[{"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-89":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},2338552,4572,"Chapter 89: Rewarding Merit!","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-89",89,"\u003Cp>{Information Four: To the left of the entrance to the Dark Mountains lies a maple forest, within which a Blood-Qi Fruit has ripened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming the Blood-Qi Fruit grants a temporary tripling of one’s strength, with the only side effect being the need for a full night’s rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The benefits of the Blood-Qi Fruit are not limited to combat—it is also highly effective when practicing Qi-Techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With strength tripled beyond one’s normal level, you can instantly achieve full comprehension of previously obscure Qi-Techniques, enabling rapid mastery.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Information Five: After returning to the family, your father Andrew learned you had been granted a noble title and became a lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet you received no financial support from the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoping for your future success and envisioning the glorious prospect of the Gail family producing two noble lords,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Andrew prepared for you a substantial amount of farming tools, seeds, livestock, and other supplies, worth at least one hundred gold coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, Baron Andrew and his heir will personally lead a caravan toward Stormhold.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Information Six: In the far western reaches of the southern border, this land was originally the territory of tribal natives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the past several decades, it has been steadily encroached upon and seized by noble settlers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This has made the tribal natives deeply hostile toward the kingdom’s nobility, viewing them as invaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these decades, despite their outdated weapons and equipment, the tribes have failed to reclaim their land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet their thirst for vengeance has never dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since half a month ago, the tribes have begun launching raids against the border.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the western tribes have formed an unprecedented united alliance, catching the border nobles completely off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conflict is escalating rapidly: three baronies have fallen, and two barons have been killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the situation continues to deteriorate, the kingdom’s first major campaign of the year may be launched—and due to its location in the southwest, southern nobles are highly likely to be conscripted to suppress the rebellion.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At dawn, Gervas’s mind received its usual ding-ding sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the Information System delivered another high-value intelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A space ring? There’s actually a space ring? That’s an absolute treasure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas had heard of space rings even in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in his past life, they existed only in novels—but in this life, they are real on this continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even in this world, space magic items are as rare as Rolls-Royces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minor nobles know they exist, but understand they will never possess one in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even owning one is possible; merely seeing one requires sheer luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, one lies in the sea just beyond Gervas’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, today’s intelligence was not only high-value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Andrew’s father was preparing to visit Stormhold—that too was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the western unrest—if it worsens, the kingdom will issue a conscription order in the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then even he, a baron who has held office for barely a month, cannot escape it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a season of troubles—I can’t even develop my territory in peace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas muttered inwardly; without the Information System,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he’d surely have been dead long ago as a noble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding-ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caroline the maid entered the bedroom gracefully, carrying a basin of washing water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap! Slap! Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As per routine, today’s punishment was administered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following last time’s lesson, the maid’s daily punishment increased to three slaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not resist; instead, she grew even more obedient and docile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clearly, people must not be coddled—if there’s a next time, I’ll raise it to five!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas could swear this was not because the waves were visually pleasing, nor because the texture was astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because it made the maid more obedient… cough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s it going? Are all the people assembled?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, all the peasants and guards are gathered in the town square.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good. Then let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guidance of the civil official Thomas, Gervas arrived at the Wheatfield Town square with his knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday’s annihilation of the Scorpion Bandits was a landmark victory—so rewarding merit was essential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering all the serfs was meant to let them feel the lord’s generosity and grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To show them that if they serve the lord faithfully, his rewards will never be lacking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Barney, in yesterday’s battle against the Scorpion Bandits, you killed two enemies and fought bravely. The lord grants you seven silver coins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barney stepped forward eagerly, trembling as he received ten silver coins personally handed to him by Gervas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, when fighting for nobles, soldiers often had to supply their own food and drink; even if they killed enemies, rewards were mere black bread or a few copper coins—considered a favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lord Gervas? He feeds meat daily, and for each enemy killed, you get three silver coins as reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extra coin? That’s the base bonus for simply participating in battle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are silver coins, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in twenty years, he felt silver coins in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep it up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas patted Barney’s shoulder warmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, my lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Barney, eyes glistening, retreat, Migen called the next name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yur, in yesterday’s battle, you fought bravely and killed one enemy. The lord grants you four silver coins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, my lord…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the guards stepped forward, excited. Many had not claimed a head,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet the guaranteed one-silver-coin bonus still brought smiles to their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, rewards for living guards were not enough—those who died deserved even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The families of the five fallen guards had been invited to the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, Gervas, said this: if you fight for me, I will never betray you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These five brave warriors of Stormhold gave their lives for me. I, Gervas, will erect a monument in the town to honor their glory—and I will grant them sufficient compensation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five castle servants carried trays to Gervas’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On each tray lay stacks of gleaming silver coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty silver coins per tray—that was the compensation for each of the five brave guards!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gervas personally walked down from the platform with the servants, approaching the families of the fallen guards, and handed each family their tray of silver coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty coins per family—no more, no less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, my lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The families knelt and bowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had felt the world collapse after losing their pillar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, the lord had promised such generous compensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was worth the price of a slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to secure their family’s comfort for years to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good heavens! Forty silver coins each? That’s too much!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! The kingdom used to give only four or five silver coins as compensation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“True! Even those four or five were often skimmed by the town mayor—three coins in hand was already lucky!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gleaming silver coins delivered a direct visual shock to the watching serfs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the silver coins handed to the fallen guards’ families, the serfs’ eyes burned with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beyond compensation, should any good position open in the territory, those families of the guards will have first priority for hiring—if they meet the requirements!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And this policy will not only apply now—it will remain in force forever in Stormhold!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord is so merciful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord is mighty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to become a guard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes! Who wouldn’t? I want to too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another wave of clamor rose—the serfs all wished they could become guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this borderland, who doesn’t die someday?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if death brings years of security for your family, that is true value!}\u003C\u002Fp>",1248,"2026-06-20T22:44:01.160Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7fa37a44bc7d4378ad23635b900537d0b65966d02cd75c9202386fc2ea816daa","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-90","warlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-chapter-88",521,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarlord-starting-with-daily-intelligence-cover.jpg"]