Lord of Rot

Chapter 623 Newspaper is a Good Thing

Li Qi looked at the "flesh and blood coffin". It took about five days after a northern soldier entered it naked. When the other party came out again, his body swelled as if it was inflated.

"It's like wight-making."

But it's completely different compared to making zombies.

First of all, to create a ghoul, there must be extraordinary precipitates, and secondly, it itself must be extraordinary.

That is, two extraordinary precipitates can finally create a ghoul with simple thinking ability.

1+1=1
The "flesh and blood coffin" needs to put an ordinary warrior, a transcendent and the spiritual power extracted from the caster to create a new transcendent.

Possess all the wisdom of his lifetime.

It seems that the extraordinary person can be created at will, but in fact the cost is higher than Li Qi's cost of creating a corpse.

"It's like digging the ground with a golden hoe" Li Qi criticized the Earl of the North for wasting Behemoth's ability.

In his view, spellcasters are the key to the development of magic, just like skilled workers.

The extraordinary are geniuses.

It is true that the development of society requires geniuses, but skilled workers who can be trained correctly and reproducibly are the screws that create productivity.

Just like the earth, everyone cannot be a college student and just sit in an office drinking tea.

Who will punch the screws in the workshop?Who will build the high-rise buildings?

There are too many talents but they can't be used. They are thrown to the bottom to work. Don't talk about the so-called arrogance. With hard work and talent, no one wants to drive screws.

So what to do?
Restrict some people so that they cannot become geniuses.

Li Qi is also very clear about the fact that extraordinary people have great power, and he also encourages the emergence of extraordinary people. However, the minimum monthly salary of extraordinary people is now 10 gold days.

As for the spell casters, because he has trained most of them since childhood and divided them into various positions to teach different types of magic, his future path has been determined from the beginning, so a lot of cost and expenditure will be saved.

He still welcomes awakened extraordinary beings, but he does not want everyone to be an extraordinary being with a monthly salary of 10 gold per day.

The advanced civilized race where Behemoth belongs has solved this problem from the root.

Although the human touch has been lost, it ensures the optimal development of the race. There will never be any problems and everyone will perform their duties.

Li Qi couldn't evaluate whether it was good or bad, after all, the opponent was already so powerful that he bared his teeth at the gods.

The Earl of the North's exploration in this area was very simple. First of all, he could not control the giant beast Behemoth, so he could only spend many years experimenting and then draw simple conclusions.

Throw in supernatural beings and spellcasters, use them as materials, and then strengthen an obedient supernatural being.

It's still the calculation formula of 1+1=1, and the cost is higher than Li Qi's, because Li Qi's materials only need to be dead bodies.

And these functions are actually just the minimum operating mechanism of Behemoth that is insufficient in energy, just to maintain it.

The underlying logic of Behemoth is to produce newborns of that highly civilized race, but this is not what Li Qi wants to see.

He didn't need to create a new race.

If there weren't all kinds of crises coming, there would be nothing wrong with him being a little baron.

"This big thing can't fly at all, but if you want to fundamentally modify it, it's best to let Isis plug in."

If he wanted to make it fly, the energy needed would be enough to make Li Qi feel distressed for a while. With this energy, he could even raise a team of extraordinary zombies numbering no less than a hundred.

So the best way is to spread the ghoul signal tower to Stormwind City and cover Star Dragon Island.

……

Port Head.

Aviva finished her day's work and was going to the pub for a drink.

There are no delicate and expensive young ladies in the North. Their ice bloodline makes them tall and strong, and their blood seems to contain powerful bears. Only strong liquor is their true love.

She has gradually accepted the Dongxia soldiers.

Although this group of people are uninvited and uninvited guests, they have actually promoted economic development and improved lives.

In the past, people would freeze and starve to death in Heide Port every snowy day.

Now, it has been almost a year since they came to Heide, and it will soon be winter again, but no one has ever starved to death in Heide Port.

The young children no longer need to run barefoot, they all wear new clothes.

Eating meat is not an unattainable dream.

There are even people who get married and get pregnant.

When food is insufficient and survival pressure is too great, no matter what ethnic group they are, they will consciously control the birth of newborns.

Even the gods cannot let the child come out of nowhere just because he said "Give me a baby".

Environment is the fundamental factor that affects all this, not orders and slogans.

"Recently, more soldiers have begun to come from the East Gorge."

As soon as Aviva sat down, she heard a veteran at the next table chewing a chicken head and saying: "It seems like there is going to be a war."

