Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 116: Black Rose Desire Pleasure Chamber

In addition to fish farming, the construction of Lake Ravelin also serves as a reservoir and water conservancy facility.

To his west and south, dwarven engineers led their people to build a continuous dam, set up gates, and set up irrigation ditches underneath.

With this magnificent lake, Bjorn Bay, the most important agricultural area in the territory, can ensure a stable harvest regardless of drought or flood, and it is a vast expanse of 300,000 acres.

And in the subsequent response to the disaster in Tal, this will also be the most important flood prevention facility in the territory.

Su Li asked Fandral, "How is the construction of the dam here going?"

Calculating the time, Tal's hurricane has begun to land on the northern coast of the Gray Fog Sea. It won't be long before the heavy rain brought by the hurricane will arrive, so the completeness of the water conservancy facilities here is very important for the farming and agriculture of the territory.

Speaking of this, Fandral's expression grew serious. He shook his head and said, "The situation isn't optimistic. Due to the decrease in the number of ogres, the progress of our water conservancy projects has been significantly delayed. Even with mud from the lake nearby to build the dam, it's only been built for 80 miles. And that's even with the dwarf engineers speeding things up."

The addition of the dwarf engineering master has indeed given great help to the territory.

After all, they have a long history and engineering experience. When it comes to the construction of water conservancy projects, no ordinary people in the territory can compare with them.

Su Li remembered that even in his previous life, his own nation, which was extremely good at farming, had to wait until Su Shi governed the West Lake and Suzhou and Hangzhou before they could organically integrate the silt at the bottom of the lake and the shore embankments.

The dwarf engineering masters also have professional knowledge and tools. If they cannot complete the construction in time, it means that with the current strength of the territory, no one can make the project progress faster.

The lack of manpower in the territory is indeed a big problem, but now the forest bandit group has been basically wiped out, the location of the mountain people has not been found, the dwarf exploration team is still wandering in the mountains, and as for the northern believers of the Sun Goddess who are heading south, no one knows where they are on the long migration route.

Su Li didn't have any better way to solve the manpower problem for the territory, so he could only collect it bit by bit every day.

Fandral also said: "A short-term surge in manpower is unlikely given the current situation. Therefore, the dwarf engineers have also come up with a backup flood prevention plan."

As he spoke, he led Su Li to the side of the dam, looked down at the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile shallow bay plains, pointed to a ditch under construction and said, "The dwarf engineers' plan is that since it's a bit too late to build a dam, we need to make preparations for both scenarios. In case the rainstorm is too heavy and the current dam is not enough, we can use the ditch below to drain the water."

Su Li looked at the wide ditch. Many drainage ditches had been planned in advance in the plain below, but none of them was so big. He felt that this ditch must be nearly twenty meters wide, which was too luxurious to use for drainage!

So Su Li's eyes lit up and he asked, "Could it be that the dwarves want to build this ditch into a canal?"

The Bjorn Bay below is currently the most important project in the territory. All construction in the entire territory, including reservoirs, dams, ditches, and even bridges and roads, are to support this fertile farmland.

Around this wide ditch, long and narrow ditches running horizontally and vertically cut the land into flat farmlands, and crisscrossing roads connect all the land. As long as jujube trees, mulberry trees, elm trees, etc. are planted along the roads and ridges in the future to form forest belts, this place will become a pastoral scenery. When the crops are ripe and the wind blows across thousands of acres of golden wheat fields, the scenery will be beautiful.

Fandral smiled and explained, "My Lord, you have a keen eye. This large ditch is intended to be a canal, connecting the Blackwater River and the Brienne River. Grain from the fields can then be shipped directly to the castle and the docks of Hesse Town, where it can be stored in granaries. The surrounding ditches are also connected to this canal, providing a certain drainage effect."

All these grains are Su Li's property, and the output of the serfs in the territory belongs to Su Li.

However, transporting and storing so much grain is not an easy task. Since ancient times, transporting grain through canals has been the most labor-saving and convenient way.

If these hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain were to be quickly transported to the castle, the castle would not have enough granaries.

Su Li asked, "Some of the grain still needs to be ground nearby. How are the windmills and mills being built?"

Fandral pointed farther south and said, "The threshing floors are ready. We just need to level the ground. These facilities are near every village and farm. As for the windmills and mills, the West Chamber of Commerce has already built three of them around the Brienne River. They used their own labor, their workers cut the wood, and built the facilities. We may charge a certain fee to our territory when the time comes."

It is only natural to charge fees. It is precisely because of the profits that these chambers of commerce can be attracted to invest.

Su Li smiled and said, "Let them collect it. Their funds can't flow out, and it will only make our territory more prosperous. The more chambers of commerce visit, the better. In the end, the money they earn will either be used to pay taxes or purchase supplies in our territory."

Heisen earns money, Heisen spends money, and wants to take it home once it’s gone. This is not an exaggerated slogan.

