When Xue Pan was taken out of prison, he was almost no longer human.
"Son, what's wrong with you?"
When Mrs. Xue Wang saw the miserable condition of her son, she burst into tears and almost fainted.
"Mom, mother, send your wife back to the ship to rest quickly!"
Ten-year-old Xue Baochai was flustered for a while, but quickly calmed down and directed the Xue family's servants to get busy. They also hurriedly recruited a large sum of money to hire a famous local doctor to help take care of Xue Pan's injury.
"Girl, Mr. Jia on the official boat next to us has told us not to ask local doctors to treat you. After all, this is the territory of the Lu people!"
Before the doctor was invited, Xue Baochai waited for the elder's reminder.
"Girl, the doctors in the city said they were too busy to come here!"
At this moment, the servant sent to invite a famous doctor came back and carefully apologized: "My dear, please forgive me!"
"nothing!"
Xue Baochai quickly recovered from the blow, waved his hands and said calmly: "Nothing, just use the gold medicine at home to hold it on, and wait until you get to the next dock to ask a doctor for treatment!"
After a lot of fuss, they finally got their mother and brother settled. When Xue Baochai returned to the rented merchant ship, she felt that her hands and feet were weak so as not to panic.
If she had failed to control the situation just now, I am afraid that many of the stewards who followed would have changed their minds and prepared to leave.
Don't think that she didn't notice the wandering eyes of those boys, but she just didn't dare to say anything because the situation was critical.
When did the direct descendants of the Jinling Xue family end up in such a miserable state?
Fortunately, the eldest master's official ship is parked nearby, otherwise it would not be so easy for a girl's family to shock the housekeepers and the monsters on the dock.
"Master, this is a thank you gift from the eldest girl of the Xue family over there!"
Jia Jie held a gift list in his hand, walked up to the elder and said, "Please tell me!"
"Forget it, let Madam accept it!"
After waving his hand, the elder said calmly: "What's wrong with Xue Pan? He must have been severely punished!"
"I heard that he was beaten so badly that he didn't have a single piece of meat on his body!"
Jia Jie handed the gift list in his hand to the maid next to him and said with a smile: "It's time to let him have a long memory. I really thought it was Jinling outside, but no one is spoiling him!"
"Send someone to deliver a tiger bone ointment. After all, he is Wang Ziteng's nephew, so he still has to give him this face!"
The elder snorted softly: "On the contrary, the officials and local gangsters in the Lu region are a bit too overbearing!"
"Yes, my lord sent the note yesterday, and today I just let him go and beat him into such a bad state. It's simply arrogant!"
Jia Jie sneered and said, "Sir, would you like to check and see who and the forces are involved?"
"No need!"
With a flash of light in his eyes, the elder waved his hand and said: "Sooner or later, it will be time to deal with them. There is no need to intervene now. Explain the situation clearly to Wang Ziteng and let him be a pioneer!"
"Speaking of Mr. Wang, he is very hardworking!"
Jia Jie said nothing more and said with a smile: "At such an old age, I have been inspected in nine provinces. It will be a hard life in the future!"
"Hey, don't you want to show off by force?"
The elder sneered and said, "Didn't you see that I have already reached the second level? He is so anxious. If he doesn't fight hard, he will have to give up his position as the leader of the four major families to me!"
Speaking of the four major families, there has been almost no change in these years, and it can even be said that they have become more declining. Of course, this refers to the power of the four major families in the capital.
The situation here in Jinling is much better. With a ruthless man like the elder watching over him, crimes and crimes will no longer happen randomly. The atmosphere is getting better day by day.
Seeing that they were honest, the eldest man naturally didn't mind giving them a hand. Taking advantage of the great development of Su Province, he asked all four major families to organize fleets, or several alliances or alone to go overseas for business. In three years, as long as they were willing
Those who are diligent basically make a fortune.
He is not as good as those wealthy businessmen who spend a lot of money, but they still live a comfortable life with no worries about food and clothing.
As long as the big boss's brand doesn't collapse and they don't risk their lives to get involved in businesses they shouldn't be involved in, they don't have to worry about business problems for at least twenty years.
Based on this, in the eyes of the four major families in Jinling, the eldest master is the well-deserved leader of the four major families, and even the Wang family is no exception.
Not only that, the eldest master also directly came forward to turn the family schools of the four major families in Jinling into a comprehensive family academy that combines civil and military skills, business and industry, and specializes in cultivating talents who are helpful to the family business and business.
Not to mention, among the four major families in Jinling, there are really not many children who are willing to work hard to study, but the remaining few are very interested in learning.
After all, the benefits are right in front of them. Unless they don't want to become middle- and high-level managers in the family business in the future, even the most dandy guy has to learn a skill, otherwise life will be difficult in the future.
The time is still short and there are no clues yet, but the elder knows that as long as the four core members of Jinling University insist on running the school in this way, it will not take ten years for the various talents of the four major families to explode.
As for the ridicule and ridicule from outside, in the face of the reality that the four major families in Jinling are getting richer and stronger, they are just the innocent moans of slanderous scholars. If we really take these slanderous words seriously, will we not be able to live in the future?
