The river within the territory was built on the easternmost side. There were no other buildings here, and the eastern residential area was nearly a thousand meters to the west. The river was completely out of the way here, making it convenient for building a dock.
Ye Miao walked towards the river while sending a message to An Ruoying: "Yingying, is it navigable?"
[An Ruoying] Hey? Aren't you afraid of the river flooding?
[Ye Miao] Your land is high and mine is low, so the rising water will come to my side.
[An Ruoying] Then flooding your territory is not acceptable either! ! !
[Ye Miao] I have opened up shipping routes to Wuxia City in City S. Her territory is lower than mine, so the accumulated water on my side will be diverted to her side.
【An Ruoying】? ? ?
[An Ruoying] I'm actually not the first territory to have communication with Miaomiao! Woohoo! I've broken through the defenses!!!
[Ye Miao] Hahahahahaha, but if I open up the waterway to you first, I'll really cause a flood!!! Come on, let's plan it out and try it out. If it's not too expensive, we'll open up the waterway right away. Then you come over and play, and I'll treat you to a meal!
The crying An Ruoying was comforted. They both checked the river planning panel and saw that intra-city navigation was indeed easy!
The terrain between territories in the same city is generally not too complicated. City T is a flat city with mountains at the outermost part of the suburbs. The area between their two territories is very flat.
So not only was this river channel completely free of charge, it was also almost a straight line. The two people happily pressed the "Confirm" button, each paying 500,000, and the new river channel was immediately formed.
On An Ruoying's side, this was the first river. But on Ye Miao's side, she of course connected this river to the river leading to Wuxia City in S City so that they could share the dock.
The system provides many dock options, but they only differ in style and color, and the functions are the same.
Ye Miao chose a blue and white European-style dock to build. After the construction was completed, the dock showed Lv1 and could dock 10 ships. It also had its own panel that could be freely set by the lord, with functions such as collecting docking fees, selling tickets, and collecting tolls.
At the same time, new items have been unlocked in the system store interface. Merchant ships, passenger ships, and fishing boats have all been refreshed, with varying prices and uses.
[Name: Merchant Ship (Lv1)]
【Quality: Blue】
Description: This cargo hold has a large capacity and can hold a lot of cargo, making it a great helper for business trips.
[Price: 5000 gold coins (System recycling price: 1000 gold coins)]
[Name: Passenger Ship (Lv1)]
【Quality: Blue】
[Description: It can accommodate 50 passengers and is equipped with sufficient lifeboats and life jackets, making it an excellent choice for your water travel.]
[Price: 5000 gold coins (System recycling price: 1000 gold coins)]
[Name: Fishing Boat (Lv1)]
【Quality: Blue】
[Description: Sturdy, stable, and fully equipped, it can accommodate 10 crew members and a considerable amount of aquatic products. If you want to go fishing, you definitely need it.]
[Price: 5000 gold coins (System recycling price: 1000 gold coins)]
In addition, there are small devices such as bamboo rafts and wooden boats, which are much cheaper, but they do not seem to be able to travel very far, so they are not very practical.
Ye Miao read it carefully and guessed that the level of the ship should be related to the level of the dock. Her current dock is only Lv1, so she can only buy a Lv1 ship.
As for whether you can still buy Lv1 ships after the dock is upgraded to Lv2, I don’t know.
What also surprised Ye Miao was that owning the river not only allowed him to start trade, but also allowed him to have fishing boats and passenger ships!
In this way, the lives of the territory members are enriched.
However, she did not rush to buy a boat, but first bought three fishing boats for rental, with a rental price of 100 gold coins per day.
Then she sent a message to the captains of several trading teams, asking them if they planned to trade to more distant places, as the territory now had river transportation and fishing boats.
For a long time, her territory had only two trading teams, Ren Guoqing and Wang Yong. This was because there were relatively few trading players, and also because she was intentionally limiting the number of trading teams so as not to create vicious competition in the territory.
But after the city was upgraded, the upper limit of the territory's population increased instantly, and only two merchant teams were no longer enough. Ye Miao therefore relaxed the restrictions, and more merchant teams gradually came in, about three or four in total.
However, it is estimated that the financial resources of the teams that have just joined the territory are still limited. Although Ye Miao sent messages to several captains, only Wang Yong and Ren Guoqing were interested in it. Although the others also responded very politely, they could only decline regretfully without exception.
Ye Miao arranged to meet Wang Yong and Ren Guoqing at a restaurant in the east market near the dock. He told them, "I have a Lv1 merchant ship for sale for 8,000 gold coins. It's also available for rent for 500 gold coins per trip, with no limit on the number of days."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Guoqing asked, "What about merchant ships of a higher level?"
In his opinion, there was never any difficulty in selling the goods from the Pure Land. If possible, he wanted to do it in one go and buy a better and bigger ship to do business.
