Chapter 936 - 122: Enormous Postwar Profits (Part 3)
We’ve hit the jackpot, truly hit the jackpot!
The spider silk of the Giant Spider Anaric sells for over 100 Golden Crowns per pound, and the value of 300 pounds exceeds 30,000 Golden Crowns.
Moreover, the spider silk from the Empress Giant Spider Anaric and the Divine Chosen Spider Silk has an even stronger effect, easily surpassing 1,000 Golden Crowns per pound, possibly reaching a sky-high price of 2,000 Golden Crowns.
Just this simple calculation shows that the material gain from this war exceeds 70,000 Golden Crowns.
Of course, as mentioned before, no one would waste such precious materials by selling them carelessly, whether used to make banners or various clothing, stockings, and medical supplies, all have considerable benefits.
Su Li plans to keep at least half to enhance the territory’s strength and create more banners. And, of course, some should be left for the female courtiers to make more beautiful stockings.
At the last celebration, seven women wore beautiful white stockings, as smooth and glossy as pearls, with seven beautiful legs stretched out together, certainly more captivating than Su Li’s own life.
After this, more beautiful stockings and ice silk nightgowns can be made for the female courtiers.
Selling half would yield roughly between 35,000 and 45,000 Golden Crowns, already quite substantial, enough for Su Li to provide compensation to the fallen soldiers and still have a large sum left to improve finances, allocate funds to the Bishop’s Council, and promote the development of various church orders.
However, the losses this time were also very serious, with over 80 soldiers directly killed, the recruitment cost alone exceeding 15,000 Golden Crowns.
Fortunately, through this battle, the recovery capability of the Hesse Territory has also been successfully tested.
A truly strong army is definitely not like a glass cannon; such an army, no matter how strong, cannot withstand losses and will gradually decline and perish after each war. If the loss of a few soldiers makes the lord sleepless at night in pain, then the entire force is doomed to fail and easily collapse.
A truly strong army dares to fight, dares to struggle, achieves strategic goals through immense sacrifice, and can quickly recover and replenish a full army.
Sacrifice is the cornerstone of the Empire, and blood is its fertile soil! Only on land bathed in blood can the flowers of blood bloom, allowing the territory to prosper and grow.
Of course, Su Li does feel sorrow for these soldiers who died. After all, they were personally trained by him to be elite, and each of them had three of the Sevenfold Ceremony honors!
These three honors, the first being the Golden Eagle Crown, enable soldiers who participated in the Green Dragon War to have an Eagle Eye Perspective, clearly seeing ambushes in the Dark Forest and Shadow Mist, thereby avoiding being ambushed and quickly detecting most hidden enemy units.
The second honor is the Holy Fire Emblem; these elite veterans recite the "Dawn Oath" on the eve of battle and charge while shouting "Wisdom is our sword," allowing the Fiery Sun Emblem to appear on their armor, causing significant burning damage to enemies, especially multiplying against Chaos Followers and Beastmen.
The third honor is the Lark Morning Song; during the decisive battle, the soldier weapons gain the "Breaking Evil" characteristic, glowing with a golden light that greatly improves armor-piercing capabilities against evil monsters.
Around 60 soldiers who died this time had these honor emblems that could only be obtained from such an epic victory.
of these elite veterans, in a war against evil, matched the combat power of 1-2 squadrons of soldiers of the same rank.
It was relying on so many elite soldiers that Su Li could swiftly eliminate the huge threats of the Spider Nest and Night Wanderer Corpse Envoy.
Their sacrifice was very meaningful, as it purged evil and maintained the territory’s security.
Leaving the nest, Su Li said to Demster, "Arrange for our warriors with great ceremony, whether knights, Armed Attendants, or Dwarfs, they are all citizens of our territory. Give them Mole’s Divine Magic and perform the End-of-Life Ceremony, and organize their funerals, placing them in the territory’s Heroic Spirit Garden."
