Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After announcing the great victory to the Sun Goddess and receiving her divine grace, Su Li could finally relax a little and begin to arrange the mortal affairs of his territory.

The joy of victory was reflected in every aspect. Not only would he, as the lord, enjoy Phyllis's unparalleled beauty at night, but the entire territory would also share in the dividends of the war's victory.

From the privileged knightly class to the lowest soldiers and slaves, all had gained substantial benefits and wealth from the victory.

If these matters were not properly arranged, it would severely shake the soldiers' future belief in courageous fighting and their pursuit of war and glory.

Undoubtedly, the most important post-war tasks were rewarding meritorious soldiers and providing compensation to the fallen.

Therefore, after leaving the monastery, Su Li did not rush back to his room with Phyllis, eager to indulge in pleasure.

Upon returning to the castle, Su Li had Avril prepare for the evening's celebration with Phyllis, who needed to carefully groom herself to offer him a feast of pleasure that night. Tonight, Su Li intended to claim all of this peerless beauty's body, helping her to accelerate her path to knightly enlightenment threefold.

He himself remained in the castle hall, ordering the Lord Chancellor, military commander, and Minister of Agriculture to convene a meeting in the castle.

Lord Chancellor Raun had witnessed the triumphal ceremony at the monastery and returned to the castle with Su Li. The people in the castle were mainly waiting for the Minister of Agriculture, Fandal, who had not participated in the Sun Goddess's worship ceremony. Besides being a follower of the Dawn Goddess Church, the more important reason was that he was tending to the wounded soldiers from the battle.

This noble duty meant that no one complained about waiting for him.

Before he arrived, the castle did not delve into serious matters, and the ministers chatted casually.

Raun spoke frankly, advising Su Li: "Lord, your public declaration today was inappropriate and lacked the honor and grace of a nobleman. I understand that you won a great victory today, and your excitement and youthful exuberance led to some impulsive actions, which is understandable. However, I hope that you will think more carefully before acting in the future, and act after careful consideration. Otherwise, this behavior is likely to be ridiculed, and I worry that it will affect the glory of your victory if it spreads outside."

"Nobles from other territories will laugh at you for taking a vulgar peasant woman as a courtier after a great victory and offering sacrifices to the goddess, causing her shame."

The people of the territory had seen Phyllis's stunning beauty and could naturally understand their lord's appreciation for beauty as a man.

However, other territories would not know these details. For the sake of the story's interest and twists, wandering poets would embellish everything and spread it widely.

Of course, Su Li did not want to make a public declaration. As a straight man, he knew nothing about love.

His relationships with Hilder and Avril had also developed over time!

In this regard, he was a typical man. Unlike women who love first and then have sex, he always had sex first and then love. How could he not care for and cherish a woman with whom he was so close and who had shared so much with him?

Developing feelings over time was his true reflection, so he firmly opposed his subordinates engaging in promiscuity, even cruelly rejecting the love shown to him by female knights.

As the lord, he was practically the emperor of the territory. Many women liked him and wanted to climb into his bed, but he couldn't care for each of them, could he?

However, the Daily Intelligence System had prompted him to make a public declaration to Phyllis, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet. Otherwise, according to his wishes, in that moment of flowers and beauty, he would have simply carried Phyllis back to the castle and cooked the rice, naturally giving her the status of a courtier.

Therefore, Su Li could only solemnly say: "I believe that Phyllis's identity is not as simple as we see it, so I hope that each of you will give her enough respect and courtesy, and not discriminate against or insult her because of her commoner status. If I hear of any such situation, do not blame me for imposing punishment."

Hearing Su Li say this, Raun immediately made some conjectures based on his wisdom. After all, everyone in the territory knew about their lord's abilities, and he quickly assured him: "I will guarantee her status as a female courtier and will not allow anyone to speak nonsense."

Su Li nodded in satisfaction. The Lord Chancellor was exceptionally talented, and he was very relieved. With Raun in control of these details, he did not need to worry too much.

After this matter was discussed, before Minister of Agriculture Fandal Oak arrived at the castle, Military Commander Knight Orstein solemnly raised an issue, saying: "Lord, I believe you should consider reappointing a Minister of Religion."

Su Li looked at Knight Orstein in surprise and asked: "My commander, what do you mean by that?"

Orstein said seriously: "I don't have any objections to Lord Fandal. Although he is rigid, stubborn, and always mysterious, making him feel untrustworthy, his loyalty, dedication, and enthusiasm for the territory are obvious and unanimously recognized."

"However, he is, after all, a priest of the Dawn Goddess Church, and the knights are disgusted by him serving as our territory's Minister of Religion, believing that it offends the majesty of the Sun Goddess. Especially now that our territory's Sun Goddess Monastery has been built, the knights believe that the Sun Goddess's status should be maintained. At this time, it is inappropriate to have a priest of the Dawn Church serve as the territory's religious advisor, as it could easily incite a knightly riot."

