Lord of Rot

Chapter 362 Wandering Knight Camp Recruitment

Horse hooves stepped on the hot yellow sand.

Four people rode fast horses under the scorching sun and arrived at a camp located deep in the desert.

An arrow suddenly flew over and struck a dozen feet in front of the horse's hoof.

The hoofs of horses are stopped by arrows.

Okai, the wandering knight leading the way, suddenly raised his right hand to signal.

After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and several wandering knights in armor gathered around on war horses.

The wandering knight Okai lifted up his cloak, took off his helmet and revealed his face: "Where is Bulwer?"

"Drinking in there."

Okay had known this was the case, so he wasn't surprised.

In addition to the two wandering knights, the other two companions also took off their cloaks. The burly female barbarian from the north, Lin Yu, although she was not wearing heavy armor, her oppressive figure made people feel shocked when she appeared. There was an evil spirit.

The other one took off his cloak, and his delicate face made the wandering knights’ hearts beat wildly. They had never seen such a beautiful woman, as if a goddess descended from the earth.

Wandering knight Okai explained: "I took them to see Bulwer."

The team dispersed and took the initiative to clear a path.

The wandering knight's camp is very simple, with a few earthen houses at the core and tents on the outside.

A wandering knight who has no faith and good overall strength, but lives in the desert like a dog. Only under the banner of justice can he "save" some wine and money from some evil businessmen.

When the elf girl Bai Lu and the northern barbarian Lin Yu met Bulwell, the leader of the wandering knights, they were inevitably a little disappointed.

He's just a drunken old knight with a scraggly beard who doesn't even wear armor anymore.

The eyes of a knight who has lost his faith and betrayed his oath are cloudy and dull.

Bailu said: "Our Lord wants to hire you."

Bulwell's cloudy eyes turned with difficulty, and he burped before saying: "Okay."

……

White Deer takes the old wandering knight Bulwer back to Bonta Market.

Nowadays, the guard team of Bangta Market has been reorganized. Although it is still the same group of people, the overall temperament is different. They are surrounded by unfamiliar people, and there are far fewer cliques.

But if you want to make this town more dynamic, you need to inject new blood to make a complete change. However, Baron Porcupine, who has the ability to inject new blood into this town, cannot do a loss-making business and develop at the expense of others. here.

Opening the door and stepping into the house where Li Qi lived, Bai Lu happened to meet Kull Oasis, who was waiting in the yard.

It had only been two days since he took office, and Kuhl's entire body had already begun to exude the aura unique to those in power. However, Bai Lu knew very well that as long as he pulled out his sword and put it on his shoulder, all the stupid appearances would disappear and he would return to shivering. The poor thing.

"Good day, Miss Bailu," Kull greeted with a smile.

Beside him were a group of girls, Yingying Yanyan. They stood there very reservedly. When they saw the white deer, their eyes lit up. They had never seen such a beautiful woman. It was not like a human being could grow up. On the contrary, it is more like the work of a master sculptor, flawless.

Bai Lu frowned slightly: "Are you going to use them to please him?"

It is difficult to win the attention of Baron Li Qi with his own beauty. He is not a person who will be deceived by beauty. Kull is destined to do useless work.

"They are just some maids. They will be responsible for cleaning and helping the adults with some minor things."

The two were about to chat again when the door was opened.

It was Vendela who opened the door. He was always holding the golden Holy Grail in his hand. The wound on his cheek seemed to be almost healed.

"Please come in!"

The crowd filed in.

When passing by Vendela, he would carefully avoid it to avoid being sucked away by the Golden Holy Grail.

Li Qi was still looking through the books. Bai Lu had known him for two days and found that Li Qi was always reading all kinds of books.

There are several letters beside him, which should be from different families. Unfortunately, Bailu has been in Lurea for a long time, but he has always been at the bottom. He knows very little about the upper class people and cannot identify who the letters are from.

Just when she was about to speak, Kull had already spoken first: "Sir, these are the maids I brought for you. They were carefully selected by me and they are all unmarried."

What he said was simply explicit.

The girls also had the courage to quietly look up at the handsome man sitting on the chair, knowing that their chance to change their destiny was now.

When Li Qi turned the book upside down on the table and looked at them, they immediately responded with warm smiles, and some smiled shyly. Even though their appearance was much worse than that of Bai Lu, their youth and beauty were still beautiful scenery, like hundreds of flowers. Compete for beauty.

And compared to the gentleness of Dongxia women, they are more bold, like the first flowers to try to bloom in spring.

The White Deer quietly waited for the rejection from Kuhl Oasis.

Li Qi raised his head and looked at the girls, and then nodded: "That's right, let's all stay, Vendela, take them to get familiar with this place."

Vendela, holding the golden Holy Grail, nodded quickly: "Yes!"

He has taken on the role of housekeeper part-time, or... he is not allowed to leave Li Qi at all.

ha? Bai Lu's eyes widened slightly, this was completely different from what she expected.

