Chapter 778: Together

Chen Fan and Zhang Shun are old acquaintances, both graduated from Dengzhou Vocational and Technical School, uh, the highest education at present. The school has been relocated to Liaodong, and the people of Dengzhou are still willing to call it that. The current Dengzhou seems to have little to do with Chen Xie, in fact, any new official will be very careful to adapt to the rules here.

There are also crazy people, such as the county order of the last Huang County, who took the documents of the Ministry of Officials, and flaunted his might after taking office. It didn't take more than a month to be honest, and the reason is very simple, when the family goes out on the street, they have to always guard against the attack of rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, even if they have silver, they can't buy any daily necessities. If you want to eat a meal of meat, you have to send someone to Dengzhou to buy it, but even so, you haven't bought it yet. The county magistrate beat a government official and a board, but as a result, the three classes of officials ran away cleanly, and the scribes in each room were all invited, and they became real loners. In the end, the county commander rode a horse to Dengzhou, and after meeting the prefect, he stayed for another five days before the problem was solved. How to solve it, outsiders don't know, anyway, after coming back, he will be honest and act in accordance with the rules on the ground in Dengzhou.

For officials, Dengzhou is both heaven and hell. For Chen Fan and Zhang Shun, Dongying is not a hell, but it is certainly not heaven. This realm is just a rural village!

The situation in the concession was a little better, but at night there were street lamps that burned kerosene, but Edo was not good, the streets were narrow, the buildings were low, and the street sanitation was not good, and it was not wrong to say that it was a country.

The former General's Mansion has been emptied, and it is undergoing a renovation, and in the future this will be the Dongying Palace, and the original living facilities Chen Xie is simply unacceptable, and after returning from Hakone, he directly lived in the concession. Now it's called the Imperial Palace.

There can be no electricity in other places, and the future royal palace must have electricity. Not only electricity, but also high perimeter edges, and lights, the whole palace becomes a glittering building at night. This is not a small amount of work. So Zhang Shun had a headache. In contrast, Chen Fan's purpose was to come to the field to investigate the feasibility of laying submarine cables.

At the same time as the palace was being renovated, a 30-meter-high platform was being built on the eastern outskirts of Edo, and due to the amount of earthwork work, the construction of this enthronement ceremony platform was expected to take half a year. When completed, there will be a square platform with a ten-meter-high concrete façade at the bottom, reinforced concrete pillars at the top, and ninety-nine steps from the ground to the top. Zhang Shun received a request that. The platform is lit up around the perimeter and on both sides of the steps, and when night falls, it is a symbol of the city, a luminous building that can be seen from any direction.

The current power supply system is still direct current, alternating current This thing still has many insurmountable technical difficulties, of course, this is the problem that the research institute of the headquarters of Xinghai Electric Power Company needs to solve, Zhang Shun is engaged in construction. When I received this job. Zhang Shun's whole person is not good, but he can't help but come. Because it was an order from his superiors, who made him hold the title of the most capable young talent in a power company. Speaking of which, there must be something greasy in this, but it's not something he can resist.

Because of his low profile, Zhang Shun, a native of Dengzhou, didn't know Chen Fan's origin at all, and thought that he was from an ordinary landlord family. Classmates for three years. The older Zhang Shun took great care of Chen Fan, a like-minded guy, and after graduation, Lao Yan flew separately, one went to the front line of Liaodong to engage in engineering, and the other buried himself in telegraph research. Unexpectedly, this time, when the two met on the Lushun dock. Only to find out that everyone's destination is the same.

Chen Xie didn't live in Edo Castle, the two of them naturally ran away in Edo Castle, and the official documents they brought with them needed to be handled by the system, so the two had to go to the concession immediately, and the city of Edo was not very attractive to them for the time being. Naturally, there is no interest in touring. In and around Edo, the most prosperous place is the concession. However, this concession will not be changed in the future, and it will become part of Edo Castle. The word Tokyo, Chen Xie did not intend to make it reappear.

"Brother Zhang, I booked a room at the Eurasia Hotel, and I checked in together." After entering the concession, the first thing is to find a place to live. At this time, the difference between the two appeared, and in Edo Zhangshun you could stay in the best inn, but not in the concession. The cheapest room in the Eurasia Hotel costs ten silver coins a day, and Zhang Shun can't afford to live even if he is reimbursed by the power company. You must know that the expenses of a medium-sized family in Dengzhou City are ten silver coins a month, which is already a very high standard of living. The average working family, according to a family of four, the monthly expenses are two to three silver coins. At a lower level, the normal expenses of a family of four are one and a half silver coins, which can ensure the food and clothing of the family.

"No, the company's business trip subsidy is only five silver coins a day, Brother Chen still went to live by himself and found another place to live." Zhang Shun naturally wanted to refuse, his family's situation can only be regarded as a middle-level income, the power company works, and the monthly salary is eighty silver coins, which can't make up for this kind of high-end restaurant at all.

