Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 557: Chapter 21: Royal Griffin Knight Edwin_3

After chatting a few times with Edwin, the Peak Champion Knight, Su Li was already convinced that the Hesse Territory was considered a paradigm of pious faith within the Sun Goddess Church.

In the hearts of the church’s followers, this land is a high ground of faith, a sacred and pure land that countless pilgrimage groups yearn for.

This is indeed not just a rumor. When a follower of the Sun Goddess strolls through the streets of Hesse Territory, they can clearly feel the vibrant life force emanating throughout the city. Tall, white stone buildings line the streets, and the numerous holy images of the Sun Goddess gleam with a golden radiance under the sunlight.

Here, even the most ordinary farmer will unconsciously straighten their back when talking about the Sun Goddess, with a devout glow in their eyes. Their words and actions reveal an incomparable reverence for their faith. Every time the sun rises, the entire Hesse Territory resonates with a unified chorus of prayers, expressing the devotion and faith to the Sun Goddess from all levels of the territory.

As the main followers of the Sun Goddess Church, the knights manifest this piety to the utmost. Under the leadership of the Divine Chosen Knight, the Knight Order of Hesse Territory is not only brave and skillful in battle but also maximizes the power of their faith. They firmly believe the Sun Goddess will grant them victory, thus on the battlefield, they are fearless, appearing like immortal beings.

What astonishes the followers the most, however, is the Holy Hall District of the Hesse Territory, which is the monastery northeast of the castle.

The monastery is entirely built from white marble, with its spires piercing into the clouds as if they intend to pierce the skies and reach the Divine Kingdom. Every brick in the Holy Hall District is inscribed with scriptures praising the Sun Goddess, shining brightly in the dawn. Countless believers kneel and pray here, their forms intertwined with the contours of the holy shrine, composing a divine and delightful scene.

Kurgan then talked about this as well, saying, ”Next year, one of our important construction projects is the religious holy image in the Holy Hall District, to ensure that the one-hundred-meter holy image planned by Pope Rong’en is successfully completed.”

”Additionally, we also plan to initially complete the construction of a magnificent stone bridge within Heisen City, engraved with the Bauhinia Emblem and the mythological stories of the Empire and the Dwarves.”

”Lastly is the Bauhinia Noble Academy promoted by the Governor of the Provincial Affairs Council.”

Su Li nodded slightly, indeed these are the key projects worth focusing on next year. If all these are successfully completed, the Imperial officials coming in for Pioneer Territory assessments will be impressed, whether by the grandeur of the architecture or the prosperity, it will be entirely different from other territories.

Su Li then asked, ”Do we have sufficient funds in our territory to ensure all this?”

With the irrigation facilities planned by the dwarves and so many important projects, every single one requires vast expenditures.

Relying on farming can barely satisfy the subsistence needs of the territory, maintaining the territory’s army is already a stretch.

To accumulate funds for investing in various construction projects, it’s unclear how long it would take to commence.

Fortunately, the territory’s development is very balanced.

The saying goes, without agriculture, there is no stability; without industry, there is no wealth; without commerce, there is no vitality.

The territory’s industry is the sector that brings the most wealth to the territory, and in this area, Master of Forging Belos Dragon Hammer is the main person in charge.

Facing this issue, he answered on behalf of Kurgan, ”Lord, providing funds for the various projects of the territory and ensuring the maintenance costs of the territory’s army obviously mainly relies on our territory’s strong manufacturing industry.”

”Among all manufacturing sectors, the Dwarves’ weapon manufacturing and armor manufacturing are undoubtedly the most powerful, which can bring abundant wealth to the territory.”

”In our territory’s great production of weapons and armor, a total of 800 dwarves work in various stages.”

”800 dwarves.” Su Li showed delight, ”This number is more than I imagined.”

After all, dwarves aren’t all engaged in heavy equipment production, many of them also produce jewelry, brew beer, process gemstones, etc.

The Dwarf Community is a very self-sufficient community, capable of functioning independently within, so various trades consume quite a few dwarves.

More importantly, a considerably large number of dwarves need to build strength by mining, accumulating power and prestige, and cannot start production immediately.

Just as the world stereotypes them as hot-tempered, stubborn, red-nosed, drunken miners.

A Dwarf Community or race mostly stays in the mining areas, extracting minerals, seeking treasures.

To have 800 dwarves producing for the territory is already a very significant scale, possibly comparable to a small Mountain Dwarf fortress.

Belos Dragon Hammer explained, ”Among these 800, about half are our territory’s own Imperial Dwarves. The Imperial Dwarves we have attracted to settle here are mostly not the youngest and lowest in a tribe, they have some capability and savings, allowing them to relocate here. So, after entering the territory, they can engage in equipment production.”

”The other half are the elite from the Redbeard Clan’s Mountain Shield Array, they are all elite soldiers from Redbeard Castle, the backbone and skillful craftsmen of a clan. They and our Imperial Dwarves together form the 800-person production sector of the territory.”

”Furthermore, other dwarves, along with the territory’s miners and the monsters in the Blood Pine Forest, could extract large amounts of ore, providing ample raw materials for them to fully dedicate to industrial production.”

Division of labor and cooperation is a current advantage of the territory, with the help of monsters from the Blood Pine Forest, the scale of mineral resources in the territory is remarkably impressive.

Every month, the extracted ores can reach hundreds of thousands, even up to a million pounds!

It is precisely because of this scale of raw material supply that the territory can continuously produce Dwarven heavy equipment.

Su Li asked curiously, ”Throughout this year, how many sets of equipment has our territory produced in total?”