Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

None of this has yet accounted for the consumption within the Knights, noble class, and commercial trade!

The territory now looks prosperous and flourishing, with such a splendid and magnificent army, dazzling and awe-inspiring, all supported by a vast amount of wealth!

In an ordinary Kingdom Knight's Territory, or without the support of an intelligence system, just the consumption of these few griffins would drive a lord to collapse. The whole agriculture and livestock enterprise would be faltering, with the territory abandoned due to lack of food.

Even in Hesse Territory, relying entirely on livestock farming, it's actually incapable of supporting so many griffins.

The territory is able to sustain itself only because his intelligence system has enhanced its fishing and hunting abilities, supplementing the territory's food source with a large amount of fish, venison, and wolf meat.

According to feedback from the handlers, griffins are more interested in this wild food. Their favorite is bear meat, followed by wolf meat, then venison, horse meat, and beef. If there's nothing else, they eat mutton. They reject all domestic pork as if it carries a stench.

This really reflects the noble temperament of these creatures in every aspect, much like the noble class in the East, who only eat beef and mutton and not pork.

Su Li summoned these two ministers precisely to discuss how to support the increasingly large monster cavalry.

These proud knights are all smug, acting as if destiny is on their side, boasting about wanting to venture into the Griffin Woods to tame griffins. As for how to feed them, that's completely outside their brutish minds' consideration.

In the end, they bring back one griffin after another, and it falls to Su Li to clean up after them, solving the food supply problem.

If one relied on them, both the griffins and the knights would starve to death!

Of course, Su Li's complaints don't stop him from grinning broadly.

These Half-Lion Griffin Knights are exactly what he prepared for Hilude and the Sun of Vengeance Griffin Knight Order. They would ride Half-Lion Griffins, taking pride in perfect performance and discipline.

If he could have a Griffin Knight Order with a scale of 500 people, any formation impacted on the battlefield would instantly crumble.

For this grand dream, his agriculture and livestock farming must develop.

So, after appeasing Vandar and Lunadeshan, Su Li got straight to the point and asked, "Do you two have anything to report? Is it about the development of the territory?"

Vandar immediately nodded and said, "I discussed the territory's agriculture matters in depth with Minister of the Seal Lauren at the banquet last night."

"Minister of the Seal's planning for the development of the territory is undoubtedly excellent. Under his arrangements, everything is developing at an extremely efficient pace. During my absence, in Bjorn Shallow Bay, 30,000 acres of wheat fields, 5,000 acres of soybeans, 4,000 acres of cotton, rapeseed, beet, flax, and other economic plants have been sown, and even over 2,000 acres of pumpkins, beans, cabbage, onions, and chives, etc., have been cultivated. Fields of neat farmlands are full of life and impressive in scale."

Su Li supported his chin, gently nodding at Vandar's report, but in fact, not satisfied with it all.

According to the calculation that one husband with five people can manage 100 acres, these 40,000 acres of farmland and vegetables only require 400 households in the East to operate!

With so many serfs, so much farming equipment, and the assistance of numerous officials and priests, Minister of the Seal only cultivated over 40,000 acres of farmland, which does not particularly satisfy Su Li.

He believes the efficiency of the serfs can be significantly improved!

This is not greed or despotism; rather, farming is essential for the long-term peace and stability of the entire territory. It also concerns the comfortable life of every family and every subject. This is something that territory managers, past and present, prioritize greatly.

The more grain produced, the more abundant the material conditions, the more every subject, even the slaves, can benefit.

It also can support a larger army to protect their safety and interests.

Why does life in the Border Prince's Territory tend to be much harsher and more dangerous than inside the Empire?

The shortage of living supplies is secondary; the main reason is the lack of sufficient military protection here. Therefore, plundering from other territories and attacks from monsters constantly threaten everyone's basic survival safety.

However, Vandar's subsequent words significantly relieved Su Li's dissatisfaction. He shifted the topic, saying, "But the Minister of the Seal only considered the scale of the farmland and ignored the output of the land! In fact, this scale is already huge."

"Inside the Empire, lands without Reya Church blessings are fallowed to restore fertility."

"According to the calculation that one-third of the land is fallow, our entire territory, including village and farm lands, is equivalent to 100,000 acres of arable land within the Empire."

"Taking care of so much farmland is no easy task. Without the blessings of the Dawn Church and Tal Church Priests, merely weeding and pest control of the land would consume a lot of manpower and resources."

"Especially during the summer, when Tal's wilderness spreads, the fields are overgrown with weeds. If not promptly eliminated, it greatly affects crop yields."

Lunadeshan nodded and said, "I also came to discuss this matter with the Lord. I have sensed the gradually increasing divine essence of Tal, and perhaps this summer will be a busy season."