Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

What should a grand ceremony belonging to the Black Forest Territory and the Church of the Blazing Sun be?

Without a doubt, it should be a Knight Tournament.

The three essential buildings in every village within the Empire are: taverns, brothels, and arenas.

Su Li intends to hang this Tinder Saddle Curtain in the Lion Ring Arena to inspire the knights of his territory.

To give them more fun outside of training, they can participate in arena competitions. First, the various villages and manors will hold elimination rounds in their own arenas to select local champions. Then, after the harvest season, they will be gathered in Black Forest Town for the grandest arena tournament in the Lion Ring.

At this time, the best of the various knightly orders will also participate, with strong opponents facing off to determine the ultimate champion.

The Tinder Saddle Curtain will be the prize and incentive for the champion of the arena tournament.

It will also help Su Li screen talents to see which knights have exceptional talent and are worth nurturing.

He really has some good things in his hands, such as the Lion's Mane Mushroom, which can directly help elite knights advance to champion knights!

So he can completely set up competitions of different weight classes, such as Formal Knight rank, Elite Knight rank, Champion Knight rank, each with different rewards.

However, this matter still needs the State Council to plan in detail, and Su Li didn't talk much about it with Edmond at the moment.

After giving his instructions, he turned his attention back to the breeding of livestock this spring and asked, "Besides the Tinder Rabbits, how is the growth of the other herds? Is there enough pasture?"

Edmond immediately replied, "We have plenty of pasture. The scale of our territory's Moonpetal Clover is constantly expanding. With the full harvest by the herders and slaves, we have accumulated more than 800 bundles. It is thanks to the accumulation of so many extraordinary pastures that our Tinder Rabbits can survive in the pastures and grow so plump."

Clover is already the king of pastures, very succulent and juicy, and Moonpetal Clover is currently the most precious extraordinary pasture in the territory.

Even its harvest cannot use ordinary iron tools; it must be harvested with scythes made from the skulls of Giant Pasture Deer.

This makes it impossible for anyone in the Black Forest Territory to steal these precious pastures.

This has allowed the Black Forest Territory to accumulate a warehouse of extraordinary pastures, which, while not much, is still relatively considerable.

Edmond once explained in detail its effects: a Wildebeest that eats Moonpetal Clover can gallop continuously for 6 hours.

And any creature that consumes this pasture for a long time has a chance to gain qualifications and advance to a higher level of extraordinary species under the tempering of spiritual power.

Last year, the source of this clover was mainly the trampling of Silverhorn Giant Pasture Deer.

This year, under the guidance of the Pasture Director, the territory has begun to plant it on a large scale in the plains.

Edmond introduced, "The expansion of the clover's scale is very considerable. Last year, we collected 3 bags of clover seeds, and this year we have built 2 acres of pastures in the territory, which are planted with this Moonpetal Clover."

Su Li recalled that his memory was still good. This clover seed does not seem to require special spiritual fields; its growth condition is the tears of pure maidens.

That is, while other plants are being deeply cultivated and watered, it needs to be irrigated with the tears of maidens.

Su Li couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and asked, "Then... do we have enough pure maidens in our territory?"

As a highly respected old druid, Edmond had no special thoughts on this matter. He represented the more conservative faction of the forest elves and said, "Our Church of the Dawn has always advocated prohibiting premarital relations. And because the territory has the right of the first night, it is relatively conservative in this regard. The maiden tears we collect are all packaged in different crystal bottles, and will not affect each other's effects. Only two bottles expired last year. We executed their owners and corresponding lovers. This year, the number of such invalid tears is even smaller. We have not yet encountered ineffective tears."

"In addition, there is no need to worry too much about the amount of tears. Because Moonpetal Clover is a perennial herb, as long as it is successfully planted, this pasture can be continuously harvested for 10 years. This means that our pasture planting scale will continue to increase, at least for 10 years."

"That's why we are confident in planting it boldly, and we estimate that we can increase the scale of the Moonpetal Clover field to about 4 acres this year."

"If we have this scale, we can increase the number of some warhorses, rams, and even pegasi in our territory."

4 acres of extraordinary pasture, the amount of pasture it can provide must be very considerable.

Perhaps the territory's extraordinary livestock will also become an important specialty of the territory.

Of course, this specialty will not bring much income in the short term.

500 gold crowns, that is, the annual output of 500 farmers, can only buy such a horse.