"If we really fight, who are we?"

"Yeah, we won't fight with Dongxia! We eat their food and wear their clothes during this period... Look at our baron, who does nothing but hold dance parties in the castle every day, and it's been a year! We I only know that Stormwind City’s fleets come and go, but not a single warship has come.”

Even Aviva, the most loyal supporter of the North, was in a tangle at this time.

It is basically a foregone conclusion that Li Qi Clarence will dominate the Lurea continent.

In the past, they would not have been so sure, but now...

"Boss, when will the newspaper come?"

The owner of the normal wine barrel stopped and wiped his forehead: "I guess there was a storm, so it was a little late."

In Aviva's view, the most incredible thing Li Qi did was to invent something called "newspaper".

After the little book became popular throughout Heideport, Li Qi has become a representative hero in the hearts of children.

Defeat bears, defeat more with less, invent terrifying weapons, climb the city wall alone, save a noble lady out of wisdom, save your lover from the evil and hateful king, and ride a dragon.

Admiration for it has reached its peak.

Countless teenagers dream of becoming Li Qi when they grow up, and countless girls dream of marrying Li Qi when they grow up.

Adults are more realistic and will not be confused by a few little books.

But after the emergence of "newspapers", the entire trend changed.

Those who knew how to read read to those who didn't. Every month there was only news about changes in the major territories under Li Qi's command, which was enough to stun them with the massive amount of information.

While others were hiding core confidential information about themselves, Li Qi kept leaking information.

The number of troops and the approximate size of the armed forces.

Even profits, industry types in each territory.

It was precisely with this understanding that the natives of Head felt little hope for victory in the north.

"The newspapers are here!"

A young man opened the door and walked in.

"Quickly, give me one!" The drunken bearded man slapped the table and shouted: "Quickly!"

"One silver moon!"

"The price is really not cheap." The bearded man took a newspaper, but he didn't hesitate to pay for it.

"Hey," the young man sniffed, tilted his head and said, "Who told us Heide not to have our own newspaper?"

"Newspaper?"

"Yes." The young man nodded: "I heard that every big town in Dongxia has its own newspaper office. After they receive the news, they start to produce newspapers. I also heard that as long as you have money, you can also place advertisements in newspapers. .”

"Advertisement? What is that?" The young man reached out and poked at the bearded newspaper: "Here, this is it!"

The bearded man lowered his head and muttered awkwardly: "Iron Wall Castle is recruiting spellcaster apprentices. Has it started recruiting apprentices again?"

The young man nodded: "I won't deliver newspapers from now on."

"You want to go too?" The bearded man smiled: "Can you do it?"

"Even if it doesn't work, I don't plan to stay here." The young man blushed: "I heard that you can learn other things in Iron Wall Castle. As long as you perform well there, you can become a management talent after you come out."

"Tsk tsk tsk, you also manage talents and learned a lot of Dongxia dialect."

"Hahaha!" Others also laughed.

The young man didn't bother to argue with him: "Is there anyone else who wants to buy a newspaper? If not, I'll go to the castle."

"Give me one!" "I want one too!"

"give me!"

The vast majority of people are illiterate, but this does not prevent them from seeing the pictures above.

Each newspaper has a large number of pictures, which allow people who are illiterate to roughly guess, or have a clearer idea when listening to others read it.

"Quick, who can read it, I can't read!"

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" A young man stood up, unfolded the newspaper, and cleared his throat: "United Newspaper!"

"Read the first edition first!"

"hurry up!"

"Stop ink!"

In the midst of repeated urging, the young man no longer held back and read: "The first line of defense against the orcs in the desert has been completely completed. The city wall is 50 feet high and there are 1 troops stationed!"

"Hiss, 50 feet?"

"The mountain is that high?"

"Don't make any noise," the young man shouted, "I haven't finished reading yet, cough! The commander of the first desert defense line is Bode Wisdom. He claims that Sir George Kein is the most loyal knight of the kingdom. In order to surround the property and lives of the Lureyan people, we always stand on the front line against the Orc Legion."

"Isn't George Cyne the king's uncle?"

"Even he pledged his allegiance to Reacher Clarence? Sure enough, the porcupine is the king."

George Cyne's "loyalty" immediately set off a heated discussion. The other party was given honors and was considered the most steadfast knight. But if you understand this sentence in another direction, doesn't it mean that the other party has deserted and made no achievements? Little George, who would run away from war, turned his allegiance to the real king?
No one said who they were loyal to, but everyone had their own guess.

