Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Although Lunadesan's seduction plan didn't go smoothly, Edmond's extraordinary pasture cultivation plan was relatively successful and didn't cause Su Li much worry.

Mainly, his divine spell [Create Sacred Forest] made this forest almost a Druid's sacrificial temple. After the stone circle inside was activated by the sacred forest, all Jilun mages who entered (including elves, Dawn Church members, Tal handmaidens, etc.) could gain increased magic recovery speed and enhanced divine spell abilities.

This allowed the Druid's divine spell [Vitality Growth] to exert its maximum effectiveness, cultivating moonlight alfalfa at the fastest speed. He even had the spare capacity to accelerate the growth of Hilde's tiger-striped griffons.

All three tiger-striped griffons were hatched. Hilde's mount was named Tiger-Striped Claw · Rending Bloodstains, a perfect match for her other mount, the Demigriff · Tearing Claw, like good siblings.

It is normal for a knight to have 2-5 mounts, but it is very rare for someone like Hilde to have two griffon mounts.

This is a privilege only enjoyed by high-ranking nobles of the empire. For example, the emperor of the empire has a large number of warhorse mounts, and also keeps a dragon in the zoo, but he rarely rides the dragon to the battlefield. His favorite is his Sky Griffon.

It can be said that Hilde has the treatment matching her Chosen of the Sun God status, just in terms of mount cultivation.

Moreover, because she is liked by the Silver Horned Giant Stag, she can freely enter and exit the sacred forest, which benefits Rending Bloodstains as well. Among the three tiger-striped griffons, its size is the largest after being accelerated by Vitality Growth. And it's not just superficially large; with four dragon bloodstones, its figure is robust and powerful, noble and strong.

Marshal Orshstein named his tiger-striped griffon Stern Mane · Stormwing, which fits the style of the Imperial Griffon Cavalry Regiment.

Although his Stormwing's growth rate is not as fast as Rending Bloodstains, the marshal has also benefited greatly during his time recuperating in the territory.

After collecting and preparing the spoils, the new month arrived, and the territory successfully used a large number of Chosen-level materials to build his second powerful Unique-grade weapon: Chaos Arbitrator!

This warhammer uses the [Four-Chambered Furnace Heart] as its energy core, and the head, impact cone, and end of the handle are composed of the Head of Chaos Fusion, making it extremely powerful. Especially after activating the God General state, a single strike can shatter the earth and destroy cities.

With the blessing of this powerful weapon, the marshal led five companies of provincial soldiers to continuously clear various monsters in the western Blood Pine Forest, eliminate hidden forest bandit groups and Beastmen warbands, and supervise the construction of the Storm Shadow Fortress in the direction of the Blood Mist Hills.

In the past month, his clearing work has been very successful. Under the guidance of Su Li's intelligence, he cleared out 4 forest bandit groups, 1 raider warband, and 2 wasteland vagrant farms.

In addition to the enemies killed on the battlefield, the remaining prisoners numbered more than 200, all of whom became Su Li's slaves.

The Black Forest Territory even achieved reverse sales to slave hunting groups and slave traders for the first time. Some apprentice knights and formal knights were sold by Su Li to Krup of the Brandisknapp halfling family in the territory.

This Krup is an elite member of the Comradeship Club. This club made a very deep impression on Su Li. The conditions for joining are incredible bravery, incredible wealth, and incredible stupidity, preferably all three!

He and the elites of his club jointly formed the Ulfgrim Slave Merchant Guild, which means slave traders as cold and ruthless as the harsh northern winds.

They control a northern slave trading route between Maleburg and the Black Forest Territory in the Border Prince Territory. Relying on the Comradeship Club's strongholds, connections, and business networks in Maleburg, they can always sell various specialties from the Black Forest Territory, and sometimes even bring back some scandalous news from Maleburg.

For example, Shablin, the greedy, corrupt, cowardly, and sadistic secretary whom Su Li had previously met, had his affair with Lisa, the wife of his superior, the administrative officer, exposed. These two guys were simply lust-crazed. While the administrative officer was at work, Shablin actually climbed into the administrative officer's bed and rolled around with this married woman in the other's bedroom.

It is said that when they were caught in bed, the enchanting and beautiful Ms. Lisa was blindfolded with silk ribbons, kneeling on the ground like a tamed mare.

And Shablin, the secretary, played the role of a knight.

This made the knights who caught them in the act very excited, and they spread the scene vividly throughout Maleburg.

The result goes without saying. Shablin, the lecherous guy, was directly castrated. It is said that under the influence of the hardening potion, it was very tragic.