Therefore, very few nobles' cavalry regiments are equipped with such expensive warhorses. Only the nobles who command the army ride such expensive warhorses.

Edmond nodded and said, "That's right, the mane of this warhorse is usually blood-red, symbolizing the undefeated banner on the battlefield. It usually serves as the mount of Imperial generals or noble lords, so it is also called the Bloodflag Conqueror."

"It is the best warhorse in the Old World. This is because a large area of the Empire was once a prosperous colony of the ancient Elven Empire. These warhorses are actually descendants of Elven warhorses. When the Elven colonists abandoned the Old World and sailed back to the Elven Kingdom, many horse-training families left behind a large number of Elven warhorses during the evacuation. In other places, the ancestors of Wood Elves also released herds of warhorses due to forest life. They freely roamed the ruins of Elven cities, and combined with local forest horses on the grasslands and plains. This mixed-blood descendant is the Empire's Bloodmane Warhorse."

"This new breed of horse is much larger than any other horse in the Old World. They are stronger and more resilient. The only problem is that they also require lush grasslands, thickets, and unrestrained pastures to grow."

"Despite the huge cost, when Imperial knights begin to ride these warhorses, they will find that the horse is tireless to heavy armor. Even if the Old World horses are exhausted to death, it can still easily gallop and jump repeatedly, not to mention being calm and composed in battle, unlike ordinary warhorses that are frightened. The victories of Imperial knights are not only due to their own courage and martial skills, but also to the credit of the warhorses."

"According to the internal regulations of the Empire, only knights above the elite level are allowed to ride this precious warhorse, and only a few lucky and trustworthy civilians can serve as grooms to serve the noble warhorse. The people of the Empire regard being able to live in the same stable with the noble warhorse as bringing glory to their ancestors. These grooms must find ways to make the Bloodmane Warhorse comfortable and happy to sow seeds on the local forest horses. The whole country attaches so much importance to warhorses that the decree at the time of the establishment of the Empire prohibited the export of these warhorses."

After listening, Su Li really gained a lot of knowledge. It turned out that the ancestors of the Empire's horses really had the blood of Elven warhorses. No wonder they broke through their bloodlines after eating the Moonpetal Clover produced by the footprints of the sacred beast Giant Pasture Deer, becoming the Empire's Bloodflag Conqueror.

It's just that they have harsh requirements for living conditions, requiring lush grasslands, thickets, and unrestrained pastures. Can this territory meet these requirements?

Su Li couldn't help but ask, "With the territory's current two acres of Moonpetal Clover, how can these precious warhorses gallop freely?"

Edmond calmly said, "We have already considered this issue when cultivating these warhorses. Although the scale of our Moonpetal Clover pasture is relatively small, Bloodmane Horses do not actually need to gallop on pastures entirely composed of Moonpetal Clover. We plan to send the currently relatively small number of Bloodmane Horses into the Sacred Forest. It is free and open, and there is a considerable amount of Moonpetal Clover, enough for the Bloodmane Horses to gallop."

"Moreover, it is now spring, the mating season for warhorses. We plan to select another 10 healthy forest mares with excellent bloodlines and send them into the Sacred Forest together, allowing them to freely graze and run. This can both increase the probability of these mares breaking through their bloodlines, and facilitate the Bloodmane Horses to sow seeds and breed."

"If they can successfully conceive a few litters this year, then we will be able to welcome a new batch of foals in the autumn and winter seasons."

"Good! Good! Very good!" After listening, Su Li clapped his hands and praised, saying, "Your considerations are very thorough. After we came to Black Forest Territory last year, it was already a bit late, and we missed too much. So last year, there were not many new foals born in the territory."

"This year, our Springbirth Festival was very grand and received significant divine grace, which indicates that our entire territory will have vigorous vitality this year, and all aspects will be able to develop comprehensively."

"A year passes in the blink of an eye. By the end of the year, I hope our own ranch will have produced 500 foals and cultivated more than 10 extraordinary steeds. My minister, do you think this goal is achievable?"

Su Li considered himself a fairly optimistic person, with even greater hopes for the future.

Therefore, the goal he set was not low. If it could be achieved, it would save a lot of money on purchasing warhorses.

