Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 105 The Knights' Excitement and Support

Su Li had originally not had any expectations for the earnings from gold coins. As far as he knew, the common currency of goblins and greenskins was not gold coins, but their teeth.

The more powerful an orc is, the more teeth it has. The more cunning a goblin is, the more teeth it has, because they are always sneaky and steal the wealth of less clever orcs.

Even some particularly clever and insidious ones would flexibly use their status and skills to induce strong and powerful orcs to obey their orders.

They also enjoy exploiting the weaker members of the tribe. These are the smallest members of greenskin society, with brains the size of peas (and their intelligence accordingly). Like a group of ever-energized, fanatical, and uncontrollable pets, they parasitize greenskin gatherings, sweeping up garbage and feces, stealing any small items. They are the community's "scavengers," surviving on food scraps and bones, and always happily hiding the "treasures" they find in their caves.

Orcs are particularly fond of these little creatures, treating them as mischievous pets. Some even capture them and have them perform shows or train them to do tasks. The cleverest ones even serve as servants, tickling areas that the orcs can't reach. However, they are not given any truly meaningful work.

Goblins, however, despise and hate gremlins. They share a penchant for thievery, but they find it difficult to steal when surrounded by gremlins. To complicate matters, these little creatures have a habit of snitching and reporting on the goblins to the orcs, revealing their thievery. They also reveal where stolen goods are hidden and mime the murders they witness. To escape goblin retaliation, gremlins will hide between the legs of orcs, who will quickly unleash their wrath on the goblins. The goblins, in turn, take every opportunity to abuse these little creatures.

But regardless, goblins are usually the richest in a tribe. They cheat their superiors, steal from orcs, exploit and abuse their subordinates, and dig up their treasure caves.

If Su Li goes for a walk in the forest in the future and finds the goblin's territory, he can make a small fortune just by relying on the intelligence system to reveal the location of the treasure cave.

But Fandral's answer surprised him.

"My Lord, we didn't get much gold, only about 200 gold crowns. Most of them were ornaments from orcs and goblins, mixed with human skulls, knuckles, and other decorations. They looked like spoils from battles with forest bandits or caravan guards."

"But we've found over 150 pieces of Dwarven Oathgold! This tribe must have tunneled their way to a dwarven fortress and triumphed."

150 Dwarf Oath Gold!

Su Li's eyes were full of surprise. The value of this dwarf's oath money was too high.

You can exchange for a large number of precious items from various dwarf guilds. Exquisite, perfect and even rare equipment can be purchased directly with dwarf pledge gold!
Even with the most brutal exchange rate, this can be exchanged for 1500 Imperial Gold Crowns!

But Su Li would certainly not do such a wasteful thing. This was the dwarf's oath money, and dwarves valued their oaths the most. If he had enough oath money, he could even directly buy a dwarf's territory in the Grey Mountains and make them his vassal.

Whatever equipment you need, just let them make it for you.

This was a legal union. The dwarves of this world had a closer relationship with the Empire than any other. The Empire's state religion had woven aid to the dwarves into its core doctrine.

In military affairs, the two sides often formed alliances to fight against evil. In domestic affairs, the empire's knights were unable to develop, so each territory had a large number of dwarf engineers to help build water conservancy projects and develop cities.

Therefore, if you can establish good relations with the dwarves, the value is far greater than that of a 1500 gold crown.

Fandral placed all the gold crowns and pledge gold into a large box on the carriage, then continued to explain to Su Li, "In addition to gold coins, our gains in weapons and equipment are also enormous. These greenskins can use any readily available materials as weapons, and some are even made of precious gold. After we temper them, we can obtain at least 6000 kilograms of iron and 100 kilograms of gold."

6000 kilograms of iron can be used to make 50 sets of high-quality plate armor. The profit is indeed considerable.

It was a pity that the territory did not have the right to mint coins, so the gold coins minted were not worth much, only about one-third of the gold crown. Otherwise, these 100 kilograms of gold would have brought him a lot of income.

Perhaps selling this gold to Maleburg is a good option. If gold mines are discovered in the territory in the future, it can also be a good income.

Su Li was thinking about it when Fandral continued, "There are still a lot of things left, including valuable seeds, ores, and some special items. These goblins always find some good things in the forest, but we need to go back and sort them out slowly."

Su Li nodded, then said to the military commander Knight Orstein beside him: "My Lord Commander, although victory is joyful, do not forget to strictly observe military discipline. The wealth I give them is theirs. If I don't give it to them, they cannot take it. Anyone who hides the spoils will be executed on the spot once discovered."

"As for the rewards, I will wait until the Minister of the Seals has finished sorting them out, and then I will generously give everyone 20% of the spoils."

The lord's majesty cannot be challenged.

They can only take everything in this territory if Su leaves.

If they abide by the rules, wealth will naturally not treat them unfairly.

