Chapter 8 The luxury of Buckingham Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's spending bills(1/2)
Zhu Yuanzhang planned to stay in Shanghu County for a few days, and planned to choose an inn and put his luggage in the room first.
After picking it up, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the so-called Buckingham Palace was the most in line with his requirements.
From the outside, white tiles were pasted on Buckingham Palace, which looked very clean and tidy.
The architectural style of Buckingham Palace is more Gothic, so it looks strange, but it has a unique flavor.
"Just choose this place."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and took his accompanying people to Buckingham Palace.
As soon as I arrived in front of the door, I saw several beauties wearing strange clothes standing on both sides of the door.
When Zhu Yuanzhang passed by, these beauties bent over and bowed neatly, and smiled:
“Welcome to Buckingham Palace and wish you a happy stay!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt novel. Although he had never seen such a way of welcoming guests, he was inexplicably pleasing to the eye.
The clothes these women wear are a little exposed.
The forks of the skirt spread to the thighs, which was really indecent.
Zhu Yuanzhang gradually walked to the center of the hall with curiosity.
I found that this Buckingham Palace is indeed different from the usual inns.
There are no tables and chairs placed in the hall on the first floor for people to eat, only a few pieces of furniture for people to rest.
There are no other objects, giving people a sense of simplicity and comfort.
The decoration in the hall is also very luxurious. Just a huge glass cup hanging upside down above the hall is probably less than 100,000 taels of silver.
The floor is covered with white tiles, which can be seen that the owner of this room is very hygienic.
Zhu Yuanzhang could even see his reflections from those ceramic tiles.
At this moment, the waiter at Buckingham Palace saw someone coming and walked up to him kindly.
"A few guests, don't you know if you are a top player or stay in a hotel?"
"Stay in a hotel!"
"Okay, please come here to register the information at the front desk first."
The waiter guided Zhu Yuanzhang and others in front, and said:
"Our housing time is from noon on that day to noon on the next day."
"If you want to check out, please notify the front desk in advance. We will arrange for a special person to clean the room."
As he said that, a few people came to the front desk.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the inn was quite satisfied and asked casually:
"How do you calculate the room money here?"
The receptionist was also a beautiful woman.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he immediately showed a sweet smile and asked Zhu Yuanzhang:
“I wonder if the guests need a single or twin room?”
"Oh, I wonder how much does this single-bed room cost? How much does a twin-bed room cost?"
The front desk continued to smile professionally and said:
"The single-bed room costs 8 taels of silver for a night, and the twin-bed room costs 10 taels of silver."
What!! It costs 10 taels of silver overnight?
This is treating us as a sucker!
"Do you think this is a palace? The fees are so high?"
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shouted loudly.
"Where is your shopkeeper? I want to see your shopkeeper."
At this moment, the shopkeeper of Buckingham Palace had just come down from the upper floor when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang shouting at the front desk and hurriedly ran up.
"Customer, I don't know where you are dissatisfied with?"
Looking at the shopkeeper's chubby face, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly:
"Why is your family so expensive? Even the best inns in Beijing are not as expensive as yours!!"
"Is this treating us as suckers?"
The inn immediately smiled and said:
"Don't be angry, our Buckingham Palace is expensive, so there is a reason for it to be expensive."
"Please move and go upstairs with me and you will understand."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe in any inn, he could get ten taels of silver a night.
"Let's lead the way, if you dare to deceive us, we must smash your inn."
The shopkeeper immediately took Zhu Yuanzhang and the others upstairs.
On the fourth floor, the shopkeeper found a free room, then opened the door and sent several people in.
"Please look, every room is an integrated one."
“Not only are there a place to stay, but even the toilet is separate.”
"And you can take a shower in the room, all of which are ready-made."
"Please look here, this thing is called a faucet. You can just unscrew it gently and it will get out of water."
As he said that, the shopkeeper gently turned on the faucet and saw a clear stream of water rushing out.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the others had never seen such a magical thing before, and they were suddenly surprised.
Zhu Di also reached out to take a handful and tasted it. He felt that it was no different from the water he usually drank.
"This is called tap water. Although it is convenient, it costs money."
"There is also this thing, called a shower. You can take a shower by standing underneath. There is hot water here."
"These things are all free of charge. Customers can also receive free breakfast services provided by our store every morning."
Zhu Yuanzhang heard the shopkeeper's endless introduction, but he was looking around at the room.
The room is transparent from north to south and the windows are wide open, so you can clearly feel the breath of the breeze.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the big bed in the center of the room, which was covered with a neat and clean white quilt.
After sitting down, Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if he was trapped in.
He suddenly stood up, and at this time he realized that the bed was so soft.
The shopkeeper looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile and asked:
"Now the guest thinks, is this ten taels of silver worth the money?"
Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the balcony and could clearly see the full picture of Shanghu County through it.
There is also this separate toilet and bathing place in the room. The service is so thoughtful, does it cost so much?
“Give us four single-bed rooms.”
Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were one room, and there were three people and one room left.
"Okay, guest, please come down and register the information."
After the shopkeeper came down, he ordered the waiter to put the luggage of several people in the room.
The front desk was asked to register information for Zhu Yuanzhang and others, and at this time, the road was needed.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was prepared for a long time, and their way was the information of businessmen in the capital.
After everything was registered, Zhu Yuanzhang paid the money and planned to leave, but the front desk stopped them.
"Customer, please get your consumption bill!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again.
Bills? What is this for?
"A guest official is from another place, right?"
At this time, the shopkeeper also came forward to explain.
"This bill is your consumption record. When we buy and sell anything in Shanghai, we have to provide the bill."
"We businessmen have to pay taxes to the county government based on this bill."
Zhu Yuanzhang could understand the bill, but since it was something that merchants used to pay taxes, what did it have to do with him?
"You merchants just need to keep this thing, why do you have to give us one?"
Even if the tax invoice is used to pay taxes, it has nothing to do with the customer.
To be continued...