Seventy-nine, Shaolin Football

Zhou Xuan strided out of Jingxu Palace and walked around Danfeng Gate to prepare to go to Sichi. He came back to the mansion, but met Mr. Pan, the Jixian Palace. Mr. Pan, bowed and said, "Mr. Zhou, the first issue of the carved mansion has been released. Will the Grand Secretary go and take a look?"

Zhou Xuanxin said, "Let's take a look. My buddy has advanced the printing technology, one of the four great inventions, by a hundred years, and at least I have to check it." So he asked Siqi Lai Fu to wait for a while, and he followed Mr. Pan to Jixian Palace.

I saw piles of paper in the Lantai Pavilion of Jixian Hall. The students were sorting out and binding. When they saw Editor Zhou, they bowed and bowed. A Grand Secretary presented the newly bound booklet to Editor Zhou for review.

Zhou Xuan had just read a booklet of this size, and it felt very strange. It seemed like Jixian Palace was printing a booklet for the Spring Palace. He took it and looked it up. It was about ten pages thin, with a capacity twice as much as the previous newspaper. He added two articles to the booklet. The characters were much smaller than those of the handwritten ones, but they were not big and beautiful, the strokes were not exquisite, and the engraving skills were not good!

"Well, it's not bad. If you want to find a masterful engraving craftsman, the booklet should be a little larger, so that it looks grand and you have to collect more manuscripts." Zhou Xuan gave important instructions.

Mr. Pan smiled and said, "Master, there are great craftsmen, but the wages are high. Also, this paper and pen are all for money-"

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly and thought to himself, "No wonder you want to drag me in to see it. It's money." He nodded and said, "I understand. I'll send someone to give me 1,000 taels of silver later. The engraving craftsmen must be good, don't be hasty, the paper should be good, don't be broken, all of them are used with Korean paper. Print a thousand copies in each issue and distribute them to various prefectures and counties for people to browse at will. It's a pen. As long as you submit a manuscript, you can give one tael of silver if you use it. The manuscript doesn't have to be so orthodox. You can write it if you like it. There are also people who are present to pay the reward for 100 taels of silver for each issue, and you will be able to make a payment for every half month. Remember each expenditure and I will send someone to check the accounts."

Mr. Pan was overjoyed and greeted Mr. Zhou to send him out of the hall.

Zhou Xuan returned to the mansion and ordered Lai Fu to take 1,000 taels of silver to send someone to Shishi Pan in Jixian Hall. He also invited Abu and told him about the sponsorship of the mansion. Abu did not say anything and generously donated 3,000 taels of silver to be presented.

These days, Lord Abu, Chaosanlang, is busy and his business is booming. The store has been expanding again and again. The more you hire, the more you are recruiting, the ships between Jiangzhou and Jinling are traveling twice a month. You are gradually moving the Liuli workshop to Jinling and expanding the scale. The next step is to build branches in the 36 prefectures of the Tang Kingdom. The day of making money every day is not far away.

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Abu, I will go back to Jiangzhou in late April to move my family, and take a land route when I go back and take a boat. What are your plans?"

Abu said: "The officials also want to move their families in Jiangzhou to Jinling, but the officials have many shops in Jiangzhou, so they also need to take care of them, but I am afraid they can't walk with the Marquis."

Zhou Xuan said: "I want to return to Xinzhou, so you naturally have no time to walk with me. However, on May 28, Lin Duhu's second son married, so you must not be there."

Abu hurriedly said, "Remember, of course, I remember that the second young master Lin must go to the wedding of the second young master Lin."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Of course I have to go there, so let the people of Jiangzhou see that Hu Shang Abu is now an official in the imperial court. Who dares to disrespect for business under the orders?"

This was said to Abu's heart, smiling happily and his beard trembled.

On the first day of March, the annual Qingming Festival of the Tang Kingdom's Cuju championship officially began. Thirty-six Yuanshes competed for the leader of Cuju. Xinzhou Hou Mansion was also selected as one of the nine venues because of its first-class Cuju venue. Zhou Xuan ordered people to open a gate on the back garden wall, so that the Cuju team participating in the competition and Cuju fans watching the football matches did not need to enter through the door of the mansion, but could enter directly from there, and sent four Fenghua Prefecture soldiers to guard there.

The Qingming Cuju championship was held by the Wei Wangfu and Jing Wangfu. The competition system is quite complete. The thirty-six Cuju teams were divided into four grades of A, B, C, and D according to the results of Qingming Cuju in the past three years, and divided into nine groups. The ancients liked the number "nine". The number of positive numbers is the highest. Each group of A, B, C, and D is one team. The first team in each group is in the top 12. The second team is in the top 12, and the second team is in the other nine groups to compete for the remaining three top 12 places. They have to play two games a day, while the first team can rest for five days and wait for work. So the stronger the stronger the stronger the weaker the fatigue is.

