Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

In fact, the Chief Minister of the Black Forest Territory, Oliver, deserved the title of a shrewd Prime Minister.

His suggestion not only had the advantages of a tributary system but also possessed the characteristics of this world's relatively developed industry and mining.

Humans and dwarves both had significant advantages in engineering and industry, requiring a large supply of raw materials.

However, the Black Forest Territory suffered too much population loss after this bloody battle.

So even if the Green Dragon ceded a large, resource-rich, fertile hinterland within the Blood Pine Forest to humans, the Black Forest Territory was, in fact, unable to develop this thousand-mile-long land because insufficient population was a major weakness for the territory.

Now, using this tribute trade system, the Green Dragon can shift from expanding its military and preparing for war to enslaving monsters to enter this territory and help humans mine resources.

This is equivalent to enhancing the human's ability to develop this fertile territory. Under the current model, humans and dwarves undertake upstream industrial production, while the Green Dragon and its minions serve as slaves in human colonies, mining basic raw materials.

This is actually equivalent to indirectly increasing the human population by several thousand, greatly enhancing human mining capabilities.

As a time-traveler, one of Su Li's advantages was his broad knowledge and ample historical references. He decisively adopted Oliver's suggestion.

The order from Black Forest Castle was delivered to the front line in less than five days.

As expected, everything was as predicted by Chief Minister Oliver. Hilld replied, and the Green Dragon happily accepted the proposal.

Green Dragons have long sleep cycles. If they enter a life transition period, such as the stage of transitioning from a young dragon to an adult dragon, they may sleep for more than a decade at a time. This means that if it can reach this agreement with humans, it can completely recover the war indemnity during its sleep.

In fact, if the Green Dragon is more open-minded, this is not it paying tribute to humans, but humans paying it more than 13,000 gold crowns every year.

This is not the Green Dragon trying to save face, but a vivid demonstration of 'how can others snore beside my bed?'

If it does not reach an agreement with humans, then the situation will be like 'a reed hitting a wolf - both are afraid'.

Humans fear that if they don't weaken it, it will recuperate, bide its time, and then destroy the Black Forest Territory in one fell swoop.

The Green Dragon is also afraid that humans will take advantage of its sleep to send people into its dragon nest to steal its treasures.

After all, it no longer has a God-Chosen level guardian. Once it is targeted by humans, it will definitely not be able to sleep peacefully. Otherwise, the dragon nest treasures will be stolen in a few months! This is even more uncomfortable than signing a treaty.

Hilld's reply brought relief to the entire Black Forest Territory!

Humans desperately needed to recuperate. After the war, humans spent a full three days putting out the fire in the city and suppressing the riots.

Nearly two thousand of the most elite troops were stranded in the forest hundreds of miles away, and only the old, weak, women, children, wounded, and sick remained in the city.

It can be said that Su Li was worried every day, fearing that any mishap would occur in either direction.

After humans and the Green Dragon signed a ceasefire indemnity agreement, they finally stabilized one direction.

Three days after Hilld's reply, this High Servant Chief Steward finally returned to Black Forest Castle from the Blood Pine Forest.

After more than half a month of recuperation, Su Li's wounds had recovered almost completely, mainly because the laurel flower gemstone effect was really powerful. The medicinal wine brewed with it significantly healed Su Li's injuries.

Even the Guardian Otter, Kappa, seeing the tragic state of the territory, proactively sent a laurel flower gemstone to Su Li in advance, allowing him to use magic potions to treat more wounded soldiers.

At least the territory's Medical Knight Captain Dietrich successfully overcame the crisis, and only after bandaging his broken arm did he begin to treat other wounded soldiers.

Now the castle is full of wounded soldiers, so Su Li didn't wait for them to report and directly brought Jin Ya to the entrance of Black Forest Castle to welcome his most important courtier, War Saintess Hilld.

When Hilld jumped off the griffin and saw her tragic appearance, Su Li, a grown man, couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. He now understood why Li Shimin, as the strongest creature on Earth, cried so much.

Seeing those relatives and friends who were protecting him being so severely devastated in the war, how could people not be moved?

The once heroic and beautiful girl now had sunken eyes and a sallow complexion. Even more tragic was her body. The rumors were not wrong. Her vitality had been almost completely drained by the Green Dragon's magic. Her once cool and rounded body now only had skin and bones, and hideous blood vessels could be seen exposed under her skin. No one would doubt that she looked like a ghoul drained of blood by a vampire.

