In the end, Zhang Dashan still successfully participated in all the archery events in the men's group, not only him, but almost all the folk masters who participated in archery chose all the projects of their own gender group.

The enthusiasm of the people to participate in the competition is very high, Li Kang and others are also very happy to see it, this atmosphere of fun with the people, the bigwigs enjoy it the most, while tasting the exquisite melon and fruit cakes, while shaking their heads and commenting a few words.

Because the cost of facilities and venues required for archery competitions or training is relatively low, the Chinese Archery Association was established early, so in all the events, the largest number of people participate in archery, and even the women heroes of the women's group are more than the total number of most other events.

There was a middle school boy who performed a set of nine-star beads in a 100-step fixed target, and the arrows hit the bull's-eye, which caused a sensation in the audience for a while, and the limelight was unmatched for a while.

Another woman in her early twenties, in the moving target competition, even more misses, the best record is to shoot four moving frisbees in one round...

Next door to the archery range, nine galloping horses, under the control of nine knights, galloped out from the same starting point, chasing me around the big playground, performing a Chinese version of speed and passion.

[It seems that horse racing needs to be put on the agenda.] Looking at the audience around the track who had almost climaxed collectively, the corners of Li Kang's mouth raised slightly.

After the pure speed competition, it is a performance of individual riding, most people are born with a desire to perform, now such a big stage, all eyes are on, and Li Kang and Huaxia are high-level present, those heroes can be said to have taken out the ability to press the bottom of the box.

This one just performed the Golden Rooster Independence, and then it demonstrated what it means to hang the golden hook upside down, and even more, there was a gymnastics performance directly on horseback, and the body hidden in the horse's belly or something is pediatric.

In addition to these purely performative actions, immediately chopping, immediately shooting, crossing obstacles, etc., as long as you can think of it, you can pull it up and slip away.

Of course, the best part of the riding show was the polo confrontation between the 1st and 2nd Brigades.

Polo is a sporting activity that is used to ride a horse and hit the ball with a polo stick. Polo is also called "hitting the bow", began in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhi's "Famous Capital Chapter" has the verse of "even riding to hit the bow soil, skillful and swift".

The polo stick is similar to the ice hockey stick, and the long club has a crescent-shaped shape at one end, and the shaft is often carved with exquisite patterns, which is called "painting stick" or "moon stick".

Generally, the number of participants varies from more than a dozen to more than 20. However, because of its high cost, it has always been the participation of nobles, and civilians generally can't afford to play, but it doesn't mean that civilians don't have enthusiasm for polo, and they can't afford to be hired by aristocratic teams with their excellent skills, and they can also be a loyal spectator.

Polo was especially played in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, the emperors of the previous dynasties, such as Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, Tang Muzong Li Heng, Tang Jingzong Li Zhan, Tang Xuanzong Li Chen, Tang Xizong Li Yi, Tang Zhaozong Li Ye were all advocates and even participants in polo, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji issued an edict in the sixth year of Tianbao (747), using polo as a training item for the army.

At that time, the Tang Empire was surrounded by professional polo teams such as Bohai Kingdom, Goryeo Kingdom, Japan State, Tubo, etc., which was simply a sense of déjà vu of an East Asian polo tournament, which had a positive impact on strengthening diplomatic and cultural exchanges.

It's a pity that in my Qing Dynasty, for unknown reasons, polo withdrew from the folk and became the exclusive domain of the court.

To sum up, this is an intense and iron-blooded sport that extremely tests the participants' riding skills and team spirit, as well as personal observation and timing.

Looking at the hot game below, Li Kang couldn't help but start to wander, and his mind was extended to the Olympic Games, Asian Games, World Championships, Open Championships, World Cup, and so on in the new century because of the memories of polo in his mind.

This is not only related to strength, but more importantly influence, you have the financial, material, and human resources to hold it, and it is nonsense to not have Ma Zai to participate, and it is even more embarrassing than not being able to do it.

The advantages of holding these international competitions are self-evident, and Li Kang feels that he can't afford to lose one of the only ones that can accelerate the export of Chinese culture.

[At this time, it can't be done for the time being, at least we have to wait until the founding of the country, don't be in a hurry...] Thinking of the terrible international situation in Hedong, Li Kang's impetuous heart slowly calmed down, as long as Hedong is still in chaos, Huaxia will have the opportunity to exert influence, and now it is better to cultivate internal strength.

With a gong sound, the polo match came to an end, and the first brigade defeated the second brigade with a score of 5:3 and won the first polo match.

The victors are on their toes, and the losers are dejected.

However, when they heard that polo would be followed by football and rugby, another entertainment project allowed by the army, the defeated Second Brigade immediately resurrected on the spot, and one by one they made a lot of nonsense, such as "this time we are humble and take care of the face of friendly troops", "last night was strained, today is not in good shape, let you pick up a bargain" and other shameless words came out one after another, and in the end, it was "you are lucky this time, next time we will be serious".

The First Brigade had just won the victory, and it was when the confidence was extremely high, and he did not care at all about the provocation of the defeated generals, and dropped the sentence "The defeated generals will always be the defeated generals, even a hundred times", and then walked away, and the domineering arrogance was undisguised, which made the people of the Second Brigade eat a nose.

"Hahaha... Oops, the little cubs below are not sensible, I'll teach them a good lesson later. Cao Bin, the commander of the First Brigade, pretended to say to Li Siye, the commander of the Second Brigade beside him, without any surprise, this sentence made Li Siye, who was already with a black face, even darker.

Li Siye, who was born in the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty, has experienced the Battle of Talas... Well, well, this is nothing to brag about, but as a general in the Tang Xuanzong era, his own polo skills are also top-notch, and as a result, his rabbit cubs actually lost to Cao Bin's subordinates who were born in the army he has always looked down on in the field he is good at, which makes him embarrassed?

"Hmph, don't work hard Brother Cao, you will get back the field you lost. Li Siye said with a smile.

"Then congratulations to Brother Li in advance on 'Snow Shame'... Hahaha..."Cao Bin smiled disapprehantly.

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After the successful conclusion of the celebration of Army Day, Huaxia returned to its usual rhythm, the farms were busy with the final harvest, the factories were busy processing all kinds of products, the chambers of commerce were busy looking for various business opportunities, and the officials at all levels were busy distributing and scheduling.

August 1, 7th year of Huaxia.

The study of the government hall of the Marshal's Palace.

Li Kang and Guan Zhong, Minister of Internal Affairs, Zhao Guo, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, and Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry and Commerce.

"You have also read the report of Chenggong County this year, the animal husbandry industry that has migrated to Zhihu Town has developed rapidly, and there is no way to see the decline in the eastern grassland, and those strange livestock violent deaths have never happened again, what does this mean?" Li Kang said solemnly, "It shows that there is nothing wrong with the livestock itself, that is, there is something wrong with the land." Right on my doorstep in Huaxia, there is a Jedi that can cause livestock to die in vain, and we have lived by its side in ignorance and fearlessness for seven years...... When I think of this, I am afraid for a while! If I don't find out the root cause, I will not be able to sleep well!"

"The king is angry, and the ministers are guilty!" the three of them hurriedly got up and said.

"Don't make these false things, I want to solve the problem, just knowing the guilt is useless..."Li Kang said solemnly, "This matter will be handed over to the three of you, if it doesn't satisfy me, I don't mind changing a group of people." ”

"No!" The three of them were dumb at this time, and they couldn't say what they were suffering about, it was simply a disaster, and they changed a group of people, saying that they were changing a group of people to investigate the situation in the eastern grasslands, but in fact, they were changing a group of people to be the home of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

It's just that they can't argue with Li Kang yet, every king is unreasonable when he feels that his life is threatened, this strange situation, not to mention Li Kang, is that they themselves are a little frightened.

After waving off the three of them, Li Kang, who was a little irritable, tried several times, but he couldn't calm down, and he didn't have the heart to deal with political affairs anymore, so he got up and paced back and forth in the study, and then opened the window to look at the trickling river behind him, and finally calmed down.

Glancing at the documents on the table, Li Kang pushed the door straight out and walked to the backyard, he wanted to see Tan Yunxian, who was about to give birth.

