Chapter 2 The famous capital, the banquet in Fanlou
Lv Wende was still standing on the bow deck and saluted everyone who greeted him on the dock. Then when the boatman set up the board connecting the dock, he went down the board and greeted everyone along the way.
Yin Zhiping did not disembark immediately. After the entourage who was returning to Lin'an to Lin'an and the followers around Lu Wende were disembarking, he took Yang Guo, Guo Fu, Li Zhichang and others to finally disembark.
After getting off the boat, Yin Zhiping explained a few words to Li Zhichang and asked them to go by themselves, without saying hello to Lu Wende. Lu Wende was busy calling friends there and greeting him, but he didn't care about this for a while.
Watching Li Zhichang lead Yang Guo, Guo Fu and others away and disappear into the crowd at the dock, Yin Zhiping turned around and looked at the group of people who were greeting Lu Wende, standing aside and looking at them quietly. There were about 30 people in total, but in fact, only six and seven people came to greet Lu Wende, and the remaining people were only these six, and the three or five entourages brought by the seven people were not waiting.
After Lu Wende and the six and seven people finished their greetings, they talked for a while, and then they remembered Yin Zhiping, and turned to Yin Zhiping and said, "Everyone, I will introduce you to you. This is the Master of Quanzhen Sect Qing and the Zhenren who killed the enemy leader Kublai Khan in this battle in Xiangyang. This great victory in Xiangyang and the great defeat of Mongolia was actually entirely due to Yin Zhenren's achievements."
These people are all Beijing officials. Since they can come to welcome Lü Wende in advance, they naturally have already found out why Lü Wende entered Beijing. Such memorials for victory and the emperor's imperial edict will not be kept specifically confidential.
On the contrary, they will make a big announcement and post good news to the four cities to inspire and inspire the people. Now, all over Lin'an, from high officials and nobles to ordinary people, have already known the news of the great victory in Xiangyang. The streets and alleys are circulating, and this is the most talked about by the people of Lin'an. Even the story of "Yin Zhenren's Flying Sword Killing the Enemy Chief" written by Mr. Xiangyang has been circulating, and some people have started to talk about it in Lin'an.
When Yin Zhiping saw Lu Wende introduce him, he walked forward and arrived at Lu Wende to greet these people. He came to Lin'an and was responsible for coming to preach the mission and had the intention of taking the upper level. Although the emperor was the main object and target, since he had the opportunity, these Beijing officials naturally had to make friends with each other, and maybe there would be opportunities to use them at any time.
Lu Wende introduced these officials to Yin Zhiping to know him. These people were all of them of the same rank as Lu Wende. There were no particularly prominent or powerful senior officials, and most of them were military generals. Anyway, there were no historical celebrities that Yin Zhiping knew. However, he did not know much about the history of this period. Even if there were any of them left some names in history, he still didn't know and had never heard of them.
The pier is not a place for conversation, and everyone just said a few silly words. After Lu Wende's entourage carried all his luggage off the boat, everyone took Lu Wende to the inn together.
When they arrived at the inn, the promulgation of the imperial decree to Xiangyang sent people to take their people to leave first and go back to the palace to report. The people who came to greet Lu Wende made an appointment to hold a banquet in Fanlou to welcome Lu Wende in the evening. After invited Yin Zhiping to go with him, they said goodbye and left together.
The postmaster was welcomed by the inn. He arranged for the postmaster to help Lu Wende's entourage carry the luggage. The postmaster came to Lu Wende to salute and arranged accommodation for him.
With the special care of Lu Wende, Yin Zhiping naturally got a good room. Yin Zhiping meditated in the room all afternoon and practiced the breathing and breathing technique on the second level of "Quanzhen Internal Power".
In the evening, Yang Guo brought Guo Fu to the inn to find Yin Zhiping, but came to tell Yin Zhiping where the inn was. This was also what Yin Zhiping had discussed with Li Zhichang on the boat, asking Li Zhichang to take people to find the inn. After arranging the accommodation, he sent someone to find him and told him that the inn they were staying so that he could go and search for him when he had something to do.
Li Zhichang originally sent another Quanzhen disciple to do this, but Yang Guo took the initiative to ask for it. In addition to coming to tell Yin Zhiping, he also had an excuse to take Guo Fu out and wander around the city. Because this matter was not important, Yang Guo dragged it until the evening to find the inn and told Yin Zhiping the name and address of the inn they were staying.
