Xuan Da strode out of Jingxu Palace, went around to Danfeng Gate to prepare for the four idiots, and came to meet Master Pan of Jixian Palace, Master Pan bowed and said: "Scholar Zhou, the first issue of the engraved newspaper has come out, do you want to take a look?" ”

Zhou Xuanxin said: "Just take a look, buddy has advanced one of the four major inventions, printing, by a hundred years, so I have to check it." Then he asked the four idiots and Laifu to wait a little longer, and he followed Master Pan to Jixian Palace.

I saw that in the Lantai Pavilion of Jixian Palace, there were piles of papers, and the students were sorting out and binding, and when they saw the editor-in-chief Zhou, they bowed one by one, and a scholar presented a booklet that had just been bound to the editor-in-chief Zhou.

Zhou Xuan had just seen a booklet of such a size, and felt very strange, as if Jixian Hall was printing a booklet of the Spring Palace, so he took it and looked at it, it was more than ten pages, the capacity was twice as much as the previous newspaper, and two articles were added to it, the words were much smaller than those copied by hand, but they were not very good-looking, the strokes were not exquisite, and the carving skills were not good!

"Well, yes, if you are looking for a skilled lettering craftsman, the booklet should be slightly larger, so that it looks magnificent, and you need to collect more manuscripts." Zhou Xuan gave important instructions.

Mr. Pan said with a smile: "University scholar, there are good craftsmen, but the salary is high, and besides, this paper and polishing pen all cost silver——"

Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "No wonder you want to drag me in to see, it's asking for money." Nodding his head and saying: "I know, I will send someone to send a thousand taels of silver later, the lettering craftsman must be good, don't be hasty, the paper must be good, don't tear it off, all use Korean paper, print a thousand copies of each issue, and distribute them to all states and counties, for people to browse at will, polish the pen, as long as the manuscript is submitted, three coins of silver."

The one who used it was given one or two silver, and the manuscript did not have to be so orthodox, as long as the people liked to see it, they could write it, and everyone who was present to work for the newspaper would be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver per issue. Arranged by Mr. Pan, I will strive for a half-monthly period, remember every expenditure, and I will send someone to check the accounts. ”

Mr. Pan was overjoyed and sent Mr. Zhou out of the hall.

Zhou Xuan returned to the house. He immediately ordered Laifu to take 1,000 taels of silver and send someone to the hands of Master Pan of Jixian Palace, and asked people to invite Abu to come. talked about the sponsorship of the newspaper. Abu didn't say a word, but generously gave three thousand taels of silver.

These days, Lord Chao Sanlang Abu is very busy, business is booming, and the store is expanding again and again. The more and more people recruited, the boats between Jiangzhou and Jinling twice a month, and the glaze workshop was gradually moved to Jinling. And to expand the scale, the next step is to build branches in the 36 states of the Tang Kingdom, and the day of making money is not far off.

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Abu, I am going back to Jiangzhou in late April, moving my family here, taking the land route when I go, and taking the boat on the way back, what are your plans?" ”

Abu said: "Xiaguan also wants to move Jiangzhou's family to Jinling, but Xiaguan has a lot of shops in Jiangzhou, and he has to take care of it over there, but I'm afraid that I can't go with Hou Ye." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I want to go back to Xinzhou, you naturally have no time to walk with me, but on May 28, Lin Duhu's second son will be married, and you must not be there." ”

Abu hurriedly said: "Remember, of course the lower official remembers, the wedding of the second son of Lin must be attended by the lower official." ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Of course I want to go, and let the people of Jiangzhou see that Hu Shang Abu is now an official of the imperial court, and he is ordered to do business, who dares to be disrespectful?" ”

When this was said to Abu's heart, he smiled and his beard trembled.

On the first day of the first month of March, the annual Tang Kingdom Qingming Keju championship battle officially began, 36 Yuanshe competed for the leader of the Keju Championship, Xinzhou Hou Mansion because of the first-class Keju venue, was also selected as one of the nine venues, Zhou Xuan ordered people to open a gate on the side of the back garden wall, so that the Keju team and the fans who watched the football game did not need to enter from the gate, they could enter directly from there, and sent four Fenghua soldiers to guard there.

Qingming Juju championship is jointly organized by Wei Wangfu and Jingwangfu, the competition system is quite perfect, 36 Keju teams are divided into A, B, C, D four according to the results of Qingming Juju in the past three years, divided into nine groups, the ancients all like the number "nine", the respect of the yang number, each group A, B, C, D team each one, round robin confrontation, the first place in the group enters the top 12, the second place and the other nine groups of second place a total of nine teams compete for the remaining three top 12 places, to play two games a day, and the first place can rest for five days, to wait for work, so the further you go, the stronger the strong, and the weaker the tiredness of the weak.

