[{"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-317":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","System: Build My Own Territory",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":9,"content":12,"wordcount":13,"created_at":14,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},162026,317,"Chapter 317 - 179: The Emperor and the Puppet on Strings (10K)","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-317","\u003Cp>With more labor, he can expand the production scale of various workshops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To produce more plate armor and weapons, relying solely on the four blacksmith workshops is naturally not enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because later, not only will weapons and armor needed by soldiers have to be made, but also vests for the warhorses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the woodworker workshop and bow and arrow workshop also need to be expanded immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needs more craftsmen with production experience to make repeating crossbow arrows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossbows, horseshoe crossbows, and even steel crossbows!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more population, he can continue expanding the scale of soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn can completely draw 300 more townsmen from those currently without fixed positions and add them to the territory’s soldier ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Grayson in front of him, Lynn spoke, \"The prices of these goods?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson, without any hesitation, replied, \"Master, slaves are still five shillings, the market price for medium linen cloth is eight pence per yard, coarse wool is three pence per pound...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lynn, if exchanged at six pence per pound of fine salt, you only need to give me sixty-one thousand pounds of fine salt, that would be sufficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This price had been calculated no less than ten times on his way here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There naturally wouldn’t be any errors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn didn’t speak but rapidly converted in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slaves are transported from the Portlands Empire using longships; it’s normal for the price to be higher than the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, even if it were six or seven shillings, Lynn would still acquire them without hesitation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If rock salt runs out, more can be mined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If fine salt runs out, the salt factory can produce more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But without labor, Lynn’s territory development speed would slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other prices, Grayson never exceeded market prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn nodded and said, \"No problem, let’s go with the prices you mentioned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he finished speaking, Lynn looked at George beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George understood, added dozens of townsmen, and began organizing the unloading of goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Lynn took Grayson to the distant castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the vast castle in front, Grayson’s face bore a look of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite only visiting Lynn’s territory once a month sometimes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could confidently say he witnessed Lynn’s territory develop from a few wooden huts to the current scale step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, seeing the castle before him, his heart was still greatly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was built with red brick, one could clearly see the lime sand adhesive between the bricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, it was so neat and straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four to five-meter castle walls nearly enclosed and protected the main castle area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To enter, one must forcibly break through the nearly twenty to thirty centimeters thick iron gate under the castle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, with the arrow towers and arrow slits on the walls...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This added yet another layer of security to an already impregnable territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following behind Lynn, he walked into the castle, passed through the weng city, and reached the second-floor hall of the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson glanced around; the hall’s decorations were relatively simple, which didn’t surprise him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The luxurious and magnificent decoration of a castle often requires generations of accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They place collected beautiful ornaments or valuable artifacts and antiques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To showcase the lord’s strength and substantial capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Lynn, merely having built the castle was already something Grayson was full of admiration for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Grayson was about to look away, his eyes suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson exclaimed in surprise, \"Master Lynn... is this glazed glass?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson walked to a high wooden display table near the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the high stool, there was a light blue glazed bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft daylight fell through the window onto the bottle, refracting streaks of starlike light...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn glanced casually and said, \"Yes, glazed glass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surprise in Grayson’s eyes became even more pronounced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to speak, he noticed on the nearby display tables were also placed various exquisitely styled and beautifully colored glazed bottles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had plate-shaped mouths, some were wide open, some had long necks, some were spherical...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were chicken blood red, some were peacock blue, and some were purple and green mixed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Grayson was seeing so many glass bottles for the first time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson could hardly believe it, sweeping his gaze once more around the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he realize that there was such a plethora of glass in this hall!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the four to five-meter-high windows were made of glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson widened his eyes, looked at Lynn sitting not far away, and curiously asked, \"Lynn... Master Lynn, these glass items must have been fired on your land, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn glanced at Grayson and nonchalantly said, \"Yes, if you like, I can give them to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Grayson couldn’t help but swallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of glass—very expensive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such beautifully made and evenly colored glass, the price is even more astonishingly high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson even heard of a great noble spending at least several dozen Gold Pounds just to buy a beautifully crafted glass bottle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such luxuries as glass usually circulate only among noble lords and the church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only they would associate these with symbols of status and identity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, these glass items, deemed valuable by countless noble lords and church members, were at least in the dozens in Master Lynn’s hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And of various styles and colors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Master Lynn’s domain could produce such fine glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson couldn’t help but think of his previous dismissive thoughts about the hall’s simple decorations as he entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combined value of these glass items, he couldn’t even estimate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bold idea popped into Grayson’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could exchange goods for these glass items from Master Lynn, transport them, and sell them among those noble lords and church members...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson’s gaze immediately turned to Lynn, suppressing his excitement and striving to make his voice calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not very interested in glass...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But my sister Audrey previously spent a lot of money buying various glass items.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She would be very happy if she saw so many glass items!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lynn nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grayson’s words turned, \"Master Lynn, can I trade goods for your glass items?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1031,"2026-05-29T04:50:48.604Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"novelbin.me","52c87be3b88e0df345de73177e6eb64103e2fcd7b66c8ca7aeb73035edeb4fab","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-318","system-build-my-own-territory-chapter-316",979,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsystem-build-my-own-territory-cover.jpg"]