Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The returning patrol knights were met with enthusiastic cheers from the territory, not only due to the achievement of hunting down giant creatures but also because of the Imperial citizens' hatred for river trolls.

If there were a ranking of the monsters most hated by the citizens of the Empire, river trolls would definitely be in the top three, possibly even number one.

Undoubtedly, the reason the Imperial people hate them the most is that, since land travel is easily subject to raids by bandits, beastmen, and greenskin warbands in forests and valleys, many knights and citizens of the Empire like to imagine that spacious rivers can provide some 'safest' way to travel.

River trolls mock this idea by suddenly snatching people from barges in the middle of the night, subjecting them to terrible fates.

In the Empire's perception, most trolls are frighteningly large and surprisingly stupid creatures, but river trolls are remarkably intelligent, especially their female troll witches, who are evil, cruel, and disturbingly clever, not often emerging from the most treacherous swamps, but leading their brethren in attacks whenever the Empire faces difficult times. They are physically stronger than their male counterparts and use terrifying, incoherent troll-like curses to curse their enemies. Although they sound incomprehensible to humans, their power is undoubtedly very troublesome.

Fortunately, none of these rare river troll witches were among these three trolls.

Knight Orlstein personally led the knights to bring the three giant river trolls before Su Li, then he proudly raised his chin, his brown beard very firm, making him look particularly robust.

"Lord, these three river trolls intended to attack us, and after a fierce battle led by me and the knights, they were all killed, becoming spoils of war for our territory."

Su Li, of course, knew how to gain the favor of such a proud knight, so he said with a smile, "Well done, my commander. Such terrifying monsters, a full three of them. If you weren't here, I think we would have faced the first casualties since the establishment of the territory today."

Looking at the monsters' huge bodies, their spines full of rows of rusty swords, none of the surrounding knights and soldiers questioned Su Li's praise in the slightest.

Many trolls have this tradition of inserting the weapons of defeated enemies into their spines, like the fins on a piranha's back or the quills on a porcupine's back. Anyway, their injury recovery speed is extremely fast, so they are not affected at all. Instead, it's like a medal of honor, highlighting their strength and the terrifying past of killing countless powerful enemies.

The more swords on their backs, the more it proves their strength. Knight Orlstein was very satisfied with these three trophies and the lord's praise. He proudly raised his head, showing off his robust beard, feeling that following the lord to this frontier principality was the most correct choice he had ever made. He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had felt so excited, joyful, and full of enthusiasm.

He even felt that after the fierce battle, every cell in his body was cheering, filled with unprecedented power. His whole body was like a warship braving the wind and waves, moving forward to a higher level, his chest filled with infinite fighting spirit and surging passion.

Of course, he didn't forget who had brought him all this. He respectfully knelt on one knee and said, "Respected Lord, as your most loyal guard, I request to contribute all the hunted spoils to you. Please accept my sincere offering."

Su Li smiled and helped up this strong and powerful military commander of the Black Forest, saying, "My loyal knight, I accept your gift. It will be one of my most precious collections."

Of course, although river trolls are very smelly all over, they are full of treasures. Troll blood is very valuable and widely used, and can be used to treat thirst and various alchemical and medicinal mixtures; Su Li couldn't figure out why troll blood can quench thirst, but it just has this effect. Trolls eat everything, mud, rocks, steel, trees, but their blood is particularly pure and valuable.

However, the more precious raw material is troll acid—a substance highly sought after by various rune masters, blacksmiths, and engineers.

With troll acid, the territory's dwarven rune blacksmith, Boros Dragonhammer, solved an important raw material for forging vibranium rune armor.

At the same time, he finally had no shortage of raw materials for forging various tools and armors. Pulling out the twenty-odd rusty swords from the backs of the three river trolls meant that they had eaten at least twenty human soldiers.

These ironware can be remelted and forged into the tools needed for the development of the territory, at least thirty or forty agricultural tools can be forged.

The remaining raw materials for tool manufacturing are melted from troll weapons. Troll weapons are relatively messy. Most of them take large sticks, but these large sticks are not made of metal, but the hard leg bones of their kind. A small number take stone axes, and only a very few clever river trolls tie iron blocks from shipwrecks to huge four- or five-meter-long tree trunks to make a huge war hammer.

These three river trolls had obviously attacked barges on the river. Two of them were holding huge leg bones of their kind, while the leader was holding that rare two-handed war hammer. The hammer head of the huge metal war hammer alone weighed two or three hundred Imperial pounds.

With such a large iron ingot, it is more than enough to forge 100 pieces of land reclamation tools, and there will even be a lot left over to satisfy Boros Dragonhammer's desire to show off his skills. He had long wanted to forge a set of plate armor to prove his superb forging skills. If that's not possible, a set of breastplate is also fine.

But in any case, melting these weapons into various tools can be regarded as turning swords into plowshares, and the territory's farming and development will be greatly improved.

After seeing the three huge troll trophies, the territory's Lord Chancellor, Laun, was also full of praise and emotion: "Praise the gods, our territory has successfully killed three river trolls just after its establishment. This is a good sign. Lord, your strength makes us feel particularly at ease. Under your leadership, we will surely achieve success."

Su Li, of course, also liked to hear such words of praise. At this moment, everyone in the territory was full of the joy of harvest, so Su Li waved his hand with a smile and confidence, and arranged: "My Lord Chancellor, share the joy of today's harvest with everyone. Arrange for people to collect the valuable things from these three river trolls, and then hold a bonfire party, and give each serf a fish, so that everyone can eat their fill, drink warm, and enjoy the results of our territory's development and growth! Boost everyone's morale and speed up the territory's development."

Su Li was completely willing to part with a mere hundred or so fish, and the motivation effect was also very significant.

The serfs around who heard Su Li's arrangement immediately cheered: "Praise your generosity, Lord."

Su Li showed a satisfied smile. He had enough food in his hands, so he was naturally full of confidence and could mobilize the enthusiasm of the serfs and attendants to the highest level, allowing them to participate in the territory's construction with high enthusiasm.

In this state, the territory's development speed will inevitably be extremely fast.