Lord of Rot

Chapter 287 Because of the Resurrection of the Dead (Page 12)

It was dark, and the smell of blood and madness during the day had been blown away by the wind.

Li Qi sat in the simply cleaned conference hall.

Compared with the oppressive hall, the meeting hall of Iron Wall Castle was very ordinary, with only a simple long solid wood table and four chairs.

The candle was lit, and the flame pulled Li Qi's figure swaying on the wall.

Li Qi secretly said: "Even at its peak, Iron Valley only had four managers at most, and this place was hardly used."

His most profound memory of Lord Iron Valley was when he read in a book that more than ten years ago a Lord of Iron Valley liked to fly, and he wanted to make a ship that could fly into the sky.

Then he fell to his death on the cliff against the east wall of the Iron Wall Castle.

"The lord only cares about enjoying himself. It's strange that the territory can develop."

The feudal management of the nobles was layered on top of each other. The former lord of Iron Wall Castle only managed Iron Wall Castle. The development of the other three villages was completely controlled by the feudal nobles. He only needed to collect taxes.

This is also the style of most lords. Like Li Qi, he is probably the only lord in the world who is in charge of everyone's food, drink, and toilet work in the entire territory.

At this moment, the ghoul Aina and the necromancer Ayame stood behind him on both sides. It was safest for the two ghouls to follow him.

At the door of the meeting hall, the housekeeper Lidun stood up straight: "Sir, all the adults are here."

"Let them in"

Li Qi held the first Iron Wall Fort meeting.

As for the soldiers' victory celebration, let's leave it for now.

After Lacey, Kuaishou, and the fat steward Hay Cao entered the door, the steward Lidden closed the door.

A castle is absolutely indispensable without a butler, and Li Qi understands this very well.

"Have a seat?" Li Qi pointed to the three chairs in front and said, "Have you had dinner?"

"I've eaten, sir!" Hayate nodded quickly.

Then he realized that the two noble knights in armor had not spoken yet, so he quickly shut up.

Lacey and Kuai Ren nodded at this time.

"You may not be able to have a good rest tonight. There are too many things on our shoulders, so we must eat enough."

Everyone, including the Baron, had to be prepared to stay up late.

Li Qi turned to look at Kuaibian first: "I need to know the casualties of the siege."

"54 people were captured, 30 died in battle, and 16 died of serious injuries. None of us died." Kuai Jian said: "However, two soldiers were scratched by crossbows and several bones were broken. It will be difficult to recover in the future." Take the sword."

Hay on the side swallowed his saliva. He knew that among the 30 killed in the battle, the new lord in front of him killed at least 25, and the 16 serious injuries were probably related to him.

For by the time those in shining armor scaled the walls, the Iron Wall militiamen had already dropped their weapons and surrendered.

"Treat first." Li Qi said: "Ask their opinions. If they want to return to the Porcupine Territory after they recover, I will let people arrange their leisure errands. If they want to stay in Iron Wall Castle, it is better. The development here is rapid. Shortage of people.”

On the one hand, I want to go back to retire and live a leisurely life; on the other hand, I want to become a manager here and have better development, but it will be much harder.

Kuai Jian nodded. The first thing the lord did was to ask about the casualties, which made his heavy heart feel better. Li Qi was always the kind lord.

Li Qi added: "Let them rest assured about the subsidies. Once the Iron Wall Fort is stabilized, it will all be given to them."

"Yes!"

"Let the prisoners be locked up first."

In fact, Li Qi also had some headaches, because it was difficult for his savings to support the development of the two territories.

The porcupine collar can complete a simple economic cycle and achieve stability and improvement.

However, Tiegu is in complete ruins at a glance and requires a huge investment. Moreover, this place has become his territory, and he cannot really let it go.

Moreover, Iron Valley is adjacent to the water stream, and to the south is the Monkey Territory and Burning City.

It might be a headache to be replaced by someone else as the lord, and you will be squeezed out of the living space, but Shuijian Land is 'one of your own'.

It seems inevitable to draw blood from porcupine collars to subsidize Iron Valley.

He put this issue aside for the time being and focused on solving the problem at hand.

Li Qi looked at the fat steward Hay Cao: "How's the census going?"

"Yes!" Hayao sat up straight with his belly on the table.

He shrank his stomach and then said: "There are 1012 households in the Iron Wall Fortress, with a total of 3035 residents, including 1020 males and 2015 females."

Li Qi looked at Hay Cao with some surprise. If this wasn't the data he randomly made up, it meant that this person was extremely capable at work.

It took half an afternoon to sort out the data and information of more than 3,000 people, and the data was very detailed.

The time limit given by Li Qi was to submit detailed statistics before tomorrow afternoon. Tonight, he only needed head count.

Li Qi said: "I'm curious how you completed the census in a short time."

Hay immediately said, "I had them line up and I asked each one and recorded it."

There is no way to complete the statistics, unless this group of people have undergone rigorous training, fully understand how to cooperate, and everyone can write.

Even if the information is placed right in front of you and let Hay Cao sort it out, it may not be possible to complete it in half an afternoon.

"I didn't do this alone," Hayicao explained: "I found the leaders of Iron Wall Castle and asked them to divide the residents into two groups. Of course, there were also your powerful warriors to help. Those people After knowing that they will be separated, they will automatically look for their friends and relatives, and when they don’t know what is going to happen, they will spontaneously gather together, just like sheep.”

"The next statistics will save a lot of effort." Hayao stood up and sent a stack of paper to Li Qi: "I only recorded one name for each household."

"Well done." Li Qi glanced casually.

The population is calculated according to households. If there are no relatives or relatives, they are treated as a separate household.

We haven't seen much of Hay's managerial abilities, but he has a lot of understanding of human nature.

When something scary and unknown happens, people will spontaneously find companions and family members to avoid shouting and disobedience.

Only the head of each household is named.

The headcount count is a little inaccurate, because there may be some lone people who have not found their relatives, or there may be repeated roll calls, but the total number of people should be around 3,000, which should be fine.

The population of 3,000 is the labor force.

Li Qi looked at Lacey again.

Lacey Sis began to report on the progress of his work: "The craftsmen have been selected, and there are 53 people."

Li Qi said: "Yes, let them repair the armor first."

"I've got someone to do it," Lacey said.

Nodding, Li Qi looked at Kuai Ren: "How is the prisoner interrogation going?"

"They said they were not just loyal to the Black King," Quick Blade said, "but also to prevent any outsiders from entering."

Li Qi frowned: "What do you mean? Where is the Black King? Didn't the Black King send them to guard the castle?"

"Sir," the fat steward raised his hand. Seeing the three people's eyes all looking at him, he swallowed dryly and said, "I think I know why."