Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

Going to Maleburg?

Knowing Su Li's personality, he definitely doesn't want to run around.

He's a homebody. As long as his territory is safe and sound, he can stay here and farm for ten thousand years until he becomes so strong that he's unrivaled in the world before venturing out.

Anyway, there's delicious food, beautiful scenery, and beauties who accompany him in his cultivation in the territory.

His life is incredibly comfortable.

So Su Li said directly, "Asking me to travel thousands of miles, braving the wind and dew, to Maleburg? I definitely don't want to go. But the problem is that the territory's finances really can't last for more than a few months, and may not even last until the harvest season."

With monthly expenditures of nearly 7,000 gold crowns, the ten thousand or so gold coins Su Li has on hand are clearly not enough to sustain it.

The territory's financial income isn't evenly distributed throughout the months. Before the harvest season arrives, the territory's finances are indeed struggling to cover expenses.

Crops like the Blessed Wisteria pods, Star Dew Sweet Oranges, and Amethyst Grapes, which are of extremely high value, only ripen once a year. Su Li only harvested them once last year, in the autumn.

This means that the territory's financial situation is best during the autumn harvest, while the period between spring and summer before the harvest is basically the most difficult.

As the lord, if he doesn't think about how to improve the finances, there are only two paths left. One is to spend women's money, asking Ingrid and Hilude for a sponsorship. These two women are willing to dedicate themselves to him and would definitely donate every copper coin. As for Ellerya, forget about it. Taking gold coins from a dragon is like taking her life.

The other method is to sell assets. He still has many slaves and fertile fields in his hands. If he's willing, selling 1,000 to 2,000 slaves or tens of thousands of acres of fertile land could bring in tens of thousands of gold crowns.

But frankly speaking, Su Li doesn't really want to use either of these methods. After all, he still has many ways to earn wealth, as long as he goes to Maleburg.

He spent the past year accumulating a lot of auction items for this trip, which he can sell all at once to earn a massive amount of wealth.

Otherwise, the territory would have to cut all construction projects, bringing the territory's development speed to zero.

That's a price Su Li can't accept! Halting the territory's development for a few months would greatly affect its growth and increase the risk of the entire territory facing a crisis.

Currently, the territory's finances are barely maintaining a fragile balance under the State Council's painstaking efforts.

But once any crisis occurs, it could cause the territory's finances to collapse. For example, trade routes being cut off, or hordes of roaring beasts invading.

And the probability of all this happening is quite high. No one can guarantee that an evil monster army won't appear on a certain trade route.

Compared to all this, Su Li is more willing to go to Maleburg. At worst, he'll just treat it as a trip.

He just hates the bumps and hardships on the road, wasting one or two months on the journey. In his opinion, it's simply a waste of life.

At this moment, Sylvana elegantly snapped her fingers and said, "If Lord is bothered by the long journey and the hardships of living in the open, then I really have a way for Lord to bypass all this and quickly reach Maleburg. I think you wouldn't mind enjoying a luxurious life and atmosphere in Maleburg."

Of course!

Even the most dedicated homebody would be full of enthusiasm at the thought of going to a foot bath and having intimate interactions with the technicians.

If he could bypass the twists and turns of the journey and the dangers on the road, and directly appear in Maleburg to experience a different kind of comfortable life and aristocratic enjoyment, then Su Li would naturally be very willing.

After all, there really are many opportunities in Maleburg to further leverage the advantages of his intelligence system.

Su Li decisively asked, "What method do you have to achieve all this? Is it some kind of elven magic?"

Su Li doesn't remember there being any teleportation magic in this world. Even heavenly magic can't do it, let alone a wood elf's Kiran magic!

Sylvana chuckled, closed the book in her hand, and shook the pages at Su Li, saying, "Oh dear, Lord, are you going to interrogate me so impatiently? At least…" She deliberately drew out the tone, a mischievous smile flashing in her eyes, "You should at least treat me to a delicate dinner at the Zijing Palace, right? So we can sit down and plan our 'itinerary' in detail. After all, who can make wise decisions on an empty stomach?"

Su Li immediately smiled and said, "You're right, I really should have had dinner with Vice-Captain for a long time now."