After Chen Fan reacted, he was secretly ashamed in his heart, and the education he received since childhood made him immediately make up for it: "I have also heard of a big name for a long time, and I only have a luxury on a whim, and I still invite you to stay overnight occasionally." Today's rooms are all set, even if you have a treat, tomorrow we will find another place to live together. "In this way, Zhang Shun has nothing to say, this Eurasian hotel is not expensive, but the room is very nervous, not to mention the reservation in advance, and you have to pay a deposit. If you don't live, the deposit will be gone. Don't look at the fact that there is only 30% in advance, it is really a hot pain in the heart of the white hand.

Gritted his teeth: "Okay, then let's stay together for one night, and the follow-up team will have to wait a few days." Both of them took two entourages to go first, and when they arrived at the place, they first solved not only the problem of accommodation, but also the office location.

Chen Fan smiled at this time: "That's right, let's go to Edo together tomorrow, the rent of the house in that area is cheap." You and I might as well rent an office next door, and it's easy to move around with each other. ”

Talking and laughing, he got off at the door of the hotel, although it was the cheapest room, when he stood at the door, it was enough to make Zhang Shun feel that the trip was worthwhile. This is the tallest building in the concession, the five-story Eurasia Hotel. The first floor is the lobby, and the second floor and above are the housing. In front of the revolving door at the gate, two carefully selected Dongying women bowed and said welcome, dressed in well-fitting cheongsam, embroidered shoes under their feet, and the side seams were very high, revealing snow-white thighs at the slightest movement. The full and plump chest jumps and rises and falls with the action of bowing.

"I never thought that there were women with such a figure in the realm of Dongying." Chen Fan has inherited some of Chen Xie's preferences, and the aesthetics of long legs and thin waist are one of them. Zhang Shun smiled when he heard this: "Brother Chen doesn't know, these women are not purebred Dongying women, they should be the sins done by Dutch ghosts in Dongying." ”

The voices of the two were not low, and the woman leading the way in front could hear it clearly, but she didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction on her face. Chen Fan sighed heavily and said: "It's still a little late for Daming to develop overseas, otherwise where would such a tragedy come from." A compassionate face came out, causing the woman in front of her to look back frequently.

There are very few women running around these days, so the hotel is mainly dominated by female waitresses, and they are all dressed in general and have different figures. If you have luggage to be sent to your room, you have to ask for the advice of the traveler before you can send some of the hotel's male waiters out. The two of them each brought two entourages, so naturally they didn't have to bother the waiters in the hotel with their luggage.

Zhang Shun is not a good bird, staring at people's buttocks all the way, the cheongsam is like this, when looking at it from behind, the Dongying woman who is used to small broken steps, the amplitude of the swing when walking can still be seen clearly. If this is in Daming, she must be a dusty woman who is dressed like this to face outsiders. Even if she is an ordinary woman, she must have a long skirt to cover her shoes in the face of outsiders. Seeing this thing with such eyes, Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh in a low voice: "What's the matter, brother, has you taken a fancy to it?" ”

Zhang Shun smiled embarrassedly, Chen Fan didn't speak again, after the two moved into the room, the entourage put down his luggage and went downstairs to live in the backyard's room, Chen Fan greeted the woman who was waiting on the side and said, "This girl, we will only stay for one day and leave, the hotel will not dislike guests like us, right?" ”

The woman bowed slightly and said, "The two masters have heard that when they enter the shop, they are VIPs, and they are all hospitalized." After speaking, handing over a beautifully printed booklet, Chen Fan opened it and looked at it, turned his head and said, "Brother Zhang, look here." Zhang Shun looked at the words of 24-hour personal service, and couldn't help but beat his heart faster.

"Five silver coins, that's not cheap!" Subconsciously talking to himself, Chen Fan smiled: "Naturally, I came down to treat myself." After speaking, he said to the woman: "Okay, you stay, and let someone take me to the room." ”

The woman turned around and said hello, and a woman was already waiting at the door and said, "This lord, your room is next door." ”

At the hotel where he checked in at ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Shun didn't come out of the room until the evening, and after stretching comfortably, he knocked on the door next door. The door opened, and a mixed-race woman appeared inside, and when she saw him, she bowed down and said, "Master Chen is bathing, please come in and sit down." ”

The rooms are all the same, with long corridors facing the sea, covered by metal railings for safety, and you have to squeeze through them even if you want to jump. After entering the door, there is a small hall, sofas, coffee tables, etc., Zhang Shun, who was focused on the waitress before, will take a closer look at the layout of the room.

When the curtain was raised, Zhang Shun showed a knowing smile, and it was not Chen Fan who came out, but a plump woman with a ruddy face, followed by Chen Fan, who cleaned up. Seeing Zhang Shun, he smiled and said: "It's just right to come, let's discuss together how to act tomorrow." (To be continued......)