Chapter 1 Municipal Hall

When Shi Feng arrived at the Municipal Hall, there were only a few scattered players inside, and these players were all independent, not members of any guild.

In God's Domain, the prices of city land controlled by NPCs were not cheap. Only guilds could generally afford them, making it completely unattainable for individual players.

However, the land in NPC towns was much cheaper.

For example, in Seafarer Town, ordinary land cost only two or three hundred gold coins. The town center cost five or six hundred gold coins, and the most expensive sea-view properties were only eight or nine hundred gold coins. Most skilled players could afford them after being promoted to Tier 2.

In the previous timeline, many players couldn't afford houses in NPC cities, so they would go to towns with pleasant scenery or thriving economies to buy land for their own homes.

Even without the appearance of the Savage Wildlands, Seafarer Town, as a port town, had considerable investment value. After all, as players' levels increased, God's Domain would unlock more systems for them.

Such as the sea trade system.

Making money in God's Domain wasn't just about earning from other players. You could also earn money through NPCs by transporting goods for NPC merchants. This could bring in considerable income. If managed well, with your own fleet and a good reputation, the gold coins earned daily could surpass even skilled players.

Because of the existence of these systems, even players who weren't good at combat could still make a lot of money in God's Domain. Sometimes, they would even encounter serendipitous events and obtain weapons and equipment that even expert players envied.

As a result, port towns were very popular among independent players, especially player merchants.

And the independent players who could come to Seafarer Town to buy land now were at least somewhat accomplished player merchants, or small studios looking to invest and make money.

The few players who were selecting land saw Shi Feng in a black cloak enter, and they all looked wary, as if Shi Feng's arrival meant he was going to snatch their prey.

"Respected Guardian, is there anything I can assist you with?" At this time, a neatly dressed NPC senior executive walked up to Shi Feng and asked respectfully.

"I want to buy the town's shipyard," Shi Feng said casually.

"Very well, please come with me to the reception room on the second floor. The information on the town's shipyards will be delivered immediately." After hearing this, the senior executive immediately led Shi Feng to the reception room on the second floor, his respectful attitude as if he had met the town mayor.

This left the player merchants who had been very wary of Shi Feng stunned.

"Who exactly is that person?"

"Why is Executive Josel so respectful to him?"

"Could his reputation have reached the rank of Baron of Seafarer Town?"

"That's not right. Even a Baron of the town shouldn't make Josel so respectful."

Normally, they would try every means to improve their relationship with this Senior Executive Josel, just to get him to take out more land for them to choose from.

But as soon as Shi Feng arrived, this Senior Executive Josel personally took Shi Feng to the second floor.

The second floor!

They had finally become nobles of Seafarer Town, but they were not yet qualified to go to the second floor.

Thinking of the second floor of the Municipal Hall, the player merchants were filled with envy.

You couldn't just buy any land you wanted in Seafarer Town. You needed to have a certain reputation. Ordinary nobles in the town could only choose the most ordinary land in the hall on the first floor, and even that wasn't the full selection. Only by improving your relationship with the senior executive would he take out some better locations.

Generally, only those who became Barons of the town were qualified to go to the second floor, where they could pick any land in the town and even get a discount.

After Shi Feng arrived at the reception room on the second floor, Senior Executive Josel soon brought all the information about the town's shipyards.

"Respected Guardian, we have a total of six shipyards in Seafarer Town. This is all the information." Josel carefully handed the information to Shi Feng, then stepped aside, not daring to disturb Shi Feng in the slightest.

"Six shipyards? Isn't it five?" Shi Feng was slightly surprised.

He was quite familiar with Seafarer Town, having visited the Savage Wildlands quite a bit in his past life.

He clearly remembered that there were only five shipyards in Seafarer Town.

"Respected Guardian, there are indeed six. It's just that recently, the shipyard of the Ocean Trade Firm has had bad luck and encountered a shipwreck, so they want to sell the shipyard as soon as possible to recover some funds. That's why it was put up for sale here. The town mayor also said that if the shipyard isn't sold within a month, he will use the shipyard as collateral to borrow some money for the Ocean Trade Firm. I heard that shipyard is a newly built shipyard by the Ocean Trade Firm, specifically to manufacture their latest research and development cargo ships," Executive Josel explained in detail.

"A new cargo ship developed?" Shi Feng immediately became interested.

Ship blueprints in God's Domain were ridiculously rare, comparable to fragments of Legendary items. Even if you had a blueprint, ordinary blueprints were fine, but if the quality was too high, it would be extremely troublesome to make, and it would take a lot of time and money just to find the materials.

The most speechless thing was that ship blueprints, like magic tower blueprints, couldn't be produced indefinitely. One blueprint could only make a maximum of ten ships.

So good ships were still quite rare in God's Domain.

The ocean area in God's Domain was not small, and many adventures and treasures came from islands or secret places on the sea. Without a good-quality ship, players might die halfway.

Because of these two reasons, players were willing to rent or even buy good-quality ships even at a high price.

Immediately, Shi Feng began to check the information.

After ten minutes, Shi Feng had read all the information.

As Executive Josel said, the Ocean Trade Firm had indeed produced a new cargo ship. Although it was only of ordinary quality, it was 15% faster in terms of movement speed than other cargo ships, and its load capacity and durability were also 20% higher. This was the best choice for trading players besides bronze-grade cargo ships.

The only problem was the high price.

Although it was a town, shipyards were different from land. Even a small shipyard cost 10,000 gold coins to sell, let alone a newly built medium-sized shipyard.

In God's Domain, shipyards came in different sizes, and the ships they produced were the same. Medium-sized shipyards could build not only small ships but also medium-sized ships, such as cargo ships, which small shipyards couldn't build.

And the price offered by the Ocean Trade Firm was 30,000 gold coins!

This price could buy three gold plots in a big city.