Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 301: Building a Network of Allies and Interests
A means of transporting extraordinary fish?
Hearing Su Li's question, Zuo Wei calmly said, "Of course. As Mannan believers who sail on the sea all year round, a single voyage can last for several seasons or even years. Having the ability to transport goods actively is the most basic requirement."

"We often encounter extraordinary fish and sea dragons in the vast ocean. We often transport some extraordinary fish as sacrifices to the sea monsters and sea dragons surging beneath the sea surface. After eating enough extraordinary fish, these monsters are not very interested in the human flesh on the ship."

"I've only heard that there are spices in the Bauhinia Knight's territory. How come there are extraordinary fish?"

Su Li nodded and said, "There are currently two kinds of extraordinary fish in my territory, the Light Scale Fish and the Storm Dragon Head Eel. However, they cannot be transported, so they have never been sold at a high price. If we can integrate these two extraordinary fish and spices into your trade system, I think both parties will be able to make greater profits."

"Light-scale fish and storm dragon head eel!?" Zoe Wei's eyes lit up. She knew these two kinds of fish. The light-scale fish could improve the training support of the knight, and the storm dragon head eel could directly improve the strength of a knight with thunder attribute bloodline like the fire rabbit, allowing him to immediately achieve a breakthrough in rank. It is effective below the elite level.

If she could control these two resources, making money would be secondary. She could even give up the profit and subsidize Su Li with high prices. This was because this kind of trade would undoubtedly help her gain favors and friendships with a large number of powerful forces. Trade routes that she had previously been unable to open could now be opened using this extraordinary fish as a stepping stone.

But this also depends on the species of these extraordinary fish. At least the number must reach a certain scale, and there must be a stable output.

So Zoe Wei immediately asked with concern: "How many of these extraordinary fish can your territory produce? Is it on a considerable scale?"

The scale of the territory's extraordinary fish population? That's undeniable. He explained, "Ms. Zoe should be aware that suitable water conditions are crucial for the spawning of these extraordinary fish. Our territory's sacred site, Lake Rafflin, boasts a mild climate and abundant spiritual energy, allowing the Light Scale Fish to spawn in significant numbers. These eggs will gradually hatch based on the abundance of spiritual energy within, meaning we sell a batch of Light Scale Fish every quarter."

"Storm dragonhead eels are in a similar situation. They sometimes eat light-scaled fish to lay eggs. A light-scaled fish can hatch about 6 to 7 storm dragonhead eels. These small storm dragonhead eels feed on ordinary fish and only when they grow up can they hunt light-scaled fish."

"So the output of these two types of fish will be very impressive. It's not a problem to provide you with 40 to 70 fish a year."

Su Li had exaggerated the number of 40 to 70 fish. Business negotiations were bound to be exaggerated. In reality, his territory probably couldn't provide so many extraordinary fish, as a significant portion needed to remain within the territory to enhance the strength of the Hessen Knights.

This kind of local specialty must be used first to meet the needs of the many knight families in the Hesse Territory. This will not only help to win the knights' loyalty to the territory, but also help to attract more talents to settle in the Hesse Territory and provide excellent soldiers for the Hesse Territory's army.

But Su Li wasn't being completely unfounded when he made this boast. He was extremely confident in the future. If he could successfully defeat Blue Mirror Territory this year or next and seize the strategic Blue Mirror Lake, the number of light-scaled fish would surely increase further. At that point, he would be in control of two vast counties, and his resources and specialties would be further enhanced.

People should always look at things from a developmental perspective and have a certain degree of foresight. From this perspective, what he said may not be bragging.

When Zoe Wei heard the number Su Li said, a smile quickly filled her face. Even her resentment towards Seranweier who was sitting opposite her disappeared. She was a businessman, not a knight, and was not so arrogant and stubborn. Even if the slaves could bring her at least tens of thousands of gold crowns every year, she would be able to be friendly.

So she said decisively, "Then it's a pleasure to work with you, Bauhinia Knight. We will arrange for the caravan to depart for your Hessen Territory as quickly as possible, and strive to arrive before your harvest season."

"That's perfect. Let's have a pleasant cooperation!" Su Li stood up, formally reaching an agreement with the Ramsey family.

The rest of the trade agreement was negotiated by the ministers of both sides. The Hessian Territory had many specialties, such as halfling leather armor, blood pine forest ores, and various slaves in the territory.

That’s right, since the beginning of the new year, the slave trade in Hesse has gradually reversed.

In the past, the Hessian Territory mainly purchased slaves, but now it has gradually become the Hessian Territory that mainly sells slaves.

Of course, these two trades complemented each other and proceeded simultaneously, without any serious conflict. For example, the Hesse Territory continued to purchase nuns, clergy, and a large number of serfs from various churches. With the increase in settlements and knight families, the territory's demand for serfs was increasing day by day. No matter how many came, except for those who were too weak or had missing limbs, they were basically all bought up.

At the same time, the Hessen Territory was also selling various high-value slaves such as elite knights, official knights, and apprentice knights, etc. These were all members of various bandit groups and looting groups captured by the army from the Blood Pine Forest.

