Chapter 405: Revisiting the Old Land

The first impression I had when I entered Kyoshi was that there were many new houses. It had been nearly ten years since Jiang Feng had left the city, and unlike the guards around him who were on full alert, Jiang Feng looked relaxed and looked at the scene of the capital with great interest.

He still remembers that when he ran a restaurant here, when he arrived in the lunar month, he would close his business early on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and those who would finish late in the twenty-third year of the lunar month. This is not only the case for restaurants, but also for all walks of life.

However, after entering the capital this time, I found that the shops on both sides of the street showed no sign of closing, and the number of customers did not decrease.

Jiang Feng brought his entourage this time are all the characters he selected in the guards, strong martial arts, loyalty is the most basic requirement, and people must be shrewd, after all, it is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if the speech and demeanor show flaws, it will be a disaster, so these dozen or so entourages are all older, very mature and stable, but the big city that these people have seen, that is, the level of Dengzhou Mansion, after coming to the Beijing Division, there will still be a lot of curiosity, which is unconsciously revealed in their eyes and demeanor.

Jiang Feng and his party walked on the road, although they looked quite imposing, but the appearance of looking around was a standard dirt bun entering the city, and the pedestrians on the side of the road were secretly snickering.

Originally, Jiang Feng was preparing to enter Daming at the beginning of spring, he felt that this time was approaching the end of the year, restaurants, inns were closed, if he came at this time, no matter what, it could not be said that it was convenient, there was obviously nothing to take refuge in relatives and friends, if it was to buy an industry or something, it seemed too much fanfare.

I didn't expect that Sima Zuo, who was sent by Liu Twelve to follow, said that it was okay, in the past three years, Jingshi and the big prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, the inns and shops were already open as usual during the New Year's Festival, because the market was becoming more and more prosperous, and the merchants from the north and south came and went frequently, and many people had no time to go home for the New Year.

In Huazhou, Yizhou and Nanyang, the main business exchanges are carried out by ships, the navigation at this time has high requirements for the season and weather, and must be carried out when the wind direction is suitable, so although it is the prosperity of all industries, the day into the gold, but in the New Year and ten years ago the big bright difference is not too much, every wax moon, whether it is the wharf or the civil guard, it is deserted, everyone is at home for the New Year.

Jiang Feng's guards looked at the Jingshi street at this time so lively, all of them were amazed, Jiang Feng thought more, when he did not cross, from the orphanage to the vocational school to the work of the time, but personally experienced the change of people's attitude towards the Spring Festival, from the beginning of the preparation of the whole family to the battle, to the later more and more indifferent attitude, from the original Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home, to the restaurant to eat in order to save labor.

Along with it, it is the prosperity of all walks of life and the gradual prosperity of people, this scene of the Ming Dynasty represents the gradual prosperity of the people, but seeing the lazy guards outside the city, many dilapidated city walls and city gates are still placed, indicating that despite the gradual prosperity of the people, but the tax has not benefited the state machine, at least in the capital.

When they entered the capital, it was already noon, and a servant on the side came over and asked respectfully:

"Sir, where do you want to go for lunch today?"

Among these people who followed, there were naturally detailed works that were familiar with all parts of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Sima was engaged in that kind of role, but the Ming Dynasty was not a place like the Japanese Kingdom and North Korea, and Jiang Feng was also very familiar, so this person asked, Jiang Feng reined in the horses, looked left and right, although there were a lot of houses on the side of the street, but he could still recognize that this place was not too far from Nancheng.

Immediately smiled and said:

"Follow the master, let's go to Huifeng Tower!"

As soon as he entered the area of the southern city of the Beijing Division, Jiang Feng found that this place was really a big change, the four areas of the Beijing Division, the center is the Forbidden City, this is naturally needless to say, the north city is the place where the officials and nobles live, the east city is mostly where the yamen of the outer dynasty is located, and the west city is the east factory, where the Jinyi Wei is stationed.

The nature of these places determines that there is no big change, but Nancheng is a place where the commoners of Beijing and foreign merchants live, since it is a people, it is natural that there are not so many rules and sayings, and after making money through trading, there will be no idea of not showing wealth.

They are all renovated and built in style. You must know that since the industry and commerce in the south and north of the Yangtze River have flourished, as the heart of the world, the place of the capital, and the place where the world's businessmen gather, people have poured into the capital, naturally looking for a place to eat, drink and have fun.

