Recaps

Li Qinwu supplied Father Anthony with ten liters of experimental oil but had to wait ten days for an assessment, then sought more workers for the Brewery and sold 4,500 liters of liquor through Captain Rudosen. He secured Rudosen’s help obtaining a corporal’s identity and learned that six families of wounded soldiers would soon be exiled to the Lower Hive.

• Father Anthony tested Li Qinwu’s oil, asked for ten liters for further research, and told him to return in ten standard Terra days before he would discuss the electricity connection.
• Li Qinwu delivered ten liters of oil, received a mission to return in ten days, and later bottled 4,500 liters of liquor after the Brewery’s workers completed a grueling distillation.
• Little Knife told Li Qinwu about Stray Dog and the five children he had raised, so Li Qinwu agreed to bring them to the Brewery for observation and low-risk work.
• Li Qinwu and his workers sold the liquor through Captain Rudosen’s battalion, earning about 250,000 for Li Qinwu and raising his account balance to 430,000.
• Li Qinwu asked Captain Rudosen to arrange a corporal squad leader identity in exchange for a share of profits from a future Middle Hive brewery, and Rudosen agreed to try.
• Li Qinwu asked Rudosen to watch for six families of wounded soldiers due to be exiled to the Lower Hive, then went to visit the rebels.

Li Qinwu returned to the rebel camp to trade for food, recruit workers for his Brewery, and assess tensions between the rebel groups. As he left the camp, he offered to help the rebels if Arum attacked them.

• Li Qinwu drove his armed group through the wilderness to the rebel camp, where the leaders gathered around Parson.
• Li Qinwu traded for ten tons of potatoes and promised to collect steel from the Lower Hive for the rebels.
• Li Qinwu asked Parson for trustworthy workers, and three men he had previously saved volunteered to join him.
• Li Qinwu gave the three recruits canned meat for their families and learned that recruiting them had used up Parson's favorability.
• The rebel leaders complained that Arum had preserved his strength and refused to join them unless made leader.
• Li Qinwu told the rebels to call him if Arum attacked, promising to beat him.

Li Qinwu secured the rebels’ help growing grapes by promising fertilizer, then planned to have Nie Guojin assess a damaged Chimera Transport. As the Brewery took in Stray Dog, five children, and six wounded soldiers’ families, its community grew to thirty-three people.

• Li Qinwu offered the rebels support against Arum and arranged to buy grapes from them, promising to supply fertilizer for the vines.
• Little Joel found that the Chimera Transport might be repairable, so Li Qinwu decided to ask Nie Guojin to inspect it later.
• Little Knife brought Stray Dog and five children to the Brewery, where they kept stealing and hoarding potatoes until Li Qinwu moved them to sleep beside the canned meat stores.
• Lieutenant Rudosen warned Li Qinwu that the families of six wounded soldiers were about to be exiled, and Li Qinwu took them in.
• The Brewery’s population reached thirty-three, including disabled people, fighters, and civilians able to do light work.

Li Qinwu negotiated with Father Anthony to exchange Substance 101 for services and sought a way to get electricity for his Brewery. Father Anthony said Li Qinwu could obtain power fastest by seizing a gang’s factory, leaving him to consider plunder as a solution.

• Li Qinwu gave Old Kai and Little Kai light machine guns, then told them to arrange a welcome ceremony for the rookies and help Little Joel with military training.
• At the Sewage Plant, Li Qinwu shared food with Rhodes, learned about the black market, and followed him to meet Father Anthony.
• Li Qinwu and Father Anthony negotiated over Substance 101, but Li Qinwu rejected the proposed exchange until Father Anthony offered electricity as a way to meet his needs.
• Father Anthony explained that legal access to electricity required industrial qualifications, then proposed seizing a gang’s factory as the quickest route to power.

Li Qinwu negotiated with Father Anthony for help taking over an Underhive Gang factory and persuaded him to crack the gene locks on two lasguns. Father Anthony agreed, and Li Qinwu brought him the weapons to make usable by anyone.

• Li Qinwu argued that Father Anthony’s connections and administrative help could speed up his takeover of a factory.
• Li Qinwu asked Father Anthony to crack the gene locks on lasguns, provoking the Tech-Priest’s fury over the machine spirits.
• Li Qinwu tempted Father Anthony with the promise of fuel and lubricant made from 101 substance, changing his mind.
• Father Anthony agreed to crack the locks on two lasguns so Li Qinwu could improve his chances of capturing a factory.
• Li Qinwu brought Father Anthony two lasguns, and the priest used a data connector to remove their gene locks within seconds.