Zhou Xuan deeply felt the drawbacks of this competition system and intended to reform, but now he can't speak in the Tang Kingdom Juju world, like Go, you must use your strength to speak, if you are strong, someone will listen to you.

Zhou Xuan is in the seventh group, and the four teams are the Category A Ground Guard General's Mansion Circle, the Jinghai Circle Society of Category B, and the Shouzhou Circle Society of Category C.

I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by King Jing and Wei Wangfu when they were in the same group, or it was a coincidence that they put the Wei General's Mansion Circle Society and the "Royal Shinzhou Round Society" in the same group.

Huangfu Jixun used to be alive and vigorous, he was a fierce general in the juju field and the polo field, and now he holds a medicine jar all day long, and he walks carefully, he is afraid of jolting and trembling, and the horse is not able to ride, even if he is in love with the concubine, he can only lie on his back, otherwise, he is afraid that the concubine will shake him when he is happy, and he can't bear it, and he can't think about too complicated things, and he will have a headache if he thinks too much.

Huangfu Jixun likes to think about how to take revenge, I can't think of a good way to think about it, the assassination can't be done, Mingli can't fight, Zhou Xuan is now a marquis and a scholar, deeply favored by the emperor and the queen, since the last time he went to Lin Yuan, King Jing has not been forgiven, and he is not allowed to enter the palace, but Zhou Xuan has entered the palace, King Jing has no way to fight with Zhou Xuan for the time being, what can he do about Huangfu Jixun, unless he raises troops to besiege the Xinzhou Hou Mansion, King Jing hinted that that day is not far away, that is when King Jing ascends the throne.

The first match of Group 7 on the first day of March was played by the "Royal Shinshu Circle" and the Shoushu Circle, and the game was held at the Shinshu Houfu Keju Stadium, and the residents of Xiangluanbo came to watch the game, as well as dozens of die-hard fans from Shouzhou, and thousands of people watched from the sidelines of Kemari.

Most of the Keju players of Shouzhou Circle Society are from the border army and government soldiers, and their style is fierce, a little similar to Zhou Xuan, their skills are rough, and the ball path is concise, this game is lackluster, relying on the hat trick of three idiots and four idiots, the "Royal Shinshu Round Society" won 7-4.

In the spirit of playing a game. The principle of making friends, Zhou Xuan invited a group of people from Shouzhou Yuanshe to drink in Xiangluanfang Restaurant at noon, and it is easy for people with status and status to make friends. There are not a few people who are willing to serve the work of dogs and horses.

I had nothing to do in the afternoon this day, I was going to Jingxu Palace to paint a portrait of Princess Qingle, but I quarreled with Princess Qingle yesterday, and I accidentally saw her top secret privacy, and Zhou Xuan didn't dare to go to Jingxu Palace anymore. Princess Qingle is very likely to kill people.

In fact, for Zhou Xuan, watching the Spring Palace is nothing. He used to see too much. The boudoir girl also has that kind of curiosity, it is understandable to look at it secretly, and the finch is also studying the "Secret of Chong and Zi Yufang", but for Princess Qingle, she was discovered by a man looking at the Spring Palace. That's really self-conscious, maybe he will do terrible things, so Zhou Xuan thinks about his own safety. Decided to stay away from Jingxu Palace.

On March 2, in the second game of the seventh group, the road was narrow, and the "Royal Shinshu Circle" played against the Wei General's Mansion Circle, and according to the regulations, Zhou Xuan and others had to go to the Wei General's Mansion to compete.

The crown prince Li Jian was worried that Huangfu Jixun would take advantage of this opportunity to poison Zhou Xuan, and after obtaining the permission of his father, he used Yulin Wei to guard heavily around the Keju field of General Wei's mansion, which was obviously to warn Huangfu Jixun to be honest, and if he dared to hurt Xinzhou Hou, he would immediately raid his house and arrest people.

Huangfu Jixun was not well from his illness, and now he was so angry that he almost fell to the ground, and Zhou Xiaojian, who kicked him, also came to play football, isn't this bullying home?

Huangfu Jixun was originally the head of the Yuanshe ball, is a strong player who scored on the field, shot the "Merry Eye" ball speed is amazing, the momentum is heavy, once a juju game kicked eleven balls, not the ball is poorly made, it is really his feet are strong, now it is good, completely farewell to the green field, even watching the ball, sitting there to see the ball tossing and turning he is dizzy.

General Wei's Mansion Circle Society was the third place in last year's Qingming championship battle, overpowering the Wei Wangfu Round Society, and the Wei Wangfu Round Society fell to the fourth place last year.

