Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

The Empire's trump card troops are the knights and knightly orders. Their powerful mobility gives humanity an unparalleled strategic advantage.

Just like now, although Su Li already knows that the decisive battle is about to break out, and even the Green Dragon is likely gathering its forces to advance towards the Black Forest Territory, Su Li can still afford to send cavalry to resolve the surrounding battles.

They all advance towards the Black Forest Fortress from the edge of the territory. The cavalry can fight a battle, collect the spoils, and return to wait in leisure. Perhaps the Treant Legion has not yet completed its assembly and arrived under the Black Forest Fortress.

"A group of Chaos Knights has come to the Black Forest Territory?" Hearing Su Li's instructions, Orschstein's eyes shone brightly, with a eager light jumping: "Since it's a large group, the scale can't be less than 100 people, right? I'll personally lead the Knights to meet these Chaos Knights. Hundreds of heavily armored Chaos Warriors wandering over are giving our territory valuable resources."

Orschstein is probably really restless. Seeing that his physical condition was indeed fine, Su Li agreed to his request.

These Chaos Warriors are covered in heavy armor, and the armor for both man and horse may weigh tens of thousands of pounds. This is equivalent to the dwarves painstakingly mining hundreds of thousands of pounds of iron ore.

And maybe they also have Zhenjin on them, which can further increase the number of rune armors in the territory. When the territory's rune armor reaches 60 sets, the combat power will be really strong enough.

After Orschstein left, Su Li directed the soldiers to continue cleaning the Chosen-level flesh and blood from the walls of the Black Forest Fortress. Many of these flesh and blood were shot through their bodies by gravel and brought to the city walls.

It's not that Su Li can't bear to part with these scraps of meat and filth, but given the plague and viruses prevalent in the rat people, if he really ignores these residual bloodstains, they will soon corrode and pollute this castle, spreading a large number of rat plague viruses.

Hundreds of people cleaned here until noon before cleaning up these flesh and blood.

Then Su Li brought these flesh and blood to the Shalya Temple. The tallest Shalya Temple in the territory is made of marble, and its appearance gives a feeling of holiness and solemnity. At the same time, it is not only a place for religious activities, but also functions as a hospital and almshouse.

The teachings of the Goddess of Mercy have led them to adopt a large number of orphans who have lost their parents or been abandoned. Most of these orphans become medical personnel of the church when they grow up, and continue to inherit the compassionate spirit of the goddess.

Unlike other temples, the armed group of the Shalya Temple is not very strong. The few members of the Medical Knights rarely form an army to launch wars. Unless they are protecting civilians to retreat, most of them are in hospitals and temples comforting patients, and some people who are in despair and collapse.

Because Su Li was young and strong, it was his first time to come to the territory's hospital, so he asked Dietrich, who was accompanying him: "Does this temple have a name?"

The panda eyes on Dietrich's face have subsided after treatment, but in front of the lord of the Black Forest Territory, he can no longer maintain his image, so he simply broke the jar and didn't maintain any demeanor.

He directly replied to Su Li: "There is no name, but the residents of the territory call this the Holy Mercy Temple."

Su Li shook his head and said: "That's not okay. My Minister of Agriculture once told me a theory that a meaningful name can greatly increase the reputation of a building."

"Your temple will definitely be upgraded and expanded in the future. Now our territory is only investing about 2,000 gold crowns for you, and in the future, it will invest 5,000 gold crowns or even 10,000 gold crowns. At that time, you are likely to become the largest medical temple in the Black Forest Territory and even the entire Border Prince Territory, with an outstanding reputation, attracting countless believers to pilgrimage and countless patients spending a lot of money for treatment. There must be an excellent name."

Dietrich frowned and said, "Lord Lord, you must know that the status of religious temples does not depend on their size."

Of course, Su Li knew that mountains are not high, but immortals make them famous; water is not deep, but dragons make them magical.

The benefit of historical thickness is that, for empires of thousands of years, you can always find common history and ideas.

Su Li then waved his hand and said: "That's right, there must be a manifestation of Shalya's divine grace to prove the status of the temple as a holy place."

After speaking, Su Li looked at Dietrich and said with a smile: "I really know the location of a Shalya statue. As long as you are around the statue, you can receive healing effects."

Shalya's believers are still very devout. Those small temples in the south of the territory are crowded with civilians who have no money to see a doctor. They firmly believe that even if they are not treated, just being close to Shalya's temple can reduce their despair and pain.

If Shalya's large temple really achieves all of this because of the effect of the religious statue, then it may really make this temple one of the holy places of the Shalya Church.