Li Qinwu armed Little Joel with a Lasgun, organized military training for the able-bodied men, and learned that the Fertilizer Gang greatly outnumbered his forces. He sought help from Lieutenant Rudosen to repair a Chimera Transport, leaving his preparations for a possible fight underway.

• Li Qinwu anointed two Lasguns with Holy Oil, gave one to Little Joel, and kept the other as his sidearm.
• Little Joel identified the few men ready to fight, and Li Qinwu ordered the other able-bodied young men to train full-time.
• Little Knife told Li Qinwu that the Fertilizer Gang could field hundreds of fighters, potentially more than a thousand if it prepared in advance.
• Li Qinwu contacted Lieutenant Rudosen and asked for a repair crew to fix the Chimera Transport Winchester had left behind.
• Lieutenant Rudosen agreed to send Sergeant Nie Guojin and a repair vehicle to the rebel camp.

Li Qinwu recruited technical troops from Lieutenant Rudosen to help him attack the Fertilizer Gang and expand into the Lower Hive. Before he could begin, a huge crowd gathered outside the brewery, and he opened fire with a Logging Gun.

• Li Qinwu asked Lieutenant Rudosen to provide thirteen technical troops to operate a Chimera Transport and two Logging Guns, offering bonuses and compensation for their families.
• Lieutenant Rudosen agreed to find two machine-gun crews and one vehicle crew, while planning to claim any deaths occurred during a campaign against rebels.
• Li Qinwu prepared to use overwhelming firepower against the Fertilizer Gang as his first step toward expanding in the Lower Hive.
• Little Joel warned Li Qinwu that crowds had gathered at both passages outside the brewery, and Li Qinwu armed himself and went to inspect them.
• Li Qinwu saw more than a thousand Lower Hive rats gathered outside, inferred that the gangs had drawn them there, and fired the Logging Gun into the crowd.

Li Qinwu and his men slaughtered a Lower Hive mob that tried to raid the Brewery, then sent their soldiers out to kill the wounded survivors. The massacre raised Li Qinwu’s firearm proficiency to 150, and he rewarded the first soldier who obeyed his order to finish off the wounded.

• More than a thousand Lower Hive rats gathered outside the Brewery and prepared to break in, so Li Qinwu opened fire with the Logging Gun while Little Joel reloaded and Little Knife and the Kai family father and son covered the other side.
• Li Qinwu fired three boxes of Logging Gun ammunition and four Lasgun batteries, killing hundreds of attackers before the survivors fled.
• Li Qinwu checked the Search-Shoot-Extract System and found that his firearm proficiency had reached 150.
• Li Qinwu ordered Little Joel to assemble the soldiers and lead them outside to finish off the wounded rats.
• The soldiers hesitated until one of them fired; Li Qinwu awarded him a merit, a can of food, and the prospect of a leadership post, prompting the others to follow suit.

Li Qinwu returned to the rebel camp to retrieve the Chimera Transport and promised Parson a steady supply of fertilizer for the transplanted grapes. Sergeant Nie Guojin got the vehicle running, but its enraged Machine Spirit reversed after Li Qinwu, leaving him fleeing through the forest.

• After the rat attack, Li Qinwu suspected the Fertilizer Gang had sent the swarm to test his defenses and decided to retrieve the armored vehicle before confronting them.
• Li Qinwu paid Sergeant Nie Guojin to bring a repair truck, then led him through rebel territory to the camp where the Chimera Transport was stranded.
• Parson showed Li Qinwu the transplanted grape seedlings and warned that they needed fertilizer soon, and Li Qinwu told him to keep planting more.
• Sergeant Nie Guojin flushed Ceramite Powder from the Chimera Transport's engine, replaced its tracks, and started it after Li Qinwu poured Holy Oil into the fuel tank.
• The Chimera Transport reversed out of control and chased Li Qinwu through the forest while Sergeant Nie Guojin struggled to stop it.

Li Qinwu prepared his followers and hired PDF soldiers for a dangerous battle, promising rewards and support for their families. He led them toward the Fertilizer Gang, where their armored vehicle appeared before the gang’s defenders and fired its cannon.

• Li Qinwu promised the Machine Spirit daily fuel and maintenance, then calmed it by promising it a chance to slaughter enemies.
• At the Brewery, Li Qinwu paid thirteen PDF soldiers and promised compensation and care for the families of anyone killed.
• Li Qinwu promised the three rebels’ families support, offered Old Joel a chance to manage workshops, and discussed getting Brother Kai a mechanical leg.
• Li Qinwu warned his followers that bravery would bring rewards and promotion while fleeing or betrayal would bring punishment, then led a toast before the battle.
• Sixty or seventy Fertilizer Gang fighters gathered at a pipeline gate after hearing an approaching engine, and a searchlight revealed Li Qinwu’s armored vehicle and armed followers.
• The armored vehicle fired its cannon at the Fertilizer Gang’s defenders.

