Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 111: The Master Engineer and the Consecrated Wisteria Species

After reading the information, Su Li still couldn't resist the temptation of Phyllis, the most beautiful girl in the territory, and had a pleasant morning practice with her.

Considering that Phyllis was still weak, Su Li treated her as gently as possible, but the blessing of the dragon blood stone still made Phyllis infatuated and ecstatic.

This made Su Li's sense of conquest burst. This number one beauty was simply a jade beauty! He was afraid that she would melt if he put her in his mouth.

After Su Li enjoyed her service to the fullest, he said to her during the meal: "Don't worry about your knight training. I will prepare props for you to help you awaken your extraordinary abilities."

Phyllis, who was sipping from her water cup, suddenly blushed. She shyly hid her pretty face behind the cup and whispered, "I will follow your arrangements, Lord."

Su Li couldn't help but smile. The Daily Intelligence System had really found him a perfect female courtier. This beautiful woman from Sulande had the gentle and gentle temperament of an oriental beauty. It was true that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog.

While he was thinking, Laun and Fandral walked into the castle together.

Su Li had just finished eating, so he stood up and stroked Phyllis's smooth hair, saying, "You need to replenish your energy. Eat slowly, don't rush. We'll be leaving now. If you have nothing to do after eating, you can go to the grocery store to see if they have any new furniture, supplies, or anything like that."

After saying that, Su Li placed three golden crowns in her hands and said, "The castle is still relatively poor and hungry, and supplies are in short supply. Buy anything useful you see. It's time for us to improve our lives."

The famine and poverty in the territory are beyond ordinary people's imagination. In this desolate and poor land, basically everything depends on the territory's self-sufficiency, so all kinds of supplies are in short supply.

Even Lord Su Li had no way to replace his clothes if they were torn. He could only mend them with linen. And even linen could only be woven after the plants in the hemp fields matured.

It can be said that everything in this territory is prioritized around farming and warfare. There are a considerable number of armors, swords, and plows, but daily necessities are in short supply everywhere.

If a family gets married now and can offer three brand new quilts as a dowry, it can be considered that the family is wealthy.

So, as Su Li led Laun and Fandral out, he asked, "Hasn't any official caravan arrived yet? We're in urgent need of business to boost the prosperity of our territory. You don't want my castle to remain so shabby, with only one quilt covering it from spring to winter, do you?"

Looking at Su Li's departing figure, Phyllis clenched the three golden crowns in her hands. There was a glimmer of joy in her beautiful eyes. She whispered to Hildurde, "The Lord is really a very gentle person."

Hildre propped up his chin with a heroic air, looking down at the delicate and most beautiful woman in the territory, and said in a cold tone: "The Lord is only so gentle to those close to him. I hope you can also work hard and become someone useful to the Lord."

"Oh~ I understand." Phyllis nodded weakly. Under the aura of Hildre, she felt particularly insignificant.

The heroic and imposing manner of this high-ranking butler was now completely different from the gentleness when she kissed him in bed last night.

Hildre's handsome eyebrows slightly frowned. He really couldn't tell what was so special about this beauty that could help the lord ascend the throne.

No matter how you look at it, this little girl is now a somewhat weak and shy girl next door. Apart from her unparalleled beauty, she has no outstanding qualities in terms of cultivation aptitude or aura.

Hildreth frowned and thought for a moment, then stopped examining him. He picked up the rune sword and stood up, saying, "I still have work to do. Please do as you please."

After Hildreth left, Phyllis finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at her new home, she smiled with a smile on her face. Then she looked at the three golden crowns in her hands. This was a huge fortune that she had never possessed before. She began to think excitedly about how to improve everything in the castle.

Outside the castle, Lawn was discussing this matter with Su Li: "My Lord, we all agree that opening up trade routes and exchanging what we have will promote the prosperity of the territory. We have already started working on this matter shortly after entering the territory."

"According to the date, the Balandonborn family's caravan should be returning soon. By the time the halfling caravan returns, Chief Kurt should also be returning from Maleburg. Our territory will be welcoming a group of slave-hunting groups and trading caravans."

Is the caravan of the Balantangborn family about to return?
This was the best news for Su Li. Su Li still remembered that they had borrowed 60 gold coins from the territory to recruit the ogre construction team and purchase items.

If they return, it will undoubtedly greatly speed up the construction of the territory.

Su Li brought the two ministers directly to the front of Bjorn Bay. Looking at the dam under construction, he said, "With summer coming, we must be prepared for Tal's hurricanes and heavy rains. This deity is not as gentle as the Dawn Goddess. Under her influence, the moose finches in the coastal areas have already flown over our territory. The impact of hurricanes on our territory is foreseeable."

