The gold bullion that Liu Mang brought with him, in both appearance and style, belonged to the Han Dynasty and was thus considered antiques. The five hundred pounds of gold was sold for one hundred and forty million right away! Taking away the transaction fee of ten million, the remaining eighty million was all transferred to the card by Chen Yi’s mother.
“Ten million?!” Chen Yu had never seen such a large number in his whole life. Seeing that number appear on the computer and then the notification that appeared on his account, Chen Yu was dumbfounded. “I don’t need this much! I don’t need this much!” Regular full body armor does not require super high technology or a large amount of steel. Thus, they’d cost no more than a thousand and five thousand full body armors would cost no more than five million. Those five thousand javelins were even cheaper! They could be made with just a steel pole. A single javelin would only cost some five hundred yuan. Adding them together would only be seven and half million! Yet, Liu Mang gave him ten million!
Hearing Chen Yu’s words, Liu Mang didn’t take back the extra two and half million. Instead, he said. “Use this amount of money to rent an office in Jinling for me. Then help me recruit some staff and set up the framework of the company. Our company will focus on these rich kids who have nowhere to spend their money. We will make them whatever they wish to play with! I might also be bringing back stuff like antiques and gems. You will also need to help me find some professionals for that!”
“Eh?! Aren’t you afraid of me stealing the money and running away?!” asked Chen Yu.
“Afraid?!” Liu Mang laughed. “It’s just some two million bucks. If you follow me, let alone two million, even if it’s twenty million, it’d be nothing!” The cheapo Liu has started to become rich! A couple days ago, he was a diaosi-class person who couldn’t even take out a thousand bucks. However, now he found a trade route - selling things from the two different worlds.
“Okay! I, Chen Yu, will follow you!” Before, Chen Yu decided to follow Liu Mang only for the money. Now, however, he did it in hopes of gaining a large quantity of riches, enough to show it off.
“Quickly, let’s go and place the orders!”
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Outside of Kaiyang. Third day of the siege. The sunset was red, the city walls were red and the earth was also red. Corpses have now accumulated upto the the height of half the city walls. The hundred thousand strong Cao army had lost nearly twenty five thousand in the siege. The ten thousand Lu Bu army, although defending the city with the help of the walls, was left with less than four thousand. Amongst these four thousand were those that were seriously wounded. All of the Formation Breaker and the Bing Province Soldiers had joined the fray. Even Lu Bu himself had joined the fray. They had fought back wave after wave of enemy soldiers.
“It’s been three days! My lord!” Chen Gong was covered with blood. His eyes were bloodshot. Although he was a scholar, he wasn’t a weak scholar. He was actually very skilled in horsemanship and shooting. In these three days, no less than fifty soldiers died under his hands.
“That’s right, it’s been three days!” Lu Bu also looked toward the sunset. The Cao army have retreated their troops. In the opinion of Cao Cao, Lu Bu was already like a setting sun that was unable to rise back up again. What he needed was to deal a final blow to Lu Bu tomorrow, killing him on the scene so that his heart could rest.
“Tomorrow, tomorrow at the latest. If Hanyang still doesn’t return tomorrow, then we shall prepare to perish with Kaiyang!” said Chen Gong respectfully.
Lu Bu looked toward Chen Gong. Chen Gong also looked at Lu Bu. Suddenly, Lu Bu smiled and asked. “Gongtai, why did you choose me?! Although I, Lu Bu, was not inferior in any aspect to all the heroes of the world, I still knew of my limitations. If we’re talking about fame, then my slave of three surnames can not compare to Yuan Shao’s three Excellencies in four generations! If we’re talking about the ability to use people, I, Lu Bu, am an opinionated man who can not compare with Cao Mende’s love for talent! If we’re talking about benevolence, haha, I, Lu Bu, other than toward my own family and brothers, have always been cruel toward everyone else and can not compare with that big eared Liu!” For Lu Bu to be able to make a name for himself in the Eastern Han Dynasty and even end up on the pages of history, he was no ordinary person!
“Oh Fengxian!” Hearing Lu Bu saying such words, Chen Gong loosened his taut nerves. He even stopped calling Lu Bu his lord, instead he called him by his courtesy name. “That’s right. If we’re talking about fame, then your fame could stink through eighteen streets! You killed both of your foster fathers, certainly not comparable to the Yuan family’s three Excellencies in four generations. If we’re talking about the ability to use people, other than me, is there any other advisor working for you?! Certainly not comparable to Cao Cao’s cloud-full of talents.”
“If we’re talking about benevolence, hehe. You are the number one general! Those who died under your hands numbered at least ten thousand! Women, children, regardless of who blocks your path, as long as they block your path, you’d kill them without any hesitation! You are certainly not comparable to big eared Liu! However, you had one thing right!”
“Toward your brothers, toward your families, you really do treat them as if they’re your own children, you really do give your all to them! With this single part, you had made this Chen Gongtai devote myself to you till my last breath!”
“Chen Gong oh Chen Gong, do you not regret?!” Lu Bu had never spoken like this with this old partner of his. Chen Gong was a huge talent, his talent could be considered as one of the top in the world. Sometimes, Lu Bu also wondered that if he had Chen Gong’s assistance back when he was in Luoyang and Changan, then he would’ve never been in this situation. Perhaps, he would’ve even been in a position of accomplishment by now.
“Regret?!” Chen Gong stroke his sleeves. “Oh Fengxian, you had once said that you, Lu Bu, never regret. Then I will also tell you this, I, Chen Gong, never once regret following you! Never!”
“Great! Hahahaha! For I, Lu Bu, have Gongtai to accompany me to my burial, then this life is not lonely!”