Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The golden wheat filled the territory's granaries, and the joy of the harvest kept a smile on Su Li's face.

Watching the serfs carrying the grain batch after batch, Su Li felt that not only the granaries were being filled, but also the satisfaction in his heart.

And the joy of the harvest reached its peak when Vandal returned.

Vandal, holding a bamboo basket full of fruit, excitedly said to Su Li: "Lord, as you said, the Starfall Basin has indeed formed a holy site for our Leia Church! This architectural wonder can gather the divine grace spread by Leia into the territory! All the output of our territory will increase by more than ten percent!"

Of course, it's more than ten percent. The daily intelligence revealed to Su Li that with this church's holy site, the territory's output would increase by at least twenty percent!

Especially the wheat fields, which Leia particularly cared for, would have a yield of more than 230 catties per mu! This is already more than twice that of feudal societies on Earth.

Then Vandal handed the fruit basket in his hand to Su Li and said, "Lord, you can try it. This is a specialty we found near the Starlight Pool in the church's holy site. We call it the Rose Apple."

Su Li took a rose-red apple, wiped it clean with his sleeve, and took a bite. He immediately widened his eyes and looked at Vandal in disbelief: "My minister! This apple will be a hit across the entire continent! This will be one of the territory's emerging specialties. It actually has a rose fragrance."

Su Li had eaten apples with floral fragrance before. They also exist on Earth, but the price is really not cheap.

And in this world, this kind of orchard growing next to the church's holy site will increase its value even more.

After all, this is the fruit endorsed by the Goddess of Dawn.

The most famous apple in this world is the Stimigen apple around the imperial capital, Terraheim, because this apple is endorsed by the legendary dragon, Fire Scythe · Kemler.

Legend has it that Fire Scythe descended over the Imperial Central Plains during the harvest season, attracted by a scent she had never smelled before. She landed in the fields and demanded that people immediately satisfy her curiosity, undoubtedly terrifying those poor farmers. What she smelled was the Stimigen apple - after receiving a few barrels, she showed visible delight. After enjoying the tribute, she vowed that as long as two large barrels of Stimigen apples were presented each harvest season, she would not burn the nearby fields.

Thus, this apple became famous throughout the continent. The farmers of Terraheim invite this dragon to endorse their advertisements every harvest season, and two-tenths of the profit from the sale of apples will be given to Kemler.

Su Li felt that this rose apple, relying on its unique taste, could also become a famous specialty of the territory.

Vandal said with a smile: "We have already arranged for the nuns of the monastery to manage this orchard. Under the care of divine grace, this area is indeed very lush, with various trees such as wild apples and wild hawthorns."

"What wild apples. This name is too awful!" Su Li immediately said decisively: "It's called Xiangmei Fruit, Rose Dew, the apple of our territory blessed by Leia's divine grace!"

"Yes, yes. You are right, Lord." Vandal also immediately said solemnly: "This is no ordinary apple, it is an apple blessed by divine grace, an apple born from the holy site! It is a fruit as sacred as the Blessed Purple Vine Pod."

"I will send it to the market immediately and sell it to the Wester Commercial Bank for at least 5 copper coins apiece."

The currency of this world has great purchasing power. One copper coin is enough for an ordinary farmer to eat a meal, and 5 copper coins apiece is indeed a high price.

If it can be sold, it can bring considerable income to the territory.

While Su Li was talking to Vandal, Hilde, the chief high-ranking guard, suddenly walked over excitedly.

This is very unusual behavior.

Hilde is the chief high-ranking attendant, the most powerful person in the territory besides Su Li. She is responsible for arranging Su Li's daily schedule, arranging the lord's meetings, and convening all attendants and officials for government meetings, etc. She is Su Li's veritable gatekeeper and the territory's second lord.

The army is controlled by the lord and civil officials, so even a strong commander like Earl Stein is positioned below Hilde, because he only has the power to command troops, not the power to appoint personnel. Other ministers such as the Grand Chancellor, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Religion must apply to Hilde before seeing Su Li.

Especially after the completion of the Bauhinia Manor, the territory's majesty gradually formed, and it became even more impossible for them to enter the castle (stone house) and see Su Li casually like before.

Hilde is now becoming more and more heroic, with the majesty of a female official. It is very rare for her to walk over excitedly like this.

When Hilde approached, she immediately reported to Su Li excitedly: "Lord, a very important good news, a branch of the Corona Knights under the Blazing Sun Knights has come to our territory."

