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

Chapter 299 Have You Ever Thought About This
Because these gentlemen have their own traditions, land properties outside of Great Britain cannot be considered land properties at all. They actually have a detailed account in their hearts!

Zhang Kaiwu said casually:
"Singapore is a good place, but there is no personal safety! I invested so much money, I feel it is a bit unreliable."

"It's a battle every day. The rubber plantation business is too small. There's no point in taking risks!"

Anthony said with a smile:
"Zhang! What's so unsafe about this? You're a rich man. Even if you have a bigger security team, you can beat those monkeys and make them run all over the mountains."

"It's just that other places are fighting, but Singapore has basically settled down."

"Even in other places, my uncle just didn't want to lose anyone and didn't want to spend that much money to fight. If the bombardment is really too heavy, then just destroy it all."

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Anthony has a point!

Originally, I wanted to set up an ink factory first and then slowly figure out a solution, but with the help of an acquaintance, the Governor, things became much simpler.

After thinking for a while with a cigar in his mouth, Zhang Kaiwu pulled Anthony to a more remote place nearby to chat for a while. What he heard was shocking!
I can't even close my mouth!

Anthony said proudly:

"Count Zhang! Your idea is too fantastic. This won't work! We are the proud British Navy. Count Zhang, don't even think about it."

"Our soldiers are sacred free citizens, not those who sell their souls for a little money. Absolutely not!"

A proud man would go and focus on smuggling?
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Zhang Kaiwu smiled and blew out a smoke ring, then said slowly:

"I'm not asking them to bomb London and betray the butler. The money I'm going to give you can kill you. Don't you really want to know?!"

Anthony hesitated for a long time, smoked another cigar, and then asked:

"Earl Zhang! There is absolutely no problem in cooperating with you in secret! But if we do something this big, and our family fully supports this, how much money can we get in the end?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and raised a finger, saying:

"If you can get rid of those wild monkeys, my people will have order, which will facilitate safe production in my factory."

"Nowadays, you can get a very good manor and villa in London for 100,000 pounds. A giant battleship is also only 100,000 pounds. I'll give you this number!"

Anthony looked at his fingers and said worriedly:

"If this self-defeating thing is exposed in Great Britain, my family will not be able to spend the money. But if you play your cards so messed up, your future will definitely be ruined. Don't tell me it's one million pounds, that's impossible, it's a bit too little!"

"Just to achieve the effect you mentioned, the arms costs would be tens of millions of pounds. And how many people will die if the war continues like this!?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and whispered:

"How is that possible! I'm not that kind of person. You should know me, I'm a very loving person!"

"Besides! Did your Sera family pay for the arms? I know you have plenty in stock, and you are all making pure profit!"

Anthony looked at his fingers again and whispered in surprise:
"Dear Zhang! Are you talking about 10 million pounds? We did it!"

Zhang Kaiwu patted his shoulder, smiled and whispered:

"Mr. Anthony! I am a respectable man, more caring than you think! You and your uncle's family will each receive 10 million pounds. I will pay you 1 million pounds a year as wages, and after the success, each family will make up the total of 10 million pounds, a total of 20 million pounds. But only the three of us know about this, and it must not be exposed."

"If the matter gets out, I won't admit it. Those are all your doings. I'm just a businessman who runs a factory. It has nothing to do with me."

Almost his salary for 5,000 years! ?

This private transaction was successful, and the Serra family and their two families became wealthy families.

Anthony's heart was beating fast with excitement. The person in front of him was a lovely devil! !
He finally realized that his proud soul actually had no bottom line.

He finally understood why the whole city of London liked Earl Zhang so much and begged him to lend them 500 million pounds! !
Earl Zhang is really generous!!!

He responded excitedly:
"Dear Zhang! Don't worry, even if it is leaked, as long as the money in the contract is in place, we will not admit it!"

"We can actually send our battleships and aircraft carriers here in the port city to escort your cargo ship. I have several cargo ships and patrol boats in my hands, which I will give to your shipping company. Please arrange more people as soon as possible. More people will make things easier."

"I'll take care of all the supplies and weapons and equipment along the way. If you want to get more people, I'll transport them for you."

Looking at the excited Anthony, Zhang Kaiwu patted him with a smile and said:
"It's a deal! Thank you very much for the goods. As soon as my company is established there, I will pay the first batch of money immediately."

"Dear! Don't talk to me about the cost of arms in the future. Couldn't it have exploded due to improper storage? Or was it accidentally blown up by the rebels? You are being petty and insincere in doing things like that, and it makes everyone look bad!"

Anthony looked at him with a smile. I just wanted more money. I didn't mean anything else. He said:

"It's a deal! You're a respectable gentleman, there's absolutely no problem! How about I go with you?!"

"It's such a big deal, I can't send a telegram to explain it. I'll go and have a good talk with my uncle and get the job done."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Is there something wrong with your uncle?"