Edmund stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then said, "We need to look at this vision from several aspects. It's slightly difficult in terms of ordinary warhorses. The Thistle Flower Noble Ranch only has 2100 qualified warhorses. It will be somewhat difficult to breed 500 warhorses, depending on the performance of the animal master. However, the animal master under your name isn't very interested in possessing warhorses, but is very interested in possessing battle rams."

"I think I can contact another animal master. After all, the herd they are in is relatively small. We can invite them to our noble ranch to exchange ideas with our herd."

"If we can expand our vision to the entire territory, all the knight manors and farm owner manors have a considerable number of warhorses in their stables. It's not difficult to have 1000 newborn foals. Selecting 500 qualified warhorses from them is achievable."

"As for the number of extraordinary mounts, I think you may have underestimated it."

Underestimated? This was certainly a good thing for Su Li. He couldn't wait for the scale of extraordinary mounts to expand rapidly.

So Su Li asked, "Do you think this year's extraordinary mount breeding will be more than 10?"

"Yes." Edmund counted on his fingers for Su Li: "The engineers of the territory this year focused on two directions in animal husbandry. One is the construction of the griffon forest near Greenleaf Hills, and the other is the construction of the Black Forest Peaks north of Gray Lady Pass."

"We have already transported 300 bundles of Moonbeam Alfalfa to the Pegasus Ranch, and there is also a large-scale Bloodhoof Grass, which is the territory's second most important pasture after Moonbeam Alfalfa. It can form fertile pastures in the Crimson Highlands, where the climate is cool and suitable for grazing. This can gradually increase the number of pegasus."

"Pegasus have lower wildness and are relatively docile compared to griffons. We don't need to worry too much about them. As long as we control the surroundings and prevent monsters from harming them, their herds will definitely increase."

"As for the griffon forest farm in Greenleaf Hills, it is more wild. This spring, their wildness spread. We also added a trace amount of Love Elixir to the nearby water sources. According to the report from the Dawn Sisters, 6 griffons were pregnant by the end of this spring rain."

6 griffons pregnant?

This was truly an amazing number. The effect of the Love Elixir was indeed powerful.

An average mother griffon can lay 2-3 griffon eggs per litter, and some with extraordinary talents can even lay 5 at a time.

This means that Black Forest Territory will be able to obtain at least 6-7 griffon knights this year.

The reason why the number is less than the number of births is because it is difficult to take out all the griffon eggs. After giving birth to cubs, the mother griffon will be very protective. Even breeders are in danger of getting close to the young griffons at this time.

As noble raptors, they will not hand over their cubs to humans to raise.

Therefore, only through various opportunities and means can a knight obtain a griffon.

But no matter what, the griffon forest built in this Black Forest Territory has greatly increased the probability of the territory obtaining griffon mounts.

If we add the expansion of the pasture and the acquisition of new extraordinary mounts, then this year, relying solely on the territory's own breeding, more than 10 new ones can be added.

Even if Su Li strictly prohibits exports, these mounts can be sold to some knight families in the territory.

At the end of the year, Su Li issued another year-end bonus of up to 8,500 gold crowns, so the knights were very wealthy.

They can only stay in Black Forest Territory for training on weekdays and will not run around. This wealth cannot flow out. In the end, they have to find some means to circulate this wealth back into Su Li's hands.

Su Li was very satisfied with the situation reported by Edmund, and said with a smile: "Your work in the Mu Yuan is excellent. I was right about you. The sales value of various livestock last year was only over a thousand gold crowns. I believe that after your work gets on the right track this year, the profit will definitely exceed 5,000 gold crowns!"

This proves that Su Li's investment in the Mu Yuan is very effective.

It should be known that any business and output requires investment in the early stage.

Take Mu Yuan as an example, before they produced so many warhorses, they relied entirely on Su Li to provide a lot of funds to support them.

In the Thistle Flower Noble Ranch alone, there are 2 Druids, 3 Dawn Sisters, and more than 200 Border Shepherds, and more than 200 slaves who clean the stables and harvest pasture. So many talents support the embryonic form of the entire horse administration system and raise a large number of warhorses.

Just paying their salaries costs more than 50 gold crowns per month. In addition, collecting pasture, providing grain, purchasing breeding horses, etc., the monthly expenditure averages 20-30 gold crowns.

Last year, their total sales value was only over a thousand gold crowns, barely reaching a balance of payments.

This year, they can finally make a profit.

