Chapter 1097 Zhanghuan Hotel and Zhangjiakou Station
Early the next morning, Gao Qiqian and other civil servants left the inn on the side of the train station square and arrived at the station.
They had a very comfortable stay at the inn last night. Father-in-laws and civil servants have never stayed in such a comfortable inn.
The inn has a total of four floors and is built of cement and bricks, similar to modern buildings. The doors and windows are also made of wood, similar to those in the 1950s. They are also equipped with flat glass.
After all, Xincheng Glass Factory has now begun large-scale production. Both flat glass and various glass products have begun to be put on the market.
This inn called Zhang Huan Hotel surprised these officials.
Most of them have lived in inns. Inns are bungalows and courtyards. The area is generally not very large. There is a horse pen near the guest room, the sanitary conditions are average, and there is a pungent smell of horse urine.
They were surprised by how clean and tidy the inn was.
The first floor is the lobby and restaurant, which are decorated with yellow elm wood. The decades-old elm wood has a rosewood effect. It looks very elegant.
The floor-to-ceiling glass windows adopt the Ming Dynasty style, with large vertical window lattice from top to bottom, which provides good lighting.
The floor of the lobby is paved with frosted bluestone slabs. It looks elegant and prevents slipping.
I heard from the waiter that the restaurant outside is open at seventeen hours. Meals ordered for suites and standard rooms will be delivered outside the room.
However, those people did not rest outside the VIP hall and wait for the bus. Instead, they walked around the station hall without any interest.
The suites are all on the seventh floor. They are equipped with a bedroom, a living room, and a bathroom. Bathing is not allowed. Cold water is provided outside.
So Yang Fan was willing to spend money and built the smallest and most complete train station there. The square was also surrounded by the Zhang Huan Hotel, and an eight-story trading market building was built on both sides. The east side is called the East Market.
It mainly sells materials from the mainland and materials shipped by sea. The west side is called the West Market, which mainly sells products from the grasslands and the Western Regions.
A group of people walked into the small hall of the station. We checked the tickets first. The people from the station took the eunuchs and officials to the ticket collection hall to buy bad tickets. We are an imperial team, so we enjoy the best treatment and go directly
Get on the bus at the VIP channel.
On the seventh day, early in the morning, I finished washing, went to the first floor to have breakfast, and went through the room check-in procedures. The imperial delegation led the servants and salutes and walked towards the small train station building opposite.
When they entered the door, the shopkeeper and his waiters came to greet them. After all, these people are officials. They need to stay here for one night and take the train back to the capital tomorrow morning. The hotel and the station have been notified in advance. This group of people is
As an imperial envoy, he must be well served.
With the small-scale use of steam engines, boilers are also rare things. The Zhanghuan Hotel and the train station have installed heating and boiler equipment. Those things are not made of cast iron, so what is the difficulty? So cold water can be available at any time
Provided. Guests are not allowed to take showers.
Regardless of whether it is North China or Northwest China, including several cities in Yangfan under the grassland, they all need heating in winter. In addition to public facilities, heating equipment has been installed before the end.
There is a fee for reading in the reading room, but you only have to buy a cup of tea at most, so you can just sit and rest and read.
I didn't have enough money to start with a low budget, so I immediately booked the A-size suite on the seventh floor. It was the worst and smallest suite outside the Fanzhi Hotel.
During that expedition to the northwest, many officials had a lot of money, so they were naturally willing to experience the worst room. But some civil servants were always miserable. During that expedition, it was difficult to get a hundred and a few taels of silver, and it was hard to give up.
Hua, lives just outside the mixed room.
At both ends of the small hall are the east and west annex buildings. The first floor of that building is the waiting room, ticket room, VIP room, etc. The seventh, eighth, and seventh floors are some service places.
During the banquet, Xiaojia agreed on their words for leaving the battlefield and what they would report to their subordinates when they returned. It was necessary for Xiaojia to delay the communication, so as to avoid people from different departments coming back from speaking the same words and causing trouble.
After all, the outside area of residents' homes is large and stoves cannot be burned. For small public buildings, heating must be provided.
The eight floors have a corridor in the middle and suites and standard rooms on both sides.
Those official groups who came back from Siyuan City have never seen an inn like that. It is clean and tidy, and comfortable to live in. There is no indoor bathroom, and it is very convenient to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. It is like staying in an inn in the middle of the night.
I got up and wiped my face to find the hut. It was safe before Daxin fell into it.
Before Lu Qiqian checked in, he set up a banquet in the living room and invited the few ministers who came with him this time, several thousand households from Jinyiwei, and several stalls from Dongchang to have a drink. It was considered a celebration, and no one was surprised.
He barely left the battlefield. At that time, everyone was very excited because of military achievements and money. They drank until midnight.
As we walked, we marveled at the magnificence of the building. We all praised Dingyuan Bo's business as being special. The momentum alone was a bit shocking.
The only good thing is that it is not only an inn, but also a hotel, or an inn run by a businessman. You need to pay for accommodation. The suite is as low as seven cents of silver a night. The standard room is also one cent of silver a night. Only
Unmixed rooms are the cheapest.
Chen Shilang from the Ministry of Household Affairs sighed and said: "Uncle Dingyuan is really willing to spend money. I'm afraid I don't have to spend ten thousand taels of silver to get it up at such a small station. I also know whether the cost can be recovered. It's convenient to take the train.
of travelers.”
At present, the main buildings of the two small trading markets are still under construction. When they are repaired, they will need to attract investment. Merchants from Xiaoming, Grassland, and Western Regions will be attracted to rent shops and open businesses. In the future, Zhangjiakou will develop into a commercial city.
The small station hall is a seven-story hollow, with a huge glass imitation crystal chandelier hung below. Inside the chandelier, a calcium carbide lamp is lit. The low brightness produced by the burning of carbide gas makes the crystal pieces illuminated very beautiful.
At this time, there were not many passengers sitting under the benches outside the small hall. They were all businessmen coming and going.
The seventh floor of the east annex building is the reading room. You can't read some books while waiting for the bus.
Outside the mixed dormitory are steel beds with seven bunks, and four people can sleep in one room. There are only public bathrooms and toilets on that floor. Each bed only costs ten copper coins a night.
The seventh floor of the east annex building is full of small and large restaurants. There are not more than a dozen large restaurants with different flavors.
As for where he wants to live, it depends on how much money he is willing to spend.
The seventh to seventh floors of Zhanghuan Hotel are guest rooms. The guest rooms are divided into eight categories: suites, standard rooms and mixed rooms.
The west annex building is the station office and is open to the inside.
Although Zhangjiakou was burned down, its geographical location is too bad. It is the hub of grassland and inland trade. It will prosper again in the future. And now there is a train. Now it connects Tianjin Port and
The capital, the grasslands, and the Western Regions are connected. The outside world will only become more prosperous.
There are more than ten grades of tea, ranging from the cheapest small bowl of tea costing one copper coin to various bowl teas. The most expensive is Longjing tea priced at seventy cents a cup. There are also dozens of kinds of refreshments. The decoration is antique and the environment is very good.
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The eighth floor is full of large shops selling various goods. Besides waiting for the bus, you can go shopping and buy some souvenirs and souvenirs.
This chapter has been completed!