Chapter 53: Dongdu Luoyang Opens a Hotel
The thousand-year-old imperial capital, the holy city of China, the source of civilization, and the world;
The starting point of the Silk Road, the center of the canal, the Peony City, and the City of Mountains and Waters;
The three generations created the world, the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the literary style of the Song family.
Luoyang, this historical city was once named or alias: Luoyi, Luoshi, Chengzhou, Wangcheng, Luoyang, Dongdu, Tokyo, Shendu, Luojing, Jingluo, Luodu, Luozhong, Songjing, Zhongjing, Xijing. Luoyang City, located in the north, Songyue in the south, Hulao in the east, Hangu in the west, surrounded by mountains and surrounded by majestic passes, so it is known as "Eight Pass Capitals" and "Mountains and Rivers, and the situation is superior to the world". It also occupies the "middle of the world", suppressing Jianghuai in the east, Guanlong in the west, Youyan in the north, and Xiangjing in the south, and is known as "eight directions of roaming", "the hinterland of the nine provinces", and "the thoroughfare of ten provinces".
There is also legend that Luoyang is the gathering place of the dragon veins of the land of China, so all dynasties have been a must-fight place for the emperors who competed with the Central Plains by the princes and heroes, and has become the most important political, economic and cultural center in history.
The most famous description of the capital of Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty is Ban Gu's "Kyoto Fu", which reads: "The capital of Han Dynasty was in the Xia Dynasty, and it was in all directions. Therefore, the palaces and rooms were bright and the courtyards were beautiful. Extraordinary and frugal. Outside, it was built in the fields and filled with springs and became swamps. Apples were used to hide fish, and grass was used to suck the gardens and ate grass to suck animals." According to the "Luoyang County Chronicles", "the city was seven miles from east to west and more than ten miles from north to south."
According to later archaeological excavations, the Luoyang royal city in the Eastern Han Dynasty was more than 4,200 meters long from north to south and more than 3,800 meters wide from east to west. Outside the city wall was surrounded by Heyang Canal. Twelve gates were opened around the city. In the order of south to south, north to north, the three gates of the East and the Middle East Gate were: Shangdong Gate, Middle East Gate, and Shengmen; the four gates of the South Wall, from east to west, were: Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, and Tianjin Gate; the three gates of the West Wall, from south to north, are: Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, and Jinmen; the three gates of the West Wall, from south to north, are: Kaiyang Gate, from south to west, are: Kaiyang Gate, Pingcheng Gate, Xiaoyuan Gate, and Jinmen; the three gates of the West Wall, from south to north, are: Kaiyang Gate, from south to west, are: Kaiyang Gate, from south to west, are: Xiaoyuan Gate; the three gates of the West Wall, from south to north, are: Kaiyang Gate, from south to west, are: Xiaoyuan Gate; the three gates of the West Wall, from south to north
The following are: Guangyang Gate, Yongmen, Shangxi Gate; the two gates of the North Wall, from west to east, are: Xia Gate (directly connecting to Beigong, leaving the city gate is Beimang Mountain), Gumen. In the imperial city, the palace city is located in the north of the city. The north of the palace city is Fanglin Garden, with Jinyong City, Luoyanglei, Jinshi, and the south of the government office. Zhang Jian said: "Pingcheng Gate, the gate of Zhengyang, is connected to the palace, and the suburbs' sacrificial charity station is from the back, and the most respected person of the gate."
Readers may say that Luoyang City is not big! Comrades, how can we compare the size of the current city with that of ancient times? What's more, this Luoyang City refers to a royal city, which is the central part of Luoyang. In fact, there are poor people living outside the city walls, just like there is a Forbidden City in Beijing today. How big is the Forbidden City? It's 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west. Luoyang City at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the largest city in the world, with a population of more than one million, and it is the veritable center of world political culture.
From afar, looking at the towering Han Yong Gate in front of you, there were three roads below connected by Yangqu Bridge, and there were no city walls left and right. Except for Zhao Xing, who once lived in a super metropolis with a population of more than 10 million, the others were staring with their eyes wide open, fully revealing the shock they were being shocked at this moment.
"Brother Xing, I think Luoyang City is more than four times larger than Jinyang City," Xu Wanlin swallowed and said with some difficulty.
"Well, that's all. In the future, I will build a bigger city for you!" Zhao Xing, who looked indifferent, said casually.
