Li An was preparing to move his body, and when he saw that the full set of equipment for the badminton had been made, he was very happy, and hurriedly got up to check, picked up a shuttlecock first, carefully observed the goose feathers and rubber heads, and checked the position of the connection to see if it was reliable enough.

For the rubber material he invented, Li An is very confident, and there will be no problem with the quality of the goose feathers, but the connecting part is the most critical, if the connection is not reliable, when playing, the feather will be separated from the rubber head, so that you can't play badminton, who played a small rubber head.

"It's very good, it's very tightly connected, and the rubber head is elastic enough that it should be able to hit far."

Ang Lee put down the badminton ball very satisfied, and then picked up the badminton racket to check the quality of the racket.

The outer ring of this racket is made of wooden strips, which are very hard and tough, and can withstand relatively large bends without breaking.

The handle is naturally also wooden, the whole is cylindrical, and the surface is carved with non-slip bumps to prevent slipping in the hand, and at the same time, it also looks more beautiful.

The net is a kind of elastic line, which is a new material developed by Datang half a year ago, and it is perfect for making badminton nets.

Ang Lee picked up the badminton and put it on the racket and tossed it up and down, five or six times in a row, feeling very good, and nodded appreciatively.

"Ah Lang, this badminton is played upside down like this, it's almost like a shuttlecock! But what is this big net for? ”

Yuna asked suspiciously.

Li An smiled: "Who said that badminton is played like this, Ah Lang just tried the flexibility to see if it is qualified, this big net can actually be used, but the effect is better, come on, quickly install this big net outside." ”

More than a dozen people worked together and soon installed the big net in place.

Ang Lee personally used the sword in his hand to mark the badminton court, forming a standard badminton court for later generations.

"Okay, this is the badminton court, Yun'er, play a game with Ah Lang."

Ang Lee gave Yuna one pair of the two rackets in his hand and asked Yuna to walk to the other side.

Yun'er pouted and said, "Ah Lang, but I won't!" ”

For those who have seen badminton for the first time, no one dares to say that they can play.

Li An opened his mouth and said: "It's very simple to play badminton, I'll hit the ball later, you can catch it and hit it back." ”

"Oh, I'll try!"

Yuna answered and walked over with a racket.

Li An held the badminton high and said, "Yun'er, get ready, Ah Lang is going to hit the ball." ”

After saying that, he hit the shuttlecock hard.

Because this is a match, not a game, Ang Lee serves the ball to Yuna's position so that Yuna can receive the ball more conveniently.

Yun'er saw the shuttlecock flying towards her, and hurriedly raised her racket to hit it and hit the shuttlecock back.

"Not bad! I actually caught it, and I came again. ”

Ang Lee trotted a few steps and hit the shuttlecock again.

However, due to the deviation of the position of receiving the ball, when he ran over, he was a little unprepared, and he failed to hit the ball to Yuna's side, but hit it three or five steps away from Yuna, and when Yuna ran over, the ball had already landed.

"It's going to be! That's how it works, pick up the ball and hit it back. ”

Li An ordered loudly.

Yun'er smiled and said, "Got it, Ah Lang, get ready to catch the ball." ”

Although she has just started to learn, however, badminton is not much difficult, and soon, Yuna learned how to play badminton, and played with Ang Lee, under normal circumstances, she can play back and forth at least five or six times, and the highest time is more than ten times, so it can be said that the results are still very good.

"Yun'er, you're playing very well! The first time I played it, it was so powerful, and it had a lot of potential! ”

Ang Lee happily praised.

Ang Lee is really very satisfied with the results shown by Yun'er, and it is indeed very good to be able to achieve such results.

"Ah Lang, this badminton is really fun! However, what does this outer underlining mean, and is there any way to say it? ”

Yuna felt that playing badminton had nothing to do with the lines drawn outside, and she had left the marking area many times just now, and Ang Lee didn't say anything.

Li An opened his mouth to explain: "Yun'er, you don't know this! We're playing with cooperation, not games, and if we do, there are too many rules. ”

"Ah Lang, there are still many rules for playing badminton?"