At the beginning of the game, as soon as the two teams ran, the three idiots whispered to Zhou Xuan: "Master, there are eight people on the field of the Keju team of General Wei's Mansion, and four of them are martial arts. ”

Zhou Xuan asked, "How does it compare to your cousins?" ”

The three idiots smiled proudly: "Master, it's not a sword slave boasting, there are no more than ten cousins in the world who are so skilled." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "Shuangye, I account for two out of ten, and I am not afraid to go all over the world." The heart said: "The third child brags, there are many heroes in the recklessness, where do you know one by one!" ”

Keju game for half an hour, a quarter of an hour break in the middle, only a quarter of an hour in the first half, Zhou Xuan's side couldn't bear the strength, already 0-2 behind, General Wei's Keju players not only have martial arts, but also excellent ball skills, this is like a tiger with wings, Zhou Xuan's side only has two martial arts, and the ball skills are not as good as them, this ball is difficult to play, the day before yesterday and the Wei Wangfu Yuan Society friendly match is far less difficult than today.

At the end of the first half, the score was 2-5, and the "Royal Shinshu Madosha" trailed by three goals.

The four idiots lost their eyes red, and while wiping their sweat and drinking water during the sideline break, they said to Zhou Xuan: "Master, I have to do my best, otherwise we will lose this ball." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Okay, anyway, they also have martial artists, and they are Huangfu Jixun's subordinates, so you don't have to be polite, let's play to your heart's content." ”

In the second half, the situation on the field changed abruptly, and the three idiots and four idiots who went all out were just like Stephen Chow in "Shaolin Football", running like the wind, jumping into the air, General Wei's mansion passed the ball up to two zhang, and the four idiots volleyed the golden hook to intercept it.

After all, the Wei General's Mansion Juju team is well-informed and experienced, quickly adjusted tactics, paid attention to short pass coordination, avoided the powerful three idiots and four idiots to pick up soft persimmons, and looked for a breakthrough from the Sun brothers and their servants, and from Zhou Xuan.

The score was 5-8, and the "Royal Shinshu Circle" lost.

The four idiots were quite frustrated, and Zhou Xuan comforted: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, we still have a chance to enter the top 12, and the next time we meet them, we will win them back." ”

A group of more than ten people from the "Royal Shinshu Circle Society" packed up their things and were about to leave the Keju Field of General Wei's Mansion, when the four Huangfu Jixun's subordinates who originally played football came over and saluted with fists, and said to the four idiots: "This brother is good at ball, admire, admire, I and the other four still want to learn and learn again." ”

These four people are the martial arts people mentioned by the three idiots, and they targeted the four idiots, obviously out of the instructions of the emperor Fu Jixun, and wanted to avenge the kick.

The four idiots lost the ball, and their hearts were unhappy, so they asked coldly: "What do you understand?" ”

The red-faced man at the head of the land said politely: "It's like shooting the eyes of the wind, fifty paces away, pulling out the foot and shooting angrily, ten times per person, and the one who shoots the most times wins." ”

Lin Hanyun was mouthful and asked, "What are you gambling on?" ”

The red-faced man said: "The losing side should kowtow to the other side, it's just a harmless joke." ”

Since the red-faced man dares to say this, he must have the amazing skill of shooting "Merry Eyes", the purpose is to humiliate Zhou Xuan, and now Zhou Xuan is one of the members of the Keju team.

Sun Zhan was angry and scolded: "Damn, kowtowing doesn't hurt!" ”

The four idiots ignored the man, lifted his clothes, tightened his belt, and slowly walked to the side of the field under the wooden pillar of "Merry Eye", and suddenly his body rose from the ground, jumped up more than a foot high, and kicked a word in mid-air, and kicked the "Merry Eye" wooden pillar with his left and right legs respectively.

With two clicks, the thick and sturdy wooden pillar was kicked off by the waist, and it fell to the ground with two dull loud sounds.

The four idiots landed casually, dusted off their robes, and said contemptuously: "What kind of romantic eyes are kicked, if you want to compete, you will come." ”

The red-faced man was secretly surprised, he knew how hard the two wooden pillars were, they were hundreds of years of ebony, the ebony was claimed to be harder than iron, this thin man kicked and broke two, he was far from being able to do it, no wonder General Wei was seriously injured by his kick, and sneered: "It's not a competition, it's a competition to shoot the wind eye." ”

The four idiots dropped a sentence: "No time." "Leave them and go.

Out of the gate of General Wei's Mansion, Zhou Xuan said to the four idiots: "Fourth, I want to learn martial arts from you, you were like that just now, cool!" ”