At this time, Wu Liren had already led his troops back to Xiapi, in addition to letting Zong Ze and Li Cunxiao and others lead their subordinates to garrison Puyang, some other injured generals also returned to Xiapi to recuperate.

On this day, Wu Liren was summoning Gao Yu to ask how his Keju team was being formed now, and at the same time preparing to hold a Keju competition in this leisure time.

"Captain Gao, what's going on in Keju now? This king wants to take advantage of the middle of summer to hold a keju competition, is it convenient? ”

Gao Yu was also full of spring at this time, and when he heard Wu Liren ask, he seemed to have guessed, and stepped forward to reply: "Back to King Zhou, Keju Academy has recruited more than 200 students, including poor families and children, according to King Zhou's instructions, they were divided into many groups for confrontation training, if it is a competition, it will take half a month to allow subordinates to redeploy." ”

After hearing this, Wu Liren laughed and said, "It seems that the situation is much better than what this king expected." ”

When Gao Yu announced the recruitment of Keju players, few people were willing to participate, after all, this kind of thing is just a plaything entertainment in the eyes of the public, one cannot earn money to support the family, and the other cannot strive for fame. If it is the son of a large family, some people are willing to play with Gao Yu; But the poor children, none of them have their own things to do.

Later, Wu Liren specially allocated a sum of money to Keju Academy, promising that as long as he could be selected as a team member, each person would have a "salary" of five yuan per month, which was already a lot for ordinary families. Therefore, there was an endless stream of applicants later, but Gao Yu would check in advance, and only those who were in good physical condition and had a certain foundation could be selected.

Now, wanting to hold a competition, Wu Liren has taken out a large amount of prize money to motivate the enthusiasm of the Keju players.

Gao Yu nodded again and again, and then patted Wu Liren's horse and said: "Thanks to King Zhou's long-term vision and wisdom, so many young talents have invested in the Keju team. The subordinates' admiration for King Zhou is like a surging river......"

"Stop!"

Wu Liren was speechless for a moment, what did this Gao Yu go through, did he become Wei Xiaobao or Stephen Chow?

"What this king wants to say is the specific rules of this competition and the conditions for victory."

Wu Liren's plan is still set in the way of modern football, after all, this is a relatively mature system, and it is convenient to learn from it directly. If it is according to the ancient kind, the ornamentation and confrontation may not be so exciting. Although the quality of Kemari is not the same as that of modern football, it can be brought in.

Wu Liren and Gao Yu briefly explained the competition system and the competition venue, and at the same time, the game time was changed to a quarter of an hour and a half, and the whole game lasted for half an hour, which was about the same.

"King Zhou is really a talent, such things are considered in such detail, since this is the case, then his subordinates will redivide the team and train them. It's just that in the case of this playing field, a larger position should be re-chosen. ”

The previous Keju court was probably only the size of the current two basketball courts, so according to the system of 11 players in a team, it was a bit crowded.

Wu Liren nodded, and let him start to prepare, in terms of location, anyway, there is still a lot of vacant land outside Xiapi City, Xiapi City has been expanding in recent years, and new outer cities have been expanded outside the inner city, and places can still be found.

"If there are two hundred people, you choose sixteen teams first, and each team needs a few substitutes, and there will be a big prize money for each game. Remember, make the rules clear, and don't hurt anyone. ”

Wu Liren carefully instructed Gao Yu, and after Gao Yu stepped down, Wu Liren felt that after chatting with Gao Yu for more than an hour, his mouth was dry.

Wu Liren was about to go back, but saw Shangguan Wan'er and Bi Sheng rushing in excitedly.

"Brother, what a great event!"

Since Shangguan Wan'er was injured last time, after careful conditioning, she finally recovered slowly, Wu Liren wanted her to rest for a while, but Shangguan Wan'er seemed to be idle, and went to study movable type printing with Bi Sheng and Zuo Bo. Now seeing the two of them, Wu Liren suddenly thought that the printing technology that Zuo Bo and Bi Sheng had studied before had not moved for a long time, and it had been more than a year since the time was calculated, could it be that there were results now?