Anthony said in surprise:

"How is that possible? He has more than a hundred people in his family to support. Would he be upset with the British pound? He has been struggling in that remote place for more than a year. Apart from some agricultural products and rubber, he has no income at all!"

After the appointment, I watched the excited navy captain Anthony leave.

This is the power of 20 million pounds!
If used in the right way, the two largest British troops in Southeast Asia can be turned into one's own private armies in an instant.

Of course, this has something to do with their traditional culture of Great Britain. As long as they can get enough money, even if it means selling their parents' property, they will be extremely happy.

Nobles don't give up every penny.

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Two days later.

Zhang Kaiwu and the butler Mr. Savvas came to the dock, and the first batch of scrap metal arrived.

Five huge cargo ships arrived at the Tseung Kwan O Port Terminal. Zhang Kaiwu and Savas smiled and welcomed a British officer into the office.

They chatted intimately about the weather forecast and smoked cigars for a while. Zhang Kaiwu realized that this was the Grand Duke of Argyll's man.

This is to confirm where the fairy is from, so as to avoid going to the wrong dock.

The ships they transported were all spare parts stored in the previous base, totaling more than 200,000 tons, many of which were copper parts.

A few people laughed and chatted for a while, and Zhang Kaiwu accepted it for 20% of the market price.

After a 20 percent discount, the price of this batch of goods is more than 200,000 pounds.

So the British officer asked the accountant of the Supervisory Committee to make a list, which showed that he had received 10,000 tons of scrap copper and iron at a price of 10,000 pounds.

As for the rest, they were all lost, or sank on the way!? Or were they only loaded with 10,000 tons of scrap metal before they were loaded onto the ship?

These have nothing to do with Zhang Kaiwu!

The ten thousand pounds was added to the public account of the London City Government to reduce the deposit, and the rest went where it should go, to the account of the Duke of Argyll.

The British officer completed the task with a smile and left with a happy face.

When the Duke ate meat, they also had to drink some soup and gnaw on some bones.

This is all tacit understanding among everyone. Why do people travel thousands of miles to Hong Kong to sell junk? Isn't it because they see the losses?

He had a good chat with the butler, Mr. Savvas, and gave him the job of purchasing scrap metal in the port city.

He told the housekeeper to divide the scrap metal into two parts, one half for ink and the other for the shipbuilding factory in the port city, and use these things to open two large shipbuilding factories at the same time.

Start building giant tankers immediately, and make them as big as possible.

With a butler, I no longer have to attend social events all day long, which reduces the number of small things to deal with.

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After returning to the Peninsula Hotel, Zhang Kaiwu called Xue Long and talked with him about the follow-up work in the conference room for 30 minutes.

Maybe it was because he smoked too much, Xue Long walked out with his legs deep and shallow, and he almost fell several times. He saw how wild Zhang Kaiwu was, he actually bribed the British army and even gave them equipment and supplies for free.

It turned out that Xue Long thought that it was shocking that Zhang Kaiwu dared to acquire those ship factories and borrow 400 million pounds.

I never expected that it was actually child's play.

Xue Long also saw how courageous the Navy Captain Anthony was. It turned out that such an outrageous thing could be successfully negotiated! ?
He quickly contacted them and received a reply soon.

Fifty thousand ordinary workers and ten thousand bachelor security guards will be assigned here immediately.

At the same time, they will give Xue Long a list to see if Zhang Kaiwu can sell some of the small factory equipment as a whole. They are willing to increase the price and purchase it at the original price.

Because President Liu and his team found out that there are hundreds of factories that have supporting facilities for more than 40 shipbuilding factories and those that produce steel.

There are more than twenty large steel mills, and Zhang Kaiwu’s two large shipbuilding factories definitely cannot use those massive machine tools and various equipment.

It's really useless!

Even if we turn the entire port city into a steel factory, it still won’t work, right? ?
After hearing what he said, Zhang Kaiwu looked at Xue Long for a while and said with a smile:
"It's okay! I'm a patriot. You just need to pay the purchase price. Of course, you have to pay for the shipping."

Xue Long said excitedly:

"Great! Your contribution will be recorded."

Ha ha ha ha ha!
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Zhang Kaiwu had fun with his wives and concubines for a few days and was about to set off again. Shriya Saran arranged four maids to take care of him.

His wives and concubines all asked to go together, but he stopped them and comforted them that they could go and play after some time.

Zhang Kaiwu took the housekeeper Deborah Savas, the lawyer Ajim, and the dizzy and worried Xue Long to Anthony's base.

He was accompanied by four Indian maids who were responsible for taking care of his daily life.

Those who came have been picked up by Anthony, changed into British equipment here, and are now on board the ship.

Xue Long and his team leader Li Guifa hid in a corner smoking. Looking at the fully armed personnel carrying large and small bags, they asked in surprise:
"Why did you arm the workers too!?"

