Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 41: Picking up a treasure: The talented person of the Mordheim Griffin Academy
The former political official of the territory?

His existence was undoubtedly very good news for Su Li, saving him a lot of time in counting the population, exploring the terrain, and even understanding the climate.

Talents should be valued and treated preferentially at any time, in any place and under any force.

So Su Li jumped off his horse, asked Knight Orstein to lead the troops to set up camp and cook, and then he walked up to the surviving political official and started talking to him.

"What's your name and how did you survive?"

Although he was a civil servant, he looked very disheveled, with cigarette ash all over his body and face. His face looked extremely hungry, with prominent cheekbones.

Facing Su Li, he said in a somewhat weak voice, "Respected Lord, greetings to you. Before I answer your questions, could you please give me something to eat? I'm so hungry I don't have any strength left."

Su Li frowned, very dissatisfied with his negligence and arrogance.

He made a request without answering the question. That was not a sign of humility.

If Su Li wasn't in such a good mood, any other lord would have probably whipped him right away.

"Give him a piece of bread." Su Li was in a good mood today, so he didn't bother with him.

After the old man took the bread, his bloodshot eyes turned as red as a wolf, and he immediately began to gobble it up in big mouthfuls.

Seeing this scene, Hildreth and Leif couldn't help but laugh.

Because even though the old man was so hungry, he still maintained the so-called dining etiquette, like a down-and-out butler who couldn't take off Kong Yiji's robe.

Only after he had eaten a piece of bread the length of his arm did he realize he was choking and about to roll his eyes. Leif very kindly handed him a canteen, and he gulped down half a canteen of water before he finally caught his breath.

The first words he said instantly dissipated all of Su Li's impatience. He straightened his body and stood in awe.

All this politeness, cultivation and gentle demeanor finally brought incomparable rewards.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Raun Metternich Leopold. As this great surname suggests, I and the Imperial Marshal are from the same Elector Prince Territory. I graduated from the Department of Administration at the Griffin Military Academy in Mordheim. I previously assisted the twenty-seventh son of the Marshal's family in pioneering and developing the region."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him took a deep breath.

Top talents who graduated from the Griffin Military Academy of the Mordheim Empire!

Although the Administrative Management Department of the Griffin Military Academy of the Modheim Empire does not have the absolute dominance of the Knight Department, it is still ranked among the top three academies in the entire empire.

All the students who can successfully graduate from it are top-level government officials that are sought after by major territories. It can be said that each of them has the ability to govern the country and benefit the people.

Such talents are generally divided up by the electors and dukes, and even the Earldom of Bauhinia does not have such an outstanding civil servant.

Su Li's mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear, he felt like he had found a treasure.

With this kind of talent to assist him, he could hand over most of the trivial matters of government affairs to him, and he could lie down and relax better! Of course, lying down does not mean being a waste, and it does not mean that he does nothing.

Farming is an instinct ingrained in the Chinese DNA. Doing it alone can bring immense pleasure.

After all, labor is the most valuable and can bring the greatest happiness.

What Su Li hates is meaningless internal competition and work that is pressured by KPIs. This kind of work is like going to a grave.

What he longs for is a free and easy life, where he can do whatever he likes.

For example, he enjoys the pleasure of sex no matter how tired he is. For example, he enjoys playing business simulation games all night long.

Building a territory from scratch and cultivating it would also give him a great sense of accomplishment and pleasure. It could even bring him huge benefits, allowing him to lie down more comfortably, gaining greater strength and more beauties.

But all of this does not include dealing with trivial matters such as territory administration.

As a lord, he only needs to plan the direction of the development of the entire force and does not have to do everything himself.

As for trivial matters, they were naturally handed over to the government official. Su Li smiled and asked him, "How did you survive? How many territories are there with survivors like you?"

Laun immediately replied, "This stronghold on the south bank of the Blackwater River has a dock and a fisherman's hut by the river. The previous lord was defeated and had his head chopped off by a monster with an axe. Before the forest bandit monsters could attack, I took advantage of the chaos and climbed onto a fishing boat with a group of people, escaping by drifting westward along the river."

"The forest bandits retreated after burning and looting in our stronghold, and we rowed back here. However, most of the houses and facilities in the territory were burned down."

"However, the confluence of rivers here has greatly slowed down the monsters' pursuit. After the civilians and miners who fled across the river have returned, there are currently 31 households and 105 people remaining in the stronghold."

31 civilian households!
Su Li was stunned. In his previous life, he had played a business simulation game, but there was no such explosive and radical operation.

31 civilian households supported 50 knights and more than 120 armed servants!

The number of these full-time soldiers is several times greater than that of civilians.

It was obvious that all the wealth in the territory had been looted, and the people here were even waiting for Su Li to give them food relief.

Including soldiers, serfs, civilians, and livestock, the entire territory numbered around 400 people, the size of a village. The daily food consumption for humans and horses was at least 2500 kilograms ( jin) of grain, with knights, griffins, and various warhorses being the biggest consumers. It was perfectly normal for a knight to consume two or three kilograms ( jin) of meat, rice, and milk in one meal. Even some strong individuals would need this much after strenuous physical activity.

Laun was the first to realize this problem and advised Su Li, "Lord, our top priority right now is to obtain sufficient food for the territory and then, based on this, hurry up to start spring plowing. It would be even better if we could have guidance from the Church of Dawn."

Although there was a little pressure, Su Li smiled calmly and said, "As long as we work together, everything you said will be solved."

"But first, what we need to do is name our territory."

Su Li looked around, put his hand on his sword, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "From now on, this is the Heisen Development Territory! Our great cause will set sail from here!"

(End of this chapter)