What a joy!

Although Wu Liren's mouth was dry, he immediately stood up and went down to greet the two, "Wan'er and Bi Zheng came over together, could it be that there is a breakthrough in printing?" ”

Bi Sheng couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and said excitedly: "King Zhou! It's done, it's done! The subordinates finally printed with movable type and printed the first paper book. ”

Wu Liren hurriedly took it, and there were a few big characters on the title page "Tao Te Ching", but he didn't expect that the first book printed by Bi Sheng turned out to be the Tao Te Ching. Slowly turning the first page, Wu Liren's heart was also very excited, this is probably the first paper print in history, right?

Although the quality is far from being comparable to what it is now, it is already very good. After Bi Sheng invented printing in the Song Dynasty, it was still not well used, because movable type printing required a lot of cost. If it weren't for Wu Liren's unsparing support, Bi Sheng would not have gotten his first print so quickly.

"Good, good! Mr. Bi really lived up to the king's trust and finally succeeded! This is the first printed book in history, and Mr. Bi's name will surely be remembered for centuries! ”

Bi Sheng nodded again and again: "It's all the credit of King Zhou, and his subordinates can only achieve such results according to King Zhou's points!" It's just that this movable type printing, if you want to promote, it's not easy! Each movable type requires a lot of cost, and if you want to print most of the books and documents, it really needs a lot of money! ”

Wu Liren naturally knew that he had already considered these things, and he had also considered how to deal with them. The prospect of this kind of printing technology can be seen by smart people, so he is ready to let the major families under his rule invest in it, presumably whether they are really optimistic about printing technology or sell it to Wu Liren to save face, they will also be willing to invest in.

"This king has his own way, you just need to continue to study how to update the technology! By the way, you have researched such results, and this king has another reward, but no reward can compare to the famous history! ”

Bi Sheng nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "King Zhou is wise!" ”

After Bi Sheng left, Shangguan Wan'er was still there and didn't leave, Wu Liren hurriedly walked over and asked, "Sister Wan'er, how is your body recovering?" You must listen to Director Yuanhua's words, take more rest, and don't be too tired! ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, and said with a smile: "Little sister really admires Brother Wang more and more!" Once this movable type printing technique is completed, it will inevitably be passed down through the ages. When the time comes, the people of the world will be able to read and write, which will be such a grand feat! ”

Wu Liren smiled and said: "Wan'er knows, if the family knows that everyone can read and write, will they continue to support the king to promote paper printing?" ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er seemed to realize this problem - the reason why the big families can continue now depends largely on their inheritance of book knowledge, and ordinary people rarely have access to it. So they have always been able to guarantee their status, once Wu Liren really allows everyone to have books to read and everyone can read, then how can their status be guaranteed?

"In that case, how should my brother respond? If the major families don't support it, I'm afraid it's not easy for my brother to want to implement it! ”

Wu Liren is also thinking about this problem, but he doesn't have any good ideas yet.

At this time, Shangguan Wan'er continued: "Presumably my brother is a little embarrassed, in fact, for the big family, they are not the same interest group, as long as they can win over some of them. For example, the Chen family, the Mi family, the Kong family, and even the Lu family in Lujiang, who have always been very supportive of Brother Wang, as long as they can give them certain benefits, they will definitely support Brother Wang; As for others that are not supported, they can be suppressed in various other ways, so that they will definitely choose to support them. In addition, the art of papermaking and printing will benefit thousands of years, even if they oppose it, but more people of insight will definitely run for Brother Wang, such as those Kong Beihai such famous people in the world, as long as they raise their arms and shout, there will inevitably be many scholars in the world to respond. Also, this move is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future, and as the majority of the people, he has become the most staunch supporter of Brother Wang. In this way, there must be more supporters than opponents, and Brother Wang doesn't need to worry too much. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's words made Wu Liren suddenly very happy, but he didn't expect Shangguan Wan'er's analysis to immediately make the situation obvious.