You must know that even a small Shalya statue, which can only provide a brief and weak protection effect, is worth hundreds of gold crowns.

If Su Li digs out a large ancient Shalya statue under the pool, the healing effect provided will inevitably be unparalleled, and it will also greatly increase the speed of the Shalya Church's evangelism.

This caused Dietrich to immediately become fanatical, as if he was decades younger, returning to the time when he was young and peeking at beauties in the obstetrics and gynecology department: "Lord Lord, where is the statue of Shalya?"

Su Li smiled slightly, but was not in a hurry to talk about this topic, and instead asked: "My territory is relatively short of Shalya's religious statues in manors, castles, and towns. I am wondering where it is more appropriate to place this statue after it is dug out. The Goddess of Mercy must hope that her light can shine on more believers and dispel physical pain and inner despair for mortals."

"How many priests and medical personnel do you have in your church? How many religious statues can you make?"

Dietrich immediately understood what Su Li meant. In this world, religion belongs to religion, and secular belongs to secular. Lords invest in any religious facilities in order to get returns.

Just like the Church Knights, although they are usually not dispatched by the lord, after receiving donations and assistance from the lord, they will inevitably help the lord in certain situations.

The Sun Crown Knights of the Black Forest Territory are in this situation. When the Black Forest Territory is invaded by foreign enemies, these knights are worthy of the assistance and residences provided to them by the Black Forest Territory. It can be said that whether facing the terrifying and bloody Khorne Chosen or the overwhelming Green Dragon Legion, the members of the Knights fought the entire battle.

So Su Li always thinks of them when there is something good, and gives priority to them and the Church of the Goddess of the Sun for any religious assistance.

Now the Church of Healing and Mercy should also express something, otherwise, why should the lord of the Black Forest Territory put such a precious religious statue in their temple?

Dietrich immediately said: "Lord Lord, this temple and hospital are sponsored by you. We Shalya's believers are clear that without your assistance, our church would never have built such a magnificent temple so quickly, so please continue to name this temple, and our church's 27 priests and 132 medical personnel are willing to dedicate all their strength to serve you and the growth of your territory."

Their 27 priests are easy to understand, they are 27 extraordinary knights and nuns, 132 medical personnel, this can be compared to the believers or armed attendants of the Church of the Goddess of the Sun.

They are also devout believers in Shalya, and they practice with all their strength. They are reserve personnel for the extraordinary profession of the Church of Healing and Mercy. After training and learning, they may become trainee knights or nuns. It is a bit similar to the armed attendant training camp in Zijingburg, but one belongs to the secular armed forces and the other belongs to the church armed forces.

These medical personnel are not weak either, they can also go to the battlefield to fight while treating the wounded.

After all, the Empire has a prosperous martial spirit. Except for foreign gods like the Church of Dawn, the believers of the Empire's local gods are all powerful types. Even the hospital knights can swing the hammer, their correct name should not be priests, but combat priests, hospital knights.

If they also go to the battlefield, then Su Li's grasp of the decisive battle against the Green Dragon will indeed increase a lot.

Su Li still remembers that these medical personnel were brought by Dietrich. The intelligence said that a champion-level priest of the Shalya Church would come to the territory with dozens of medical personnel.

They just don't have a temple, not that they don't have priests. If the territory doesn't support them, they can also slowly evangelize, and then gather donations from believers, starting with a small church.

So Su Li doesn't intend to force them, and doesn't intend to turn this monastery into a public hospital. Government relief is not the style of this world, relief belongs to the church.

Su Li's goal is to make these churches cooperate, so after Dietrich reported, Su Li said: "In this case, this temple will be called the Holy Shalya Black Forest Temple, or the Holy Benevolent Hospital."

"I can send Shalya's religious statue to the hospital square, so that the light of healing can shine on the entire hospital."

After speaking, Su Li asked curiously: "Why don't you introduce the situation of your church's religious statue?"

Dietrich said calmly: "Our church does not focus on religious statues. Although there are occasional outputs, most of the time it is mainly producing potions. After all, civilians, travelers, and even ranger knights cannot carry religious statues with them when they travel around, but they really need a lot of potions to treat wounds and diseases."

Hearing this, Su Li nodded, what he said makes sense.

Su Li has also seen the Shalya statues in the territory. Most of them are fixed in certain areas to restore the physical strength of tired travelers, or in certain areas for pedestrians and residents to rest.

Even the religious statue placed in the bathroom last night was only [Enhanced Healing], which can only exist for a short time and cannot always take effect.

Like those religious statues beside benches and roadsides, they also need to accumulate a period of divine grace to provide divine grace blessings to a traveler who occasionally comes.

