Seven days later, the ship of Fan Ning and the three arrived in the capital, it was also at this time three years ago, Fan Ning followed Fan Zhongyan to the capital, three years later, it is still the same Hongqiao, the shop is still the same, and even the pedestrians have not changed.

But Fanning knows that many things have changed, especially his state of mind, which is completely different from three years ago.

He silently looked at the scenery on both sides of the strait, but his mood was not as excited as three years ago, but calm as water.

The passenger ship crossed the Hongqiao and approached a temporary pier for foreign ships for a fee.

The reason why the ship did not enter the city was because there were tax officials in the city, and they had to board the ship to search strictly, and several boatmen were carrying tax evasion goods, and with the help of Fanning's identity, they were not checked all the way, but they could not escape the search when they entered the capital.

Fanning understood their plight, and the three of them went ashore outside the city.

Bidding farewell to the boatmen, the three hired two ox carts and headed for the capital with their luggage.

Tokyo Bianliang is divided into the outer city and the inner city, the inner city was the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty at the earliest, with the increasing population, the old city has been far from accommodating, the Song Dynasty had to expand the capital, built the outer city, to the time of Renzong, the population continued to increase, even the suburbs began to be lively and prosperous.

Fan Ning and his entourage entered the city from the New Song Gate, and their accommodation was arranged at the Guanyin Bridge in the southeast corner of the inner city, where there was a Zhang Qiaoer Inn, which was opened by Li Dashoutang's uncle.

According to Li Dashou, he had never met this cousin, but because of his mother's repeated requests, they had to come to this inn to stay overnight.

"Little official, that's the Guanyin Courtyard Bridge!"

The driver of the ox cart pointed to a dilapidated stone arch bridge in the distance and said with a smile: "But this area is called Guanyinyuan Bridge, and the inn that the little official said should be in front of the bridge." ”

"How's this inn?" Fanning asked with a smile.

"Since it's called an inn, it's definitely good, and the general foot shop will be a little worse, and since it's called an inn, there will definitely be a single courtyard, and the conditions won't be too bad."

The coachman glanced at Fan Ning and Su Liang and said with a smile: "The two little officials are going to Beijing to take the exam!" ”

"Are there a lot of scholars rushing to take the exam?"

"Quite a few! After the exam, I entered Beijing one after another, and there were three batches of just I pulled it, and the candidates generally like to live in the old city, the old city is commercial, lively, and the new city is almost all residential, and after a while, the inns in the old city will be full, and everyone can only live in the new city. ”

After a while, the ox cart arrived in front of an old two-story house, and a sign hung above the gate, 'Zhang Qiao'er Inn'.

As soon as the two ox carts stopped, a man came out of them and greeted him warmly: "Welcome a few officials to stay in the hotel!" ”

The coachman said loudly: "Little brother, you are the one who went to Beijing to take the exam!" ”

"That's even more welcome, everyone in our store likes it."

Another man came out to carry their luggage, and the shopkeeper came out.

The shopkeeper is a tall and thin middle-aged man, who is not smiling, and is always serious.

"Under the surname Yan, he is the shopkeeper of this store, what can he do for the three people?"

Fan Ning smiled and asked, "Is there still a single courtyard?" ”

"I'm sorry, there is only one single courtyard in the small shop, which has been inhabited, and it is also a taxi who came to catch the exam, from Bashu, and just arrived yesterday."

"What about the upper room?"

Fanning asked again: "I won't go to the room, and there will be no more!" ”

"There are several rooms in the upper room, and each of the three minor officials is enough."

"Then one room for each person."

Fanning and the others have already thought about it, they all have to review their homework, living in the same room will affect each other, and it is best for each person to live in one room.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "The advantage of entering Beijing early is that everyone can live in a room, if you enter Beijing in January, the accommodation will be tight at that time, and it will take about three or four people to squeeze into a room." ”

The three of Fanning have a letter of recommendation, with the letter of recommendation, the room was quickly registered, the price is not expensive, seventy yuan per room per day, of course, the rent is cheaper, each room is only twenty yuan per day, but it must be that the inn is comfortable, and there is hot water supply in the morning and evening.

Fanning paid a deposit of ten taels of silver and went upstairs, and the man had already taken the first step to help them carry their luggage upstairs.

In the middle of the second floor is a narrow passage, there are rooms on both sides, all of them are single rooms, the grade is a little worse on the first floor, that is, the room is a little smaller, fifty wen a day, but a few pennies a day Chase shop is not here, generally in the suburbs of the foot shop.

"If you like quiet, you can live in the innermost top, of course, not in summer, it's too hot in the west, anyway, it's late September, and it doesn't really matter if you live in the west."

