Manado is located at the mouth of the Manado River, and the largest river in Easte passes through the capital city of Ito. It stands to reason that the port of Manado should be no less than the great port of Doro, but in fact, it is a little smaller than Gutenberg. There are many ships and a lot of traffic, and countless cargo ships and merchant ships from the middle and upper reaches of the river use this as a transit point, turning to the port of Matter, thirty kilometers to the north.

It is said that Manado was the domain of a certain prince two hundred years ago, and the prince had the intention of rebellion, although it did not succeed, but in order to suppress his power, the king vigorously developed Matt, which had a better harbor, and abandoned the city of Manador, which had the entrance to the sea, and only after recovering this territory did it develop into a transit port.

Autumn and winter are not the peak seasons for maritime trade, and the harbor is somewhat sluggish, with only a few dozen river vessels parked by the docks. At lunchtime, the workers all rested and gathered in bars and restaurants, large and small, gossiping while filling their stomachs.

It was at this time that Minna took her grandfather into a tavern. After a long time, she also knew that whenever her grandfather went to a new place, either to the Xiao family's local branch, or to the local tavern to eat and inquire about the news. Manado did not have a branch of the Xiao family, only a simple office, they did not go there, they only planned to find a place to eat, so they set off for Port Matt.

When they entered the tavern, the people inside suddenly looked at each other and exclaimed with joy, "It's finally here, we've been waiting for a long time!" ”

Xiao Tianjian looked at his granddaughter helplessly, and whispered: "Being a hero is this annoying ......" Before the words fell, a voice came from behind him: "What are you waiting for me to do?" What do you want to inquire about? Xiao Tianjian's face froze, and he was immediately squeezed to the side, and a fat man walked in the door, and was immediately surrounded by the people in the store.

Minna glanced at her grandfather's depressed expression, smiled secretly, and was slapped on the head by him: "Find a seat and sit, what are you doing standing here?!" In fact, Xiao Tianjian blushed a little.

The grandfather and grandson sat down, and finally called the clerk who was attracted by the fat man to order a meal, and only then did they pay attention to the conversation between the fat man and the others.

“…… So, those treasures were left to you by the stranger when he was dying? Where is he from? ”

"I don't know." "He looks about the same as us, his eyes are black, his hair is yellow, but the roots of his hair are black, he is quite young, I guess he is not eighteen years old, he is thin and has little strength." I couldn't understand what he said, and when I had a fever, I kept talking nonsense, saying ...... "He said a few words, which seemed to be "wow", "leaf", "will", "seven", and others couldn't understand it.

I said...... This man doesn't know the lingua franca, is he from another continent? Tell me, where did you find him? "Someone said so.

The fat man said: "On the seaside, I originally thought he was a Bass person, aren't there many Bass people who have been sold to the mainland as slaves?" But then I didn't think it was like that. He had fainted in a small boat, as if he had been hungry for days, and was seriously wounded, and I was kind enough to get him back. He looked compassionate.

"You're kind, and you didn't suffer." Others sneered, "I heard that he has a lot of treasures on him, and as soon as he died, he was taken away by you and sent to the Wood Auction House, and I heard that Boss Wood offered a thousand gold coins, didn't he?" ”

Everyone exclaimed, a thousand gold coins, which is really a lot, for such a hard worker, it is a huge wealth that they dare not imagine.

However, the fat man did not seem to be satisfied: "What is a thousand gold coins?" A big boss said that in a big city like Matt or Ito, 10,000 gold coins is not enough. Wood Auction House wants to buy my treasure at a low price, and I can't agree to it. ”

Everyone was even more surprised, 10,000 gold coins, isn't that something that only a noble lord can have? Someone whispered to the fat man to stop being greedy, but he didn't take it seriously. The other said, "No matter how much it can be sold, let us see what the treasure looks like, and let us open our eyes." Everyone echoed in unison.