Zhou Xuan deeply felt the drawbacks of this competition system and intended to reform it, but now he can't speak in the territory of Cuju in Tang Kingdom. Like Go, he must speak with strength. If you are strong, someone will listen to you.

Zhou Xuan was in the seventh group, with the four teams being the Yuanshe of General Wei in Class A, Jinghai Yuanshe of Class B, and Shouzhou Yuanshe of Class C. "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" being the new army, naturally ranked last and belonging to the Yuanshe of Class D.

I don’t know if it was because of the arrangement of King Jing’s Mansion and King Wei’s Mansion that deliberately arranged this way or by coincidence, they actually divided the Yuanshe of General Wei’s Mansion and the "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" into the same group. Now there was a good show. Huangfu Jixun hated Zhou Xuan to the core. He was kicked to death by the four fools and has not healed yet.

Huangfu Jixun used to be a vibrant player in Cuju and polo field. Now he holds a medicine jar all day long and walks with caution, afraid of being shaking and trembling. He can't ride a horse. Even if he loves her concubine, he can only lie on his back. Otherwise, he will be afraid that his concubine will be shaken and shaken when she is happy. In addition, he cannot think about too complicated things, and he will have a headache if he thinks too much.

Huangfu Jixun likes to take revenge again. After thinking about it, he can't think of a good way. He can't succeed in assassination. He can't fight in the morning. Zhou Xuan is now a marquis and a grand sergeant. He is deeply favored by the emperor and the queen. Since the last incident in Shanglinyuan, King Jing has not been forgiven and is not allowed to enter the palace. However, Zhou Xuan has entered the palace. King Jing has no way to fight with Zhou Xuan for the time being. What other solutions does Huangfu Jixun have unless he raises troops to besiege the Marquis of Xinzhou. King Jing hints that that day is not far away, and that is when King Jing ascends the throne.

The first game of the seventh group on March 1st was played by "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" and Shouzhou Yuanshe. The game was held at the Cuju Field in Xinzhou Houfu. Residents of Xiangluanfang came to watch the game. There were dozens of die-hard fans from Shouzhou. Thousands of people surrounded the Cuju field to watch.

Most of the Cuju players in Shouzhou Yuanshe were border soldiers, and they were born into government soldiers and had a tough style. They were somewhat similar to Zhou Xuan and others. They had rough skills and simple ball paths. This game was not good. Relying on the hat trick of three and four, the "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" won seven to four.

Based on the principle of playing a game and making friends, Zhou Xuan invited a group of people from Yuanshe, Shouzhou at noon to drink at Xiangluanfang Restaurant. It is easy for people with status and status to make friends. They are a little amiable and respectful to the wise and humble, and others think they have the kindness of knowing each other, and there are many who are willing to do whatever they want to do.

I had nothing to do this afternoon. I was going to Jingxu Palace to paint a portrait of Princess Qingle, but yesterday I had a fight with Princess Qingle and accidentally saw her top secret privacy. Zhou Xuan dared not go to Jingxu Palace anymore. Princess Qingle is likely to kill someone to silence her.

In fact, it’s nothing to see the erotic palace. He has seen a lot before, and the girl in the boudoir also has that kind of curiosity. It’s understandable to watch it secretly. Que’er also studied “The Secret of Chonghezi Yufang”, but for Princess Qingle, it was really ashamed to be discovered by a man to see the erotic palace. Maybe he would do something terrible, so Zhou Xuan decided to stay away from Jingxu Palace for his own safety.

On March 2, in the second game of the seventh group, the enemy was narrow, and the "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" played against the Yuanshe of General Wei. According to regulations, Zhou Xuan and others were going to the General Wei's Mansion to compete.

Crown Prince Li Jian was worried that Huangfu Jixun would take this opportunity to attack Zhou Xuan. After obtaining the approval of his father, he used the Yulin Guard and guarded the Cuju Field of the General Guard's Mansion. This was obviously a warning to Huangfu Jixun to be honest and if he dared to hurt the Hou of Xinzhou, he immediately confiscated his home and arrested people.

Huangfu Jixun was not cured of illness, but now he was so angry that he almost fell to the ground. Zhou Xiaojian, who kicked him, also came to play football. Isn’t this bullying?

Huangfu Jixun was originally the head of the Yuanshe ball, a handsome player who scored on the court. He shot "Rongliuyan" with amazing speed and strong momentum. He once scored eleven balls in a Cuju game. It was not that the ball was made poorly, but because he was really strong. Now, he said goodbye to the green field completely. He couldn't even watch the ball. He was dizzy when he sat there and saw the ball stuttering around.