"What? A branch of the Blazing Sun Knights is here?" Su Li laughed excitedly, "Sure enough, today is the harvest season!"

After the grain harvest, it's time to expand the population and army size.

"Quick! Take me to personally receive the visit of the Knights members."

Excited light jumped in Su Li's eyes. He quickly sorted out his lord's attire to ensure that every part looked majestic and solemn.

Then Hilde summoned a team of fully armed elite knights, rode on tall horses, held up the Bauhinia family's banner, followed behind Su Li, rode through the castle gate, and headed west of the territory to meet them.

Although each of them was shining brightly in their armor, when they left the scope of the city wall and saw the members of the Corona Knights on the plain on the west side of the highlands, the territory's knights still felt a sense of inferiority!

Facing the scorching summer sun, the elite knights of the Corona Knights were arranged in neat queues, proudly raising their chins and looking at the Black Forest Territory's army.

Their golden armor and luxurious flags shone on the earth!

Their strength, their equipment, and their arrogance all showed their unique temperament, like noble and proud eagles!

Every elite knight of the Blazing Sun Knights is deeply proud of their abilities and equipment, because their superb skills are comparable to those of the oldest and most powerful Templar Knights.

On the battlefield, everyone can see them charging in polished black and gold armor, decorated with gorgeous sun emblems. Many of their weapons shimmer with bright and fiery energy, blessed by the sacred flames of the Goddess of Strategy. When they charge, the sun and moon lose their color!

These knights were riding well-trained war horses. Their teams were well-organized. The knights in the front row held spears, while the knights in the back row were equipped with bows, arrows and swords, ready to deal with possible threats. The war horses were decorated with gorgeous horse armor, complementing the knights' armor, all showing the distinct characteristics of the Corona Knights.

In the proud gaze of the knights, a red-bearded knight with an exceptionally tall and mighty figure rode out on a semi-griffin and said to Su Li: "Respectable Lord of the Black Forest Territory, I am Constantine von Dienhoven, the Knight Commander of the Blazing Flame Vanguard Brotherhood of the Corona Knights, traveling to your territory in accordance with the will of the Goddess. We have long heard of your deeds, and we hope to have the opportunity to fight alongside you."

Su Li said with a smile: "Of course! We are all believers of the Goddess, and it is the virtue of every lord to fund the Goddess's church knights. I am willing to donate a farm in the territory to the Knights as your property and station."

As the Goddess of the Blazing Sun is becoming increasingly prosperous in the south of the Empire, the Knights have received a lot of funding from the nobles.

The little sponsorship Su Li gave them was insignificant compared to the wealth of the great nobles and the Blazing Sun Knights themselves.

It is even possible that the prosperity of their station will require the members of the Corona Knights to subsidize it in reverse.

Constantine didn't care, he accepted it generously, and then said: "Thank you for your generous donation, Lord. If you have no objection, we request to visit the Goddess Monastery in the territory first. Then your armed attendants will lead us to our station."

"Our Knights will be stationed here to fulfill the obligations of the Knights and promote the Goddess's doctrines and virtues!"

"No problem!" Su Li immediately said with a smile: "I will personally lead the knights of your regiment to the monastery in the territory."

The addition of a knightly order will greatly enhance the combat capabilities and development level of the territory.

Especially the Blazing Sun Knights, a famous knightly order that enjoys a reputation throughout the continent!

As a converted knightly order that devoutly believes in Violet, the Blazing Sun Knights are committed to studying and mastering the various extremes of the science and art of war.

As ardent followers of Violet, the knights regard tactical ability and achievement above all else, including origin and combat skills.

Because of this, the Knights have attracted batches of the best military talents to join their long and outstanding organization in years of prosperous development.

The primary goal of a Blazing Sun Knight is to achieve perfection in the art of war, so they travel to every corner of the Old World, searching for war and conflict, and learning from and asking every human country about their tactics and strategies.

The armies led by the Blazing Sun Knights are undoubtedly fierce divisions that can use a certain degree of cunning, leadership, and strategic vision to overcome their opponents and secure victory before the battle actually begins.

Moreover, they are the wealthiest knights in the entire continent. Their stationing in Silver Spring Valley will not only develop this farm southwest of Black Forest Town, but also benefit Black Forest Town!

On the way to the monastery, Su Li glanced at the golden knights and the forest of spears, the cold light of armor, and the orderly queue of armed attendants behind him, and asked Constantine, the knight commander riding on the semi-griffin: "Your Excellency Constantine, how many people are in your regiment this time?"