But Ye Miao said frankly: "Not at the moment. I guess the ship level is linked to the dock. Now the dock is level 1, so only level 1 ships are unlocked."
"Oh..." Ren Guoqing was a little disappointed.
Wang Yong asked, "When do you plan to upgrade the dock? It would be a huge loss if we have to replace the boats after only a few days of use."
Ye Miao opened the panel and took a look. "Upgrading the dock to level 2 costs 1 million. It's quite expensive, and it probably won't be upgraded in the short term. If you need a guaranteed time..." She paused and thought for a moment, "It won't be upgraded for at least two months."
"Two months." Wang Yong muttered to himself, already estimating the price in his mind.
They can make twelve or thirteen business trips a month, each trip lasting at least two days and at most three days, which means they can make more than twenty trips in two months.
If you rent a boat, it costs 500 gold per time, which is more than 10,000 gold for two months, so it is more cost-effective to buy a boat.
Wang Yong decisively said: "Our team will buy one!"
Ren Guoqing also understood and said, "We want one too." Then he took off his backpack and took out the gold coins.
Ye Miao took the money and bought two merchant ships on the panel. The merchant ships appeared directly in his backpack, like small models.
After dinner, she took them to the dock and put the model into the water. The model suddenly grew larger and turned into a beautiful merchant ship more than ten meters long.
"That's great!" Ren Guoqing felt emotional.
He still remembered when he first arrived, when the territory was still a refuge, lacking even a barrier stone. No one knew what it would become. He later started trading because he discovered Ye Miao offered low-cost meals. Knowing how brutal prices were outside, he bought the maximum amount every day, then sold it, earning his first pot of gold.
But even after making his first pot of gold, he just felt that he had joined a good territory and never imagined what kind of problems it would develop into in the future.
Now, his caravan has more than a dozen people and he owns a merchant ship. Even before the end of the world, his life is not bad!
After the payment and goods were settled, Ye Miao walked into the reception hall and announced the news of the fishing boat rental. At the same time, he noted that both fishing boats and passenger ships could be sold, the quantity was limited, and the price was negotiable.
As soon as the message was sent, two applications popped up one after another. She clicked on them and saw that Wang Yong and Ren Guoqing both wanted to recruit crew members. So she approved them with one click and sent the recruitment information to the panel in the reception hall.
At the same time, Guo Li from Good Morning City in J City arrived at Wuxia City in S City by boat with several core members.
When he and Hua Yao opened the river channel, they specifically discussed the issue of future trade, but this trip was not for trade, but to make friends.
Guo Li had lived for over twenty years and had never left J City. Even in the apocalypse, he was well aware that the once world-renowned S City had been destroyed, yet he still felt a slight sense of inferiority regarding his territory. This inferiority, in turn, gave rise to a sense of self-awareness, believing that for the sake of his territory's development, he needed to visit Wuxia City to show his support.
But Hua Yao certainly didn't know what he was thinking. As cities with which she had established diplomatic relations, when she heard that Guo Li wanted to come, she naturally received him with a gentle and friendly attitude.
The welcoming banquet was a delightful affair, a true feast for both host and guest. Afterward, Guo Li hesitated for a moment before asking Hua Yao if he could tour the territory. Hua Yao, not even considering the question necessary, paused for a moment and replied, "Of course." Then, she offered to let Guo Li and his group stay in Wuxia City for a few days, treating it like a trip.
Guo Li felt more relaxed after hearing her say that. After a moment's thought, he continued, "Just now when we passed the dock, I saw that your river channel also leads to T City's Get Rich Overnight City?"
"Yes." Hua Yao nodded and smiled. "Do you want to use it? If you do, you can go directly through my side. You won't have to repair the river with them, saving hundreds of thousands! You helped me a lot before, so I won't charge you a toll, but you will have to take a longer detour..."
Guo Li, however, was not thinking about this. He paused for a moment, then hesitantly asked her, "Do you intend to become close friends with that lord? She didn't have a good reputation before."
"Oh, we didn't know each other before, so blindly analyzing based on a system announcement doesn't count." Hua Yao sighed. "I haven't dealt with her much yet, but I have a good feeling she's a nice person. Besides, the purpose of opening up the airspace is to develop the territory. Her personality won't affect the matter much. As long as I don't suffer any losses, that's all that matters."
"That's right." Guo Li nodded thoughtfully and stopped persuading him.
Overnight rich city.
As the population of the territory increased, recruiting workers became more and more convenient. Ren Guoqing and Wang Yong both recruited the crew they needed within a few hours, but in order to avoid embarrassment, the two of them had a friendly discussion and staggered their sailing times.
In the end, they decided that Wang Yong would go out first, and Ren Guoqing would wait for Wang Yong to return and then make a decision two days later. After all, they could continue their business while Wang Yong was away from sailing, and it wouldn't affect their earnings.