General Wei’s Mansion Yuanshe was the third place in the Qingming Festival last year, surpassing the Wei’s Mansion Yuanshe, and the Wei’s Mansion Yuanshe fell to fourth place last year.

At the beginning of the game, when the two teams ran, San Chi whispered to Zhou Xuan: "Master, there are eight people on the court in the Cuju team of General Wei's Mansion, four of them have martial arts skills."

Zhou Xuan asked: "How is it compared to your cousins?"

Sanchi smiled proudly: "Master, it's not a sword slave who praises me. There are no more than ten cousins ​​in the world who are so skilled."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It's great, I'm two of them. I'm not afraid of traveling all over the world." He said, "The third brother brags, there are many heroes in the grass, how can you know one by one!"

The Cuju game lasted half an hour, and the middle of the game was resting for a quarter of an hour. After only one quarter of the first half, Zhou Xuanyi couldn't bear it anymore and was already behind zero to two. The Cuju players in the General Wei Mansion of General Wei not only had martial arts skills, but also had excellent basketball skills. This was like adding wings to the tiger. Zhou Xuanyi only had two martial arts skills, and his basketball skills were not as good as them. This ball was difficult to play. The friendly match with the Wei Wangfu Yuanshe the day before yesterday was far less difficult than today.

At the end of the first half, the score was 2-5, and "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" fell three goals behind.

Siniang lost his eyes and wiped his sweat and drank water while resting on the sidelines, while saying to Zhou Xuan: "Master, I have to do my best, otherwise we will definitely lose this ball."

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, anyway, they also have martial arts people, and they are Huangfu Jixun's subordinates. You don't have to be polite, just show your best."

In the second half, the storm on the court suddenly changed. The three and four scattered people who were fully exerting their strength were like Stephen Chow in "Shaolin Football". He ran like the wind and jumped into the air. The people from General Wei's mansion passed the ball up to two feet, and the four scattered the golden hook in the air was also intercepted by it.

After all, the Cuju team of General Wei’s Mansion was knowledgeable and experienced. They quickly adjusted their tactics, focused on short pass cooperation, avoided the powerful three and four ignorant, and selected soft persimmons to pinch them. They looked for breakthroughs from the Sun brothers and their servants, and Zhou Xuan. The two sides went back and forth, and the second half was tied, and the score was three to three.

The score of the whole game was 5-8, and "Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" lost.

The four ignorant were quite depressed, and Zhou Xuan comforted: "Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. We still have the chance to enter the top 12. Next time we meet them, we will win back."

"Royal Xinzhou Yuanshe" and more than ten people packed up their things and were about to leave the Cuju Field of General Wei's Mansion. The four Huangfu Jixun, who were originally playing football, came over to bow and bow, and said to the four men: "This brother is good at football. I admire you, admire you. I want to learn more about it."

These four people are the martial arts people mentioned by Sanchi. They targeted Sichi obviously out of Huangfu Jixun's instruction, and wanted to avenge the kick.

The four cynicals lost the ball, and they were unhappy and asked coldly: "What do you understand?"

The red-faced man in the lead said politely: "It's just like shooting the Fengliu Eyes. He thrust his feet out from fifty steps, and each person ten times, the one who shot more times is the winner."

Lin Hanyun was too polite and asked: "What are you betting on?"

The red-faced man said: "The losing team, Cuju team, kowtowed to the other party, just a harmless joke."

Since the red-faced man dares to say this, he must have the amazing skill of shooting "romantic eyes" and his purpose is to humiliate Zhou Xuan. Now Zhou Xuan is one of the Cuju team members.

Sun Zhan was so angry that he cursed: "Damn it, kowtow is not harmful!"

Sichi ignored the man, lifted his clothes, tightened his belt, and slowly walked to the wooden pillar with "Red Eyes" on one side of the venue. Suddenly, his body rose up and jumped more than one meter high. He kicked in the air with one click, and his left and right legs hit the wooden pillar with "Red Eyes" respectively.

Two "clicks" sounds, the thick and strong wooden pillar was kicked off by the waist, and fell to the ground and made two dull loud noises.

The four fools landed on the ground as if nothing had happened, dusted their clothes and said contemptuously: "What are you going to kick the romantic eye? Just come for martial arts competition."

The man with red face was secretly surprised. He knew how hard the two wooden pillars were. They were ebony for hundreds of years. Ebony was said to be harder than iron. He could not do it with a thin man kicked two of them with one kick. No wonder General Wei was seriously injured by him and said with a smirk: "It's either a competition or a competition of wind and roar."

The four cynicals left a sentence: "I don't have time." They left them and left.
Chapter completed!