Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Besides the 2000 dwarven oath gold, the allied forces also found 4000 gold crowns and dwarven jewelry worth approximately 7000 gold crowns in Greyrock Valley.

According to the pre-war agreement, Su Li's side would receive nearly 5000 gold crowns!

This number brought Su Li so much joy that he had a bright smile on his face for days.

He had never before received such a vast fortune; if the dwarven oath gold revenue was included, his gains from this battle amounted to as much as ten thousand gold crowns.

Indeed, high risk is accompanied by high reward.

The Red Crown cultists had gathered the largest army in the northern Black Forest foothills, brewing the biggest crisis, and the Black Forest territory paid the greatest price to resolve it all.

But after the resolution, the accompanying benefits were also the greatest!

The fundamental reason for this situation, which is vastly different from the East, is that the empire in this world is not the wealthiest power.

Although the empire occupies vast plains west of the World's Edge Mountains, it is not the strongest in terms of agriculture, technology, engineering, or wealth.

Dwarves and elves far surpass the empire in art, production, and even history and heritage.

The problems faced by eastward expansion, such as the power being too large, occupying all the core essence areas, and any outward expansion leading to poor lands in all directions, with conquered forces being impoverished and the gains far less than the expenses, are not problems in this world.

Humans just need to strike outwards; casually discovering a hidden ancient dwarven treasury or finding the ruins of an elven colony can instantly make a starving human territory rich.

Not to mention the dragons and demons, who have survived for thousands of years and possess massive resources.

So this summer, the territory has indeed gained a lot of wealth.

What made Su Li even happier was that he finally ushered in more than a month of peaceful and tranquil life since entering this world.

Although new powerful demons are born every month in this world, this world is equally vast, and demons don't always appear near the Black Forest territory.

Don't lords deserve some peace of mind?

In this month, with the demon threat eliminated and the dragons not yet awakened, the Black Forest territory has gained a quiet time for development.

Perhaps no profession is easy; farmers must till the land with their faces to the soil and their backs to the sky, knights must fight in heavy armor under the scorching sun, and dwarves must still sweat profusely by the forge during this sweltering season.

But these difficult lives certainly do not include Su Li!

This lord, after returning from the blood-colored highlands of war, spent three days resting his exhausted body, and then began to enjoy himself!

Hildred has been promoted to Champion Knight! Her body's flexibility, tight skin, and ample stamina provided Su Li with an unparalleled experience!

Since returning to the territory, Su Li, under the pretense of cultivation, began a wonderful life of revelry with Hildred every night.

Even during the day, the knight's training occurred from time to time.

The territory's ministers had no objections to Su Li's licentious and lewd life.

Because his slogan really worked.

Hildred, wearing the dwarven golden hair comb, assisted Su Li's cultivation, allowing his progress to advance by leaps and bounds.

In every sense of the word, leaps and bounds.

After each knight's training, Su Li's breathing technique became smoother, and his strength soared.

By the end of two weeks, Su Li's strength had reached the peak of an advanced formal knight.

Now he is accumulating power, feeling that he might break through to elite knight at any time.

This cultivation speed stunned countless residents and knights in the territory, and made countless ranger knights madly apply to join the Black Forest territory's army sequence.

You must know that when Su Li set off from Zijing Fort, he had just broken through to a junior trainee knight three days prior; a mere half a year had passed, and he was about to break through to elite knight!

Even champion knights didn't have his cultivation speed; Fasterick was stunned when he returned to the territory to visit his Pegasus mount and visited Su Li. He broke through to champion knight at the age of twenty and was once hailed as a genius in his home province.

But even his cultivation only took half a year to break through from trainee knight to formal knight.

Su Li's former cultivation mentor, the guardian knight Schwartz, spent half a year cultivating from a junior trainee knight to a mid-level trainee knight.

The key is that their cultivation was too arduous; they trained in the bitter cold of winter and the scorching heat of summer, constantly exercising their bodies, challenging strong enemies, and killing monsters to make progress.

How could they enjoy it like Su Li, lying in bed, with Phyllis dancing gracefully in front of him, Ingrid massaging his body in beautiful stockings in the middle, and Avril's delicate face gently kissing him before his eyes?

Hildred patiently helped him sort out the rhythm of cultivation, adjusted his breathing, and led him to gain progress in cultivation through extreme pleasure and bursts of energy.

What made Su Li even more delighted was that his cultivation had also yielded results; Phyllis was successfully pregnant with his child.

This left Su Li puzzled; could it be that this kind of knight cultivation makes it easier to get pregnant with lower strength? The higher the strength, the harder it is to reproduce?

