There are wooden signs nailed to the counter with the room numbers of the hotel written on them, and there are hooks underneath, some of which have signs hung on them and some are empty. There are also many types of signs, some say one day, some say five days, and so on.
"There happen to be four rooms here, not far from each other. I'll register and arrange for you." He then skillfully opened the booklet in his hand and started asking questions one by one.
After some registration and explanation, a small bag of silver rings was placed on the table, and the clerk handed over keys to several people.
"Please follow me." After saying that, he led the way.
The structure of the hotel is similar to a courtyard house, with the front hall used to entertain guests and equipped with dining tables and chairs. On both sides of the courtyard are the kitchen, toilets, and places to store livestock and goods. Further in is the four-story building where travelers live.
Walking into the yard, Loran Hill glanced around and saw a captive ox squatting in the stable. It was very big, with colorful threads wrapped around its two curved horns, which seemed to be a unique custom of other small tribes.
After walking up to the small building where they lived, they put down their luggage and finally felt relieved.
Four of them stayed in the inn to rest and look after the goods, three went out to purchase some things for the journey, and Loran Hill and Wei Lengyan were free to move around.
"Would you like to go for a stroll in the streets, Master Jialan?"
"Go ahead, I'm also very interested in this place."
"Haha, I've been to Linjie Prefecture several times before, so I'm quite familiar with it. I'll show you the way." After saying that, the two of them walked out of the hotel.
The streets seemed to have just rained, and the blue stone bricks were still damp and covered with moisture. The houses on both sides were not short, but had several floors, with white paint on the sides and blue-black tiles on the top.
Linjiezhou is located on the coast and in the south, with abundant rainfall, so every household here likes this kind of green tiles with better waterproofing, and the ground also has complete drainage ditches.
Looking back on my time in the Sunset Mountains, the people there rarely used tiles. Most of them used a combination of thatch and wooden boards to protect them from rain. Since there is very little precipitation in the Sunset Mountains, there is no need to worry too much about this.
Walking on the street after the rain, Loran Hill looked at the shops on both sides with curiosity. Many pedestrians were still carrying folded paper umbrellas, and there was fresh moisture in the air.
Here you can see some porcelain shops, bookstores, tea restaurants, shops selling Western clocks and lamps, cloth shops, clothing shops, herbal medicine shops, alchemy pavilions, scripture book shops, steaming cloud pavilions, pearl and jade pendant shops, and so on.
Compared with the inland ports, the goods in the seaside ports are much more complete. Loran Hill occasionally sees one or two blond or red-haired Westerners. Some of them speak oriental languages fluently, almost like the locals. It seems that they have been traveling and living here all year round.
"Lord Jialan, is there anything you need to purchase?"
"There doesn't seem to be anything missing, but some things are quite new and curious, so let's take a look."
"Then let's go this way. There is a store that sells very good clothes. They specialize in Tianshui Bi Sha clothes, and their ancestors even made clothes for the nobles in the palace." Wei Lengyan felt that this young lady should be interested in clothes, so he led Luo Lanxier to an elegantly decorated clothing store on the street, where many young girls were choosing clothes.
"Bixia Qingyi Square"
ps: Haitianxia and Tianshuibi are both precious fabrics that appeared in history.
Volume 1 of "Stories of the Five Kingdoms": The sky and water are blue, and because Yu's concubines dyed them blue, the evening dew fell in the courtyard and was dyed by the dew, making the color particularly beautiful, so it was named this.
"Song History·Volume 18·Five Elements 3" records: The heavy rain in the palace dyed the clothes light blue, which was called "Tianshuibi".
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