So the next morning, Wang Yong led the team on their journey. The water route was obviously faster than the land route, but since City T was too far from City S, it would still take a day and a night to reach the destination.
By nightfall, they were only halfway through their journey. Since this was their first voyage, everyone was a little nervous. Furthermore, the river they were crossing wasn't a canal built by either lord, but rather a body of water already on the map. Everyone was on edge, fearing danger.
Fortunately, they completed this section of water without any accidents. Just before the end, a fork in the river appeared. Zheng Sisi happened to look out the porthole when a message popped up on the system: Start rafting.
"Hey, what is rafting?" Zheng Sisi blurted out, and several people around looked over, but because the boat was moving at full speed, the fork in the road was quickly missed.
The next morning, Wang Yong's team's merchant ship docked in front of the pier of Wuxia City.
The docking fee set by Huayao was not high, only 50 gold coins per ship per day. Wang Yong thought about it and paid for two days directly, then took the crew off the ship.
As the largest territory in T City, Wuxia City already had three waterways before the overnight navigable waterway was opened, so the territory's members were completely uninterested in the caravan. Furthermore, because the legend of the "Pure Land" was only known within T City and unknown to the outside world, no one initially considered this caravan to be anything special.
Li Han laughed and said, "Every time I go out to do business, I'm always surrounded by people. It's a bit strange to suddenly have no one paying attention to me."
Zheng Sisi pondered and said, "You guys go to the market and find a place to set up your stall. I'll go around and see what the prices are like here."
It would be embarrassing if other people’s prices were lower than theirs.
Ten minutes later, Zheng Sisi, having gotten a general understanding of the situation, returned to reunite with everyone, visibly relieved. "It's not bad. Most of the food is 10%-20% more expensive than our regular prices. But they probably have more pharmacists in their territory, so their potions are cheaper than ours. I also saw someone selling seafood. It's not cheap, but we don't have it over there. I could buy some to take back and try, and diversify the dining tables for the high-level players."
"Great!" Wang Yong felt refreshed.
Being able to sell what you bring and still have something to sell back home is the best part of being a trader. As for not being able to sell potions, that's fine. Potions are always in great demand in T City. If you can't get a good price here, then it's okay to take them back home.
The wide variety of delicious food at affordable prices quickly attracted many visitors. One person was surprised: "Hey, honey buns, it brings back childhood memories! They have everything!"
"Hey, hey, hey, boiled pork slices! We don't have that in our territory, and we don't seem to have chocolate lava cake either! Buy some and try them!"
Someone also asked: "Which caravan are you from? I don't think I've seen you before."
Wang Yong smiled and said, "We're a caravan from Overnight Rich City, in City T. Feel free to come visit us if you have time. We're currently developing a scenic spot there, perfect for a vacation!"
"How come there's a scenic spot?!" Everyone was shocked. Wang Yong shrugged and said with pride, "Our lord is very capable. He built his territory exceptionally well. We have everything we need. In T City, our territory is known as the 'Pure Land'. Everyone wants to come, and few want to leave."
"But we saw a system announcement before saying that your lord annexed another city? It seems extremely vicious..." A member with low emotional intelligence asked his doubts without thinking, and just after he finished speaking, he felt the people around him glaring at him fiercely.
——Can you say that to my face? That's too rude!
Many people think so.
On the other hand, the members of the caravan before him were all very calm. Wang Yong, still cheerful, replied, "You don't know what a annexed territory is like. It's completely inhumane! You guys had that swamp mode a while ago, right? There were tentacle monsters out there, and if a member died, they could exchange money for the territory. The lord of Sweet Orange City sacrificed many people to level up, but then felt it wasn't enough, so he even tricked people from smaller territories into joining him."
"We have a legal department in our territory. They've judged at least three hundred people killed. Wait a minute... I have a copy of the verdict here for you to see!"
Wang Yong was rummaging through his bag as he spoke, and soon found the things and handed them to everyone. The members of Wuxia City in front of him were whispering to each other. Some were relieved to know that the Overnight Rich City was not a vicious place, while others were surprised that they actually had such a thing as legal judgment.
Wang Yong concluded, "You think this kind of territory shouldn't be overthrown? I think it absolutely should be! After our boss led his men over, their members all applauded."
"I'm not afraid to tell you, this isn't the first territory our boss has conquered. There was another one before that that was just as outrageous. They practiced slavery, and a lot of the members were mentally unstable. After the boss won the battle for the territory, he had to find a psychiatrist for them. It took a long time to treat them!"
"Damn, so there are people practicing slavery in T City too!" someone in front of him sighed. "We have it in S City too. We've heard the lord complain about it so many times. That territory was flooded a few days ago and everyone was wiped out. I don't know whether to be sad or say they deserved it."