Knight Orstein was so moved by this huge reward that he said excitedly, "Praise your generosity, Lord. Your virtue would make even the goddess admire you."

Twenty percent of the spoils will be shared among everyone!
This 20% does not include slaves and armed servants, but only refers to the dozens of knights in the territory.

Slaves were not eligible for spoils of war or rewards, and being able to free them from slavery was a sign of the lord's kindness and generosity.

The rewards for the armed servants are distributed by their monarchs, and the knights will give them one or two percent of the rewards.

This means that on average, each knight could earn over a dozen gold coins in this battle, equivalent to one or two months' salary for an elite knight, and a trainee knight would have to work hard for a year or two! After all, the rewards from this battle would not be less than 5000 gold crowns!
When Knight Orstein announced the news, the entire battlefield instantly became boiling.

According to the tradition of the 19-tax system, the knights were lucky to get 10% of the spoils. Now that the lord had doubled their reward, they immediately and eagerly supported the lord's order.

If any ignorant armed servant dares to steal or hide anything, the knights will immediately let them know the consequences!
After all, for every gold coin stolen by the armed servants, the knights lost two silver coins in revenue.

And the more powerful the knight, the greater the loss.

Because although on average each knight can get more than a dozen gold crowns, the rewards cannot be divided equally.

On average, a serf and the lord would have a property worth 2500 gold coins.

The distribution of spoils will definitely be based on strength and military merit. In this regard, the Minister of the Seals, Lawn, will record the details and complete the distribution plan.

Powerful knights like the military commander Sir Orstein arranged the tactics and completed the extremely effective decapitation tactics, and made great contributions. The reward would naturally be more wealth, at least equivalent to his six or seven months' salary.

Given his contributions and abilities, and the current prosperity and high profitability of his domain, a salary of 16 or 18 paychecks is clearly reasonable. A qualified monarch who lacks the courage to offer even this kind of generous reward would sooner or later commit suicide, just like Xiang Yu in Jiangdong. And still dreaming of ascending the throne like Liu Bang?
In this way, he could take away nearly a hundred gold coins by himself.

Other elite knights can also get dozens of gold coins.

Many knights were beaming with smiles as they gathered together in lively conversation. "What a wonderful day today!" The Lord was right. "Today is a good day, a sacred day!" Those who survive this day and return home safely will remember this day with awe.

The knights were not responsible for cleaning the dirty battlefield. It was the armed servants and slaves who did this hard and tiring work.

Looking at the tall knights with their arms folded across their chests, talking proudly, and surveying the battlefield, the yearning of every armed attendant reached its peak!

Knighthood is the privilege and honor of this empire.

Everyone is eager to squeeze into this class.

While some knights were chatting with smiles on their faces, some others were kneeling on the battlefield with deep sorrow on their faces, praying for their fallen comrades.

Xilude walked up to Su Li with a serious expression and said in a low voice: "Lord, the casualties have been counted."

"One hundred and forty-five people from our territory were killed in this battle, including 145 slaves and 84 knights directly under your command, including one elite knight, three official knights, and 17 apprentice knights."

"Also... I have some sad news. Your first attendant, Leif, died in battle."

The smile on Su Li's face disappeared instantly. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.

17 knights! These are all brave knights loyal to him.

Their charge was as bright as the sun and the moon, and as awe-inspiring as the mountains and rivers. It was because they repeatedly trampled on the greenskin phalanxes and oppressed the enemy's formation that they were able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

But on this glorious and victorious battlefield, 17 knights and their broken swords fell together on the blood-stained battlefield.

And there’s Lev, the cute little girl with the chubby face.

Su Li remembered very clearly that she was the first servant he had ever obtained. Although she had a broad mind and every step was accompanied by violent aftershocks, she was a girl who was very cautious in her heart. Even when gambling with Su Li, she would place her bets carefully and calculate everything to ensure that she might not make a lot of money, but would never lose.

But such a cautious girl, wearing excellent plate armor, fought fearlessly, repeatedly attacked the huge phalanx of monsters, and finally fell with honor on the way of charge.

She has been promoted to a mid-level apprentice knight. If she hadn't died, she might have become a great elite knight in the future and have her own prestigious title.

Su Li wanted to blame her, why didn't she be more cautious, why didn't she step back a little.

But he also knew that his idea was wrong.

It was because of the large number of knights like her who bravely charged forward and fought desperately for her that she was able to achieve this hard-earned victory in the territory.

If every knight shrinks back from fighting, how can the knights of the territory be brave enough to charge again and again and break through the enemy's solid phalanx?
So Su Li sighed and said to Xilude, "Have the soldiers take good care of the knights' remains. I will personally preside over their funeral, award them the Bauhinia Victory Medal, and bury them in the Heroic Cemetery behind the castle. I will assign someone to guard their tomb."

(End of this chapter)