Zhou Zhi took classes with Zhu Houzhao for half a month, and naturally had more contact with Zhu Houzhao. Zhou Zhi found that Zhu Houzhao was actually a very smart person, and his ability to read and listen to lectures was very high. Yang Ting, Dong Yue and Li Dongyang explained very profound things, but Zhu Houzhao could also listen to them very clearly and integrate them.

However, although Zhu Houzhao has a smart head, he is not very interested in reading after all. This subverts Zhouzhi's notion that learning knowledge sometimes doesn't necessarily have to be interesting to learn.

In the past half month, Zhu Houzhao has finished his teacher's lectures every morning, and the afternoon is the time to play, and the small life is very fulfilling. But when Zhu Houzhao was having fun, he had never pulled Zhou Zhi, but today he wanted to pull Zhou Zhi, which made Zhou Zhi a little puzzled.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's very sincere gaze, Zhou Zhi felt bad about refusing, so he simply nodded in agreement. Hehe! In fact, Zhu Houzhao is the crown prince, and the prince really wants to give Zhou Zhi an order, but Zhou Zhi still doesn't dare not listen, and he can't disobey.

Zhu Houzhao was obviously very excited, and let Zhou Zhi eat lunch in the Prince's East Palace. To the north of the East Palace, there is an open field, which is a special place for Zhu Houzhao to play. There are all kinds of weapons, all kinds of toys that are very popular nowadays.

Zhu Houzhao actually has a strong interest in practicing martial arts, and every afternoon, in addition to having fun, he also has to practice martial arts for a long time. In practicing martial arts, Zhu Houzhao has always been very serious and meticulous.

Zhu Houzhao and Zhou Zhi, as well as Liu Jin, Wei Bin and Gao Feng, and Zhu Houzhao's five personal guards stood in this open field at this time. Zhu Houzhao first looked at the various weapons on the weapon rack, and then looked at the toys that he usually played with, such as shuttlecocks, Jianse (balls used in juju), cockfighting, dog racing, etc., and suddenly became interested for a while.

He said to Zhou Zhi, "Zhou Zhi Xiucai, you look at all kinds of things here, what are Prince Ben playing with you today?" ”

He was obviously going to ask for Zhou Zhi's opinion.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't know how many times I've played with these toys and other things, and there is no freshness at all.

Zhou Zhi's gaze fell on Jian Se and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, there are exactly ten of us here, why don't we play Keju?" ”

Long before the crossing, Zhou Zhi was a football enthusiast. After crossing the Ming Dynasty, the family is poor and has no conditions, not to mention, every day is still busy, where is the opportunity to play football. Today, when I saw the healthy color of this juju, I couldn't help but feel a little itchy.

Speaking of Keju, this term was first seen in "Historical Records: The Biography of Bian Que Canggong". It is recorded in the book: In the Western Han Dynasty, as the "Anling Hanli Bus", because of his obsession with "Keju", although he was seriously ill, he still did not follow the doctor's instructions and continued to go out to Keju, and died as a result.

Subsequently, the word Keju appeared several times in the Book of Han. However, the Warring States before the Han Dynasty called ancient football "Tsuju".

Keju has a long history and was still popular in the Ming Dynasty. It is recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" that Zhang Shixin, the younger brother of Zhang Shicheng, the king of Wu, who supported the army and divided the army, "every time he went out of the division, he did not ask about the military, but carried a pu and a bow, and supported the women to feast." It can be seen that Keju has been associated with lewd pleasure. Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he passed down a holy decree and strictly forbade soldiers to bow.

Zhu Yuanzhang's decree can only prohibit soldiers, but it cannot change the entertainment nature of Keju, nor can it prohibit folk Keju activities. In the Ming Dynasty, there were handicraft workshops that specialized in making ju, selling a variety of jianse.

At this time, there were no less than 40 kinds of names for Jianse, and the workmanship was very good.

"Keju Spectrum" says that "100,000 kicks on the feet, hundreds of thousands of solutions". The Keju of the Ming Dynasty at this time was naturally different from the football playing style and rules of later generations. At this time, the number of performance tricks and the level of skill determine the victory. More than two people to ten people are called two-person field, turning flower branches, meteors catching the moon, small out of the tip, big out of the tip, falling flowers and flowing water, eight immortals across the sea, kicking the heart of the flower and the whole field, each has a prescribed kicking route.

Zhou Zhi took a healthy color, looked at the workmanship, as if he had the prototype of football in later generations, and nodded slightly. Then he smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, Keju is very interesting to play, but today Zhou Zhi has a more fresh way to play." ”

In fact, among these many toys, Zhu Houzhao is more interested in Keju. But the more I played, the less enthusiasm I had. But at this time, when he heard Zhou Zhixiu say that there was a new way to play, his eyes swirled with a strange brilliance, and he said with a smile, "This prince knows that Zhou Zhixiu can play fresh, hehe!" ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Jin and the others proudly. Liu Jin and the others said with a flattering face, "Yes, Zhou Zhixiu is really smart." But in the final analysis, it's the prince, you have the wisdom to know people! If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you discovered Zhou Zhi's talent, how could I have a fresh way to play in Keju.

The old method of Keju is too boring, Zhou Zhi Xiucai, please tell me this fresh way to play quickly. ”

Liu Jin and Gao Feng may be out of sincere admiration and thoughtfulness, but there is also a lot of jealousy. But Wei Bin was all jealous.

How many years has Keju been playing, there are always so many ways to play, how can he play tricks, isn't this week Zhimo deliberately exaggerating to please the prince, right? However, this week's boy is indeed very smart, and if he really pleases the prince today, it will not be a good thing.

He thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say it on his lips, only looking forward to Zhou Zhi's tricks, the prince was not interested, which embarrassed Zhou Zhi.

He hoped that the crown prince would be angry, and Wei Bin could instigate Zhu Houzhao to drive Zhou Zhi out of the palace, or cure Zhou Zhi's crimes.

Wei Bin's thoughtfulness was naturally impossible to guess. What Zhou Zhi thought at this time was that if he really said the playing style and rules of football in the future, Zhu Houzhao became interested, and then spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Football in that country starts now, and in the future, the country will definitely become a football power.

Zhou Zhi did not hesitate to say all the rules of futsal in later generations. Zhu Houzhao is a smart person, and he is even more thorough in playing, and he quickly understood the truth, and couldn't help clapping his hands and said, "This is good, after a while, Prince Ben will lead four people, and Zhou Zhixiu will lead four people, and we will have a few games." ”

The soccer field needs to draw the line and set the goal.

Zhu Houzhao ordered Ding Qiang and other five guards to gather some more people from the palace, which was quickly completed under the command of Zhou Zhi.

The nets are simply made of hemp rope.

In just half an hour, a field very close to a modern football field was set up.

Zhu Houzhao was already impatient and took the lead in leading the four guards into the field. Zhou Zhi led Liu Jin, Gao Feng, Wei Bin and one of the remaining guards into the field, and specified their positions and division of labor in detail.

But all ten people are on the field, but there is a lack of a referee at the moment, Zhou Zhi thought for a moment and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, in this palace, there is actually a person who is very upright, fair and fair, and it is very suitable for him to be the referee." ”