[{"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-211":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},2338674,4572,"Chapter 211: The Famous Single-Tube Telescope!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-211",211,"\u003Cp>Sensing the situation was peculiar, Michel and Adrie showed no urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michel smiled and presented the single-tube telescope to Prince Bruce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness, because we possess this, we discerned Wickes and Anthony’s deployment even before the battle began!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This tube?” Prince Bruce looked surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nobles in the hall erupted in murmurs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, everyone had seen Michel and Adrie holding the tube, constantly gazing toward the opposite hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they had examined the tube closely—it was merely a crude copper casing with no distinguishing features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, though strange, they paid it no mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness, this is called a single-tube telescope. It magnifies distant scenery immensely—hundreds of meters away appear as if right before your eyes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And scenes two or three li away become crystal clear through it. Thus, Adrie and I used it to spot the defenders’ deployment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We simply played along with their act, waiting until they grew careless, then delivered the ‘fatal blow.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Magnify scenery hundreds of meters away to appear before your eyes? Is that real?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, could this be a magical item? But I see no inscriptions, nor sense any magic at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Bruce finally grew curious and took the tube to examine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness, this is not a magical item, yet its effect is real. You need only extend it and hold it to your eye…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Michel began instructing Prince Bruce on its use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Bruce, though well-traveled, immediately showed astonishment as he raised the telescope to his eye and gazed toward the forest across the hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He repeated this several times, lowering and raising the telescope to observe the scenery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several repetitions, he could no longer suppress his praise: “Incredible! Truly incredible! No wonder you saw Wickes and Anthony’s deployment so clearly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They lost fairly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming from Bruce’s mouth, this was already the highest praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So Michel’s claim is true? This copper tube really can magnify distant scenery?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course it’s true—the Prince himself confirmed it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good heavens, I’m dying to know what the opposite side looks like through this tube!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you’re curious, take a look! Michel and Adrie won fairly and squarely!” Prince Bruce handed the telescope to the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also to definitively settle the reason for Michel and Adrie’s victory, preventing any later disputes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Michel and Adrie had already promised Gervas they would help promote the telescope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they handed out Adrie’s telescope as well, and called out loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gentlemen, feel free to look—this single-tube telescope was gifted to us by a young noble, who also asked us to help promote it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So if anyone likes it, come find us later!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? So this single-tube telescope can be mass-produced?” Before the nobles could react, Prince Bruce’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had planned to ask these very questions soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this contest had perfectly demonstrated the telescope’s utility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Your Highness, this single-tube telescope can be mass-produced. I hear at least thirty are made each month!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty? That’s impressive. What’s the price?” Like Michel’s earlier reaction, Prince Bruce’s interest deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five gold coins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Bruce froze, astonished: “Five gold coins? Michel, are you certain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Prince Bruce thought the telescope shouldn’t be so cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness, the young noble said so. But I believe if we decorate it more elegantly, we could sell it for more—ten gold coins wouldn’t be excessive!” Michel said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even without decoration, ten gold coins isn’t too much!” Prince Bruce sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, Michel—who is this young noble you mentioned? Is he a junior of your family?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Your Highness. This young noble comes from a minor noble house. He is now the lord of Stormhold on the southern border.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He was also the top contributor in the recent campaign against the southwestern barbarian tribes. His name is Gervas Gail!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? Him? The same man?” Prince Bruce had naturally heard of the kingdom’s top war hero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected this single-tube telescope was also produced in his domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, this was a man from a minor noble family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Michel, get me ten of these single-tube telescopes from Gervas. As for the gold coins, I’ll have them sent to you after we return to the city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Your Highness!” Michel immediately smiled in reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he’d helped that Gervas kid secure sales—this wasn’t a free gift after all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the nobles began taking turns testing the single-tube telescopes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon feeling the extreme magnification, a chorus of exclamations rose from the slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marquis Michel, I heard this single-tube telescope costs only five gold coins? I want to buy two!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want three!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the eastern coast of the kingdom, Viscount Falek’s estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the estate was hosting the tenth anniversary celebration of the Black Bear Trading Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, all partners of the Black Bear Trading Company attended the celebration in full formal attire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooper, having once again returned with luminescent pearls and generated over ten gold coins in profit through premium pricing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earned praise and favor from the current viscount of his family, Viscount Leo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And was brought along to this banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by nobles dressed in luxurious gowns, Cooper felt a surge of excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a noble banquet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his commoner status, he would never have been invited under normal circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only because he performed exceptionally well and won Viscount Leo’s recognition was he allowed to attend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those present, only five or six others enjoyed such privilege—each a top steward under one of the partners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This banquet alone would give him enough bragging rights for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cooper savored noble cuisine he could never normally taste, a commotion suddenly erupted at the front of the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely, he saw his own Viscount Leo locked in a heated argument with another noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooper was startled and hurried toward the main table at the front of the banquet hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he drew closer, he understood what was happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noble arguing with Viscount Leo was Viscount Ellis, also one of the trading company’s partners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he harbored personal grievances against Viscount Leo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they had never openly clashed, their silent rivalry had never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Viscount Leo had displayed his exquisite staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had cost sixty gold coins, crafted by a retired royal jeweler from the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, such minor boasts were common among nobles—everyone constantly competed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Viscount Ellis was deeply displeased, outright claiming it was likely not made by the retired royal jeweler himself, but by his apprentice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This naturally humiliated Viscount Leo, sparking a heated argument—he insisted the staff bore the jeweler’s engraved name, proof of his personal craftsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two argued fiercely, Viscount Ellis smiled faintly and pulled out another ornament: a silver bracer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As both sides turned red in argument, Ellis smiled faintly and produced a piece of jewelry—a silver bracer.\u003C\u002Fp>",1143,"2026-06-20T22:44:02.338Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","64162bb187c8f5eeb329bd2d2b6d4a9868165db3b1b5f7eace7c5e711eeef879","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-212","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-210",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]