Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 280 Proposal
A group of servant women came to greet them, shouting that the young lady had returned.

They opened the gate, and Zhang Kaiwu slowly drove the car in and stopped.

A spirited young man of about eighteen or nineteen years old ran over quickly and shouted:

"Dear Shriya! You are finally back. Didn't you receive the telegram I sent you? Why did you leave alone? The people I arranged are still waiting for you in Andhra Pradesh!"

He was about to come forward to hug Shi Ruiya, but Zhang Kaiwu stopped him and pushed him away.

Shriya Saran smiled and said:

"Dear brother Habib! I am in Andhra Pradesh next door and did not receive the telegram. This is my good friend Chu Liuxiang, also known as Zhang Kaiwu. It was with his help that I was able to rush back. You two should get to know each other."

The young man looked at Zhang Kaiwu who had taken off his mask and glasses, and said proudly:
"Royal family of Travancore, guardian of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple. Habib Alex Asamoah Travancore, I am Shriya Saran's brother and I don't like you!"

Shriya Saran smiled and said:

"Dear Chu! My brother is a fool, you don't have to care about what he says."

Zhang Kaiwu asked in surprise:

“Isn’t your name Shriya Saran!?”

Shriya Saran smiled and rolled her eyes and said:
"Yes! But you can also add Travancore and my future husband's last name."

"That name is too long, so I took two parts of it. Our family is just a branch of the Travancore royal family, and the temple is not guarded by us."

Damn it!

How dare you, a bitch, lie to me!

Zhang Kaiwu said to his cheap brother-in-law:
"Foolish boy! How dare you lie to your brother-in-law? Do you want to be beaten? Do I need your advice on the relationship between your sister and me? "

Habib said angrily:

"You are mistaken, I am the older brother, you know what I mean? She is my younger sister! I practice boxing all the time, and you actually want to challenge me!"

Zhang Kaiwu grabbed his back, lifted him up and asked:
"What did you say, you idiot? You want to fight me?"

He looked at Shriya Saran and asked:
"Dear Shriya! He wants to fight. Can I beat him up?"

Shriya Saran smiled and said:

"I hope you can be gentle and don't hit him in the face. We still have to attend his wedding in the next few days."

Khabib struggled angrily and said:

"Put me down, you're dead, I'm not ready!"

As soon as Zhang Kaiwu let go, Khabib fell down.

Khabib immediately got up, made an Indian punch and jumped.

Inside the mouth:
"Waaaaa! You're dead, you rude fellow."

The next second, Zhang Kaiwu did a front flip and kicked him in the butt from behind, knocking him over.

Shriya Saran was surprised and said:

"Dear Chu! You are amazing!"

Khabib was not injured by the clever force of that kick and got up immediately. He was just about to make a punch.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and did a front flip, tapped his waist, then did a back flip and appeared next to him.

Khabib only felt a tap on his waist, his eyes couldn't follow the movement, and suddenly a big military boot appeared under his nose, only one centimeter away from his nose.

I could even smell the rubber, and my nose almost went out!
Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Stupid boy! Your fighting skills are too poor. How about I tie my hands and fight you? "

Shriya Saran smiled and said:

"No! Even if I tie my hands, I won't agree. My brother can't be beaten for nothing!"

Habib thought, you didn't even use your hands just now! It's useless to say anything.

Zhang Kaiwu said to her with a smile:
"Like this! I'll hold you and fight him, adding another person's weight. This should be fair."

Khabib's mind moved. How can you fight if you hug someone? He just clenched his fist.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and hugged Shi Ruiya, doing a front flip, and then another front flip.

Shriya chuckled and said:

"This is so much fun, dear Chu! Try doing a backflip!"

Zhang Kaiwu did several backflips and side flips in succession, and he still said calmly:

"Silly boy! It's time to start. Come and hit me."

Come on!
He was rolling around with a man, but Khabib still couldn't catch his sight and knocked him down several times with his kick. There was a huge difference in their skills, so what was the point of the fight?

When Zhang Kaiwu stopped and put down Shriya, Habib found that he was not breathing heavily and was still chatting calmly with his sister.

Khabib has completely let go of his prejudices!
Isn't it just a little misunderstanding?

Just make it clear.

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A middle-aged couple came over with a bunch of maids shooing flies away.

Shi Ruiya quickly introduced and said:

"This is my father Jim...Travancore, and my mother Luna...Travangeline!"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Uncle and aunt! Excuse me. I am Zhang Kaiwu."

He took out a box of cigars and two boxes of caviar from his denim bag and gave them as gifts.

Her parents looked unhappy. Shriya was hugging him, a foreigner, too intimately, and they were about to go too far.

Shi Ruiya quickly added:

"Pandit Zhang! Zhang Kaiwu is also a nobleman, a Justice of the Peace of Great Britain!"

Zhang Kaiwu realized that the most important thing to introduce one's identity in India is to explain one's social status!
Because her parents' expressions eased and they breathed a sigh of relief. The middle-aged couple took the gift and said with a smile:

"Welcome, welcome! We are honored that you can come to Khabib's wedding."

