Lord of Rot

Chapter 273 The artillery is coming

Denis worked very efficiently. When Li Qi and Hawkwood were invited to have dinner at Denis' home that night, his little apprentice brought back the news.

There are 2000 pounds of corn in total, four pounds per bronze star, which is cheaper than the two pounds per bronze star Li Qi mentioned before.

The corn will be loaded onto the Iron Valley tomorrow morning.

During the dinner, Hawkwood held a wine glass in his hand and praised Li Qi for his wonderful performance in the knight's competition today.

Especially when he heard that young knights with a certain reputation were defeated by his horse, Denis was in a trance and saw that wonderful battle before.

Li Qi listened to Hawkwood's story with a smile. He was also curious about what a supernatural battle looked like in the eyes of ordinary people.

Probably due to the difference in life levels, in Hawkwood's words, Li Qi always decides the winner in an instant.

Early the next morning.

After loading the corn onto the ship, Reacher and Hawkwood stood on the deck and waved to Denis who came to see him off.

Set off...

Life at sea is quite boring, the scenery is the same every day, and Qie Lang's sailing skills are similar to those of Old Pili, sailing along the coast.

Fortunately, there weren't too many pirates in the East Gorge area, so the road was calm.

The advantage of sailing along the coast is probably that you can see Porcupine Castle in the distance, so as not to lose your direction.

This situation was even less likely to happen with Li Qi on the ship. After the range of his spiritual power touched the porcupine collar, Li Qi got in touch with the Water Fairy.

Her return means that Trevor, the four-hand mercenary who went to the High Demon Land Island, is also back.

Finally, after entering Pigtail Bay, they saw the Porcupine.

The construction of the pier has not yet been completed, and the only way to return to the shore is by boat.

From afar, I saw a group of soldiers lined up, raising their muskets.

As soon as Li Qi came ashore, carrying a musket, Kuai Ren, who came with a fully armed team, shouted: "Everyone put down the muskets!"

The musket was put away.

Quickblade asked, "My lord! How did you come back from the sea?"

"I bought a boat when I went to Donggang City." Li Qi pointed behind him.

After Kuaibian saw Hawkwood, he said hello again.

Today's events made Li Qi understand something. The watchtower must be built quickly. After all, the porcupine has taken possession of the dock, which also provides an additional entrance for the enemy.

Things on the ship, as well as the placement of Lang and others, can be directly handed over to Grant, who then instructs the clever apprentices in the city hall to do it. The operation that Li Qi expected has begun to take shape.

He thought to himself: "It's like a telescope. It's best to find someone to research and make one. Otherwise, it will be difficult to distinguish between friends and foes, and there will always be trouble."

It was getting late and it was obviously not convenient to travel, so Hawkwood stayed in Porcupine Castle.

Regardless of taking a detour by boat and walking and resting like this, it actually saves a lot of time than going directly from Donggang City to Sanchahe Fort, and you can rest better on the way.

The dinner consisted of grilled fish, lemon cake, fried pork ribs, stewed meat and a fragrant soup sprinkled with sea sausage powder.

It can be said that the food in Donggang City is not to Li Qi's taste at all.

Too much oil.

Maybe it's because of the winter, or maybe it's because of the taste. They all like the greasy feeling when the oil pops up in their mouths after taking a bite of meat.

Li Qi thought he was good at eating fat, but he couldn't accept that feeling at all.

Really delicious fatty meat should be steamed, fried, or stewed, fat but not greasy, otherwise it will make people sick.

Although the menu at the dinner seemed to be single, the portions were extremely large, and Li Qi was able to put aside the issue of inappropriate taste and eat with all his heart.

"Boom!" Hawkwood leaned on the table.

Li Qi looked at the laughing Kuai Blade and sighed helplessly.

He can understand Kuai Ren's happiness, which is not to be proud of drinking down the guests, but to be able to drink freely after the guests come, without being restricted by Li Qi.