But no matter what, this was Su Li's first time being a father in two lifetimes; he became even more doting on Phyllis, who was so sweet that she wore a happy smile every day, a happy married life, and she wouldn't trade it even for an elector.

But Su Li's cultivation was not the fastest in the territory; the fastest was undoubtedly Su Li's first guardian knight, high-level attendant steward, one of the territory's twin walls, Hildred Corsonia.

With the blessing of the golden hair comb, her mind remained clear at all times, away from sleep, and her day and night learning and cultivation allowed her strength to advance by leaps and bounds.

When she returned from the Blood-Colored Highlands battlefield, she was still a junior champion knight; after more than a month of learning and cultivation, she had read eight of the three sets of books, with less than twenty books left, and her strength had successfully reached the peak of a high-level champion knight!

This means that there are still a lot of divine graces in this set of books that have not been absorbed, and it is likely that after she breaks through to the God-Chosen level, the remaining books will be enough for other knights to break through.

As far as Su Li knew, someone in the territory had set up a gambling pool to bet on which of the territory's twin walls, Hildred and Orschstein, would break through to the God-Chosen level first, and on which day they would break through to the God-Chosen level; the closer the time, the higher the odds.

Su Li did not interfere with this situation because gambling is too prevalent in the empire; from trivial matters in life to major territory affairs, official appointments, the outcome of the Lion Ring Arena, and even secrets in the castle and the weight of Death Claws can become the content of their bets.

Many people can go without food, but they can't go without gambling. With just one copper coin, they can participate in various gambling contents. It is common for residents to gamble for fun from a young age to gamble away their fortunes.

The most famous gambling case in the territory occurred between a halfling and a dwarf; both bet all their family property, with a total bet of up to 157 gold coins, betting on which position the next appointed official in the territory would be.

The halfling bet on the tax chief, and the dwarf bet on the president of the provincial council.

As a result, the dwarf successfully won the gambling victory. While Su Li was immersed in cultivation, he left all the government affairs to the provincial council.

This involves the governing structure and political architecture of the Black Forest territory. After all, in any country, the ruler cannot be alone.

Su Li alone can rule hundreds or thousands of people by relying on force and intimidation. But now the scale of the Black Forest territory has rapidly expanded, and the territory directly reaches the outer edge of the Blood Pine Forest and the foot of the Grey Mountains, wealthy and vast, with many strongholds.

Then he will inevitably need a group of people to help him maintain rule. Politics is always about uniting the majority of people, making more friends, so as to achieve long-term stability and consolidate rule.

In the Black Forest territory, the ruler is undoubtedly the master of Black Forest Fort, the pioneering knight of the Black Forest foothills, the God-Chosen of the Blazing Sun Goddess (in the future), and the bloodline of the Zijing family, the knight Su Li Zijing.

As a pioneering knight, his territory is much larger than that of ordinary kingdom knights, and may even be larger than the territory of some small earls within the empire (in terms of wide area only).

So it is impossible for him to appoint only one government official to manage such a vast territory and such complicated affairs.

So, according to the tradition of the empire, he formed a Black Forest provincial government. The feudal rule is mainly implemented by the provincial council, a legislative body composed of the agency assisting him in handling government affairs, the Provincial Council, and representatives of large landowners. The two often meet in the government affairs hall in Black Forest Town.

The provincial council composed of representatives of large landowners is responsible for legislation, which is very in line with the national conditions of the empire. Their main personnel include feudal knights of the imperial ruling class, farmers and mayors with the halfling autonomous territory as the core, and leaders of the dwarven community.

These people basically have their own farms, mines, and industries, and their respective interests and customs are different. A narrow set of laws is obviously not suitable for such a complex situation, so they need to negotiate laws and some autonomy together.

The imperial dwarves are a typical representative in this regard. They have integrated into human society, and their culture and traditions have been influenced by human society to a certain extent, and some traditions have been modified or abandoned. In smaller human towns and villages, imperial dwarves are regarded as part of the community, and they usually follow the same laws, customs and traditions as their human neighbors.

However, when an imperial settlement is inhabited by multiple imperial dwarven clans, they will form a council of elders to manage the community. This council consists of elders from each clan and will elect an elder to lead the council. At this time, they will follow the laws, customs and traditions of the empire, but within the clan, the elements of dwarven law are still retained. Crimes that endanger property will be arbitrated by the council of elders. Criminals will be fined or forced to work, or both.

Imperial dwarves are regarded as the 'second people' in the empire, the most important race in the empire besides humans, and play various roles in the empire, including construction, engineering, and military, making important contributions to the construction of the empire. Every lord has a dwarven siege master who assumes important responsibilities.