After a few polite words, Zhang Kaiwu was welcomed in for afternoon tea.

In the South, both the poor and the rich drink afternoon tea when entertaining guests, probably because they were colonized by Great Britain for more than 300 years.

The poor people treated their guests to pulled tea, which was milk tea poured back and forth between two cups and stirred. Cloves, nutmeg, ginger and sugar were added to the mixture. The milk tea had to be pulled into a line to be considered qualified pulled tea.

The poorer the person, the less stuff is added.

Shriya Saran's family is aristocratic and of course they would not do such indecent things.

They drink English afternoon tea at home, and the tea must be black tea from Darjeeling, India, original flavor!
Because all the nobles in Great Britain like to drink Darjeeling black tea.

Exquisite tea sets are a must, and there are also various British snacks on the table.

Zhang Kaiwu gave his cheap father-in-law and cheap brother-in-law a cigar each, and started drinking tea and smoking cigars.

The cheap father-in-law and the cheap brother-in-law praised the authenticity of the cigars and introduced their own black tea to Zhang Kaiwu.

Zhang Kaiwu also praised the authenticity of Darjeeling black tea. After some politeness, everyone talked about the weather for a while before starting to chat with each other.

A totally British afternoon tea.

This shows how great an impact British colonization had on Indian life.

There were just too many maids nearby, a large group of them making a lot of noise and fanning themselves.

The cheap mother-in-law whispered to Shi Ruiya, telling gossip about Zhang Kaiwu.

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The cheap brother-in-law looked very proud when he talked about his upcoming wedding.

His father-in-law is a Brahmin from Kerala, and the two families live very close to each other. His father-in-law is willing to give him 20 million rupees as a dowry and 100,000 rupees per month for living expenses.

This is not surprising, because Brahmins are regional. If you are a Brahmin from Kerala, you have to be a Brahmin in Kerala.

After going to other places, you cannot directly participate in local transactions, nor can you participate in local public office management series, otherwise you will break the rules.

The cheap brother-in-law invited Zhang Kaiwu to attend his wedding, because they might be relatives, Zhang Kaiwu agreed after thinking about it. It's convenient for doing things!

The cheap father-in-law smiled and asked:

"Zhang! Now that you're done touring here, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"I want to go to Elizabeth's house in Great Britain sometime and apply to her for an earl or duke title, because my current title is a bit inconsistent with my status."

Cheap brother-in-law:
"........."

Cheap father-in-law:

"........."

Shriya Saran asked quickly:
"why?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"I plan to invest about 1 billion US dollars in Hong Kong City, which is about 50 billion rupees. My current title is too low and cannot guarantee the safety of my funds!"

"Also, I have the world's largest factory in the United States, which is probably worth tens of billions of rupees. I plan to invest tens of billions of rupees in ink as well!"

For these nobles, just brag as hard as you can, otherwise others will look down on you.

The cheap brother-in-law desperately used his fingers to calculate in his mind, wondering if he married his sister off, wouldn't his family go bankrupt?
The cheap father-in-law looked at Zhang Kaiwu again and asked curiously:
"Zhang! What exactly does your factory do?"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Do you know about penicillin?"

Shriya Saran was surprised and said:

"Is that the penicillin that is many times more expensive than gold? I remember that there is only half a gram in a bottle, which can be exchanged for fifty grams of gold in India. Have you opened a factory in the United States?"

It was probably smuggled in by someone else. Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Yes! I already have two factories that produce fifty tons of penicillin per year. I also helped a friend open a factory in Eastern Europe. I also plan to open factories around the world. Let my product save the world!"

"Of course! With more factories in the future, the price may be cheaper. This is also my idea, so that more people can get help."

Shriya Saran smiled and said:

"Dear Chu! Your plan is really big. I'm so proud of you!"

From the expressions of his cheap father-in-law and cheap brother-in-law, he confirmed that they also knew about penicillin. Zhang Kaiwu estimated that his marriage proposal was a sure thing.

then!

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"I like Shriya Saran very much. Her intelligence and beauty have touched my heart. I want to marry her. Father-in-law, how much do you want to give as a dowry to marry off your precious baby?"

Everybody be decent!

Ha ha ha ha ha!
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Shriya Saran's face turned red, and she quickly stood up and went to the garden next to her. Her heart was pounding wildly and she was kneading her clothes desperately. She didn't expect that Zhang Kaiwu had just arrived home and proposed to her so soon.

These discussions about dowry are not suitable for women to hear, they are too impolite.

Her mother also got up and left, because she was also a woman who was not suitable to listen. She chatted with her in the garden, holding her hand and whispering to her:

"Dear Shriya! Don't worry, your lover is very good, there is no second one in Kerala, your father will agree."

Shriya Saran blushed and whispered:
"Dear mother! I'm not worried about that problem. I'm afraid that the family will go bankrupt because of the dowry!"

The cheap father-in-law blushed and thought hard about how many rupees he needed to give as a dowry! ?

How much money can your family raise?