"If you don't talk big for a day, you won't have sores on the corners of your mouth!" Zhao Yu was obviously angry at Zhao Xing's appearance that was more harsh than his own brother, and he choked Zhao Xing.
"Little brat, I'm too lazy to care about you, I'll see you in the future!" Zhao Xing directly ignored Zhao Yu's ridicule, "Let's go, follow my brother to Luoyang City to make money!"
Liu Jili, who was following Zhao Xing, looked at the quarrels of the few half-year-old children in front of him, and smiled bitterly. "I think I, Liu Jili, are a person with broad vision, but now I have to make a living with a young man who is not as good as the one in the weak. I don't know if it's lucky or crazy."
In the next few days, Liu Jili, who entered Luoyang City, thought she was indeed crazy. Looking at the big trucks of the top long river Daqu, Zhao Xing's eyelids, she was sent to Zhang Rang, He Jin, Fan Ling, Cui Lie and other big men in the court without blinking, Liu Jili felt blood in his heart.
It was the first time that Liu Jili gave gifts like this. The key was where the Zuixian Tower was opened. Now that he didn't even have a shadow, Zhao Xing gave half of the wine he brought with him. Isn't this a typical example of digging his own corner? Liu Jili, who couldn't help but finally entered Zhao Xing's room on the fourth day after entering the city, and said all the confusion in his heart like a "bamboo tube pouring beans".
"Guochang, since this trip is here to open a restaurant, should we distinguish the main and secondary, and settle the matter of the restaurant first and then wander around, right?" Liu Jili, who couldn't figure out Zhao Xing's temper, spoke with a bit of implicitness and politeness.
"Brother Jili, you might as well say something. Guochang can stand it." Zhao Xing said with a smile, "Are you worried about the landing of Zuixianlou?"
"That's right! We have been in Luoyang City for three days and stayed in this excellent hotel (according to historical research, Luoyang City is the world's first hotel, and we will explain many Luoyang's firsts related to the plot in the future. Readers can pay attention). There are 100 people, and people eat horses every day and eat horses, so you don't see where to stay. Good wine is given everywhere. After the restaurant is opened in the future, what will we sell to customers?" Liu Jili was not polite to Zhao Xing, and asked Zhao Xing seriously.
"Brother Jili doesn't have to worry too much. Guochang has his own tricks. He guarantees that the restaurant will be in business within ten days. When it opens, there will be a lot of guests and Luoyang is shocked!" Zhao Xing patted his chest and promised. Liu Jili wanted to continue asking, but Zhao Xing looked like a charlatan and stopped talking.
In the next few days, Zhao Xing not only played around Luoyang City, but also took a few girls to visit Baima Temple for a tour, without realizing the firelight coming out of Liu Jili's eyes.
It was not until ten days that Zhao Xing called Liu Jili in his room and handed over a piece of paper, which read several restaurants in three prosperous places including Luoyang City, including "Buguangli", "Jinshi", and "Mingtang".
Buguangli is located in the northeast of Luoyang City, between the Shangdong Gate and the Middle East Gate, close to the Beigong and Nangong; Jin City is located between the "Shangxi Gate" and "Yongmen" in the west of Luoyang City; Mingtang is located outside the palace city, with Lingtai and Piyong nearby, and the most important thing is the Taixue! Luoyang Taixue has been standing in the east of the world for hundreds of years. It is the first national central university standing in the east of the world, and it has had a profound impact on later generations and is a strange thing in the history of Chinese education. The Luoyang Taixue in the Eastern Han Dynasty was huge in scale, with the highest number of people reaching 30,000. The places chosen by Zhao Xing were all prime locations in Luoyang.
"Brother Jili, please start tomorrow and negotiate with the restaurant written on the paper to see if any restaurant is willing to transfer the store. The price is not a problem, and it is up to you to decide!" Zhao Xing said to Liu Jili with a smile.
"If there are more than two stores transfers, how do you choose?" Liu Jili saw that Zhao Xing finally had a little positive appearance, so he stopped ignoring him and went straight into the state.
"The more you have the better!"
"We only open one restaurant, why do we buy so many stores?" Liu Jili asked in confusion.
"Luoyang is a world-class city with a population of one million. Can a Zuixian Tower meet the needs of dignitaries, scholars, students, and peddlers?! We want to open a chain store! Recently, I have visited the four cities of Luoyang and found that there are business opportunities everywhere. As long as it is operated properly and segmented customer groups, Brother Liu, you are waiting to make a lot of money!" Regardless of whether Liu Jili understands professional terms such as chain stores and segmented customers, Zhao Xing made Liu Jili feel excited and excited!