Sylvana lightly snorted and said coquettishly, "Just in the name of Vice-Captain?"

Su Li's lips curled up. Did you think you could easily manipulate me?

He's currently enjoying this ambiguous and tug-of-war process. Anyway, he's not in a hurry at all. Even if he's aroused, he can always go to Ingrid or Freyja for a pleasant cultivation session.

A man should always prepare more options for himself so that he can be more calm when facing women.

To desire is to suffer; to be desireless is to be strong.

He currently doesn't have anything he urgently needs to get from Sylvana, so he can control her more easily.

The more he is like this, the easier it is to win over a woman. If he appears too eager, this little green tea might play hard to get instead.

As Su Li entered the dining room, the servants in the castle quickly prepared dinner.

As the lord, his dinner is still very lavish. The appetizers alone include foie gras with pan-fried bread slices, smoked bright-scaled fish salad, rich Black Forest onion soup, pan-fried river clams with lemon butter sauce, blood pine forest black truffle-infused olives, vanilla caramel pudding cheese, cold plate truffle Suran noodles, blood pine forest berry tart, creative lake crab meat diced thick soup, and so on.

They are all local specialties of the territory. Although they can't be considered precious, they are still fragrant and delicious.

Sylvana was wearing a emerald green velvet dress, which was probably her most valuable piece of clothing. A pair of beautiful legs revealed under the skirt reflected the light of the candlestick, dazzlingly white.

She raised her head in surprise when she heard this, her eyes widened as she looked at Su Li: "Ah? I thought this was all."

Immediately, a blush appeared on her fair cheeks. She had deliberately maintained silence and elegance, not talking about the business just now, just to show her attitude, that this man must accompany her to finish this dinner before she would talk to him in detail about the trip to Maleburg.

As a result, everything she ate was appetizers?

The elegance she had maintained for so long was probably completely exposed this time.

But she has a good attitude, quickly adjusted her mood, gently tucked the hair in front of her forehead behind her ears, appearing particularly gentle and charming, and then said calmly with a light smile: "It doesn't matter. I can take what I can't eat back for the children of the Knights to taste. They have never eaten such a rich and delicious food before."

Su Li nodded slightly. This vice-captain may indeed be proficient in tea art, but her dedication to the Arrows of Light Knights is definitely sincere.

In order to prove the value of the Green Field Knights, she can recklessly duel with the territory's strongest champion knight, disregarding life and death, and betting everything.

In order to help the development of the Knights, she can use "tea language," disregarding the eyes of others, ignoring everyone's ridicule, and staying in the Zijing Palace.

Even in the face of this somewhat embarrassing scene, she can directly and calmly fight for the interests of the children of the Knights.

Su Li still admires this woman somewhat. To some extent, she is braver than himself.

So Su Li raised his glass, shook it at Sylvana, and said, "Respect to the esteemed Captain of the Knights."

Sylvana held up her glass with both hands, took a light sip, and asked, "Lord, I heard that your territory has some special wine that makes people feel a surge of love, rippling with emotion. This wouldn't be it, would it?"

This woman is really too good at it.

She only asked after she had already finished drinking, which is implying that Su Li can use this wine on her and do whatever he wants?

Su Li said with a smile, "Amethyst wine hasn't been released yet. If Vice-Captain wants to taste it, I can give you a bottle after the autumn harvest."

"But for now, let's talk about how long you think it will take to go to Maleburg."

Sylvana then put down her knife and fork and said slowly, "I know that Lord's biggest concern about going to Maleburg is the long journey and the time it takes. In addition, there's the fatigue of travel and the various dangers on the road. So you have to bring a large guard, and the more people there are, the slower the march will be. After such a trip, you might be away from the territory for two months."

That's right, this is the situation that Su Li hates. Being away from the territory for two months, how many intelligence and development opportunities would be missed?

Su Li then looked at Sylvana with burning eyes and asked, "What good way do you have to solve this problem?"

Sylvana elegantly raised her right leg, her pair of white, glowing legs crossed together, and then straightened her heavy chest, showing her slender and well-proportioned figure to the fullest, before slowly saying, "Good way, I don't have one either. Many people have a considerable misunderstanding of the magical abilities of elves. Magic is also a very material energy, and it's impossible to realize any fantastic ideas."