The fat man said contemptuously: "You poor ghosts, the treasure has already been sent to the auction house, how can it be shown to you?" He took a slow sip of wine, and when he saw that the people around him sighed in disappointment, a smug smile appeared on his face: "But...... I've got a little gadget left here, and I was going to keep it for myself......"

The crowd immediately crowded in front of him, and Minna, who had been listening from her seat, probed her brain with interest. Xiao Tianjian suddenly had a throbbing in his heart, he was just listening casually, but now he also stood up and walked a few steps in the direction of the fat man.

The thing that the fat man took out was a flat rectangular body less than ten centimeters long and two fingers wide, a blue transparent tube, which contained a colorless liquid, and the plug was made of silver metal, with a small black flake mechanism, and when the fat man pressed the mechanism, one end of the plug would burst into flames, which was five or six centimeters high, which amazed everyone.

Minna is also lamenting that she has never been able to learn fire magic, and if she has this thing, it seems that she can ignite fire without magic.

And Xiao Tianjian was already stunned.

That thing is clearly a lighter.

Minna watched with interest the discussion of the group of people not far away, and secretly judged what the thing in the fat man's hand was made of, the blue transparent flat square tube did not look like crystal and precious stones, the plug was not silver, and the liquid in the tube did not know what it was, it seemed to have something to do with the fire coming out of the mouth of the pipe. Could this be an alchemical product? Is there any other function besides ignition? If it can only be ignited, it is a bit similar to a product made by the alchemist Hanlin, except that it is larger than this, and has more lighting functions, and it uses fire spar fragments as energy.

The conversation continues. The fat man said triumphantly, "That's a good thing, magician, don't you?" They can conjure fire at any time, but with this, even ordinary people like us can light a fire anytime and anywhere. ”

"Isn't that about flint?" Someone asked.

The fat man immediately blushed: "Nonsense! How does this compare to something like flint?! See? It's made of sapphires! ”

The others were amazed again, and wanted to get closer to touch it, but the fat man refused, thinking that they would stain his treasure. Someone was not happy to hear this, and said, "Then baby, why don't you just send it to Master Wood together?" Maybe it can be sold for a few hundred gold coins. ”

Someone next to him sneered: "Master Wood is not a fool, how could he pay for this thing?" I don't think it's useful for anything other than ignition, it's worth a few gold coins at most, and that's enough money to buy a boatload of flint. ”

This seemed to speak to the fat man's heart, and he said in shame: "You poor ghosts have no vision, I don't know as much as you!" If it weren't for the fact that someone might come to the door of that stranger's house, I wouldn't have left this treasure, but Master Wood offered hundreds of gold coins, and I wouldn't even sell it! When they heard this, they were skeptical.

Minna had already returned to her seat, snickering. Hanlin's ignition stick sold for only two silver coins each, and was the least valuable of his works. The thing in the fat man's hand was not made of sapphire at all, and if it could only be used to light a fire, even if it was a novelty, it might not be able to sell for a gold coin. Flint is also convenient and inexpensive to use. If that Master Wood had been a good merchant, he would never have spent money on such a thing. This fat man is just bragging.

She whispered to Xiao Tianjian: "Grandpa, that fat man is lying." She waited for a long time, but did not see her grandfather respond, and turned her head to look at him strangely, only to see that he had been staring blankly at the fat man and the things in his hand, and his face changed. She asked suspiciously, "Grandpa, what are you thinking?" ”

Xiao Tianjian woke up, shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm just ...... I think that stuff is funny. Minna was even more suspicious, so what's so interesting? She looked at him a few times, but didn't see anything. At this time, the clerk brought the food they ordered, and her stomach was already rumbling, and she was busy eating.

Xiao Tianjian drank the wine quietly, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart. That is indeed a lighter, so it is very likely that the foreigner mentioned by the fat man also crossed over! Black eyes, dyed black hair, the words that are clearly "I want to go back", must also be a Chinese! He has lived in this world for decades, and has been looking forward to it, if he can't go back, at least there will be another person who can be his companion, but he didn't expect to finally meet him today!

