Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 1: Love Potion

After some investigation, with Su Li's support, Minister of Agriculture Fandar promptly shifted the focus of the territory's farming from summer grain sowing to intensive cultivation.

The serfs went to the fields with hoes, bending down to weed and pull out grass roots.

The hardship of this work was beyond Su Li's imagination. Thousands of serfs, under the scorching sun, faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky, bending down to meticulously remove various weeds from the fields.

The summer in Tar was very wild, with weeds growing everywhere. The serfs quickly cleared a one-meter-high pile of weeds from one acre of land.

Fortunately, the priests of the Dawn Church guided them to classify and pile up these weeds. Wormwood, seven-mile fragrance, hedgerows, and pyrethrum were collected and burned in the fields, using smoke to directly remove pests.

The rest was sent to the east of Bjorn Bay and burned in a fire to increase soil fertility, preparing to reclaim more fertile farmland in the autumn.

The weeding process was not fast. Without professional equipment, they could only rely on manpower to cultivate bit by bit. It might take several days of continuous effort to remove the weeds from the fields.

So Su Li watched for a while, then rode the griffin further north, arriving at the fertile plains north of Bjorn Bay.

The terrain here was flat, the grassland was fertile, and there was a small forest to the northeast, composed of beech, oak, laurel, and olive trees.

This forest was an important source of the territory's wine barrels, olive oil, and honey.

Of course, its most important use was to provide shelter for the territory's lilac noble ranch here.

Hessen Territory undoubtedly still had the characteristics of being vast and rich in resources. The vast land provided extremely wide pastures for the territory's animal husbandry.

On this fertile plain north of Bjorn Bay, the ranch reached nearly 100,000 mu in size, with more than 200 shepherds grazing more than 600 horses, 400 cattle, and more than 2,000 goats and sheep.

The wind blew through the green plains, and these herds could be seen scattered under the various earth slopes, leisurely eating grass.

In fact, the scale of these cattle and sheep was not large. Even the property of a small nomadic tribe was more than these livestock.

Hessen Territory mainly just developed, and the time for stable breeding has been less than four months.

Therefore, the scale of cattle and sheep mainly relied on capture and hunting.

Of course, due to the arrival of the animal lord, there were already some calves in the cattle herd, following the herd and eating grass.

However, there were relatively few in the horse herd. Apart from the foals replenished from the wild horse herd, no warhorses in the ranch had successfully given birth. This was because the gestation period of horses was longer than that of humans, as long as 11 months.

This ranch basically undertakes the territory's most important meat supply, especially the supply of castles, manors, and military camps on the north side of Black Forest.

Pork was mainly supplied to Hessen Town in the south of the city, and was raised in pigsties in various farms and villages.

Undoubtedly, the livestock in this noble ranch was more advanced. In addition to strong Uros cattle, there were also a large number of majestic hartebeests, and even Angora rabbits enclosed in a fence.

Su Li watched the livestock for a while, and asked Minister of Agriculture Fandar, "Who is in charge here? How is the ranch developing?"

Fandar immediately replied, "Our nuns from the Dawn Church are in charge. In the villages, farms, and ranches in the suburbs, the faith of the Dawn Church is more widespread. One of our nuns is stationed here, using stone tablets and shrines to build places of worship for the goddess, guiding the production of the herdsmen, and taking care of the sick herdsmen and livestock."

"Regarding development, the situation is very good. The nun here is the master of the animal care divine skill 'Rhea's Herd', which can soothe the herd, calm them down, and remove the restlessness of the beasts."

Su Li raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this divine skill called Rhea's Herd?"

Seeing that Su Li was interested, Fandar immediately introduced in detail: "That's right, Rhea once walked on the earth to tame the wilderness, and the priests of the church can whisper the deep secrets originating from that time. A group of tamed animals will submit to the will of the priest, responding to the ancient commands heard by their ancestors."

"Priests can sense the emotions of animals and see through their eyes. By touching the hearts of beasts, they can be calmed or excited. They can make them trample, sleep, attack, or simply become the priest's eyes and ears (as well as smell, taste, and touch) - they can do anything within the natural behavior of their race."

Let the animals submit to the will of the priest, making them the priest's eyes and ears?

This ability is a bit powerful. If used in exploring dangerous areas, as well as entering monster nests and ancient ruins, it will have a very powerful effect.

Su Li touched his chin and said, "What has she gained here?"

"Yes." Fandar said calmly, "Through the animal's perspective during this period, our priest discovered an ancient ruin in the forest. In addition to some worthless ancient utensils, we also found a love potion."

"Love potion?" Su Li's eyes lit up and asked, "What is this for? Why hasn't it been reported?"

Fandar's momentum weakened slightly and said, "This is also our Rhea Church's potion, which requires very powerful divine grace to make. Even if you pour it into a well, the territory residents who drink the well water will be very... excited. Those who usually lack traditional charm will also receive attention."

"Even people and... bears are possible."

