Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 95: Chapter 37: Sun Goddess Exemplary Territory Agreement

When Su Li woke up, he could still see the tear-streaked marks on Hilude’s face.

Last night she was truly exhausted, so much so that Su Li had already woken up, but she hadn’t yet.

However, now was a perfect time for Su Li to look at the Daily Intelligence System, to see if there was any information that could increase the chances of tomorrow’s decisive battle.

[Your strong desire to lie flat has enhanced the timeline; you can acquire the [Prophet of Destiny] ability while lying flat.]

[Because you are currently in a lying flat state, today’s prophet message has been updated.]

[1: A stationed knight from the Blazing Sun Knight Order will travel to the southern edge of Mirror Swamp in Hesse territory by this evening. This young elite-level Blazing Sun Knight has embarked on his career trial journey to test if his learned knowledge and martial arts are up to standard. You may dispatch several archer attendants on horseback to escort him to your territory, otherwise, he will proceed eastward from the southern end of Mirror Swamp, narrowly missing your territory.]

[2: The ”Red Crown” sect has taken root in the gray rock valley northwest of Jinke Mine. They have begun wide-ranging exploration around the area, clearly focusing their efforts deep in the mountain. Something in the forest is attracting them. Eradicate them promptly, or they will unearth a terrible disaster.]

[3: The centaur tribe within Blood Pine Forest has been influenced by the God of Summer and the Wilds, Tal, causing a surge of wildness. Within three days, they will successfully raid a dwarf fortress on the edge of the Gray Mountain Range, obtaining a large amount of dwarf oath gold and dwarf equipment, and capturing three groups of dwarf engineers.]

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[6: Rong’en Essari’s Battle Pilgrimage Group should be touring the territory, rather than cloistered in the training ground honing their swords. Let them witness the thriving vitality of the territory and spread the teachings among the training slaves during leisure time. With the imminent great battle, this will greatly enhance the belief in the Fiery Sun Goddess within the territory. This will make attracting a glance from the goddess easier, receiving divine grace. If there is a squad entirely composed of Fiery Sun Goddess followers, they will receive divine grace during battle, gaining [Violet’s Lance]. For one minute, while the devout followers wield their weapons as long lances, they can imbue the spearhead with the goddess’ divine power, significantly enhancing the weapon’s armor-piercing ability.]

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[9: The Broken Toe Tribe within Blood Pine Forest has set out, eager to participate in the war carnival within Hesse territory, goblins and green skins being especially fanatic in this regard. Perhaps this is your greatest opportunity—strike proactively, while the River Giant and Anaric Giant Spiders lag behind in the marching, decisively rout the large-scale but weak green skin army which has fallen behind.]

[10: Intensify training with your ultimately loyal knight Hilude, using stronger stimuli to motivate her, verbally urging her to remain poised between clarity and ecstasy. She will have a high probability of achieving another breakthrough in strength.]

Upon reading the final, dazzling line, Su Li was stunned; he lowered his head and tenderly kissed Hilude’s smooth forehead.

Are women truly made of water?

Hilude actually still has the potential for cultivation breakthrough! She is truly like water, gentle, resilient, and boundless!

If she keeps breaking through, Su Li feels that before the Green Dragon awakens, within these four-plus months, Hilude might even break through to Champion Knight!

To advance all the way to Champion Knight in such a short time, she will become a legend in the entire territory.

Even when minstrels visit the territory, they will compose praise poems about her story and spread them to the North. Many nobles, knights, and commoners within the Empire will hear in taverns about Hilude’s story, knowing that in the remote Border Prince’s Territory, a star-like shining Female Champion Knight has risen.

Sensing Su Li’s moist lips and kiss, Hilude sleepily rubbed her eyes and asked, ”Lord, do you desire again? Do you need me to change into another outfit to entertain you?”

Su Li stroked her long slender, smooth legs, smilingly said, ”Yes, very much needed, but let’s wait until evening. I’ll help you! Tonight you’ll break through!”

Last night, Avril was less subjected to the intensity, so today she was in good condition, energetically waking up, ready with breakfast. Hearing Su Li’s voice, she walked upstairs, sat by the bed, and said to Su Li, ”Lord, I’ve prepared hot milk, hot bread, roast venison, fried fish fillet, and fried sausage, a platter of boiled eggs, a platter of raspberries picked yesterday, honey, cheese. I also made your favorite pie and vegetable soup.”

Listening to so much delicious food, Su Li couldn’t help but have his stomach rumbling; he immediately jumped up from the bed, full of energy, saying, ”Come on, after we eat well, let’s arrange today’s affairs.”

For the sake of his woman and this peaceful life at present, he must strive! Any green skin, any Green Dragon wanting to destroy this beautiful life in his territory must die!

Sitting at the dining table, Su Li was so tempted by this table of gourmet food that drool almost flowed. Now his body isn’t like the weak corporate slave he once was; exercising regularly, his mental state is fuller.