Of course, the value of their ranch is not only limited to creating profits, but also providing sufficient meat for these extraordinary creatures and elite knights in the territory is also an important part of their work.

After Su Li praised them slightly, he asked: "What is the matter with the battle ram and the Light Dairy Cow you just mentioned?"

"The battle ram is another important extraordinary mount in our territory now. How many heavy plows the halflings can build depends entirely on the number of these battle rams. After all, ordinary mountain rams cannot drag those heavy equipment."

"Currently, we have a total of 46 battle rams in the territory. In addition, the ranch also raises more than 4,000 goats and sheep, especially in the northern Crimson Highlands. We have sent shepherds to graze more than 2,300 cattle and sheep, which can provide us with sufficient dairy products. Every day, fresh milk and cheese go straight to our Butcher's Wharf in Black Forest Town along the Blackwater River, where they are transported from the ship to the market by the stevedore guild."

"The Light Dairy Cow is the extraordinary dairy cow we have cultivated. According to the records of our church, this dairy cow was Rhea's reward and gift to the empire when it chose to honor and worship her when the empire was founded."

"A devout priest found such an injured mysterious cow on the grassland while looking for a new pasture. Its fur shone with the light of dawn, and its horns were entwined with light patterns. The kind priest brought it back to the village and took good care of it. Soon after, he discovered that the amount of milk produced by this cow far exceeded that of ordinary cows, and people who drank the milk could generally see in the dark, which helped them effectively resist the invasion of beastmen in the dark."

"And in later battles, people found that light-attribute knights who drank this milk had a much greater perception than others and were more likely to discover enemies or traps hidden in the dark."

Effective for light-attribute knights?

Then this is a treasure for the territory. Coincidentally, although the territory has many knights of various bloodlines.

But the two strongest God-Chosen knights are both light-attribute!

Marshal Orstein and Chief Manager Hiltrude will both benefit from this milk.

Anyway, there is only such an extraordinary dairy cow, so Su Li simply doesn't plan to sell it. Keep the dairy products for these two God-Chosen knights to use.

Su Li then said: "My minister, your work results are very outstanding. Contributions will not be forgotten, and loyalty will surely be rewarded. I will pay attention to the ancient Tree of Life you are concerned about. At that time, the territory will definitely support you in building a forest town. Let you druids, half-elves, and wood elves all move in."

Of course, the territory currently only has one elf, the handmaiden Luna Deshan of the Tarr Church.

This female elf is really exactly the same as the elf in Su Li's impression: proud, elegant, and fond of pleasure.

That's right, the elves in this world are not pure at all. Their indulgence is even worse than that of humans.

Even because of excessive indulgence and pleasure, some elves were corrupted and fallen by the Pleasure Sect, resulting in betrayal, which is the famous dark elves.

How exaggerated are the elves' indulgences? Just give an example and you'll know.

In other worlds, basically goblins imprison elf girls.

But in this world, elves imprisoning goblins is not surprising. The jailers dare to imprison everything. Many powerful goblin generals and goblin chiefs have been tied up, whipped, and played with by the elves.

Anyway, so far, Su Li's playing is so flamboyant that he hasn't reached the point of playing with goblins.

Fasterik has always been more concerned about the whereabouts of the elves, because he promised to find a dark elf virgin as a gift for Su Li.

This is not an easy task. With the dissolute appearance of the dark elves, finding a beauty who is still chaste is as difficult as finding a virgin in a brothel.

If there is an elven town, it might be a little easier. The relationship between dark elves and wood elves is relatively relaxed, unlike them and high elves, who are mortal enemies for generations.

Edmund was immediately more motivated when he heard Su Li's promise, and immediately solemnly guaranteed: "I will definitely take people to take care of these creatures for Lord Lord, after all, dealing with animals is our elves' innate advantage. Perhaps it won't be long before we can cultivate more and more powerful mounts, such as spirit deer, vulture horses, giant eagles, hippogriffs, and so on."

Su Li was also full of expectations for the promise of this Druid. Indeed, there are still many extraordinary mounts that he has not had time to contact.

Su Li encouraged him for a while, then sent him back to continue working.

After the spring rain stopped, the sun shone brightly, and the territory returned to its bright spring appearance. The territory should continue to flourish.

He was stretching his muscles when Ingrid came up behind him, her cool tone laced with undisguised languor: "Honey, are you done with your work? Is there something I can talk to you about?"