In the streets and alleys of Zhongdu, a kind of sports game suddenly became popular.

Keju!

In the downtown area, it is common for people to walk with their heads, shoulders, knees, and legs upside down, like juggling, attracting everyone's applause.

Between the alleys, it is common to see children and teenagers chasing each other, laughing and laughing.

The sudden popularity of Keju in Zhongdu is naturally Wanyankang as the driving force behind the scenes.

No, where is the little prince of Zhao Wangfu who is behind the scenes, that is the trend advocate!

Kemari is a sports game that has been invented since the Warring States period.

"Warring States Policy-Qi Ce" Zaiyun: 70,000 households in Linzi...... He is very rich and real, and his people are all flutes, drums, beating, playing harps, cockfights, dogs, six bo, and bows. It can be seen that as early as the Warring States period, Keju was already more popular at that time.

By the time of the Three Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty, Keju was more popular in the land of China.

By the time of the Song and Jin dynasties, the popularity of Keju had reached a peak.

You don't see, the famous Gao Yu Taiwei of the Song Kingdom made his way by playing football.

In later generations, there are many stars who are worth a lot of money, and it is unprecedented that a reliable player can play the role of a national leader.

The popularity of Song Guoju has almost reached the level where the whole people know and are good. Wu Feixiong was originally a Song general, and in addition to his superb martial arts, he also kicked a good bow. Even to a certain extent, General Wu's ability to serve as the head of the 800,000 forbidden army had little to do with his martial arts, but because he played well and was appreciated by his boss.

The popularity of Keju in the Song Kingdom was also promoted to the northern country.

When the Liao Kingdom and the emperor's birthday, people would perform a juju for fun.

After the founding of Dajin, several emperors before and after were fond of kicking a bow. It's just that when he came to Zhang Zongwan Yan Jing, he liked to dance and write and ink, and he was not very interested in Keju, and the popularity of Keju in Zhongdu was just average.

Wan Yankang single-handedly promoted the resurgence of Keju in Jinguo!

Before that, when it came to eating, drinking, and having fun, who was in the whole middle school. It's not King Zhao, it's not King Rong, it's not King Yan.

Li Xi'er, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, in the entire Zhongdu and even in the entire Dajin, if he is called second, no one dares to call him first!

Who is Li Xi'er?

The elder brother of Emperor Lao'er Wan Yan Jing's favorite concubine Li Shi'er.

Li Shi'er is as beautiful as a flower, smart and talented, and is deeply loved by Wan Yan Jing.

Li Shi'er was originally the daughter of a prisoner, and she was not admitted to the palace prison when she was a child. After being favored from an ordinary palace maid, she was first named Zhaorong, and then entered the concubine the next year. After the death of Empress Qinhuai of the main room, Wan Yanjing once wanted to make Li Shi'er the queen, but the princes and ministers opposed it.

The reason why the princes and ministers objected to Li Shi'er was that Li was originally the daughter of a prisoner and had a humble background, so how could he be a mother in the world!

Wan Yan Jing had no choice but to give up the idea of sealing Li Shi'er as the queen, but he still made Li Shi'er the concubine and became the actual master of the harem.

Li Shi'er was originally a simple person, and it was natural to please the emperor, and after she was pampered, she has always been in the harem and has never interfered in politics.

However, after the emperor's proposal to appoint Li Shi'er was rejected by all the princes and ministers, Li Shi'er felt deep malice.

Prisoner's daughter!

From humble beginnings!

These two sentences are like poisonous snakes, constantly entwining in Li Shi'er's heart, making her frightened and uneasy.

Li Shi'er originally thought that as long as the emperor liked and pampered himself, he could not care about anything. After learning her lesson, she knew it wasn't enough.

So Li Shi'er's elder brother Li Xi'er and younger brother Li Tiege all entered the Dajin officialdom in a grand manner.

After her parents were convicted, Li Xi'er became a robber outside, thinking that she would be mixed up all her life by robbing the house. Unexpectedly, the salted fish turned over and was found by Li Shi'er, and he changed from a bandit to an uncle overnight.

Moreover, the speed of this country's uncle's promotion is also unheard of in the history of the Jin Kingdom, and in just a few years, he has achieved the position of deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the Great Jin State.

In the past few years, Li Xier has occupied the favor of her sister, and she can be said to be in power. Except for Wanyan Honglie and a few other people, it was his immediate boss, the official boss of the Privy Council, who was not taken seriously by Li Xi'er.

Li Xi'er occupies power, bends the law for bribes, and bullies men and women, which is commonplace.

In addition, Li Xier's favorite thing to show off is that she can play!

A member of your clan, of noble birth?

It's okay, Uncle Li can play!

Are you a wealthy family with countless collections?

It's okay, Uncle Li can play!

Do you cultivate and read heirlooms, generations of Confucianism?

