Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 42 Su Li's Palace Cabinet

After naming the territory, Su Li’s most important thing right now is how to take over and master this unfamiliar territory.

The situation here is in a state of disrepair and chaos. If we try to solve them one by one, it would be like a tiger trying to eat the sky, not knowing where to start.

If he were a diligent lord, he would definitely not have found his idea by now and had not decided which direction to approach.

But Su Li was very calm and had already come up with a perfect solution.

After Knight Orstein commanded his troops to prepare the meal, all the knights, soldiers, and slaves in the entire territory gathered in this simple camp.

The broth on the campfire was bubbling, and the tempting aroma wafted in all directions, attracting everyone's attention. Many extremely hungry slaves were even swallowing their saliva.

The most important people in the team gathered around the campfire. Su Li then walked into the crowd with a sword in his hand and officially announced the first management content of his territory to everyone.

"From now on, I officially become the master of Hesse. This will be the starting point of our development. In order to better manage the territory, I have decided to immediately establish my court cabinet."

Each knight of the kingdom has his own court cabinet, also known as the courtier cabinet. In short, they are ministers who help the lord handle various territory affairs.

Each territory has different development priorities, and the court cabinet will also be slightly different, but the main members are similar, including the Lord Chancellor, the Minister of Finance, the Judge, the Religious Advisor, the Military Marshal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the High-level Chamberlain. Some special territories that focus on water transportation will also have a naval commander, and those that focus on agricultural production will also have an agricultural minister.

Su Li issued territorial appointments based on the situation in the Hesse Territory.

"I appoint Hirud as High Steward."

"Appoint Knight Orstein as the military commander of Hesse."

"Appoint Frederick as judge."

"Appoint Lawn as Lord Keeper of the Seal."

"Appoint Fandral as religious advisor and minister of agriculture!"

What's the first thing to do to quickly gain control of a territory? Appoint ministers to oversee various affairs, of course.

A monarch's true duty is to select the best and most capable people and to demonstrate his strength, rather than to personally handle everything. A qualified lord should delegate many tasks so that cleaning up the territory, placing soldiers, cultivating farmland, building pastures, training the army, and eliminating hidden dangers can all proceed simultaneously.

This appointment can also help him quickly stabilize people's hearts. For example, Su Li had a secret conversation with the elven archdruid Fandral Oak on the way, and directly pointed out his hidden identity to his face, and reached an agreement with him before he created chaos.

As long as he doesn't plot anything illegal, Su Li can support him in spreading the teachings of the Church of Dawn within the territory.

Su Li himself did not have any particularly strong beliefs. After all, he had only traveled through time for half a year and had been a knight for barely a month. If he had to say which god he preferred, it would only be the Goddess of the Fiery Sun. After all, her teachings and believers were truly powerful.

But unlike him, Fandral attached great importance to missionary work. When Su Li proposed to support his missionary work in exchange for his peace of mind, he agreed without much thought. Preaching anywhere is not the same as preaching. At least here he can get the support of the lord, which is a good thing for the Dawn Church.

With the support of the Dawn Church, the development of agriculture will definitely make Su Li less worried.

After Su Li read out the appointment, everyone immediately stood up, bowed respectfully, and solemnly swore: "We swear on our honor that we will not let down the cause entrusted to us by our lord." With this appointment, all matters in the territory immediately proceeded smoothly in all aspects.

The first was that the Chancellor of the Seals, Lawrence Leopold, brought manpower and slaves to quickly clean and renovate some rooms in the south of the city.

The Lord Chancellor, also known as the Hand of the King, is responsible for assisting the lord, convening various meetings and organizing agendas. He can be seen as the executor of the will of the kingdom's knights. Although he does not have much real power, he can inquire about all political affairs in the territory.

Under his leadership, nearly a hundred slaves and servants had cleaned up over forty houses by dusk, allowing the two hundred or so people who had followed Su Li to settle in. As long as there weren't strong winds or heavy rain, there wouldn't be a problem with temporary housing.

If subsequent followers wanted to improve their living conditions, including knights who wanted to obtain land, houses, and residences, they had to spend money to buy them from the lord Su Li or pay rent.

When Su Li took over this territory, everything here became his property. The beasts flying in the sky, swimming in the river, growing on the mountains, and even in the forest were all the lord's private property.

Even the land, houses and people here were his spoils of war. All the people except the political official Laun were turned into serfs.

Otherwise, why would Su Li provide them with food? Providing relief is not something that the nobles of this world would do. Only when they become the private property of the nobles will they abandon a little food, just like raising cattle and horses.

However, this also brought about a problem, that is, the serfs had very low work enthusiasm. If there were no supervisors whipping them, they would find ways to be lazy.

Fandral, the priestess of the Church of Dawn and the Minister of Agriculture of the territory, personally brought three nuns from the Church of Dawn and guided more than fifty slaves to reclaim the wasteland. They only reclaimed less than 20 acres in the morning.

At this efficiency, the knights in the territory would starve to death.

Frederick was so hot-tempered that he wanted to execute a group of sneaky serfs on the spot.

Su Li shook his head as he watched. He had Hilde call Frederick over and said to him, "My Judge, you can't just kill, kill, kill like this. The serfs' cheating, laziness, and lack of motivation at work are problems that exist in all territories. Simply killing chickens to scare the monkeys won't deter them at all."

"On the contrary, those cunning serfs will feel more at ease. They know that if you kill one slave, you will most likely not kill others. They will become even more fearless."

Frederick was slightly dissatisfied and said, "My Lord, how to judge is the responsibility of the court. Even if you are the lord, it is inappropriate to interfere with the court's trial in such a rude way."

The knights in this world are all very arrogant and domineering. Frederick's answer was out of his special respect for Su Li's reputation. If it were any other lord, the judge of the court would be questioned like this and might even leave the territory directly because he felt insulted.

Of course, Frederick could not leave the territory, but he also clearly expressed his resistance and emphasized the dignity of his cabinet minister.

Of course, Su Li respects the attitude of his subordinates. He appreciates them speaking whatever they want about work.

But he also emphasized, "Of course, I don't mean to interfere with your judicial trial. However, your Honorable Judge, you must understand one thing: the purpose of the law is not punishment, but regulation and constraint. The ultimate goal of all means is to maintain the interests and order of my rule."

"That is why we have a series of decrees. Now, my Lord, I have the power to have the court pass a decree, don't I?"

"Of course!" Frederick bowed and said, "As long as we propose it and your chancellor affixes his seal, a decree can be passed."

(End of this chapter)