Lord of Rot

Chapter 290 Can it really be exchanged for food?

The body was left there.

Soon scavenging birds ate the carcasses.

Those birds were also controlled by the vines, and flowers grew in their eyes.

Fortunately, the soldiers on the castle reacted quickly and killed the vine birds in time. Otherwise, letting them fly into the iron-walled castle would have triggered a terrifying magical plague.

Li Qi could only add one more thing: all corpses must be cremated and burned, including the militiamen killed previously in the Iron Wall Fort.

After finishing his busy work, Li Qi finally had time to return to the inner castle to rest.

"Ellie?"

"Yes, sir!" Ai Li, who was cleaning with a broom, heard Li Qi's voice and immediately turned her head: "Do you want me to pour you a beer?"

She really doesn't know much about how to do a maid's job, but she is clever and easy to remember compared to other little maids.

Li Qi asked: "Do you know the church in Iron Valley?"

Ellie held the broom in one hand, turned around and said, "Church? You're talking about the monastery, right?"

The monastery is the residence of the ascetic monks of the church, but according to Li Qi's memory, the monastery plays a part in imprisoning the nobles under house arrest.

Li Qi nodded: "Probably so."

"The monastery is in Beech Village," Ellie said. "I went there once with my sister. It's a big place, but life is very hard."

“Beech Village”

Li Qi still remembered the map of Iron Valley he saw. Maoshanju Village was northeast of Iron Wall Castle and the farthest away from the castle.

The church seen in the Black King's memory should be the monastery.

After the corpse bird is raised, you can first fly to Mao Beech Village to see what it is like there.

Li Qi said: "Please bring me a glass of beer."

"Yes! Sir!" Aili caressed her chest and bent over.

"That's men's etiquette," Li Qi said helplessly, having a more intuitive understanding of the 'reckless' Ai Li in Lidun's words.

"If you want to know etiquette, you can go to Butler Liton. I think he will be happy to teach you."

Ellie hugged the broom and nodded quickly. She also knew that she had just made a stupid mistake: "It's my lord, I will ask Mr. Liton for advice!"

……

The old white-haired man grabbed the blunt-edged bastard sword with both hands and polished it, sparks flying out.

After a busy day, he repaired three swords and repaired two helmets. He had the largest workload among the blacksmiths.

The reason why he is so desperate is because he still has a young grandson to support.

If they don't work hard, the grandfather and grandson will starve to death in the Iron Wall Castle.

It was okay for those who came to Iron Wall Castle for the first half year, and the food was enough to support them. Who knew that there were more and more things outside.

And those things are very smart and know how to evade the army.

They are completely trapped here and dare not go out.

As for the castle's flag being changed to the porcupine flag, not many people cared. It didn't matter who the lord was. They just wanted to hide within the city walls and live well.

"Do you think the new lord can stop those things?"

"Even if we can't stop it, what are we afraid of if we still have a city wall?"

"The city wall may not be able to block it. If we are attacked in the future, the lord will definitely let us go to the battlefield!"

People were chatting while working, and everyone doubted whether the porcupine soldiers could hold the Iron Wall Fort, but after all, this team was stronger than the Black King's militia team, and their lives were much safer.

Only half of the sun's head was hidden on the west side of the city wall, and the sky was burning red, like a red blanket.

Today's work is over.

The craftsmen did not leave immediately, but waited for their paychecks.

"Here, let's get paid." The fat steward Hay Cao came over and said, "Old gray hair, 25 bronze stars in total!"

Such a heavy workload would have taken three silver months at least to do it outside, but the old white-haired man was very content.

With this money, I can buy a lot of food to feed my grandson.

Today is different from the past. In the past, buying a piece of black bread for 1 bronze star could make people full, but now a piece of black bread costs 5 bronze stars!

Having food is better than having money, and no one is starving to death yet. Otherwise, without the army coming in, the people in the Iron Wall Fortress will go crazy and kill each other first.

Individuals lined up to receive money, and soldiers in shining silver armor stood by, making them the first people to know how to queue.

"Ah, by the way," the fat steward seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "The lord knows that everyone is running out of food, so he plans to open a store to sell food."

"Selling food?" Old Baifa was shocked.

Food is always cheaper than bread, and life lasts longer.

