Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The two options that Suna mentioned weren't good choices for Su Li.

Staying in the family meant being stuck in the military camp, supervised and training day and night, year-round without rest. The key was the KPI考核 (Key Performance Indicator assessment); the family wouldn't spend a fortune to support a knight who slacked off in the army. Even if he passed the KPI assessment, the future wouldn't be much better; he'd continue to be a workhorse for the family. Did he transmigrate just to be a workhorse in another world?

Going to the border prince's domain wasn't exactly peaceful either. Having transmigrated for half a year, Su Li had heard of the infamous border prince's domain. It was a region of small noble fiefdoms and bandit hideouts, separated from the empire by towering black mountains.

Many sons who were exiled or expelled by the empire's emperors, electors, dukes, and counts were forced to come to this lawless land, where they faced days far more dangerous than at home.

Here, small nobles fought each other endlessly, while orcs, undead, and Satuša pirates would frequently raid their manors and farms.

As long as you had a land reclamation order granted by an imperial noble, along with a flag, a court, and a group of followers, you could manage an area and begin to expand outwards.

The only good thing was that no one could control Su Li anymore; he could lie down and do nothing as much as he wanted, provided he could survive here.

The idea of 'no need for a great power, just dignity for the common people' didn't exist here. Without strong military protection, just staying alive was a luxury.

Under Earl Suna's scrutinizing gaze, Su Li carefully considered and said, "I choose to become a pioneer knight, to let the flag of the Purple Thorn flower flutter in a wider sky."

With the ability of a prophet, he could just run away if things got too tough; the chance of death wasn't high. So, he simply chose to say something beautiful, hoping to get a larger subsidy from his father.

Hearing this, Earl Suna's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he scrutinized Su Li for a long time before saying, "Your choice is truly unexpected. But before I give you a subsidy, my son, how will you convince me that you have the ability to establish yourself in the border prince's domain?"

Su Li guessed that there were no free lunches to be had in Purple Thorn Castle, but he really didn't expect that even after transmigrating to another world, he'd still have to interview! And write a business plan!

Then, didn't I transmigrate for nothing?

So, Su Li asked helplessly, "Even if I speak eloquently now, painting a beautiful picture, Father, you wouldn't be easily convinced by a few words, would you?"

Earl Suna sized up Su Li and said, "The fact that you can think of this already makes you surprisingly mature. You're right, convincing me isn't a simple matter."

"According to family tradition, you can receive 30 armed retainers and 300 gold coins when you leave. But how much the family will subsidize you depends on your performance."

"For a noble, the most important thing is undoubtedly leadership ability. I will allow your guardian knight to continue to follow you, and give you 3 days to prepare. Within these 3 days, as long as you can attract members of Purple Thorn Castle to go with you to the border prince's domain, you can take away everyone you convince! The number of people you can ultimately take away will determine the level of family support you receive."

Although Su Li's answer didn't satisfy Earl Suna very much, the subsidy he got in return was very satisfying to Su Li.

He was guaranteed an elite knight and thirty knight retainers!

Each retainer was a well-trained soldier, capable of defeating three or four looting thugs or bandit refugees on the battlefield.

An elite-level knight was even more of a super weapon on the battlefield, an existence above formal knights; one, when fully equipped, could kill dozens of orcs or hundreds of armed retainers after a bloody battle.

What's more, Earl Suna had given an additional promise.

This promise could be worthless, or it could be invaluable! It all depended on Su Li's performance to take anyone he wanted with his own strength.

For the sake of being able to lie down and do nothing in the future, he had to use this power now.

"Father, can I choose the list of retainers myself?"

Earl Suna glanced at him: "You're good at exploiting loopholes! Yes, go prepare."

Su Li immediately bowed and said, "Then I won't disturb Father."

Watching Su Li's departing figure, Earl Suna called his chief knight, Joe Connor, and asked, "Connor, how many probationary knights do we have in the Crimson Night Knights?"

"There are 24, all formal knights."

"Select 4 and notify them to follow Su Li to develop the border prince's domain. Also, select 3 squads, 36 people, from the armed retainers to cooperate with Su Li's recruitment."

Knight Joe Connor looked at Earl Suna in surprise and asked, "Does Earl believe in Young Master Su Li so much? Such generous funding hasn't happened in the family for nearly 50 years."

Suna turned to look at the scenery outside the window, pondered for a moment, and said, "Didn't you see the carefully hidden confidence in the corners of his eyes when he lowered his head? This isn't the expression someone forced to go to the border prince's domain would have!"

"I'm sure he has trump cards we don't know about. Perhaps, his performance will surprise you."

Hearing this, Joe Connor was thoughtful. He had always deeply believed in the Earl's words. If the Earl valued Young Master Su Li so much, perhaps he could let his second son follow Young Master Su Li to seek a future.

The second son had no right to inherit and had to find a safe way out.

And Su Li, who was highly regarded by Earl Suna and Chief Knight Joe Connor, did not lobby everywhere as ambitiously as they thought, but went straight to the knight retainer training camp with a clear goal, and found the female retainer, Leif, who was about to awaken the [Frost Bear Bloodline].

When she ran out of the military camp in a scarlet uniform, Su Li was really dizzy. Sure enough, what big bears! The violent aftershocks of this run made Su Li feel the blood of his knight boiling.

"Young Master Su Li, you're looking for me?"

The girl's heroic voice finally brought Su Li back to his senses, and then he nodded and said, "You have been chosen by me to be my retainer, pack up and prepare to leave with me."

After choosing this big-breasted girl, Su Li went straight back to his residence and lay down again.

Today's struggle ends here, the rest is lying down time!

He leaned comfortably on the round thighs of the beautiful maid and happily chatted about gossip, asking, "Avril, have you heard any gossip about the elite knight Bloodbeard Friedrich?"

"Gossip about Knight Friedrich?" Avril thought carefully and said, "I haven't heard any. If it involves gossip about elite knights, it will definitely spread quickly in Purple Thorn Castle, but I haven't heard any gossip related to Knight Friedrich. I heard that Master Friedrich is a knight who pays great attention to honor, there shouldn't be any gossip, right?"

Very concerned about knightly virtues?

Then, Knight, you wouldn't want this shameful thing to be known by others, would you?