So most people rest under the Shalya statue when they pass by, just for psychological comfort, and only occasionally get divine grace blessings.

But the healing potions produced by temples and hospitals can take effect for a long time.

Su Li asked curiously: "What potions does your temple produce now?"

Speaking of this, Dietrich's spirits were lifted, and he said: "What we mainly produce now is [Shalya's Hand], which can provide simple treatment to patients and speed up wound scabs."

"How is the output?"

"The output of most small temples in the territory is not worth mentioning, and it can only meet the needs of treating nearby wounded. The only one that can form a scale is this large temple, which can still have 35 left every day after the hospital consumes them."

35 a day? That's more than 1,000 potions in a month of 40 days.

Territory medicine

Su Li immediately asked with concern: "How is the effect and price?"

Dietrich replied frankly: "The price is very low, only 50 silver coins, of course, the effect is also minimal, only effective for some minor injuries."

"But fortunately, the production cost of this potion is also very low, only three Swiftgrass, three Bruisewort and one Soothepetal are enough."

50 silver coins, this price is actually not low.

For a farmer, it takes a full half a year of work to buy such a potion to heal the minor injuries on his body. This minor injury does not refer to skin trauma, but ordinary injuries that will leave permanent sequelae except for broken hands and feet and injured internal organs, even slight bone fractures and rib cracks are considered minor injuries.

Of course, don't think this cost is very high. If you find an extraordinary person for treatment, such as a formal mage or a natural witch, it will cost at least 1 gold crown to cast a spell once to treat this kind of injury.

Only the believers of the Shalya Church pity ordinary people and the poor, and will develop this ordinary potion.

The only relatively expensive thing in his production cost is Soothepetal, but only one is needed, and the other Swiftgrass and Bruisewort are planted very widely in the territory.

These two basic herbs are planted on more than 200 acres in the territory. Of course, Soothepetal relies on the strong Jilun wind attracted by the Blessed Wisteria tree, and the planting area is also more than 20 acres. All of this supports a spiritual medicine farm.

Each acre of Soothepetal has more than 4,000 plants. If it is only used to make this basic potion, the annual output is enough to make 160,000 potions. Although Soothepetal has harsh production conditions, it can also be harvested twice a year, which is completely enough to support the consumption of the Shalya Church and the Church of the Goddess of Dawn.

Su Li remembers that Fandar told him when he reported that the annual output value of the territory's spiritual medicine fields is as high as 1,000 gold crowns.

And if it is made into this potion, the daily income of the potion alone is 17.5 gold crowns, then 400 days a year can earn 7,000 gold crowns!

This makes Su Li couldn't help but feel a little happy. If the territory has an additional 7,000 gold crowns of fiscal revenue, then his pressure will be much reduced.

Of course, the income from these potions does not completely belong to Su Li. He is now in a cooperative relationship with the Shalya Church. He provides materials, the Shalya Church provides technology, and the income from the produced potions is split equally between the two parties, and then the Shalya Church's share of the income must also pay taxes.

Tax reporting day is the same for all classes, even doctors, churches, and hospitals must report taxes.

So it can be said that most of the income from the potions made is given to Su Li, and the rest is used to maintain the operation of the entire church and hospital.

This actually signifies that Black Forest Territory's specialty pharmaceuticals have taken shape. Many industries are like this; extremely high-end products don't actually earn much profit, merely maintaining brand value. It's the massive production scale of mid- to low-end goods that provides unparalleled profits.

Take potions like [Tears of Compassion]. Their medicinal effects are incredibly potent, and their value is extremely high, starting at 100 gold crowns per vial. However, precisely because of their exorbitant cost and stringent production conditions, the opportunities to use them are extremely rare.

Even with Black Forest Territory's current level, they can't produce more than seven or eight vials of this potion a year. Even if its profit margin is as high as 7000%, the limited production restricts its profit scale, capping it at no more than 600 gold coins.

On the other hand, these ordinary potions are something a farmer can try to purchase with a bit of effort. Birth, aging, illness, and death are unavoidable for anyone. When pushed to the brink, any family can scrape together 5000 copper coins.

Subsequently, Su Li asked, "Does your church have any energy to produce other potions?"

"We do have some spare capacity. According to estimates, our church's monastery will be even more magnificent, and the output of [Tears of Compassion] will be 2-4 vials more than the Dawn Church's [Blood of the Earth]. This is a conservative estimate. If our territory experiences any divine grace, the number of [Tears of Compassion] produced might even exceed 10 vials."