Even more miserable than a ghoul was that her thigh was broken, but she was very strong and could still walk towards Su Li with a limp.

Su Li rushed over decisively and hugged her thin body tightly. Holding this bony body in his arms, he only felt his heart twitching with pain, and he choked up and said, "Baby, you've worked hard! It's good to be back, it's good to be back, you will definitely recover!"

Although Hilld was physically weak, her spirit was very good. She raised her dry arm and wiped the corner of Su Li's eye with her slender, bony fingers, and said, "Lord, don't be sad. I have only consumed some vitality and energy by magic. I can recover after living under the consecrated wisteria tree for a while, but I may have to disturb Ingrid for a while."

"No, you won't!" Su Li helped her walk towards the castle and said, "Ingrid won't feel disturbed, she will do her best to take care of you."

Such a bright-eyed, charming beauty knight turned into a skinny, emaciated corpse, and limped. Who could not feel sad?

Hilld dragged her right leg, her steps faltering, but she smiled brightly. Even if her cheekbones were protruding and her complexion was sallow, it did not affect her beautiful smile: "Lord, everything will be fine. Marshal Orstein discussed it with me and asked me to come back first because the situation on the front line has stabilized and I can return to the territory to help you stabilize the situation."

Hearing this news, Su Li finally felt a little brighter and asked: "We have already advanced to the Green Dragon's lair. The Chaos Monster Chimera is no match for the Green Dragon's army and has been personally skinned and executed by the Green Dragon, Eliria, below the Emerald Ring. Marshal Orstein is counting the treasures in the Green Dragon's lair and will soon lead the army back in triumph. We won this battle with fewer troops and a great victory. After announcing it to the goddess in the monastery, we will definitely receive the goddess's generous divine blessing and obtain an extremely powerful relic of glory!"

A new relic of glory?

Su Li immediately looked forward to it. The territory had not received a new relic of glory for a long time.

This epic victory has won unparalleled glory for the Sun Goddess. If the goddess bestows a new relic of glory, its quality will definitely exceed the previous Sun Radiance and Wind Wing Rune.

There will be a definite answer to this matter soon, so Su Li didn't think too much about it, but another thing surprised him quite a bit. He raised an eyebrow and asked: "The Green Dragon is so abiding by the agreement? Cooperating with us on war reparations. Is it okay for you to come back? I'm afraid it will come up with a 'spirit of abandoning the agreement' and send troops to attack us when we retreat with the treasures."

The spirit of contract is probably the biggest lie in the world.

When he was young, Su Li once believed in this propaganda, until later one thing after another opened his eyes.

Politicians have no bottom line for the sake of profit!

The so-called spirit of contract is either beneficial to oneself, or the other party's strength is intimidating, and one dare not turn against them.

Otherwise, they will let you see in minutes what a historical document is and that it has no practical significance.

The current strength of the human army is only those less than 800 elite knights who can barely intimidate the Green Dragon's army, but in the forest, the Green Dragon's remaining thousands of remnants are not without a chance to fight.

So Su Li was quite curious as to why the Green Dragon was so peaceful, preferring to take out more than ten thousand gold crowns with a heartbroken expression, rather than trying to fight.

Is it because Green Dragons are inherently insidious and despicable and unwilling to be as reckless as Red Dragons? Or does it have greater ambitions, restraining its stingy nature, and wanting to earn more wealth from Su Li's tributary system?

Hilld replied with a smile: "There is no complicated reason, it is because the Green Dragon still needs to rely on us to support its rule. It was injured when fighting the Chaos Monsters, and its internal rule is unstable. And there are great external threats. We got an important message from the captured forest monsters that when the Chaos Monster Chimera Scaros saw that we chose to form a joint army with the Green Dragon and march towards the dragon's nest, it decisively summoned other Chaos Monsters to the interior of the forest."

Hiss～

Hearing this, Su Li instantly took a deep breath of cold air. This evil fool, unwilling to stop even in death, brought himself a trouble before he died.

Hilld comforted him: "Lord, this kind of thing is inevitable. Since we chose to cooperate with the Green Dragon, Scaros certainly cannot sit still, it must seek other reinforcements. And the Chaos Monster Minotaur and Dragon Ape are undoubtedly its best partners."

"One important reason why Marshal Orstein stayed there was also to examine the Green Dragon's defense line. Our territory really cannot withstand another battle as fierce as this one. So maintaining the treaty with the Green Dragon is not only beneficial to us, but also its best choice."

