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Chapter 1186 We Can’t Consume Here

It is not quite accurate to say that Xiangjiang was just a small fishing village sixty years ago.

It can only be said to be an 18th-tier port town, which cannot compare with other places in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong with their rich resources and outstanding people.

Later, it was chosen by the Royal Navy as a safe haven and a lease agreement was signed with the previous dynasty, which led to its gradual development.

However, due to changes in the world line, the Eagle people do not have much say in Hong Kong, and they still mainly rely on local celebrities to govern the place.

This local celebrity’s surname is Yang.

As a thousand-year-old family, the Yang family was a prominent family. In the past, they were the overlords of the southeast region. However, an accident happened more than 30 years ago, and the whole family was wiped out, leaving only a few direct descendants.

The current head of the Yang family is named Yang Songxian. When the incident happened, he was just a teenager. He watched as the once wealthy family turned into rubble, with vicious tigers and wolves lurking around.

He could not support himself, so he decisively gave up his ancestral property, went south to Hong Kong, and created a new world for himself with his own hard-working hands decades later.

As he walked down the dock, the smell of disinfectant hit him in the face, and Li Mumu couldn't help but sneeze.

The painting styles of the southern ports and the northern ports are different. It’s not that one is bold and the other is graceful, but the feeling they give people is quite different.

Tianmen and Xiangjiang are both coastal cities that have emerged in recent decades. Tianmen tends to be a logistics hub and industrial base. The large and small ferries docked at the pier seem to be loading and unloading 24 hours a day.

On the other hand, Hong Kong focuses more on economic trade and material foundation. The planning and layout is a bit messy, with large and small ships shuttling back and forth. The local rural atmosphere and Western style are intertwined and blended to create a flavor that is difficult to describe in words.

Well, you could say it smells like disinfectant.

After getting ashore, Li Mumu saw some people with their heads and faces wrapped looking around, carrying huge buckets on their backs, spraying disinfectant everywhere.

The dock was still crowded with people. The shirtless manager was holding a whip and chattering in his local dialect, urging the workers who were carrying bags to speed up.

On the other side of the beach, dozens of corpses were neatly lined up, and countless seagulls were circling overhead in the sky, screaming like crows.

Disease.

Before setting off, Li Mumu didn't know that a large-scale epidemic had begun in Hong Kong.

In this era, epidemics were not uncommon, especially in port cities with high population mobility, where it was impossible to prevent the spread of the disease.

When Li Mumu was a child in the city of Saifu, the most common epidemic was typhoid fever, while the most common epidemic in Tianmen was cholera.

In the two years since she returned to Tianmen, she has witnessed two major cholera outbreaks.

He was still having diarrhea in the morning, but passed away in the afternoon. It was very scary.

But in Hong Kong...

Li Mumu is good at surgery, and it is difficult for him to determine what kind of epidemic it is.

"This is the plague. You don't see it in the newspapers because it has been going on for many years."

Chen Tianjun explained to everyone in a low voice.

The plague is not news in Hong Kong, because the plague has lasted in Hong Kong for nearly fifteen years since its outbreak, causing thousands of deaths every year.

The staff who were spraying disinfectant on the dock were from the island's Public Health and Sanitation Committee, also known as the Hong Kong Health Office.

After autumn, rats become active, so the plague, which has never disappeared, will naturally make a comeback and become more and more severe.

No normal person would be in a good mood if they find themselves in an epidemic area.

Even the people from Penglai were not immune to this.

Even if your body's immune system is strong enough and you are not afraid of virus attacks, it is still hard to feel comfortable when you think that the air around you is filled with germs that are invisible to the naked eye.

Among the group of people, who came from all over the country, only Chen Tianjun had been to Hong Kong in his early years. He was considered a local. While introducing the local customs and folkways to the students, he hailed a rickshaw and headed to Taiping Peak with ease.

At that time, Hong Kong's Victoria Peak was a wealthy area, and the top hotel was the Peak Hotel built on Victoria Peak. It was invested and built by Western businessmen, covering an area of ​​thousands of square meters, like a European castle. Tourists could take a cable car at the foot of the mountain to get there.

Climbing up Mount Taiping, you will find a whole new world.

