Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Upon hearing Su Li's assurances and threats, Shablin scrambled behind the counter, retrieved a new map, and presented it to Su Li.

He hurriedly guaranteed, "Respected pioneer lord, I assure you that every word I say is the truth. Please take a look at the location of the Black Forest Foothills. It is located northeast of the Border Prince's territory, with the Gray Mountains, a branch of the Black Mountains, stretching across the north."

"Many rivers flow from the Gray Mountains into the vast Black Forest Plain at the foot of the mountains, which is crucial for the development of the territory. Moreover, for the lords, the lower slopes of the Gray Mountains are also important resources. Many mines can be dug here for the extraction of various minerals such as iron, gold, marble, and gems."

"To its southeast is the vast Blood Pine Forest, which mainly contains oak, pine, elm, and beech trees, but it also produces a kind of reddish-brown high-quality pine wood that sells well all over the world. Furniture merchants and hired workers often come here to cut pine wood, but because the forest here is very dense, some lumberjacks are often attacked by forest goblins and beastmen hidden inside. You can provide them with protection and earn considerable income."

"Your territory is located in an area between the Blood Pine Forest and the Gray Mountains, consisting of rolling hills and fertile valleys, known as the Black Forest Foothills."

"The land here is fertile, the water network is dense, the river transportation is developed, and there are many opportunities. The northern mountains are full of dwarf tunnels, although many of them have been abandoned. But some dwarf fortresses still exist in the highlands of the Gray Mountains, but these small islands are mostly surrounded by an ocean of beastmen, goblins, bandits, and hill trolls. You need to open up roads to get in touch with them. Their engineering technology will provide great help for you to build water conservancy projects."

"The Blood Pine Forest in the east is rich in products, and the precious wood specialties can help you accumulate wealth quickly. Various precious fruits and herbs can help you strengthen the strength of your troops. The only thing to be careful about is the sneak attacks of beastmen warbands and goblin tribes inside, but I think all this is nothing to a powerful and wise lord like you."

Looking at the geographical situation drawn on the map, Su Li was already moved. The green area marking the fertile plain was very vast, and the gray mountains and black forests surrounded the plain. It was quite a distance from the human strongholds, which was suitable for exploration and left time for the daily intelligence ability to warn him.

Su Li considered for a moment and said, "Then register here first. I will stay in Maleburg for a day or two. If I have other ideas, I will come over and change it."

"No problem, no problem." Shablin nodded quickly and said, "This is a common practice for pioneer lords. Do you want to enjoy a few days? I can recommend some good taverns, brothels, and opera houses."

Su Li glared at him angrily and said, "I'm not interested. If you want to introduce some good places, you can tell me which merchant house is good."

"Oh, oh, this kind of good place." Shablin replied quickly, "The Gray Market Chamber of Commerce east of the City Hall is a good choice. They have many contraband goods in their hands, and the Night Slave Hunting Group under their command often produces some slaves that cannot be seen in the light. Without connections, it is generally impossible to access this level of transaction. But if you tell them that Shablin introduced you, they will definitely receive you in the dark area."

With this connection, Su Li finally waved to Shablin with satisfaction: "Then thank you, I won't bother you to rest, we'll leave."

After speaking, Su Li left the City Hall directly with Earl Stein and Hilde, and the surrounding guards did not stop them under Shablin's greeting.

An elite knight climbed up from the ground and walked to Shablin with a limp, and asked, "Master Shablin, what did they say? Are we just letting them go like this?"

Shablin looked at the backs of the group leaving, and gritted his teeth in anger: "Hmph, offend me and still want to have a good time? Another sucker for the Black Forest Foothills, he won't live for more than half a year! It's cheap for this dog, this information could have been sold for at least 200 gold coins in the past, tricking one fool after another who wants to go through the back door."

The elite knight's eyes lit up: "Black Forest Foothills? Is that a place where ordinary pioneer lords can stay? Without the support of a great noble, there is no way to gain a foothold there. They will definitely be eaten until there is not even bone scraps left. I feel that in less than three months, we can continue to trick the next fool into spending money to die."

Su Li didn't know what was happening in the political hall. He went directly to the Gray Market Chamber of Commerce after leaving the political hall. It covers a very large area, with tall Gothic buildings, up to four floors, with multiple shops.

At the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, Su Li quickly waited for Hilde to summon Friedrich and Schwartz.

Schwartz held a money box in his hand and respectfully sent it to Su Li, and said, "Young Master Su Li, our transaction was very smooth. After comparing several merchant houses, we sold it at a very high price, with a total harvest of 342 gold coins. We spent 100 gold coins to buy food, seeds and various pioneering tools, and bought a total of 5 carts of apples, 2 carts of cabbage, beets, 20 carts of dry food, black bread, barley and wheat, and sixty sheep and twenty cows. We also bought some wine, cheese and sausages."

Su Li smiled with satisfaction. This number is already very considerable. Adding the funds he brought when he left the Zijing Fort, the wealth he gained sporadically along the way, and the consumption of purchasing food and fodder, he now has 931 gold coins left.

Among them, the consumption of purchasing food is the largest. Even if you only eat black bread, beans and cabbage, which taste like wax, an ordinary farmer will consume 3~5 copper coins a day. This kind of food will cause complaints to the armed attendants, let alone to the knights. The knights' diet, under normal circumstances, must ensure that there is cheese bread, ale, pies and some grilled meat and jerky. This meal will cost four or five times as much, and the knights are big eaters and must supplement sufficient nutrition to maintain their physical strength.

The consumption of a knight's diet is at least 30 copper coins a day. If you eat grilled meat that day, this consumption will increase sharply to more than one silver coin.

A half-sized boy eats up his old man. Hundreds of mouths consume thousands of pounds of food every day without doing anything.

After arriving at the pioneer territory, there will be no food income until autumn, so they must reserve enough food.

In addition, 60 gold coins of the remaining 831 gold coins are the rewards that the soldiers deserve for collecting medicinal materials and fighting monsters on the road, and 200 gold coins must be set aside to pay the soldiers' salaries.

Although when they were in Zijing Fort, these knights had sworn that even if Young Master Su Li's pioneer territory had no money to pay their salaries, they would not complain.

But if any lord really does this and does not pay wages, then wait to be overthrown by the knights.

After all, it is one thing to really have no money and not be able to pay wages. It is another thing to have money and not pay.

Knights need wages to settle down in the pioneer territory.

Therefore, after deducting 200 gold coins for wages and bonuses, Su Li has about 671 gold coins left that can be used at the Gray Market Chamber of Commerce, which is indeed a considerable number. If you donate this money to the Knights, the Knights can send several squads of elite knights with nearly a thousand armed attendants to help the lord fight a war from beginning to end.