In the early morning, the morning sun is rising, and the valley outside Xinfeng City is lively and noisy.

In an open field, young people wearing bamboo hoods and various knee pads and shoulder pads sewn from strips of cloth ran and collided in the soft open space.

Chang Yuan firmly grasped the oval ball in his arms, ran all the way to an area marked by white lime, and then raised the object in his hand high, and roared loudly: "Wan Sheng!" Wansheng! ”

His companions swarmed him, surrounded him tightly, and cheered.

On the other side, more than a dozen men wearing hoods sat on the ground with a long sigh, as if they had been exhausted.

Chang Yuan took off the hood he was wearing on his head, grabbed the oval sphere in his hand, and led his teammates along the entire valley, like a victorious general, cheering and marching.

"Well done! Brother Chang, you rush the ball so much! ”

"Awesome! Mighty kings! ”

"Brother Chang's true husband too!"

And almost all the audience responded enthusiastically to their actions.

Chen Wannian sat on the hillside, overlooking this cheerful scene from afar, and sighed: "The so-called 'rugby' invented by Zhang Shizhong is probably going to be popular in Guanzhong!" ”

This new-style movement in front of us has emerged along with the progress of military training.

Originally, it was used to punish those who did not take their military training seriously and did not meet the standards, and these were formed into two teams to play the so-called football game.

For this reason, the lieutenant even took out a whole set of rule books.

Eleven men per team are specified, divided into two opposing sides of the 'offensive group' and the 'defensive group'.

The rules are also very simple, that is, the attacking team needs to do whatever it takes, the oval ball made of pig and cow bladders dried and inflated, to the other end of the field, about 100 steps away, lime area, and the defense team needs to do everything possible to organize the attacker's advance.

As soon as this sport was launched, it immediately detonated the entire military training camp.

Even the people of Huiqu were deeply attracted and became the fans of this sport.

No way!

Compared with the crepe of Wen Crepe, this collision of muscles and wisdom, this kind of movement of will and strength, is obviously more in line with the appetite of the Han people.

Not to mention, this sport is stronger and more exciting in terms of ornamentation than the popular Keju!

In comparison, I am afraid that even the favorite sport of the royal family and the princes will be dwarfed.

There is no doubt that in the future, Chang'an and the nobles of the world will love this sport called 'rugby'.

It may even spread to the army and enter the north and south of the desert.

You must know that there has always been a hobby of Keju within the Han army in the past.

Even some generals will use the Keju exercise to train their troops.

And as soon as this rugby comes out, maybe the juju that prevails within the Han army in the future will be replaced by this rugby.

Because......

Even a civil official like Chen Wannian, who doesn't like sports, now finds that he seems to be obsessed with watching rugby games.

So much so that Ken let them finish the game.

Now, the game is over, looking at the time, Chen Wannian put a whistle in his mouth and blew it hard.

"Beep! Beep! Beep! ”

This means that the rest of the morning is over.

Today's training is about to begin.

Hearing the whistle, the crowd that was still playing and frolicking immediately reflexively entered their respective domes and began to sort out their clothes.

The sweaty athletes quickly took off their knee pads and shoulder pads, and then jumped into the river next to the valley to quickly wash their bodies.

Then go back to the vault and get dressed.

About a quarter of an hour later, in front of Chen Wannian were two hundred and thirty-seven young men standing in a straight line.

Chen Wannian glanced at it, paced a few steps, imitated Zhang Shizhong's demeanor, and bowed his hand and said: "Good morning to all the gentlemen, today, the servant led Xinfeng to order Zhang Gong to have something, and he still led the gentlemen to complete the training!" ”

"Good morning Chen County!" Two hundred and thirty-seven people bowed their bodies in unison, bowing their hands in worship, as if they were one.

At present, the set goal of actual military training has almost been achieved.

After more than ten days of training, the quasi-officials were basically familiar with what discipline and collectivity were, and they also understood what it meant to obey orders.

And these more than ten days of getting along have also made these young people basically familiar with each other.

In particular, the rise of rugby has further brought you and the relationship between the two of them.