Although the air is still filled with the smell of disinfectant, the surrounding environment has reached the level of a scenic spot, forming a sharp contrast with the stacked shanty towns near the dock.

"Wow, did you see that crystal chandelier? This place is even more outrageous than ours!!"

Yin Nan, an old-fashioned man who had never seen the world, stared at the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the hotel lobby and shouted, attracting the attention of the surrounding guests.

"What a bad boy..."

Even if it was a whisper from more than ten meters away, Li Mumu and the others could still hear it, but everyone was tired from the journey and didn't have the mood to care about such trivial matters.

There are people like this everywhere.

Even a spirited young man from a small county town in the 18th tier still looks down on the villagers in the 19th tier.

However, this situation is more obvious in big cities.

Li Mumu and his group looked exhausted, and judging from their clothes, they didn't look like rich people. They also spoke with foreign accents, which made them seem somewhat out of place with the consumer group of the Hilltop Hotel.

"What do you mean you can't find my name?"

Chen Tianjun took off his glasses, frowned and looked carefully at the blonde receptionist.

She had just made a promise to the students, saying that she had many acquaintances in Hong Kong, and that she could eat for free wherever she went just by showing her face. Even if she had to stay in a hotel, she would stay in the most luxurious one. She had made such a great trip that she couldn't let herself suffer.

But when she got there, they said they didn't know her and her name was not on the VIP membership list. Chen Tianjun was a little overwhelmed.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, we updated the VIP list three years ago and may not have informed you at the time."

The girl at the front desk spoke politely, but everyone could see that she was a little cold and impatient.

"Why don't we go to the one down the mountain?"

Zhou Tianjun, who had always been taciturn, couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

Zhou Tianjun has an ordinary appearance, the kind of man you can't find in a crowd. He doesn't like to talk much and doesn't like to interact with others. He looks a little autistic.

He is a person who pursues minimalism. He would say as little as possible, take as few steps as possible, and do as little as possible.

They had traveled all the way from Penglai to here, and he didn't even ask Li Mumu's name.

"No! Now that I'm here, where will I put my face if I just walk out like this?"

Chen Tianjun felt very embarrassed. He tilted his head and thought for a long time, then asked the girl at the front desk: "The owner of your hotel is called Alexander, right?" The girl at the front desk smiled and shook her head: "No, you must have remembered it wrong."

"Could I remember it wrongly?"

Chen Tianjun said unhappily, "You are new here, right? Has the boss changed?"

The girl at the front desk shook her head and said, "If you don't want to go through the check-in service, you can move aside first and don't keep the guests behind you waiting for too long."

Where are the guests behind?

Chen Tianjun glanced behind him. There was no one there except them, and there was more than just one reception window in such a big hotel.

Li Mumu held Xiaodie's hand and stood aside. Seeing Chen Tianjun's frustrated look, she couldn't help but said, "Professor Chen, I have some cash here. How about we settle down first and then consider other things?"

She could tell that Chen Tianjun didn't bring any money with him this time.

But now is not the time to dwell on such things. Who are we? Why should we waste our time on such things?
Li Mumu has always adhered to the principle that a problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

She opened her wallet and took out a stack of bills, placing them in front of the receptionist: "Open six rooms for us."

The receptionist took a look at the bills and smiled, "I'm sorry, ma'am, we don't accept this kind of currency here."

Li Mumu: “?”

What she took out was the newly issued banknotes of the Ming government, which were officially issued only this year. It was understandable that people in the south did not recognize them.

So she changed to the old version of the colored banknotes and handed them over.

"As long as it's Ming country's currency, we won't accept it here."

Li Mumu: "???"

The banknotes issued by Xingguo Bank are commonly used around the Pacific. Why don’t you accept them?
"You won't accept checks drawn on Pacific Bank, will you?"

When the girl at the front desk saw Li Mumu really take out the checkbook, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of nervousness on her face.

If she could find various reasons to discriminate against these northern bumpkins before, then when the other party took out their checkbooks, the problem was no longer something she could solve.

"Please wait a moment. I will contact the supervisor."

"Junior Sister Chu."

When the girl at the front desk turned around to find the supervisor, Ji Yan couldn't help but say, "Don't bother with them. From their attitude, they just don't want us to stay. Everything else is just an excuse."