The Hessen Territory is currently storing grain and training troops, so there is no need to expand the size of the army.

If we defeat Blue Mirror Territory again and capture hundreds or even thousands of their elite knights in one battle, the scale of the prisoner trade will reach an unprecedented level.

The reason why the Border Princes have so many elite slaves is basically through this channel. In a war between forces, a large number of elite soldiers in the army will become prisoners, which is also a feast for slave traders.

The negotiations with the Ramsay family lasted until nine o'clock in the evening, when Su Li left with his men. The senator promised to help Hessen Territory build a trade network for extraordinary fish and to provide funding and support for Hessen Territory's spice industry.

Specific funding and support still require them to organize and consolidate resources before determining the scale, but providing several new seeds and arranging a group of races that are good at caring for spices to provide guidance is inevitable.

Originally, the Ramsey family had cordially invited Su Li to stay for one night, but Su Li did not agree. He had to return to Mar-a-Lago to prepare for tomorrow's auction ceremony.

As soon as the auction is over, he will immediately return to Hesse with his guards in a swift and decisive manner.

In fact, the main purpose of his trip to Maleburg was to raise funds to improve the financial situation of Hesse.

Once this goal is achieved, he will not want to wander around outside and will only want to return to his territory and farm happily.

When he returned to Mar-a-Lago, Sylvanas had also returned safely.

Seeing Su Li reeking of alcohol, the young woman immediately brought him a cup of hot tea and said, "My Lord, alcohol and sex are harmful to your health. Please have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

Su Li took a sip and immediately felt that it was a familiar taste, the same Oriental black tea given by President Yi Li.

This little green tea girl always forces herself to drink this black tea, and the effect is that she will instinctively develop a liking for her.

It's really scheming.

Su Li took a few sips and asked, "How are your arrangements going?"

Sylvanas immediately replied with a beaming smile, "Of course, I devoted my utmost attention to everything the Lord had assigned me, and I completed it all successfully. I've brought Rusty Sword Knight Algernon back to Mar-a-Lago. Would you like to meet him?"

"Of course." This is a knight who has the potential to become a god-chosen knight. Su Li said decisively: "Let him come over."

It is extremely difficult to train a God-chosen Knight. Countless elite knights and champion knights in the entire border prince's territory may spend their entire lives without having the qualifications to grow into a God-chosen Knight.

The remaining knights, chosen from among hundreds, might have enough talent to break through to the God-Chosen Knight, but only one in ten thousand could successfully reach that level. This was because most of them either lacked opportunities and resources, unable to grow quickly, or were neglected during their growth and died early.

One of Su Li's greatest advantages, aided by intelligence, is his ability to identify those knights with real potential among the many, providing them with support and training. This will allow him to cultivate far more divinely chosen knights than in other territories. As the saying goes, there are many good horses, but few good horse trainers.

With the aid of this intelligence system, Su Li possessed the same talent as Liu Bang, enabling him to select the virtuous and capable and entrust them with important tasks. In fact, being able to select the virtuous and capable was the more important skill for a monarch to slay the dragon.

However, even so, cultivating a Chosen Knight was no easy task. Su Li favored numerous candidates, such as the Rogue Tiberus, the Griffin Knight Edwin, the Handsome Gilles, and Constantine, the leader of the Knights of the Corona. These were all exceptionally talented and distinguished knights within the Church of the Blazing Sun Goddess. However, only Hilde and Orstein ultimately achieved the Divine Chosen level.

Perhaps we should also add the Raven Lord, Durmster, to the list. However, he is not the chosen knight of the Sun Goddess, but rather the chosen knight of Morr. It is unknown what his current situation is, whether he has reached the Black Forest Territory and traveled to the Graystone Tribe to complete the task of purifying the Dwarven Tomb.

If the Hessian Territory could gain the friendship of the Greystone Tribe, then the Hessian Territory would have more diplomatic allies, including the Redbeard Tribe and the Greystone Tribe nearby, and the Ramsay family and Senator Smith in the distance, as well as the support of the Cathedral of Eternal Flame.

He had enough allies to form a network of interests, making his Hesse territory stronger and more stable.

When Algernon came over, Sylvana took out the treasures of the Rusty Anchor Pirates from her backpack and gave the rare rings and jewelry to Su Li.

"My Lord, this is the treasure we were able to obtain from the waif. It's a rare ring, Verena's Judgment of Justice. It possesses three attributes: [Wise Heart], [Justice Acts], and the most powerful [Ruthless Priest]."

"The Heart of Wisdom allows the knight to more calmly and carefully judge the battlefield situation, make more reasonable tactical decisions, increase melee defense, slow fatigue, and reduce fear."

"Justice locks the ring's wearer's faction. Chaos-aligned players will constantly take fire damage from this ring. Other Order-aligned players will only be able to activate basic defense attributes, losing the ability to use the more powerful Ruthless Priest. If the wearer violates the teachings of the Goddess of Justice (such as slaughtering civilians or allying with Chaos forces), the ring will gradually lose its effectiveness. Perfectly practicing the Goddess's teachings will increase the amount of divine grace gathered and the strength of the ring's various attributes."

