Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 303: Seranweier's Training and the Earth Compass, One of the Ten Treasures of the Surander Province
Bertrand brought news about his daughter?
Su Li immediately took the portrait with excitement. A strange sense of closeness arose spontaneously. He couldn't help but smile. "This is my precious daughter. She is so beautiful. She has jewel-like brown eyes, silky silver hair, and rosy skin. She is like a porcelain doll."

Hildreth immediately came over, holding the frame and examining it carefully, a happy smile on his face. "Yes, she's really beautiful. And she looks a lot like you, my lord. Same eyes, same love of laughter, even the dimple on her right cheek is exactly like yours. She will definitely be as beautiful as Phyllis when she grows up."

Su Li had always thought she was terrible at naming, but when she saw this adorable little creature, a very suitable name immediately came to her mind: "Her name is Jianjia, Jianjia, the redbud flower! There's a ballad in the East, and Jianjia is used to praise girls."

Bertrand was stunned. "Is this telepathy? Princess Phyllis also chose this ballad popular in the eastern province of Surander as her proposed name. My Lord, you and the princess must be bound together by a sincere bond, an unparalleled understanding."

"Here is also a letter from the princess to you."

The letter was sealed with a mixture of beeswax and wax mixed with resin, and had a complete gilded lacquer seal of the Elector of Scotland, indicating that the envelope had never been opened by outsiders.

Su Li immediately tore open the envelope and took out the letter inside, which contained Phyllis's crooked handwritten letter.

Phyllis is indeed a beauty, but this word doesn't match her at all. She has the round cheeks of a little girl in kindergarten.

This was mainly because she had only a short time to learn to read and write. She only started learning after being established as a female court official by Su Li.

But you can tell that she wrote it very seriously, and there are traces of dried tears between the lines.

"To my sun, my morning star, and my everlasting love:

As I pick up my pen, the stench of blood still lingers from the dome of Averlan Palace. Three hours ago, I gave birth to our daughter on the birthing bed in the throne room, a shredded Fleur-de-Is banner beneath me, midwifed by a Knight-Medical Captain from the Hesse Territory. As her cries echoed with the cheers of the defecting troops outside the palace, I suddenly remembered the night we parted from the Hesse Territory. You poured all your warmth and love into me, and told me: Stay alive, and wait for you, the armored troops, to arrive at the gates of Averlan City and reunite with me.

This is my strongest support in times of darkness, loneliness, and fear. Thanks to the goddess's blessing, we are safe, mother and daughter. She has your brow and my hair color, born with hope. My dear, I have signed the first princely decree, making her the first heir to the Princedom of Surander. My child and I are waiting for you to reunite in the Surander Province.

Finally, I hold the amulet you gave me every night before falling asleep. I can feel your breath on it, which makes Avril and I feel more at ease.

Forever yours,

Phyllis Liebowitz Iris

In the Full Moon Hall of Averan Palace
P.S. The first lock of my daughter's hair has been incorporated into the amulet you gave me. I want it on the hilt of your sword when we next meet. She will be your greatest gift, but I have also had Bertrand bring you some gifts from the treasury of Surand. This place is in chaos after the war, and I will gradually sort out the treasury and treasury of Surand so that I can provide you with more support."

After reading the letter, Su Li couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, revealing a sweet smile.

He couldn't help but think of the famous question in his previous life - Are you happy?
He is really very happy!

The best news was that Phyllis and her daughter were safe, and the situation was gradually improving. For the first time, Su Li clearly felt the formation of a small family, with a virtuous wife and safe children. Thinking of all this, he couldn't help but smile.

The only thing that made him anxious was that he couldn't wait to see his daughter with his own eyes.

Before this little life came into the world, he had never imagined that there would be such a strong and intimate bond.

After Su Li finished looking at the photos, Bertrand took out a bag full of grains and handed it to Su Li.

"My Lord, these are some precious items that Prince Phyllis scavenged from the ruined treasury. She asked me to give them all to you. They include 10 kilograms of Azure Spikes, 5 kilograms of Traveler's Onion Seeds, 5 kilograms of Moonlight Cabbage Seeds, 5 kilograms of Frostwhisper Pea Seeds, and 10 kilograms of Stoneskin Pumpkin Seeds."

"And the princess specifically asked me to give these to you. They are two magical pearls from the Magic Tide River Mussels. They can further enhance the holy land of our Black Forest Territory."

"Of course, the most precious treasure is this one." Bertrand pulled a compass from his arms and handed it to Su Li, saying, "This is the first Surande treasure that His Royal Highness found in the ruins—the Earth Vein Compass. It's one of the ten most famous treasures in the entire Surande Province. Its core ability is to absorb the power of divine tides and then, when the compass's energy activity reaches a quarterly peak, transform it into the effect of the Wind of Magic."

"Its compass can point to four directions: Breath of Harvest and Wind of Gilen. Magical energy is enriched, and fertile farmland and vast pastures will be bathed in the wind of Gilen, ushering in a huge harvest, and the territory's agricultural output will be significantly increased."

