"The territory is opening a market!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and everyone's eyes turned to look: "What's all the commotion? What are you yelling about? Hasn't there always been a market in the territory? It's just that trading is only allowed on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday nights!"

"No, no, I'm not talking about this market, not the night market with limited hours, but the regular market that's open every day during the day!"

The child is too young to understand the unclear description. He had just finished class and didn't have to go to class in the afternoon, so he went straight home. In winter, the children don't have much work to do, so they do some handicrafts to exchange for food. He saw the latest news when he passed by the bulletin board and ran over to tell his parents.

"That's right, we're going to open shops!"

"It's a huge store, several times bigger than... even bigger than the house we live in!"

The children, no more than eight years old, described the situation to the adults. The adults looked at each other, seemingly understanding, and then asked, "So... what do you sell? Or do you sell everything?"

The children looked at the bulletin board, but there was a lot of information, and they still couldn't remember it all, so they thought about it some more.

"We're selling electric blankets, thermos flasks, hand warmers, yarn, and space heaters!"

"There are so many other things, blankets, quilts..." That's how children's memories are; sometimes they can't remember them, and sometimes when they do, they rush back like water from a dam being opened.

Hearing the children's words, the other adults exclaimed, "You really are these, aren't you?!"

"No, we didn't! We looked closely and these are the things. If you don't believe us, you can come with us to see!" Some of the children started to argue. They were the first to see clearly that they were indeed selling these things!

"And the price is very reasonable!"

They understand the word "discount". A very good discount means a very cheap price. For example, some families only buy electric blankets for their children, so this is a very good discount.

The mother nearly fainted upon hearing this.

"Where is the discount so great, so cheap, it's practically free!"

"In winter, you can buy blankets, quilts, thick four-piece bedding sets, and electric blankets for just a few dozen silver coins. The whole family will have everything they need!"

"Good heavens! Why did I have to be so blind as to buy it in advance! If I hadn't bought it in advance, I could have saved so much money! Earning money is hard work, and this place is cheaper than mine and I can still buy so much stuff... this is simply unbearable!"

Some people make a fuss, some people cry, and some people laugh.

"I've told you so many times, and I've even posted notices, telling you not to buy so quickly, not to buy so quickly! I remember there was even an announcement on the radio a few days ago! You just wouldn't listen to the lord! Now that the price has come down, it's pointless for you to buy it again. This thing is only used for sleeping in the winter, so having an extra one won't make much difference. You're just remembering that you bought it at a high price, and you're getting upset. Why are you doing this to yourselves!"

She learned her lesson and realized that whatever she did, listening to the lord was always the right thing to do!

"I heard that Lord Sid took some men to the hotel and had a heart-to-heart talk with those people who were selling electric blankets and other winter items at exorbitant prices!"

Huh? Have a heart-to-heart talk?

"Is it just a friendly heart-to-heart talk to communicate and discuss things with them?"

"That's for sure. Our territory has always been very harmonious, and we never resort to violence. Lord Sid only brought a few tall and strong orcs to negotiate. Negotiations are all about boosting one's own morale!"

Two orc women, dressed in work clothes, were clearing snow from outside their house. The increased manpower for winter snow removal was a good thing for the temporary residents of the territory, as more jobs meant more hope for survival during the winter.

Slaves are no longer the majority of the population in the territory; half-elves are the largest group, with the rest being slaves and temporary residents.

Currently, the number of temporary residents has exceeded one thousand and is still growing. Winter is almost halfway over and the lowest temperatures are about to arrive, so the territory will inevitably welcome a large number of people in.

However, the territory is currently in a development phase, which is exactly what it needs—a continuous influx of people to replenish the workforce.

Today's temperature has dropped to forty degrees Celsius, and the territory is still below minus ten degrees Celsius. After several months, the residents of the territory who have some savings are preparing to buy winter supplies. Then they saw Sid leading people to the hotel, and all the other irrelevant people were politely asked to leave.

"Lord Sid is not a violent person. If he hits someone, it must be someone else's fault!"

The half-elf maintaining order nodded, watching people come out of the inn while wiping his longsword. He had inherited his father's swordsmanship skills but couldn't shoot arrows, which led to discrimination in the Eternal Capital. However, in Qin Territory, his swordsmanship was praised, and he quickly became a squad leader.

In Qin territory, social status is not determined by race, but by one's own abilities.

He liked it very much, and all races were equal, with job opportunities provided to all races, all of whom had to earn them.

Lord is a good person, and Lord Sid is a good person, so whatever they did to these people must be their fault!

The friendly exchange quickly came to an end inside the hotel.

A black-tailed cat-person posted a notice with signatures and fingerprints. The gist of the notice was that, in order to support the development of the territory, several merchants, including XXX, were preparing to donate all their winter supplies to the territory. However, the territory could not accept such expensive supplies in winter, so it decided to buy the supplies at market price and then resell them at a price two silver coins higher. The price difference was the labor cost for transportation and other sales in between.

Simply put, this batch of supplies doesn't make the territory any money; it's all given directly to the people of the territory. The price increase in the middle is because labor costs are incurred for transportation, setting up stalls, and selling the goods. These are all payments for human labor.

A few middlemen staying at the hotel came out, somewhat annoyed by the stares of others: "What are you looking at? What's so interesting!" They had made a small profit selling at market price, but of course, they couldn't make a big profit.

"You promised to move me to a comfortable house!" He picked up his luggage, and Sid gestured for someone to take their luggage away.

"I'll have someone bring your luggage to your new room. Also... our lord requests your presence; he needs you to come with us!"

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"Alright, sir, I don't need this new house anymore. I can live here on my own with my own money. Do I really have to go to the lord's place?" What if the lord eats people?