It has also allowed many people to meet friends and form deep feelings.

In fact, the next time is actually run-in and training.

Zhang Yue had already explained this to Chen Wannian before leaving.

Chen Wannian clapped his hands slightly, and a few officials, carrying a few boxes, came over.

He ordered the box to be opened, revealing its contents - all abacus!

As an official in Xinfeng, how can you not be abacus?

Isn't that a big joke?

When everyone saw these abacus, their eyes showed their essence, and their hearts immediately beat uncontrollably.

The abacus and abacus have naturally been heard of by the landlords, gentry and nobles in Guanzhong today, and since the invention of this object, it has immediately become the fastest popular tool!

It is faster than the popularity of the slaves from the southwest Yi who poured into Guanzhong back then!

Especially in the system of big farmers and various big merchants, this thing eliminated the old calculation chips almost overnight.

And those who understand abacus immediately become hot.

And the inventor and creator of this abacus and abacus formula is Xinfeng Ling and Zhang Zizhong, the servant.

Although at present, the patterns of abacus formulas and abacus are public, and anyone can get them as long as they go to Jiating.

But in this Xinfeng public examination, I still don't know how many people have been told by their families: if you have the opportunity, ask Zhang Shizhong for the method of abacus, and you can teach the secret, and my family will have no worries!

In the eyes of the world, Zhang Yue must have hidden some secrets.

If you learn this method, your family will be rich for generations!

This is also common sense in the world.

There were 3,000 disciples of Confucius, but only 72 of them could get the true transmission.

Dong Zi has taught countless professions in his life, but only more than ten people have been recognized by him, and he can call himself 'Dong Zhongshu's disciple'.

Even the sages and Confucians.

This is naturally the same thing.

Therefore, as soon as these abacus appeared, everyone's eyes could not be separated.

"Is this about to start teaching us such advanced skills?" Many people licked their tongues and felt that Xinfeng had come to the right place this time.

Even if you just learn the most basic abacus tricks in Xinfeng, it is full of compelling.

When you go out or become an official in the future, you can tell others: Back then, I learned abacus under Zhang Gongmen.

Just like those Confucian scholars who listened to lectures under Dong Zi at the beginning, even if they can't be recognized, they are still a business card and a good stepping stone.

At least in many cases, the competitiveness is better than others!

"Gentlemen, today, we and you will learn and use this abacus...... Chen Wannian said with a serious face: "According to the order of Zhang Xianzun, in the future, Xinfeng officials, big and small, everyone needs to make good use of the abacus, and everyone needs to bring an abacus when they go out!" ”

"If you are not good at abacus, you may even be promoted!"

"I hope you must be attentive!"

"No!" Everyone agreed loudly and bowed respectfully: "Please Chen County will not hesitate to teach!" ”

Han Chinese love to learn skills and are keen to learn skills.

Even among the people, peasants who knew how to make iron and carpenter were richer than ordinary small landlords.

His children don't even have to worry about their daughter-in-law's problems, as soon as they reach the crown, they will be stepped on by the matchmaker.

And this abacus belongs to arithmetic, which is now the domain of the elite monopoly.

Even if you just learn to do a little fur, for these young people, most of whom are from poor backgrounds, it is also of infinite use!

Chen Wannian smiled bitterly and said: "I am only getting involved in this abacus method for the first time, so I will encourage you to do so......"

He has been in contact with and learned abacus for less than a month, and to be honest, he has just learned some basic operations and memorized the formulas of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

But the more complex application has not yet been mastered.

"But don't worry about ...... gentlemen," Chen Wannian raised his head and said, "Tomorrow, Zhang Xianzun will come here in person to teach the abacus method......"

Rumble!

Everyone's spirits were lifted by this news.

I can be taught by Zhang Shizhong in person!

Even if it's only one day, when you walk out of the door in the back, you can call yourself 'a cow and a horse under Zhang Gongmen', and label yourself as a 'Zhang family'.

A moment later, the small valley resounded with the sound of Lang Lang's mantra recitation and the plucking of the abacus.