A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 188 Familiarity with the City Environment

So Zhang Xingyun drove the carriage on the street while looking for an inn. After searching on the street for a while, he finally found a larger inn with three floors. The plaque in front of the inn read Yuelai Inn.

Zhang Xingyun and Li Da drove the carriage to the door of the inn. Everyone in the carriage got off and took their bags in their hands.

The waiter at the door of the inn saw the guest coming and immediately stepped forward to greet him:

"Are the guest officers working as top managers or staying in hotels?"

Li Da: "Stay in the hotel. Please feed our horses some more fine feed."

The waiter responded, "Don't worry, sir. We take good care of the horses for our guests staying in our inn, and we guarantee that they will be in good spirits when we return them to you."

"That's good. Sorry for the trouble."

The two waiters took the horse ropes and led the horses to the stable and fed them hay.

A group of seven people entered the inn, and the innkeeper saw them entering the inn.

He walked up to them and said with a smile, "Dear guests, our store has upper, middle, lower, and dormitory rooms. I wonder which one you would like."

Zhang Xingyun said, "Please give us four medium-sized rooms. We will stay here for three days. We will extend our stay if needed."

"Okay, sir. Four medium-sized rooms for three days will cost three taels and six cents of silver. We provide hot water for free. If you need hot water, just call the waiter."

"it is good."

"Okay, sir, I'll have someone take you to your room right away." After saying that, he called the waiter next to him and took the few people upstairs.

The waiter took a few people up to the second floor and said, "Dear guests, your rooms are these four adjacent rooms. You can choose your own rooms. Here are the keys. It's best to lock the door when you go in. After all, people come and go every day. If something is lost, it will be difficult to find it back."

After saying that, the waiter handed the key to Zhang Xingyun.

Zhang Xingyun took the key and pointed to a room and said:

"Please send some hot water to each room later, and then send some food to this room, seven dishes will be enough, and seven bowls of rice."

"Okay, please take a rest. I will ask the kitchen staff to prepare food for you and then bring hot water to you."

Zhang Xingyun distributed the keys to several people, and then said to Zhang Yunyue:

"Yueyue, you live in this room. Our rooms are next to yours. Call us if you have any problems."

"Got it, big brother."

"Okay then, everyone put away your luggage and come to the room to eat."

So everyone went back to their rooms and put down their luggage.

After the waiter brought the water, everyone washed themselves. After all, they had been riding in the carriage for a whole day and the surface was covered with dust.

Then he went to Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao's room.

As soon as they sat down and drank a few sips of water, the food from the inn was served.

Zhang Xingyun: "Everyone, let's eat quickly. We've been running around all afternoon and we're all hungry."

Everyone picked up their bowls and started eating.

"Yueyue, now that we have arrived at the provincial capital, what are you going to do next?" Zhang Xingyun asked.

Zhang Yunyue took a bite of food, swallowed it, and then said, "Tomorrow we will go out to get familiar with the city and see what's going on. Then we will find a pawnshop to buy a store, and also buy a house. We may stay in the city often in the future, so it will be more convenient to have a separate house."

Zhang Xingyun: "Okay, I got it. Let's all have a good rest tonight. We can go out for a walk tomorrow after we have rested well."

The others nodded and had no objections.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms.

After traveling for three consecutive days, everyone was quite tired, so after packing up and lying on the bed, they all fell asleep soon after.

When Zhang Yunyue woke up, it was already the 9th hour of the next day.

He raised his hands and stretched his whole body. The fatigue from driving the carriage had disappeared. Now Zhang Yunyue felt that his whole body was full of strength.

After tidying up and putting on men's clothes, he left the room, locked his door, and looked at the doors of the other three rooms. Except for the room next to Zhang Chao and Li Hai, which was not locked, the doors of the other two rooms were locked.

Zhang Yunyue went to Zhang Chao's room, listened to the noise inside, heard someone talking, and knocked on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang" Then Zhang Yunyue shouted: "Brother Xiaochao, Brother Ahai."

Zhang Chao walked to the door and opened it.

"Yueyue, you're awake."

"Well, my back and waist ached from traveling these days, so I woke up a little late today. Oh, where are my eldest brother and Uncle Li? I saw that their door was locked."

"They went to the street after breakfast and asked us to wait for you in the room. They said that after you wake up and have breakfast, the three of us will go shopping on the street and return to the inn early in the evening."

"Oh, I'll go down then."

Several people left the room and Li Hai locked the door.

Zhang Yunyue walked and said, "Brother Xiaochao, Brother Ahai, have you had breakfast?"

"We've all eaten, just eat your own."

"Okay, then I'll just buy two buns and eat them while I walk."

So the three of them left the inn, and Zhang Yunyue bought two meat buns from a roadside bun stall, and ate them while walking on the street.

Zhang Chao walked on the road, looking at the shops around him, and then at the pedestrians on the street. From time to time, a horse-drawn carriage, donkey cart, or ox cart passed by.

"Yueyue, you know what, the city looks so lively and prosperous. In just a short while, several carriages have passed by."

Li He also looked around intently: "Yes, I have been to the town with my father to sell prey, and I have never been anywhere else. It is really a good idea to come to the capital city with him this time."

Zhang Yunyue said: "Brother Xiaochao, Brother Ahai, when you are shopping, observe the surrounding environment, what people are wearing when entering the store, what kind of business the store does, and the flow of people. Only with these can we determine where to open the store at that time."

When the two heard what Zhang Yunyue said, their attitudes changed immediately: "Okay, I got it, Yueyue." After that, they began to look around.

Zhang Yunyue was also eating and watching.

All day long.

Zhang Yunyue discovered that the distribution of the prefectural city was similar to that of the county town, with four city gates in the east, south, west and north.

Moreover, the distribution of traffic is not much different from that in the county town.

I also learned that the county government office was in the city center and the prefectural government office was in the east city.

Rich families like to live in the alleys of East City and South City, while most of the officials' families live in the alleys of East City.

The people living in the alleys in the north city are a little worse than those in the south city. Scholars prefer to live here, and some outsiders also like to rent here because it is quiet.

West City is home to all kinds of people, and its population is more mixed than that of the other three cities. Most of the gambling houses are also in West City.

After understanding the distribution of the city, and thinking about the flow of people I saw today, there is no doubt that the center of the city has the most people. Officials, wealthy businessmen, and ordinary people will pass by there.