Chapter 195: The First Gold Medal of Tubo

Tenacity! Calm down! Sagacious......

Almost the same as the last time he saw it outside the city, Li Su saw many advantages of the other party from the eyes of the Songtsan cadres, but only one of the most important ambitions was missing, it seems that the other party has been very wise to bury his ambitions after entering Chang'an, after all, he has to face Li Shimin, such an emperor through the ages, exposing too many ambitions will not benefit them in the slightest. {}

And Songtsen Gampo is also looking Li Ke up and down, his memory is excellent, the last chance glance outside the city, has made him have a deep impression of Li Su and Li Ke, just now when the game, he already knew Li Ke's identity, so he also guessed Li Ke's true identity seven or eight points.

Li Su looked at Songtsen Gampo several times with a scrutinizing gaze, and finally showed a hypocritical smile, said nothing, turned around and left. It's just that when he left, he found an acquaintance next to Songtsen Gampo, that is, Lu Dongzan, who was beaten into a pig's head by himself two years ago, when he was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the Tang Dynasty princess, which had not expired, but Songtsen Gampo came to visit and personally apologized to Li Shimin, so he was extra gracious and released Lu Dongzan.

Seeing Li Su turn to leave, Songtsan Gampo turned his head to Lu Dongzan and asked, "Prime Minister, that young man just now should be the world-famous King of Qi, right?" ”

"Lord Qi, this person is the King of Qi, and it was he who took the lead back then, triggering the battle of Songzhou between us and the Tang Dynasty!" Lu Dongzan looked at the back of Li Su leaving, and there was a trace of hatred in his eyes. He was imprisoned by the Tang Dynasty for two years, and his family's power in Tubo was greatly hit, and now although he is still the prime minister of Tubo, the power in his hands is not as good as before.

"Humph! Do you still have the face to mention that incident? Songtsen Gampo thought of the war that caused huge losses to Tibet, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little angry, that war not only caused more than half of the 200,000 Tibetan army, but also caused great turmoil in the country. Until now, it has not completely subsided, otherwise he would not have heard that after Datang moved troops against Gaochang, he immediately ran to Datang to pretend to be his grandson. And the most fundamental reason for all this. It is caused by the laxity of His Majesty Lu Dongzan.

Seeing the anger of the lord of the country, Lu Dongzan was terrified, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel very aggrieved in his heart. The guy who caused trouble at the exit was not his entourage, but an official sent by Songtsen Gampo, and it was none of his business, but unfortunately the unlucky guy was seriously injured on the spot, and finally died, and now he can't find anyone to blame.

Immediately after the competition, it was time to present the awards, and when Li found the young man who had won the championship, he found that he was surrounded by a group of gentlemen from the newspaper office, sweating profusely answering all kinds of tricky questions from them.

"Brother Zhou. After you won the championship this time, you can get a huge sum of 400 yuan, what do you want to do most after you get the money? A gentleman wearing the work clothes of the Industrial and Commercial Daily squeezed out of his peers and took the lead in asking.

"I ...... I want to use this money to treat my mother's illness. By the way, marry a daughter-in-law again! The young man in blue known as Brother Zhou is honest-looking, and he knows at a glance that he is the kind of honest and reliable person, and his answer also echoes his appearance.

"Good! After getting the funds, he first treated his mother, and then married a wife and had children, and passed on the family lineage, he was indeed the most filial person! The newspaper man who questioned him was very quick to respond. He praised loudly while bowing his head to record.

It's just that Li Su next to him feels that the other party is a bit nonsense, people treat their mother's illness is indeed filial piety, but marrying a daughter-in-law is also involved in filial piety, this is a bit too much, right? However, he also knows that reporters have this kind of problem, no matter what they don't do, as long as they need it, they can pull it to the purpose they need to achieve. …,

"Brother Zhou, what did you do before, why did you ride so fast?" Another gentleman from Datang Daily asked, compared with gentlemen from other newspapers, the questions asked by Datang Daily are relatively reliable.

"I am a post guard at the Chengdong Post Station, and since a year ago, I have been riding a bicycle issued by the imperial court every day to deliver letters, and I have not stopped for a whole year, so I am used to it!" As soon as he mentioned this, this little brother Zhou touched his head a little embarrassed, and said with a simple smile.

I see! When the people around heard this, they immediately showed a look of sudden realization, no wonder people rode so fast, it turned out that they had been riding for a whole year, of course, this little brother Zhou must also have talent in this area, otherwise there are so many post guards around Chang'an, why can only people win the championship?

