Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

As evening approached, Bagkins Brandybuck, a halfling from a halfling family, successfully arrived near Lake Reveille.

Overseer Kurt glared at him with displeasure. The appearance of this middle-aged halfling had disrupted all the wonderful plans of their Wester Commerce Guild!

Although Su Li had invited Overseer Kurt to co-sponsor this halfling, he was still seething with anger.

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

Overseer Kurt had no goodwill towards this halfling.

Bagkins also sensed the malice emanating from this commerce guild overseer. He carefully bowed to Su Li and said, "Greetings, Lord. May the gods bless you with health and strength, and abundant offspring."

Su Li waved his hand at him and said, "No need for formalities. I summoned you because I heard you're forming a trade caravan? How's the progress?"

Bagkins, as a middle-aged halfling, didn't sport a beard, which made his face look somewhat childish, making it difficult for people to trust him.

But it was precisely this seemingly naive person who possessed extraordinary ambition within.

He was well aware that this was his greatest opportunity, so he immediately explained to Su Li in detail, "Yes, Lord. As you've heard, I am in the process of forming a trade caravan. Several families in the Barren Autonomous Territory are very interested in this journey, and I've already raised two hundred gold crowns in funding. As soon as we reach an agreement with the dwarves, we can set off with the goods."

"This time, our team will be mainly halflings, accompanied by powerful ogre mercenaries. I believe most lords will welcome us, especially since we're carrying a large quantity of cabbages and carrots."

Su Li raised an eyebrow and asked, "You plan to sell our territory's crops along the way?"

Actually, Bagkins hadn't originally intended to do so.

But after meeting Su Li, he immediately emphasized this proposal. He was very quick-witted and knew exactly what could impress his lord.

So he immediately said, "That's right, Lord. I've observed that the territory is currently experiencing a large harvest of grain, but storage is insufficient. Therefore, I plan to sell it along the way to those territories that have suffered from the disaster."

"This will greatly enhance our safety. No territory will attack a trade caravan that sells them grain, especially during this time of disaster. A trade caravan transporting grain is their hope for survival."

"The nearby territories have all been affected by the disaster, so our territory's grain will definitely fetch a high price. Then, after arriving at Fort Maer, we can use this high price to purchase another batch of grains and transport them back to the territory, which can greatly alleviate the territory's grain storage crisis."

Su Li revealed a smile. Indeed, people need to pool their wisdom to develop the territory well.

Bagkins's suggestion could indeed greatly solve the problem of cabbages and carrots being difficult to store.

Under normal circumstances, if these grains were transported out, their value wouldn't even cover the transportation costs.

You should know that once a team of over a hundred people sets off, the cost of food for people and horses is a huge expense.

No lord would do such a thankless thing.

Foods like cabbages, which are difficult to store, are only suitable for circulation within a feudal territory or town.

Once they cross a thousand miles, to be honest, more of them will rot than will be sold.

But now the situation is different. The suction effect brought about by Tar's hurricane is still in effect.

The strong can still reap the wealth of other territories from this hurricane.

At this time, selling cabbages and carrots to the territories along the way can increase their value several times, or even dozens of times.

A cabbage that used to cost one copper coin can now be sold for one silver coin or even one gold coin, depending on the conscience of the trade caravan.

This is not the unified dynasty of the East. In a capitalist society, hoarding and profiteering is the most normal operation for a commerce guild. Even Ranold, the god of trickery, encourages this behavior.

Therefore, it's normal for outrageous prices to appear during disasters.

At the same time, relying on the halflings' "talent," it's not impossible for them to bring back a large number of rune items and magic items.

After all, halflings always have such "coincidences" that allow them to collect magical items in their autonomous territories.

So Su Li said, "Your idea is very good. I've decided to support your trade caravan. What do you need?"

At this time, Overseer Kurt was really anxious and said to Su Li, "Lord Su Li, you can't just listen to his side of the story. I've traveled through the Border Prince Territory and I know very well that there are a lot of raiders and peasant rioters on this journey. The territory certainly won't attack them, but those raiders will definitely surround them like hungry wolves. As long as there's an opportunity, someone will definitely pounce on them and take a bite."

As competitors, they certainly don't want this trade caravan to succeed. For every point their scale expands, the interests of the Wester High Commerce Guild will be weakened by one point.

Bagkins immediately said, "Lord, please trust us halflings and ogre mercenaries. We have a tradition of traveling and wandering around. The more chaotic the situation, the more suitable it is for us to travel through. If we didn't have this ability, how could there be ogres and halflings everywhere in the empire? At the same time, we can also absorb refugees along the way to join our team, thereby increasing the territory's population."