"Forging Fire Resonance: It allows the wind of metal and the wind of flame to penetrate deep into the ore veins, enhancing the magical tempering of the metal, further increasing the metal content in the ore, and greatly improving smelting efficiency, making the forged equipment more solid and sophisticated."

"The condensation cycle can harmonize and converge, significantly increasing the territory's water resources and slightly increasing the magic power in the water. This will improve fishing, irrigation, quenching, and pharmaceutical production in all aspects, and even significantly increase the probability of pregnancy in the territory."

"Finally, there's Rock Steady: The Earth Wind that consolidates the territory. This makes buildings stronger and more resistant to earthquakes, corrosion, war, and more. It also greatly facilitates construction, significantly reducing both construction and maintenance costs, and significantly shortening the construction cycle."

Breath of Harvest, Forging Fire Resonance, Condensation Cycle, and Rock Steady State. Obviously, these four directions correspond to the four aspects of territory production, namely agriculture, heavy industry, light industry, and construction.

It can be seen from just a simple introduction that each one has a huge impact, either bringing huge benefits to the territory or reducing a large amount of financial expenditure for the territory.

For example, if the cost of the Rock Steady State can be reduced by 20% and the construction period can be shortened by 20%, then under the current large-scale investment and construction background of the territory, it can easily save Su Li tens of thousands of financial expenses.

Moreover, these four directions can be adjusted once every quarter and can be modified according to the needs and focus of the Hessen Territory.

It must be said that this ability is indeed extremely powerful. No wonder it is one of the ten most powerful treasures in the entire territory of Grand Prince Surander. No wonder there is also a chosen knight of the Knights of Eternal Light in the escort team.

As soon as Phyllis's position was consolidated, she gave her family's most important treasure to Su Li to support the development of the Hessen Territory.

How could Su Li not be moved? He immediately asked, "What are the biggest challenges and difficulties Phyllis is facing right now? Is there anything we can help with?"

Bertrand didn't hide it: "The biggest challenge Her Royal Highness faces right now is financial. Since she hasn't fully taken over the family's territory, she can't collect enough taxes. Furthermore, having just experienced the Greenskin invasion, the province of Surander has plunged into a full-scale military war, resulting in a massive army while the territorial foundation has been completely destroyed. The current finances simply can't sustain such a large army."

"His Royal Highness is currently discussing with his family ministers whether to conduct a military reduction. However, His Royal Highness is clearly unwilling to make large-scale military reductions so soon after ascending the throne. You know, such a move would offend a large number of officers and soldiers, and would not be conducive to winning over the people within the kingdom and consolidating his rule."

As expected, the first challenge any lord faces after taking over his rule is financial problems!
No amount of political schemes or extraordinary talent can bypass the most fundamental issue of finance and just fantasize about it.

This world is both idealistic and materialistic! People's hearts are so realistic. If you provide them with jobs, salaries, and allowances, they will support you. If you don't have money and want to cut their positions and expel them from the army, then they will definitely not truly support you.

Phyllis has just entered the Surander Province, and the scope of her control and influence is limited to the Avilan Palace and at most the Avilan City.

The question is how many people will still recognize her decree once it leaves Ivy City.

The previous princess died suddenly in battle, leaving behind vast territories that countless jackals coveted. Although Phyllis inherited the throne of Grand Prince of Surander Province, the nobles would undoubtedly push other descendants of the princess, who held legal succession rights, to fight for these territories, ruthlessly ripping off a piece of the fat meat. And this was merely a struggle within humanity. Foreign invasions, resulting in the burning of these fertile farmlands and vast pastures, would undoubtedly impact Surander Province's fiscal revenue.

It can be said that the more severe the shortage of materials is, the more the nobles will take advantage of the situation to get involved in the vacant territories that have lost their ruling families in order to obtain more financial resources, so as to obtain more money and food and reduce the population loss in their own territories.

If Phyllis could have a large number of gold crowns to supplement her finances at this time, it would indeed help her stabilize the situation and gain a certain advantage in the subsequent political struggle.

Su Li then solemnly said to Bertrand, "I will try my best to help Phyllis alleviate her financial problems. You should go and rest first. We will try every possible way to increase the revenue from tomorrow's auction. If all goes well, we will provide Phyllis with no less than 50000 gold crowns."

50000 gold crowns. This is the maximum amount of support Su Li can provide after meeting the basic needs of the Hessen Territory.

And this is under the condition that the rare-grade dagger Poison Fang can be sold smoothly.

50000 gold crowns are an enormous fortune for the Hesse Territory, but for the vast Scotland Province, it is just a drop in the bucket.

This wealth was only enough for Phyllis to pay one month's salary to 10000 heavily armored knights.

After all, Hesse Territory is just a small frontier development territory. If it wants to feed back to a huge Grand Prince Territory, it will be difficult to see any improvement even if Hesse Territory is drained of its resources.

However, one month of relief is enough. If these knights in the province of Surander really want to be settled down, they still have to rely on the Great Expedition to exempt them from maintenance costs.