"The most powerful ruthless priest, it can make the knight immune to terror and fear, and even incapable of feeling pain and despair in battle. After activating its effect, the knight can become a living saint for a short period of time, never tired."

Never tired, never afraid, and even no pain from injury!

Once this is activated, a chosen knight will indeed become a powerful and ruthless high priest.

Su Li decisively grasped Hildre's right hand and slipped the ring onto her slender finger. Smiling, she said, "Although I've never given you a ring before, I think I can make up for it this time. Let me see the effect... It really suits you."

Hildreda raised her hand and flexed her ring finger. The golden gem sparkled in the candlelight. Then she touched the red dragon blood gem on her fair chest, smiled brightly, and said, "My Lord, you have given me many gifts."

This rare ring is worth at least tens of thousands of gold crowns.

More importantly, its significance cannot be measured by money. With this ring, Hildreth now has a rare amulet, a rare weapon, and a rare ring.

All she needed now was rare-grade armor and a rare-grade family crest. Even her mount was above rare-grade.

Once she possessed a set of rare-grade equipment, even the most ordinary God-chosen Knights would be no match for her. Only the backbone of the Duchy's army or the Knight-General of a high-ranking knight order like the Flaming Sun Knights could possibly assemble a set of rare-grade equipment, surpassing Hildreth's in sheer luxury.

Su Li was also working towards this goal, so he smiled and said, "Our equipment will become more and more complete. Now you only have one ring, but soon you will have two, and even all your equipment will be replaced with rare-grade ones."

Then Su Li picked up the azure Deep Blue Oath and asked, "What is the effect of this jewelry?"

Sylvanas replied, "Jewelry isn't equipment, so it doesn't possess such powerful properties. However, as a rare gem, besides its dazzling brilliance, it possesses additional properties that allow the wearer to become more compatible with the water element. Therefore, elves and magicians alike love this gorgeous jewelry, which enhances their magical affinity and makes them appear more vibrant and beautiful. If you can give it to Guildmaster Irri, it will surely fetch an astonishing price at tomorrow's auction."

"Well, that makes sense." Su Li pondered for a moment, but still stood up decisively and tied the necklace around Seranweier's fair neck. The shining gems hung in front of her fair chest, making her look particularly plump and attractive, full of nobility.

If no one said anything, no one would have thought that such a graceful girl, whose eyes were as mysterious as the abyss of a glacier, would be a slave.

Su Li looked her up and down at her decorations, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "This is even more perfect. It suits your temperament very well."

Seranweier's eyes widened instantly, and she asked in shock, "Is this... for me? No... no... Master, I, I can't accept such a valuable gift. If it were sold at an auction house, it might be worth tens of thousands of gold crowns."

Su Li glared and said, "Just accept it if I give it to you. I'm very dissatisfied with your attitude. It shows that you haven't taken your place properly! If I give gifts to other female courtiers, they will only like them. Who would refuse a gift from their lover?"

Seranwei's momentum suddenly weakened, and she felt that she had indeed done something wrong. No wonder she had caused the lord to frown.

If a normal lover gives the other a flower or a piece of jewelry, how could the other person be disappointed and say, "I don't want it, you can sell it"?
She clenched her fair hands in her sleeves nervously, trying to make Su Libie angry: "Master, I know I was wrong. I, I will serve you wholeheartedly."

She couldn't think of anything special about herself that made the Lord treat her this way. The only way she could think of repaying him was with her body. Was there only one thing that could possibly be worthy of the Lord treating her so well?
This made Su Li smile with satisfaction, which meant that the girl was finally prepared from the bottom of her heart. She lay on the bed with her fair, clean, slender body that had never been touched by a man, willingly giving herself to him, bearing his impact, and letting him do whatever he wanted to her.

Then this rare necklace shows its greatest value!

To completely win the heart of a legendary female knight, you have to start with the little things in your daily life.

Su Li smiled and touched her silky hair, saying, "Then go back to your room and wait for me. I'll arrange the follow-up matters and come find you in a while."

Seranwei's face immediately flushed. After all, she was still an innocent girl. When she thought about having to wash herself clean and wait in bed for her master to be intimate with her and practice with her, she felt as if her cheeks were on fire with shame.

Which girl doesn't have spring fever? She had thought about this kind of thing before, but when the moment really came, she felt particularly shy.

She didn't dare to look up at all. She responded with a voice as thin as a mosquito, then quickly said goodbye and returned to the room.

Fortunately, not many people were paying attention to her at this moment, because the Rusty Sword Knight Algernon had been brought into the room.

This knight hates evil and is unwilling to be tainted by corruption. If one day a knight really needs to stand up, use himself as a flame to ignite the will of others and purify the corruption in the army, he will undoubtedly be the first pillar of the army to stand up, ignite himself and illuminate the darkness of the world.

Su Li has great admiration for such people. It is precisely because of the existence of such good children and upright knights that the empire has been able to stand firm in this dark and desperate world.

(End of this chapter)