Yuna asked.

Ang Lee was very patient and explained a lot of the rules of the game until Yuna fully understood.

"Yun'er, do you understand?"

Ang Lee asked loudly.

Yun'er smiled and said, "Ah Lang, Yun'er understands, then let's have a competition!" ”

Li An smiled: "Yun'er, you will lose very badly." ”

"Hmph, you don't know if you win or lose until you compare, come on!"

Yuna was not convinced.

Li An smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Little girl liar, I can't cure you anymore, watch the ball." ”

Aiming at the back corner, Ang Lee sent a very fierce ball.

Yun'er couldn't react and didn't catch it at all, but just when Li An was happy, she suddenly found that her ball was too fierce and actually fell outside the boundary line.

"Ah Lang, you lost a point, beauty, open the score."

Yuna was the first to score a point, and she almost jumped up with joy.

Ang Lee pretended to be too big and wanted to get off to a good start, but because he used too much force, he lost one point first, but Yun'er has just come into contact with badminton, and it is unlikely that her level will surpass Ang Lee, so Ang Lee is still very confident in achieving the final victory.

"Little girl, let you be proud for a while, serve!"

Ang Lee was full of ambition and decided that he would win.

I don't know if it's because of luck, the more Ang Lee wants to win, the more he loses, he misses three times just by serving, and when he plays, in order to increase the difficulty of Yun'er catching the ball, he also picks up the corner and starts with it, and the result is that he frequently falls out of the line because of mistakes, thus losing a lot of points.

However, playing badminton is also a manual work, although Yuna has taken the lead and is leading by many points, her physical exertion is also not small, and she has a feeling of powerlessness when she plays, as if she is about to lose her breath.

And although Li An is still in the score behind, through continuous corner transfers, Yun'er has been drenched in tired sweat, and the next thing is naturally the time for a counterattack.

Sure enough, when Yun'er's physical strength became more and more insufficient, Ang Lee's score caught up and soon equalized with Yun'er.

"Don't fight, don't fight, Ah Lang, I'm too tired to fight."

Yuna gasped and sat on the ground, looking unremarkable.

This is all favored by Ang Lee, and ordinary maids don't dare to do this.

"Ah Lang, let me come! At least finish this game! ”

The beauty has a few points on the side, and she has long wanted to give it a try.

Li An nodded and said, "Okay, you take over Yun'er, Yun'er, come over and score points." ”

If he can beat two people in one game, Ang Lee will be very happy, even though these two guys are not very good.

The beauty has watched it for a long time and already knows exactly how to play badminton, but it is one thing to know it, and it is another thing to be able to play well.

Although it seems very simple when you look at it, it seems that it is easy to get it done, but when you actually start playing, you will need to take some time to get started.

When she got started, the beauty lost several points in a row, and after adapting to badminton, she was not Ang Lee's opponent, and was soon beaten down.

"What's the matter, two people can't beat me! Hahaha! ”

Ang Lee actually laughed like a child.

"Ah Lang is the best, haha!"

The two daughters praised together.

Li An said happily: "You all lost, punish the two of you for sleeping tonight, and serve with a big stick, haha!" ”

"Ah Lang is good or bad."

Early the next morning, Li An just went out and heard the good news, a reward from the imperial court, in recognition of Li An and others, for the Tang Dynasty to obtain a series of overseas territories, that is, a few pieces of land around Malacca.

As for the land here in the Lion Country, because it has just been obtained, it is estimated that it has not yet been sent to the imperial court, and the reward will naturally have to wait for some time.

The work of distributing rewards can be handed over to his subordinates to complete, Li An does not need to do it personally, and Li An does not care about the rewards given to him.

The glass industry alone can make Ang Lee have inexhaustible wealth, and the reward of the imperial court is just a string of numbers, which is not attractive.

The water conservancy facilities in the experimental field are very good, and all kinds of vegetables planted have sprouted, among them, the weaded cabbage has grown very big, which fully meets the requirements of picking.