Although the prosperity of Hessen Territory is relatively poor overall, it has many high-end specialties. When the Chamber of Commerce comes to Hessen Territory, they will definitely be able to spend every gold coin and return home with a full load.

If he stayed in Heisen Territory for a while longer, it would be a big deal. These gambler-like members of the Chamber of Commerce would have to pawn their pants here. Su Li successfully built the first brothel in Heisen Territory, named Black Rose Desire.

This really drained every penny out of the caravan workers and mercenaries.

This pleasure room does not follow the vulgar and sensual route. It is not about girls in cool clothes standing in front of men, posing and flirting, twisting their thighs, big breasts and big buttocks, looking pure, charming and spring-like.

On the contrary, under Su Li's instructions, the main focus was on massage and relaxation, giving these busy travelers a feeling of returning home.

It features over forty female slaves, each with her own unique and tragic story, with the main character being an empathetic and moving one.

For example, those smart girls would say, "Brother, don't come next time. You're running around everywhere, working on the edge of a knife, and it's not easy to make money. You should save money well. If you really miss me, order the lowest meal and I'll cook it for you normally. You should make money well and marry a good wife, not someone like me."

"Thank you for always helping me boost my sales and showing up when I needed you. It's a pity I was so unlucky that I didn't meet you when I had better times. In my next life, I'll quit this job and marry you. I love you. This is the money you've spent on me these days. I've saved it for you and haven't touched a single cent. Don't come here again. Find a better woman than me and treat her well."

This destructive power is simply incredible. How could those lumberjacks and mercenaries, who have endured a lifetime of hardship, withstand this? This isn't a honey trap; it's clearly a lover who has always been considerate of me, yet is at the mercy of fate! This is a test from the goddess of love.

So they cursed the owner for being a rude person, and then spent gold coins lavishly to buy the 98 set meal which was more expensive than the 92 set meal.

92/95/98 correspond to the ways in which fairies in their eyes serve them. The lowest level is undoubtedly to use their hands to relieve their troubles, the next level is to use their cherry lips to be tasted by thousands of people, and finally, the highest level is the set meal. Don't say too much to them.

A simple change of style brought great satisfaction to both parties involved in the service. There were even more than one occasion when a high-ranking customer would become so angry that he would cause a scene in the brothel and take away a lost lover, even if it meant paying ten gold crowns to redeem the lover.

If this trend continues, sooner or later several courtesans will emerge in Hesse, attracting a large number of playboys and wandering poets who will come here and linger there.

However, this kind of thing is ultimately a low-class thing. If the territory wants to be prosperous, it still has to rely on industry and agriculture.

Without agriculture there is no stability, without industry there is no wealth, without business there is no life, without knights there is no strength!

So Su Li only thought about the territory's business activities, then quickly turned his attention back to Bjorn's Bay. He said to Fandral, "We still need to find a way to increase the number of ogres and speed up the construction of the territory. The Bjorn's Bay project has already taken up too much of our energy, and the ogre engineering team doesn't have the energy to build more houses and facilities."

Although Hessen Town has developed, due to the limitation of construction volume, there are only more than 30 new buildings, and the remaining 40 or 50 buildings are still the dilapidated, simple and patched-up houses.

As he was speaking, the territory's keeper of the seal, Lawn, rode up on horseback. The rapid sound of his horse's hooves was filled with excitement and high spirits. If he hadn't paid special attention to etiquette and demeanor, he would have shouted excitedly from a distance.

But he was indeed well-mannered and maintained the demeanor of a minister who held the seal until he rode his horse to about ten meters away from Su Li. Then he jumped off the horse and handed the reins to the apprentice knight Carl who came to greet him.

He then straightened his clothes, walked quickly to Su Li, and said, "My Lord, this is the best news for the territory right now. The Balantangborn family has returned, and they brought back over a hundred ogre mercenaries!"

"More than a hundred ogres!"

"More than a hundred ogres?!" Su Li and Minister of Agriculture Fandral exclaimed at the same time.

Then Su Li asked excitedly and pleasantly, "How come they brought back so many ogres at once?"

This surprise was so big that it was almost scary!
He and Vandal were just worried about the lack of manpower in the territory, but now the situation has taken a sharp turn, and he is afraid that he will have to worry about too many people and not enough food.

After all, these ogres are very capable, comparable to engineering machinery, and they can also eat a lot!
It is the abundant food that ensures their immense strength. Even when moving bricks on a construction site, they can far surpass ordinary people and become rich.

Laun smiled and said, "They brought not only these ogres, but also many other immigrants. The situation is very complicated and cannot be explained in a few words. The head of the Balantombon family, Hartzklin, is waiting for you in the castle with his men. He has something to discuss with you."

Su Li no longer cared about the current project. If he could reach an agreement with these halflings and get hundreds of ogres to join the construction team, all the current difficulties would be easily solved.

So he patted the dirt off his palms, immediately jumped on his horse, and said, "Let's go back to the castle. Let's see what's going on with them and where all these ogres come from."

(End of this chapter)