"Okay, just follow Wan'er's words!"

Wu Liren immediately took action, first gathering Mi Zhu, Chen Si, Kong Rong, Lu Jun and others, directly stating to them the success of papermaking and printing, and at the same time giving them a preliminary idea of their own mass production of printed matter. Although they still had a lot of hesitation, under Wu Liren's persuasion, they finally expressed their support for Wu Liren's policy, both verbally and in deeds. Among them, Mi Zhu naturally took out 20,000 gold as the capital for the initial investment, and the others also took out part of it as investment funds.

After convincing these families, Wu Liren reconvened all the big families in Xiapi City the next day, but he did not have the purpose of saying it at the first time.

"Do you know what this king has called you for today?"

Everyone was puzzled and looked at each other, among them, Tao Shang, the son of Tao Qian, the former Xuzhou assassin, got up directly and said: "No matter what the King of Zhou commands, we will support it!" Born in troubled times, if there is no protection of the king of Zhou, we still don't know where to leave today, these are the kindness of the king of Zhou, how can we not be grateful to Dade? ”

Wu Liren smiled and said: "Before, I ordered Gao Yu to set up a Keju Academy to recruit young talents from the folk to practice Keju together, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

Everyone nodded yes, but they didn't know what kind of medicine Wu Liren was selling in the gourd.

"This king thinks that this move can improve the entertainment of the people, so he is preparing a Keju competition, I wonder what the princes think?"

Although everyone didn't quite understand that there was no need to make such a big move in a mere Keju competition, none of them were stupid people, so they shouted together: "King Zhou Yingming, I'll wait to obey!" ”

"That's right, in the case of the Keju Tournament, because it needs a lot of financial support, there have been many wars recently, and the financial income is a little beyond its means, so this king thinks that you are all powerful businessmen in my Great Zhou, and I wonder if you can come up with some funds to support this Keju competition. If he could, he would be grateful. ”

At this time, everyone understood what Wu Liren meant: Didn't you just ask for money? Why are you still talking so implicitly? It's just that no one dares to say it directly, and the pottery merchant continued: "This kind of trivial matter, as long as the king of Zhou sends an order, we are naturally willing to contribute to the king of Zhou!" I don't know how much money it costs, my Tao family can go out! ”

The words of the Tao merchant suddenly made the other people a little unbearable, how could this opportunity to flatter Wu Liren be monopolized by the Tao family, so the other families also expressed their willingness to donate generously to help Wu Liren's great cause.

"Hahaha! You are really bold people! Actually, it doesn't take much money, since all the princes can be so knowledgeable, then this matter is easy to do! A family pays 10,000 gold, and that's about it! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately gasped - don't have too much money, 10,000 gold for a family? I don't seem to understand, there are more than a dozen here, one family is 10,000 gold, that is more than 100,000 gold, this is not much?

Everyone wanted to ask Wu Liren: What are you going to do with this Keju competition? Isn't Keju all about gold? Could it be that everyone's reward starts at 10,000 gold?

But no one dared to ask, they had all said that they wanted to pay before, and even many people were willing to go alone, at this time, no one dared to say such big things.

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, but Wu Liren still had to continue to talk awkwardly.

"The king knows that these are small things to you, in order to express my gratitude, this king will hold a dinner today to thank you for your generosity, and at the same time, there are some masterpieces on the banquet, I want to give them to you!"

Hearing this, their hearts were a little better, since Wu Liren would say that it was a masterpiece of the world, it must not be an ordinary thing, although 10,000 gold was a little painful, but it was not impossible to exchange it for a treasure.

"Thank you, King Zhou!"

In the evening, Wu Liren personally held a banquet in the mansion to entertain those businessmen who were willing to donate money, and the masterpiece he prepared was naturally Bi Sheng's printed material - "Tao Te Ching".