Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Hearing Gerold's report, Su Li laughed heartily.

A large number of prisoners is the best news for the leader right now!

And the magic tide pearls are one of the most important pieces of information Su Li has received in the past few days. Besides the magic tide pearls, the information from the past few days has also helped Su Li find two hidden locations of river trolls, deal with a wolf pack invasion, and ambush two groups of howling beasts.

In addition, there is a large-scale animal migration in summer, and the territory has successfully intercepted more than two hundred sheep and more than one hundred Uros cattle.

This type of cattle is an important food source for mountain nomadic tribes, which made the territory quite nervous for a few days.

Because mountain people often go south to plunder farms and fertile areas in the border principality when food is scarce.

The discovery of Uros cattle here means that the Gray Mountains, as a branch of the Black Mountains, may also have mountain people.

They are likely to come down to plunder during the summer harvest.

With less than a month left until the summer harvest, Su Li has to take precautions early.

He hopes the mountain people can wait until the ability of his Glory Artifact, the Wind Wing Talisman, recovers before coming.

And he also has high hopes for another treasure, the Eye of the Drowned.

Gerold presented the Eye of the Drowned to Su Li. Su Li carefully looked down at it. This bead has a terrifying name, but its appearance is actually quite beautiful.

It is a smooth, water-blue sphere, about three fingers wide, covered with a thin film formed by the condensation of water mist, with delicate wave patterns engraved on the surface, giving an overall feeling of gentle waves surging.

Every time he sees these Glory Artifacts, Su Li can't help but be shocked. They really seem like living entities, with energy surging within them.

Su Li asked, "Besides allowing people to submerge underwater, what other effects does this bead have?"

Sir Oerstein replied, "We asked the priest in the Goddess Monastery to consult the Goddess. The main effect of this Eye of the Drowned is to reduce and slowly purify the corruption and plagues suffered by the army. And in an emergency, it forcibly opens a passage in the water, allowing the army to cross the natural barrier and avoid the enemy's pursuit, but this time is very short, only three minutes. After three minutes, the subsequent army will be unable to enter the water, just like goblins."

It's actually so strong?

The ability to reduce plagues alone is already amazing. The most feared thing in marching and fighting is the sudden outbreak of plagues in the army.

It not only affects combat effectiveness, but also causes very serious attrition.

And this treasure can actually reduce the corruption suffered by the army!

Its effect in this world is unparalleled.

Many places in this world are eroded by magic and psionic energy. For example, winter is not just cold. If an army marches into a high-altitude and cold area, the cold and wind and snow will erode this foreign army with the power of magic.

There are quite a few places with this kind of corrosive power, such as miasma in forests and swamps, summer heat in deserts, and death lands occupied by vampires, all of which will have various kinds of erosion, causing serious non-combat attrition to the invading army.

In short, the habitable environments for humans in this world are plains, river valleys, and mountain valleys. Entering forests, deserts, wastelands, snowfields, and other places will result in more severe erosion the deeper you go.

If this Eye of the Drowned can reduce the erosion suffered by the army, compared to this passive effect, the active effect of forcibly opening an escape passage is just an insignificant additional ability.

It's just that this bead has also lost all its power and is in a cooldown period.

Su Li put the bead away. In the future, it will no longer be called the Eye of the Drowned. Su Li gave it a new name: Water-Cleaving Pearl.

Then Su Li asked, "How is the situation in the forest? Can we guarantee that the merchants can enter and mine blood pine wood?"

Steward Kurt set off for Marayburg when the centaurs became irritable in the spring. In addition to contacting Earl Draken, he also recruited and supplemented the manpower entering the forest.

When he returns to Heissen Territory, it will be time to enter the blood pine forest for logging. They must finish logging before autumn and then return to Wester Highlands.

According to the security escort agreement reached between the two parties, Su Li must ensure that they will not encounter particularly large threats in the forest. Even if an accident occurs, the territory's army must be able to defeat strong enemies.

Gerold confidently replied, "There is no problem now, Lord. In the west side of the Blood Pine Forest, the main forces are divided into three parties, namely the green-skinned warband represented by the Broken Finger Tribe, various forest bandit groups, and powerful centaur tribes."

"The green skins are currently in a melee. They have not yet chosen the largest and strongest leader, so they will not form an alliance to pose a threat."

"And the forest bandit groups have suffered heavy losses. Not only are we打击ing them, but they have also suffered many casualties in the ravages of the green-skinned tribes and centaur beast herds. Now they have hidden in secluded valleys and caves to lick their wounds and restore their strength, and will not come out easily."

"Next, as long as we do our best to defeat that centaur beast herd, there will not be much threat on the west side of the Blood Pine Forest. At least for the next one to two months, it will be safe to enter and exit."

One or two months of safety is enough. Even the capital of the empire cannot guarantee long-term peace and stability in this world.

