Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The construction of Lake Lévulin serves not only for fish farming but also as a reservoir and water conservancy facility.

To its west and south, dwarven engineers led a team to construct a continuous dam with sluice gates and irrigation ditches below.

With this magnificent lake, Bjorn's Bight, the territory's most important agricultural area, can be protected from both drought and flood, encompassing three hundred thousand acres of fertile land.

Furthermore, it will serve as the territory's most crucial flood control facility in response to the upcoming disaster in Tar.

Su Li then asked Fandar, "How is the construction of the dam progressing?"

Calculating the time, the hurricane from Tar has already begun to make landfall on the northern coast of the Gray Mist Sea. It won't be long before the torrential rains brought by the hurricane arrive, so the completeness of the water conservancy facilities here is very important for the territory's farming and agriculture.

Speaking of this, Fandar's expression became somewhat grave. He shook his head and said, "It's not optimistic. Due to the reduction in ogres, the progress of our water conservancy facilities has been delayed considerably. Even taking mud from the lake nearby to build the dam, it has only been completed for eighty miles. This is even with the dwarven engineers directing and speeding up the process."

The addition of the dwarven engineering master has indeed given the territory a great boost.

After all, they have a long history and engineering experience. When it comes to water conservancy construction, no ordinary person in the territory can compare with them.

Su Li remembered that even in his previous life, his nation, which was extremely good at farming, did not organically integrate the silt at the bottom of the lake with the bank revetments until Su Shi governed West Lake and Hangzhou.

The dwarven engineering masters also have professional knowledge and tools to assist them. If they are not building fast enough, it means that with the territory's current strength, no one can speed up the project.

The territory's lack of manpower is indeed a major problem, but now the forest bandit groups have been basically cleared out, the location of the mountain people has not yet been found, the dwarven exploration team is still wandering in the deep mountains, and as for the northern followers of the Sun Goddess heading south, it is unknown which long migration path they are on.

Su Li doesn't have any good way to solve the manpower problem for the territory and can only collect it bit by bit every day.

Fandar also said, "It is unlikely that there will be a surge in manpower in the short term, given the current situation. Therefore, the dwarven engineers have also come up with a backup flood control plan."

As he spoke, he led Su Li to the side of the dam, looked down at the fertile hundreds of thousands of acres of the shallow bay plain, and pointed to a ditch that was under construction in full swing, saying, "The dwarven engineers' plan is that since building the dam is a bit too late, we must prepare for both possibilities. In case the rain is too heavy and the current dam is not enough, we can use the ditches below to drain the water."

Su Li looked at this wide ditch. Many drainage ditches had already been planned in advance in the plain below, but none of them were so large. He felt that this ditch must be nearly twenty meters wide, which was too extravagant for drainage!

So Su Li's eyes lit up and he asked, "Could it be that the dwarves want to build this ditch into a canal?"

The Bjorn's Bight below is currently the most important project in the territory. All the construction in the entire territory, including reservoirs, dams, ditches, bridges, and roads, are all supporting this fertile farmland.

Around this wide ditch, rows of straight and slender ditches cut the land into flat fields. Roads crisscross, linking all the land. As long as jujube trees, mulberry trees, elm trees, etc., are planted along the roads and ridges in the future, forming strips of woodland, this will be a pastoral landscape. When the crops mature and the wind blows through the tens of thousands of acres of golden wheat fields, the scenery will be breathtaking.

Fandar explained with a smile, "Lord, you truly have discerning eyes. That's right, this large ditch is intended to be built into a canal, connecting to the Blackwater River and the Brienne River. When the time comes, the grain from the fields can be directly transported by boat to the castle and the docks of Hessen Town, and then stored in the granary. Moreover, the surrounding ditches are also connected to this canal, which can play a certain drainage effect."

These grains are all Su Li's property, and the output of the territory's serfs belongs to Su Li.

However, transporting and storing so much grain is not an easy task. Since ancient times, canal transportation of grain has been the most labor-saving and convenient route.

If hundreds of thousands of catties of grain were quickly transported to the castle, the castle would not have so many granaries.

Su Li asked, "Some of the grain still needs to be milled nearby. How is the construction of the windmills and mills progressing?"

Fandar pointed to the farther south and said, "The threshing floor is ready, just flatten the ground. This facility is available near every village and farm. As for the windmills and mills, the Wester Company has already built three around the Brienne River, using their own manpower. Their workers cut down the wood and built the facilities. They may charge our territory a certain fee when the time comes."

It is only natural to charge a fee. Only with profit can these chambers of commerce be attracted to invest.

Su Li said with a smile, "Let them charge it. Their funds can't flow out anyway, and will only enhance the prosperity of our territory. The more merchants who visit, the better. In the end, the money they earn will either be paid in taxes or used to purchase supplies in our territory."

"Hessen earns money and Hessen spends it, don't even think about taking a penny home." This is not an exaggerated slogan.

