Chapter 358: The First Datang National Football Tournament (2)
Today, it is a good day, the weather is beautiful, the weather is sunny, a blue wash, sweeping away the continuous spring rain in the sky a few days ago. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The spring rain came at the right time, relieved the doubts about the drought, allowed the spring ploughing to be carried out, the farmers were happy to see it, many people were smiling, and the government was in the public office, and there was no need to be nervous about the possible drought.
Because of the rain, the fields are full of flowers and plants. Now that the weather is clear, it is a good time to go out and go out. In this good weather, a lot of people gathered in the west inner garden of Taiji Palace. Judging from the clothes, they are all characters who are either rich or expensive.
They gathered together, or talked about poetry, or ate, and when a small gong sounded, the crowd marched north. They're here to see a fresh game, football.
'Hehe, good weather, good weather. On the side of the court, Xiaohu was wearing a cyan T-shirt, looking up at the sky, sunny and cloudless, it was a good weather, and he was worried that if it rained today, he would cancel the game. It seems that it is not necessary.
Why can't this rain rain fall at night, at night, but not during the day? If so, how nice it would be. Xiaohu suddenly became a little distracted, Uncle said, people should continue to explore nature, so that one day, we can let the rain fall when it should be, when it wants him to fall, when it will fall. However, let those juniors and sisters complete it, and just concentrate on doing their own things.
'It's up to you today, King of the Ball. At this time, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind and called Xiaohu back to his senses, Xiaohu looked back and smiled, "Let's work together." Speaking of the king of the ball, he is a little ashamed, but he just relies on playing a few more games than them and knowing a little more, he doesn't dare to call himself the king of the ball.
Without waiting for the two of them to say anything, the sound of Yale sounded, Li Chen entered the field, Xiaohu's eyes lit up, and he saw Li Chen stepping on square steps and stomping into the court. However, he didn't see Li Chen's eyes light up, but saw the baby in his arms, and Li Chen entered the arena with the child in his arms.
That's the little princess. Xiaohu thought to himself, "I don't know when, Sister Xiaohong and Uncle will also have a child." ’
Li Chen entered the venue, the audience got up and saluted him, Li Chen waved in response and sat down. Then the huge gongs and drums sounded, and the ceremony announced, 'The first Datang National Football Tournament, the opening ceremony, begins, please enter the stadium. ’
The ritual announced loudly, and then a loud eunuch, the praiser, took the tin and repeated the words of the ritual in a voice several times louder than his.
Now there are spectator seats on all sides of the stadium, and the capacity is several times more than before. Li Chen is very satisfied, just to sell tickets like this, there are more people, the atmosphere is warm, and tickets can make money.
But the praiser is in trouble, at the court meeting, Hanyuan Hall is a confined space no matter what, but it is very open here, if you shout like usual, he will shout death. In the first football preliminaries, the praisers shouted and played, and their voices were hoarse for a few days. This saved the Praiser's throat.
Li Chen watched the players enter the arena with great interest, and the baby in his hand was also very interested in staring at it. However, Li Chen immediately took out a cotton earmuff and shone it on the baby's ear in his arms, Xiao Beibi felt uncomfortable and wanted to catch it, but Li Chen stopped her, but her mouth was deflated and she cried.
Li Chen was helpless, this was to prevent the noise from being too loud, the baby was easily frightened, and it would also damage the ear power, so she did it specially, but she didn't like to wear it, and she really couldn't help it.
'Really, give me a hug, she'll fall asleep after a while, I'll carry her back to the palace first.' Originally, she objected to Li Chen taking the baby to watch the football game, which would damage the image, and secondly, the child would eat and sleep after a while, and the people here were too noisy and inconvenient. Sure enough, this time she had to bring it back.
Then I'm sorry for you. Ha ha. Li Chen was embarrassed and snorted. In fact, this can also be brought by the nurse, but after Chao's delivery and milk, Li Chen insisted that she feed it herself, on the grounds that it was more close. This is also completely inconsistent with the rules, it stands to reason that the mother was not allowed to take the prince and princess in person. However, there are only two kinds of people left, one is dead and the other is not yet born. So no one said anything.