Wang Yong sighed and shook his head: "The lord deserved it, but the ordinary players are too miserable."
"Yeah." The other person nodded and sighed. The atmosphere was a little tense for a moment, but invisibly, everyone also gained a little more trust because of their similar values.
T City.
After seeing the fishing boat at the pier, Su Xinran and Lu Weiwei discussed with Ye Miao whether they could rent it for an hour. They wanted to see if animal training could catch fish.
Ye Miao didn't mind charging only an hour's rent, but out of kindness, he still told them: "Analyze it rationally... Taming animals requires skill cards related to animal training, and fishing should also require cards, right? Why don't you come with me to the warehouse to look for them? If I have any, I'll sell them to you at market price."
"Okay!" The two agreed readily. Ye Miao immediately took them to the warehouse and looked through it. There were indeed quite a few fishing-related skill cards.
There weren't many players who chose animal taming as their primary skill, and specialized fishing skills were even less popular. Therefore, these cards were left unsold, with no one interested.
[Beginner Fishing][Intermediate Fishing][Advanced Fishing][Beginner Fishing][Intermediate Fishing][Advanced Fishing]…
Ye Miao counted out dozens of cards and asked them to buy them. Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran looked at them and each bought one [Intermediate Fishing] and one [Intermediate Fishing], both purple quality cards. Ye Miao collected a total of 10,000 gold coins.
Then Lu Weiwei said, "Hey, we really need to rent a fishing boat this time. Can we try it for three hours first?"
"Okay." Ye Miao nodded readily. "For three hours, I'll charge 30 gold coins. None of you have ever gone fishing outside before, so please be careful."
"Okay, don't worry, boss!" Lu Weiwei and Su Xinran left happily.
Back in Wuxia City, Wang Yong's business team soon discovered that in addition to doing business, this business trip also attracted a lot of people who came to listen to stories.
Gossip is human nature. Previously, few people in T City had asked them about this because news spread quickly within the same map. But for S City, T City's territory was like a new world, something no one had ever seen.
Moreover, compared to most territories, the City of Overnight Wealth had a more complete mechanism and a more legendary story, so more and more people gathered around Wang Yong unknowingly, and everyone pricked up their ears.
Wang Yong didn't mind telling them this. Although it seemed to affect business, it was only temporary. If he could make these people feel good about Get Rich Overnight City, he would definitely make more money.
So he talked non-stop: "After upgrading the city, our lord also built a lot of new things. For example, the central primary school, public security, procuratorial and judicial institutions. The original residential area and the market were also separated and now the layout is more reasonable. Our boss is also busy paving the road. I think in ten or twenty days, the territory will have some of the flavor of the original city."
"That's great." One listener looked at the various foods on the stall with envy and asked him, "Did you bring all this food from Overnight Rich City? Or did you buy it from other territories along the way?"
"They all became rich overnight." Wang Yong sneered.
The other person took a deep breath and said, "I thought we had a very rich variety of food here, but I didn't expect you to have so many delicious foods we haven't seen before!"
"Hahaha, this may have something to do with the different products on the map." Wang Yong said.
That's true. In terms of the variety of goods, Wuxia City isn't bad. Wuxia City doesn't have some of the things that Overnight Rich City has, but many of the seafood and river fish common in Wuxia City are also rare in Overnight Rich City.
But Wang Yong still felt a bit proud, and changed the subject: "But let's be honest, our territory is indeed the most abundant in resources within T City. Many new members feel dizzy after joining the territory, and it takes them several days to adjust."
"How interesting." The other party laughed. "I think we should suggest that our lord start a tour group business and come visit your place!"
"Welcome then." Wang Yong greeted.
Behind the crowd, Guo Li, who had just finished breakfast, listened to a few words of conversation and showed surprise in his eyes.
Is it true that the city of overnight wealth is not only not a dangerous place, but also a good place?
Guo Li's mood was a bit complicated, but he was also thinking calmly: If these were all true, he should also establish diplomatic relations with the Overnight Rich City.
It is not easy to survive in the end times. Nothing is more important than developing your own territory well. You don’t have to take the previous false rumors seriously.
He thought carefully and did not talk directly to the merchant team in front of him. Instead, he turned back to the residential area to find Hua Yao, the lord of Wuxia City.
Guo Li knocked on the door. Hua Yao smiled when she saw him and said, "I'll take everyone to the farmland area later. The farmland here is very productive."
"Okay." Guo Li's absent-mindedness was a bit vague. He paused, then looked up at Hua Yao and asked unnaturally, "Would you mind setting me up with someone? I'd also like to meet the Overnight Rich City Lord..."
"Huh?" Hua Yao was a little surprised, but quickly nodded. "That's convenient... but it would be the same if you added her as a friend in the group. If you're embarrassed, I can also tell her first."
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