"But I, I think you can completely change your approach, and take a sky cavalry unit to quickly cross the border of the Prince's territory. I've been looking at a lot of information in your study recently, and the territory currently has a very considerable sky cavalry force. High-ranking steward Hilde's mount is a griffon, and the territory also has two pegasus knights, both with champion-level strength. This is enough to support the core of your guard."

"Then, within the territory, there are also 3 giant eagles and 2 squads of swan knights. I think with this scale of sky cavalry, you can completely form a fast-moving guard, like the Warhawk Knights."

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"Warhawk Knights?" Su Li's eyes lit up, and she somewhat understood what Sylvana meant. This was clearly closely related to their Knights and the famous elven troop type, and she was inspired by it.

Warhawks are a type of bird that is much younger than giant eagles, but they are still very intelligent, much more so than any 'normal' bird. These falcons originated in the forests of the elven kingdom, and most of the tribes still live there, although some legends say that some of them have traveled far to find new nesting sites, so it is not surprising to spot them in the World's Edge Mountains.

Although most wood elves live under the protection of the forest, some elves still yearn to live in the sparsely forested highlands of the Grey Mountains, so a strange kinship has arisen between the two races. On the middle slopes of the mountains, elven settlements are shaped close to huge rock pinnacles, where warhawks nest, decorating their nests with the sun-bleached bones of those who dare to trespass on their territory.

These eagles and falcons usually grow much larger than their counterparts elsewhere in the Old World. They are huge, with very wide wingspans, allowing them to carry a rider in flight. A common way for a wood elf and a warhawk to form a bond is for him/her to find an abandoned egg or chick in the treetops and then hatch/raise them.

A fledgling warhawk raised by an elf will form a strong bond with its master, and as time passes, they become almost one in mind and body, their existence solely to enjoy the thrill of hunting and chasing. These Warhawk Riders scout for intruders on their territory and are very skilled at guiding their mounts through the trees to attack intruders. Those who ride warhawks display extraordinary agility and balance, able to shoot precise arrows as their mounts race through the forest. In this case, a group of intruders who stray into Pine Rock and other mountainous areas will face not only angry warhawks, but also equally angry elves—many dwarf expeditions have paid a heavy price for a moment's recklessness.

Sylvana leaned gracefully back in her chair and said, "Other forces do not have the ability to form this kind of sky cavalry, but our Black Forest Territory has enough flying mounts. For this trip, you can take a squad of guards, riding 1 griffon, 2 pegasus, 3 giant eagles, and 6 gray swans. Among them, human cavalry are responsible for security and defense, and 6 halflings are responsible for the commercial transactions of your trip."

"You don't need to worry about safety issues either. If someone can really pose a threat to this level of guard, then they must be at least of legendary strength. Faced with this kind of crisis, it's useless even if you stay in the territory, it won't be safer."

"Moreover, streamlining the guard is a very wise choice. Even if you bring a large number of guards, you won't be allowed to enter Marienburg after arriving. It's better to just bring a squad of elites, so at least they can all follow you into the city."

Su Li nodded slowly, indeed, different races have different perspectives.

Human military operations prioritize large numbers of tough and heavy armored cavalry, but elven operations focus more on mobility and flexibility.

Sylvana's proposal is undoubtedly very comprehensive. As she said, if such a guard team has problems, then it's actually not safe anywhere. After all, the person guarding him is the God-Chosen Hilde, plus two pegasus knights and three druids and elves who can use magic to assist.

As long as they don't encounter a single, very powerful enemy, no one can threaten this group, after all, if the opponent is large in scale, their mobility will definitely not be able to catch up with the sky cavalry led by Su Li.

Su Li thought carefully for a moment, feeling that there was no problem, and then turned to Hilde and asked, "What do you think?"

Hilde thought carefully for a moment and said, "I think this plan is very good, the biggest advantage is its extreme speed. In the world of martial arts, speed is the only thing that matters. In terms of the mobility of our cavalry, almost no enemy can catch up with us. If we travel at full speed, we can make a round trip in about a cycle. Even with the trading time in Marienburg, it will take no more than half a month to return."

