Chapter 232: Making Rugby
In Gao Ming's mind, football is a cooperative and confrontational sport, and it may be a bit of a stretch to say that it is rude, but it would be too false to say that it is elegant.
However, Gao Ming believed that Su Gan Chengji did not have the courage to lie to him, so his heart suddenly became puzzled.
"Is there really that much difference between Datang's juju and football?"
With such a question, Gao Ming returned to the East Palace, and then he was surprised to find that the difference between modern football and Datang Keju is really big, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is a world of difference.
Keju was taken by Li Mingda from a certain concubine, looking at this fluttering thing, Gao Ming felt that even if Beckham came, he would not be able to complete the feat of fifty meters of long-range shooting.
To be precise, this kind of ball is not to mention a long-range goal, even if it is kicked out, it will not be able to fly thirty meters.
"No wonder those foreigners in later generations refuse to admit that football was invented in China, this difference is too big, right? No, I'll have to find a few professional people to kick it out! ”
In order to prove his conjecture, Gao Ming also specially found a few palace maids to demonstrate the kicking method of Keju.
Then, Gao Ming saw the scene where the palace maids kicked the juju as a shuttlecock, and when he saw this scene, Gao Ming suddenly sighed helplessly.
"Alas, no wonder Su Gan Chengji said that this juju is an elegant thing, I see, he didn't say that it was a woman's play, he was already very polite."
Looking at the palace ladies who were happily playing, Gao Ming suddenly gave up the idea of developing football to Datang.
The reason for giving up is, first of all, the limitations of football materials, and secondly, Gao Ming's lack of understanding of the rules of football.
The most important thing is that Gao Ming is troublesome.
"Isn't it just looking for a game for soldiers to play? Is it that complicated? Since they think Juju is too elegant, then Lao Tzu will find someone who is so rude that it will be for them? ”
In Gao Ming's mind, there are two kinds of sports suitable for the army, wrestling for the individual and rugby for the group.
In fact, wrestling is already very popular in Datang, but everyone doesn't care that this sport is called wrestling, but is called "wrestling" or "sumo".
That's right, the most popular wrestling sport with two big fat men in the island country in later generations was actually passed down during the Tang Dynasty, and it has not even changed its name after playing for more than a thousand years.
Gao Ming despised such behavior, so he had already made up his mind that he would have the opportunity to let the dwarves of the Wa Kingdom pay a "property right fee" in the future.
Gao Ming didn't plan to train fat people to play sumo in Datang, and the barracks had already begun to train soldiers in wrestling and fighting, so there was no need for Gao Ming to popularize it.
Therefore, Gao Ming turned his attention to rugby.
Rugby originated in the United Kingdom, formerly known as Rugby Football, because the shape of the ball resembles an olive, so it is called rugby in our country.
Gao Ming occasionally watches rugby games when he is idle and bored, and in his opinion, the so-called rugby game is actually a game in which a big man holds the ball and rushes all the way to the end.
Simple, direct, brutal.
And when the time comes, as long as the soldiers of the Hundred Cavalry Guard wear the armor, they can go directly to the field to play rugby, and even the protective gear is saved.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up.
"That's it!"
Gao Ming's temper has always been to do what he thinks, and after deciding, he immediately asked the waiter to find a deerskin, and then cut out two large oval pieces of material from it himself.
Seeing Gao Ming's movements, the waiter's face suddenly showed a trace of distress.
In the palace, deerskin is generally made into jackets or boots, and those who are qualified to wear deerskin products are qualified to wear deerskin products, in addition to the emperor, there are only these princes and princesses, and even some unfavored concubines can't wear them, let alone ordinary palace maids.
But now, Gao Ming has cut two big holes in this good piece of deerskin, and it is impossible to make a jacket and boots, which makes the waiter very distressed.
"What a pity!"
At this time, Gao Ming was in the excitement, and did not notice the waiter's expression, he cut off the required deerskin, and then smiled at the waiter.
"Haha, it's okay, waiter, you go and get me some needles and threads, remember that the thread should be stronger."
"Yes!"
The waiter quickly found the needlework, Gao Ming took the needle and thread and began to sew rugby, looking at his lame needlework, the waiter suddenly covered his mouth and laughed.
"Hehe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to make a bag, right? Let the servant come! ”
Hearing the laughter of the waiter, Gao Ming suddenly laughed too.
"Okay, since you'll come, just give!"
As he spoke, Gao Ming handed over the deerskin and needle and thread in his hand to the waiter, and after the waiter took the needle and thread, he immediately set out to sew it.
Unlike Gao Ming, an amateur "handicraft enthusiast", the book servant is very professional, in her hands, the needle and thread are constantly interspersed up and down, and the stitches are very neat, as if they are sewn by a machine, Gao Ming was dumbfounded.