Su Li highly believed the expectation that the number of Tears of Compassion would exceed 10 vials, but he felt that Dietrich was a bit too optimistic in saying that their output would exceed that of the Dawn Church.

In terms of acquiring divine grace for the territory, the Dawn Church's speed is probably second to none. After all, Su Li might not wage war, but he definitely wouldn't neglect farming.

His emphasis on farming makes him the Dawn Goddess's favorite treasure.

Moreover, the Dawn Goddess is exceptionally generous. Su Li felt that the scale of divine grace bestowed upon the territory might be even greater than that of the Blazing Sun Goddess.

The territory's output of [Blood of the Earth] potion is far greater than normal levels.

Su Li then asked, "The scale of this top-tier potion in our territory will be quite considerable. Aside from this, does your church have any mid-range potions?"

Dietrich nodded and replied, "That would be [Divine Comfort]. This potion can quickly heal soldiers' wounds and illnesses, and soothe the target's mind, reducing the pain and fear they feel. While ensuring the production of [Sharya's Hand], we can produce 40 vials of [Divine Comfort] each month. Each vial of this potion sells for at least 3 gold crowns. However, it consumes a lot of Soothing Flowers; each potion requires at least 4 Soothing Flowers."

The quantity of this potion is relatively scarce, only 40 vials per month, which amounts to just over 500 vials a year, not even enough to arm Su Li's direct subordinates.

Therefore, Su Li instructed, "Once the religious statues are brought back, they will greatly alleviate the pressure on your clinics. After freeing up manpower, you can produce more potions to increase the combat effectiveness of the territory's army."

"Oh, right, I also brought some flesh and blood of God-chosen Ratkin. Please purify them as well; I'll need them later."

The Church of the Goddess of Healing and Compassion still hoped to maintain a good relationship with the territory, so they went all out to fulfill Su Li's commission as soon as possible and quickly purified the batch of flesh and blood of God-chosen Ratkin that Su Li had brought.

However, this temple still had over 300 pounds of Ratkin flesh and blood that had not yet been purified, so Su Li specifically left behind a 60-man armed retinue to guard the place, lest some Ratkin sneak in and steal the flesh and blood to spread the plague.

Letting Ma Jiang stay, Su Li took a full 40 pounds of flesh and blood to the river intersection in the central plain and poured all the flesh and blood into the river.

Based on his understanding of the intelligence system over this period, the numbers provided by the intelligence system are generally the most conservative estimates. In reality, they will definitely not be lower than the information provided.

For example, the number of fish schools returning last time was significantly higher than the intelligence estimate.

Therefore, Su Li felt that 20 pounds should be the minimum effective amount. He invested twice that amount at once, which was highly likely to attract more fish schools.

Even if the angler's skills are superb, he still needs to bait the hook first. Only by attracting enough fish schools can he catch more fish.

The flesh and blood of the Ratkin God-chosen had extremely high activity. When 40 pounds of flesh and blood were poured into the river, it felt like pouring in a pool of blood. The entire river surface was stained red with blood.

Before the blood could flow downstream, Phyllis, who was following Su Li, exclaimed, "Lord, look, isn't the river water boiling?"

She was a woman and didn't dare to watch such a scene of blood flowing like a river, but Su Li stared intently for a moment and realized that it wasn't the river water boiling, but rather a large number of fish schools涌了过来, the sparkling river surface looked like it was boiling under the blood.

Soon this scene also attracted the attention of pedestrians on the bridge. Countless people gathered around, and someone exclaimed, "So many fish! There must be thousands of them, right?"

"Rhea be praised, praise her for the generosity she bestowed. I've never seen so many fish! Quick, quick, quick, cast the nets!"

Soon the territory's fishermen came over in boats. They were also pleasantly surprised. What day is it that so many fish schools have gathered?

Only they dared to cast nets. In the territory, the mountains, rivers, salt, iron, fish, and beasts are all the lord's property.

Without the lord's permission, ordinary civilians who dare to fish without authorization will be punished with the most severe penalty, hanging on the execution ground.

However, Su Li had just won a great victory and resolved a huge crisis, so he was in a great mood and ordered, "Before the next storm comes, civilians are allowed to fish and cast nets."

Of course, the Blackwater River is not fully open, at least civilians are strictly prohibited from going into the river.

Su Li understood the style of this world too well. If he dared to be generous and kind today and fully open the Blackwater River, giving the civilians a little sunshine.

The world would immediately teach him a lesson, drowning dozens of people on the spot, letting him know what is called darkness and despair.

But being able to fish and cast nets made the people grateful and praised the lord's generosity, and they began to fish. Everyone by the river today had a considerable harvest.