Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 845: Chapter 99: Territory Marketing Methods and the New Monster Mount, Griffin Horse (Part 2)

Su Li nodded, the idea of building roads to get rich makes sense indeed.

The prosperity and infrastructure of many Imperial Territories are essentially limited to areas around cities. Once you leave the city, the whole territory quickly degenerates into a pastoral rural life. Muddy paths and inconvenient transportation severely restrict the development level of the whole territory.

Of course, it’s not that these Empire Lords are unwilling to develop their territories. Rather, the Empire’s corruption and darkness make infrastructure development akin to a fantasy. Just sustaining the lifestyles of nobles and the supplies for knights are enough to nearly consume a territory’s wealth.

Su Li pondered and said, ”Our territory’s livestock should be sufficient. As long as we can smooth out the roads and run more carriages, we can still meet the current needs of the armory.”

However, continuing to increase the number of dwarf engineers, master forgers, and miners is truly impossible now. The percentage of industrial workers in the territory’s population is already very high.

With a population of less than twenty thousand, there are about three thousand various dwarves, and subtracting the military, officials, and merchants, the percentage of the population engaged in agricultural production is very low.

This is entirely thanks to the territory having a large number of Extraordinary Priests, priests, and such personnel, significantly increasing agricultural productivity, which allows agriculture to sustain so many people.

But Su Li has calculated that the current farmland can only support twenty thousand people, which is the limit, since he needs to sell grain outside to exchange for various resources.

So how to solve the current constraints faced by the territory is indeed a problem.

Just as he was pondering this, a loud voice called from behind: ”Ah-ha! Proud Bauhinia Knight, I’ve found you!”

Su Li turned to look at the source of the voice and saw it was Bierga Iron Oath from the Dwarf Kingdom.

Su Li immediately smiled and asked, ”Lord Bierga, aren’t you supposed to be negotiating? How come you’re here?”

Bierga waved his hand irritably: ”The mountain’s offspring can’t stand those dilly-dallying negotiations, I much prefer forging and drinking. My friend, I’ve tasted your territory’s fine wine. Bergman’s Flame Generosity is very impressive, with the mellow aroma of Dwarf Barley Beer, and the Giant Brew is even more exceptional. After a pleasant drink, I’m more interested in your territory’s forging. I heard from your High-tier Attendant Chief that you’re just in the armory here, so I rushed over! And I heard you’re crafting a Divine Chosen-level armor?”

Su Li did not hide from him. There’s a dwarf proverb, gold can’t buy back lost prestige, and good craftsmanship can’t repair ruined honor. Deceiving him would ruin the relationship and never return.

”My friend, you are indeed well-informed. That’s right, our territory has already gathered enough Ethereum Gold and is fully committed to crafting a Rare-level armor for the Divine Chosen here in this armory. Are you interested?”

Interested? Bierga’s beady eyes widened, his long brown beard trembled with excitement.

”Well... naturally. You’re so honest, and I won’t hide anything from you, big guy. Our Dragon Rock Forge can produce a large number of perfect-level armors for equipping our Silver Ancestor Army, making it the Kingdom’s most powerful unit. However, every set of Divine Chosen-level armor we create is limited. If, I mean if you don’t mind, I could help contribute to crafting this armor, assisting in the birth of your Divine Chosen-level armor.”

Though he says it nicely, his eyes betray his eager desire. His involvement indeed can help Hesse Territory forge the Divine Chosen-level armor faster, considering he is a powerful Divine Chosen-level dwarf.

But this seems beneficial for Hesse Territory, yet it’s more so for the dwarf. Because the temptation to personally forge a set of Divine Chosen-level armor is irresistible to any dwarf!

Especially since he would be the sole Divine Chosen-level dwarf in crafting this set of armor. When people mention this Divine Chosen armor in the future, his name will surely be included.

Don’t mistake this for being merely a good thing for the territory, speeding up the Divine Chosen-level battle armor creation. But Su Li really hesitated to agree, because squeezing him into the process would surely arouse resentment among the other artisans.

So Su Li carefully pondered his words for a moment, and said: ”My friend, your involvement in this process is undoubtedly beneficial to me. You are a master forger at the Divine Chosen level; with your help, my Divine Chosen armor will certainly debut during the Radiant Competition Festival.”

”But my forger masters have already been assigned their tasks. Currently, our territory doesn’t lack crafting artisans, but rather lacks raw materials.”

Bierga immediately waved his hand and said, ”That problem is easy to solve. My dwarves and I can help your territory forge equipment. I believe you’re aiming to produce more weapons and armor during the competition festival, right? With enough artisans, you can free up more manpower to transport raw materials and improve projects.”

”Big guy, you must seize the time. There are only 7 days left until the Radiant Competition Festival. You must produce more armor. And our envoy group with up to 500 dwarves can undoubtedly provide significant aid.”

Su Li’s eyes brightened suddenly. If their envoy members were willing to join the Black Forest Armory for a period, then indeed this would be a good solution to the territory’s current tricky problem.