There is no space in the east, west and north directions of the capital division, and the south city is becoming more and more important, at the beginning, after repairing and expanding their own houses, they sublet them to foreign vendors, and as more and more people come in, the rent and housing prices are expensive.

In the past, in Beijing, ordinary households had to go out of the city to work in Xungui's manor for a few days in their leisure time, which was used to supplement the family, but now it is not necessary.

The major merchants who poured into Beijing were short of manpower, and they were directly hired locally, and there were so few local people, and wages were rising day by day.

Even with the collapse of the Jingshi merchant group and the major land seizure case, many restaurants, shops and inns that originally enjoyed all kinds of tax-free privileges did not have these benefits, and these hens that could lay golden eggs were naturally not willing to be slaughtered, plus their original foundation and experience.

Soon, it took the lead in this wave of fortune trend, for example, Jiang Feng now sees Huifeng Building, Jiang Feng still remembers that when he left Beijing, Huifeng Building is the most conspicuous restaurant on this street, but now this street has become the territory of Huifeng Building, this is a whole street, the original shops are not known where to go, both sides of the road are two-story restaurants, out of the street, a high wooden pole is erected, on which is written "Huifeng Building", At the intersection, there are more than a dozen neatly dressed servants, greeting guests with smiles on their faces.

Jiang Feng was in a trance on the horse, it was really a bit of a vicissitudes of life, after all, Huifeng Lou was a restaurant that he and his subordinates were on the verge of bankruptcy from the beginning, and they became a world-famous restaurant step by step, and there were deep feelings in their hearts, in Dengzhou, Huazhou, there was still a war on the sea, and the leisure of planning, and occasionally thought of this restaurant, but Jiang Feng did not expect that Huifeng Lou had changed like this.

This thought was just a flash of time, and the little guys who greeted the guests at the intersection were all familiar with people, smart and shrewd characters, and when they saw Jiang Feng and his party who were dressed up and had a lot of status, they immediately knew that this was a big customer, and this person had not seen it on weekdays, so they should go over to greet him.

Immediately, the two little guys nodded and walked to the front with a smile, and the several guards who followed Jiang Feng were all carrying horses to the front, in case something was wrong, the two little guys were also interested, and when they saw the actions of Jiang Feng's men, they immediately stopped there and greeted them warmly and respectfully:

"This outsider, our Huifeng Building is the leader on the twelfth floor of the Beijing Division, but he has taken a product, and he has never fallen out of the famous store of the third grade, you must try our family's craftsmanship!"

Jiang Feng looked at a few servants on the horse for a while, and suddenly remembered that Wang Qinian also greeted guests like this back then, thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing, let go of the reins, turned over and dismounted vigorously, and said with a smile:

"Okay, let's try the craftsmanship of Huifeng Building today!"

As soon as he got off the horse, more than a dozen entourages around him followed and dismounted, and the carriage loaded with things had already been placed in the inn, Jiang Feng casually took out two pieces of broken silver, about two taels or so, and directly threw them to the two small servants who greeted the guests in front of him, and the guards behind hurriedly followed, handing over the horses and reins to the little servants, and now there are no wooden stakes tied to the horses on this street in Huifeng Building.

Listening to these little guys, on the other street, there is a big stable in Huifeng Building, where the guests' carriages and horses are stored, and the royal subordinates have other entertains there, and the stables are guarded by the records, so there is no need to worry about troublesome things such as confusion.

Of course, Jiang Feng would not send his men to the vicinity of the stable, but his guards all had to follow the little servant to the stable to have a look, so as not to find his horse in an emergency, which would be a delay.

When these people all came back from the stable and entered the main entrance of the restaurant together, the guards around Jiang Feng were suddenly dumbfounded, there are also restaurants in Huazhou that entertain maritime merchants, and because of the high gold of maritime merchants, the grade of these restaurants is quite good.

These young people also feel that they have seen the world, but they can't imagine that the top restaurant in Jingshi is so luxurious

The weather in the wax moon of the capital division is abnormally cold, but the warm breeze blows in the lobby of the Huifeng Building, and a unique wooden bridge is erected in the center of the hall from the gate, and the flowers and plants below are all luxuriant and abnormal, like the spring of the southern country......