Li Qinwu’s forces stormed the Fertilizer Gang’s compound, destroying its armed men’s dormitories and recruiting Black Merchant Nipall after he surrendered. They confronted Electronic Eye at the Reactors, where Li Qinwu killed him before he could detonate the explosives, leaving the compound under the new regime’s control.

• Li Qinwu ordered the Chimera Transport and his troops to break through the gate and devastate the Fertilizer Gang’s armed men’s dormitories with heavy weapons.
• Li Qinwu led his forces around the compound’s perimeter while the workers stayed near the Reactors and continued working.
• Black Merchant Nipall surrendered to Li Qinwu’s force, recognized Little Knife, and agreed to help overthrow Electronic Eye.
• Li Qinwu’s troops reached Electronic Eye’s location and found him waiting atop a Reactor with a military detonator.
• The Silent One agreed to restrain the detonator with Psychic Control, and Li Qinwu shot Electronic Eye before he could trigger the explosives.
• Li Qinwu removed the detonator’s battery and told the assembled troops that aim training was as easy as breathing.

After taking over the Fertilizer Gang, Li Qinwu questioned its managers about production, supplies, and workers. He learned the gang had a large stockpile and could resume fertilizer production only if it gained another Reactor.

• Li Qinwu had Black Merchant and his men find and dismantle the remaining bombs, then took control of the Fertilizer Gang.
• Li Qinwu learned from Black Merchant Nipall that all the gang’s machinery and equipment were now at his disposal.
• Old White explained that the gang produced explosives and Plasteel for delivery to the Middle Hive, and that the Arbites would replace its leadership if deliveries repeatedly failed.
• Old White told Li Qinwu that the gang had stockpiled three months of goods, including thirty tons of explosives, fifteen tons of Plasteel powder, and sixty tons of fertilizer.
• Li Qinwu ordered one ton of fertilizer loaded onto the little train and learned that another Reactor was needed to resume fertilizer production.
• Zhuang Sen reported that the gang had 1,580 workers, including 125 children under ten.

Li Qinwu ordered reforms to reduce deaths at the Chemical Plant while expanding its workforce and building a force of soldiers. Zhuang Sen agreed to recruit three thousand workers and select two hundred young men for training within a month.

• Zhuang Sen told Li Qinwu that the Factory needed fifteen hundred workers at full capacity and that about eighty workers died each month from chemical exposure, long shifts, and accidents.
• Li Qinwu ordered the workforce expanded to three thousand, split into two twelve-hour shifts, with protective gear and safer sleeping quarters away from the Reactor.
• Nipall told Li Qinwu that he had one hundred and twenty-five chemical protective suits, and Li Qinwu ordered him to give them to Zhuang Sen and focus on making and buying more.
• Li Qinwu told Zhuang Sen to recruit workers with families and use the able-bodied young men as soldiers while their families worked at the Factory.
• Li Qinwu ordered Zhuang Sen to recruit two hundred fighters and raise the workforce to three thousand within a month, and Zhuang Sen promised to complete the task.

Li Qinwu looted Electronic Eye’s room, found a fortune and a key to a Spire residence, then upgraded his bed and the Emperor Shrine. The shrine gained protective power and made devout followers and clergy naturally regard him favorably.

• Li Qinwu sent Little Knife to bring canned meat for the workers, then searched Electronic Eye’s room and found a Spring Bed Frame and a locked Vault.
• Li Qinwu retrieved the key from Electronic Eye’s corpse and used Psychic Power to open the Vault, finding millions of Fertilizer Coupons, four gold bars, and a Spire room card.
• Li Qinwu let the workers feast on canned meat, earning their cheers, then returned to the Brewery with the bed frame and valuables.
• Li Qinwu upgraded his bed, reducing his resurrection time to seven hours, and ground the gold bars into powder.
• Li Qinwu gold-plated the God-Emperor’s statue and upgraded the Emperor Shrine, gaining Divine Protection and Clergy Favor.

Li Qinwu secured a deal with Father Anthony to double the Fertilizer Gang's untaxed electricity in exchange for fuel and lubricant, then prepared to buy a Brewery in the Middle Hive. Reno brought him to inspect the closed Brewing Plant, where Li Qinwu's brewing venture was set to begin.

