Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

However, his worries were something others couldn’t understand.

In just half a year, his cultivation progress skyrocketed from an Initial Tier Apprentice Knight to an Initial Tier Elite Knight.

This couldn’t simply be described as swift; it was miraculous!

To know, back when Su Li’s Guardian Knight Schwartz spent half a year to level up from an Initial Tier Apprentice Knight to a Middle Tier Apprentice Knight.

Even after following Su Li for half a year, with all sorts of opportunities, a variety of magical beast meat, and a vast amount of Divine Grace falling on him, he only advanced from an Initial Tier Elite Knight to a High Tier Elite Knight.

Su Li’s rapid cultivation rate was largely thanks to Hilude and the dwarf’s golden comb.

As a Divine Chosen Level Knight, Hilude closely helped him daily with managing his breathing rhythm, using mouth-to-mouth to guide his breathing technique, making him feel as though he was training with the qualifications of a Divine Chosen Level.

This made Su Li somewhat reluctant to return the dwarf’s golden comb; if given more time to cultivate, he might even advance to the champion level.

In these recent days, besides riding Death’s Claw to soar through the sky, Su Li’s most important task was to supervise the farming below Jorn Shallow Bay.

Even though the threat of the Green Dragon was near, the agricultural activities in the territory could not be neglected.

The castle’s grain supply could feed 400 knights for one or two years, but only for one or two months for 4000 people!

Su Li remembered well that the stored grain in his castle accounted for only about a quarter of all the grain.

So, theoretically, if he could withstand the Green Dragon’s invasion and Hesse Town was not destroyed, then the food supply of Hesse Territory would support until the end of the year, or early next year.

Under these circumstances, if the autumn planting was entirely delayed and yielded nothing, there would be no way to sustain next year.

As the Lord, Su Li had to personally be at Jorn Shallow Bay to stabilize the slaves’ morale and ensure they continued to farm steadily.

And the effect was very significant; the slaves were initially anxious after hearing about the presence of the Green Dragon Followers. But in recent days, seeing the Lord flying over Jorn Shallow Bay on a Griffin every day, witnessing the powerful Divine Chosen Knight fully armed with a sword standing on the embankment looking down below, the slaves’ panic subsided, and morale stabilized.

Seeing the Lord’s calm composure, they assumed the territory was fully prepared to deal with the Green Dragon.

It was heard that the territory’s Marshal had already led the army into the forest, and perhaps victory was imminent. After all, since their arrival in the territory, they had heard of glorious victories monthly.

It seemed that as long as the Lord was present, victory was a given. Under the Lord’s command, the territory would witness one victory after another.

This led Su Li to somewhat understand why the empire’s upper rulers preferred the policy of keeping the people ignorant.

The slaves didn’t need to know much; just believing in the divine protection resolving issues was sufficient.

As Su Li stood on the embankment looking down below, the Minister of Agriculture, Vandar, approached him excitedly, saying, ”Lord, the territory’s farming today has reached its peak, just as you prophesied, today’s indeed the peak of the Dawn Goddess’s Divine Power Tide. The wheat, herbs, and medicinal plants sown today will yield a bountiful harvest.”

After speaking, he sighed, ”It’s just a pity that the Green Dragon Legion is about to arrive. After we finish sowing, the fields may not receive meticulous care. The fields will be overgrown with weeds, and the farmland will be neglected, affecting the seedlings.”

Su Li comforted, ”It’s not a major issue. Didn’t you say that after the autumn equinox is the festival of withering vegetation? Perhaps the weeds in the fields won’t flourish as they do in summer.”

The autumn planting takes nearly half a year to mature, precisely because after the autumn equinox, vegetation withers. Not only do the weeds grow slower, but the crops will also grow relatively slowly.

Vandar nodded and said, ”Indeed. We hope our battle with the Green Dragon ends soon. If the conflict ends in two or three months, timely remedies will limit the impact on the autumn crops.”

Regarding the prospects of the war, Su Li couldn’t make a judgment, so he shifted the topic, saying, ”My Minister of Agriculture, tell me something delightful, don’t you have any good news?”

”I do.” At this, Vandar’s spirit lifted, and he said, ”The progress in herb planting is impressive.”