Do I need to go to the bank to apply for a marriage mortgage loan?

The cheap brother-in-law coughed desperately and spit smoke to attack his father, reminding his father not to get too hot-headed.

Calm down, calm down, calm down!

No matter how good or outstanding your son-in-law or daughter is, they belong to other people's families. Your son and daughter-in-law are your own!
Zhang Kaiwu smiled secretly, it was just a little joke. He would not destroy his father-in-law's family, he could not do such a thing.

He smiled and said:

"Actually, Shreya's wedding cost several million rupees. Just give her a symbolic amount. I have no shortage of money!"

The cheap brother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, everything is fine!
The cheap father-in-law thinks differently. He is already old, and the family may depend on this son-in-law. There are countless hidden benefits of marrying into a powerful and wealthy family.

Cheap father-in-law said quickly:
"That's not decent. We, the Travancore family, would never do such a thing. Let me think about it first. I can find a way to borrow a few hundred million!"

My brother-in-law has always been proud of the royal status of Travancore, but now he is about to collapse because of this.

Zhang Kaiwu said quickly:
"No need! Just a few million rupees will do. I really don't need money! I don't need to ask my father-in-law's family for a loan. I don't like that."

Cheap father-in-law said:

"Zhang! We have to find a way to raise at least 200 million rupees. I will borrow from all my relatives and friends. Don't worry!"

In fact, Zhang Kaiwu roughly knew that his cheap father-in-law's family probably had only tens of millions of rupees in assets, and in fact, he could not borrow more than 200 million rupees.

It’s all routine, haha!

He said quickly:
"How about 10 million rupees? That will be fine!"

The cheap nephew breathed a sigh of relief. This brother-in-law was really decent and was unwilling to ask for more money.

The cheap father-in-law said categorically:
"No! That's not decent. We must protect the pride of the royal family of Travancore."

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"I really don't need any money, so I don't need you to borrow it. How about I come up with a more respectable idea?"

The cheap brother-in-law and cheap father-in-law looked at Zhang Kaiwu together.

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"You all know that I own a penicillin factory. I'm giving you the agency rights for penicillin in India. Let's open a pharmaceutical company together, and you'll be responsible for sales contacts in various places."

"This way you can make money, and I can make money too. Shriya and I will get engaged first. She's not too old anyway, so we can get married in a few years, or get married with children!?"

“I believe that in a few years, it will be easy for you to earn a few crores of rupees.”

Given the current social situation in India, anyone who comes without connections to the temple will find it difficult to get help and will be very troublesome.

The cheap father-in-law understood it all at once and said with a smile:

"Great! This is a good idea! By then, our family will be able to collect enough dowry for Shriya and will never bring shame to the Travancore royal family!"

"I also have a farm in a rural area, covering about three villages and 100,000 acres of land. I'll give it to you as an engagement gift."

"Although our Travancore family doesn't have much money, we still have some influence, and all the states have to give us some face. Don't worry about the distribution of penicillin, we will never let you suffer any loss."

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Dear father-in-law! The most important thing in doing business is that everyone can make money. I wish us a happy cooperation!"

The cheap father-in-law picked up the teacup and said:

"Pandit Chang! It's been a pleasure working with you!"

The cheap brother-in-law finally understood his father's idea. The old ones are the wisest. With this brother-in-law, his family will become rich! ?
If you calculate it this way, it would actually be more cost-effective to take out a loan of 200 million rupees to marry off my sister! ?
My father-in-law, after marriage, should he give me some living expenses?
One hundred thousand rupees cannot maintain dignity!
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Seeing that the atmosphere between my father and Zhang Kaiwu had eased and they had already discussed it, they did not fight.

Shriya Saran and her mother came over and heard everyone's decision, they were all smiling and happy.

Shriya Saran's face turned red, and her energy level suddenly soared to 500. Now her father has agreed to the engagement!
The three most important villages in her family have all given her engagement gifts.

In India, this is equivalent to getting married, but the wedding ceremony will be held later.

In order to marry in a more respectable manner, many Indians get married with their children. This is not uncommon.

Her name has changed. She can no longer have the surname Travancore. Now she should share the surname Zhang Kaiwu and be called: Shriya Saran...Zhang.

According to Indian rules, men are only called by their surnames, for example, his father is called Zhang Kaiwu: Zhang.

Because Zhang Kaiwu has a high social status, everyone should call him: Pandit Zhang.

Women can only be addressed by their first names, such as Shriya. Or, from now on, call her Shriya Pandit.

A few people chatted, laughed and drank tea, discussing how to start a company in Mumbai, and finally the task fell on the eldest brother-in-law.

We agreed to contact each other by telegram and set off after my brother-in-law gets married.

Zhang Kaiwu will first ship the goods from the United States, and then ship the goods from Yindi after the penicillin factory is opened.

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It's getting late!
It's almost time for dinner.

Shi Ruiya's parents warmly invited Zhang Kaiwu to go with them to see the bride. However, Shi Ruiya's brother was the groom, and the groom was not allowed to go as it was unlucky.

(End of this chapter)