But the administrative officer didn't kill him, not because of any merciful mentality. On the contrary, he deliberately kept him at home and made him play the role of a cuckold.

The administrative officer didn't suffer any losses either. After his wife was taken by Shablin, he decisively hooked up with Shablin's wife. You must know that Shablin's wife was an important background for this idiot to be able to serve as a secretary. Her father was an important senator in Maleburg.

Unlike feudal autocratic territories like the Black Forest Territory, Maleburg is an open city composed of merchants. The mayor does not have as much power as Su Li, the lord. The highest authority controlling the entire city is the Maleburg Council.

The senators in the council, who are in charge of various committees, determine the city's various policies, powers, and armies.

The administrative officer hooked up with Shablin's wife, not only avenging Shablin, but more importantly, gaining the appreciation and support of a senator.

He also had a good life. He tied Shablin to the head of the bed and made him watch how he tormented his former wife. Sometimes, he would even repay him in kind, blindfolding him and letting him listen to what was happening on the bed and the lewd sounds.

Of course, there was no shortage of the classic question: Who is stronger, me or your husband?

These scandals can be said to be spreading like wildfire, vividly. Halflings especially love to spread such secrets, probably because many of them work as servants in wealthy families and can always hear these private matters. Then they go back to sleep in the same bed at night. According to their fondness for intimacy, one person's narrative can quickly spread through dozens of mouths.

Su Li also discovered his potential for gossip and had one comment on these halfling confidences: "Good to hear, love to hear, tell me more."

Life, after all, needs a little excitement.

Anyway, he was living a peaceful and carefree life during this time, so much so that he would laugh in his dreams.

Of course, while the halflings were inquiring about these scandals, they didn't delay their talent for doing business.

The price they purchased slaves from the Black Forest Territory was very considerable. The purchase price of an apprentice knight was 10 gold coins, with a profit margin of over 100%!

Su Li and the territory had no objections to this.

The purchase price of slave traders certainly cannot be the same as the selling price, otherwise what profit would they make?

The price of a formal knight is 25 gold coins, and for some with special bloodlines or divine spells, the price can be as high as 30 gold crowns.

Basically, they can guarantee that they can earn nearly double the wealth by selling a batch.

One important reason why Su Li is so generous is that he has a 37% share in this slave trading guild.

He is equivalent to receiving two portions of money: one for the price of selling slaves, and one for the profit sharing.

However, this investment was not made by him, but by Oliver, the director of the Provincial Affairs Office.

This director of the Provincial Affairs Office has unique insights into increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. If the territory's remaining 30,000+ gold crowns were not used to increase revenue, the territory's finances might go bankrupt before the end of the year, given the current monthly fiscal deficit of several thousand gold crowns.

In any case, it is an extremely deformed ratio for the Black Forest Territory, such a small pioneering territory with a weak foundation, a small area, and a sparse population, to maintain an army of 2000+.

If it weren't for Su Li's guidance with various intelligence, which greatly enriched the territory's food and wealth through fishing, hunting, and the income from fantastic specialties, and the continuous military victories that brought in one windfall after another, alleviating the pressure of near bankruptcy, the territory would have long been unsustainable.

What the Provincial Affairs Office has been doing recently is sorting out the territory's finances, expenditures, taxes, and the summary of the year's spoils.

At the end of the year, they will give Su Li a complete report.

Without the professional statistics of bureaucrats and accountants, it is likely that there would be a lot of corruption and embezzlement among this year's many income and expenses.

On the other hand, Oliver did not sit idle. If these 30,000+ remaining gold coins were kept in the treasury, they would be exhausted in a few months.

On the contrary, if they are circulated, invested, and used to increase revenue, it can greatly reduce the amount of the territory's fiscal deficit, at least from the initial deficit of over 7,000 to 5,000 or even 3,000. If the fiscal deficit is reduced to 5,000 gold crowns per month, then it can at least last for half a year.

He invested in many projects, in addition to this halfling slave trading guild, he also invested in several very important projects.

The first is the [Holy Industry Alliance]. He used the large amount of fur seized on the battlefield in this battle as capital to invest in the halfling's [Barantang Born Leather Armor Workshop], obtaining 29% of the shares.

In this battle, the Holy Alliance coalition forces of mankind killed tens of thousands of monsters, especially jackals and kobolds, which can provide a large amount of leather, and the leather armor made from the skin of skin wolves is a rare treasure that halflings usually cannot obtain.

Now, most of these spoils have been monopolized by Su Li. If they are sold, they may even impact the Maleburg leather trading market, causing prices to drop sharply in a short period of time.