The young man continued reading, which also silenced the noisy tavern: "The Steel Castle of Steel Knife Mountain mined and built by orc slaves has been completed. Steel Knife Mountain has abundant coal resources. Now it has gradually replaced the Porcupine Territory and become No. 1000 Arsenal, the number of weapons produced in Japan is [-] more!"

"Huh!"

The news once again shocked others.

"Why has Steel Knife Mountain become the number one arsenal?" Someone pointed out the key point.

Steel Knife Mountain is in the North and does not swear allegiance to the Duke of the North.

Nowadays, weapons are produced in large quantities.

"Next," the young man continued to read, suppressing everyone's speculation: "The next steps are all small things. Endor has established a town, Giant's Foot..."

Everyone listened, some cheering and some making fun.

Sitting in a tavern and knowing all the major events in the world just by reading a newspaper, this feeling has to be said to be really amazing.

Every one of them loved the newspaper.

No man can refuse to give advice, and talking drunkenly is inevitable for all.

"Duke Evangeline of the East Gorge intends to hold a ladies' dinner and hold a meeting to discuss the future of Lurea and women's rights. Lady Jieline of Longship Castle in Water Streamland, Porcupine Leader Porcupine Castle Mrs. Stasi, Princess Lisu of Desert Thunder Urn City, and Prince Hoffman of Giant Foot all responded, and it is estimated that the number of noble ladies and ladies participating in this ball will exceed 200!"

This is a patriarchal society, so when they heard that women actually wanted to hold a meeting to discuss women's rights, all the men in the pub laughed disdainfully.

"However, those people seem to be all Porcupine women."

"Is that Prince Hoffman too?"

"I heard that he had given birth to a child for him a long time ago. He is already eight years old!"

"Hiss, is it true or not?"

"Otherwise, why would Li Qi have a three-headed dragon?"

"Don't you know how powerful dragons are? Prince Hoffman can capture the three-headed dragon. She will give it to Li Qi. Why don't you keep it for yourself?"

Some argue, some laugh.

The entire newspaper, whether in terms of entertainment or military aspects, basically did not discuss Li Qi directly, but everyone understood that these things were all related to him.

Aviva also bought a newspaper and was fascinated by the part about the Madam's meeting.

Especially when looking at the portraits of Evangelion, Stacie, Prince Hoffman, Lisu and other women chatting and laughing together, an impulse arose in my heart for no reason.

Who says women can't do it?

Didn’t you see that the top lords of three of the four major principalities in Lurea continent are all women?

She turned a page and found that there were many inconspicuous little contents in the newspaper.

For example: Naturalism has been wiped out, Saint Ron has fled overseas, and his life and death are uncertain.

Also: the first batch of spellcasters have already begun work, and magic farming is the future (pictured, three casters wearing wide-brimmed pointed hats and holding magic wands, with a specially modified plow suspended in front)

And: Porcupine collar, Shuijiandi, Lintawan and other places have opened tap water successively, further improving people's quality of life.

And: Porcupine Bank is open, Clarence is keeping your property safe.

and many more.

She admitted that the newspaper was indeed a good thing, allowing people to have a deeper understanding of Reacher's territory.

But the more this happened, the more worried she became.

Li Qi's territory is developing so rapidly, how should the Northern Territory respond?

Moreover, newspapers do not write down everything accurately. For example, the port of Heide, where more and more soldiers are arriving, has never appeared in the newspapers.

Bang!
His palms hit the table angrily.

Earl Varian of the North looked ashen.

He had a newspaper at hand.

The obese man stood aside, lowered his head and whispered, "Sir, these may all be fake."

"False?" Varian pointed to the window: "Look in that direction, the thick smoke from Doon City has already drifted over!"

The obese man subconsciously looked in the direction of his finger.

Clear skies.

"You!" Varian gritted his teeth: "Idiot!"

"Yilona, ​​what do you think?" He looked at the daughter he valued most.

"It must be true," Yi Luona said, "but these have little to do with us."

That's right, it has little to do with the North.

The development of territories varies, but ordinary people do not have the ability to leave their homeland and go to other territories to start a new life.

Li Qi's attempt to use newspapers to fight psychological warfare was probably a mistake. As long as the newspapers are banned, all problems can be eliminated directly.

In this era, it is not easy to block news.

Yi Luona said: "Unless he wants to start a war, it's up to him."

(End of this chapter)