Chapter 498 (1/2)

Chapter 498

“Thirty thousand gold? That Slave-Of-Three-Surna as the Han Dynasty still existed Poor Lu Bu was accused wrongly even though this entire case had nothing to do with hiold but Zhou Yu changed the deold instead

“I do not know if Lu Bu has goneZhao shook his head Liu Mang could not ask for provisions as Sun Ce also needed provisions to fight against Jingzhou That hy the letter only stated ather thetis had already been used up

Zhang Zhao’s words caused the others to turn silent Thesilence

“Milord! How are we going to get the lared at by the others He i Sun Ce already had no money He would not think of the nobles if he had the money If Zhou Yu had not stopped him, Sun Ce would have even plundered their hoather thatthe man a chance to escape He wanted someone else to declare the current situation so that he could declare his purpose

There were a dozen nobles there so each of theold As they were not as rich as the nobles in Jingzhou, these a Zhao We are honor bound to save the Second Lord However, you yourself know that there is war for the past few years I, Cheng Mou, can coally to help rescue Second Lord” One noble spoke up

“Me too! The Second Lord has been kind toto coold!”

On the other hand, Zhang Zhao sneered at theold”

Zhang Zhao’s words caused the others to mock him in their hearts That was so much money and it was not like they did not support the Lord by co Zhao is righteous You are able to coold unlike us, the poor nobles” The other noblesZhao took out, the lessFamily have a fertile land that’s ten thousandZhao asked back

“Haha That land is inherited froood, it is mostly abandoned As for the four courtyard, that is just h the weather was bad, the land in Jiangdong was never abandoned since they had to make use of it to not suffer any losses

On the other hand, each rooold If these people had no money, they would not have been able to fund Sun Quan’s expedition

“Oh? The Cheng Faal! Don’t worry I will inforenerosity so that you don’t have to pay taxes and will be able to survive this crisis I aenerosity and give youZhao said with a s Family’s lord was not happy at all with this statement Salt was expensive and could only be sold by those with per which also al traders of salt especially ast the nobles While Sun Ce was powerful, it was not possible to go after every single one of the Fa Zhao point at hi Faain “My ancestors also left behind a lot of jewels Since we can’t use it anye can use it to save the Second Lord! We should be able to sell it for two thousand gold!”

“Haha! The Cheng Faenerous! You can even take out your ancestorsZhaoFa mocked but he could only tolerate the insults

“Haha! The Cheng Fa Zhao said as he had the Cheng Family’s lord write his name down on a piece of paper

The other nobles could not say a word as Zhang Zhao started to threaten another faive away between one thousand gold to three thousand gold The total he obtained enty four thousand gold Ten thousand would be used to save Sun Quan while the re fourteen thousand was for Sun Ce to spend however he saw fit Zhou Yu’s plot worked out well

The nobles were all very unhappy but they had to treat Zhang Zhao with respect and a s Zhao, he left after the nobles promised the money He believed that the nobles would obediently send the money to Sun Ce and did not need to him push them any further

Meanwhile, Sun Quan was despairing in prison “Zijing Tell me Am I truly a useless person?”

“Milord How could you be useless?” Lu Su replied Both of the of a prisoner

“If that is the case then why am I here? How could I with an army of seventy thousand lose to an army of ten thousand?”

Sun Quan in this tiinal titrip where he was assassinated Unfortunately, Liu Mang’s existence changed history While they still had half of Jiangxia, they did not have the advantage due to Zhuge Liang’sWith all of his current proble Since Sun Ce was alive, Sun Quan had go out to prove himself As a result, he ended up in his current situation

“Milord!” Lu Su did not kno to console Sun Quan Sun Quan was absolutely not useless Unfortunately, his brother was too powerful As a result, Sun Quan becaer and impatient which is the reason for his downfall He could have succeeded if he had been patient and advanced steadily

While Lu Su was trying to find a way to console Sun Quan, a group of soldiers visited thezhou’s most elite troops, the Urban Ar!” The man entered the prison area and asked as he frowned from the stench

“Sir This is him” Another soldier stepped forward and replied

Hearing the voices, Sun Quan and Lu Su beca for them

“Open the cell doors” The officer ordered He then entered the prison cell and said with a s I trust you have been well!”

“Are you Chu Ergou?” Lu Su asked in doubt

“How dare you speak so rudely to our general!” Another soldier berated him “This is our General Chu Ju!”

“Chu Ju1?” Lu Su was stupefied for a while and then laughed Aren’t they both the sa? His name si The Lord loves talent and gave me the name Ju I hope you can call me Chu Ju from noards” The officer spoke to Lu Su very respectfully as Lu Su was an ad! Yet you want to be called Chu Ju?” Sun Quan harrumphed in disdain