Compared with the prosperous life of the four major families in Jinling, the lives of the four major families in Beijing are too peaceful, like a pool of stagnant water that cannot make any waves.
The members of the four major families in the capital have almost all become parasites that depend on the main family for survival. Let alone becoming helpers of the main branch, it would be nice not to be a hindrance.
The Jia and Shi families are just getting along, and the main branch is not doing well. The two princes of the Shi family are still doctors in the Ministry of War, and there is no hope of making progress.
The situation of the Jia family is even worse. There is Jia Lian, the fifth-rank judge of Shuntian Prefecture, Jia Zheng, a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Jia Zhu, the ninth-rank secretary. They are not even as good as some small families.
If it weren't for the great reputation of the eldest brother, the Jia family might have fallen from a third-rate family to a member of the lower-rate family.
The Wang family is still the most vocal, and Wang Ziteng, the governor of the Beijing Camp, is still quite important.
It's just a pity that the eldest master has suddenly emerged in the south of the Yangtze River. In just five years, he has been promoted from the position of a second-level powerful official. The momentum of the four major families in Jinling is also increasing day by day. As the momentum in the capital gradually wanes, the momentum in the capital gradually wanes.
He was suppressed by the momentum from Jinling.
How did this happen?
Prince Tengtou was the first to respond. He also wanted to take advantage of the power of the four major families to take a further step. Unexpectedly, the leaders of the four major families would have to change their positions in a blink of an eye. Naturally, he refused to give up.
So, just when the elder was about to be transferred to Beijing, this one also took a chance and got a second-grade official position inspected by nine provinces, not wanting to be suppressed by the elder.
The official title of Inspector of the Nine Provinces may seem very impressive, as prestigious as the Inspector of the Eight Prefectures in the play, but it is actually a thankless position.
According to modern parlance, the Nine Provincial Inspectors are the bosses of the Military Supervision Department. They specialize in picking out the problems and mistakes of the border troops. However, they do not have much real power in their hands. No matter whether they do well or not, there is no benefit.
Of course, just as the elder said in the meeting with several heads of state, Wang Ziteng wanted to go one step further. He had to go through the post of inspector of all nine provinces. Otherwise, it would be wishful thinking to enter the cabinet as a military minister.
Not to mention this, at least the ending of Prince Teng dying of frustration in the original Red Mansions will not happen. Unless the big boss suddenly collapses, the power of the four major families will not be so easy to suppress.
Without further ado, the elder took back his thoughts and ordered: "Go and tell Mrs. Xue's family that we will set off early tomorrow morning to see if they will continue to stay here or leave together!"
"What, Mr. Jia's ship will leave tomorrow. Isn't it too soon?"
At this time, Aunt Xue had come to her senses and was crying silently while looking at her son's injuries. However, she was shocked when she heard the news from the Jia family servants and said with some dissatisfaction.
"Mother, Mr. Jia has to go to Beijing to take up his post after all, and there is no way he will stay on the road for too long!"
Xue Baochai hurriedly spoke to comfort him, then turned around and told the servants who reported the news: "Go and tell the servants of the Jia family who reported the news, the Xue family's boat will also leave with them!"
"My son, your brother is injured like this, why don't we leave in a hurry?"
After the servants left, Aunt Xue took Xue Baochai's hand and said, "How about we stay for a few more days and wait for Brother Ji's injury to get better before leaving?"
"Mother, the local gangsters and the government here are looking down upon us!"
Xue Baochai smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, since we can't find a doctor here, we might as well go with Mr. Jia's official ship. At least we don't have to worry about any accidents on the way!"
"Hey, you've suffered so much, my son!"
Aunt Xue said bitterly: "Your brother can't support the family business, so we can only go to the capital to join your uncle, otherwise we won't suffer such a fate!"
"Mom, stop talking!"
Xue Baochai's eyes turned red and she hurriedly comforted her: "As for my daughter, my chances are better in the capital!"
As they talked, the mother and daughter couldn't help crying while holding each other's hands, their hearts filled with the pain and depression of being far away from their hometown and living under the fence of others.
By the way, this is the fault of the great master again!
The Xue family followed the baton of the eldest father, and many members of the family made a lot of money in the process of running maritime businesses, and their lives were suddenly very prosperous.
On the contrary, Xue Pan was the leader of the Xue family, and Xue Pan couldn't stand up, and Aunt Xue couldn't trust her second uncle. As a result, she could only watch the clan's life get better and better day by day, and her strength and voice in the clan also increased step by step.
These capable and powerful tribesmen were naturally dissatisfied that the patriarch was a waste, and they also coveted the huge amount of family property. However, it was only the intimidation of the eldest master and the suppression of the Wang family that prevented them from taking action.
Aunt Xue was not stupid, nor was she a strong-willed person. When she saw something was wrong and was persuaded by some people, she immediately packed her luggage, took all the money she could take with her, and hurried to Beijing to join her relatives. In fact,
He has given up his position as the head of the Xue family.