Li Su was also very surprised after hearing this, with the development of industry and commerce, the ancient government agency of the post station, has added many new functions, such as because of the smooth flow of roads, and more and more people go out to do business, the exchange of letters began to become frequent, so the communication function of the post station itself began to be enhanced, such as the post guard in Chang'an began to be equipped with horses, but later found that the cost of raising horses was too high, so it was changed to a bicycle, but I didn't expect to cultivate a bicycle champion, this world is really wonderful!

Waiting for the newspaper to interview almost, the staff of the Winter Games pulled the little brother Zhou away, and then together with Songtsan Gampo and Li Jingye, the first award of the Winter Games was carried out, but the identities of these three people are very different, a national lord stands on the runner-up seat, a head lower than the post boy Zhou Xiaoge, Li Jingye is the grandson of the Duke of the country, and the heir to the position of the Duke of Weiguo, but he stands in the third position, and the lowest brother Zhou stands on the highest champion position in the middle with an uneasy face. Apparently full of awe for the two big people around him.

Li Su looked at the scene in front of him, but he had a strange idea in his heart, because this may be the first time in China's more than 2,000 years of feudal society to break the difference in identity and status, and really rank according to their own ability, although the three on the stage are not aware of this, but I believe that after many years, the consciousness of equality and freedom begins to awaken, and someone will definitely praise the scene in front of them.

Li Su personally awarded medals to the three of them, these medals are full of real money and silver, and all of them are handmade by master craftsmen in Chang'an, the cost of each one is not low, plus its own meaning, so it is also known as the highest value medal in the history of the Tang Games.

After the bicycle race was held, the next few races were carried out at the same time, mainly track and field, including several long and short runs, as well as high jump, long jump, shot put and other events, which were all moved by Li Su according to the sports of later generations, for the Tang people, it was too novel, so only some people near Chang'an started to practice after getting the news early, so the number of participants was not very large, and the competition was relatively fast.

However, in these races, there was a sudden upset, that is, in the sprint event, there was a Tubo person who participated, at that time Li Su saw that the Tubo man was short and thin, so he didn't care much, but at the beginning of the game, this guy was like a cheetah, throwing the other runners far away, and the Tubo people watching the game next to him applauded loudly. According to Li Su's estimate, this guy can definitely run within ten seconds when he runs 100 meters.

With such a strong man participating, the champion was naturally won by the Tubo people without any suspense, and they won a championship on the first day, which greatly increased the morale of the Tubo people, after all, as long as they won three championships, then their peace with Datang would be half of the success.

However, Li Su was secretly relieved, because of insufficient preparation, the sprint event was not so fine, but a general sprint was set up, the distance was about 200 meters, and the other track races also had a kilometer-long middle run, as well as a 10,000-meter long run and relay run. The Tubo man did not participate in these three competitions, it seems that the opponent has a strong explosive speed, and endurance is not the opponent's strength. …,

In the field competitions, the Tubo people also reported several projects, but because these field competitions are relatively new, the Tubo people do not have too rebellious players, and the players in Datang are not vegetarians, so the projects they participated in all ended in failure without exception.

However, in the shot put competition, Li Su found a strong player among the Tubo people, this person's Tubo name is too long, transliterated into Chinese called Mantu, is a strange man comparable to Fang Yiai, a terrifying muscle looks like a rock. He only lost to Fang Yiai in the shot put competition by a few steps, which is not to say that his strength is not as good as the other party, but because the position of pushing the shot put is not right, so he can't use all his strength, so he lost a little.

After the completion of the morning competition, the champions of each event also received their medals, and in the afternoon, three events were held, two of which were more traditional competitions, one was horse racing, one was wrestling, and finally the javelin event proposed by Li Su.

The Tubo people are also very interested in these three projects, all of them have signed up, among them in the horse racing project, the Tubo people sent three players at once, all of them are top riding masters, but the Tang Dynasty is even more masterful, many generals in the army can't help but participate in the competition, because there are too many participants, they have to be divided into two groups, each group to determine the top five, and then the finals, the result is that the Datang riders are more skilled, and they are said to be from the Xuanjia Army to win the championship, As for Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye, although they also participated, they were brushed down in the first round, and the gap was too big.

Although Datang won the championship in the horse racing competition, but in the next wrestling battle, Fang Yiai met an opponent, and the brute who lost in the shot put competition showed his might, and threw more than a dozen players off the stage in a row, including several masters sent by the Western Regions countries, all of whom were defeated.

Fang Yiai's performance was not inferior, and the players who met him almost all ended the battle in a short time, so the two brute force men like prehistoric monsters finally met in the finals. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )