[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-system-build-my-own-territory":3,"chapter-system-build-my-own-territory-system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-287":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","System: Build My Own Territory",{"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},161996,317,"Chapter 287 - 174: Unworthy to Trade with You (10,000 Words)","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-287",287,"\u003Cp>\"Mr. Alan, these warhorses and goods, I can exchange for eighty-nine thousand four hundred pounds of fine salt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan didn’t speak, but quickly calculated in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan revealed a slight smile, \"Of course! Thank you for your generosity, Master Lynn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deal was struck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George didn’t need any arrangements from Lynn, and independently called over the assistants of the trading guild and nearly a hundred townsmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began unloading the meat from the wagons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, a dozen others untied the reins of the horses from the wagons and led them to a pasture outside the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan’s gaze moved from those unloading townsmen to Lynn beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curiously, Alan addressed Lynn, \"Master Lynn, are you so confident that I will continue to trade with you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, Lynn also glanced at Alan, \"Of course, didn’t Mr. Alan say that we are the best partners?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The confrontation earlier, leaving no face spared, was indeed a psychological battle for Lynn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan’s presence would enable Lynn’s territory to quickly own its own warhorses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an undeniable fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this didn’t mean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan could disregard this land, disregard him as the lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exchanging goods for fine salt was originally a very simple transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Alan quoted a price deemed appropriate by George, converting it into the equivalent amount of fine salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After both parties confirmed, the exchange transaction was completed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the pride in Alan’s heart made him look down on George.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lynn yielded this time, continuous concessions awaited him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, in Alan’s view, Lynn needed him, needed him to transport warhorses to this land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it might be merely insulting George, next time it could be falsely reporting prices, then next time, it might even mean riding roughshod over Lynn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Lynn might have conceded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he needed to display the poise befitting of a lord!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Lynn’s surprise, Alan agreed and even apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were someone else, they might have left this place with wagons without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alan stayed, cheerfully conducting the trade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was the terrifying part about Alan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan nodded in agreement, \"Of course, the best partners!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time swiftly passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until two hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the meat on Alan’s wagons had been unloaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly ninety thousand pounds of fine salt was loaded onto Alan’s wagons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waving goodbye to Lynn, Alan mounted his horse and left with the wagon and the guard team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the wagons slowly depart, George walked to Lynn’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke hesitantly, \"Master Lynn, do you think Mr. Alan will come again next time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George felt that this conversation between Master Lynn and Alan would be etched in his memory forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time someone had faced off against another for his sake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he was in the Dalton Clan, his father never shielded him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only endless disdain and neglect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn glanced at George, calmly saying, \"I always believe that for a merchant, as long as there is enough profit, they could even bring over their mother to exchange for fine salt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, George was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that Master Lynn’s words were both comforting and insulting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The territory’s managerial merchant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t he also a merchant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the lime road between the farmlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan rode on a tall horse, his body gently bouncing with the horse’s stride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burly guard captain wearing chain armor pressed his horse’s belly and came to Alan’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain looked back at the plate armor cavalry following closely on horseback, \"Master, do you need me to do anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always stayed a few meters behind Alan, closely protecting Alan’s safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, he heard the words of the lord of this territory clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan gave him a look and said, \"Do something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think you can do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain instantly fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the sound of hooves behind him, Alan glanced back at the standard plate armor cavalry, \"Or do you want to take out those cavalry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain’s face showed a hint of exasperation, \"Master, you’re joking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan’s face instantly turned cold, \"Then why are you talking nonsense?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard captain immediately shut his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan snorted coldly, withdrawing his gaze from the guard captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Lynn’s resolute words, the most unbelievable thing for him was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn actually had plate armor cavalry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly remembered that the last time he came to this land, those soldiers were only wearing ordinary linen clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, such standard plate armor specifications, he had never seen in the Karedi Empire despite traveling there for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, these standard plate armor were not purchased by Lynn from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only possibility is that Lynn on his own territory forged and manufactured these standard plate armors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they have already been put into soldiers’ wear and training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anything unexpected were to happen, angering Lynn, prompting him to make a decisive move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the attack power of these plate armor cavalry, they wouldn’t be able to leave this land!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the reasons why Alan agreed with Lynn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s another reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, there’s an iron mine that can be excavated in Lynn’s territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A set of standard plate armor requires at least fifty pounds of quality iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plate armor soldiers following behind number at least a hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means, just the plate armor on these soldiers requires five thousand pounds of quality iron!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s just what he saw; who knows how much more there might be that he doesn’t see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the iron mine on the territory, how could a fledgling territory be willing to use so much quality iron?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, with Lynn’s possession of a salt mine and method for producing fine salt, acquiring enough quality iron wouldn’t be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it would require enough time, it couldn’t possibly be this fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only an open-pit salt mine, Alan might not care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this continent, there are many lords of sea salt, rock salt, or lake salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he reported the name of the Brown Clan, he could still traverse unimpeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with an open-pit salt mine that can be excavated, a method to produce fine salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus an iron mine that can be mined, and the ability to refine iron ore into quality iron and produce standard plate armor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things become different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a lord who has money and is armed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alan couldn’t help but curse once more: Damn Grayson.\u003C\u002Fp>",1095,"2026-05-29T04:50:48.604Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"novelbin.me","d42b005148cbb609450b209e5a9d7ef651c01dc7ed813919e91575011573054a","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-288","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-286",979,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsystem-build-my-own-territory-cover.jpg"]