Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 858: Chapter 102: Mass Conversion and the Knights’ Rebirth (Part 3)

If it weren’t for the opportunity given by the Lord, he would have starved to death between the furrows and ravines like other slaves.

He immediately assured with excitement, ”My Lord, I will definitely train with all my strength, strive to pass the selection of the territory’s army as soon as possible, and continue to fight and serve for you.”

”Hahaha, good, ambitious.” Su Li patted his muscular arm and said, ”I’ll be waiting for you in the army. Which army do you want to join?”

”I want to join the Red Night Knight Order!” He immediately raised his chin and replied, ”Taking your will as the highest mission, My Lord.”

”Very good.” Su Li beamed with a smile, ”I will write a recommendation letter to the Deputy Leader Knight Connor of the Red Night Knight Order, asking them to take you to train on Oka Mountain. But whether you can join this Knight Order depends on your own real skills.”

Ryan was overjoyed and immediately assured with excitement, ”I will never disappoint you, My Lord. I will bring back a trophy from Oka Mountain and after successfully joining the Knight Order, I will present it to you as a gift.”

Indeed, the soldier born as a slave truly understands the ways of human relationships.

Obviously, this moment of honor could be the peak of his life. Even if he passes the selection smoothly and becomes a reserve member of the Red Night Knight Order, he won’t have the qualifications to meet Su Li again. Only when he becomes an Elite Knight will he have the qualification to visit Bauhinia Palace again and present gifts.

Su Li encouraged him a bit and then walked towards the second knight.

This knight was much prouder compared to Ryan. Although he was only the runner-up, wearing a helmet with feathers and holding his chin high like an arrogant rooster.

Upon seeing Su Li, he decisively saluted, ”Apprentice Knight Austin Henderson of the Henderson Knight Clan greets you, My Lord.”

The Henderson Knight Clan, Su Li had some impression of their family, though not much, as many knight clans joined the Hesse Territory to serve Su Li during the territory’s expansion.

Although Su Li had a significant increase in intelligence after becoming a Sun Goddess Knight, he still couldn’t call out the names of thousands of his subordinates and their family relationships like some lords.

Su Li’s current limit is recognizing every Black Forest Guard Knight and their relatives, including the relationships with spouses, parents, and children.

Even if he meets their wives or husbands on the street, Su Li would recognize them at a glance and call out their names.

This is already quite challenging, which makes the Black Forest Guard Knights very moved and supportive.

The reason why the Henderson Clan could stand out and leave a slight impression on Su Li is because Su Li remembers that their family is very large, with as many as 3 Elite Knights effectively serving in the High-level Directly Affiliated Attendants, Provincial Legion, and Corona Knight Order, and over 20 Official Knights and Apprentice Knights combined.

They even have an estate located more than 100 miles south of Heisen City, a location that is undoubtedly very far away. Choosing this site to settle and expand highlights their family’s confidence and ambition.

Reportedly, they bought a total of more than 60 serfs, cultivated over 1,000 acres of fertile farmland, and spent heavily on emerald gemstones, building the Jade Pool and perfect water facilities beside the clear stream going through the estate.

Their water facilities are even more comprehensive than the engineering at Jorn Shallow Bay, thanks to sufficient funding, allowing them to hire an entire team of Dwarf Engineers to equip the family estate with the most comprehensive facilities.

Within their estate are forests, ponds, hunting grounds, etc., covering more than 30 miles, without any disputes arising with other families or villages nearby.

Their development is quite impressive; in addition to farmland, they have wooden waterwheels for irrigation. The reason for saying their water facilities are more refined than those of Jorn Shallow Bay is because the bottom of their channels is even paved with crushed stones to prevent siltation.

Moreover, they have constructed a reservoir that doubles as a fish pond, breeding crucian carp and loaches, among others.

To the north of the estate, they have established pastures with thorn hedges, with over 40 hornless cows grazing in the north district, and over 100 sheep in the south district, while pigs are free-ranged in the woods, directly fattened with acorns from the oak forest.

Additionally, they have also set up a serf residential area, using stone and wood structured longhouses, equipped with communal stoves and storage cabinets. For storage, they use three giant barns to store wheat, buckwheat, etc., and underground cellars to store meat and cheese.

In terms of craftsmanship, they themselves have semi-open workshops, two clay furnaces producing horseshoes, scythes, gate hinges, and other crude iron tools, and their own linen workshop using soaking pools to soften flax stems, employing 6 wooden spinning wheels for linen weaving, with matching dye vats using madder root and woad to create red and blue coarse cloth for family servants to wear.

Currently, they are ambitiously planning a pottery kiln and woodworking house. The pottery kiln will fire pottery jars, tiles, and drainpipes. The carpenters will make wagons, barrels, and simple furniture, with scraps used to repair farm tools.

And as the foundation and basis of being a knight clan, they haven’t neglected, using pure white limestone to build a Gothic-style main tower, with their family’s brown flag hanging from it, waiting to establish military merits to be granted nobility, then print their family’s proud emblem on it.

For this goal, they have set up facilities like a lance target field, knight training ground, and straw target array.