"Lastly, there is an armed caravan of 500 people. They heard that Young Master Su Li, you have a close relationship with the dwarves and brought a large amount of wealth and specialties, mainly from the Thorny River Valley, including salt, cured pork and fish, iron oak wood, religious holy images, and finished brassware. Although most of them will leave after the trade, the Blue Heron Mercenary Corps might stay."

"As a lord, you must have heard of the Blue Heron Mercenary Corps. They hail from the famous Mercenary Province·Tirteus Territory and are renowned for their expertise in long halberds, giant shields, and crossbows, having served as mercenaries for Marle Castle for a century. Their leader is ambitiously expanding the mercenary corps' business, and you can attract them to establish a base and fortress in Hesse Territory."

It was evident that Knight Connor was imparting his experience to Su Li as someone experienced.

He certainly had reason to be proud, having brought manpower support from over a thousand families. Even without mentioning the quality and level of this support, the sheer scale was unparalleled.

In the era of cold weapons, being able to lead an army of over a thousand across the vast distances without significant casualties was considered an extremely valuable military talent in the Great Unified Dynasty.

In the various territories of the Empire, such talents were even more the support and backbone of a territory.

He naturally had the confidence to offer some guidance.

After all, in Hesse Territory, there were truly not many troops left; the main forces had already been led into the forest by Knight Oerstein.

In Knight Connor's eyes, the current military strength of Hesse Territory could only be regarded as commendable. Within half a year, Young Master Su Li had developed from five elite knights at departure to the current 24 elite knights, which was considered decent.

But to confront the Green Dragon? Obviously still lacking, the main force would have to be the Red Night Knight Order he led.

So he casually patted Su Li's shoulder and said, "Young Master Su Li, rest assured, we will help you defend the castle and never let the Green Dragon annihilate your territory. Moreover, Count has already paid the Red Night Knights a year's salary."

"If you really can't afford to pay these many elite knights' salaries in the future, the Count will allocate a portion of the finances earmarked for the Red Night Knight Order to this detachment."

Su Li smiled faintly and said, "Then for the war against the Green Dragon, I will rely more on Knight Connor."

"No problem, no problem," Knight Connor said grinning, "Young Master Su Li, just leave the matters of war to us. You just focus on your cultivation. Although you've become a lord, you can't let your strength fall behind, can't always remain an apprentice kni..."

Knight Connor suddenly widened his eyes: "Young Master Su Li, you're already an elite knight?!"

"Knight Connor, mind your behavior and attitude," a stern and chilling voice came from behind, followed by the distinct sound of Hilude's powerful, strong footsteps, accompanied by the formidable aura of a Divine Chosen Knight.

The entire courtyard seemed enveloped by a giant golden figure. With her back to the afterglow of the setting sun, Hilude gripped the sword hilt, and though her figure was not very tall, her presence was as overwhelming as a mountain, dominating the entire castle.

Knight Connor was directly stunned into rigidity, losing the ability to think, and nearly in a whisper, squeezed out a voice of shock from his throat: "Hilude! You've reached Divine Chosen Level? Wasn't the church rumored you had just been promoted to Champion Level?!"

Upon seeing Hilude, Knight Connor was like struck by lightning, hastily removing his hand from Su Li's shoulder.

He could hardly believe what he had just done!

He had dared to arrogantly pat the shoulder of a lord who is a Divine Chosen Knight!

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