Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 505: Chapter 6: Bauhinia Holy Flame Foundry and the Territory’s New Specialty (4)

The reason he was able to obtain two of these weapons was entirely due to his bravery. He won the championship twice in a row in the tournament held at the Lion Ring Arena of the territory.

Su Li even made a small profit off him, earning over 400 Golden Crowns through betting.

However, such intelligence is now rarely prompted, as there are only 10 pieces of intelligence daily. If one is taken up by revealing the champion of the arena, even though Su Li won a few hundred Golden Crowns, in the long run, he might lose a thousand or even several thousand Golden Crowns. After all, each piece of information could help him seize an opportunity or create a wonder or specialty in the territory.

Only when there’s nothing particularly noteworthy in the intelligence, or when the stakes in the arena are exceptionally high, will the Daily Intelligence reveal a betting tip to him.

Perhaps in the future, when the territory grows significantly, and the population of Hesse Town increases from two or three thousand to twenty or thirty thousand, and each arena bet involves thousands or tens of thousands of Golden Crowns, it will be worth Su Li’s special attention.

Now, he uses such fine weapons as rewards for the arena tournament, entirely to attract some adventurers, gamblers, and mercenaries to Hesse Territory.

After all, the Blue Heron Mercenary Corps has set up a mercenary base in Hesse Territory, and they are expanding their recruitment to form new mercenary divisions. A large number of mercenaries coming to Hesse Town is very beneficial for expanding their manpower.

After many days of reenlistment, their manpower gradually recovered to over 20 people. However, the Fallen Wolf Mercenary Corps, who joined the Hesse Territory’s Free People’s Corps alongside them, was relatively unfortunate. They only supplemented 3 new recruits, yet in this battle, they lost over 20 Knights and had more than a dozen Knights wounded (most of the wounded have been healed), leading to a reduction of nearly half, with only 3 new recruits supplementing, which is hardly a drop in the bucket.

So when Su Li temporarily does not employ them, they escorted a trade caravan to Marle Castle, intending to recruit a batch of new people there to replenish the mercenary corps’ combat strength.

The caravans traveling between Marle Castle and Hesse Territory naturally mainly transport the specialties of Hesse Territory.

It is worth mentioning that under Oliver’s various investments, the territory has acquired a new ”not so decent” specialty.

It’s called [Blood Salt], brought back by a smuggling group from the distant Gray Mist Coast. It’s a specialty formed by distilling Sea Dragon blood and seawater into mixed salt blocks, capable of enhancing the endurance of Knights and warhorses, and widely circulated on the black market.

Despite the Knights at the Lion Ring Arena always claiming this to be cheating, it is always sold out before each duel.

The price of this sea salt is as high as 1 Golden Crown per pound, and the Provincial Affairs Council has helped Su Li stockpile over 2,000 pounds.

But even the shrewd Oliver does not know who exactly is behind this smuggling network.

However, he is quite certain that the reason why this [Blood Salt] is sent to Hesse Territory for sale is likely to divert attention, keeping its true source unclear. Ordinary people, upon hearing the name [Blood Salt], easily associate it with the territory’s other legitimate specialty, [Blood Pine].

With the downfall of the Forest Green Dragon forces, loggers entering the Blood Pine Forest no longer need to bribe the forest monsters, leading to a significant increase in the logging of Blood Pine Wood.

Half a month ago, there were caravans with over 100 fully loaded carts, filled with valuable Blood Pine Wood, Blood Salt, leather, herbs, brandy, Dwarf jewelry, fine weapons, and other specialties from Hesse Territory, setting off towards Marle Castle.

They would procure a batch of slaves, cattle, horses, livestock, seeds, sausages, witchcraft tools, daily necessities, and various luxury goods in Marle Castle, and return to Hesse Territory.