Thinking about it this way, Su Li felt relieved. With the Green Dragon as a barrier, it could still resist the infiltration and invasion of the more eastern evil forces of the Blood Pine Forest into the Black Forest Territory.

Otherwise, with the territory's current state of heavy casualties and severely damaged vitality, it would be impossible to resist the invasion of the next Chaos Army or Shrieking Beast herd.

Su Li didn't expect that the world would change so quickly. Half a month ago, humans and the Green Dragon were fighting to the point where the sky and the earth were dark and endless. After the army swept through the forest, the two sides became back-to-back comrades, a joint army with a relationship of interdependence.

Even he, the lord, couldn't accept it, let alone the soldiers and people in the territory who were full of hatred for the Green Dragon.

But fortunately, the territory's strategic goals have been fully achieved, forcing the opponent to sign a series of unequal treaties. This is the most important sign of victory in wars between forces in this world.

More importantly, with this large-scale war indemnity, it is enough to help the territory heal its wounds and restore production at the fastest speed!

In the Border Prince Territory, human life has never been worth much. As long as Su Li has money and food in his hands, the burned cities will be rebuilt quickly, and the burned farmland can be reclaimed.

Even people's hearts can be bought back. After all, most of the people who came to the Black Forest Territory were gamblers with a spirit of adventure.

They fought desperately in order to be able to follow Su Li and get compensation in one victory after another!

Su Li was also very excited and asked Hilld: "So how was our harvest in the Green Dragon's lair this time? Are there really 100,000 gold crowns?"

Hilld immediately nodded heavily, raised her hand and gently stroked Su Li's cheek, and said with a smile: "I witnessed it with my own eyes, the gold crowns will not be less than 100,000, and there should also be dozens of sets of vibranium rune armor."

"However, the scale of gold crowns we get may not be 100,000 gold crowns. Because the most precious thing in the Green Dragon's lair is actually all kinds of rare and exotic treasures, more precisely, gold crowns should be considered the least valuable thing inside."

"According to the suggestion of Chief Minister Oliver, we actively participated in the pricing of various precious treasures and converted the price into gold crowns to offset the war reparations."

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"In this way, the actual value of our war reparations may far exceed 100,000 gold crowns, and may even reach 200,000 gold crowns. Because we are intentionally lowering the price of these treasures."

Only lowering the value by half is not because humans are so principled, but because they are afraid of triggering the Green Dragon's rebellious psychology, making it feel that humans have mastered the pricing power in the tributary trade system and it has suffered too many losses.

A steady stream is the situation that the Black Forest Territory most desires.

Su Li had no objection to this deployment and said: "This is a good thing. We are different from the Green Dragon and do not need so much wealth piled up in the treasury. Converting it into props that enhance our strength is the most meaningful thing."

Hilld nodded gently with a smile, then took out a satchel from behind the semi-griffin horse gear, smiled gently at Su Li, and asked: "Lord, guess what treasures and surprises I brought back for you?"

Su Li couldn't help but smile and said: "Hilld, how did you become a bit like my mother after going out for a trip?"

It was always Hilld who called Su Li father, and Su Li had never called Hilld mother like other couples.

However, Hilld's face was indeed shining with maternal glory, like a mother who had traveled far away and brought some toys and gifts for her baby son when she returned.

Su Li felt that Hilld had been trying hard to comfort herself since she came back, really like she wanted to be his mother or sister.

Hilld smiled brightly. Love is indeed a woman's panacea. All the dust and fatigue on her body seemed to be swept away, and she became radiant: "That must be because I was too worried about you during this time outside. But I don't dare to treat you as my good son, just brought back a few souvenirs for you."

After speaking, she took out three goose-white beast eggs with black patterns from her backpack and asked Su Li: "Guess what these are?"

Su Li's eyes widened instantly, staring intently at the three beast eggs in disbelief, then repeatedly looking at the beaming smile on Hilde's face. After several times, he asked in astonishment, "These wouldn't be... Griffin eggs from a Tiger Griffin, would they?"

Tiger Griffins, they are among the noblest and most powerful creatures soaring in the sky, each one a shrewd and professional hunter, capable of predicting their prey's every move. Once a potential target is spotted, a Tiger Griffin will not hesitate to track it, waiting for days if necessary to find the right moment to strike.