• Li Qinwu met Father Anthony after taking over a Chemical Plant, and Father Anthony offered to double the Fertilizer Gang's power allocation in exchange for monthly fuel and lubricant.
• Li Qinwu agreed to the deal, raising Father Anthony's Favorability to Lv. 1 and unlocking new items for purchase.
• Li Qinwu decided to prioritize gaining an identity in the Spire and met Reno at the Clean Water Guild with the 1.8 million needed to buy the Brewery site.
• Reno led Li Qinwu through the Middle Hive's struggling industrial district to a closed Brewing Plant and unlocked its gate.
• Li Qinwu entered the dusty Brewing Plant with Reno.

Li Qinwu inspected Reno’s Factory and learned how its equipment, branding, and aging process could make liquor profitable. He left with Reno’s advice to preserve some stock for aging, though he doubted the Warhammer 40,000 universe would remain stable long enough for such a long-term plan.

• Reno showed Li Qinwu the Distillery’s equipment, including ten fermentation tanks and a grape-stomping pool intended to add brand value.
• Reno explained that Spire nobles paid more for products with stories and prestige attached to them.
• Reno showed Li Qinwu the wine cellar’s birch barrels and advised him to age liquor to appeal to noble tastes.
• Reno described how to build up aged stock over time while selling most of each batch to maintain cash flow and the brand.
• Li Qinwu took Reno’s advice seriously but questioned whether a world plagued by catastrophic wars could support centuries of aging liquor.

Li Qinwu toured the brewing Factory with Reno and discussed utilities, moving grapes from rebel territory, and the taxes his business would face. Reno explained how Lieutenant Rudosen’s tax-exemption quota could shield the Factory, then advised Li Qinwu to pay the Arbites and Department of the Interior for protection and connections.

• Li Qinwu inspected the Factory’s work area, cellar, dormitory, and cafeteria, then handed Reno money to arrange water and electricity.
• Li Qinwu told Reno that his grapes came from rebels, and Reno offered to arrange military transport and transit tags through the PDF and Arbites.
• Reno explained that the Factory would normally owe at least forty percent tax, but Lieutenant Rudosen’s quota could exempt it from taxes.
• Reno advised Li Qinwu to voluntarily pay ten percent each to the Arbites and Department of the Interior to secure their goodwill.
• Reno told Li Qinwu to host officials from both departments at the Factory in three days so they could assess the taxes, and Li Qinwu agreed to treat them well.

Li Qinwu hosted Department of the Interior and Arbites officials at the Distillery, using a feast and payments to secure its permits and production approval. With the Factory, workers, and grapes in place, the first batch of wine began fermenting.

• Reno welcomed the two groups of officials to the Distillery, where they found a feast of fresh food prepared for them.
• Li Qinwu seated Lieutenant Rudosen with the officials, and the guests ate and drank while the leaders spoke with Rudosen.
• The officials' subordinates found over three thousand credits beneath their plates, while Li Qinwu later gave the two department leaders cases concealing large sums of money.
• The Department of the Interior and Legal Affairs Department approved the Distillery's certificates, and the officials promised to help with future production issues.
• Two military trucks delivered 3.5 tons of grapes, and ten family members of PDF troops began washing and crushing them for fermentation under Li Qinwu's instructions.

Li Qinwu planned to market his wine by having Imperial Cult nuns stomp the grapes, and he went to the cathedral to recruit Theresa. The priest emerged with Theresa dressed in ornate robes and asked whether Li Qinwu was a family member of Saint Theresa.

• Li Qinwu processed three and a half tons of grapes and left them to ferment for seven days.
• Li Qinwu studied Red Lady wine's marketing and decided to use groups of young Imperial Cult nuns to stomp his grapes.
• Li Qinwu went to the Imperial Cult Cathedral and paid a missionary to arrange a meeting with Theresa.
• Li Qinwu shouted a hymn praising the God-Emperor while waiting in the prayer hall.
• The missionary returned with Theresa in ornate robes and the priest, who asked Li Qinwu whether he was a family member of Saint Theresa.

Li Qinwu learned that the Imperial Cult priest wanted to guide Theresa toward sainthood because he sensed an exceptionally pure soul in her. Though Li Qinwu warned that the title could endanger an ordinary sixteen-year-old, Theresa chose to accept the priest’s guidance, and Li Qinwu let her decide her own future.

