Chapter 889 Times have changed and the situation has changed.
After the Xue family moved into their old house in the capital, Xue Pan immediately set up the Xue family polo team to compete in the polo league.
By the way, the number one sport in Beijing right now is definitely polo.
The Polo League is not only a money-making tool for the Xungui Group, but also a trump card for expanding its influence. Even the royal polo team must compete in accordance with the rules set by them.
It’s not that there weren’t civil servants and even royal princes who wanted to get involved in the management rights of the polo league, but they were all pushed back.
Just kidding, unless the civil servant group and the royal family join forces, it would be a dream to take food from the bowl of the noble group.
Xue Pan naturally did not expect the deep connotation of the Polo League. He was just influenced by the popular atmosphere of the Polo League and wanted to participate.
Besides, every noble family in the capital, no matter how downtrodden they are, has a polo team.
He believed that the Xue family was also a member of the Xungui Group, so naturally he had to keep up with the pace in time to avoid being underestimated by others.
When I was staying in Rongfu before, I didn't want to show too much, as that would mean disrespecting the host.
Of course, there is also the factor that the Rongfu Polo Team is very poor and has been struggling in the lower leagues.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing if the polo team formed by the Xue family was stronger than the Rongfu polo team and performed better in the league?
Xue Pan knows that the guys from the Rongfu Polo Team have regarded the income of the polo team as their own property and do not allow others to violate it at all, otherwise they will attract crazy revenge.
Neither Aunt Xue nor Xue Baochai would allow Xue Pan to mess around here and cause trouble to their family.
After all, I have to live with the grievances and depressions of living under someone else's roof.
It's a good time now. The Xue family has moved away from Rongfu. Naturally, the sea is as wide as fish can leap, and the sky is as high as birds can fly. They can let go of their hands and feet to do whatever they want.
Moreover, Xue Pan's preparations to form his own polo team also received strong support from alumni such as Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan.
Not only did they help make suggestions and help Xue Pan formulate a recruitment plan, but they also revealed their strong desire to play.
Xue Pan naturally didn't say anything and waved his hand and everyone agreed.
Suddenly, he had more friends in Ethnic Studies and became more popular.
Anyway, the Xue family polo team participates in the lowest level polo league. With the riding skills and polo skills demonstrated by Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan and others, they can still barely pass the test.
If it was just a fake, Xue Pan wouldn't need to express anything. Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan and others who finally had the chance to play would take the initiative to clear them out without mercy.
In fact, even if Aunt Xue does not move out of Rongfu at this time, she will have to move out of Rongfu in a short time, at most no later than next year's Dragon Boat Festival.
For no other reason, the Xue family couldn't just take shelter in the Rong Mansion. If they wanted to take shelter, it would also be the other three major families in Jinling. This is a very realistic reason.
You know, the Xue family has to give considerable benefits every year to the other three families as "protection fees." Otherwise, how could the Xue family be qualified to join the ranks of the four major families?
The names of the four major families in Jinling are not so good.
Especially in the officialdom, the amount of convenience provided to the Xue family's business, if converted into silver, is probably more than hundreds of thousands of taels per year.
It doesn't take just one person's reputation as an imperial merchant to gain popularity all over the world.
Otherwise, if there are so many imperial merchants under the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, wouldn't it mean that every family has the ability to do business with the world? Isn't that nonsense?
Apart from anything else, the Osmanthus Xia family in The Story of the Red Chamber, that is, the Xia Jingui family who married Xue Pan, was just a supplier of Osmanthus products to the palace.
At that time, the Xue family was in dire straits, so they spent a large sum of money on the construction of the Grand View Garden, all of which paid water stamps.
But even so, when she got married to Guihua Xia's family, Aunt Xue said that the two families were well-matched and that they were a strong alliance.
In other words, the Xue family has declined like that, but its own strength is still about the same as that of the Osmanthus Xia family. It can be seen that there is a huge gap between the imperial merchants.
Here comes the question, the Xue family has to provide a considerable amount of money to the other three families every year, so which family gets more and which family gets less?
This is a big problem. The difference is tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Maybe the Ning Mansion didn't care at this time, but the Rong Mansion, the Wang family, and the Shi family couldn't care less.
But as the leader of the four major families in Jinling, Ning Mansion must take the lead. This is a very normal thing, and no one dares to speak out against it.
But if Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai, and most importantly, Xue Pan, still live in Rong Mansion, who knows how many benefits Rong Mansion will receive?
The saying that those who are near the water and the towers first get the moon are not just words.
Not to mention, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang are sisters from the Wang family.
As for Xue Pan, the current head of the Xue family, it is hard for me to express my true feelings.
If it's not good, the historians will be upset, and even the Wang family will be dissatisfied.
After all, although Mrs. Wang is from the Wang family, she has been married for more than twenty years and has no interest in the Wang family at all.
Uncle Xue was in charge of the Xue family's housework at this time and saw these situations very clearly.
As the shipping business in Jinmen stabilized, the Xue family also had a very stable source of income, and it was firmly tied to the interests of the other three families.
As time goes by, the other three companies will become prosperous, and the Xue family will follow suit. This is a sure thing.
No, at the housewarming banquet, the head of the Ning Mansion, Jia Rong, has promised Uncle Xue’s two biological children to attend the Jia Family School and the Ning Mansion Women’s School?
Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that the direct lineage of the Xue family and the Rong family will be decoupled.
Apart from anything else, Uncle Xue would have lived in the capital for a long time and had not experienced the fatigue and hardship of traveling around for business, so he would certainly not have died so early.
Do you really think that in this era, it is very easy and simple to do business or even go overseas?
Don't look at the story of the Red Mansions, both Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin are understated, and there are still some poetic and picturesque ideas, but in fact, when did you go out, did you not risk your life to fight for it?
Otherwise, why did Uncle Xue and his wife die so early?
Judging from his age, it's hard to say whether he is forty years old or not.
After all, in the era of feudal ethics, men got married early. In The Story of the Red Chamber, Xue Biao brought his sister to Beijing to be married, and she would never be older than twenty.
Based on Xue Pan's performance, it is estimated that it will be difficult for someone under the age of thirty to fully grasp the Xue family's family business.
It's not that Uncle Xue didn't give it, but that he didn't have the ability to take over. It's not too much for Uncle Xue to take the opportunity to get some property for his family. Then he won't have to look at the faces of the clan leaders to live...