Li Guifa smiled and said:

"They all said that it's not safe there, and even walking on the street is not safe, and there are often dangers. Anyway, these things are all foreigners shouting at us to take more, and these good things don't cost us money, so it's a waste not to take them for free. What on earth are we going there for?"

Xue Long said:

"Don't ask about secret missions! Just follow Senior Zhang's instructions. Didn't he explain it to you before you came here?!"

Li Guifa said with a smile:
"Of course there are instructions! Just follow Senior Zhang's orders in everything. We are just a group of security guards, similar to mercenaries."

Xue Long patted him on the shoulder, gave him a shot of prevention, and said:
"Old Li! Just remember this! You must obey any order unconditionally. Don't ask about anything. The mission is very important!"

"Senior Zhang's orders are sometimes very strange. You have to be mentally prepared for everything. Alas!"

Li Guifa said with a smile:
"What kind of strange order could there be? I, Old Li, have a very high level of thinking and awareness. I am not afraid of death, so I am afraid of nothing!"

Xue Long looked at him with a smile and didn't care. Do you think it's as simple as just fighting?
I hope you can still smile in the future!

There were some things Xue Long was embarrassed to say, for fear of ruining his worldview. He patted Lao Li on the shoulder and could only sigh silently.

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Zhang Kaiwu and Anthony greeted each other with a smile, and a large number of military ships began to set off.

The group had dinner on Anthony's flagship and then returned to their rooms.

Deborah and the maids helped him wash up. She asked worriedly:

"Dear Zhang! The people there are very unstable. Your investment near the ink pad should be mainly in the factory. If other investments are too large, it will be difficult to get your money back if there are problems in the future."

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:
"Dear Deborah! I know all this! Anthony and the others will put it in order, otherwise I won't agree."

Deborah asked curiously:
"How much did you give them? Ten thousand pounds? If you gave them ten thousand pounds, then there would be absolutely no problem."

"His uncle is only a war zone earl, which is on the same level as you. He can hire some mercenaries to protect himself. Ten thousand pounds should be enough."

Ha ha ha ha ha!
These people really think the same thing, money can solve all problems.

No matter how excessive something is, there is always a rough standard to maintain everyone's decency.

Although these are all facts, their change of attitude is too direct!

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Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her head and said with a smile:

"Don't worry about these things. You can make any unreasonable requests. I guarantee they will treat you the same as their father!"

Deborah gave him a wink to show that she understood, it was at least tens of thousands of pounds!!

Otherwise you won’t be treated like a father.

Zhang Kaiwu held a cigarette in his mouth and watched the housekeeper Deborah practicing her skills, playing with two large walnuts and thinking deeply.

If she knew that he spent 20 million pounds on building relationships, the housekeeper would probably be so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

For her health, it is better not to tell her and let her experience it herself.

The weather was getting hot, and the housekeeper, who was babbling, soon fell down. She was not as tough as Huairu.

The four maids quickly cleaned up the place and continued to help with drinking with a smile. Looking at their submissive appearance, Zhang Kaiwu played with the small walnuts and thought about his journey arrangements.

Having four Indian maids does make things a lot more convenient, as there is no shortage of people to drink with.

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We sailed on the road for a week. When I had nothing to do, I would enjoy the scenery along the way during the day and communicate with the housekeeper at night.

Occasionally, when he was interested, he would also give guidance to his children and servants in their studies.

The ship was going too slowly and the journey was too long. After enduring it for a while, the experience points of the Su Nu Heart Sutra increased by four points. The young maids were finished.

Su Nu Heart Sutra Level 442: 500-.

Portable space: 10X10X10m.

Energy progress: 8150-10000...

Zhang Kaiwu already had a deep understanding of his own magical power. The energy value must be roughly consistent with the experience value of the Su Nu Heart Sutra.

Otherwise, if you go in the wrong direction, it will be very dangerous.

Because as his status improved, it would be too easy for him to gain experience points for the Su Nu Heart Sutra by cheating.

If you have money, power and status, you can turn yourself into a ruthless can opener.

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A group of people came to Singapore, which is still a small city with only a small military airport and no civil aviation.

It is similar to Hong Kong City, or even worse than Hong Kong City, because there are no civil aviation flights. When I came here, there was still war everywhere.

The two enthusiastic teams, the Dutch and the British, were fighting fiercely everywhere.

Singapore is not independent now. Its rise began after 1965, when the United States failed in its plan for the Indochina battlefield (South Vietnam). Its economy developed only after independence at the instigation of the United States.

Of course, it is also a deformed economy, just like all small countries in the world, which cannot be seen at ordinary times.

But once a war breaks out, their true colors are revealed. This is also the purpose of the United States, so that it will be convenient for them to station troops and suck blood.

(End of this chapter)