Hiss~

Su Li instantly widened his eyes and took a breath of cold air. What kind of tiger and wolf words are you saying!

You are even more fierce than Xu Xian, dare to play with bears? Or are bears playing with people?

Before Su Li could continue to ask, Fandar revealed an even more fierce news: "But this potion was stolen by Ranold's priest before it could be sent back to the monastery in Hessen Town. We are doing our best to investigate!"

Su Li immediately seriously arranged: "We must not allow this ancient potion to be lost! If Ranold's priest puts this potion into the well in Hessen Town, Hessen Town will be in chaos."

This is a treasure left over from the ancient ruins.

Rhea, this ancient god, existed at the beginning of creation. She and the gods such as Tar brought about the distinct seasons.

It can be said that these ancient gods existed at the beginning of the world, so their beliefs spread throughout the world and among various races.

This is different from humans like Redmayne who were promoted to gods after birth.

No one knows what she bestowed on the believers of the ancient era, but it can be certain that this love potion must be full of rich divine grace, otherwise it would be impossible for the ancient civilization to be destroyed, and this potion in the ruins can still be preserved.

But Su Li was still surprised by this powerful ability that allows people and bears to see each other. What kind of rough races were there in the ancient era?

Fandar immediately assured: "We will strictly guard all the wells to prevent the water source from being polluted. At the same time, we will speed up the search for Hessen Town and various villages and farms."

Listening to his assurance, Su Li felt more and more unreliable.

If this Ranold's believer really wants to "poison" and pollute the water source, it is almost impossible to prevent, after all, the territory has now grown, with a knight order stationed, scattered villages, and farms and ranches scattered on the vast plains.

These villages and farms will have their own water sources. If Ranold's priest wants to release the love potion, it will definitely not be possible to prevent it.

Moreover, if there is any special crisis, the daily intelligence system cannot fail to reveal it.

So Su Li directly asserted: "There is no need to strictly guard the wells. If Ranold's priest really wants to pollute the water source, Hessen Territory is so huge, he will definitely succeed. Disperse the prevention and control personnel and focus on investigating those professions in Hessen Town that are likely to become Ranold's believers, including prostitutes, gamblers, drunkards, and various thieves."

This not-so-serious crisis also profoundly demonstrates the current state of the territory.

After the territory grows, it is no longer Su Li's territory alone, but the common territory of all nobles, knights, territory residents, and all kinds of people.

The development of many things is completely beyond Su Li's control, and the situation does not change according to his will.

Just like when there are too many people, thoughts are chaotic, and it is easy for believers of various religions to appear. In brothels and row houses, there will inevitably be hidden dirt and filth, and Ranold's priests, Slaanesh's corrupted cultists, and all kinds of people from various guilds will unknowingly mix in.

Su Li seriously suspected that this love elixir was stolen by a prostitute to attract customers! After all, as long as a drop is mixed with wine and drunk into her stomach, it will make her look "radiant" and full of charm in the eyes of others.

So Su Li emphatically ordered: "Let the knights lead the team to cooperate with your Dawn Church's search, and pay special attention to those prostitutes whose performance has suddenly improved."

Su Li remembered the last time he destroyed a Ranold monastery hidden under a brothel, but Ranold's believers did not have such high restraint. They were all mobile criminals, and maybe one or two escaped.

Especially since Phyllis was in charge of this matter last time, her ability was not outstanding and she was very soft-hearted, so she might have missed some Ranold's believers.

Of course, there is no need to be harsh on her. Because the Church of the Sun Goddess only has conflicts with the Ranold sect, and there is no mortal hatred. It has not reached the point of launching a war of faith.

Within the empire, they are prone to fights, but they are not really endless.

In Hessen Territory, if a thief is found, they will at most be thrown into the slave camp in Bjorn Bay. Su Li also stopped the brutal approach of killing them.

The Dawn Goddess Church did not want to be entangled with the people of the Ranold Church, and Fandar immediately said: "If we find this potion, we will send it to Lord Lord as soon as possible."

"Please don't misunderstand this potion. This is not an evil potion. This is a high-level potion of our Rhea Church. After all, fertility and children are also within the scope of Rhea Goddess's divine power. Sometimes in the spring ceremony when all things are born, in order to increase the reproduction of the territory residents and livestock, we will also use a little bit of this potion."

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"The most important difference between Rhea Goddess and the Dark God · Prince of Pleasure is that Rhea gives moderate generosity, while the Prince of Pleasure encourages indulgence and greed."

"This potion actually doesn't have much harm. We are just worried that Ranold's priest will use it improperly, with too much dosage, and cause some trouble."

Su Li suddenly understood and asked, "Can this potion also work on animals?"

Fortunately, this is Hessen Territory. If this is the South Asian region on Earth, this potion cannot be used indiscriminately, otherwise the horny men will not let the sheep go. After the spring ceremony when all things are born, the sheep will have to suffer brilliantly.

No wonder Fandar said that in the most powerful case of this potion, people and bears can see each other.