The hurricane will land on the coast of the Gray Fog Sea in three or four days. According to the normal speed, it will reach the central and northern regions of the Border Prince's Territory in no more than ten days. The Hesse Territory may not be directly affected by the hurricane, but a heavy rain is probably inevitable.

Therefore, flood prevention is of paramount importance. Pointing to the rapidly under-construction dam ahead, Fandral said, "The ogres are very efficient. They've already built over thirty miles of dam. If all goes well, we'll have a dam about two hundred miles long before the rainstorm arrives. The drainage channel beneath Bjorn's Bay already covers an area of ​​forty miles, approximately sixty thousand acres of plain."

"After this rainstorm, the summer sun will dry up the land here, making it soft and suitable for development. We plan to harvest the summer harvest while reclaiming new land. We want to reclaim at least 20,000 mu of farmland."

This plan suddenly filled Su Li with ambition. Now, 60,000 acres of plains were affected by the water conservancy project. When the water conservancy facilities were completed in the future, at least 300,000 acres of this land would become fertile farmland.

By then, this place will have complete water conservancy facilities, fertile fields, and crisscrossing paths. It will be the largest granary in the territory.

Three hundred thousand acres of fertile arable land, no matter what you grow, is enough to support the scale of a barony.

Assuming that one man with five people can cultivate 10 acres of land, only households are needed to fully manage this land, which is roughly the size of villages.

It is not difficult to have ten farms and settlements in a barony.

If Su Li was more generous, he would have distributed some of the land to his knights and let them manage territories in other places, with 5 to 10 affiliated fiefdoms.

The overall strength of the Hesse Territory is considered to be at the upper level among the baronies, and passing the imperial assessment is definitely a piece of cake.

A smooth road has been planned in front of him. Su Li said with confidence: "Let the engineers command the slaves to work hard. Are there any problems with the project now?"

Fandral nodded and said, "There's a problem. The ogres suffered heavy losses on the battlefield. Six ogres were killed on the spot, and three were seriously injured. As a result, the construction progress of the territory has been seriously affected."

"Also, the medicinal materials in the territory have almost been used up, and our subsequent treatment is no longer sustainable."

This means that the medicinal fields in the territory are an urgent matter.

Fortunately, this problem did not bother Su Li for long. In the afternoon, when Su Li led his men to patrol near the reservoir and were preparing to hunt moose finches, the rough and high-pitched voice of the dwarf came from the north.

"My Lord, my Lord! We have found some results from our excavation beneath Moonlight Highlands."

A carriage suddenly stopped on the country road next to the reservoir, and a dusty dwarf jumped out, holding a seed the size of an avocado in both hands and presented it to Su Li.

Laun immediately introduced him to Su Li, "My Lord, this is Kurgan Ironbeard, the dwarven master engineer whom we rescued from the Broken Toe Tribe. He is a scholar of the Ironbeard clan, qualified in the Dwarven Engineers Guild, and has extraordinary accomplishments in engineering and equipment manufacturing."

Su Li looked down at the dwarf with a pigtailed beard. His round eyes were as big as soybeans, making him look a little silly and cute. He was obviously much more approachable than the stubborn and violent Boros Dragonhammer.

Dwarven Engineers are highly educated members of the prestigious Engineers Guild, and their achievements in science, gadgets, and technology are unparalleled.

The fact that he didn't switch to being a butcher shows that his craftsmanship is still trustworthy. Usually, engineers become butchers because their work has huge flaws, causing heavy losses.

Su Lixian smiled and said to him, "On behalf of the Hessen Territory, I welcome the dwarves to join us. For nearly three thousand years in the Empire, the relationship between us humans and the dwarves has been unbreakable, developing a friendship like that of brothers. In major battles, whenever humans are in trouble, the dwarves always join in without hesitation. I believe that in our territory, we will continue to get along closely."

Kurgan was a rather straightforward person. Upon hearing this, he immediately asked, "Then, Lord, could you please give me a few of the troll corpses you obtained in this battle? I believe that crafting engineering equipment is more important, and of course brewing troll brew is equally important."

Su Li couldn't help but smile. The dwarf really was addicted to alcohol.

"I've already made an agreement with Boros Dragonhammer about the troll corpses from this battle. I'll give them all to him." Before the dwarf could cry out in frustration, Su Li said, "But the patrol should bring back four river troll corpses tonight. I can give them to you."

Sure enough, upon hearing Su Li's words, Kurgan, who was looking depressed, immediately cheered up and said, "I commend you for your generosity, Lord! I will definitely bring you powerful engineering equipment to repay your reward."

Su Li smiled and nodded, then looked at the avocado-like seed in his hand. This was the seed of the Blessed Wisteria. Even if he just touched its surface, he could feel the vigorous vitality hidden inside.

(End of this chapter)