The End-of-Life Ceremony is sung as a solemn Soul Soothing requiem by Mole’s Elite Level Knights over the body, ensuring their souls are sent to Mole’s realm, guaranteeing they rest forever in peace without being affected by necromancy.
Why do the summoned undead and zombies brim with resentment, crazily seeking revenge on the living?
This is because after hundreds of years of death, they were forced by necromancers to awaken, disturbed from rest, naturally filled with resentment and hatred.
And they can’t vent this hatred and resentment on the necromancers, so they rampage, shredding all living beings, with their close kin especially being prime targets of such revenge. They did not protect the ancestors’ peace and must bear the consequences of ancestors’ disturbed resentment.
Demster immediately replied, "No problem, Lord. I, as Mole’s Chosen One, will personally preside over their funeral to ensure its successful perfection, and even Legendary Level necromancers won’t disturb their rest."
"That’s good. You also bring back the troops, while Hilude and I return first." With Hilude, they both have tiger-striped griffins, so returning to Hesse Territory they can still catch dinner, take a bath, and rest well.
If moving with the main force, it might take three to four days to return to the manor.
Upon hearing himself lead independently again, Demster excitedly promised, "I’ll certainly not take too long a detour, and quickly return with the troops to Heisen Castle. Their funeral won’t be delayed."
Su Li believes that although this Mole’s Divine Chosen Knight can be a bit eccentric, he won’t cause too much trouble, so he waved him off and left with Hilude.
In terms of tactical performance or strategic gains, this war has already been quite decent.
At least after this battle, the territory’s income is positive, with increased wealth that strengthens the territory’s power.
This kind of battle feels a bit like Li Erfeng at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, with the Empire growing stronger the more battles are fought.
Feeling pleased, flying side by side with Hilude, the summer breeze was warming on the face, making the body feel cozy and warm.
He smiled, "My dear, we now finally seem to have a bit of freedom, enjoying it endlessly. Even if issues arise in the territory, we can rise again. Sometimes, I think, if there were no territorial constraints, we could fly across the world, see beautiful distant landscapes."
Hilude smiled gently, saying, "Traveling around the world? That would be wonderful; I hope we will have such a day."
Having an unsappy lover truly brings joy.
Su Li also knows this isn’t possible. He can no longer leave this land; his heart and dreams are already part of this rugged ground, belonging to the tens of thousands of people looking up to him.
He must shoulder the responsibilities for everyone’s expectations and lives, never likely abandoning this to travel irresponsibly.
Furthermore, these two griffins’ large appetite wouldn’t be maintained without territorial support; solo travelers couldn’t afford them.
But Hilude accompanying him joyfully satisfied him immensely.
This return journey was akin to a honeymoon; Su Li intentionally detoured around to the northern hills of Greenfield, where grapevines thrived, beneath the Gem Pool a dazzling array, while various spices and ornamental plants bloomed vibrantly, looking like a tapestry.
The entire northern manor area of the territory was dreamily beautiful, filled with colorful fantasy.
Undoubtedly, the most striking was the territory’s massive Holy Purple Vine Tree; this Purple Vine Tree had transformed into Jilun’s wind eye, its magnificent crown soaring over 100 meters high, with cascading purple vine-like waterfalls stunningly beautiful, glistening enchantingly in the sunset.
Su Li brought Hilude to stroll around here, admire the beautiful scenery, and then head towards the tree house beneath the Purple Vine Tree.
Ingrid had already heard the griffins’ cries and the gusts from their wings, opening the wooden door of the tree house with a smile, leaning gently against the doorframe, welcoming the returning warriors home.
When Su Li jumped off the griffin, she eagerly approached, immediately relaying good news to Su Li: "Lord, Aeliria has awakened. You didn’t run into her?"
"Aeliria’s awakened?" Su Li’s heart immediately raced; during these few days of marching, he hadn’t been training. Hearing that the most beautiful woman was awake made his blood surge with excitement, quickly asking, "Where is she? Why isn’t she in the tree house?"