Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 754: Chapter 75: God of Wealth Arrives_2

So Su Li said, ”No problem, I will have a talk with the two of them. However, you must also properly settle these merchant members.”

Hilda nodded, very composed and confident, ”These merchant members are much less troublesome than the knights. They are a unit, and they can camp outdoors. Basically, we just need to maintain order, and they don’t require too much of our concern.”

This is also an important reason why the situation in the territory hasn’t spiraled out of control. These people who come to the territory mostly have ample wilderness survival skills. Unlike delicate tourists, even if the territory does not provide them with food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation, they can still fend for themselves, camp, and set up tents. However, such a scenario may lead to some waste and disorder, as leaving them unsupervised for too long may indeed lead them to wilderness survival in the territory’s orchards, ranches, and warehouses.

Su Li also looked forward to the arrival of these merchants, hoping to alleviate this issue.

It wasn’t long after he arranged for everyone in the manor to prepare for their arrival that the steward of the trading company and people from Gray Market Trading Company jointly arrived at the manor.

Seeing the visitors, Su Li’s eyes lit up and he immediately went to greet them: ”President Roger! You personally gracing our territory is truly an honor for us.”

”Hahaha!” President Roger burst into his usual hearty laughter: ”Bauhinia Knight, you’re being too humble. If I hadn’t come to Hesse Territory, I wouldn’t have known your martial virtue was so abundant. You have no idea, my guards were terribly anxious; from entering Heisen City, crossing the Hesse Cross River Bridge, to entering Bauhinia Palace, we encountered thefts twice, three fights, and even a gang trying to extort us. Thankfully, the patrolling City Guard Army encountered them and chased them all away. I must say, your territory’s City Guard Army is truly brave. Against a group of elite knights, they swung their batons so fast they left shadows.”

Even the well-traveled President Roger was greatly impressed today. This territory, although full of the rugged traits of the Border Prince’s Territory, truly has abundant martial virtue. Not only are there knights everywhere, but the area is filled with the boldness and heat of knights’ exchanges; getting into fights over disagreements is normal. Yet the superior force, capable of suppressing all these, also radiates a violent and primal aesthetic of wild beauty.

Witnessing all this firsthand, he was instantly filled with confidence in this partner! With so many knights, it wasn’t something easily overthrown. This even dissipated much of the resentment he had from being heavily cheated at the auction.

Back then, Su Li had spent a fortune to win a completely useless jewel! His grandeur shocked the entire auction house, and even now at the elite salons and banquets of Marle Castle, there are those who can’t help but praise Lady Bayonetta, believing her actions during that auction were a perfect stroke of genius.

President Roger, being the blundering paymaster, was often a target of ridicule more than once. One major reason Roger insisted on coming personally this time was to see what his payment had actually bought back then.

He still recalls the confident and composed smile of Su Li at the time, as well as the words he said to Lady Bayonetta.

That demeanor, calm, wise, confident, and composed, definitely not the behavior of someone who had been fooled.

So after finishing his sentence, he couldn’t wait to ask, ”My friend, there’s a question that has been bothering me for a long time. You must solve this mystery for me. What did you actually purchase from Lady Bayonetta last time? You wouldn’t say back then, but now you’re back in your territory, you can give some details, right?”

There’s nothing that can’t be said about this matter, after all, it’s equivalent to enhancing one’s power and deterrence, making others less likely to act hastily or harbor malicious intent.

So Su Li replied with a smile, ”It’s nothing really, just a drop of Shalya’s Tear.”

”So it was just a drop of Shalya’s Tear.” President Roger was somewhat disappointed, ”Although this thing has value, isn’t it something you can buy with just a bit of money? The Shalya Church produces this every year. It might be hard for merchants to buy it, but it shouldn’t pose much difficulty for a lord, right? At most it’s worth 100 Golden Crowns, yet you spent a fortune.”

Su Li laughed and said, ”President Roger, you might be mistaken, what the Shalya Church can produce is a potion called [Tears of Mercy].”

The Lanode followers do not believe in mercy, so he has little knowledge of the affairs of the Shalya Church, and so when Tears of Mercy was brought up, he barely had any reaction.

But seeing the smile on Su Li’s face, he finally realized, his whole expression froze, then his entire demeanor seemed to slow, as if time itself slowed on his face, until a matchless shock emerged on his face, his eyes, wrinkles, and mouth widened exaggeratedly under everyone’s gaze, until the corners nearly tore, and an egg could fit in his mouth.

Finally, with an exaggerated unhinging of his jaw, a violent tremor echoed from his throat, ”You’re saying a drop of Shalya’s Holy Tear!? The one that Lanode drank!?”

As a Lanode believer, he might be unclear about anything related to the Shalya Church, but he couldn’t possibly be unclear about Shalya’s Holy Tear, after all, how the god they worship ascended to Divine Format is known to everyone.