Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 1119: Chapter 171: Arrival of the Noble Assessment (Part 4)

As the year-end approached, Su Li, as usual, finished her delightful and blissful morning exercise with the female courtiers, when the door to the room was knocked. After a brief exchange with the visitor, Hilude excitedly reported to Su Li, ”Lord, according to the reports from the Dusk Mountain Range garrison, officials from Marle Castle, representing the Imperial Elector Council, have entered our territory. The group is rapidly heading towards our Bauhinia Castle.”

”Two years!” Su Li donned her clothes, stood up directly, and said excitedly, ”The day has finally arrived.”

But she quickly furrowed her brows and asked, ”Huh, it’s strange. Shouldn’t the officials from the Elector Council first inspect our territory? Why are they coming directly to our Bauhinia Palace?”

She turned to Hilude and asked, ”How is the contact with the people from Marle Castle? Have any information been gathered?”

Now, the Hesse Territory is not an isolated region anymore. They have strong allies everywhere, with military alliances nearby like Gray Rock Castle and Redbeard Castle.

In the distance, there are powerful factions echoing their positions such as the Ramsey family and Senator Smith. And even further, there is an Elector serving as his lover.

He can easily procure secrets at low, medium, and high levels.

For this noble assessment, he couldn’t possibly go unprepared. Sending people to inquire about the contents of the assessment to prepare specific strategies is a matter of course.

But to Su Li’s surprise, Hilude shook her head and said, ”We contacted the Ramsey family, Gray Market Trading Company, and Senator Smith, but none of them are aware of the secrets.”

”Especially the Gray Market Trading Company, which just left our territory, taking 1,000 sets of ’Star Iron Armor.’ We earned 80,000 Golden Crowns, and they earned 20,000 Golden Crowns. This is a profound relationship; with a little bribery, they’d disclose any secret, including those illicit dealings of Gray Market Trading Company.”

”But regarding the Empire’s noble assessment contents, they really don’t have any reliable intelligence.”

”Are they keeping tight-lipped?” Su Li furrowed her brows tightly; this isn’t scientific.

”That’s not it.” Hilude’s face carried a heroic temperament and replied, ”On the contrary, they say all kinds of things. But many of the contents are contradictory; we believe they are merely rumors and baseless speculations from the lower strata. There’s almost no valuable intelligence.”

Su Li raised her eyebrows: ”Huh? That’s strange. In this dark, corrupt empire, there’s a secret that can’t be uncovered even with money? Is this still the empire I know?”

Hilude calmly stated, ”There’s always something bizarre about unusual events. The empire’s corruption is deep-rooted in all aspects. I don’t believe this assessment team can be free of common vices.”

”Compared to their integrity and fairness, being tight-lipped, I believe more in us not reaching the threshold to corrupt them. The empire hides no secrets from money; if secrets can’t be uncovered, it only means we haven’t spent enough.”

Su Li nodded slightly, ”Makes sense. Given the dark and corrupt nature of the empire, it’s impossible for there to be no corruption. How much have you spent, yet still haven’t touched the threshold?”

”We’ve spent over 600 Golden Crowns altogether.”

”Over 600 Golden Crowns!?” Su Li’s voice uncontrollably rose!

This is a Golden Crown, where one crown equals a farmer’s annual income. When Su Li had no leverage before, she thought of spending 20 Golden Crowns to live the rest of her life with Avril.

But these 600 Golden Crowns still haven’t touched the threshold!

Do we need to spend thousands of Golden Crowns just to uncover the assessment standards?

In the end, this assessment will cost tens of thousands of Golden Crowns. With that amount of money, Su Li could do so many things.

So she directly waved her hand, saying, ”Let’s pause this operation for now. We’ll adapt as circumstances arise, and deal with any challenge as it comes.”