The fat steward chuckled and said, "Everyone knows that food prices are not cheap. In the past, you could buy a pound of coarsely ground flour for a few copper stars, but now it costs more than ten copper stars, not to mention meat and beer."

"And meat and wine?" The blacksmiths were completely shocked. The new lord was actually willing to take out all these good things?

"Listen to me," the fat steward scratched his belly and said, "Don't think these things are easy to buy. They are limited every day. You are lucky because you helped the lord repair his armor, and he asked me to give you some benefits! I There are some food stamps here, a pound of oats costs 4 bronze stars, a pound of finely ground wheat flour costs 15 bronze stars, and a pound of meat costs 15 bronze stars."

This means that 4 bronze stars can buy a pound of oats.

You can eat meat for 15 bronze stars.

The price is ridiculously high during non-war times, but now many people in the Iron Wall Fortress have no access to meat.

The fat steward Gan Cao waved a stack of papers: "Do you want anything?"

"Can you really get meat in exchange?" Old Baifa asked.

He was thinking about his little grandson who was crying because of the smell of lard cooking porridge next door. He didn't want to give up the opportunity to buy meat this time.

"Of course I can," the fat steward assured, patting his big belly: "As long as the lord is here, who in Iron Wall Castle would dare to lie to you?"

Old Baifa said: "I want a meat stamp and an oatmeal stamp."

The fat steward said: "Why don't you buy more? The price of food is rising every day. After today, the price of food stamps will not be the same."

"That's all!" Old Baifa said through gritted teeth.

Of course he has some savings, but he spends all his money on food stamps. What if the food stamps cannot be exchanged for food?

"A total of 19 bronze stars." The fat steward didn't force it. After receiving the money, he handed the two pieces of paper to Old Baifa and asked: "Don't dirty the red seal on it. If the pattern is ruined, you can't exchange it for food." ”

"Yes!" Old Baifa looked down at the two pieces of paper.

There were patterns carved on them, one with the shape of oats, the other with flesh, and words written on them respectively. However, he didn't know the words, but the paintings were very vivid. It was not difficult to tell what type of food stamps they were just by looking at the patterns.

There is also a delicate red seal stamped on the paper.

This is food stamps.

There were not many people buying food stamps on site, and only Lao Baifa bought a meat stamp. The others bought at most one oat stamp.

When leaving, the blacksmiths went home in small groups, chatting in low voices: "Can't you buy it with money? What about food stamps? I think they are just a piece of paper. When the lord runs away one day, we will have nothing left." "

"Who says it isn't?"

"Didn't you say we were selling food? I'm going to buy some."

"I am coming too!"

People who bought food stamps were uneasy, fearing that the fat steward would trick them.

When they arrived at the store that sold grain, they found that hundreds of people were already blocking the entrance of the store. If it weren't for the porcupine soldiers in armor maintaining order, this group of people would have pounced on them.

Old Baifa and the other blacksmiths, who came a step late, could only obey the order and queue up to buy.

The team moved forward inch by inch.

Old White Hair looked on, and some people just bought a small handful of oats with wheat bran and left, but they were also very happy.

Others were carrying a bag of grain, but they were cursing: "10 bronze stars per pound of oats, why don't you grab it!"

10 Bronze Stars? Old Baifa trembled. What the steward just said seemed to be 4 bronze stars? The price goes up too fast!

"Don't buy so much if you think it's expensive!" Someone following him said: "You bought more than a hundred pounds, didn't you just want to hoard grain and sell it for money?"

After being exposed, the man was not angry but said with a smile: "I just want to stock up on food and sell it. In a few days, the food will become more and more expensive, and then you will know how cheap I am selling it."

Old Baifa didn't care about that. Damn businessmen like this would never be short of food. He was just afraid that the food would be sold out today and he wouldn't be able to get his share.

The team moved forward little by little, and it was finally his turn.

"How much are the oats?"

"Ten bronze stars a pound."

"I have this." Old Baifa took out the food stamp, worried that he had been tricked by the fat steward.

"One pound of food stamps? Wait!"

Soon a small bag of oats with wheat bran was placed in front of the old white hair.

It can really be exchanged for food!

I only spent 4 Bronze Stars on buying food stamps. Now the price of oats has increased to 10 Bronze Stars. It’s a huge bargain!