[{"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-4":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},2338467,4572,"Chapter 4: Gervas, Different from Before!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>As the morning sun just rose, Gervas wisely slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was simply too delighted to realize he might have disturbed the townsfolk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he galloped on horseback, a chime echoed in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Daily intelligence has been refreshed…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence One: Lady Mary just received a letter from your father, Baron Andrew, informing you that the peasant uprising in Wheat Acre Valley has been crushed by the combined forces of the nobility; he and his eldest son will return within no more than half a month.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Two: Five li south of Springtown, hunter Karl lucked upon a low-tier magical beast—a Three-Colored Rabbit—harmless but with exceptionally tender meat; however, in six hours, he will secretly sell it at a rock-bottom price to a passing caravan.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Three: In the Patrician’s territory, one land away from Gervais’s domain, a knight with the potential of a Golden Knight is about to be executed. He was once the Captain of the Patrician’s guard knights, but his wife was so stunningly beautiful that the Patrician’s second son coveted and insulted her.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning of this, the knight, Lei Meng, flew into a rage and slew the Patrician’s second son on the spot. Yet instead of fleeing, Lei Meng disarmed himself and surrendered at the castle. But the Patrician viewed this as an insult to his family and ordered the secret execution of this loyal knight.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The execution will take place at dusk in the Pine Forest west of the Patrician’s territory, carried out by Baron Borro, vassal to the Patrician!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Four: Baron Borro, due to prolonged gambling and indulgence in Blackrock City, has drained his territory’s treasury; he has falsified wheat yields for the past two years, evading at least thirty gold coins in annual taxes to the Patrician—though the scheme remains hidden, undetected so far.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Five: In the Chaos Wastelands southwest of Stormhold, a rare drought has occurred this year—land has cracked, crops have failed, and locust swarms have begun to emerge!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Six: In the Death Mountains south of Stormhold, the Demon Serpent leader Kui Kela, wounded in battle with a sixth-tier magical beast, will retreat into Black Winter Lake to hibernate; in his absence, his subordinate, the brutal three-headed serpent woman Abas, will temporarily assume tribal command. Abas has a taste for human flesh, and human border settlements may soon face another wave of turmoil.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Intelligence Seven: A juvenile unicorn has appeared near Stormhold. Unicorns are divine creatures rarer than dragons; the Elf Kingdom once gifted one to the Griffin King, who now keeps it in the royal palace and rides it only during grand festivals.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Today’s intelligence updates are complete!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This intelligence even includes details from Stormhold?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought again—it wasn’t surprising. Stormhold was nominally his territory now; such a miraculous system would naturally preview events in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gervais family castle stands on a hillock beside the Duonao River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lacks the luxury of a viscount’s castle and the grandeur of an earl’s, being merely a war fortress built of plain gray stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though neither comfortable nor aesthetically pleasing, it is the absolute symbol of Gervais authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the dirt road stretching from the castle to the town, Gervas rode in, kicking up a cloud of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The castle guards, alert, had already placed the palisade in front of the drawbridge—but as Gervas drew near, they froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you recognize me, why not let me in?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-yes… Young Master Gervas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards scrambled to move the palisade, watching as Gervas rode through the castle gate, their eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the castle gate, Gervas was greeted by a chorus of salutes; he executed a smooth dismount, tossed the reins to a castle manservant, and said, “Feed my horse plenty of water and hay!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Young Master Gervas!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, where’s Lady Mary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In… in the back garden…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas nodded and hurried toward the back garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the manservant realize—he turned to those around him in astonishment: “Today’s Young Master Gervas is different from usual…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the back garden, Lady Mary lay lazily on a sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head rested on a down pillow, her honey-brown curls loosely falling; her thin silk gown shimmered in the sunlight, her snow-white legs exposed beneath the hem, bared without restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Gervas’s gaze lingered a second too long, a venomous glare shot toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Lady Mary’s personal maid, Carolin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carolin was younger, with more refined features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lady Mary scored eighty, Carolin would score ninety-five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extra five points were deducted for her perpetual side-eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what a woman with luck’s blessing looks like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of determined desire flashed in Gervas’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carolin sensed his hungry gaze and frowned, immediately warning Lady Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Mary spotted Gervas and swiftly adjusted her attire—the alluring scene vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you back? Where’s Roni?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roni’s outside, in Springtown—he said he’d stroll a bit and told me to come back first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine. Since you’re back, the manure in the back courtyard has piled up for two days—go clean it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, Gervas thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re waiting for me to return, aren’t they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Mary, furious, snapped, “What? You’re not going? Or do you think you’re about to come of age and leave the family, so your wings have grown too hard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely, Lady Mary. My wings have indeed grown hard—I’ve been offered a position by a viscount to manage his estate, for at least ten years. The contract is already signed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Mary froze, stunned by the boy’s luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, if he left sooner, it would spare her trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then leave as soon as you can!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course I will—but Lady Mary, my father once promised me fifty gold coins upon my departure…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fifty gold coins? That’s the entire castle’s annual budget! Are you dreaming?” Lady Mary bristled like a startled cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world’s currency: one gold coin equals one hundred silver coins, which equals ten thousand copper coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A typical baron’s territory earned only three to four hundred gold coins annually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This didn’t even account for taxes or castle upkeep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To extract fifty gold coins from Lady Mary was harder than killing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Mary, my father promised it. Fifty gold coins for my departure means no one will compete with Roni for the Black Pine Forest farm—isn’t that worth it?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1065,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","13e48d8c1bcaa0d2ac17b54818f4b94207fb1db29a38e227a3c4484d0ef82cef","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-5","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-3",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]