tortured by the massacre for a long time.

Li Qi pointed to the family crest on his chest: "I promise you with the honor of the nobility."

It is not difficult to take down a young man who is full of hatred and confused about his future, provided that he does not know how poor the Porcupine Collar is.

After chatting with the other party, Li Qi gave him some silver moons and asked him to pack them up and go to the porcupine collar.

If the other party donates money and runs away, then run away. He is really in need of people.

Then Li Qi walked towards 'Widow' Gulen.

"I know you are eager for talents, Baron Porcupine." Grant glanced at Li Qi's family crest and said: "The Porcupine Collar is shabby and barren. I am not like the boy just now. I can be easily persuaded. If he sees the Porcupine Collar after , maybe he will turn around and run away."

"That's why I let him go to the Porcupine Collar by himself," Reach said. "I gave him a chance to regret it."

But there is a great chance that Joe will not go back on his word, because apart from contacting himself, Joe will never be able to find a second lord who is willing to help him take revenge.

Grant took a sip of wine: "I can't restrain my love for the elderly. Maybe it's because I was raised by my grandma."

"Well, I can understand," Li Qi said hesitantly.

Grant looked at him in surprise: "Could it be that you also like..."

"No! My orientation is normal!" Li Qi said quickly: "But I respect and bless every true love born from the depths of my heart. Love is sacred."

Grant smiled and raised his glass: "Honor the sacred love."

"Sacred Love"

But after paying tribute to love, Grant lowered his head and drank again.

What a waste of words and drinks, not as easy to fool as Joe.