"Why did the husband come here at this hour?" Tan Yunxian dragged his heavy body and got up with difficulty, his face was full of doubts, usually at this hour, Li Kang was busy with business, how could he have time to run around in the backyard.

"Don't get up... You're heavy, just sit. Li Kang hurriedly took two steps forward and held down Tan Yunxian, pulled a small stool next to him, sat in front of Tan Yunxian's bed, took her hand, and chatted with her about family life.

Li Kang's worry in his heart naturally wouldn't tell a pregnant woman, not only would it not be good for him, but it would also make the listener more annoyed, only those bastards who were unhappy with themselves and wanted to make the whole family unhappy would do such stupid things.

"I don't have any important political affairs today, so I'm just busy and give myself a day off. Li Kang said with a smile, "Do you think I'm the worst one in China, even slaves in Huaxia can take a day off for twenty days, and I have no rest all year round... Oh, what a wicked!"

"Poof... The husband is from Huaxia, and he is the head of Huaxia, so he naturally has to work harder..."Tan Yunxian said gently, "But no matter how tired you are, the premise is to take care of your body, after all, your husband's health is also a first-class major event for Huaxia." ”

"I know, so for the sake of the husband, isn't this for the people of China, come to you to relax and relax?" Li Kang laughed.

"By the way, what about the little guy Jiu Mian?" Li Kang said, looked around again, didn't see the little man who had just learned to walk, and couldn't help but ask curiously, usually, Tan Yunxian doesn't let this heart and liver pimple out of sight an inch.

"He's very skinny now... I couldn't take care of it during this time, so I let Xue Tao's sister take care of it for a while, just so that I could be a companion with his fourth brother, and the two children would not be lonely together. "When it comes to Li Jiumian's little brat, the nose that smiles when he talks about Yunxian is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes, he is full of happiness, and Li Kang is quite jealous when he sees it.

"Uh-huh... It is necessary to let children have more contact, otherwise it will not be good to develop self or withdrawn temperament. Li Kang also nodded, "When they grow up, I will let people build a playground in the house for these children to play." ”

"Just spoil them... When they are older, how can they have time to play, it's time to go to school!" Tan Yunxian obviously disagreed with Li Kang's plan, although the Li family is not the king now, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the royal family, how to educate the children of the royal family, Tan Yunxian has not asked someone to ask or check the books by herself, she is a disciple of the Chinese dynasties for the teaching of the children of the clan, on the contrary, Li Kang himself does not care much about this.

"It's still early to go to school!" Li Kang said with a wave of his hand, "The Education Law currently promulgated in Huaxia stipulates that primary school enrollment is seven years old, and when they are three years old, I will build a playground for them, so that they can play for four years, where is there no time?"

Tan Yunxian was dumbfounded when she heard her husband's remarks, her fingers trembled with anger, she still wanted to train her son to be a model prince, but listening to Li Kang's meaning, this is obviously not going to be a prince in a short time, or simply don't want to set up her eldest son Li Jiumian as a prince, thinking of this, Tan Yunxian's hands and feet were cold for a while, and she just wanted to admonish two more words, but she didn't expect her stomach to be noisy at this time.

"Ahh

"What's wrong... Is it going to give birth?" Li Kang thought about it for a while, and knew what was going on, and hurriedly shouted outside: "Where are all the people dying? Go to the doctor and the midwife!"

Following Chinese New Year's Eve, Spring Festival, and Christmas, the Marshal's Mansion was once again busy, and the whole province was enveloped in a tense atmosphere, and everyone's eyes were on the location of the main palace in the backyard at this moment.

With the passage of time, this tension spread from inside the palace to outside the palace, to the cabinet and the Privy Council, but this is only Tan Yunxian's second child, and the attention of the bigwigs is obviously not as high as the first time, and they are still doing their own work, at most sending one of their subordinates to wait at the gate of the marshal's mansion.

After Li Kang was invited out of the delivery room by the doctor and the midwife, he waited anxiously in the courtyard, waiting while still praying.

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PS: Happy New Year, everyone!