"Let's drink here today." Li Qi said.

Quick Blade burped: "It's a burp, sir!"

"Come here, send Lord Hawkwood to the room, and..." He said to the two male servants who ran over: "Prepare water and buckets, and take good care of Lord."

"Yes!" The two male servants nodded and struggled to pick up Hawkwood, who was as drunk as a dead pig.

Li Qi didn't leave for too long this time, and nothing major happened in the Porcupine Territory. However, Li Qi still told Grant and others that slaves might come after a while.

He also told the drunk Kuai Jian to train his troops well in the next period of time, as they would have a battle soon.

Since he was picking peaches anyway, Li Qi was not in a hurry to go to Iron Valley.

Judging by the time, Baron Rose of the Iron Territory should not have returned to his territory yet. When he finishes reorganizing his army and heads to the Iron Valley, it will probably be mid-February. The actual war will probably start in March. I don’t know when the war will be completed. Yes, but he will write to Mrs. Jie Lin and ask her to help keep an eye on the news.

Li Qi wanted to wait until the last moment to appear, then shamelessly enter the Iron Wall Castle and declare himself the baron of the new territory.

Had a good sleep in bed.

The next day, after Li Qi freshened up and before having breakfast, he found the mercenary Trevor.

The four arms swayed as he walked.

Trevor bent down: "Sir! The island has been cleaned up!"

"Well done." Li Qi nodded: "How big is the island?"

"About 5000 acres"

"so small?"

As an analogy, Porcupine Castle covers an area of ​​about 500 acres, which is average. From Red Rose's perspective, it looks like a small and broken abandoned castle. The neighbor's Iron Stone Castle is larger than Porcupine Castle.

The land is not big, so there is even less space that can be used. However, it is a high-magic land after all. As long as the things grown are of high quality, it is still very valuable.

But large-scale reclamation, such as trying to grow magic wheat with special effects, is unlikely.

"A giant crab nest was found on the island," Trevor said. "Those giant crabs are hidden under the rocks. It is difficult for me to catch them. I am no match for them in the water."

"Where's the moth?"

"The cave before was probably the moth's nest."

"besides?"

"Gone."

"Okay" Li Qi nodded: "You go down first."

He not only wants to deal with the giant crabs, but also wants to keep them in captivity.

"Maybe the water fairy can help me with this."

There should be no problem if the water fairy takes action in the battle in the water.

Hawkwood didn't get up until about three o'clock in the morning when he was dizzy.

"Good day, Lord Li Qi."

"Good day, Lord Hawkwood." Li Qi smiled and said, "It seems that you are not suitable for traveling today."

Hawkwood smiled bitterly: "Sir Swift Blade is really a drinker."

He persuaded him to drink one glass after another without giving himself a chance to refuse. If he were in other places, Hawkwood would really not pay attention to the sharp blade.

But this was Porcupine Collar, and he was a guest.

As a guest, you have your own rules, and the nobles are proud to drink, but they didn't expect to be drunk by the other party until they fainted and lost consciousness.

"Eat something," Li Qi said, "We can set off again tomorrow."

Hawkwood nodded, that was all he could do.

When Hawkwood went back to bed and lay down to rest, Li Qi began to patrol as usual.

Look at the rocket, Lulu Cat, textile factory, winery, blacksmith factory, soap, carpenter workshop, Betty's alchemy workshop, etc., he has a lot to be busy with.

When Li Qi rushed to Betty's alchemy workshop, he found Zina wearing an apron and forging iron.

"Zui Na, what is this?" Li Qi asked.

"Sir Betty said, it seems to be called...cannon barrel?" The hammer in Zhui Na's hand was red, which had her extraordinary power attached to it.

"She said it had to be strong enough, and I've been hammering it for a long time."

"Cannon barrel?" Li Qi was surprised. He just mentioned it to Betty, but he didn't expect that this would happen soon?