Lord of Rot

You don't have to use the gun, but you can't live without it.

Li Qi didn't mind assuming the worst about human beings. His stepmother could kill him for the title, and he could send her to the feet of the Iron Ox to avoid exposing her golden fingers.

Wherever there are people there are bound to be fights.

Peace is only temporary.

War would come again, and he hoped that when the Porcupine Territory was forced into the battle, the enemy would regret their rampage and let everyone on the road know that porcupines are covered in thorns.

It's especially important to sharpen your spines.

Magical gunpowder is the thorn.

Dead bodies and wights are thorns.

Soldiers and knights are also thorns.

Even the civilians' sense of belonging to the porcupine collar is a hard thorn.

The development of the nobles on the Lurea continent can be seen from their father Lild. They talk about glory, but in fact they just plunder, colonize, and kill.

This kind of development also destined that there would be no long-term peace at all.

Ordinary people must have war if they want to move forward. Small nobles feel that the uneven distribution of resources also requires war to create opportunities.

It cannot be solved by saying "I love peace".

The biggest difference between Li Qi and the people on this continent is not the kindness that the villagers say. In fact, he is not kind at all. He has magic gunpowder firmly in his hands, and he can imprison a mercenary he has never met. Someone wanted to steal his secret recipe for making money and killed him directly.

The difference between him and the nobles of this world lies in their different development concepts.

On Earth, his country did not need colonization and plunder, and even though it had been plundered for hundreds of years, it could still rise rapidly within a few decades.

He knows a path that can truly flourish. Even if he may not see the peak of development in his lifetime, it is enough to learn one or two of them...

The progress of the exchange in the Cape Crypt this time was beyond Li Qi's imagination.

Betty's changes were completely different from before, and even Li Qi could feel that she was very fond of him.

Do imprisoned people develop a twisted affinity for their abusers?

Moreover, Betty's spirit seemed to have become very excited. From the fact that he occasionally looked into the headland crypt and found explosions happening from time to time, we knew what her state was like.

"It seems that we are going to buy related alchemy materials on a large scale."

Was it gunpowder that exploded?

That's gold!

"Damn alchemy" is all done by this group of scholars, causing the price of raw materials to rise sharply.

If this continues, thermal weapons can only be used as surprise weapons and cannot be promoted and used.

Noon, lunch.

A piece of bread exuding a sweet aroma was delivered to Li Qi.

"Honey bread?"

Honey bread is not the first creation of Mr. Barrel, but it is a delicacy that only nobles and wealthy businessmen can eat.

Li Qi took a bite of bread and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Sure enough, consuming sugar can make you happy and make you feel better."

His anxiety about spending money on buying alchemy materials in large quantities was relieved at this time.

The beekeeping village began to collect honey normally. As long as the honey is kept well, it will not deteriorate in a short period of time and can support long-distance transportation.

"It's not enough to just sell honey. Maybe we can consider opening a food factory."

Many fruits are too sour and taste bad, so they need to be pickled with honey or sugar.

There are also many fruits that are preserved with honey due to transportation distance and preservation issues.

The price of this fruit is also very high.

It wasn't Li Qi's sudden idea, but the price of a bucket of honey was not as high as the price of a bucket of honey-pickled peaches. Everything was done to make more money.

Correspondingly, honey sells better than honey-soaked fruits.

"Canned goods, canned goods...forget it, it's too long ago."

With Porcupine Collar's current level of technology, it is simply impossible to make airtight cans.

He is like this every day. He has many ideas in his mind, but due to issues such as knowledge reserves, talents, raw materials, or funding, he cannot realize them.

Some are too difficult to achieve and will be thrown directly into the back of his mind.

Some will be written down and reproduced when the opportunity arises.

It is approaching May, and the sun is very bright at noon.

Li Qi found the mason and expressed his thoughts simply.

He needs an ice cellar to store ice.

The mason was confused, it's almost summer, sir, what's the point of digging an ice cellar now?

However, they did not dare to disobey the lord's order. They obediently entered the underground of the castle, selected an address inside, and then excavated.

The underground space of the castle is very large, with secret rooms, hidden warehouses, and dungeons.

As the center of a territory, the castle is not as simple as the lord's home, but a building with highly concentrated functions.

It combines many functions such as military, politics, residence and so on.

As a fortress, the castle has walls to defend against attacks, as well as arrow towers and battlements.

For example, the castle in the headland crypt even has a moat, although the moat has dried up and turned into a mud ditch.

Some castles even have drawbridges, barbicans, etc.

Porcupine collar is relatively poor, but it still has basic functions, and there are soldiers patrolling the city walls every day.

After the Kuai Blade and other soldiers return, all functions are turned on.

Li Qi looked at the construction in the territory and was quite satisfied with their workmanship.

The digging speed is very fast, after all, there are so many people.

After looking at it for a while, he turned around. Now that the construction team was here, he was going to renovate the dungeon.

The existence of the dungeon is very necessary. In the future, maybe a countess, princess, or baron's daughter will be locked up. We can't let people catch them without having relevant buildings.

"There are no whips, pepper water, or candles and steel balls."

Li Qi turned around.

The mason who was taking notes next to him was sweating coldly. What was the lord saying? Why did he still smile when it sounded terrible?

He could only force himself to forget this scene, the lord was merciful! Be merciful!

At the same time, he had begun to reflect in his mind on whether he had done anything recently to displease the lord.

By the way, the apprenticeship question! It seems that it is not enough to make the lord unhappy.

Li Qi said: "I asked the kitchen to prepare seafood soup for you."

If you sweat a lot while doing physical work, you should add salt.

"Thank you, sir. Your kindness and generosity are as bright as the sun in the sky."

Li Qi looked at the mason and couldn't figure out why he suddenly flattered him. Has anyone in the porcupine collar never had seafood soup? No way.

The soup was still warm when it arrived.

"You guys can eat and don't worry about me." Li Qi waved his hand. He had no intention of being a supervisor.

Unexpectedly, a mason took out a cloth bag, made a hole with the excavated mud, put the bag inside, poured water on it, and then put the pot of seafood soup on top.

After a while, the seafood soup bubbled and became hot again.

Self-heating!

Li Qi was surprised: "Who came up with the method?"

"It's the little lame leg," said a mason. "Because we often can't get hot food when we are busy, the little lame leg made this thing."

"Well done." Li Qi nodded with satisfaction.

Self-heating without open flame, watering can be used.

Although it doesn’t look very mature yet, it’s very exciting!

Li Qi had to admit that he had underestimated the people in this world. If he gave them a general direction, they would bring him constant surprises!

The little lame boy is really talented in the study of lime.