On the edge of the power center, there are always all kinds of monsters. Even if the Heissen Territory's army cleans the west side of the Blood Pine Forest many times, all kinds of bandit groups, green-skinned warbands, and howling beast herds will quickly flow into this vacant area.

The growth cycle of these monsters is very short. Green skins are grown from spores. As long as the green-skinned boys pass through an area, the spores on their bodies will fall. After a rain, all kinds of green-skinned monsters will grow on the ground like bamboo shoots after a rain. First are the gretchin, then the green-skinned boys, and finally the terrifying green-skinned big 'uns.

And the howling beast herds are even more terrifying twisted monsters. If a human expeditionary force is wiped out by beastmen in the forest, enough blood food can allow the beastmen to breed a large number of terrifying monsters in one or two months in continuous rainy weather.

These beastmen have nothing to do, wandering around, living in the forest, using ambush as their main tactic, hostile to all advanced civilizations, living only to smash, loot, and burn, erecting Chaos Runestones similar to Celtic shrines, and worshiping primitive shamans.

They represent the dirty, chaotic, and muddled side of nature, and will deliberately destroy anything beautiful or orderly. Bitterness and resentment churn in the heart of every beastman, which can turn into wanton rage with a little stimulation. The sound of battle always attracts the keen hearing of beastmen. A battle or brawl on a forest path can attract dozens of beastmen from all directions in a short period of time.

So if you want to enter the forest, don't have the luxury fantasy of safety. Being prepared for battle at all times is the only way to survive.

This also means that Su Li must take advantage of the emptiness on the west side of the forest brought about by this great victory to defeat the centaur beast herd in the forest as soon as possible.

Perhaps after this hurricane and heavy rain, it will be time for the territory's army to move out.

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And in response to this disaster of Taal, the construction of reservoirs and dams around Bjorn Bay is the top priority.

Then Su Li said, "Since the forest has been swept empty by us, we should also prepare for matters in the forest. First, come with me to Bjorn Bay to see the situation of the lightscale fish here."

When Su Li brought Sir Oerstein and Fandal to the front of the territory's reservoir, there was already a group of armed attendants and merchant guild mercenaries surrounding the reservoir.

Their purpose in gathering here was the same as Su Li's, to see the breeding situation of the lightscale fish, and to hope that Su Li could distribute another batch of lightscale fish meat, even if it was just to drink a bowl of fish soup.

But they are thinking too much this time. As the territory gradually grows stronger, and towns and villages rise one after another, Su Li will no longer distribute these lightscale fish for free.

Of course, he will not sell them externally either.

He plans to distribute them to his direct legion and knightly orders, and the excess fish meat will be auctioned in advance. Those knights, armed attendants, and free people who are subordinate to the territory and have been enfeoffed will have to come over and bid themselves if they need it.

With the completion of the awarding of military merits, the territory already has a large number of knights with their own family property. Many knights have bought newly built houses in the Heissen Town Hall, and will no longer live in simple bunks when they are not on duty in the military camp in the future.

The Frederick family has been granted a fief. Su Li has allocated a plain of 800 acres of land to them on the Scarlet Highlands. They can use it as a pasture or cultivate it.

Eight hundred acres of land can probably be reclaimed by eight households. If grazing, even fewer people are needed.

Their family will start operating a small piece of territory from the scale of eight households, and then develop it into a village, build wooden walls, and finally, if everything goes well, it may become a town on the Scarlet Highlands, with their own castle.

However, although the family has moved over, Sir Frederick remains in Su Li's cabinet as a court judge, and he has entrusted the management of the territory to his son William.

Similarly, Sir Oerstein, another meritorious official in the war, was also heavily rewarded by Su Li. In addition to receiving 160 gold crowns, Su Li also awarded him a Talisman of Fate.

This talisman is of perfect quality. Ms. Ingrid only made two copies, and then ran out of materials. She sold it to Su Li for 200 gold crowns as a friendship price. If this thing were to be sold in Marayburg, it could fetch at least 400 to 600 gold crowns.

An elite knight wearing a set of orichalcum rune armor and carrying a powerful amulet can easily defeat 3 to 5 knights of the same rank wearing ordinary fine equipment. That is the difference between elite armored soldiers and commoner civilians.

It is this generous reward and extremely high honorary status that guarantees that the territory's knights maintain a very high enthusiasm for war and honor, as well as extreme respect and support for Su Li.

Su Li came to the side of the reservoir, and all the knights and armed attendants immediately straightened their chests respectfully, and then saluted by pounding their chests with their right fists and shouting, "Greetings, Lord, may the Goddess bless you with a good day."

Su Li smiled and waved his hand to let them relax, and then looked at the fish pond in front of him.

He had been a homebody for a few days, not leaving the castle, and there had been a lot of changes here.