The year 3980 was founded, and the year 1880 passed like this.

It was a year of tension for people all over the world, as they widely speculated that the Chinese Empire and the British Empire would break out into the Sixth Sino-British War.

Since the founding of the Chinese Empire, the five-year war between China and Britain has left a deep impression on people all over the world, so they take it for granted that the Sixth Sino-British War will break out in 1880.

At the end of last year, the Chinese Empire exported weapons and equipment to the Spanish Empire on a large scale, and the Chinese Empire's warships escorted 40,000 tons of arms to the island of Cuba, which made Britain and the United States highly nervous, and the British Navy's West India Fleet then had a military confrontation with the Chinese Imperial Navy in the Caribbean Sea, which was once regarded by the people of the world as the tipping point of the sixth Sino-British war.

But in the end, the British Navy did not dare to do it, because the British government did not prepare all the materials needed for the war, so it had to choose to endure.

People all over the world breathed a sigh of relief, and the vicious circle of China and Britain fighting every five years has finally come to an end.

However, the world is still tense and full of medicine.

Some military experts pointed out that the fact that China and Britain did not go to war again is not because they will not go to war, but because they have postponed the war, and when war breaks out again, the scale will be even larger and more brutal.

Once again, the world is clouded by the clouds of war.

However, the Chinese Empire suddenly announced that it would host the Football World Cup and sent invitations to football associations around the world, which shocked people all over the world.

Britain originally did not want to participate, as the first country in the world to establish a football association and formulate football rules, the British Empire wanted to be the first to host a world-wide football league, but because of the British Empire's successive defeats, the economy was sluggish after the land reparations, and the football association was short of funds, and it was simply unable to host the first football World Cup. Now the Chinese Empire has snatched the right to host the first Football World Cup, which makes the British Empire feel very embarrassed and intends not to go.

If the British Empire had not participated, many countries in Europe and the United States would not have participated, and the so-called first FIFA World Cup held by the Chinese Empire would have lost its significance.

However, the Chinese Empire quickly thought of a solution, and the Chinese Imperial Military took the initiative to provoke the British, making a big show that Britain would not dare to start a war against the Chinese Empire, and was so frightened that they even played football.

Soon, German newspapers cooperated, advocating that since the Chinese and British armies were not at war, it was better to fight it out on the football field.

This immediately stimulated the nerves of the British government and the Football Association, and finally Britain decided to participate in the game, to teach and humiliate the Chinese empire on the field.

With the participation of the British Empire, the United States, France, Tsarist Russia, Japan and other countries also participated, and the entire European bloc countries, who were also worried that they would offend Britain by participating alone, now saw that Britain also participated, so they participated one after another to show goodwill to the Chinese Empire.

The first FIFA World Cup will be held at the Imperial Capital Stadium, where national football teams will arrive in three months, and are scheduled to take place on March 15.

At the same time, the Chinese Imperial Football Association also took urgent action to screen football players across the country, and then gathered to train, vowing to win the championship.

Now that world football has just started, the Chinese Imperial Football Association has already been carried out in all parts of the country under the full supervision of Li Weiguo, so that Chinese football will closely follow the trend of world football, and will not let European and American football throw out a few streets like later generations, and even the World Cup will not be able to enter the World Cup, and even the Asian Cup will be the bottom goods.

As a football enthusiast, Li Weiguo is heartbroken by this. Now, as the emperor of the Chinese Empire, he naturally has to make every effort to urge the people to play sports, especially football, and increase their training.

In contrast, football in Europe and the United States does not have special national funding support, and the training intensity is limited, so in this regard, the Chinese Empire has taken the lead.

In this life, the citizens of the Chinese Empire achieved a nationwide ban on smoking in 1866, cracked down on those who sold elegant tablets nationwide, arrested one by one, shot one by one, and were forced to detoxify opium smokers, and shot if they committed it again. With the continuous strengthening of the Chinese Empire and the improvement of the people's living standards, it has naturally affected the physical fitness of the people, and has also been greatly improved.

