Lord of Rot

Chapter 234 Check the third generation

After returning to the castle, the soldiers dispersed to rest.

Li Qi refused the hot bath arranged by the housekeeper to relax, and directly called Kuai Ren and Grant.

"What's the effect of the Honor Knight's implementation?" Li Qi looked at Grant.

Grant bent down and said: "The effect is very good, sir! People have begun to learn from honorary knights and have aspired to become honorary knights. In recent days, there have been fewer disputes, but thefts are still happening."

Theft exists in every era and can never be eradicated.

In different territories, the punishment for theft is different. Some territories will choose to demote thieves into slaves and lose their freedom forever.

Some chop off the hands of thieves.

Of course, some of them are just beaten, held for a few days and then released. If they can pay a ransom, they can be released earlier.

At present, the porcupine collar adopts the mildest method, which is to beat it and lock it up for a few days.

It seems that the effect is not very good.

There are thousands of reasons for stealing, but Li Qi never thought that the territory would be full of obedient animals. They would do whatever they were told, and they would never do anything they were not allowed to do. That was impossible.

Human nature is destined to be irresistible even if we know there is danger.

"Remember those who are caught stealing, those who steal frequently, refuse to correct after repeated admonitions, or are in very bad situations, and throw them to Ake to be slaves," Li Qi said.

"Yes"

The punishment should not be too severe, otherwise some people who originally only wanted to steal some money may choose to kill to protect themselves after being discovered.

"Since honorary knights have a role, then... the selection rules for honorary knights must also be formulated more carefully." Li Qi said: "One thing that must be ensured is fairness, especially the investigation of life background and previous behavior. Parents can be added. If there is serious bad behavior, it will affect the selection of your child's honorary knight."

No matter where in the world parents are more willing to restrain themselves for the sake of their children.

In order to make some restrictions and make people more "conscious", Li Qi planned to simply implement the "Three Generations Investigation" as a sample.

The premise for doing all this is that the selection must be fair and impartial. Only fairness can be authoritative.

The current population of the Porcupine Territory is small, which is good, but if there are more people, it will be difficult to deal with if there are loopholes in the rules.

Quick Blade on the side was a little puzzled, not knowing what these things had to do with him.

He was just thinking about going to the tavern to have a few drinks when the lord called him directly to the castle.

Li Qi looked at Kuai Jian: "You need to collect the information of the two soldiers who died in this battle, and then hand it over to Grant. Then, according to their circumstances, there are families and children who need to compensate the families and children."

"No!" Quick Blade said without thinking: "Sickle and Jeff are both good young men without parents. They have no relatives in the Porcupine Territory."

Being used to seeing death and killing with sharp blades, it was inevitable that he would be a little excited.

These soldiers trained with him every day, drank wine, shed blood and sweat, and never backed down on the battlefield. Everyone was full of expectations for a better tomorrow for Hao Ren.

But when war comes, death cannot be avoided.

"No, everyone in the Porcupine Territory is their relative."

Li Qi looked at Gu Lan: "I want to build a square in Maitian Village to commemorate the dead soldiers."

"Sacrifice? Square?" Grant didn't understand what it meant to pay homage to a soldier.

People will be buried after death, and people believe that after death, people will go to the Kingdom of the Four Gods to obtain eternal peace and happiness.

Moreover, the Lurea continent has never had the concept of "sacrifice", and most of them will choose to entrust all their emotions to the gods.

"Forget it, go find the person in charge of the mason construction team, and I'll chat with him slowly."

……

Philip and the knights and others traveled day and night, and finally returned to Donggang City. After dismissing the team, they headed to Roaring Castle without stopping.

After reporting to the castle guards, they were not summoned, but waited in the courtyard of the outer castle.

But after a long time, no news came.

Everyone was tired from traveling, and it was inevitable that they would feel a little dissatisfied.

It was already dark, but they did not dare to leave and just stood in the yard.