• The priest recognized Li Qinwu as Theresa’s family and invited him to join the Imperial Cult, but Li Qinwu declined and asked why Theresa was being called a saint.
• The priest explained that Theresa was not yet a true saint but had an unusually pure soul that he believed reflected the God-Emperor’s favor.
• Li Qinwu recalled giving Theresa Holy Biscuits and resolved to dilute his Holy Wine further so others would not notice the items’ power.
• Li Qinwu urged the priest to remember that Theresa was an ordinary sixteen-year-old with a family waiting for her, but the priest insisted she could accomplish great deeds.
• Theresa told Li Qinwu she wanted the priest to guide her and arrange her life, and Li Qinwu accepted her choice.

Li Qinwu entrusted Theresa’s education to the Devout Priest, who planned to train her as a future saint while allowing her to visit home monthly. The Devout Priest warned that Chaos Corruption might be spreading among the rebels, and Li Qinwu accepted a mission to investigate after hearing a disturbing tarot vision that suggested Nurgle’s influence.

• Li Qinwu agreed to let the Devout Priest teach Theresa until she was thirty, on the condition that she could return home once a month.
• The Devout Priest asked Li Qinwu whether he had seen signs of corruption among the rebels, and Li Qinwu recalled no such signs beyond the Silent One’s Warp doodles.
• Li Qinwu received the Imperial Cult contact The Devout One and unlocked the mission Chaos Corruption Within the Rebel Ranks.
• Li Qinwu accepted the mission and offered to lead his comrades into rebel territory to investigate.
• The Devout Priest described a tarot vision of a child whose apple rotted and who became a living corpse, leading Li Qinwu to suspect Nurgle.

Li Qinwu promised the priest he would investigate Chaos corruption among the rebels and took Theresa to his Brewing Plant. He gave her advice about navigating Imperial Cult politics, then photographed her stomping grapes in her nun’s habit.

• Li Qinwu promised to return to the army and investigate the corruption incident, and the priest gave him a Purity Seal.
• The priest suggested Li Qinwu take Theresa home during her day off, and Li Qinwu said her parents would later be brought up to help manage his Brewery.
• As they drove, Li Qinwu asked Theresa about her special qualities and warned her to speak cautiously amid the Imperial Cult’s factional conflicts.
• Li Qinwu brought Theresa to the Brewing Plant, where she excitedly admired the facility.
• Li Qinwu had Theresa stomp grapes in her stockings and nun’s habit while he photographed her, planning to sell the pictures.

Li Qinwu arranged for Theresa’s family to move to the Middle Hive and then visited Parson’s rebel camp to investigate Chaos corruption. Parson revealed that Horse Village had fallen into darkness and its people were turning into monsters.

• Li Qinwu gave Theresa keys, money, and Holy Biscuits, warning her to keep the biscuits to herself.
• Li Qinwu arranged two Middle Hive residency slots for Little Joel’s parents and said Little Joel could join them after training his recruits if he chose.
• Li Qinwu gathered supplies and concealed weapons before driving to Parson’s rebel camp to investigate the corruption.
• Parson described Horse Village as a former horse ranch whose people and livestock had supplied the rebels.
• Parson told Li Qinwu that investigators had discovered the villagers were turning into monsters and the village was surrounded by rot and stench.

Li Qinwu traveled toward Horse Village after learning it was the source of Chaos Corruption, and discovered that the rebels had sealed it off with a massive armed perimeter. He slipped past their patrols and entered the fields near the village, determined to eliminate the corruption.

• Parson warned Li Qinwu about the dangers of Horse Village and provided him with a genetically modified warhorse for the journey.
• Local farmers and rebel soldiers urged Li Qinwu to turn back, explaining that Horse Village was surrounded and anything leaving it would be shot.
• Li Qinwu sent the horse home, took injections and Holy Wine, and approached Horse Village through the farmland.
• Li Qinwu observed the rebel patrols and quietly crossed the security line into the fields beyond.

Li Qinwu found Horse Village nearly consumed by Nurgle’s corruption and fought through its Plague Walkers while the infection weakened his body and mind. A surviving woman sheltered him and revealed her horse-headed infant, then begged him to destroy her; Li Qinwu poured kerosene over her and lit his lighter.

• Li Qinwu entered Horse Village, where his Purity Seal burned, and discovered a fused mass of horses giving birth to a laughing, human-headed foal.
• Li Qinwu killed the man delivering the monster and the corrupted villagers who approached him, then set fire to the stable and nearby houses.
• Li Qinwu fought and fled through the village as Plague Walkers gathered, while Nurgle’s corruption made him ill and caused him to see ordinary farmers in their place.
• A woman called Li Qinwu into her house, where the Plague Walkers surrounded the building but did not enter.
• The woman told Li Qinwu that the village had worshipped the Abundance Cult and showed him her horse-headed baby, then begged him to purify her.
• Li Qinwu poured kerosene over the woman and lit his lighter.