This is easy to think of the Keju movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, when it was because the emperor loved Keju, so the people also received a huge influence, making the Keju movement unprecedented, although Gao Yu was scolded by later generations, but it is undeniable that his Keju technique was the top master at that time.

With the Chinese Imperial Football Association issuing a "conscription" order, Emperor Li Weiguo also ordered the players who won the World Cup to be rewarded with one million yuan, and were personally received by His Majesty the Emperor.

This reward detonated the fans of all China at once, one million yuan is enough to make a person a rich man, and if he is received by His Majesty the Emperor, he can enter the aristocratic circle in an instant.

The temptation of the rich and the aristocracy made countless folk masters enthusiastically participate, and for a while, the threshold of the Chinese Imperial Football Association was kicked out.

Despite this, Li Weiguo still selected the elite from the Chinese Empire's Shence Army. The obedience of soldiers is one of the key factors in playing football, and the reason why Chinese football in later generations has been defeated again and again, in addition to its own technical and physical strength, the most important thing is that it is intrigued, not cooperating well, and wanting to be in the limelight.

Li Weiguo selected 110 elites from the army, and these soldiers have undergone high-intensity military training, have strong physical strength, and their physical fitness far exceeds that of European and American players. The most important thing is that these soldiers are very capable of running, which has a lot to do with the daily running training of the Chinese Imperial Army.

As we all know, an excellent football player, no matter how good his skills are, is a waste if he is tired and has no physical strength after running two laps. And what Li Weiguo likes is that these elite fighters are full of physical strength, and they have no problem running the whole football game, and the most bullish fighters from the special forces can even complete 100-meter sprints, 200 meters, 400 meters, 1500 meters and 3000 meters in a row.

Other than that, it's about cooperating, which is very important. The fighters in the army, especially the special forces, are extremely cooperative, which is the key to winning a game. No matter how awesome a star is, it is a waste without the cooperation of the players.

With these conditions, Li Weiguo personally trained the 100 fighters and taught them the essentials, methods, and common tactics of playing football.

Taught by the emperor himself, these 100 soldiers were as excited as fighting chickens, and they did not feel tired at all after training day and night, and in less than a month, they learned the essentials and tactics of playing football taught to them by Li Weiguo.

The next thing is the actual battle, Li Weiguo said hello to the Football Association. The Football Association recruited more than 1,000 football elites from all over the country, and then after intensive training, 50 teams were selected to compete with 10 teams trained by Li Weiguo.

Through the match between the two sides, Li Weiguo and the officials of the Football Association carefully observed and selected elite players from each team.

Sure enough, as Li Weiguo expected, the 50 teams sent by the Football Association, everyone has strong skills, but their physical strength and coordination are very poor. The 10 teams selected from the army on Li Weiguo's side, each of them have average skills, but their physical strength and cooperation are very good.

In the end, there was a clear gap in the results of the game between the two sides, and Li Weiguo's military team completely crushed the football association team, and almost every game was a big victory, which immediately embarrassed the officials of the football association.

"Your Majesty's training team is extraordinary, and the ministers are willing to bow down!"

"Less sycophants! Call me on the 7th, 13th, 28th, 58th, 82nd, and 109th! ”

Soon, the six team members named by Li Weiguo stepped forward, one by one extremely excited.

"Don't rejoice too soon! I know your skills are very high, but why did you still lose? ”

The six people replied one after another, and the reason was that almost all the other team members did not cooperate well, only No. 13 said that he was not physically strong enough, and he was tired after running two sprints.

"The team is a team, and if you want to win the championship, you have to cooperate with each other! Now, I'm giving you a chance, I'm going to pick the best players to play with you for a few more games, and if you still can't do it well with the others, then I'll fuck off, and I'll be embarrassed in front of the foreigners! Did you hear it all? ”

"Hear me clearly!"

The six of them were scolded by Li Weiguo, and they suddenly became nervous, and the original little bit of caution about wanting to be in the limelight and looking down on others was instantly extinguished, if they didn't cooperate well, the emperor was angry, it was not a joke. What is the purpose of the six people here? Take the bonus and show your face in front of the emperor! If the emperor is not happy, then they have worked hard in vain!