So after Bertrand left, Su Li said to Fastrick, "After the auction ends tomorrow, General Hilde and I will lead the others back to the Hesse Territory. You will take this wealth and go to the Surand Province with Bertrand and the others to report all the details to Phyllis. Especially regarding matters concerning the Great Expedition, have Phyllis try to choose Mount Oka as the target. This way, when their Surand army and caravans arrive in the Border Prince Territory, they can further strengthen their contact with us."

Although Fastrick was usually rather dissolute, he was absolutely decisive on such a major matter. He immediately pounded his chest with his fist, straightened up, and said, "I will definitely convey your wishes in detail to Prince Phyllis."

Then Su Li waved his hand and said, "Everyone go back to sleep. We will be there on time for the auction tomorrow morning. As soon as the auction is over, we will return to the territory without stopping."

Su Li didn't even plan to deal with tomorrow's intelligence opportunity, because it was just a matter of choosing which direction to focus on, the starting point or the end point.

He would waste a day in Maleburg and on the road tomorrow, and it would take him a day to return to the territory.

If you don’t deal with the intelligence gained on the road tomorrow, you can return to the territory one day earlier and unlock new intelligence about the territory.

Given his dislike for extravagance, he would definitely choose the latter.

Of course, if there is any opportunity that does not take up much time along the way, such as a gang of thieves or the city guards hiding the stolen goods in the bridge hole, he definitely does not mind stealing them!
After the guards left, Su Li picked up the exquisite wooden frame. In the frame, his eldest daughter had a dimple on her face and was smiling happily. Her gem-like eyes were almost narrowed into slits.

After watching for a while, Su Li wanted to get closer to the child more and more.

He then decisively put away the picture frame, took Hildre's fair wrist in his hand and walked back to the room, saying, "Come on, let's go back and catch up on our homework. Let's have a few more children. Although it's harder to get pregnant as your strength increases, hard work can make up for lack of talent!"

Hildegard never refused Su Li's request and always satisfied him gently.

This made the innocent girl Seranweier open her eyes wide. She had already washed up and was waiting on Su Li's bed.

When Su Li and Hildreth entered the room, she immediately hid her sweet and soft body under the quilt, and then witnessed a heart-pounding knight training.

The curtains were open, and moonlight shone like silver gauze on Hildre's porcelain-white shoulders and neck. She reclined on the bed, her silk nightgown sliding to her elbows, her waist clasped in Su Li's arms, forming a breathtaking curve.

Su Li skillfully used his fingertips to untie the ribbon that tied Hildur's hair, and her long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall. Hildur panted softly, "My Lord, there's one thing you forgot..." The last syllable was swallowed by his lips and teeth that suddenly came close together, and the sound of water was as sticky as melted beeswax.

Seranweier immediately covered her eyes with her hands shyly, but her mysterious blue eyes as deep as the glacier couldn't help but peek between her fingers. A sweet fragrance wafted in from outside the quilt. Seranweier was very familiar with it. It was the perfume of Butler Hilde, but the perfume that used to be cool and refreshing now felt like joyful honey, sweet and soft, making people feel weak.

Especially when Butler Hildreth's nightgown was taken off, her snow-white and plump breasts shone with a pearly luster in the moonlight, and trembled slightly as Su Li bit her collarbone.

Seranweier felt as if she had drunk a glass of sweet and bitter berry wine, which warmed her whole body.

The temperature in the room was getting hot. At some point, the lace pajamas that bound Phyllis had become messy, and her skin was as white as jade, glowing softly in the air.

Then she had her first knight training with the lord very smoothly.

The moonlight was like a veil, the bed curtains were hanging low, and the three people were looming in the veil, their figures intertwined.

It was not until the sunlight shone into the room through the window that Seranweier opened her eyes hazily. The morning light sprinkled on her slightly messy hair, and what caught her eye were the traces of last night's intense training on her fair skin.

Last night she was really crazy, practicing from midnight until almost dawn. She finally understood why so many people liked this kind of thing so much, and even willingly became the running dogs of the Prince of Pleasure.

It was her first experience, her first taste of the forbidden fruit, and she became addicted to it and wished she could stay with the lord forever.

Even after she woke up, she couldn't help but recall the wonderful aftertaste of yesterday.

Su Li, already dressed, smiled as he looked at the half-elf girl with legendary potential. Perhaps she would become an unparalleled and powerful legend in the future.

But he is still just a junior apprentice knight. After witnessing the intimacy between him and Hilde, he was easily stimulated to the point that his heart beat faster and his whole body became hot.

Then, her soft body was easily conquered by Su Li during the intense practice. Su Li didn't even use any tricks, she trembled and surrendered again and again.

Even if she grows up to be a legendary knight in the future, I am afraid she will not be able to change her psychological attitude of submission to Su Li.

So Su Li was in a very good mood and said to her with a smile: "Hurry up and get up. We are waiting for you to leave. Pack up all your things. We will return to the territory directly after the auction. We will not stay here any longer."

(End of this chapter)