Welcome to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast.

This is episode 54.

Last time, Zhuge Liang had just ticked off Sun Quan by telling him that if he had any doubts about his own strength,

then he should just throw in the towel right now and surrender to Cao Cao.

When a displeased Sun Quan asked him,

well, why doesn't your master surrender to Cao Cao?

Zhuge Liang basically told him,

oh, my master's too great a man to surrender.

This slight did not go over well with Sun Quan, and he stormed off in a huff,

which caused his advisor Lu Su to admonish Zhuge Liang for his poor choice of words.

Zhuge Liang, however, simply looked up and laughed.

How can he be so intolerant?

I know how to defeat Cao Cao,

but he did not ask me, so I did not tell him.

If you really have a good idea,

then I will ask my lord to seek your counsel, Lu Su said.

Cao Cao's millions are like ants in my eyes. I need only to raise my hand, and they would be crushed to dust.

Hearing this confident boast, Lu Su was convinced enough to go see Sun Quan, who at this time

was still filming.

Zhuge Liang went too far, Sun Quan said angrily.

Your servant admonished him thusly as well, Lu Su said.

But he laughed and said that your lordship was too intolerant.

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