The six of them then made up their minds to work hard!

Next, Li Weiguo asked six people to take turns on the field, two people in teams, divided into three teams, and all six of them were forwards of each team. Li Weiguo, on the other hand, selected a group of excellent midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers from the military team to form a new lineup, and then the two sides played against each other.

For the next month, the three teams played five games a day, from morning to night, constantly grinding in. At the beginning, the six people were extremely arrogant and did not cooperate with other players at all, but now they have learned to be obedient and cooperate with the players, and the goal rate has increased significantly, and these six people have also learned new techniques from cooperation, and have eaten the sweetness of a lot of goals, but they have worked harder.

With the arrival of other European and American teams, the Chinese Imperial Football Team has also completed the final elimination selection, with a total of 30 participants, 11 official, and the others are substitutes.

In the first World Cup, only 24 countries participated, including the British Empire, the Second French Empire, the Federal States of America, the Tsarist Empire, the German Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Spain, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Swiss Confederation, the Kingdom of Belgium, and finally the host Chinese Empire.

At the same time, the vassal states of the Chinese Empire, such as the Kingdom of Korea, the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, the Kingdom of Siam, the Kingdom of Annam, the Kingdom of Burma, the Kingdom of Nanzhang, the Kingdom of Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Ezo Wai, also participated.

This arrangement of the Chinese Empire also made European and American teams speechless. But that's the advantage of the hosts, and it's been that way since ancient times.

Less than a week after the arrival of the teams from Europe and the United States, the Chinese Empire announced the start of the World Cup, and many of the teams from many countries suffered from seasickness, resulting in a decrease in physical strength, and asked for a postponement, but found the Chinese Empire refused. In this regard, European and American teams are also complaining, accusing the Chinese empire of deliberately cheating.

The Chinese Imperial Football Association doesn't care about those, the first World Cup, the Chinese Empire must win the championship, so not only can the Chinese Imperial team win the game, but the Football Association secretly has to play tricks to weaken the strength of European and American teams as much as possible.

Li Weiguo didn't say anything, he also wanted to win the first World Cup, even if the means were a little disgraceful!

However, it turned out that Li Weiguo's worries were unnecessary, and the Chinese Imperial Football Team completely crushed the teams of European and American countries, and the first few games were completely overwhelming big wins, which made the European and American teams blush.

After all, it takes three months to take a boat from Europe to Asia, and there is no opportunity to practice football at sea, and there is a lack of trust and cooperation between the players who have put together temporarily, and there are even seasickness, and their physical strength has dropped significantly.

In this case, the Chinese Imperial team has been selected and trained by Li Weiguo himself, and it has obvious natural advantages, but it is still a local battle, and tens of thousands of spectators cheer for it, and it is difficult for the Chinese team to win!

Not only that, but in the final quarterfinals, except for the United Kingdom, the other seven teams were all teams from the Chinese Empire and its dependent countries, which shocked the entire Western world.

The Chinese football team is so awesome!

In the quarter-finals, the Chinese Imperial Football Team met the British Empire Football Team, and the two teams were full of gunpowder as soon as they met.

However, in the end, the Chinese Empire won the victory with excellent tactics and excellent cooperation of the players, defeating the British football team 3-0 and knocking the British Empire out of the competition.

The first World Cup was finally won by the Chinese Empire, and Li Weiguo personally attended the award ceremony, and then announced that the next World Cup would still be held in the Chinese Empire, unless a country's football team beat the Chinese Empire football team.

The football teams of European and American countries returned home, especially the British Empire, which swore to crush the Chinese Empire at the beginning, but it was still defeated and beaten 3-0, which is a great shame.

Subsequently, British Prime Minister Saul called on the people to work hard to win the Chinese Empire in the next World Cup and regain the honor of the British Empire. The same is true for other countries, the tall Europeans lost to the Asians, which is a huge shame, and since then European and American countries have frantically set off football, and football has flourished all over the world. (To be continued.) )