Yin Zhiping asked Yang Guo why he had only come here now, but Yang Guo did not hide it from it and told him with a smile. Yin Zhiping knew Yang Guo's character, and this matter was indeed not important. He knew about it that day and did not blame Yang Guo. After talking to him and Guo Fu for a few more gossips, he sent them out of the inn and told them not to wander around at night and to go back to report to Li Zhichang immediately, so as not to worry about Li Zhi who was worried about them going there for a long time.
Not long after seeing off Yang Guo and Guo Fu, it was already night. Yin Zhiping returned to his room and had just lit the lights for a while, Lu Wende came to invite him to the banquet. Yin Zhiping blew out the lights and went out and went out with Lu Wende to the inn, but saw someone sending a carriage outside to pick them up. Yin Zhiping looked at the night nearby and got on the carriage with Lu Wende.
The ruts were rippling, and Yin Zhiping lifted up the car windows and looked at the Lin'an night view along the street. This was a habit he developed in his previous life. When he was riding in his previous life, he liked to look at the scenery on both sides of the road through the car windows, especially when he arrived at a strange place.
Fanlou was originally the first of the seventy-two main hotels in Bianliang, Tokyo. It is very famous in Tokyo. It has tall buildings, exquisite decorations, and wine, dishes, services, etc. It is also excellent. Many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing are also frequent visitors to Fanlou. Unfortunately, Bianliang was stepped on by the iron hooves of foreign races, so Fanlou naturally could not be spared. After Emperor Gaozong moved the capital to Lin'an, someone rebuilt a Fanlou in Lin'an according to the style of Fanlou of Bianliang. Not only is the same name and the same style, but even the wèizhi where he is located is roughly the same, all at the north end of the Imperial Street.
Before Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty moved the capital to Lin'an, he had undergone many transformations and constructions in Lin'an. The renovation layouts in many places were imitated in the style of the old capital Bianliang. The Yujie, which is the main road, was most obvious. Yujie started from the north gate of the palace and Ningmen, and led directly to the Zhengyang Gate of the south gate of Lin'an. It was nine miles long and was the central axis of Lin'an City.
This imperial street, also known as Tianjie, is an imperial road specially used by the emperor. Every three years, the emperor will conduct a three-day sacrifice ceremony. Follow the imperial street to Jingling Palace to eat vegetarian food and worship ancestors. After staying for one night, return to Taimiao for one night, and then go to the suburbs outside the city to worship the sky. After staying for another night, return to the palace.
However, although this Yu Street is for the emperor's use, it is not impossible for ordinary people to walk. Only the center of Yu Street is for the emperor's use. The center is separated by a river channel made of bricks and stones. Lotus flowers are planted in the river channel on both sides, peaches, plums, pears, and apricots are planted on the shore. Outside the separated river channel is the road for the people to walk on.
Yu Street is the central axis and main road of Lin'an, and is also the widest, so in Lin'an, Yu Street is the most prosperous. Shili Yu Street can be divided into three sections. The northern section is close to the palace and is the yamen district. The central office and other yamen in the imperial court are all located in this section; the middle section is a comprehensive commercial area, restaurants, inns, cloth grain and oil stores are all located in this section, and most of them are famous stores and old stores gather, which is also the most prosperous. The southern section is close to the city gate, and there are various handicraft workshops, warehouses, cargo warehouses, cargo markets, etc.
Fanlou is located in the northern section of Yujie. The three sections of Yujie actually have no particularly obvious dividing line. The official has not clearly stated that Yujie is divided into three sections, which is just a spontaneous formation model. However, the yamen district in the northern section is where the yamen of the court are located, but no merchant dares to occupy it. However, the restaurants and shops that can be operated in this section are naturally not simple, with quite background. Fanlou is located at the location closest to the northern section.
When I was in Bianliang, Fanlou was the first of the seventy-two official hotels designated by the official, so it naturally had an official background. Fanlou in Lin'an is also the first of the restaurants in Lin'an City. People without a deep background cannot build a restaurant here. (To be continued...)
ps: I am very sorry for breaking the update again. Something happened, I was in a bad mood and I didn’t have the heart to write. Whenever I made up my mind, I always had various unexpected situations. I believe everyone has encountered this kind of thing. It is because things in the world are impermanent, blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes do not happen singly!
However, this month I definitely want to win over the character. I will remember the updates that I owe and must make up for them. That day, I said that I only updated one chapter. I owe two updates. I missed two updates every day. I missed six updates in total, and everyone helped me remember and supervise them.
Chapter completed!