Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence

After naming the territory, the most important thing for Su Li right now was how to take over and control this unfamiliar land.

The situation here was in dire need of restoration, and the circumstances were a tangled mess. Trying to solve everything one by one felt like a tiger trying to eat the sky—utterly impossible.

If he were a diligent lord, he probably wouldn't have found a starting point yet, unsure of which direction to approach from.

But Su Li was very calm and already had a perfect solution.

After Knight Orschstein commanded the troops to prepare food, all the knights, soldiers, and slaves of the territory gathered in the makeshift camp.

Meat broth bubbled on the bonfire, and the tempting aroma spread in all directions, drawing everyone's attention. Many starving slaves couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

The most important personnel of the group gathered around the bonfire, so Su Li, holding a long sword, walked into the middle of the crowd and formally announced the first administrative content of his territory to everyone.

"From now on, I officially become the master of the Black Forest Territory, and this will be our starting point for development. To better manage the territory, I have decided to immediately form my court cabinet."

Every kingdom knight had their own court cabinet, also known as a council of retainers. In short, they were all ministers who helped the lord handle various territorial affairs.

The development focus of each territory differed, and the court cabinet would also vary slightly, but the main members were similar, including the Lord Chancellor, the Minister of Finance, the Judge, the Religious Advisor, the Military Marshal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the High Steward. Some special territories that focused on waterway transportation would also have a Naval Commander, and those that focused on agricultural production would also have a Minister of Agriculture.

Su Li, based on the situation of the Black Forest Territory, issued the appointments for the territory.

"I appoint Hilde as the High Steward."

"Appoint Knight Orschstein as the Military Commander of the Black Forest Territory."

"Appoint Friedrich as the Judge."

"Appoint Laun as the Lord Chancellor."

"Appoint Fandal as the Religious Advisor and Minister of Agriculture!"

What was the first thing to do to quickly control the territory? Of course, it was to appoint ministers in charge of various affairs.

The true duty of a monarch was to select and appoint talented individuals and assign them tasks, not to handle everything personally. A qualified lord should delegate many tasks so that various matters such as cleaning the territory, settling soldiers, cultivating farmland, building pastures, training troops, and eliminating hidden dangers could proceed simultaneously.

This appointment could also help him quickly stabilize the people's hearts. For example, with Fandal Oak, the great druid elf, Su Li had a private conversation with him on the road, directly pointing out his hidden identity and reaching an agreement with him before he could cause chaos.

As long as he didn't secretly plot against him, Su Li could support him in spreading the doctrines of the Church of the Dawn within the territory.

Su Li himself didn't have any particularly strong beliefs. After all, he had only transmigrated for half a year, and had only been a knight for a month. If he had to lean towards any deity, it could only be the Goddess of the Blazing Sun, because her doctrines and followers were truly powerful.

But unlike him, Fandal attached great importance to evangelism. When Su Li proposed to exchange his support for his preaching for his peace, he agreed without much thought. Where couldn't he preach? At least here he could get the support of the lord, which was a good thing for the Church of the Dawn.

With the support of the Church of the Dawn, the development of agriculture would surely make Su Li very worry-free.

After Su Li announced the appointments, everyone immediately stood up, respectfully bowed, and solemnly swore: "We swear on our honor that we will not fail the cause entrusted to us by the Lord."

With this appointment, the various affairs of the territory immediately proceeded smoothly in all directions.

First of all, the Lord Chancellor Laun Leopold led his men and slaves to quickly clean and repair some rooms in the south of the city.

The Lord Chancellor, also known as the King's Hand, was responsible for assisting the lord, convening various meetings and organizing agendas. He could be regarded as the executor of the kingdom knight's will. Although he didn't have much real power, he could inquire about all the political affairs of the territory.

Under his leadership, nearly a hundred slaves and attendants cleaned more than forty houses before evening, allowing the two hundred or so people who followed Su Li to settle down initially. As long as there was no strong wind or rain, it was not a problem to live in them temporarily.

Subsequently, the followers who wanted to improve their living conditions, including the knights who wanted to obtain land, houses, and residences, had to spend money to buy or pay rent to Su Li, the lord.

When Su Li took over this territory, everything here became his property. Everything that flew in the sky, swam in the river, grew on the mountain, and even the wild animals in the forest were the lord's private property.

Even the land, houses, and people here before were his spoils of war. All the people except Laun, the administrative officer, were classified as serfs.

Otherwise, why would Su Li provide them with food? Relief was not something that the nobles of this world would do. Only by becoming the private property of the nobles, serfs, would the lords throw down a little food, just like raising cattle and horses.

However, this also brought a problem, that was, the serfs had very low work enthusiasm. If there were no supervisors whipping them, they would try their best to be lazy.

The priest of the Church of the Dawn, the Minister of Agriculture of the territory, Fandal, personally led three nuns of the Church of the Dawn to guide more than fifty slaves to cultivate wasteland, and only cultivated less than 20 mu in the morning.

At this rate, the knights of the territory would starve to death.

Friedrich's violent temper immediately wanted to execute a group of lazy serfs.

Su Li shook his head and asked Hilde to call Friedrich in front of him, and said to him: "My Judge, killing, killing, killing like this is not okay. The problem of serfs being lazy and working passively exists in all territories. Relying solely on killing one to warn a hundred cannot deter them at all."

"On the contrary, those cunning serfs will feel more at ease. They know that if you kill one slave, you will probably not kill others. They will be even more fearless."

Friedrich was slightly dissatisfied and said: "Lord, how to judge is the duty of the court. Even if you are the lord, it is inappropriate to rudely interfere with the court's judgment."

The knights of this world were very arrogant and barbaric. Friedrich's answer was already out of extraordinary respect for Su Li's reputation. If it were another lord, the judge of the court would be questioned like this, and might even leave the territory directly because he felt insulted.

Of course, Friedrich could not leave the territory, but he clearly expressed his resistant attitude and emphasized the dignity of his cabinet minister.

Su Li certainly respected the attitude of his subordinates. It was Su Li's appreciation to say anything about work.

But he also emphasized: "Of course I am not going to interfere with your judicial trial. However, my Judge, you have to know one thing, the purpose of the law is not punishment, but regulation and constraint. The ultimate purpose of all means is to maintain the interests and order of my rule."

"Therefore, we will formulate a series of laws. So my Judge, I have the right to have the court pass a law, right?"

"Of course!" Friedrich bowed and said: "As long as we propose it, your Lord Chancellor stamps it with the seal, a law can be passed."