The deafening shriek a griffin makes when diving is terrifying. It is said to be enough to make an entire army seek cover on the spot, lest one of them becomes the beast's chosen prey. Griffins swoop down on their prey, continuing to shriek as they approach. They will continue to attack until no enemy is left standing.

Survivors of griffin attacks often dream of being hunted by them, ending up torn to pieces years later. These powerful carnivores usually inhabit the highest peaks of the World's Edge Mountains, the Black Forest Mountains, and other places, only occasionally flying to the lowlands in search of food when food is scarce.

On the other hand, griffins are also listed as one of the most intelligent beasts in the Old World. If captured when they are relatively young and given proper training, they become incredibly loyal mounts, even able to be taught to obey and even anticipate various commands.

Griffins have therefore become the mount of choice for High Elves and many of the Old World's great heroes. Deathclaw, even among the griffins, is quite legendary, having done much for Su Li, and many other Elector Counts have praised the griffins beneath them.

However, only the wealthiest and most powerful nobles of the Empire have the opportunity to ride a griffin, and every noble is willing to spend a lot of gold to buy a griffin egg or chick.

The amount Elector Counts bid to purchase Imperial Griffins far exceeds all other mounts, and years of selective breeding have made some of the griffins bred in the Talabheim Royal Zoo stronger than their wild counterparts.

Brave Imperial adventurers seek out griffin nests, steal their chicks, and raise them in captivity, selecting the strongest, smartest, and fiercest individuals among them for their lords.

Imperial Griffins are trained to take to the battlefield with their riders, and their dedication to their riders is incredible to the point where many Elector Counts regard these fierce beasts as loyal companions.

It can be said that within the Empire, apart from the Emperor and the Elector Counts, not many forces can form a griffin cavalry.

For dukes, even a demi-griffon cavalry unit is enough to become their bragging rights.

And these griffin cavalry of the highest level of the Empire have always been regarded as top secrets by the Elector Counts, and they will never easily step onto the battlefield, so few of the Empire's griffin knight orders are known. On the contrary, the High Elf Talsynar are a large griffin knight order and are often active on the battlefield, almost becoming the representative of the strongest cavalry in the Old World.

Before today, Su Li had never dared to imagine that he could actually form a powerful knight order composed of griffin knights!

Once this news spreads, not to mention counts and dukes, even some Elector Counts will be fanatical!

Hilde smiled and nodded, saying to Su Li, "That's right, this is one of the treasures sealed with magic by the dragon. It is said that it was not even wealth obtained by the green dragon herself, but left to her by her father."

"But in any case, our top priority is to quickly find an owner for these three Tiger Griffin eggs. Given the incredible loyalty of griffins, once they recognize a master, they will hardly recognize anyone else as their master. This can dispel many ambitious people's coveting of these three griffin eggs."

That's right!

That's right!

Su Li nodded repeatedly. Griffins are very noble creatures, with a kind of integrity that a loyal subject does not serve two masters.

A griffin egg may be coveted by many people, leading to vendettas and even the destruction and plunder of armies.

But a griffin that has hatched smoothly, then most people can only sigh with regret.

However, this is not very safe. Some domineering and brutal lords are likely to force its knight master to continue serving him on the griffin.

The probability of this happening is relatively low. The biggest temptation for griffins to nobles is still the dignity and glory of being a mount. If it really falls into the hands of other knights, the value will be greatly reduced. For a champion knight, it is not worth many great nobles to mobilize and run all the way to the Border Prince Territory.

Su Li immediately said, "I'll give you and Knight Orstein one of these two griffin eggs each, and I'll think about who to give the remaining one to. This is a great opportunity to unite people and win over knights."

After adulthood, a griffin can accompany its master for at least 5 to 7 years, not because their lifespan is like that of insects. In fact, griffins growing in the natural environment can live to 70 to 80 years old, and longer under artificial breeding conditions.

However, few griffins can die naturally, because of their combative nature and the fact that they often participate in battles, most of them die in struggles or wars.

Su Li only hopes that he doesn't pick up a memorial mural of the Six Steeds of Zhao Mausoleum either. As war mounts, the probability of death is even higher than that of knights. Shooting a man, shoot his horse first, is a truth everyone knows.

Anyway, after this war, Su Li's interest in going to the battlefield in person has diminished again. If he can farm, he still prefers to farm peacefully, which will also allow Deathclaw to live for another hundred years.

Then, under the scorching gaze of the surrounding knights, Su Li quickly put away the remaining griffin egg and asked Hilde, "Are there any other precious treasures?"