Moreover, Su Li fights fiercely during the day, indulges in cultivation at night, with enormous physical exertion, so he has an excellent appetite. This table of food, weighing six to seven pounds, including a large amount of meat, but he managed to easily demolish a third of it.

He couldn’t believe that he would have such an appetite in the morning.

Of course, the greater probability is that he simply can’t get out of bed and doesn’t have time for breakfast.

When he was having breakfast with Hilude and Avril, Lauren and Rong’en walked into the castle together.

Su Li was accustomed to finishing breakfast late, but Rong’en was quite surprised. He thought the vitality of this territory was due to the Lord’s diligent governance.

However, Su Li did not mind his opinion and asked him to sit down before asking, ”My Minister of the Seal, is there something you came together for?”

”Yes.” Lauren reported in detail: ”I spoke with the Leader of the Pilgrimage Group yesterday, listened carefully to the church’s doctrines and ideas. After discussion, we believe we can reach an agreement. But I do not have the authority to decide and need your permission.”

”Alright, tell me in detail.” Su Li was almost finished eating and then gulped down a cup of hot milk, marking the end of this sumptuous breakfast.

Lauren explained: ”The priests and followers of the Fiery Sun Goddess Sect will provide services in the north for empire citizens preparing to move south. Due to their efforts, many adventure-inclined citizens from the empire’s north will relocate to the fertile but slightly barren southern border.”

”But many are still filled with doubts about the journey—the raiders on the road, malicious Lords, and most crucially the confusion from leaving their homes without any property all affect their decision.”

”So perhaps we could reach a win-win agreement. We can establish a territory under the Fiery Sun Goddess’s protection here and accept the sect members immigrating. We can rent the untended lands to them for cultivation over three years.”

Actually, Lauren wanted to distribute fields to the farmers, each getting thirty acres, attracting a large number of empire civilians to migrate to Hesse Territory.

But the Lords of this world are extremely stingy and greedy—they scour every copper coin from the farmers, and it’s impossible they would freely distribute wealth to them.

Thus he settled for the next best thing—the lands, mountains, rivers, forests, swamps, animals, plants, and even every flower and grass are the wealth of the Lord. But the Lord possesses the Knight’s virtues, hence lending these uncultivated lands to Fiery Sun Goddess’s followers for three years.

During these three years, they don’t need to pay rent but must pay the high Nineteen Taxes.

To Su Li, this is a profit-without-loss situation.

Anyway, if these wild lands aren’t rented, they remain as weed-infested wilderness. After renting them to immigrating farmers, they till them for three years, turning them into fertile fields, which still belong to Lord Su Li.

After hearing Lauren’s proposal, Su Li considered further and grandly waved his hand, exempting even the Nineteen Taxes.

During these three years, as civilians clear land, the Lord exempts all taxes to attract more people to develop the land.

But after some thought, he curbed his impulse—this isn’t the unified world of the past where the Emperor generously encouraged farming, exempting taxes for the first three years of land-clearing, and even granting ownership to the farmers outright. Various decrees truly encouraged whoever cultivated the land owned it.

In this world, most Lords are so greedy that they refuse to spare even a bit of tax or rent. If he is more generous and virtuous than others, he can attract a lot of empire citizens to migrate.

That’s called being excessive—but if he’s too generous, besides losing his own interests, he’ll harm others’. At that point, civilians and slaves from other Lords’ territories might flock to Hesse Territory, causing him to incur collective ire.

Therefore, Su Li calmly waved his hand and said, ”Let’s implement everything according to your ideas. Speaking of spreading faith, Lord Rong’en, there’s something I’d like to talk with you about.”

”There’s only one day left before our decisive battle against the Green Tide. I think continuing training today isn’t very meaningful; instead, why don’t you lead the Pilgrimage Group to preach and pray for my army, helping more knights, attendants, and slaves understand the Divine Grace of the Fiery Sun Goddess.”

Upon hearing Su Li’s suggestion, Rong’en’s eyes immediately brightened and he said, ”That’s the best option. If Hesse Territory can become a model territory bathed in the Fiery Sun Goddess’s grace, it’ll benefit both your battle and our doctrine-driven immigration.”

Being able to preach, Rong’en was increasingly cordial toward Su Li and eagerly cooperated with all of Su Li’s requests.

In the afternoon, the mounted archer attendants from his Pilgrimage Group returned from the southern end of the swamp, bringing back a valiant and strong Blazing Sun Knight Order knight. This young knight, Joseph, was seeking a stationing ground to help farms, villages, and stations fight off Beastmen and Green Skins.

Upon hearing that Hesse Territory was about to face an invasion of over 5,000 Green Skins, his battle spirit was immediately heightened, deciding to help the territory fight against evil.

Meanwhile, Su Li, after capturing a misguided group of 36 farmer rioters in Mirror Swamp, ceased external military expeditions and returned to the territory for final preparations.

Under his arrangements, everyone in the territory—from the Lord, down to the civilians, slaves, even Ogres and Dwarves—participated in the most grand pre-battle bonfire feast.