Yes, Gondor left his followers at the Honglu Temple and went to stay in a high-end hotel on the commercial street.
As mentioned before, this place is a membership-based place. The annual fee is not cheap, and most of the rooms are open to the public. Even the dignitaries in the capital of Da Qi are not qualified to own a room here.
As the national teacher of Liao and Jin, Gondor certainly has no problem with financial resources. His status is also here, so it is easy for him to get a room here.
In fact, most of the ambassadors who come to Da Qi on official business now choose to stay in high-end hotels.
It’s not that Honglu Temple is bad, it’s just that compared with high-end hotels, the service it can provide is too poor.
The difference is as big as that between a rural guesthouse and a five-star hotel.
Gondor didn't live here before because he was afraid of Lu Chen, fearing that Lu Chen would arrange something in the room to harm him.
At the same time, he instinctively thought that if he lived in such a place for too long, he would probably be corrupted.
He still has great ambitions and a grand blueprint in his heart. He also wants to lead Liao and Jin to a higher level and let Liao and Jin stand at the top of the nation in the world!
At that time, he was more like pursuing an ascetic practice. He did not dare to enjoy himself for fear that he would become lazy.
But the situation is different now. Yelu Song has decided to negotiate peace, even at the cost of making certain concessions.
At the same time, these days in the capital of Da Qi, watching the changes around him, watching the people around him becoming more and more confident, and watching the endless new inventions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
If the technological gap between the two sides is only one generation, Gondor believes that Liao and Jin can still try to catch up.
But now he can't even understand what the Chinese Academy of Sciences has produced.
Even if you take it apart in front of him and make him lie on top of it to look at it, he still won't understand. This is the most discouraging thing.
Coupled with Bo Guwen's previous performance, the faith of this once high-spirited Liao and Jin imperial teacher completely collapsed at this moment.
Screw the grand ambitions, screw the national supremacy. After Gondor finished reading the letters sent from Liao and Jin, he saw that many nobles had begun to choose to cooperate with Lu Chen, and he understood.
Now Liao and Jin are no longer a united front, and everyone is trying hard to gain benefits for themselves.
Perhaps Yelu Song still has great talent and ambition and wants to try again.
But Gondor knew that it was impossible to succeed.
Not to mention that these two defeats severely injured Liao and Jin, it would take at least five or six years for Liao and Jin to recover their previous combat power.
For example, the nobles in the country are no longer united. If Yelu Song wants to rely on his previous military force to reconquer these tribes, it will take many years.
After so many years, some nobles must have established a stable interest relationship with Da Qi, and it would be hard to say whose nobles they belong to by then.
Moreover, with the current speed of technological research and development in Da Qi, who can say for sure what the war will take on in ten years?
So Gondor also lay down and started to play badly. Since there was no way to lead Liao and Jin on the path of ruling the world, it decided to think more about itself and its family.
So Gondor wisely changed the focus of his work and stayed in the commercial street during this period. He spent the whole day either entertaining officials from Da Qi or making friends with businessmen from Da Qi.
The rise of Da Qi is unstoppable. At this level in Gondor, he sees this matter more clearly.
In that case, let's just get on this train. Even if we have to stick to it like a parasite, we must stay on this express train.
Strangely enough, Gondor found that his life seemed to become more colorful after he gave up his grand ambition.
Gondor was intoxicated by the endless supply of fine wine, the endless supply of delicious food, the thrill of spending huge sums of money in the casino, and the excitement of risking a small fortune.
The most important thing is that he no longer needs to be as harsh on himself as before, and there is no need to work hard. Most of the time, he can get things done while eating hot pot and singing songs.
This made Gondor start to doubt himself. Was the path he had chosen before really the right one? It seemed a bit like he was just trying to force his luck.
Two days ago, he just discussed a business deal with a new friend. There were some good medicinal herbs on his territory, and that friend happened to be in the medicinal herbs business.
We were introduced by a friend and sat together and had a simple meal.
Before the banquet, the two sides discussed the cooperation and the profit sharing ratio.
The initial negotiation was for a 50-50 split, but Gondor wanted more, after all, the quality of the medicinal herbs in his fiefdom was indeed better.
The other party didn't waste any time and directly took out a jar of wine, saying that as long as Gondor finished the jar of wine, the profit would be divided according to his decision!
What a joke! Drinking is not a problem for men from Liao and Jin like them. It’s more like a reward.
Gondor broke the seal on the spot, stood with one foot on a chair and the other on the table, and in front of everyone at the table, he grabbed the wine jar and started drinking.
Amidst the cheers and applause, Gondor actually finished the whole jar of wine.
The person on the other side was also not vague and made a decision on the spot. The profit sharing ratio was based on what Gondor agreed upon. Both the host and the guests were very happy!
Gondor found that he really fell in love with this way of negotiation. If the negotiations between Da Qi and Liao and Jin could be like this, he felt that he could live to be a hundred years old!
Gondor finally understood why Boguwen was unwilling to go back.
The food here is delicious, the drinks are tasty, and the people here speak very nicely. He really likes it here.
"Maybe I should buy a house here. After all, it's too expensive to always stay in hotels. It's not that I feel bad about the money, but it's more cost-effective to use the money to buy a house. I heard that the Construction Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is planning to build some private villas in the suburbs. I'll go and have a look when I have time." Holding a coin in his hand, Gondor was secretly calculating in his heart.
At this moment, a man came up with a glass of wine in his hand. He sat down next to Gondor and said with a smile, "Gondor's Imperial Master is really elegant. Do you like to play a few games? Why don't we play together?"
The person who spoke was Sandanbu who had come over. He had a reserved smile on his face. The surroundings were magnificent and all the people walking around were dignitaries. Sandanbu felt that he had already integrated into such an environment.
But just when he thought he had performed perfectly, Gondor suddenly stood up, took two steps back, covered his nose, and said with disgust: "Fuck, who are you? What's wrong with the security here? How can they let a beggar like this in?"
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