Therefore, it is very important to respect their interests and ensure that they also have a certain right to rule in the territory.

After all, one-third of the main export commodities of the Black Forest territory: grain, wood, wine, metal, weapons, armor, cattle, wool, and witchcraft props are dwarven specialties.

It is not easy to rule such a vast territory, from the Grey Mountains to the Brienne River, from the Blood Pine Forest to the Green Leaf Hills.

Roads have just been opened in the middle of this vast plain, connecting towns and farms, but there are still forests and unexplored areas with a power vacuum on both sides of the roads. Greenskins and beastmen live in them, and ancient ruins and lost wealth are hidden in some areas, attracting a large number of treasure hunters and scholars.

In the foothills where the Blood-Colored Highlands and the Grey Mountains meet in the north, there are profitable mines hidden, which may trigger disputes with the dwarven kingdom at any time. The dwarves do not recognize that everything in the Black Forest foothills belongs to the Black Forest territory. They are all lords of the Grey Mountains. Why do the minerals at the foot of the mountains belong to humans instead of dwarves? If the Zijing knight is a pioneering lord, their dwarves are the masters of the Grey Mountains since ancient times.

So, in order to cope with all these government affairs and facilitate his own laziness and 'cultivation', he specially formed the Provincial Council to be responsible for the affairs of the entire Black Forest Foothills Province.

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The candidate for the president of the Provincial Council was once the hottest betting project in the casino. Most people believed that the Keeper of the Seal, Laun, deserved the position, and some people believed that the territory's next farming career would be in full swing, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fandal Oak, would assume important responsibilities and concurrently serve as the president of the Provincial Council. Other candidates included the High-Level Attendant Steward Hildred, the Engineering Master Kulgan, and even the Minister of Industry Sheriff.

In the end, Su Li overruled all objections and appointed the territory's Minister of Religion, the priest of the Blazing Sun Goddess, Lord Rongen, as the president of the Provincial Council.

This decision stunned countless people!

To the point that some people even suspected that the lord had also participated in the gambling pool and earned more than 600 gold crowns from the gambling pool!

After all, shortly before the closing of the market, a mysterious person added more than 300 gold crowns to the gambling pool at one time, betting that Rongen would serve as the president of the Provincial Council.

In the Black Forest territory, there are not many rich people who can take out 300 gold crowns at one time, and even fewer people can take so much wealth to bet on Rongen, such an unpopular candidate.

If someone hadn't definitely seen the mysterious person who received the bet return to the Sun Crown Knights' residence in Silver Spring Valley in the end, this matter would have been noisy for a long time.

Su Li overruled all objections and chose Priest Rongen to serve as the president of the Provincial Council. He doesn't need to explain to anyone.

This was originally an agency to assist him, and he has the right to decide on any candidate for the territory's senior minister. As long as he is willing, he can choose a rapist, a prostitute, or even a dwarven butcher to serve in this position.

Of course, Su Li's choice of Rongen to serve as the president of the Provincial Council is not a boring demonstration of his absolute and powerful ruling position, but is based on multiple factors.

The first is that in this war against Skaven Bloodrage, Lord Rongen made outstanding contributions. Before the war, he led the soldiers in devout prayer and personally blessed and encouraged every knight who was about to enter the battlefield. In this regard, he fully demonstrated the value of a combat priest and his piety to the Blazing Sun Goddess.

As the soldiers charged, they roared, "May the Sun Goddess protect us and grant us a worthy death!" launching a ferocious and unparalleled offensive.

Rong En personally joined the battle, never faltering even when facing powerful Chosen-level demons.

This finally earned him the forgiveness of the Goddess of Healing, proving that his departure from the Church of Life and Benevolence was not out of fear. (Of course, it could also be because he participated in slaying a Chosen demon, which was enough to repay the Goddess of Healing's grace.)

Regardless, the curse on Lord Rong En had vanished, allowing him to resume cultivation and gradually regain his Chosen-level strength.

This former Chosen Knight only needed a month to advance through the ranks of Trainee Knight and Formal Knight, reaching Elite Knight even faster than Su Li. Moreover, it was said that in addition to handling administrative affairs, he hadn't neglected his cultivation and had already reached the mid-tier of Elite Knight.

Besides winning over this destined Chosen Knight of the Sun Church, another important consideration for his appointment was the information Su Li received from the intelligence network.

The day after Su Li announced the establishment of the Provincial Affairs Council, the daily intelligence system presented him with a list of several different candidates and the effects each would bring as head of the council.