"That's amazing!"
Hearing Gao Ming's praise, the waiter suddenly blushed, she bit her lip and sewed harder.
Thanks to the efforts of the waiter, the rugby made of deerskin was quickly formed, and when there was only one hole left, the waiter stopped and smiled at Gao Ming.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, your deerskin bag is sewn!"
Hearing the waiter's words, Gao Ming immediately reacted, and hurriedly nodded towards the waiter.
"Well, you wait a minute!"
Saying that, Gao Ming picked up the scissors again and cut the remaining deer skins into pieces.
Seeing the surprised look of the waiter, Gao Ming immediately smiled and patted her little face.
"Don't be stunned, turn the deerskin bag over and stuff all the deerskins inside."
Hearing Gao Ming's words, the waiter reacted and nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, the servant knows."
Although the waiter didn't understand why Gao Ming wanted to get a deerskin bag, and he didn't understand why he cut the deerskin and stuffed it into the bag, it didn't prevent her from completing the task assigned by Gao Ming to the letter.
Because it's her responsibility!
Soon, the waiter stuffed most of the deerskin into the deerskin bag, and when she couldn't stuff it in, she shook her head at Gao Ming.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, I can't fit it in!"
By this time, the deerskin bag had changed dramatically, from a shriveled deerskin bag to a rugby ball.
Gao Ming pressed it on the buckskin rugby with his hand, and found that it was indeed tight enough, so he immediately nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, yes, Squire, now you can sew this hole shut."
"Yes!"
After hearing Gao Ming's words, the waiter immediately sewed the hole of the rugby ball.
Looking at the fully formed rugby ball in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly laughed happily.
"Hahahaha, great, just as I imagined, Shishu, thank you so much!"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Shi Shu's face turned red again, and she hurriedly bent down to give Gao Ming a blessing.
"This is what a servant should do, as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is happy."
Looking at her humble appearance, Gao Ming immediately smacked his mouth.
"Tsk...... What a sensible girl, if this prince doesn't reward you, it's too much to say, come, pop one, oh! ”
“……”
At first, when he heard Gao Ming say that he wanted to reward himself, the waiter thought about whether to refuse, but before she could react, Gao Ming kissed her on the face, feeling the warm feeling on his face, and the waiter's face turned red again.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"
Looking at the scarlet servant with his cheeks, Gao Ming suddenly laughed proudly.
"How? You're happy with this reward, right? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's question, the waiter didn't know how to answer, said happy, seemed a little unreserved, said unhappy, and worried that Gao Ming would be angry.
Just when the waiter didn't know how to answer, Gao Ming spoke again.
"Okay, I won't tease you, today I asked you to sew this thing called a rugby, go back and teach it to other palace maids, and then sew a hundred for me!"
"A hundred?"
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the originally shy waiter's eyes suddenly widened, revealing a look of shock.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, we don't have a hundred deer skins in the East Palace!"
Looking at the waiter's surprised look, Gao Ming laughed again.
"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't have deerskin, you can make any cowhide and sheepskin, as long as you can make a rugby."
Hearing Gao Ming say that there was no need for deerskin, the waiter was also relieved, and immediately nodded.
"The servant understands, His Royal Highness the Prince, please rest assured, before noon tomorrow, the servant will definitely prepare a hundred rugby balls for His Royal Highness the Prince."
"Well, it's actually okay to be later, go ahead!"
"Yes!"
The waiter agreed and went down, and Gao Ming was tired from wandering around the barracks all afternoon, so he rested after washing.
The next morning, when Gao Ming finished the radio gymnastics and started to eat breakfast, he saw that the squire was directing several eunuchs to move things.
Gao Ming took a closer look and found that what they were carrying was rugby!
"How did you do it so quickly?"
I saw that these rugby balls were placed in large bamboo baskets, and more than a dozen of them were placed in each bamboo basket, and at this time, there were seven or eight bamboo baskets that were moved into the courtyard, and the people behind them continued to move!
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up.
"This is an overfulfilled task, I'll see how the quality of the things is!"
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately stepped forward, took out a rugby ball from the bamboo basket, and examined it carefully.
After inspecting more than a dozen in a row, Gao Ming found that these rugby balls sewn from sheepskin were not only of good quality, but also very uniform in size, and there was no difference in size.
"Yes, it seems that this little girl is quite good at doing things!"
Gao Ming nodded with satisfaction as he spoke.
The waiter was directing the eunuchs to move the rugby ball at the gate of the courtyard, and when she heard Gao Ming praise her, two red clouds appeared on her pretty face again, and her heart was like a deer colliding with her.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really gentle!"