Therefore, in addition to less than one-tenth of the quantity being sent by Oliver to the two leather factories under Su Li's name, the rest were sent to the Barantang Autonomous Territory to make special halfling [Invisibility Leather Armor].

This leather armor can help soldiers conceal their whereabouts in special environments, similar to the Skaven's Gutter Runners and the Goblins' Sneaky Gits.

After wearing this leather armor, they can unlock the [Vanguard Deployment] and [Stealth] abilities. When they are far away from the enemy troops, the enemy cannot see their figures from a long distance, even if the enemy's warlords and generals stand on cliffs and peaks to command. Until they appear on the enemy's flanks or next to the ranged troops and suddenly launch an attack, the panicked enemy will realize that they have fallen into the opponent's encirclement.

However, the greatest value of this leather armor is for ranged troops. If the range of this ranged troop is long enough, the stealth ability can be activated. Even if they are constantly shooting, the enemy cannot see these ranged shooter troops behind the fierce fighting line. They are like completely invisible, and only a steady stream of arrows seems to suddenly appear out of thin air, whistling out from behind the enemy's formation.

This means that facing these invisible shooters, the enemy's ranged troops cannot counterattack. Unless a cavalry regiment launches a charge, gets close to them, and breaks their invisibility ability.

The price of such a set of stealth leather armor is as high as 15 gold crowns! Only slightly cheaper than high-quality dwarven heavy armor. The halfling territory has 6 tailoring shops and 1 joint armor workshop producing this leather armor.

After Oliver's investment, the halflings saved the money to buy raw materials, so they expanded production and formed a halfling leather armor guild, controlling all 10 tailoring shops and 2 leather armor factories below.

Before these equipment were sold, the territory benefited. All members of the territory's two squads of Swan Knights were re-equipped with this leather armor, which allows these aerial cavalry to hide their whereabouts in the air. This is extremely beneficial for their reconnaissance. Harpies cannot see their figures unless they are within about 100 meters of them. This means that the Swan Knights are an invisible aerial reconnaissance force, even better than drones.

The only problem is that the cost of forming such an aerial cavalry is really not low. Just preparing leather armor and mounts for them costs nearly 500 gold crowns. If you include their weapons, wages, and training costs, forming such a 24-man aerial cavalry unit costs at least 800-900 gold crowns.

Because their weapons are also specially made, with the upgrade of the territory, they replaced the bows and arrows in their hands with crossbows made by dwarves.

Dwarves never use bows and arrows. Crossbows and firearms are their main ranged equipment.

The crossbows used to arm these Swan Knights in the Black Forest Territory are precisely the result of another investment of the territory's [Holy Industry Alliance]. The [Black Forest Armory], built by human priests and dwarven forging masters, has created a large number of excellent-grade weapons and equipment.

From the foreword of the [Black Forest Armory Record], "Those flame patterns on the blades are not decorations - every sword is blessed by a combat priest when it leaves the factory!"

This is not an exaggeration at all. The Black Forest Territory and the Grey Mountain Dwarves reached an agreement. After the Troll Skull Tavern was built, more than 200 dwarves have come to the Black Forest Territory one after another.

Even more gratifying is that the Black Forest Territory and the Dwarven Redbeard Clan reached an agreement. The humans sent a three-company knight regiment to the foot of the Grey Mountains to cooperate with the patrols of the dwarven rangers.

The dwarves stationed six companies of dwarven elites in Black Forest Town, with the garrison guarding the rule of the Fleur-de-lis family.

This deal is very fair. Although the numbers are two to one, this has always been the case according to the old world's military organization. The infantry is more dense, so a company is a phalanx.

The cavalry units were larger and their formations were relatively sparse, so they formed combat groups of 60 men.

Thus, both sides sent 6 phalanxes to assist each other in combat, which was a very fair agreement.

It was even a mutual aid agreement, with both sides feeling they had gained an advantage.

Needless to say, the dwarves were extremely satisfied, as their appetites were greatly indulged. This was top-quality troll brew, equivalent to the dwarves' lifeblood. Moreover, stationed in Black Forest Territory, their meals were far superior to those in the mountain fortresses. Even the dwarves found their bread mixed with gravel quite rough. But in Black Forest Territory, they had meat, vegetables, and an unlimited supply of alcohol.

In addition, it was said that after the battles in Black Forest Territory, two champion-level dwarf slayers, also known as giant slayers, had come from the Grey Mountains. Each of them could potentially kill a giant single-handedly. With red mohawk hairstyles and bodies covered in tattoos and runes, these two dwarves were grumpy and difficult to get along with. Su Li didn't interact with them much, only knowing that one was a dwarf from the Redbeard Clan, seeking liberation, but the Redbeard Clan was recuperating and not engaging in combat, so he came to Black Forest Territory.