"But this transaction can greatly increase our wealth and promote the development of our territory. If you don't like leaving the territory, I can go to Marienburg on your behalf."

Su Li waved his hand decisively and said, "Then let's go together. Letting you leave my side for half a month, and having to take risks, I can't stand being worried and thinking wildly in the territory."

Of course, more importantly, if it only takes a few days to reach Marienburg, then Su Li really wants to visit this most prosperous commercial city in the southern empire.

The last time he passed through Marienburg, Su Li only had a few hundred gold crowns at his disposal. It can be said that he didn't get to see the prosperity and wealth of Marienburg.

After all, descending from the sky on a griffon to the wealthy upper class of Marienburg is completely different from a hurried walk through the slave market in the lower class of Marienburg!

However, the most, most, most important thing is the milf · Beryl that Su Li is thinking about.

This is a top-quality goddess, possessing the bloodline of the Moon Priestess. Practicing the knight's path with her can really improve one's strength.

Although Su Li always indulges with the female knights in the name of cultivation, except for the short time when Hilde wore the dwarf's treasure, the Golden Hair Comb, the indulgence cannot help him improve his strength.

This is more of a psychological effect. With Su Li's elite-level strength, everything below the elite level was built up by eating rabbit meat, and the breakthrough to the elite level was entirely due to Hilde taking him to practice, helping him adjust his breathing, and then breaking through into the extraordinary world.

There's no need to be frustrated about this. Some people are geniuses in cultivation, while others are relatively mediocre.

The manifestation of a person becoming more and more mature is gradually recognizing the reality that they are just an ordinary person.

Su Li recognized this reality very early on. In terms of cultivation, he is indeed not a monster. Even Hilde, compared to those true legends and God-Chosen Knights, is not a genius. She only received a divine grace baptism, which ultimately transformed her and made her a peerless genius in cultivation.

Su Li doesn't have the opportunity for this kind of baptism, so his aptitude is naturally still in the category of ordinary people. From the perspective of an ordinary person, he is actually already very dazzling.

You should know that among the ordinary knights of the empire, those who can break through to the elite level are all those who have been at the top of their class since childhood, those who have stood out. They have always occupied the forefront in schools and training camps, their brilliance shining on countless peers, making it difficult for ordinary people to catch up.

Then, this knight, who is one in a hundred and always the best of his peers, will break through to become an elite knight.

But even such an elite knight will need half a year to break through from a low-level trainee knight to a mid-level trainee knight. It will take several years, or even ten or twenty years, to break through and become an elite.

And Su Li only took one year to leap from a trainee knight to the elite level, which may be almost the same as those peerless geniuses, only slightly inferior to a few people such as Hilde and Orstein.

But if he has Beryl, with Su Li's frequency of "knight practice", he can really achieve "rising at the crow of the rooster", "the early bird catches the worm", "diligence can make up for clumsiness", and "day and night, tireless effort"!

With his enthusiasm for enjoyment, his cultivation will inevitably "advance by leaps and bounds"!

Advance by leaps and bounds, from all angles.

Beryl needs to release moonlight in order to help the man who pleases her make rapid progress in strength.

I wonder if this trip to Marienburg will lead to a wonderful encounter with this beautiful milf.

Thinking of this, Su Li was full of anticipation for the journey and arranged, "Let Fandral come to see me and open the door to the vault. We'll take some treasures from it to auction off in Marienburg."

Su Li has quite a few good things in his hands, but this trip is all about light cavalry and fast horses, so he definitely can't bring a lot of luggage in large and small boxes.

After discarding the necessary food supplies, baggage, tents, tools, flags, etc., the amount of things that can be carried will inevitably not be too much.

Then he needs to carefully select some valuable items to take over there, so as to obtain the greatest value.

If there are no accidents, Su Li will not move for at least a year and a half after this trip.

Even this trip was forced and lured by various situations. The temptation of the milf, the financial crisis of the territory, and the publicity for the territory's upcoming arena event, these factors all came together, prompting him to embark on this trip to Marienburg for a journey of only a few days.