Chapter 264 The Ups and Downs of the Five Families
Different from the Lin family's old house, which maintains the traditional oriental style, the architectural features of the Huo family tend to be Western-style, with a strong aristocratic manor atmosphere. The area covered is much larger than that of the Lin family. The entire mountain is within the manor.
I have my own farm and can see as far as the eye can see.
The parking lot of the Lin family is outside the mansion, and when you get to the Huo family, you have to drive in directly, otherwise it will take too long just to walk, because the main building is at least two kilometers away from the gate of the manor.
As soon as I entered the gate, I saw a green grassland. The cement road winds forward and extends into the distance. At the end of the road, there is a magnificent Gothic building with a strong European style. There are also some small houses in various shapes around it.
Different, bright colors.
On the grassland in the distance, there was a beautiful young woman wearing a white riding suit, galloping on her horse. When she saw a foreign car slowly driving into the manor, the young woman reined in her horse.
He stopped, curled up his lips, and snorted in disgust: "Does this woman really have the nerve to come to my Huo family? Does she want to bring a wild man to show off her power?"
The people sitting in this car were naturally the Lin family. While driving, Ye Xingyu looked out the window and said with a smile: "The Huo family is so rich. In a place like the Imperial Capital where land is so valuable, it is not easy to build a small castle."
Forget it, you are actually willing to use a large piece of open space to plant grass and raise horses!"
Lin Shanya was also looking out the window, but her face was cold and without a smile: "The Huo family has made a lot of money in recent years through Huo Qingshu, and has made great progress in business. With its own political position,
With strong accumulation, there is a vague tendency to become the first family, and it is normal to have this kind of arrangement."
In terms of financial resources, the five major families may not be able to surpass the top ten wealthy families, but they are at least in the hundreds of billions level, and their background is much stronger.
Most of the top ten wealthy families only started to rise in recent decades and have not exceeded three generations. However, the five major families were already famous before the establishment of the empire. It took at least five or six generations of unremitting efforts to reach their current heights.
In fact, Ye Xingyu knows the details of the five major families better than Lin Changfeng, Lin Shanya and others, and even knows a lot of their ancestors. But now times have changed, and he is no longer Zhao Xinghai, nor Zhao Xinghai anymore.
He has magical powers and is reborn as Ye Xingyu.
Since Luo Xiu's life, he has no contact with these powerful families. His understanding of the five major families is still in the few years when the Tianlong Empire was first established.
At that time, the ranking of the five major families was probably headed by the Xu family, while the other four families were tied, and the gap between them was not big.
The Xu family was full of talented people, doing business, practicing martial arts, and also getting involved in the military. They made great contributions to the creation of the empire during the war years and produced several generals in succession.
To this day, many members of the Xu family still serve in the military, and have already established a foundation in the military community and have far-reaching influence.
For example, Xu Hu, who I met in Licheng, is a direct descendant of the Xu family. He is now a major in the Imperial Defense Force. He has a bright future. If he has been around for twenty or thirty years, it should not be a problem to find a general.
The Xu family's business is also closely related to the military. While they are engaged in weapons research, they are also producing military supplies. Just by taking orders from the country, they have made a lot of money and become extremely rich.
Moreover, the Xu family has a good relationship with the royal family. Like the Xia family, it is an ancient martial arts family. It has many capable people and has always been at its peak. Even now, it can compete with the Huo family.
The Huo family is different from the Xu family in that they work hard in the political world. Many members of the family are involved in politics and have a considerable influence on the government's politics. After decades of hard work, they have gradually been able to keep pace with the Xu family.
In business, the Huo family has also made achievements. Those who are not involved in politics all go into business. Relying on the policy support of the country, they make money in almost everything they do, and rarely lose money in business.
Especially when Huo Qingshu came to the fore and became a business wizard, his ability to play with capital expanded the economic scale of the Huo family a lot. Maybe in a few years, the Huo family could catch up with the Xu family and become the leader of the five major families.
At present, the status of these two families is slightly higher than that of the other three, but their strength is limited. After all, those who can rank among the five major families are all powerful and have no fuel-saving lamps.
The Yan family has said before that they started their business by making huge profits from sideline businesses. They were half black and half white. If it hadn't been for their extensive connections and influence in the military and political circles, they would have been suppressed by the country long ago.
Now the Yan family has restrained a lot, at least on the surface it has been cleansed, but secretly it still controls a huge underworld power and is involved in many gray industries.
The Fang family is a real estate businessman, focusing on the business world. Their influence in the military and political fields is relatively average. They are slightly involved, but not deeply involved. However, in terms of overall strength, they are definitely qualified to secure the position of the five major families.
In the past, the Fang family was relatively low-key, but in this generation, with the emergence of Fang Qingxi, it seems to be a bit high-profile.
Everyone can see that Fang Qingxi is a very ambitious person. He learned Xu Miaoyan's methods and founded Zuishanju. He used his sweet words to win over a group of buddies to form an alliance. He is currently quite popular. If he is allowed to do so in the future,
If you take complete control of the Fang family, you are likely to take a radical route.
The Ouyang family is the oldest among the five major families. Before the Third World War, it was the most powerful family in the Imperial Capital and had unparalleled influence at the time.
But with the collapse of the old world and the establishment of the new empire, the most severely damaged was the Ouyang family, as many of the personal connections previously established no longer existed.
There is nothing that can be done about the emperor and his courtiers. When there is a change of dynasty, it is both an opportunity and a disaster.
In addition, the Ouyang family has always had few male members, and it is like being cursed by a single family member. Therefore, there are not many people in the family, and it is difficult to spread the branches, which makes it more and more difficult.
In today's generation, the direct line of the eldest family member does not even have a son, so the family cannot be passed on, and they have to guard against distant relatives and collateral lines coming to fish in troubled waters and fight for power and profit.
Nowadays, the Ouyang family is not as good as before and is becoming more and more weak. It should be regarded as the last one among the five major families. It is rumored that it will be replaced by the Zhao family among the top ten wealthy families.
The situation of the five major families is roughly like this. Xu Huo is the strongest, followed by Fang Yan, and Ouyang is the last. Although they are divided into three gradients, the difference is not very big.
Ye Xingyu doesn't care much about the ups and downs of his family in the secular world. He only cares about the general trend of the world. As long as there is no existence that endangers the entire country or even the entire world, he usually doesn't bother to care about it. You can fight however you want, just don't start a war.