Chao took his daughter back to the palace, and Li Chen began to watch the game. In the midst of the noise of gongs and drums, the players in blue and red T-shirts entered the field on both sides.
There were T-shirts in the Tang Dynasty? Li Chen's design, there is. This kind of clothing is a sportswear that Li Chen specially ordered people to make, and it is simpler than a robe. Compared with robes and hufu, the materials are more economical, the cost is less, and more importantly, the activity is more convenient.
Of course, the T-shirt is what Li Chen called it. Most people call it a jersey. Because the first time I appeared in front of outsiders, it was as a football outfit. The repercussions from the outside world have yet to be fermented, and at present, it is being popularized very quickly in the armies. Because it is very convenient to put on and take off, it is good to put on one, unlike the previous Hufu and robes, which have to add clothes inside, which is too troublesome.
In addition, this kind of jersey is sewn with a new type of fabric, which is sweat-absorbent, ventilated, and very comfortable to wear.
What kind of cloth is this? Cotton, of course. Li Chen has successfully tried to make the first cotton cloth in Datang, and he can't open sales at present, and he must expand it in the future.
This is Li Chen's first time going to sea to get results, and that time in order to get some things Li Chen wants along the way, he has delayed a lot of time, and this is one of the results.
In China, it was not until the Southern Song Dynasty late that Huang Daopo introduced cotton textile technology from Hainan Island, which was the beginning
China used cotton cloth to get the era. However, cotton textile technology has been available in India for a long time, and it accounts for the bulk of cloth, which is cotton cloth.
In China, it probably spread from India to Hainan Island, and then as late as the Southern Song Dynasty, before it was introduced by Huang Daopo. But Li Chen now wants cotton weaving technology, so he went to sea that time, especially in India, obtained a full set of textile equipment, and bought a lot of cotton spinning slaves from each country. Hundreds of years in advance, the application of cotton spinning in China was opened.
At present, after a period of hard work, finally weaving suitable cotton cloth, Li Chen specially made these "uniforms", these sergeants became the first batch of cotton cloth users in China, and then judging from their reactions, the effect is good, it is worth promoting.
The players from both sides gathered on the court, first saluted Li Chen, and then saluted the spectators from all directions to thank them for their support. Then the referee announces that the game begins. But...
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Kindness... In short, in order to promote sports, Li Chen has put a lot of effort into it. Li Chen first asked the theater and newspapers to come forward and bought the advertising rights of football.
Of course, it won't be just those two sentences recited by the ceremony. The two teams scattered on the field were also written on the backs of Chang'an Theater and Shuntian. Then, around the stadium, also following the example of modern stadiums, some promotional banners were hung. However, at present, because the effect is not significant, there are not many hangings.
After reading the sponsors, the competition officially began. After guessing, Red gets the kick-off, the players on the sidelines throw the ball into the field, and Red starts attacking.
At the beginning, the game fell into a white heat, the red side first a few short passes, left and right passes, transferred the green side midfielders, suddenly, two red players, cut in from the middle, the side of the ball holder, short passes, soon passed the ball to the middle of the breakthrough player, the two took advantage of the green side, the player was transferred away, quickly rushed to the goal, kicked the goal.
This goal has also been improved. Three poles, one horizontal and two vertical, were used instead of football goals. The ball must pass through the middle to score a point, and it must not touch the bar above. Crossing it doesn't count as a score.
I saw the red players with big feet together, shooting, and the green goalkeeper rushed over, failed to stop, and scored. The RED team members frantically stepped forward to hug their team leader, Li Hu. Lifted him up, shouted the king of the ball, and carried him away, as if lifting the gods, and it took a while to put the person down and start to defend himself.
'Who is that man?' The king of the ball? It seems to be very powerful. The surrounding audience exchanged heads, knew or heard of it, and began to explain to the surrounding people, saying that it was the king of the ball, the team of Zuo Shen Cejun, who scored a lot of goals in the first few games and was named the king of the ball.
