Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 594: Chapter 32: Preparations for the Grand Tournament Festival

Ever since the charming and lovely Silvana stayed in Blackwood Town, Su Li finally realized how proactive a woman could be when she wanted to win over a man.

For example, under the guise of communication, she would come to Bauhinia Palace every day and not leave. Sometimes she would elegantly play her seven-stringed zither while sitting beside Su Li. Other times, she would stand before the bookshelf, browsing various poems and books, waiting for Su Li to finish his official duties. Usually, at this time, she would leave behind a maple leaf bookmark she gifted to Su Li.

This graceful elf girl definitely had the means of a ”green tea,” silently and subtly infiltrating Su Li’s life, leaving her presence in every aspect of his routine.

Even the ministers in the territory became accustomed to having this Deputy Leader following Su Li during reports to Bauhinia Palace, sometimes staying by his side longer than the Chief Steward of High-level Attendants.

Initially, the ministers would be cautious, but no matter how they hinted, she would elegantly block her face with a book, ignoring them. Gradually, the ministers disregarded her presence.

After all, there was nothing particularly secretive about the policies of the Hesse Territory; the governance was upright and straightforward, deserving of openness and transparency.

When Oliver, the Governor of the Provincial Affairs Council, entered the study to report, he would forget about the girl standing in the corner with low presence and said to Su Li, ”Lord, our Provincial Affairs Council has completed the planning proposal for the harvest season’s competition. Would you like to review it?”

Su Li waved his hand and tossed the proposal Oliver handed over onto the desk, saying, ”I won’t go through the detailed plan. Just give me a brief summary.”

Oliver patiently explained, ”After discussions with the Bishop’s Council, we believe that this competition shouldn’t be held too frequently, so we plan to make it a grand annual event scheduled at late spring and early summer, on the first rest day after the harvest season ends.”

The rest day is the last day of a cycle, during which the Sun Goddess Church usually gathers believers in the territory to train them into militia.

As Hesse Territory is devoted to the Sun Goddess, the main participants of this grand celebration are naturally the devotees and knights of the Sun Goddess.

This timing choice is indeed suitable, maximizing the possibility of mobilizing more participants.

Oliver continued, ”With the preparations and extensive promotions we’ve done during this period, we’ve attracted significant attention from knights and knight orders with generous rewards.”

”What are the rewards we have set?” Su Li asked with interest.

”Our rewards are divided into four levels, starting with the Apprentice Knight’s Star of Light. The champion will receive 10 Golden Crowns and a Refined Level weapon. The runner-up will receive 5 Golden Crowns and a Fine Level armor set. The third place will receive 3 Golden Crowns and a Crimson Pearl.”

”For formal knights, there’s the Rising Sun Light. The champion will get 50 Golden Crowns and a Perfect Level weapon. The runner-up will receive 30 Golden Crowns and a Refined Level Star Iron Armor set. The third place will receive 10 Golden Crowns and a Dragon Blood Stone.”

”The Elite Knight competition, which is our core and focus, is named Radiance of the Fierce Sun. The champion will win 100 Golden Crowns and a Lion’s Mane Mushroom, directly aiding the elite knight in advancing to Champion level. The runner-up will get 50 Golden Crowns and a Light-Scaled Fish. The third place will receive 30 Golden Crowns and a Holy Purple Vine Tree pod.”

Hearing this, Su Li clapped decisively, saying excitedly, ”Very good, your Provincial Affairs Council has thought of everything. Using the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod as a prize for the victor not only attracts knights to our territory but also greatly enhances the reputation and value of the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod, making more people acknowledge its effectiveness.”

After this celebration, the surplus value from the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod alone could fill the territory’s coffers, recovering all expenses and rewards for this event.

Previously, many didn’t understand or acknowledge the powerful effects of the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod, as extending life by a year was a hard thing to verify.

But now, with this extraordinary spirit fruit directly used as a third-place prize, it’s bound to leave a deep impression on everyone, changing many perceptions.

By then, whenever people mentioned the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod, they would think of it as an extraordinary spirit fruit only accessible to competition victors. This will be the best showcase opportunity for such a fruit! By then, more nobles, wealthy merchants will be interested in this miraculous fruit.

Merchants love to follow trends, especially for rewards that only the exceptional knights could obtain; they will certainly flock to it.

This year, the value of the Holy Purple Vine Tree pod might soar by 50% or even more than 100%.

This could significantly alleviate the territory’s financial crisis.

It’s crucial to remember that the territory still runs a deficit of thousands of Golden Crowns each month. With the just over ten thousand Golden Crowns left at Su Li’s disposal, it won’t last for many months.

Oliver’s subsequent arrangements also fully considered this aspect, and he continued, ”Our Champion Knight competition is named Crown of Fierce Sun, where the champion will receive 500 Golden Crowns and a Rare Level talisman. The runner-up will get 300 Golden Crowns and a Perfect Level Vibranium Rune Armor. The third place will receive 100 Golden Crowns and a half griffin egg.”