messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 160 Wealth is always useful

If you want to use one word to describe the city of merchants, merchants who yearn for gold coins will say that this is the most beautiful city, travelers who travel will say that this is the most prosperous city, bards will say that this is the city where legends are born, Idealists would say this is a materialistic city.

But in any case, the splendor of this city cannot be concealed. From the moment it was established, it was destined to be recorded in the history of the mainland.

It was built in the center of the continent and connected to all the commercial routes on the continent. Every merchant would pass by here when they were transporting their goods, resupply here or sell and buy goods here. Because of this, there is everything people want here.You can buy everything you can think of here.

This place is extremely prosperous, it seems to be able to satisfy all the desires of people, and it also has all the desires of people.

And during this time, the streets of the City of Merchants are even more lively than ever, because it is preparing to hold a grand ceremony, or a banquet, a coming-of-age ceremony for the richest boy on the road.

Famous merchants, nobles, adventurers, scholars, and poets have all come here one after another, and ordinary people can also come here naturally. The boy invited everyone on the mainland, and everyone can come to enjoy this great event in the history of the mainland. The greatest banquet ever.

"Let me raise my glass to Mann again!"

"Oh!"

In a tavern, a person raised his wine glass and shouted at the crowd, which drew a lot of echoes.

People flushed from drinking, held their glasses high, and cheered Mann's name.

One of them didn't raise his glass, and the drinker beside him asked suspiciously.

"Hey brother, why don't you drink? During this period of time, all drinks in the merchant city are free. If you don't drink more, you may not have a chance in the future."

As he said that, the drinker took another sip of the wine in the glass and sighed: "Hey, I can't usually afford such a good wine."

The non-drinker smiled wryly and sighed.

"I believe in Sunday, and I can't drink on Sunday."

"Hmm." The drinker raised his brows, smiled helplessly and raised his glass.

"Respect the faith." As he said, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Respect the faith." The Sunday congregation, who could not drink, could only mutter a mouthful of the vegetables on their plate.

In the corner, the bard sang the stories and legends from the mainland. Which passage did he sing? If you listen carefully, you should be able to know that this piece of music is called the Valkyrie of Hiskama.

This legend has only spread in the mainland in recent years. According to legend, the first person to sing this song was a bard from Hiskama. His song is very beautiful, but his singing voice is very vigorous. , with a desolate and magnificent sense of epic, this story is sung deeply into the hearts of the people.

Gradually, the story of the Valkyrie was sung on the mainland. It was heard that she could protect people from wild beasts, and many adventurers even made her legendary appearance into amulets and took them with them.

Amidst the laughter in the tavern, three people were sitting in a corner, eating food quietly.

"Well, it seems that the kid from ten years ago has also grown up." A bearded dwarf drank beer, put down his glass and said with a smile.

"Human growth is inevitable." The lizard man beside the dwarf closed his eyes, as if holding his arm deeply.

"I don't know if Sister Lorna will come, we haven't seen her for a long time." The last woman dressed as a mage smiled softly, holding a staff.

These three people are different from ordinary guests, they are guests with special invitations.

You must know that the invitation for this banquet was sent by Mann himself, which is rare even among well-known nobles.

There are only a few people who can be personally invited by Mann.

People were celebrating in the tavern, drinking sweet wine, eating sumptuous food, and preparing for the banquet that will come tomorrow.

On the east side of the merchant city, in the chamber of commerce of the Mann Chamber of Commerce, the highest floor of the building is Mann's office.

Mann stood by the window, looking out of the window with his hands behind his back.

At this time, he was wearing a dark dress, and his figure was no longer as short as the child back then, but had become tall and straight. At about 1.8 meters, he was already much taller than before.

The chestnut hair was combed flat on his head, looking clean and tidy, with a pair of dark monocles on the bridge of his nose, his fair skin and three-dimensional facial features made him look like a young and handsome nobleman.

He looked at the city outside the window with a faint smile on his lips.

Behind him, Chu stood quietly, and she was no longer dressed like a merchant's attendant, she was less dusty and more elegant and polite.She still didn't have much expression on her face, silently looking at the back of the boy in front of her.

A gust of wind blew outside the window, blowing Mann's hair hanging by his ears. Mann narrowed his eyes, as if remembering something, and said.

"Do you remember my birthday when I was 12?"

After thinking about it for the first time, he nodded and said, "That time on the boat?"

"Hmm." Mann raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Before that, I can hardly remember what my last birthday was like. Then on that dilapidated cargo ship, you prepared a piece of cake for me, just you and me, and celebrated a birthday."

He still still remembers the swaying cargo ship that day, the dark blue ocean was endless, and the light white wake was dragging at the stern.Chu stood beside him, with an inconspicuous smile, and handed him a cake.

"As a messenger, this is what I should do." Chu lightly blinked his eyes.

"At that time, you will be the only one who stays by my side." Mann smiled and took out a gold coin from his pocket, and played with it in his hand.

"But now, the whole continent will celebrate me, and everyone will send me blessings."

Speaking, Mann held the gold coin in his hand.

"This thing can really buy everything, can't it?"

Everything that has happened up to now has proved this point.

Behind him, Chu didn't answer his question, and Mann didn't continue to ask, but just waited quietly for the start of his banquet.

He has become the richest man in the world, but there is one more thing he wants to do, one thing he thinks must be done.

On the night of that day, the grand banquet officially opened, and the lights connected the streets, illuminating the whole city, as if there was no night city, and amidst the cheers of the people, the celebration for that one person began.

(End of this chapter)