The guy helped them carry their luggage into the room, and Fanning asked for the supplies on the westernmost side of the street, opposite was Su Liang, and next door to Su Liang was Li Dashou.

Although the inn is a shop opened by Li Dashou's uncle, he didn't mention this relationship at all, this is Li Dashou's character, if he can't trouble others, try not to trouble, he doesn't want to take advantage of his cousin.

"Yes, the room was spacious and bright!" Walking into the room, Fanning couldn't help but praise.

The room is at least thirty square meters, the innermost is a side bed, there are fences on all sides, the materials are sufficient, the workmanship is exquisite, this kind of bed belongs to the property in the Song Dynasty, it is more valuable, like Pan Jinlian married Ximenqing, the dowry is two beds.

The window was large, with curtains pasted on it, and under the window was a large set of tables and chairs, and Fanning's bookcase was already placed next to the table.

There is a cupboard near the door, which contains daily necessities such as copper basins, foot soaking buckets, teapots, and tooth salt.

What's even more interesting is that there is a screen in the corner of the wall, behind which is a vermilion lacquered toilet with a lid, and a large wooden basin is erected against the wall, which is used for bathing.

"If the petty official has any needs, just ask me, we will try our best to meet them, and if there is anything that needs to run errands, the villain is also willing to serve."

"I see, it's hard for you to help carry your luggage."

Fan Ning casually grabbed a handful of more than a dozen coins from his pocket and stuffed it to the guy, "It's not a lot of money, take it for a cup of tea!" ”

The guy suddenly smiled, and he pointed to the screen again, "There is a toilet in the back, put it in the toilet room in the morning, and the room directly opposite the stairs, someone will take it to clean it, and send it back at noon, ten cents each time, and settle the bill at that time." ”

This is one of the reasons why Fanning liked the Song Dynasty very much, not only the goods were abundant, but also the service industry was very developed, everything was very thoughtful, as long as he was willing to spend money, life would be very comfortable.

For example, in the summer, there is a special industry that sells ice, they collect a large amount of ice in winter, and in the middle of summer, they will provide people with special ice buckets, which are replaced on time every day, so that the room is cooled down a lot, and a bucket of ice is dozens of dollars.

For wealthy families, ice walls can also be provided, and ice cubes can be placed in the sandwich wall to directly make the room feel like a spring breeze.

The man took his leave, and Fanning sat down on the bed, the bedding clean, and the desk spotlessly clean.

"Fanning, let's go for lunch." Su Liang said loudly at the door.

"Good! Is Dashou going or not? ”

"I asked him, he wants to practice calligraphy, he won't go anywhere, let's bring a little."

Fanning's head was big for a while, "This guy, I really can't talk about him." ”

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Zhang Qiaoer Inn is in the north of the Guanyin Yuan Bridge, not far from the Guanyin Temple, hundreds of steps away from the south is the famous Chunmingfang, where the powerful and high-ranking officials live, the house price belongs to the top of the capital, a five-acre house will be sold for more than 100,000 yuan.

Three miles to the west is the range of Daxiangguo Temple, where there are famous shops and delicious food.

But just want to eat enough is not so troublesome, diagonally opposite the inn, near the Bianhe River there is a small food shed, equivalent to the food stalls of later generations, the grade is relatively low, but it is cheaper, and there are many varieties.

At this time, it was the time for lunch, the food shed was full of guests, most of them were the people at the bottom, and a sign was hung on the food shed, and there was only one word on the card, 'noodles', it turned out that this place was mainly pasta, of course, not only noodles, but also steamed buns.

In the capital, meat steamed buns are called steamed buns, and there are more than a dozen types of steamed buns here.

Fan Ning and Su Liang found a small table and sat down, and an old woman stepped forward to wipe the table for them and smiled: "What do the two little officials want to eat?" ”

"What kind of pasta?"

"It's all there, buns, tongs, pockets, slippery pieces, cakes, everything, but there is no wine, I can bring you a bowl of bone broth."

The tongs are today's dumplings, the douzi refers to the siu mai, and the slippery rice is the wonton, and there are many types of cakes, but here it refers to soup cakes, that is, noodles.

Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "I want a cage of steamed buns, mutton filling, another plate of three fresh tongs, put some vinegar, and another bowl of meat foam noodles, I am enough, Xiao Su, what do you want?" ”

Meat foam noodles are meat foam cold noodles, delicious and full, which is Fan Ning's favorite, but Su Liang doesn't like it very much.

Su Liang smiled: "I'm the same as you, but I want to splash noodles with oil, and another five steamed buns, which we will bring with us when we leave, and bring them for our companions." ”

"I understand, the little official will come soon."

The old woman commanded in a loud voice: "Serve soup to the two petty officials first!" ”

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