However, in order to make these dishes grow bigger, I will not pick them for the time being.

The place where the merchants gather, it is natural to pay attention to it, and by the way, see how much it is rented and sold.

"Yo, that's good! It's all expanded, so it looks more magnificent and brighter. ”

Ang Lee was pleased with the expanded shed so that the merchants would not look too crowded inside.

"Li Shilang, there are more transactions today than yesterday's, and in addition, the Lion Kingdom doesn't know what it is going to do, and it actually brings a large number of leases and sells land, which is clearly to sell the country!"

One of the subordinates whispered.

Li An smiled and said: "Ma Teqin, this kid is not stupid, he is like a mirror in his heart, renting and selling a little land will not cause too much loss to the Lion Country at all, ceding so much land to me Datang, he didn't even frown, how can he care about these small pieces of land, and there are not many things that are really sold, most of them are leased, as long as the lease period arrives, the Lion Kingdom can still be recovered, in addition, Ma Teqin's small court is now very short of money, if the regime collapses because of lack of money, then, He is definitely a dead end, and those who follow him will not have a way to live, so they can't lose, they must not lose to Kulram in the south, otherwise, he will have nothing, for his own life and interests, he must do this, this is called giving up small to make big money, Matt Qin looks at the overall situation, understand? ”

The patriotic education of later generations said that territory and land were very important, as if the loss of an inch of land was a great loss to the country.

Of course, as long as you lose the land, you will lose all the resources on this land, which is indeed a very huge loss.

However, the benefits that land can bring to the regime are long-term, and will not produce much benefit in the short term, and cannot solve the financial dilemma faced by the imperial court.

For example, the later generations of Japanese invaders, when fighting against China, won victories, and obtained land and indemnities, among these benefits, land is a long-term interest, and indemnity is a realistic interest, it is these indemnities that make the Japanese court's finances become very abundant all of a sudden, and they began to vigorously develop armaments in a short period of time, so as to make their strength to a higher level, many times stronger than in front of the station.

Without the reparations, the Japanese would inevitably find themselves in a difficult position due to war damage and the financial difficulties caused by the war, and they might never be able to rise again.

It was Huaxia's indemnity that fed the Japanese and made them quickly stronger, and then, in the dog-eat-dog battle between the Japanese and the strong enemy in the north, the Japanese invaders spliced the strong enemy army established by Huaxia indemnity, and defeated the strong enemy in the north, and their own losses were really not small.

However, the strong enemy in the north was not as weak as the last imperial court in China, and when he admitted defeat, he did not promise to pay compensation, not a penny of compensation, but only gave up part of the land he had snatched to the Japanese Kou, which was considered compensation.

Of course, the Japanese were very dissatisfied, because in order to win this war, the financial cost they paid was too high, and they urgently needed to replenish funds after the war, otherwise, the country would be in a difficult situation.

But the strong enemy in the north is not vegetarian, not even a child will lose, if you are not convinced, then continue to fight, see who consumes whom.

The Japanese were not confident enough, so they had to choose to accept it.

After paying a huge financial cost, only getting some land is considered a victory, but the financial dilemma has not been solved, and the funds needed for the development of armaments have become very tight, which is a veritable disastrous victory.

After the war, the entire national economy of the Japanese invaders suffered a great deal of trauma and needed a long time to recover, and if the strong enemies in the north also carried out high war reparations like the small court of the last Chinese dynasty, the strength of the Japanese invaders would skyrocket again, and thus become even more terrifying.

The indemnity allowed the Japanese to challenge opponents who were much stronger than themselves in ten years, while the failure to pay the reparations caused the Japanese to lick their blood for 30 years before they dared to attack the weak Huaxia at that time.

It can be seen that the problem of funding is really very critical, because only money is the most real, with money everything is easy to do, if there is no money, the whole state institutions will not be able to operate normally, and the country will be paralyzed.

Therefore, on the surface, Ma Teqin is really a traitor, but in fact, he is saving himself, and only by selling these lands can he get the funds needed to run the imperial court and quell the rebellion.