"We don't need much. As long as you give us a little financial sponsorship, we can grow our trade caravan as we go. We can divide the profits according to the original ratio."

Su Li thought for a while and said, "I believe in your racial talent."

Then Su Li turned to Overseer Kurt and said, "If they only need a little financial support, I think we can completely form this trade caravan together. In any case, your trade caravan won't be leaving Black Forest Territory for the time being. In your words, so many gold coins can't circulate, and they're just a pile of scrap metal, aren't they?"

After hearing this, Overseer Kurt's mood finally calmed down a little. He thought carefully for a while, and then shook his head and said, "The risk of this trade caravan is too great, and our Wester High Commerce Guild can't invest in it."

"But as a friend of your Lordship, I have great faith in your vision, so I will invest 500 gold crowns in my personal capacity. Regardless of whether the trade caravan is successful in the end, I will bear the risk myself."

Su Li smiled and patted Bagkins on the shoulder, and said, "Then I'll also invest 500 gold crowns in you. Counting your own trade caravan, guards, and goods, and most importantly, your own talent, the three of us will share the risks and benefits of this trade caravan equally."

"But there's one thing I need to change. I don't want a profit share, I want the final goods share. That is, whatever you get on this trade caravan trip, we have to divide it equally."

Su Li didn't ask him whether he agreed or not.

This was a notification, not a discussion.

Bagkins was slightly surprised, and then decisively agreed to Su Li's request.

He felt like he had been blessed by the Hyacinth God.

He had only decided to form a trade caravan yesterday, and was still worried about whether the trade caravan could be successfully formed in the evening.

As a result, everything was perfectly achieved today.

It was simply all wishes fulfilled! Everything was much better than he expected.

An investment of 1000 gold crowns is capital that many kingdom knights and barons can't take out!

And with the support of the lord, he can obtain all kinds of rare and exotic materials within the territory.

He purchased 20 sets of dwarven heavy armor, brought 10 crimson pearls, and even has 3 powerful water elemental cores in his hand!

This is a treasure that can directly create a trainee knight.

The reason why Su Li gave him such precious props was to maximize the value of this trade caravan trip.

In fact, it's a complete waste of resources to directly create a knight with water elements.

The value of a water elemental core can buy back two or three trainee knights, and even an elite knight can be bought back when the market is good.

If Bagkins's journey is far enough and he can successfully arrive at Modheim City, the value of water elements can continue to increase in that holy city of knights.

This thing is mainly rare and hard to find. Those noble ladies and large families who are raising their sons are very willing to spend money. After all, no matter how many trainee knight slaves there are in the family, they can't compare to their own son awakening into a trainee knight.

All of this is irrelevant to Su Li. He doesn't care who awakens into a trainee knight. He is of course very willing to sell this thing after it can be sold to buy more trainee knight slaves.

And Su Li also predicted that Bagkins's trip would be able to obtain a batch of rune props from many lords.

In fact, most of the pioneering lords are not poor. When they set off from their families, they can generally obtain a certain amount of family sponsorship.

Like Su Li, he obtained a holy relic of glory, three vibranium rune armors, and a half-griffin from his family.

This is just a sponsorship from an earl family.

Other pioneering lords have some treasures more or less.

It's just that they can't possibly take them out for trading on weekdays.

And after this storm, they may have to spit out some precious foundations in order to survive.

Tar, the god of the wilderness, is indeed as fierce and wild as his divine authority.

Those who can't catch his divine grace can only fall into the mud and turn into fertilizer for the wilderness.

But if you can catch his divine grace, the wealth he brings is even more generous than the Goddess of Dawn.

A Midsummer Day celebration was thrilling and enthusiastic, but fortunately it was successfully passed in the end.

The next day, as the giant elk arrived in Black Forest Territory, all the planning of the territory was put on the agenda.

Bagkins set off with the territory's wealth and began his business trip to Fort Maer.

After a brief stay, the Wester High Commerce Guild officially set off towards Bloodpine Forest. Their transaction this time was just incidental, and mining bloodpine wood was their main purpose.

And the Bjorn Bay reclamation project, which Black Forest Territory had been planning for nearly two months, was finally put on the agenda!

Under the personal supervision of Su Li, Grand Secretary Laun, and Minister of Agriculture Vandal, the serfs began to reclaim farmland on a large scale below.