Of course, this riot did not mean that they had any objections to Su Li or wanted to threaten the rule of the Zijinghua family.

Rather, they might protest together, opposing Fandal serving as the territory's religious advisor.

Once this happened, it would ultimately affect the lord's authority, so taking precautions in advance was always a good suggestion.

Su Li immediately approved of the military commander's proposal, stating: "I will discuss this matter with Lord Rongen of the Combat Pilgrimage Order and ask him to serve as the priest of our territory's monastery and promote the teachings of the Sun Goddess."

Generally, the patriarch of a territory would serve as a religious advisor, which meant that this former divine knight would receive great honor in the territory.

This, combined with his previous proposed immigration agreement, would undoubtedly be very tempting to the leader of this pilgrimage order.

It would be difficult for him to refuse Su Li's olive branch.

If he joined the territory and, one day, successfully obtained the forgiveness of the two goddesses, perhaps he would still have a chance to regain his divine knight-level strength.

However, this was difficult. Most of the gods in this world were petty, or rather, vengeful and selfish. Even the Dawn Goddess, who was so generous, would unleash Leia's Fury if someone accepted her grace but did not repay her with sacrifices, causing large tracts of land to be barren for ten years.

Without special means, the leader of this Combat Pilgrimage Order would probably find it difficult to recover his strength within ten years.

Su Li had the Daily Intelligence System, so he was confident that he could help him lift the curse given to him by the god, so he asked: "I remember Lord Rongen saying that the Sun Goddess sect has a good relationship with the Medical Goddess sect. Which other sects does your sect have special relationships with? This will affect which sects our territory will accept in the future."

This was the meaning of the existence of a religious advisor.

Although the gods of the Empire had good relationships on the surface, and the Empire was relatively tolerant and open, allowing various sects to coexist and develop together,

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each god had their own preferences, and their churches had their own spheres of influence. For example, the Church of Yulik was more prominent in the north of the Empire, the National Church of Redma dominated the central heartland of the Empire, and Violet's Sun Goddess Church flourished in the south of the Empire.

The Church of Yulik and the National Church of Redma could coexist, but it was almost impossible to coexist with the Sun Goddess Church.

After all, a believer could not be both impulsive and rational, both manic and calm.

Hearing Su Li's inquiry, Orstein immediately replied: "The religious advisor will give you a detailed explanation in this regard in the future. My religious history and knowledge are relatively shallow, so I can only give you a rough introduction. Her Majesty Violet is still very tolerant and generous. She is a calm and rational goddess. The doctrine describes her as a tall, well-proportioned young woman, carrying a shield and a long sword, and sometimes appearing in the image of an eagle."

"She sponsors soldiers and tacticians and is widely worshiped by all levels of the military. Followers only attack after careful tactical analysis and unconditionally obey orders from superiors, unless they violate sectarian philosophy."

"Her Majesty Violet has a rivalry with the War God Yulik, but it is usually only displayed on the battlefield and is not as intense in everyday life. The Sun Goddess Church has a good relationship with the Medical God Sharya Church but dislikes Yulik's followers and is hostile to Ranod's followers. We believe that Ranod, the fickle god of deception, lacks the solemnity, magnificence, and majesty of other churches."

"His priests are thieves, liars, and gamblers, rather than elites from noble backgrounds with good educations. His temples are casinos, brothels, taverns, and other dens of sin, rather than magnificent marble churches."

"More importantly, Ranod originally had no divinity. He relied entirely on deceiving the Medical Goddess Sharya, persuading Sharya to let him drink a small bottle of her tears to obtain divinity."

"Therefore, if we discover followers of the God of Deception, fierce conflicts may break out. Even if the Empire strictly prohibits this behavior, the conflicts that break out everywhere are still countless."

God of Deception?

Su Li nodded, remembering this information. Since he was widely worshiped within the Empire, he certainly wasn't as worthless as Orstein described contemptuously.

However, since the Sun Goddess's followers hated deception, Su Li had to respond, saying: "Our territory has always been true to its word and generous in its promises. My Lord Chancellor, please report on the amnesty situation of the penal army in this battle. I plan to fulfill the promise made before the war and exempt those meritorious slaves from their slave status."

Being true to one's word was a rare and noble quality for nobles.

Mainly because nobles rarely cared about promises to slaves, and there would be no punishment for breaking their word.

If it weren't for the reason of the God of Deception, Su Li would have considered whether to be like those feudal emperors and nobles, breaking his word to the criminals, and after the war, continuing to throw them into engineering projects for construction.

Of course, he quickly gave up this idea. Compared to other lords, he was more principled.

Now that the God of Deception existed, he could no longer forcefully break his promise in the face of so many knights' anger, ignore the slaves' battle merits, and continue to drive them into construction sites.