No, not only because Zhang Nan is rich and powerful, but also because of the actual status of Kshatriya in India. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In practice, although 70 percent of the top positions in India are occupied by Brahmins, the Kshatriyas seem to have more power than Brahmins at the bottom, as can be seen in the painting of the Coronation of Napoleon I: the one who wields the gun is always strong.

It's just that because of thousands of years of tradition, many Kshatriyas always feel that they seem to be half a head shorter than the Brahmins: the daughters of Kshatriya can also marry into the Brahmin family, and only pay twice the dowry.

As for the Varma family, it is even more awesome, because their family used to be the king of the soil, so as a Brahmin, they not only had the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and worshipping gods, but also had the right to have the second rank of military and administrative nobles Kshatriya, and had the privilege of collecting various taxes.

Of course, they also had their own army at the beginning - although they have now been disbanded, as soon as they entered the castle, Zhang Nan saw all kinds of weapons displayed everywhere.

From cold weapons from hundreds of years ago to old rifles before World War II, it is clear that the owners of this place are very proud of these family history, and at the same time seem to like these killing tools.

The owners of the castle also came to welcome the guests: apparently a large family, Davenral-Valmar's father is still alive, but his mother has not been seen, and Zhang Nan speculates that she may have died.

The old man was nearly 70 years old, very strong, and spoke English without an Indian accent at all: the old Walma's father was the former king of the land, but before the old Walma succeeded to the throne, the princely state was gone.

But even so, Old Varma is the absolute leader in the county and enjoys a high reputation in Kerala.

Davenral Valmar has two younger brothers, but one of them has gone to England to discuss a coffee business, and there will be only one younger brother at home. His brothers' families also live here, but the children are not there, either in Thiruvananthapuram or studying in Mumbai and abroad.

Indians like to live in large families, and generally do not divide as long as the elders of the family are still there: but once the family is separated, the family property is inherited by the eldest son, and the younger brothers have no right to divide the family property, and generally have to live on the wife's dowry.

But as long as he did not divide his family, Davenraer had to take care of his younger brothers, and at least maintain a decent life as a princely queen.

But in the Varmar family, Davenral's brothers don't have to live on their wives' dowries, because tradition: Davenral's uncle is here today - he is the owner of one of the largest law firms in Thiruvananthapuram, and a barrister himself.

Davenlar's father gave his uncle a large sum of money when the family was divided, not to mention that his uncle had studied in England and had a decent job in India himself.

Coupled with the huge amount of money and family influence given by the elder Walma, Davenral's uncle is also one of the few rich and famous people in the local area.

After a pleasantry, arrange their own rooms, rest and then afternoon tea.

Interestingly, Alice's room was arranged next to Zhang Nan's huge suite, and it was also a huge suite. When the eight designated servants helped Zhang Nan set up his luggage, he found that there was a secret door between his bedroom and the next room, just like the secret door in the train box of "Murder on the Orient Express".

Probably for the convenience of visiting the door.

Smile and ignore it.

The room has a bit of English Victorian furnishings, and the beds in the bedroom are huge shelf beds, covered with thick wool carpets, and the patterns are very intricate. And it was cool in the bedroom, and when I looked closely, I found that there were hidden vents.

Nima, this local tyrant actually pretended to have a central air conditioner in the castle!

Seeing that the leading man-maid among the eight servants was standing on the sidelines, seemingly waiting for his orders at any time, he said, "Padida, is there a power outage here?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the tuyere.

There was a wool carpet on the floor, and there was a thick blanket on this bed, and the quilt was suspected to be down!

The blackout air conditioner didn't work, and Zhang Nan thought he would be blown up by the heat.

As for this Padida, a typical Shudra caste, he had been a servant of the Varma family for generations, was educated, and could speak Indian, but could understand English.

The servants of the earth kings were not all illiterate, could they be - these old Indian aristocrats were fond of raising the children of stewards and high-ranking servants to become talents, and then put them in the local government departments, so that they could have a voice in the government that they could fully control.

Moreover, the Indian government's ongoing efforts to increase the proportion of low-caste people in government positions have helped people like Varma – the poor have a level of education that is not comparable to that of the rich and the powerful, even in Kerala.

What if the children of the stewards and servants become officials and turn against their masters?

Such situations are rare, very rare, because they will not and do not dare: first, the entrenched class is at work, and the other is that if this happens, the person, including his family, will suffer very badly!

How miserable is it?

I'm embarrassed to say.

Well, these are all Zhang Nan's hearsay, but it should be reality.

Hearing Zhang Nan's words, this Paddida bent down and replied very respectfully: "Master Allen, there are sometimes power outages in the manor, but there are very few cases, because the power supply in the manor is a special line.

And sir, the manor is equipped with a high-power generator to meet the needs of the manor. ”

Well, although there are frequent power outages in India, especially in the countryside, the few appliances in the homes of the landlords can be used as decorations. But this county is almost Walmar's house, and you can't stop the electricity of the master's house if you stop others, otherwise those people in the county will not be finished?

As for the title of "master", Zhang Nan figured it out by himself, anyway, this Paddida uses master, and there is a suffix after it, I didn't understand it, anyway, it's an honorific title.

Four male servants and four female servants, who said that Indian landlords will only have male servants to entertain unmarried male guests?

And the 8 servants are not particularly dark, so they probably don't need to bask in the sun every day.

There is still an hour before it is tea time, when the host family will invite Zhang Nan and them to a huge sunny flower room in the castle for afternoon tea.

Planning to take a shower, fortunately there is a complete bathroom.

"Is this tap water?"

Zhang Nan asked Padida.

"It's not tap water from the water plant, sir, this is the mountain spring water from the back of the manor, it has not received any pollution at all, it is dedicated to the manor, and it can be drunk directly. ”

That's good, there is a mountain behind it, and the Walma family should never allow anyone to pollute their drinking water source, Zhang Nan estimates that even if he drinks this kind of water raw, he shouldn't have diarrhea.

The biggest drinking water problem has been solved, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem to stay here for a few days