On the second day, Liu Jili took Li Jinsi excitedly for "acquisition business negotiation", but Zhao Xing changed into ordinary clothes and only brought Xu Wanlin and Li Tiezhu, who were dressed as a book boy, to wander around in Luoyang City. When he saw the restaurant, he went in and sat for a while to collect public opinion.
In a famous restaurant in Luoyang City, a well-dressed warrior was furious. "How dare you, a restaurant, deal with this kind of inferior wine! A few days ago, we were lucky enough to go to the Taiwei Mansion to have a drink. Compared with what you sell in your store, the wine was like a cloud of color in dust! Take out the good wine quickly, otherwise you will have a good look!"
The restaurant owner, who looked depressed, said while accompanying him, "Don't worry, the best sour wine in my store is like this, but I don't know what the name of the wine you are drinking. I'll call someone to go and buy wine..."
"I heard from the Taiwei that this wine is called Changhe Daqu. I will buy wine quickly and drink it with us. But this bird wine can make a bird fade out of the mouth..." Seeing this scene, Zhao Xing left with a smile.
I went into a restaurant again, and a similar scene continued. The angry person changed to a literati dressed up as a scholar, and his words were even more literary, but the same meaning was the same - the wine tasted too light, and drinking was like drinking water, which was no match for the Changhe Daqu that I drank in Situ's mansion a few days ago. My aunt can tolerate it, but I can't tolerate it either! (It's tolerant, but who can't bear it!) Come quickly and take Changhe Daqu, otherwise you will talk bad things about your restaurant in the future! The restaurant owner was terrified and he felt bleeding when he heard it, but Zhao Xing was very happy.
Zhao Xing lost interest when he heard this. He pulled Xu Wanlin, who was still full of incredible expressions, and Li Tiezhu returned to the hotel where he stayed.
"Brother Xing, the wine we brewed is so good? I thought you were so careful to improve the brewing recipe to marry my sister." Xu Wanlin said heartlessly.
"Well, I'm not trying to marry your sister..." Zhao Xing covered his nose and mumbled, "Wanlin, you see, you've been visiting Luoyang City for more than ten days, and you've played all the places you should play. Should you go back and accompany your sister?"
"What are you doing?!" Xu Wanlin immediately increased her alert level, her face full of vigilance, "Do you want to drive me back to Shangdang?" Xu Wanlin's face was already sunny and cloudy, and maybe it would rain heavily in the next moment.
"No...no, I'm not worried that Wanting is left at home. I'm too lonely and lonely alone. You sisters are together, and it's better for two people to be together. I'll have a long time to return to Shangdang." Zhao Xing quickly took rescue measures.
"Hmph, don't think I don't know what abacus you are thinking! You'll be able to attack Zhao Yu when I leave! You said, you said, I'm worse than Zhao Yu! Those who came to the door didn't pick me, and insisted on touching the little tiger!" Xu Wanlin's shocking words began to emerge again.
"Ga, I'm going to attack Zhao Yu?" Zhao Xing rolled his eyes when Xu Wanlin said it directly. What a joke? Just a tyrannosaurus like Zhao Yu, I'd better hide away and ask for blessings.
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law were in ambiguous and bored room, but she heard Liu Jili clamping the door outside the door. "Is Guochang here?"
"Brother Jili, please come in!" Zhao Xing, who could finally get rid of his sister-in-law's sad eyes, shouted loudly outside the door.
After entering the room, Liu Jili found that Zhao Xing and Xu Wanlin had just happened to have a short story that they had to tell, and for a moment they didn't know how to speak.
"Brother Jili, how is the progress of the acquisition of the restaurant?" Zhao Xing asked openly.
"Oh, the method Guochang taught me is very useful. We exchanged land deeds for restaurants. At first, the restaurants were a little hesitant, but when they heard that it was a field near Wohuzhuang, Changzi County, the restaurants immediately agreed!" Liu Jili said excitedly.
"How many restaurants have you acquired now?" Zhao Xing asked
"Bu Guangli can collect one place, Jinshi can collect two places, and Taixue can collect two places!"
"It's enough to arrive. You will gather the owners of several restaurants here tomorrow. Let's discuss the opening matter together!" Zhao Xing ordered.
"Ji Li understands!"
Chapter completed!