For example, if Lunade Shan were to become the head of the Provincial Affairs Council, the territory would gain more effective control over the relationship between wildness and domestication. Not only would the spread of weeds in the farmland be suppressed, but herds might also gain the addition of wild horses, goats, aurochs, and other species during grazing.

Even every so often, animals from the Blood Pine Forest would bring gems, items, and precious beast eggs to the territory's farmlands.

If the dwarven engineering master, Boros Dragonhammer, were to become the Provincial Affairs Minister of the territory, the progress of the territory's engineering projects would be greatly accelerated.

Especially the Black Forest Town walls and Black Forest Fortress walls, which the territory was currently working hard to build, would be increased from the current 16 meters high to 24 meters! And the construction cost would be reduced by 20%. The price, however, would be a decrease in the territory's economic prosperity, tax revenue, and security.

The territory's defense had been given top priority. Su Li hoped that the dwarven engineers could, along with the ogre construction teams, quickly build up the territory's defensive facilities to provide more tactical options for the upcoming decisive battle with the Green Dragon's family.

The dwarves were already making remarkable progress in this regard. When Su Li occasionally came out of the manor to relax, he was always shocked and couldn't believe the magnificent and imposing stone walls of Black Forest Fortress and Black Forest Town.

He simply couldn't imagine that just a few months ago, this place was a low-lying fishing village. Yet, in such a short time, such magnificent and majestic defensive facilities had sprung up.

A height of 16 meters was already so exciting, so a 24-meter-high wall would be like a wonder of architecture, full of fantastical imperial color?

But in the end, Su Li resisted the temptation and chose Rong En as the head of the council.

Because the benefits of choosing a religious advisor and priest of the Sun Church as the head of the Provincial Affairs Council were simply too numerous.

First of all, after he took office, he could increase the spread of the Sun Church in Black Forest Territory, allowing the doctrines of the Sun Church to spread more widely and become the core area of the Sun Goddess Church on a larger scale, especially in the territory's towns and knight's castles.

Secondly, his appointment as head of the Provincial Affairs Council would help spread the deeds of Black Forest Territory.

In this world, the spread of information, besides wandering poets, newspapers, and letters, also relied on the connections between monasteries.

Often, you couldn't understand why the priests in the monasteries could know about things thousands of miles away without ever leaving their homes. But indeed, these priests could always tell the stories of powerful Chosen ones and glorious victories of their sect.

Most people attributed this incredible situation to the divine grace within the monasteries, believing that the priests were the apostles representing the gods walking in the human world.

Rong En's appointment smoothly amplified the speed of this spread. In the southern provinces of the empire, where the Sun Goddess was widely worshiped, many monastery priests already knew about Black Forest Territory, this model land of the Sun Goddess Church, and their great feat of banishing a Chosen demon.

As a result, many heroes and valiant individuals came to Black Forest Territory to join Su Li, hoping to bask in the glory of the Sun Goddess alongside Su Li.

This scene always seemed a little unexpectedly familiar to the people of the empire.

That's right, it was very similar to the greenskin's Waaagh!

Because the Sun Goddess's followers were keen on launching human versions of Waaagh! to recover lost territories and fight against Chaos followers and the undead. This made her unique among the gods of the empire and was an important reason why her teachings were spreading more and more widely.

Usually, the great strategists within the empire came from the Sun Goddess Church, so once a follower of the Sun Goddess achieved a glorious victory, it was easy to attract people from various sects to participate.

These heroes and valiant knights believed that this rising star of the Sun Church would lead them to win battle after battle.

In this process, Su Li gained many brave generals.

For example, a champion knight named Tiberos, whom he liked very much but who was complained about by the knights.

He was a northerner, that is, an ice and snow nomad from the area even further north than the Nord province of the empire. Most of the local people worshiped the evil gods of the Chaos Wastes, but there were also a few who were loyal to the empire, maintaining human purity.

Usually, these people were followers of the Winter God, Ulric, but this burly and fierce 2.3-meter-tall man restrained his inner rage and desire to kill, and like a heretic, he worshiped the doctrines of the Sun Goddess and traveled to the southern regions of the empire where Violet was more widely worshiped, to travel and learn.

This was what the Flame Sun Knights advocated. As church knights of the goddess, they were committed to studying and mastering all the extremes of the science and art of war. They traveled to every corner of the continent, seeking war and conflict, and learning and consulting with every human nation about their tactics and strategies.

And after completing their studies, they spent a year or two testing the knowledge they had learned, using methods such as serving as military advisors to nobles to hone their skills and learn from each other, perfecting their tactics with the military thinking of various places.