The other was a dwarf wandering around the Grey Mountains. Hearing that humans had invaded Bloodpine Forest and were cutting down those dim-witted giants, he decisively came here as well.

Su Li threw both of these fellows into Marshal Orstein's army, letting them participate in the forest war.

It was said that they were very satisfied with their current lives. Battles broke out every day, they bathed in blood every day, and they had delicious troll brew every day. It was simply perfect. The only regret was that no matter how frantically they charged, they couldn't die. Those damned half-griffin knights always appeared at crucial moments, thwarting their desire for liberation.

However, when the half-griffin knights brought over a pot of fine wine, and they all raised their glasses for a drink, the little bit of grumbling and complaining in their hearts immediately vanished.

These big guys were really to the dwarves' liking! So generous, and always able to lead them into battle, allowing them to stimulatingly teeter on the edge of life and death. They were indeed the dwarves' best friends.

In addition to these two champion-level dwarves, there were also a dozen troll butchers who were active in taverns or joined the Freemen Militia.

Their combat power was high, but their value was far less than that of other orthodox dwarves.

The point where Black Forest Territory felt it had gained the most advantage was that these dwarves could help the territory forge a large amount of equipment.

This was 6 companies, as many as 720 dwarves!

Adding the more than 600 dwarves in the territory's dwarf community, the territory's dwarf population was already close to 1,500.

It was also only this time, when the territory had enough time to observe so many dwarves, that it discovered that not every dwarf was a master craftsman.

Many dwarves couldn't forge, and when they were young, they had to rely on mining labor, digging up ore, and then learning from dwarf apprentices.

But the addition of so many dwarves was enough to allow the territory to take off.

Su Li once again obtained a baronial territory experience card. These dwarves were really durable and able to withstand hard work, and they didn't have any complaints about the territory using them like cattle and horses.

On the contrary, if they were really left in the camp with nothing to do, they would be bored to death, drinking and fighting all day long.

Essentially, these dwarves were just a bunch of hot-tempered, red-nosed miners.

After they arrived in the territory, more than 300 people were immediately assigned to the iron mine watchtower to mine. There was also the dwarf outpost they had built back then. As long as a wall was built along the outer wall of the base, the expansion could be completed.

This kind of project was simply the most brainless basic subject for the dwarves. Under the command of the dwarf engineers, these dwarves completed the expansion in only 4 days, while also satisfying their own needs and the development requirements of the 'Territory's Fifth Charter'.

Many Black Forest Territory residents came here to mine in order to seek a high-ranking servant position for their eldest sons.

This outpost currently houses more than 100 dwarves from Black Forest Territory, more than 300 dwarves from the Redbeard Clan, and more than 200 human miners, totaling nearly 700 people.

This scale was not small at all!

In any territory, a 700-person mine would already be considered a considerable size.

And it was precisely at this level of exploitation that the value of this giant iron mine was finally revealed!

It was simply like a gold mine, one of the territory's greatest resources and wealth.

Each month, as much as 100 jin of vibranium was mined. At this level, the territory could create about 60 sets of vibranium rune armor relying solely on this giant iron mine.

In just 10 years, Su Li's elite knight order would probably be able to fully arm 500 people, becoming vibranium rune armor knights.

When such a 500-man knight order launched a charge, it would truly be an overwhelming force, invincible. Even if 5,000 or even 10,000 monsters stood in their way, they could pierce through their formation.

In fact, this process would only be faster. Because Su Li also held another giant iron mine in the fertile forest core area of Lake Asonid.

However, the degree of exploitation of this giant iron mine was far less than that of the iron mine watchtower. This month, it only sent Su Li more than 30 jin of vibranium.

It wasn't that they were hoarding it privately. Marshal Orstein, as the victor, would constantly send troops in to supervise and inspect. They couldn't hide the vibranium. Moreover, they didn't have the ability to process vibranium. Hiding this stuff was not as good as hiding gold for them.

It was just that the monsters' degree of development here was too low, but they couldn't be blamed. The manpower here had always been in a state of shortage. Only one or two hundred kobolds were mining every day, and at its peak, there were only more than 400.

The Green Dragon transferred these monsters away to deal with the war in the eastern forest. Since the end of the war with the humans, the forest had been filled with war, with smoke billowing everywhere, and there had never been a peaceful day.

The Green Dragon, Aileria, had been very upset during this period.