When Shifeng arrived at the City Hall, there were only a few players inside. Moreover, these players were all independent players, not Guild players.
In God's Domain, the Lands in NP cities were not cheap. Normally, only Guilds could afford them. Solo players could not afford them.
However, NPC Towns' Lands were much cheaper.
For example, Ocean Viewing Town's ordinary Lands only cost 200 to 300 Gold. If one were located in the town's center, it would cost 500 to 600 Gold. Meanwhile, the most expensive house with a sea view only cost 100 Gold. Normally, expert players could afford such a house after reaching Tier 2.
In the past, many players who couldn't afford a house in NPC cities would choose to purchase Lands in prosperous towns or cities with good scenery.
Ocean Viewing Town was a port town. Even if the Savage Wildland hadn't appeared, it would still be a valuable investment. After all, as players reached higher levels, more systems would open up to them in God's Domain.
Take the maritime merchant system for example.
In God's Domain, players weren't the only ones who could make money. They could also make a sizable income by selling goods to NPC merchants. If players managed their businesses well, they could establish their own fleets and become more famous. Even expert players wouldn't be able to match their daily income.
Due to these systems, players could make a fortune in God's Domain even if they weren't proficient in combat. Sometimes, they could even come across fortuitous encounters and obtain weapons and equipment that even expert players envied.
Because of this, port towns were very popular among independent players, especially merchant players.
Now, the independent players that came to Ocean Viewing Town to purchase Lands were either merchant players with some success or small Workshops that wished to invest in the town.
When the several players who were in the process of selecting Lands saw the cloaked Shifeng enter the town, they grew wary. It was as if the Shifeng were here to steal their prey.
At this moment, an NPC senior administrator in a suit approached the Shifeng and respectfully asked, "Lord Protector, how may I be of service?"
"I wish to purchase the town's Shipyard," the Shifeng casually replied.
"Very well. Please follow me to the second-floor reception room. Information on the town's Shipyard will be delivered immediately." Hearing this, the senior administrator hurriedly led the Shifeng to the second-floor reception room. His attitude was as respectful as if he were meeting the town's mayor.
The several merchant players, who had been wary of the Shifeng, were dumbfounded.
"Who is that person?"
"Why is Deacon Joseph so respectful to that person?"
"Could it be that his reputation has reached the level of a baron in Ocean Viewing Town?"
"That can't be right. Even if he's a Baron of a small town, Joseph shouldn't be so respectful."
Normally, in order to rope in Senior Deacon Joseph, they would think of all sorts of ways to increase their favorability, just so that Senior Deacon Joseph could take out more land for them to choose from.
However, as soon as the Shifeng arrived, Senior Deacon Joseph personally led the Shifeng to the second floor.
The second floor!
It wasn't easy for them to become nobles of Ocean Viewing Town, but until now, they still weren't qualified to go up to the second floor.
When they thought about the second floor of the City Hall, the merchant players were filled with envy.
Not just any land in Ocean Viewing Town could be purchased. The prerequisite was that one had to have a certain amount of Reputation. Ordinary nobles in the town could only choose the most ordinary land in the town's first-floor hall. Moreover, the land they chose was incomplete. Only by raising the high-ranking administrator's Favorability would the administrator offer more land with good locations.
Normally, only Barons of Ocean Viewing Town had the qualifications to go up to the second floor. Moreover, the majority of the town's Land could be chosen at a discount.
After the Shifeng arrived at the second-floor reception room, Senior Deacon Joseph returned with a stack of information on the town's Shipyards.
"Lord Protector, Ocean Viewing Town has a total of six Shipyards. Here is the information." Joseph carefully handed the stack of information to the Shifeng. He then retreated to the side, not daring to disturb the Shifeng.
"Six Shipyards? Not five?" The Shifeng was slightly surprised.
He was relatively familiar with Ocean Viewing Town. In the past, he had visited the Savage Wildland many times.
He clearly remembered that Ocean Viewing Town had a total of five Shipyards.
"Lord Protector, there are indeed six Shipyards. However, due to the Ocean View Trading Firm's recent Shipyard being unlucky and encountering a shipwreck, the Trading Firm wishes to sell the Shipyard as soon as possible to recoup some funds. Hence, the Trading Firm has decided to sell the Shipyard to us. If the Shipyard is not sold within a month, the Mayor has said that he will use the Shipyard as collateral to lend some money to the Ocean View Trading Firm. I have heard that the Ocean View Trading Firm recently built this Shipyard to manufacture their newly-developed cargo ships," Joseph explained in detail.
"A newly-developed cargo ship?" The Shifeng's interest was immediately piqued.
Ship designs were ridiculously rare in God's Domain. They were as rare as Fragmented Legendary items. Moreover, even if one had a ship design, it would be fine if it was an ordinary design. However, if the ship's quality was too high, it would be incomparably troublesome to produce. Just finding the necessary materials would cost a lot of time and money.
Most importantly, ship designs were similar to the Magic Tower Design. One could not produce an unlimited number of ships. At most, one could produce ten ships per design.
Hence, high-quality ships were still relatively rare in God's Domain.
God's Domain's oceans covered a large area. Moreover, many fortuitous encounters and treasures could be found on islands or in secret locations. Without a high-quality ship, players could very well die halfway through their journeys.
Due to these two reasons, players were willing to rent or even purchase high-quality ships, even if they had to pay a high price.
Following which, Shifeng began to inspect the ship's information.
Ten minutes later, Shi Feng finished reading through all of the information.
Just as Joseph had said, the Ocean Trading Firm had indeed produced a new cargo ship. Although it was only of Common rank, it was 15% faster than the cargo ships produced by the other firms. Moreover, the cargo ship's carrying capacity and durability were 20% higher. Aside from Bronze Cargo Ships, this was the best choice for merchant players.
The only problem was the ship's high price.
Although God's Domain was a town, a Shipyard was different from Land. Even a Small Shipyard sold for 10,000 Gold, not to mention a newly-built Medium Shipyard.
In God's Domain, depending on the size of a Shipyard, the ships it produced would be the same. In the case of Medium Shipyards, not only could they produce Small Ships, but they could also produce Medium Ships.
Meanwhile, the Ocean Trading Firm had offered a price of 30,000 Gold!
With this price, one could purchase three golden plots of Land in a major city.
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