[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Lord of Winter: Beginning with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},152814,274,"Chapter 16: The Little Seed Prince","lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>Jack was originally just a small seed merchant in the South, barely making a living by selling grain and fruit seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although life wasn’t wealthy, at least there was enough to eat and drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until a few months ago, he overheard fellow merchants boasting at the tavern:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the \"Northern Territory Pioneer Order\" was issued, many nobles have flocked to the Northern Territory to open up land, creating a huge demand for seeds, far exceeding supply!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This piece of gossip set his heart racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the South, seed merchants were as plentiful as horse manure on the roadside, with hundreds scrambling for a piece of the pie, making it almost impossible to make a fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the North was different, he’d heard it was barren and seeds were hard to come by; once supplies arrived, they were sure to sell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is an opportunity for wealth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excited, Jack converted all the savings he’d accumulated over the years into seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He filled his small cart and rushed to the North, dreaming of getting rich overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he stepped into Frost Halberd City, he was dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t this the largest city in the Northern Territory?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city was rundown, the streets muddy, the passersby in tattered clothes all looking weary, with not a sign of prosperous business opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s heart skipped a beat, a premonition of doom washed over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m doomed, I won’t lose everything, will I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he was already there, he couldn’t just leave empty-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, with determination, he set up his small stall on an empty lot on the east side of the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you the seed seller, Jack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t even set up his goods, when three knights rode over, bringing with them the dust of travel, their armor splattered with mud, their expressions somewhat anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was stunned for a moment, his heart pounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did they know his name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the fame of the little seed king had spread from the Central Province to the Northern Province?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, a visitor is a guest, so he quickly straightened his back, cleared his throat, and was just about to introduce his products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What would you gentlemen like? We have potatoes, rye, oats, wheat...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead knight interrupted him directly: \"We’ll take everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh- what?\" Jack looked shocked, wondering if he’d misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We want everything, how much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was truly dumbfounded this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are all Northern Territory people this extravagant?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack’s mind raced, calculating how much he could sell this batch of goods for...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he pretended to hesitate, then held out five fingers: \"Since you want it all, I’ll give you a discount, five gold coins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five gold coins!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the South, a bag of potato seeds only cost two iron coins; the cost of all his seeds didn’t even add up to one gold coin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack was ready to be haggled down, even considering lowering the price if they didn’t agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, the lead knight didn’t even listen, just pulled out five gold coins from his purse and tossed them to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he and the other two knights quickly packed up all his seeds and blazed off in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Jack standing there, clutching five heavy gold coins, dumbstruck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the cold wind blew, he only then realized his stall had been swept clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hastily checked the gold coins, inspecting them one by one to confirm they were all real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were real... all real!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a surge of ecstatic emotion overwhelmed him, Jack nearly jumped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m rich!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost of his seeds plus the travel expenses to the Northern Territory was less than one gold coin; now he’d made a clear profit of four gold coins!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And practically did nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was business in the Northern Territory really this easy?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jack clutched the gold coins, his mind already racing to map out his next steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went back and wholesaled a few hundred more bags of seeds, wouldn’t he earn hundreds of gold coins?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Jack’s smile stretched to ninety degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Territory was simply a gold mine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to go back and take a loan, to become the number one seed merchant in the Northern Territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, what he didn’t know was that the seeds he had just sold included those of Frost Blood Redberry, which could be sold for thousands of gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he would have regretted it bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the story of him losing everything later, that’s a tale for another time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lambert was hastily returning to Red Tide Territory with the seeds, Louis was riding his horse, inspecting the condition of the seed sowing in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the fields, farmers were busily sowing seeds, the sound of hoes turning the earth echoing constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever Louis went, the farmers would stop their work and respectfully salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike in other noble territories, the eyes of the farmers here didn’t show servile fear but rather a kind of genuine respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those workers of slave origin, their eyes held a fiery glow when they looked at Louis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They longed for their efforts to be noticed by the Lord, and thus gain a chance at freedom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis saw all of this, but didn’t show much emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in his view, there was no difference between slaves and freemen; both were cattle and horses of the Red Tide Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the current system allowed these people to work harder, and he wasn’t in a hurry to change it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time was ripe, perhaps he would consider more stable measures to release the slaves, but for now, they needed to prove their worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Mike walked over, leaning on a hoe, his face beaming with unconcealed joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord!\" Mike wiped the sweat off his forehead, his smile squeezing into wrinkles, \"These fertilizers are working wonders! This year is sure to yield a good harvest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis glanced over the tilled fields, noticing that the soil was indeed moist and soft, a deep color indicating it had fully absorbed nutrients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded slightly: \"What’s the first crop?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rye, turnips, potatoes.\" Mike answered immediately, \"These crops are hardy and mature quickly; if all goes well, we can expect the first harvest in three months!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis agreed with a nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rye could be ground into coarse grain, turnips served both as vegetables and livestock feed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, potatoes were easy to plant and harvest, with long storage life, making them the most suitable for emergency food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although some parts of Red Tide Territory were enhanced by geothermal heat, making it better than other Northern lands, not all land was suited to intensive agriculture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To play it safe, prioritizing the planting of these hardy crops was the most sensible choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was far from enough to satisfy Louis’s ambitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once greenhouse planting technology was perfected, he planned to grow a wider variety of crops to completely resolve the food issues in Red Tide Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis stood silently on the ridge, his gaze sweeping over the land before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fertile black soil shimmered faintly under the sunlight, the busy figures of farmers intertwined, sowing the seeds of Red Tide Territory’s future hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This land, originally a barren permafrost, was being revitalized little by little under his plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Louis felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",1242,"2026-05-29T04:24:47.177Z","2026-06-01T04:29:09.187Z",1,"novelbin.me","947d274ff7c789ae0c1dae20bcc1bcfe7eac9ae8d61f09d61348a2fc69b8fd2b","lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-17","lord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-15",766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-winter-beginning-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]