When Shi Feng entered the Town Hall, there were only a few other players in the building . They were all independent players, not Guild players .
The Lands in God's Domain's NPC cities were very expensive . Generally, only Guilds could afford them . It was practically impossible to find a lone player who could afford these Lands as well .
However, it was a different story for NPC towns . The Lands here were many times cheaper .
Take Ocean Viewing Town for example . Its normal Lands only cost 200 to 300 Gold, while the Lands around the town center cost 500 to 600 Gold . Even the most expensive Land, which had an excellent view of the ocean, cost around 900 Gold . Generally, expert players of considerable skill could afford these Lands after their Tier 2 promotion .
In the past, many players who could not afford houses in NPC cities would build their houses on Lands in towns with a good view or in prosperous towns .
As a port town, even without access to the Savage Wildland, Ocean Viewing Town's Lands were a valuable investment . After all, as players reached higher levels, players would unlock more in-game systems in God's Domain .
For example, the Maritime Merchant System .
In God's Domain, one could earn money from other players as well as NPCs . Helping NPC merchants transport their goods was one way to do so, earning a sizable income . If one managed themselves properly, obtaining their own fleet of ships and gaining Popularity among NPCs, they could make far more than expert players . This was precisely the reason that port towns had become so popular among independent players, particularly merchant players, in the past .
Due to such systems, even players who were weak in battle could make a living in God's Domain . Sometimes, if one were lucky and encountered some miracle, one could obtain weapons and equipment that even expert players would envy .
Currently, independent players capable of purchasing Ocean Viewing Town's lands were either merchants with some achievement or representatives from small-scale Workshops that planned to invest .
When the several cloaked players, who were choosing Lands, noticed Shi Feng enter the building, they all turned with cautious expressions . They looked at Shi Feng as if he had come to steal their prey .
Suddenly, an NPC administrator in a suit and tie approached Shi Feng . The NPC administrator then asked respectfully, "Lord Protector, how many I serve you today?"
"I want to purchase a Shipyard," Shi Feng said .
"Alright . Please follow me to the second floor . The information regarding the available Shipyards will be brought to you right away . " Upon hearing Shi Feng's request, the administrator led Shi Feng to the second floor's lounge, showing Shi Feng as much respect as the town's Mayor .
The several merchant players who had been wary of Shi Feng were stupefied .
"Who is that?"
"Why is Administrator Joseph showing so much respect?"
"Is he already a Baron in Ocean Viewing Town?"
"That can't be, right? Joseph wouldn't even treat a town's Baron like that . "
To win over Senior Administrator Joseph, they had tried all sorts of methods to raise his Favorability of them . They had done so to persuade the Senior Administrator to show them more Lands .
Yet, Senior Administrator Joseph immediately led Shi Feng to the second floor when he arrived .
The second floor!
Despite their struggles to become nobles of Ocean Viewing Town, they still didn't qualify to explore the second floor .
These several merchant players could not help but envy Shi Feng .
Like anywhere else, one needed sufficient Reputation to purchase Ocean Viewing Town's Lands . Ordinary nobles had to remain on the first floor and choose from the town's most basic Lands . Even then, not all ordinary Lands would be available . Only by raising one's Favorability with the Senior Administrator would the latter present more strategically-situated Lands .
Generally, only the town's Barons qualified to climb the stairs to the second floor . On the second floor, most of the town's Lands were available for purchase . As a Baron, one would even receive discounts .
Shortly after Shi Feng entered the second-floor lounge, Senior Administrator Joseph brought all documents relating to the town's Shipyards .
"Lord Protector, Ocean Viewing Town has a total of six Shipyards . Here are the related documents," Joseph said as he carefully placed the documents before Shi Feng . He then retreated to the side, not daring to disturb Shi Feng in the slightest .
"Six Shipyards? Weren't there only supposed to be five?" Shi Feng was somewhat surprised .
He was relatively familiar with Ocean Viewing Town . In the past, he had visited the Savage Wildland multiple times .
He could clearly remember that there had only been five Shipyards .
"Lord Protector, there were only five Shipyards before . However, due to the Far Ocean Trading Firm's bad luck and recent shipwreck, the firm had been forced to sell its Shipyard to recuperate financially . The firm has asked us to help sell its Shipyard . The Mayor has stated that if this Shipyard has not sold after a month, he will take the Shipyard as collateral and issue the Far Ocean Trading Firm a loan . I have heard that the trading firm recently built this Shipyard to produce its new cargo ship," Joseph explained in detail .
"New cargo ship?" Shi Feng's interest was immediately piqued .
Ship designs were almost as rare as Fragmented Legendary items . Moreover, owning a design was one thing, but producing the ship was another . Constructing a Common ship wasn't a big deal . However, for high-quality ships, construction was extremely troublesome . Finding the raw materials alone was costly in both time and money .
Most importantly, ship designs were similar to the Magic Tower Design, in which both were limited-use items . Usually, one could construct ten ships from one design .
Even after ten years, high-quality ships had still been considerably rare .
God's Domain's ocean was expansive . Moreover, many miraculous encounters and treasures were available on the ocean's islands and secret areas . Without a ship of considerable quality, death was likely when exploring the sea .
Due to these two reasons, players in the past had been very willing to rent, even purchase, high-quality ships, even for an absurd cost .
Following which, Shi Feng began to browse the documents .
Shi Feng took ten minutes to look through all of the information .
As Joseph had said, the Far Ocean Trading Firm had researched a new cargo ship . Although the ship was only Common rank, it was 15% faster than the other five Shipyard's cargo ships . Moreover, its carrying capacity and durability were 20% higher . Aside from Bronze or higher ranked cargo ships, this was the best choice for merchant players .
The only problem was the price .
Although this was a town, a Shipyard was different from Lands . Even a Small Shipyard could sell for 10,000 Gold, not to mention a recently-built Medium Shipyard .
In God's Domain, the size of a Shipyard determined the types of ship it could construct . Not only could a Medium Shipyard produce small ships, but it could also construct medium ships . For example, a cargo ship was a medium ship .
The Far Ocean Trading Firm's asking price was 30,000 Gold!
At this price, Shi Feng could purchase three plots of golden Land in a major city .
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