The Price of This Food Is Far Too Frightening

But these people couldn't find anything out by following the footprints.

Because those footprints had vanished, as if they had evaporated into thin air.

The investigator from the Northern Desert Kingdom turned pale. "Once they arrived here, these carriages seemed to have vanished from the spot. How is that possible?"

"This is absolutely unheard of and unseen before. How are we going to explain this when we get back?"

"Tell the truth, what else can we do?"

The Northern Desert Kingdom sneered after hearing this, "Could it be that our carriages can fly? Or burrow underground?"

He had barely finished speaking when the general rushed in, shouting, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! There's been an accident at our gold mine!"

The Northern Desert Kingdom stood up abruptly and exclaimed, "What happened? My gold mine absolutely cannot be damaged!"

This gold mine supported many soldiers in the Northern Desert Northern Desert. The accident at the gold mine was a huge blow to them.

The general took a deep breath and said, "All the ore in the gold mine has disappeared."

The Northern Desert Kingdom laughed heartily:

"How is this possible? Hulu Cangya, are you kidding me?"

These gold mines would take at least ten years to mine completely.

Hulu Cangya gave a bitter laugh and said:

"I'm also puzzled. When I went there this morning, all the overseers were dead, and so were our guards."

All the miners inside have run away; there's no ore left."

The Northern Desert Kingdom rushed straight to the gold mine and found it completely clean.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"Investigate! We must investigate thoroughly!"

Once I find out, I'll skin this person alive and tear out their tendons, making them wish they were dead.

Hulu Cangya sighed and said:

"I have a feeling that this was definitely done by the people of the Great Xia Kingdom. I haven't heard from Pei Yong recently, and I'm feeling uneasy."

As expected, something bad happened.

The Northern Desert Kingdom trembled with rage. "The Great Xia Kingdom, is it? Today we prepare to attack Great Xia and raze its Great Xia Kingdom to the ground."

Zhou Wanwan had no idea that such a serious thing would happen.

She mined for two days and sent all the ore back.

Feeling bored, she went to a small border town.

This place is a vital trade hub for merchants traveling between the Mobei, the Western Regions, and the Great Xia, with a constant flow of people coming and going every day.

Everywhere you look there are all sorts of shops and restaurants.

The most striking feature of the city is its countless stalls and shops, selling all sorts of things; if you can imagine it, you can find it here.

Silk fabrics, porcelain bowls and bottles, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones from the Great Xia; spices, Liuli beads, dried fruits and honey from the Western Regions; animal hides, camel wool felt, scimitars and bows and arrows from the Northern Desert.

Steam rose from the food stalls along the street, and the aroma of flatbread and meat soup filled the entire street, creating a lively and bustling atmosphere.

Zhou Wanwan looked at her brothers and said, "Shall we go get something to eat? How about some flatbread and meat soup? I wonder what they taste like?"

The others naturally had no objections, Zhou Wanwan directly ordered five bowls of flatbread and meat soup, but after just one bite, she almost threw up.

She quickly waved her hand and said, "This meat soup is too fishy, I can't eat it at all. Why do people here like to eat this kind of thing?"

The boss next to her looked at her and said:

"Young lady, are you not from around here?"

People here love this meat soup; it's made with camel meat, and it tastes amazing.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "Forget it, I think we should go to another place!"

Zhou Wanwan found a restaurant serving Great Xia cuisine, and the restaurant looked incredibly grand.

A group of people went inside, Zhou Wanwan looked at the menu and was dumbfounded.

Even a simple plate of stir-fried greens costs over 200 coins, and ordinary shredded potatoes cost over 300 coins.

Any fresh, green vegetables are shockingly expensive.

They even dare to charge thirty coins for the most ordinary bowl of white rice.

She couldn't help but shake her head and sigh softly, "My God, the prices of this food are outrageous!"

The waiter standing nearby glanced at the group and said:

"Are you going to eat or not? If not, hurry up and move aside, there are plenty of people waiting to sit down and eat!"

If you can't afford it, you shouldn't have stepped into this restaurant in the first place and wasted your time here.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "What kind of attitude is this? I just said it was expensive, so what? What's it to you?"

The waiter sneered:

"Don't you even know where you are? This is Peerless City, and we are the largest restaurant in Peerless City."

Besides, this area is all desert; do you think you can just grow vegetables whenever you want?

These vegetables took a lot of effort to prepare, so what if they're a little more expensive?

Zhou Wanwan snorted coldly:

"I'm here to make a purchase, so naturally I'm your customer. How can you treat your customers like this?"

Let's skip this meal and leave.

The waiter said coldly, "You can leave, but you have to pay for the tea, it's five hundred coins in total."

Zhou Wanwan suddenly laughed, "Are you bandits? You've only had one sip of tea, and you want 500 coins from us? Do you think that's reasonable?"

The waiter looked at her and said:

"Do you know that the Northern Desert is just ahead? You think it's simple just because there's water here?"

I'm telling you, you're not leaving today unless you pay this money."

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said:

"Pay? Of course we'll pay! It's only five hundred coins!"

Are there any other fees after payment?

The waiter continued:

"Of course there are other fees as well. Don't you want to pay for these snacks?"

It's five hundred coins, which adds up to one tael of silver. You can leave after you pay."

Gu Sinian gritted her teeth in anger, and was about to speak when she heard Zhou Wanwan say, "Fine! Here's one tael of silver, keep it safe."

The waiter took the silver and hid it in his pocket, saying, "Get out! If you can't afford to eat, then don't eat at all."

Zhou Wanwan calmly led her brothers out, while Gu Sinian's face turned red with anger. "Wanwan, this place is a total rip-off! We're not just going to let this go, are we?"

Zhou Qingchen smiled faintly and said, "Can you tolerate my sister's temper? Not even a little bit."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said:

"I never expected the food in the restaurants here to be so expensive!"

This place is indeed unsuitable for farming, but it is suitable for us to farm. Isn't this a business opportunity?

I'm planning to open a restaurant here, what do you guys think?

Zhou Qingchen looked at her and said:

"Developing restaurants here is certainly a good idea, but didn't you hear what the boss said?"

There's absolutely no green vegetation here, how are we supposed to grow anything? There's no water!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"It's their problem if others don't have water, but we have a solution!"

Anyway, I think this city is very suitable for development.

Zhou Wanwan wandered around for a while, then went to find a local real estate agent. The agent thought for a moment, looked at her, and said, "Young lady, don't you have any adults in your family? Are you joking with me?"