The untrained girls also shouted in confusion: "Thank you, Sir", "It's Sir", "Ah, thank you, Sir", Yingying Yanyan, which reminded Li Qi somewhat of the little maids of Porcupine Castle rubbing themselves in front of him. Busy figure.

Kull Oasis was full of surprise. He originally thought that only a few of the barons would stay, but unexpectedly all of them stayed.

He knew who he relied on to become the lord, so making Li Qi happy would bring more benefits than managing his town well.

Li Qi didn't think too much. In a dry and boring desert, it would be too torture if he couldn't look at beautiful girls to entertain his eyes.

But to be eye-catching, it must be the elf girl Bai Lu.

Li Qi turned to look at Bai Lu, and suddenly felt much happier.

Why should I be a lord if I want to suffer? Wouldn't it be better to go to a monastery? The privileged class can enjoy what they have to enjoy.

If the elves in Panbo Continent were all at the same level as White Deer, rescuing the elves would really be written on Li Qi's plan, and rescuing the demi-human girl would also be on the plan... and it would be slightly higher than the elf rank.

Kuhl said goodbye and left very discerningly.

Seeing Li Qi's eyes looking at him, Bai Lu slightly retracted his shocked eyes and said to Li Qi: "He is Bulwell."

There was some dissatisfaction in his tone: I didn't expect you to be such Li Qi.

"Bullwell?" Reacher looked at the drunken old wandering knight. His eyes were cloudy, his waist was stooped, and his beard was unkempt.

If you look for any old craftsman in Porcupine Territory, you will be more energetic than him.

"Yes" the old wandering knight nodded.

"How many people do you have?"

"Including me, there are 23 people in total."

"Are they all Princess Sophia's old team?"

Bulwell's answer remained flat: "Yes."

There are 23 knights. Now there are only two serious knights under Li Qi's command, Quick Blade and Lacey Sith. Moreover, the two of them are only high-level officials in the territory. They have no fiefdom and no power of their own.

If it is based on normal canonization, some knights can obtain small villages with dozens to hundreds of people as knight territories, and use small villages to support the knights themselves.

When they go to the battlefield, each knight will lead a team of more than ten people.

23 knights can instantly become a team of three to four hundred people during war.

These are the core strengths.

Then by recruiting militiamen and mercenaries in the name of the lord, the team can be expanded to thousands or even tens of thousands.

But they are already wandering knights, and they definitely don't have any subordinates.

"I don't need your allegiance, I will only hire you," Li Qi said, making it clear that he would not listen to the oath of allegiance, and no one should believe it.

Bulwell raised his head: "We never break our oaths, but occasionally we swear to money."

Li Qi would not be so stupid as to believe the words of the wandering knights. Sometimes they were less moral than mercenaries, otherwise they would not have ended up like this.

"I've read a lot of stories about Princess Sophia in the past two days, and um... it gave me a whole new feeling."

Yes, a new feeling.

Will these people who write novels die if they don’t touch the edges?

Li Qi wanted to find two books related to Princess Sophia, but found that most of the books described the beauty of Princess Sophia, how straight other men's eyes were after seeing Princess Sophia, and how straight other places were.

The remaining part of the content is the diaosi novel author's fantasy about the luxurious life of the aristocracy, such as foot wine, armpit cheese bread, and chewing grape juice.

After reading this, Li Qi wished he could arrest the novelist and then find an 80-year-old lady to give him a test in person. She must be the one with bad breath, body odor and athlete's foot!

Anyway, I am from Dongxia, so verbally supporting Princess Sophia's old army Li Qi will have no impact.

The one who should have a headache is the Earl of Buffalo.

But looking at the way the wandering knights behaved, it was clear that Earl Buffalo probably didn't take them seriously at all.

"Don't worry about the oath, Bulwell," Li Qi said: "We can have a cooperative relationship. I am willing to spend 20 silver months every month to hire a wandering knight to work for me. The main work may include emergency training of a group of capable knights. The soldiers who are qualified will guard the prisoners and escort the caravans."

They are still mercenaries, but the price is much more expensive than that of mercenaries.

Apart from many minor shortcomings such as dishonesty, disloyalty, erratic behavior, and untrustworthiness, all the wandering knights are talents.

Bulwell said: "I am willing to serve you, my lord."

If this were a game, Reacher would have been reminded by now that he had successfully recruited a group of wandering knights.

The number is 23 people, and the monthly expenditure is 460 silver months.

Loyalty: 0 (Warning: Loyalty is too low and may rebel at any time)

Li Qi smiled: "There is just a time for you to serve."

The old wandering knight raised his head and waited quietly for Li Qi's instructions.

"I wonder if you know Baron the Golden Cauldron?"

The eyes of the old wandering knight with cloudy eyes suddenly flashed with sharpness. The elf girl Bai Lu standing next to him was keenly aware of the danger, as if there was an old lion lying next to him with scars.