"Sir Philip?" A surprised voice came from the side.

Philip turned his head and smiled: "Good night, Sydow."

"Good night" Siddur Seawater came over and nodded to several other people nearby.

Although Xi Duo is one of the few illegitimate children recognized by the Grand Duke, and the only illegitimate child who is reused among them, illegitimate children have no status.Not aristocrats either.

"Are you here...?" Sidhu Haihai paused and said, "You want to see Pine, right?"

Philip has always felt that Siddhartha was very smart, and he could often guess the other person's appearance just by looking at him.

"Yes" Phillip nodded.

Jochen spoke more directly: "We have been waiting for a long time, and Lord Pine has not received us yet."

Xiduo said: "I can help you find Paine, but you don't want to ask for too much money, maybe he is very busy now."

"Thank you very much for your help," Philip said.

"Please wait."

Sidhut turned around and walked towards the inner castle. He did not walk towards the study at all, nor towards the meeting hall. Instead, he turned around and walked directly towards Pine's room.

Will Pine be busy? That's strange!

There is only one reason why Pine can't stand up to others!

At the door of Pine's room stood a footman.

"Is Paine in there?" Siddall asked.

"Yes" the valet nodded.

"Did you tell him Sir Philip they were waiting outside?"

"I told you." The servant lowered his head: "But my lord, he asked me to wait."

Sidhut walked to the door of the room and put his ear against the door to listen.

There was the sound of clapping wet hands.

"Okay, leave the next thing to me." Xiduo said and pushed the door open directly.

The manservant was startled and wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it he covered his mouth and hid aside.

Pretending that he was not there, let Siddur bear the wrath of Pine alone.

"Who!" The man who was working hard on the bed was startled when he heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and turned his head sharply.

Payne, who was sweating profusely, smiled when he saw that the person walking was his younger brother. : "It's you, Xi Duo, what's the matter?"

As he spoke, he did not forget his other job.

Xiduo Haiwei's expression was calm, as if he hadn't seen anything: "Philip and the others are waiting for you outside."

"Oh, right." Pine seemed to have just remembered this and asked, "Have they resolved the matter?"

"What did you ask them to do?" Sidhuo asked.

"Agnes, who was married to Three Fork River Fort, was kidnapped by a group of black cavalry of unknown origin. I asked Philip and the others to take the recruitment order to recruit troops from the nobles of the East Gorge to rescue them."

"Conscription order? We are not fighting now." Sidhuo was surprised.

"The family soldiers don't listen to me. Are we, the Leopolds, kidnapped?" Pine was very unhappy. He stopped, turned around and put on his clothes and said, "My father is seriously ill now." , I am the heir to Roaring Castle, and I have the right to order them to do anything in order to preserve the family’s reputation.”

"But it does not include ordering the barons to send troops for you because of a kidnapping incident. This will make them think that Roaring Fort cannot solve even a small problem."

Siddur could almost imagine how arrogant Pine would sound when he was trying to get people to send troops. It was strange that those people were willing to obey his orders.

But he still underestimated Pine, and he could write a conscription order.

But he is not a Grand Duke, so someone has to recognize the conscription order.

Only the die-hard Philip and the group of aristocratic second sons who are in desperate need of merit will listen.

Saving Agnes is my duty, but how to save it is a matter of ability. Obviously, Pine does not have the ability to be recognized by his subordinates. Only he himself thinks that the status of the Duke's heir is more important than anything else.

Well, it is indeed bigger than anything at the moment.

Pine got out of bed, walked up to Sidor and patted his shoulder, and said seriously: "You are not the future Duke, and you do not have a title. You cannot understand this responsibility, my brother; okay, I Now I’m going to meet Philip and the others, hoping they can bring me some good news.”

Pine opened the door and left.

"It should be good news, my brother." Siddur turned to look at the woman on the bed, nodded to her, and left with Pine. .