Although the prosperity of Hessen is generally poor, Hessen has high-end specialties. Chambers of commerce that come to Hessen will be able to spend every gold coin and return fully loaded.

If you stay in Hessen for a while longer, it will be terrible. These chamber of commerce members with gambling personalities will even have to pawn their pants here.

Su Li successfully built the first brothel in Hessen, named Black Rose's Desire.

This really emptied every penny of the merchants' workers and mercenaries.

This chamber of pleasure does not take the vulgar route of carnal desire. It is not a group of scantily clad girls standing in front of the masters, posing coquettishly, twisting their thighs, breasts, and buttocks, pure, enchanting, and full of spring.

On the contrary, under Su Li's instructions, it focuses on massage and relaxation, giving these travelers on the road a feeling of returning home.

There are more than forty female slaves inside, each with their own unique and tragic story, focusing on being understanding and moving.

For example, those few smart girls will say, "Brother, don't come next time. You are running around, licking blood from the knife's edge, and it's not easy to earn money. You should save your money. If you really miss me, order the lowest package, and I will do it for you normally. You should earn money to marry a good wife, don't look for someone like me."

"Thank you for always helping me with my performance. You always appear when I need you. It's a pity that my life is miserable. I didn't meet you when things were good. I won't do this job in my next life. I will marry you. I love you. This is the money you have spent on me these days. I have saved it all for you, I haven't touched a penny. Don't come again in the future. Find a woman who is better than me and treat her well."

This lethality is simply amazing. How can those lumberjacks and mercenary brothers who have worked hard all their lives stand this? This is not a beauty trap, this is clearly a miserable lover who is thinking of me everywhere, but is controlled by fate! This is the goddess of love's test for me.

So they all angrily scolded the shop owner's injustice, and then threw gold coins wildly, rushing for the 92 package, which was even more expensive than 98.

92/95/98 corresponds to the way the fairies in their eyes serve them. The lowest level is undoubtedly using their hands to relieve their difficulties, and the higher level is to taste the cherry lips of thousands of people. As for what the highest level package is, there is no need to say more to them.

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A little simple change in style brings great satisfaction to both parties in the service. Even during the period, more than once, some customers who were on top of their heads were furious and made a scene in the brothel, just to take away a lost lover, even if they threw ten gold crowns to redeem their lover.

If this continues to develop, Hessen will eventually emerge with several courtesans, attracting a large number of wandering playboys and troubadours to come and linger here.

However, this kind of thing is ultimately a matter of the lower class. If the territory is to be rich and strong, it still has to rely on industry and agriculture.

No agriculture, no stability; no industry, no wealth; no commerce, no life; no knights, no strength!

So Su Li only thought about the territory's commercial activities, and quickly refocused his energy on Bjorn's Bight, and said to Fandar, "We still have to find a way to increase the number of ogres and speed up the territory's construction. The Bjorn's Bight project alone has involved too much of our energy, and the ogre construction team does not have the energy to build more houses and facilities."

Although Hessen has developed somewhat, due to the limitations of the amount of construction, only thirty new buildings have been built, and the remaining forty or fifty are still the broken, simple, patched-up old houses from before.

As he was talking, the territory's Seal Chancellor, Laun, rode over on horseback. His rapid hooves were filled with excitement and high spirits. If he hadn't paid special attention to etiquette and demeanor, he would have shouted excitedly from afar.

But he was indeed well-mannered, always maintaining the demeanor that the Seal Chancellor should have, until he rode to about ten meters near Su Li, then jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the apprentice knight Karl who came to greet him.

Then he tidied up his clothes and walked quickly to Su Li, saying, "Lord, the best news for the territory at the moment, the people of the Balantang Born family are back, and they have brought back more than a hundred ogre mercenaries!"

"More than a hundred ogres!"

"More than a hundred ogres?!" Su Li and Agriculture Minister Fandar exclaimed at the same time.

Then Su Li asked excitedly and pleasantly surprised, "How did they bring back so many ogres at once?"

This surprise was too great, even close to shock!

He and Fandar were just worrying about the territory's lack of manpower, but now the situation has taken a sharp turn, and he is afraid that he will have to worry about too much manpower and insufficient food.

After all, these ogres are very capable, comparable to construction machinery, and they are also very edible!

It is a large amount of food that guarantees their immense strength, even if they are moving bricks on the construction site, they can far surpass ordinary people and become rich.

Laun said with a smile, "They brought not only these ogres, but also many other immigrants who moved in. The situation is very complicated and cannot be explained in a sentence or two. The patriarch of the Balantang Born family, Hatzkling, is waiting for you in the castle with people, and has something to discuss with you."

Su Li couldn't care about the current project. If he could reach an agreement with these halflings and hundreds of ogres joined the construction team, all the current difficulties would be easily solved.

So he clapped the dirt on his palms, immediately jumped on his horse, and said, "Go, back to the castle. See what's going on with them, where did so many ogres come from?"