Unfortunately, the man is dead......

Xiao Tianjian felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, but soon he thought that when he came, he landed in the Yaluo Forest because there was "that" in the forest, and this compatriot appeared on the seashore of Manado, could it be that there was also "that" here?

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the tavern, and a group of big men broke into the door, violently swept away the other drinkers, and rushed straight to the fat man. The people in the shop were taken aback, and the organic spirit hurriedly retreated to the side.

The fat man was arguing with others about the value of the lighter, but when he saw this situation, he was a little at a loss, and he hurriedly smiled and said to the visitor: "Deputy steward, are you looking for me?" ”

"You liar!" The tall and thin man led by the big man angrily threw a small bag of things on the fat man, "How dare you run in front of our boss to cheat money?!" These so-called treasures of yours are simply fake! What glows and sings, and instantly paints a portrait...... What did you do when you demonstrated? Our boss just wanted to enjoy the games, but it turned out that they wouldn't move at all! ”

The package was scattered across the ground, revealing two odd things. Xiao Tianjian's eyes were sharp, and he recognized that it was a mobile phone and an MP4.

"How can it be ......" The fat man trembled and picked up the mobile phone and MP4, pressed it a few times, the phone did not respond, but the screen of the MP4 lit up, he said happily: "Look at you, it's on......" The light suddenly disappeared, his face turned pale, and he kept pressing the buttons, but the MP4 never lit up again.

The people around whispered, and the fat man listened to it and trembled even more: "It's impossible, I'm obviously ...... I've tried it several times...... Master Deputy Steward, you have also seen it with your own eyes, I am not lying, it will really be bright and can sing......"

The deputy steward gave him a contemptuous look: "Liar! Get your deposit back! Also, you're committing a crime! If you don't want to go to jail, just lose your money! ”

The fat man was sweating profusely, and when he heard someone next to him talking about how generous he had spent money in the past two days, his legs were weak, and he suddenly remembered: "What are the other things?" The little crystal ball that glows, the brown crystal glasses, the high-end tobacco, and the leather bag......" He took out the lighter he had just shown off: "This is worth a lot of money, too." ”

The deputy steward quickly snatched the lighter and stuffed it into his pocket: "How much are these things worth?!" It's not enough to pay a fine! He beckoned to his men: "Tie him up!" Send him back to make amends to the boss! ”

The men tied the fat man with all their hands, and when they saw him struggling and shouting, they took off his hat and gagged him, and then left the tavern after the deputy steward. The people in the store didn't dare to say anything to stop them during the whole process, and only when they went out did they get into a commotion.

Minna saw it from the side and felt that although the fat man was not likable, the deputy steward kidnapped people fiercely, which was even more annoying. Being deceived by someone, just get the deposit back, and swallow other people's things, it's really too much!

She approached her grandfather and was about to say something, but she saw that he got up at some point and was walking out of the door, and hurriedly pulled him back: "Grandpa, where are you going?" "Could it be that grandpa wants to save that fat man? She rolled her eyes and grinned, "I'm going too!" ”

Xiao Tianjian looked down at his granddaughter, and suddenly realized that this time was different from the trip in the past two years, he still had a child less than ten years old, and he couldn't leave her alone in such an unfamiliar place, but he couldn't take her to a place where the situation was unknown. But that fat man probably had clues from his own compatriots, how could he just let it go?

With this hesitation, the fat man was escorted by the group of people and disappeared into the corner of the street. Xiao Tianjian sighed and patted his granddaughter's head: "What are you going to do, little ghost head......"

Minna glanced at him and knew he was pretending, but even if Grandpa didn't follow, it didn't mean they couldn't find a place. She beckoned to a clerk, stuffed a silver coin over, and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, who were those just now?" ”

(The result of the re-chapter...... ）