Li Chen also smiled, and applauded like the audience. Xiaohu and they really lived up to his expectations, successfully entered the army, and gained many admirers with their excellent skills.
Next, the youth team was unwilling to counterattack. Constantly passing the ball, or going it alone, trying to break through the red goal. It's a pity that the red side is strong, and the green side can't break through at all. Then, the ball was quickly broken, and Red grabbed the ball and began to counterattack.
However, this time it was not so smooth, and the green side also returned to defend quickly, and the red side could not break through. The two sides were at a stalemate until halfway through the pitch, when the referee blew the whistle and signaled for the break.
The players on both sides have returned to the lounge, which is a temporary curtain, which is also divided into blue and red, and the ball cloud is supported according to the color of the ball, each with its own rules, resting, changing clothes, and discussing tactics.
The spectators also got up and moved, the game was so intense that many spectators didn't relax from the start of the game to the halftime break, and now they have to take a break.
Some of them moved their stiff bodies slightly, and some of them were discussing the game they had just played. Li Chen listened with a smile, judging from the audience's reaction, there was no problem at all with the promotion of this activity.
Although in the army and the palace, the response is good, and the reputation of the hundred officials is also very good. But Li Chen still has to wait for today's game to see the audience's reaction, after all, those people can't represent the people of the whole Tang Dynasty. God knows if the palace and the army are too boring to be so enthusiastic.
God knows if the officials really like it, not because they like it. Because he likes it, the officials pretend to like it. It wasn't until today, seeing the reaction of the audience who bought tickets to enter the stadium, that Li Chen was truly sure that football was no problem.
It's true that they buy tickets to get in, but it doesn't mean they like football. Modern people watch football because they like it, so they will buy tickets to enter, otherwise there is more modern entertainment, who wants to spend hours sitting in one place and watching the game they don't like.
But in the Tang Dynasty, how many people who bought tickets knew about football? Most people have only seen Kemari and have only heard of football, but they have not really seen it. I haven't even seen it, most of it is half-understood, or hearsay.
Therefore, it is very likely that you are planning to visit the palace when you buy a ticket to enter. It may be that he wants to take this opportunity to climb the relationship and find a way. It may also be a personal relationship that has been forced to sell. Don't really take buying a ticket to get in as a pleasure.
At halftime, the two sides swapped venues for the sake of fairness. The original youth team's venue was changed to the red team's. The referee specially explained this to avoid misunderstanding. Then the ball started again in the second half. The audience was in a state of enthusiasm again, even more so than just now.
Because after the first half, they know more about the way of playing and the rules. I also have a support and a favorite object, so I am more engaged.
Li Chen's attention was not on the court and shifted to the audience. Now the auditorium can accommodate a lot more than before. However, improvements are needed in the future.
Li Chen observed the audience. That's still too few people, a lot of hundreds. At present, it can only be done for the time being, and I don't know when we can really build a modern football stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people.
(Even the auditorium is flat, which is too much of a hindrance.) Li Chen was thinking about the improvement plan in his heart, first of all, he had to erect various step-shaped high platforms and cancel all the seats. In this way, more people can be accommodated, and the audience's perspective can be better, and it will not be like the people in front of you who block the people behind can't see it, and they have to leave their seats to change their own better viewing angles.
In addition, these original auditorium seats in the north will also be greatly renovated, and special VIP rooms will be set up. Such a platform, build each shed, put a few chairs, is too cheap, of course, to set up a few boxes, so as to meet the identity.
First, it is safer, Li Chen calculated, when the craftsman built a stadium in his mind, he would use it as a model to promote it in Datang. He still has a lot of projects to do in his mind, and the pitch is very important.
This design can accommodate more people, promote more effectively, and make more money. There are private rooms, which can be sold at a good price, and then when he goes to watch the game, it is more secure. The Tang Dynasty feudal towns even dared to assassinate the prime minister, and he didn't want to be assassinated in the future, like Lincoln, which is really ironic.
In Li Chen's imagination, the game continued. (To be continued.) )