"Things have changed and people have changed. Things have changed and people have changed."

Chen Tianjun sighed repeatedly: "When I was researching vaccines here, I stayed at their hotel to give them face. Their boss couldn't even get a number to carry my shoes. It's only been a few years, and no one recognizes my face anymore. It's really embarrassing, it's shameful."

At this time, the receptionist came over with the lobby manager - also a foreigner. She took the check from Li Mumu's hand with dignity, took a look at it, and shook her head and said, "Sorry, ma'am, this check is not issued by the local Pacific Bank. I can't confirm its authenticity and can't provide you with any service."

"Let's go."

Chen Tianjun turned and left.

Now even a fool could see that the Hilltop Hotel was not willing to receive them at all.

Li Mumu's words just now made her endure for a while longer, but now she didn't want to endure it for even a second.

Why should I suffer this kind of idleness?
A group of people came out of the hotel lobby. Chen Tianjun turned his head to look at the hotel behind him, sneered and said nothing.

Li Mumu clearly heard something inside shatter with a snap.

This sound did not come from the physical level, so ordinary people at the scene were unaware of it.

At this time, a young man in a gown with a warm smile on his face came over from a distance. He came to Chen Tianjun, clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Dear guests, you have come from afar. Have you not found a place to stay yet?"

"Who are you?"

"My last name is Yang, and I'm the manager of the Xiangjiang Hotel at the foot of the mountain. If you don't have any other place to stay, you might as well come and see us. There's a special car at the door to take you down the mountain."

Chen Tianjun laughed and said, "You've brought business to people's doorsteps, aren't you afraid of getting beaten?"

The young man shook his head and said, "We are not forcing you to come here. You should have realized as soon as you entered that this hotel on the top of the mountain is not accepting outside guests recently. They themselves are unwilling to receive guests, so how can you say that we are here to steal their business?"

“This is new.”

Yin Nan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yang, this hotel business doesn't even receive outside guests. Could it be that some important guests are visiting?"

"That's not the case. They naturally have their own difficulties."

The young man smiled and said, "From your accents, I can tell that you are not locals, so you probably don't know much about the local situation. This Hilltop Hotel was invested and built by a wealthy Western businessman. In the past, it only entertained foreign merchants and was particularly disgusted with Chinese people like us. In addition, the local epidemic has been rampant recently, and the Hilltop Hotel is even more reluctant to receive Chinese people. Although they don't say so openly, they always find various excuses to shirk responsibility."

"Fuck, this is Hong Kong. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought it was Europe. How can they be so shameless?"

Yin Nan was young after all, and he became furious when he heard this.

Li Mumu just wanted to tell him that this is how foreigners are.

Discrimination actually exists everywhere, but Chinese people are humble and will cover it up to some extent, while foreigners don't even pretend to do it.

"People do have some theories here."

The young man nodded and said, "It is said that when the plague broke out in Hong Kong, the boss here spent a lot of money to invite a monk from India to practice asceticism. He decorated the hotel with three layers of auspicious Tianmu anti-epidemic scriptures inside and outside. Guests staying here don't have to worry about the spread of the plague. Therefore, many high-ranking officials regard this place as a shelter, and naturally they disdain to do business with ordinary guests."

"Indian holy monk? You've found the right person."

Chen Tianjun laughed: "Come on, Yang boy, take us to see what your Xiangjiang Hotel is famous for. By the way, I remember it was called Hongyan Building before, right?"

The young man's face changed slightly, but he quickly concealed it, nodded and smiled, "Yes, yes, yes, I didn't expect you to be an old customer. I heard the name of Hongyan Tower when I was a child, but nowadays, almost no one knows it. Just for these three words, I will personally host a welcome dinner for you tonight, please don't refuse."

"You're setting up a banquet?"

Chen Tianjun smiled disdainfully: "Who is Yang Songxian to you?"

The young man's face changed again, and he lowered his head and said, "It is my father. I haven't asked for the guest's name yet."

Chen Tianjun waved his hand and said, "Don't try to be my relative. I don't have such a deep relationship with your family. Go and prepare the best room for me. You won't be short of money."

(End of this chapter)