Uncle Li can play!

Li Xi'er gave full play to her advantages, with power, money, and a group of prodigal children who followed her all day long to flatter. Cockfighting, lackeys, games, juju, and Uncle Li are all playing.

After Yan Kang started to promote Keju, the first thing that came to mind was Li Xi'er.

Before Wanyan Honglie took Wanyan Kang to Li Xier's mansion for a banquet, the two could be regarded as having some friendship. After this time, Yan Kang went directly to the door, found Li Xi'er, and said that he wanted to have a game with Li Xi'er's Keju team.

Li Xi'er heard what she meant, and asked with a smile: "Brother Kang, my Li Xi'er's Keju team has never met an opponent in Zhongdu, Brother Kang, your team is worthy of a battle?" ”

Wan Yankang said with a smile: "Uncle and grandfather, if you follow the rules of the Song people, these subordinates of mine will definitely not be your opponents." But in my opinion, the Keju played by the Song people is too sissy, how can it reflect the bravery of my northern boys. I thought about it and came up with a new way to play, I don't know if my uncle and grandfather would like to give it a try! ”

When Li Xi'er heard that there was a new way to play, she was immediately interested, so she asked Wan Yankang to come quickly.

At this time, the rules of Keju were played according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, which was very different from the football rules of later generations. In the center of the court, there are two clubs with a height of three feet, and the upper goal is about one foot in diameter, which is called "Merry Eye". The two sides of the game stand separately, each team of 12 or 16 people, respectively called the ball head, the snapball, the front coercion, the head coercion, the left pole net, the right pole net, scattering, etc. There is also a slight difference between the ball head and the player's hat. During the game, the whistle and drum are the trumpet, the left team members kick off the ball first, and then pass to the vice captain after juggling the ball several times, and then pass it to the captain when the ball is upright and stable, and then pass to the captain, and the captain kicks the ball to the eye of the wind, and the winner wins. The same goes for the right team to get the ball. At the end of the day, the winner is determined by the number of balls, the winner is rewarded, and the loser is punished.

This way of playing is actually not confrontational at all, but more just a competition for the player's level of ball jolting and the accuracy of the final captain's shot.

Song and Jin sent teams to compete with each other several times, and the Jin State sent Li Xi'er's team. But the entire Jin country can play the Keju team, not as much as a Lin'an City.

Needless to say, the result was, of course, a big defeat for Li Xi'er.

After Yan Kang said that Song Guo's rules were sissy, it was right for Li Xi'er's appetite, and after he listened to Yan Kang's new rules for juju, he was even more amazed, and he couldn't wait to start the game immediately.

The so-called new rules that Wan Yankang came up with are just copied from the football rules of later generations.

The team is divided into two sides, each with a goal, each with a goalkeeper, and the winner is determined by the number of goals.

Establish a red and yellow card system, yellow card warning, red card will send off one player, if one side is sent off three, it will be directly lost. Considering the degree of force in this era, Wan Yankang also added a foul in terms of fouls, no matter what degree of foul, the same person must be given a yellow card warning if he has accumulated three fouls in a game.

Because of the consideration of the venue and the audience, Wan Yankang did not copy the number of people and the scale of the venue for the 11-person competition, but set up a standard game with seven people as the standard game, and a venue with a length of 20 zhang and a width of 10 zhang as the standard venue.

I won't go into the rest of it.

After Yan Kang said the complete set of rules, his mouth was already a little dry, so he took two sips of the teacup.

Li Xi'er looked at Wan Yankang, his eyes lit up, he took Wan Yankang's hand and said, "Brother Kang, you are really a genius!" ”

Wan Yankang smiled modestly: "Don't dare to be, my uncle and grandfather praised it falsely." ”

Li Xi'er slapped the table and shouted loudly: "This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, I, Li Xi'er, don't accept anyone, after today, I will serve you Brother Kang alone, you don't call me uncle and grandfather, in the future, our two brothers will be commensurate!" ”

Wan Yankang was dumbfounded, if the two talked about seniority, Li Xi'er was two generations older than him, if they called each other brothers, wouldn't they be seniors above their father, how could this work.

Wan Yankang waved his hand again and again.

Li Xi'er is a trick, as soon as she saw Yan Kang wave her hand, she went over and grabbed Yan Kang's shoulder, and said fiercely: "Brother Kang, if you don't want to, you will look down on me!" ”

Wan Yankang was grabbed by Li Xi'er, extremely embarrassed, if he wanted to push away, it would be easy. But seeing Li Xi'er's unyielding appearance, he could only respond first.

Wan Yankang said with a bitter face: "Big brother, let's talk about it first, you and I can only be commensurate in private, if there is any gossip that spreads, I don't recognize my brother!" ”

Li Xi'er patted her chest and laughed: "Brother, I will naturally save this big brother!" ”