[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence":3,"chapter-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Warlord: Starting with Daily Intelligence",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2338632,4572,"Chapter 169: The First Sale of the Telescope!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>“You…” Adri was instantly furious, but after a moment, he had no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he turned to Gervas with a pleasant expression, “Lord Gervas, is it? Do you have any more of these telescopes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Adri, don’t you dare bully Gervas—he’s a lord I greatly admire!” Marquis Mius immediately stepped forward to block him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adri rolled his eyes. “You old fool, Mius! Do you think I’m that kind of man? I’ll pay—Lord Gervas, I’ll give you thirty gold coins for another one of these telescopes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If that’s not enough, fifty gold coins is fine too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn! Gervas was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had indeed intended to get Marquis Mius to help open up sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was a top general in the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the telescope’s utility—no doubt—was most needed for navigation and warfare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if Marquis Mius could just give it a little promotion among his friends and other nobles, the telescope’s reputation would spread quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he never expected the first buyer chasing after him would be the deputy commander of the Royal Griffin Cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his past life, this would’ve been like the deputy commander of the Central Army’s Aerospace Corps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for price, Gervas had originally planned to sell each telescope for five gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, high-quality crystal required careful selection and wasn’t produced in large quantities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even with the finest selection, two chips just a few centimeters across cost at most one gold coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So a profit of four gold coins per telescope already felt like pure extortion to Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this man opened with thirty, then fifty gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he likely had preconceived notions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this device’s effect was equivalent to a magical item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for magical items, dozens of gold coins were nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Often, they were barely a fraction of the true value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, if the price is right and you have more, sell him one!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if the price isn’t right, don’t worry—just ignore him!” Marquis Mius relaxed once Adri offered a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, to spare Gervas pressure, he still provided a safety net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas felt grateful and smiled, “Marquis Mius, Commander Adri, I only brought two telescopes this time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I originally planned to keep the other one, but since Commander Adri wants it, I’ll give it to him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas pretended to pull out his second telescope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, excellent! Lord Gervas, thank you very much—here are fifty gold coins…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! Commander Adri, this telescope isn’t that expensive—it’s just a basic version. Five gold coins is enough!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five gold coins?!” Marquis Mius and Adri both widened their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between five and fifty gold coins was instantly clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could be widely adopted; the other would remain a luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gervas, are these telescopes produced in your own territory? What’s your output?” Marquis Mius immediately asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as raw materials are sufficient, thirty per month is no problem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas didn’t elaborate—he could produce far more if enough crystal-polishing craftsmen were available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if quality standards were lowered slightly, even blurry telescopes sold for one gold coin would still yield huge profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn’t say that yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, rarity increases value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, avoid envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that Marquis Mius would be envious—but once his reputation grew, others would inevitably covet it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad! Thirty per month? Gervas, I want to order ten. Is that possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, Marquis Mius!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to order a few too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Marquis Mius ordered ten telescopes, and Adri ordered five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Payment wasn’t delayed until delivery—both men handed Gervas seventy-five gold coins on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also left their addresses in the capital—future shipments could be arranged through major trading houses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this, Gervas didn’t take payment from Adri for the telescope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price was Adri’s promise to promote it for him in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adri readily agreed, vowing that whenever Gervas came to the capital, he could visit him and be treated with full hospitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas then had no reason to linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, however, he reminded them not to disassemble the telescopes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason: they were accidental creations of a wizard, infused with special materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disassembly would cause immediate corrosion and destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Mius and Adri, with no ill intent, nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go—head back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, did you all hear? Our lord says we’re heading home!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Home!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Paka City, Gervas met his subordinates in the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eagerly waiting, they joyfully followed the convoy out of the city as soon as the order came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this return journey wouldn’t be lonely—Gervas had arranged with the Violet Family to have both armies return together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Gervas led his group to Paka City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t expected Catherine to have already left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because she didn’t want to travel with Gervas—she’d been summoned away earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d only left Mien and a few vassals with the troops to wait for Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Duke of Hernad? Could the Violet Family be a branch of the Hernad Duke’s house?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Catherine had been taken by someone from the Hernad family, Gervas was astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was familiar with the Hernad Duke—hadn’t he seized warships and ballistae from them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Gervas, I don’t know the details, but the man who came was brought by Marquis Mius’s secretary. He said the Countess’s mother has blood ties to the Hernad family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were anyone else, Mien wouldn’t have revealed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But given Gervas’s relationship with his lord, Mien knew these details would eventually come out anyway, so he no longer hid them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s why!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas, though surprised, now understood why Catherine held her countship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without delay, Gervas led his group and Mien’s party on the return journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Catherine’s absence meant losing a beautiful sight, there would be plenty of time ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No rush! No rush!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew—before he knew it, over a month had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas had returned to Stormhold half a month ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing of his lord’s triumphant return, Old John the steward held a grand welcome celebration at the castle gates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half the populace lined the road for over a mile, red carpets were laid, banners hung everywhere, and the entire castle buzzed with festivity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst cheers of congratulations, Lord Gervas was welcomed back into the castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, such a momentous occasion couldn’t be about just Gervas’s joy alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the next day, at a personal victory banquet for the expeditionary force, the castle distributed two kilograms of smoked meat to every commoner and slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes: shared joy is double joy—and this naturally raised Gervas’s prestige even higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the generous rewards given to soldiers who joined the expedition, plus the amnesty granted to slaves and pirates, greatly boosted the morale of the serfs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily Intelligence System has refreshed…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: You, a mere baron, have become the biggest winner of this kingdom’s campaign—not only gaining a title upgrade, but also a land grant.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Today, a secretary dispatched from Eagle City will arrive at Stormhold in the morning, to deliver your fief grant.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【However, the secretary, aware of your feud with the Cabinet official, seems to have developed some ulterior motives.】\u003C\u002Fp>",1188,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","664b675da74970c5e70767ac9aec5a239f8e86b266bcb5f834b74762c4f16877","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-170","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-168",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]