Time flies by so fast, and it’s November in the blink of an eye.
Before, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the fruits and melons were fragrant. In the blink of an eye, it was a time of freezing cold winds and occasionally scattered snowflakes falling.
Poor people are worried about how to survive the winter. They hope that God will not be too cruel and that the cold winter will not be too cold.
Noble children who have enough food and clothing and plenty of money don't have such worries.
Recently, playing polo has suddenly become popular in Beijing.
Regardless of whether the family behind you has the ability to raise a polo team, you should always actively participate in popular events. Several polo fields on the outskirts of the capital are always overcrowded and lively during polo matches.
The only thing that can participate is that the audience has a certain level of strength.
In other words, they are all high-quality guests with money in their pockets.
Around the handicap of the polo match, there are also various food, clothing, accommodation and transportation services, which soon appeared and were quickly improved.
On every polo match day, a large amount of money circulates around the polo field, which has become a new gaming and entertainment center in the capital, not much worse than the brothel Chuguan.
There is no way around it. If you hang around brothels or gambling dens all day long, there will always be a day when you get tired of it.
But here at the polo field, you can watch the fierce and exciting polo matches, and you can also cheer loudly with the audience around you. It's very atmospheric.
The venue next to it also provides activities for horseback riding and polo practice. If you really don't have athletic talent or are too lazy to show off, it is very interesting to talk with a few friends about which polo team has good performance, strength, and technology.
What's more, the guy in charge of the operation of the polo event actually spent a lot of effort to collect the comments from the audience, select the interesting and interesting ones, and directly print them into comment books for sale to the outside world.
Once your eloquent speech is selected, can be turned into words and spread, and can be recognized by others, the feeling of satisfaction should not be exaggerated.
Even, in a short period of time, several well-known commentators on polo matches appeared in the circle of distinguished disciples in the capital.
Their comments have attracted the attention and recognition of most of the audience and even members of the polo team, and their popularity is no worse than that of star polo players.
Being able to be so famous is also of great benefit to them.
The money they make by commenting on polo matches is indeed not much, but it is serious money that they rarely earn, and they cherish it very much.
The key is that the family members behind the Xungui children do not object to their active participation in polo matches. After all, they are not just visiting brothels and Chuchu halls, but they can also exercise and improve their riding skills. The discerning core members of the Xungui family can still see clearly.
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Of course, the organizers of polo events are not stingy and are open to allowing major noble families to participate and share the profits. This is also one of the main reasons why polo events have become so popular so quickly.
To put it bluntly, only profit-driven ones are the most reliable.
In this process, the Ningfu Polo Team, which defeated all opponents without any rivals, naturally became famous and prosperous.
Not only did each Ningfu polo player become a star-like existence, but the monetary rewards they received were even more envy-inducing.
Let's put it this way, for a polo match, each polo player can earn at least three to five taels of silver from the various appearance fees and various benefits and rewards.
In addition to the handicap around the polo match and various recreational charges, the amount of money distributed to the participating polo players is at least ten taels.
You can earn at least fifteen taels of silver from a polo match, which is definitely a lot of money for a polo player who comes from a family background.
Even many of the noble children who were not direct lineage, those whose family fortunes were in decline, and those who were tight-lipped due to other factors could not help but feel moved.
If it were them, they would earn fifteen taels of silver per game, and playing two games a month would be thirty taels, which is still the minimum income.
For some nobles who don't have much money in their pockets, that's a pretty decent income.
Not to mention, as polo playing becomes more and more popular, more and more dignitaries from the capital are getting involved, and naturally there are some wealthy people who want to cling to the rich and powerful and spend a lot of money to gain attention.
Coupled with the information revealed by the polo tournament operator, next year the polo tournament will form a regular league and conduct a double round-robin points competition.
By that time, there will be more games and it is conservatively estimated that the income will be higher and higher.
Why don't you take the benefits yourself, but let your children get them?
Anyway, many noble children who have horses at home have been very keen on riding training recently, and then strengthen their training in playing polo.
In fact, the real excitement is yet to come. It’s just that the time is not right now and I can’t let the interested nobles see it.
As one of the operators of polo events, Lian Er has been very busy recently.
If he didn't want to cause any drama about husband and wife's disagreement, sometimes he would be too tired and wouldn't even want to go back home to rest.
The boys around me also started busy together.
After running around all day, it didn't take long for me to lose weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, but my whole person looked more energetic.
Fortunately, Lian Er was not stingy and gave him enough money for running errands, otherwise he might have had trouble with the boy next to him.
"It's a pity that the guys in the clan are not motivated, otherwise the Second Master could make them make a lot of money continuously!"
When chatting with Wang Xifeng in private, Lian Er expressed some regrets.
"As long as you can take care of yourself, why should you allow your clan members to share the profits when you have a way to make money?"
Wang Xifeng, however, disagreed and shook his head: "You Jia family members are all too lazy to die. How can you have any enterprising spirit?"
"Then you are wrong!"
Lian Er curled his lips and said: "There are many boys who are attached to the Ning Mansion and have been training with the Ning Mansion Polo Team for a while!"
"I have watched their training. They all have excellent riding skills and good polo playing skills. I believe it won't be long before they can officially play. After a game, they will earn at least thirty or fifty taels!"
"so much?"
Although Lian Er was very clever, in order to let Wang Xifeng cooperate in the cover-up, he handed over 500 taels of silver every month to let Wang Xifeng know the huge profits of running polo matches.
But she never expected that playing polo could be so profitable?
You know, her monthly salary is not that much.
“More to come!”
Lian Er shook his head and said: "As far as I know, Second Master, many children of noble families are practicing riding and learning to play polo, but it's a pity that there is no movement at all here!"
According to his idea, even if there are no members in Rongfu to play polo, it will not be a problem to form a polo team...