Fandar nodded and said, "Yes. After our nun found this potion, the reason why she didn't send it to the monastery in Hessen Town was because she placed it under the stone tablet of the ranch, to promote the reproduction of the ranch. Her idea was perfect. As long as a little bit of this elixir is added to the pasture, the herd can accelerate reproduction and grow stronger. But I didn't expect this to arouse the coveting of Ranold's believers, who secretly sneaked into the stone tablet formation when the nun was away and stole this potion."

This matter is really impeccable, after all, she found the potion from the ruins and used it for the territory's reproduction and animal husbandry.

The only place where you can find fault is that in Hessen Territory, anything, even if it is found underground or in the forest, belongs to Lord Lord · Su Li. However, this law is also difficult to implement, and it is a state where the people do not report and the officials do not investigate.

So Fandar's momentum was a little weak at first.

Su Li did not entangle in these trivial matters, after all, the nun's original intention was good.

Su Li asked with concern: "How is the ranch's reproduction situation? Are there detailed statistics?"

Fandar immediately replied: "You only need to ask the animal lord in this regard. It is the owner of the herd, and it knows everything that happens in the herd. Do you want to see it?"

Su Li's eyes lit up, animal lord?

That was the natural essence that Su Li and the nuns of the Dawn Church spent a lot of time to retrieve.

No intelligence has received Su Li's daily attention like the animal lord. During that time, Su Li had to pass on the information about the changes in the animal lord's position to the nuns on the Scarlet Highlands every day, and they finally surrounded and intercepted and found this natural essence without material form.

Su Li had been busy before and had no time to see it. Hearing this, he immediately became interested: "Then let it come over. As the owner of the territory, I haven't communicated with it yet."

As the Dawn Church nuns dominated the herd, a goat quickly ran to Su Li.

It looked up and down Su Li, then opened its mouth, exaggeratedly closed it, and spit out strange sounds: "You are the lord of this territory?"

Hearing this arrogant voice, the knights surrounding him sighed in surprise and looked at the arrogant goat.

Yes, although it is not like a human, through its raised head, squinting eyes, and the unrestrained chewing of pasture, everyone very clearly felt a kind of temperament called arrogance on it.

Surprise also appeared on Hilde's heroic face, and she said, "Lord, I've really learned something today. A goat can actually talk. This is clearly not controlled by the nuns of the Church of the Dawn. Riya's flock allows priests to control animals to do anything within their species' natural abilities. But obviously, talking is not within the natural abilities of a goat."

Su Li was also very amazed. He lowered his head, looked at this arrogant sheep, and asked, "Are you the Animal Lord?"

Su Li still remembered Fandal's introduction to this kind of natural spirit. They usually maintain an arrogant and conceited personality, but if they really encounter a strong person, they will be frightened and hide. So his attitude was fairly gentle.

This made the Animal Lord even more unscrupulous. It chewed the pasture in its mouth, opening its lips to the maximum extent each time, revealing a mouthful of teeth.

"That's right, I am the Animal Lord of your pasture. According to the ancient oath with Riya, I came to your territory to help you breed livestock."

"However, young lord, I am very dissatisfied with your pasture!"

Su Li raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Oh? What are you dissatisfied with?"

"You have to add fresh blood to it! I have favored all the female livestock in this pasture! They are too stupid and too ugly. You have to bring some new noble creatures! Such as pegasus, elven horses, giant moose, and even unicorns!"

"This is worthy of my noble status! Otherwise, I will have no sense of accomplishment in breeding these ordinary livestock for you!"

Hearing its outrageous words, Su Li was stunned.

He couldn't help but exchange a glance with Hilde. He even suspected that he had misheard.

What did this Animal Lord just say?

It favored all the female livestock in the pasture?

Doesn't it not have a material form?

Fandal quickly walked to Su Li's ear and whispered a few words.

Su Li's eyes widened even more. Good家伙, no wonder it's called Animal Lord!

It lives a more unrestrained life than its lord.

Although Su Li has the right of the first night, he also has to take action personally to enjoy all of this.

Moreover, in order to promote population growth, he also announced the descent of virtue this year, exempting the right of the first night this year. Freemen and farmers, as long as they get married, the bride does not need to be sent to the castle on her wedding night for Su Li to enjoy for one night.

But this Animal Lord is really unrestrained. It only needs to possess the male livestock to spread its seeds, enjoying itself while increasing the number of pregnancies in the flock.

Fortunately, there are no unicorns in the territory, or they would be defiled by it.

Moreover, Su Li said unhappily, "Pegasus, giant moose, and elven horses, these powerful mounts are all specialties of the elves. How can there be any in human territory? If you really have the ability to increase a large number of high-level mounts in my territory, then it's not impossible for me to help you increase some fresh blood!"

"Really? Then we have a deal!" The Animal Lord, controlling the sheep, jumped up excitedly and sat directly on the cart filled with pasture, saying, "I really have a way to help you increase a batch of high-level mounts."