Chapter 122: Golden Dragon Cup
The sacrifice of prisoners was over, but a grand event did not come to an end. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe Keju League, which has been suspended for more than two months, finally ushered in the final after the sacrifice of prisoners, which is to determine the champion of the first Golden Dragon Cup Keju League.
Why the suspension for more than two months? This is a long story, and it can be summed up in two words: "spring ploughing". All dynasties have attached great importance to agriculture, and the Dashun Dynasty is no exception.
In ancient times, it was often said that "agriculture is the foundation of the country", but it is not just a joke. That kind of grand "gift of sacrificing farmers" is unimaginable for later generations.
Lu Chengqi was very fortunate because he wanted to personally play the role of the emperor's personal cultivator. The so-called "emperor ploughs pro-ploughing, three pushes into a ceremony" is: after Si Nongqing, Jitian Ling, and cabinet ministers play in turn, the drums sound, and the farmers, officials, and sergeants responsible for guarding the fields are guarding the periphery, in the ridges of the farmland, and the emperor holds a plow in his right hand (a kind of agricultural tool similar to a nail rake used by Zhu Bajie), and holds a whip in his left hand, which means driving cattle, and walking three round trips with the farmer driving the ox and plough in front of him, which is to complete the "three pushes and three returns" ceremony. Then, the emperor returned to the viewing platform and sat down to the south, watching the ministers salute in turn according to their official positions. Among them, the three dukes, the three young ministers, the cabinet ministers, and the ministers of each ministry have five pushes, and other officials at all levels have nine pushes each, and so on.
And this cultivated field is also exquisite, that is, people often say "one acre and three points of land". Why is it called "one acre and three points of land", it is very particular, in ancient China, 13579 was regarded as a yang number, and one and three were the two smallest numbers in the yang number. Because the emperor is the Son of Heaven, he has to plough himself but can't be too tired, so he sets a minimum land area as a field, and the right is meant to be "demonstrative cultivation", so it is three points per acre.
If it is ploughed in this way, such a small area of land is just for show. After Lu Chengqi learned about it, he was quite disdainful, he thought that to make a show, he had to do a full set, even if he really cultivated the field once, why not?
In the ancient system, the emperor had to go down to the field in person during the first month, but in the first month of Chang'an City, there was heavy snowfall, where was it suitable for farming? How can frozen soil be as hard as iron, and plow under such weather? With a stroke of his pen, Lu Chengqi vetoed the resolution. He believes that if you put on a show, it is better to really plow the field once, so that the world can know that Lu Chengqi has a serious attitude towards doing things.
By the end of February and March, the weather began to warm up. Lu Chengqi personally went to the field and ploughed the land. He ordered someone to come to a ploughing ox, put on an iron plow, and after a farmer's demonstration, Lu Chengqi ignored the dirt, changed his clothes and went down to plough the field himself. He did it very seriously, holding the bullwhip in one hand and the iron plow in the other, even the skin and flesh were cut by the iron plow, Lu Chengqi gritted his teeth and persevered.
Seeing that the little emperor was real, which of the onlookers was not moved to tears? Xu Chongguang, who did farm work when he was a child, saw that the little emperor was so hard, and after "three pushes and three returns", he hurriedly went down to take Lu Chengqi's position.
Holding the iron plough again, Xu Chongguang also had the illusion of turning back time. He skillfully manipulated the iron plough and ploughing oxen, which made Lu Chengqi quite envious: "I didn't expect Xu Qing to be a good plougher, and he really deserves to be my humerus minister!" ”
Xu Chongguang said with a smile: "Lao Chen's family has been poor since he was a child, and he has urinated in the fields to help farmers since he was a child, so he will naturally do some." Your Majesty is a beginner, and it is not easy to have such a look! ”
Lu Chengqi sighed: "Yes, it's not simple! The people take food as the sky, and if they lack anything, they can't lack food, and agriculture is still the foundation of the world! ”
The ministers, who originally thought that the little emperor was inclined to commerce, were overjoyed when they heard this, thinking that the little emperor had finally embarked on the "right path", and they echoed it one after another. Lu Chengqi knew what they were thinking, but he didn't break it. After all the officials had ploughed the land, the one-third of the acre was finally ploughed, and some farmers helped to plow it.
