Are You Planning to Rebuild This House?

Shen Tao laughed heartily:

"Oh dear! Your Highness wouldn't do something so despicable, wouldn't you even spare a six-year-old child?"

You're not trying to eat up the family fortune, are you? But this girl is quite impressive; although she's only six, she owns numerous businesses.

The crown prince flicked his sleeves and said, "Who cares about her businesses? I have no interest in her whatsoever."

Shen Tao picked up his chopsticks and said, "These dishes are really something else! I'll try them and see how the takeout tastes."

He took a bite and exclaimed, "This seafood tastes amazing! It's so delicious!"

Zhou Wanwan stood to the side, and after a while, a waiter brought in a table and said, "Miss, please sit here and enjoy your meal."

All I saw was a rosewood table being brought in, followed by a chair.

The chair is inlaid with various gemstones and has soft cushions on the back.

As soon as Zhou Wanwan sat down, she saw the maids carrying silver platters coming over.

The plate contains braised grouper, braised sea cucumber with scallions, stir-fried silver fish with fermented rice wine, garlic lobster, braised fish lips with abalone sauce, fish maw stuffed with crab roe, blanched conch slices, braised sole fillets, honey-roasted sea cucumber, braised grouper with soy sauce, drunken octopus, crab meat and bird's nest soup, rock sugar snow frog soup, osmanthus and mixed fruit cake, and candied unicorn fruit...

Someone brought Zhou Wanwan a cup of milk tea. Zhou Wanwan sat down and looked at the Third Princess and Seventh Princess, who had been ushered down, saying, "You two sit down too! I can't finish this all by myself."

Stools were brought over quickly.

The third and seventh princesses stared blankly at the table full of food, completely dumbfounded.

Even in the palace, I've never tasted these things!

It's important to know that the Great Qi Kingdom has very few coastal areas, so eating seafood is extremely difficult.

Even in the Great Qi Great Qi Imperial Palace, it's the same, so you can hardly find seafood inside.

The third princess looked at these things and asked, "Can we eat such a big lobster?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Of course you can eat it. Why don't you try the takeout and see how it tastes?"

The third princess nodded, took a bite of the lobster, and exclaimed, "Wow! This lobster is so delicious! It feels incredibly tender. I've never eaten such a big lobster before!"

The seventh princess took a bite of the octopus and said, "This octopus is so chewy! It's delicious."

Zhou Wanwan also likes to eat lobster, especially garlic lobster. There were three on the table, and she ate one big one, as well as a lot of other dishes.

He took a sip of milk tea and said, "It's been a long time since I've had home-cooked food. This is really good."

An argument had already broken out over there. Shen Tao looked at Zhao Botong, "What do you mean by this? I clearly saw the lobster first."

Zhao Botong blushed and said, "I picked it up first, so of course it's mine."

Didn't you say this seafood wasn't fresh?

"I never said anything like that, don't make false accusations."

Shen Tao looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Wanwan, did he say something like that? Did I hear that right?"

"I bought this meal; I paid for it."

"It's not like you're the only one with money. I'll take care of all the food, especially the lobster, it has to be mine."

Zhou Wanwan ate lobster while watching their performance. After finally finishing, the maid next to her quickly brought her a hot towel.

Zhou Wanwan wiped her mouth and said, "After trying so many different dishes, our family's food is still the best."

Shen Tao looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "This dish from your restaurant is absolutely delicious! What else do you sell?"

Zhou Wanwan took out a stack of promotional leaflets and said, "These are all our products. If you need anything, you can ask us for help."

Shen Tao took the flyer, looked at it carefully, and said, "Your business is pretty big!"

Zhou Wanwan said modestly, "It's nothing special! Anyway, we have everything that your Great Qi Kingdom doesn't."

Looking at these things, Shen Tao asked, "Can a greenhouse really collect them? Do you have any rare or expensive flowers and plants available?"

Zhou Wanwan said:

I don't know what you mean by "precious" or "valuable".

But I do have a lot of nice plants at home. Take a look at this list, is there anything you like?

Shen Tao took the order and looked at it, saying:

"Green Cloud, Global Lotus Cauldron, Old Cloud, Old Bee Skill, Yu Butterfly, Jin'ao Plain, Yao Yellow, Wei Purple, Eighteen Scholars Camellia, Qionghua."

Zhou Wanwan, do you have all these flowers?

These literati and scholars were basically obsessed with flowers, and Shen Tao was no exception.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, there are, but they're a bit pricey. The prices are all listed here, you can take a look."

"Eighteen scholars for only one thousand taels of silver? Are you kidding me?"

Green Cloud only costs 1200 taels, Old Cloud 1300 taels, and Global Lotus Cauldron only costs 1000 taels? Hahaha...

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Shen Tao simply didn't believe it.

Zhou Wanwan said:

We also spent a lot of effort cultivating these flowers and plants.

The price is very reasonable; you can give it a try.

Shen Tao ticked off all the items on the menu and said, "Okay, give me one of each of these flowers and plants. How much is that glass greenhouse you mentioned?"

"A small glass conservatory costs 10,000 taels of silver, while a large one like this costs 50,000 taels."

"Then I'll take the big one."

Shen Tao had money in hand, so he directly pulled out 160,000 taels of silver notes, with a few hundred taels left over. He waved his hand and said, "Consider these few hundred taels a tip. I just want to see what kind of glass conservatory you can make."

Zhao Botong snorted coldly and said, "County Magistrate Shen is really rich and powerful, actually trusting a little girl."

Zhou Wanwan looked at the head of the Zhao Family and said, "How come your house suddenly disappeared yesterday? Didn't you want to investigate this matter?"

Zhao Botong remembered this. "That's right! Shen Tao, I asked you to investigate a case, not to come here to eat or buy things."

Shen Tao rubbed his nose and said, "I'd forgotten about that too. I'll go investigate the case now."

Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhao Botong:

Uncle Zhao, are you planning to rebuild this house?

We also build houses, and our houses are quite beautiful, take a look?

Zhou Wanwan handed Zhao Botong several drawings of houses and said, "Take a look at these houses and see if there are any you like?"

Looking at these gardens, Zhao Botong asked, "You guys can design gardens?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"Of course it will. Generally speaking, a house like this would cost at least two hundred thousand taels of silver."

Even your previous house belonging to the Zhao Family was worth no less than two hundred thousand taels of silver!

The Zhao Family's house is indeed expensive! The ancestral hall alone cost 70,000 taels of silver.

Zhao Botong looked at her and said, "120,000 taels of silver, can you really make something better than the one I made before?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said:

"Of course, but it also depends on the type of wood; if you need high-quality wood..."

For example, the cost of using woods like Phoebe zhennan, agarwood, and pear wood would be even higher.

"If we use this kind of wood, 120,000 taels of silver definitely won't be enough."