Lu Chengqi personally sowed wheat seeds, and the ministers also came to help. After a busy day's work, the ploughing is finally finished. After the cultivation was completed, Lu Chengqi changed to take the dragon chariot, changed the crown of Tongtian, the silk robe, and the imperial doctor gave Lu Chengqi gold sore medicine to the place where he was bruised, and the musicians played the drums and returned from the Huangtian in the suburbs.
In retrospect, it was almost three months ago. During the busy farming period, everything is focused on farm work. In order to take care of agricultural affairs, the Keju League was suspended for more than two months, and it was not until today that the final round of the points competition was held again.
The Golden Dragon Cup Keju League is based on a points system, and the final round is usually the most intense round. There are quite a few folk Keju masters, even the two Royal Keju teams with advanced football concepts are only ranked first and third in the standings respectively. The second place was unexpectedly occupied by a folk juju team, the Chenjiazhuang team. The Royal Dragons are only one point higher than the Chenjiazhuang team, and the next game is a strong conversation. Fortunately, the Royal Phoenix team finished the game first, and they were also two points behind, and they were destined to miss the championship. In the championship battle, in the last event of the day, the players on both sides were gearing up, practicing for a long time, and were extremely eager to gallop on the green field.
In just the first league game, these Keju teams have slowly mastered superb skills, and their physical confrontations have become bigger and bigger, and their ball control skills have become better and better. Even in terms of tactics, it is beginning to take shape. This made Lu Chengqi, who was in the stands, watching the last game of the last round, the game between the Royal Dragons and the Chenjiazhuang team, look enthusiastic, as if he had regained the feeling of staying up late to watch football in the past.
Long-distance air passes, defensive counterattacks, and active scrambling in the midfield, the Royal Dragons are worthy of being the team trained by Lu Chengqi, playing like a team, just in terms of momentum, much stronger than the national football team in later generations (hehe, another black national football team, sorry sorry).
But the Chenjiazhuang team is not bad, every player is a big man and three rough men, and they seem to be people from Guanzhong, very tall. Their physical fitness is good, and their skills are acceptable. Especially the striker, who broke through to the penalty area with the ball three times, made Lu Chengqi tremble for a while.
Fortunately, the Royal Dragons defended tightly and saved the day in the end. After the game time, the score of the two teams was fixed at 1-1, and overtime was to be played, and the time was half an hour.
In extra time, with their long endurance, the Royal Dragons scored a last-minute winner and finally won with difficulty. After Lu Chengqi awarded the Golden Dragon Cup to the Royal Dragons, he cashed out 5,000 yuan on the spot. The Chenjiazhuang team, and the third-place Royal Phoenix team, also received rewards of 3,000 yuan and 1,000 yuan respectively.
At the award ceremony, Lu Chengqi asked Chen Dabao, the leader of the Chenjiazhuang team: "I want to know, what do you want to do with this money after you take so much money?" ”
Chen Dabao was sweating profusely, but he couldn't hide his joy, and said honestly: "Back to the emperor, Xiaomin will divide the three thousand yuan equally among these players, and my own share is going to be used to buy some land and become a little rich man." ”
Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "I tell you that it is far better to buy land than to use it for trading. You are the captain and the founder of this team, so you don't want to make this team bigger and stronger? If you use all this money for Keju commercialization, I'm sure you'll be able to make even more. For example, make some of your team uniforms and sell them; You can also sell the advertising rights on the team uniforms to some businesses; Or you can buy a piece of land and use it as the team's home stadium, so you can also get ticket income, but you have to go to the household department to register first......"
Lu Chengqi muttered a lot, Chen Dabao listened with a smile, and said at the end: "Xiaomin doesn't understand these things, but he still thinks it's more cost-effective to buy land and ......."
Only then did Lu Chengqi know that a large part of his words were said in vain, and said in his heart: "Also, this concept cannot be changed in a day or two." Three thousand yuan, in fact, is not much, so whatever they want......"
As everyone knows, this anecdote has become the bragging capital of a generation of well-known striker Chen Dabao to his children and grandchildren in the future, whenever he wants to brag, he opens his mouth: "Back then, your grandfather and I listened to the emperor's teachings in person, if there is one of you like grandpa, even if you close the lintel!" ”