Lantian has not returned to Linwu for a long time, and Li Yang will leave him to stay in the village for a few days.

Lantian planned to stay in Linwu for two or three days, and then return to Quanling from the north waterway, so he asked Hao Pu to go back to Chen County to handle the county affairs first, without having to accompany him in Xin Dengzhuang.

When he returned to Xindengzhuang in the afternoon, Lantian asked Li Yang to find a few craftsmen and sew a round 'football' with animal skin according to his requirements. The inflatable part of the ball center was filled with fluffy objects such as dry straw, and people knotted it into a huge net with hemp rope.

When he heard that Lantian was making new things, he was still a "toy" prepared for the children. Lu Lingqi watched for a while and brought the children back from the street.

"Uncle, what kind of toy is this?" A Dou asked curiously.

Lantian replied with a smile: "Football."

"Football? Then how do you play this football?" A Dou asked again.

"I will teach you tomorrow." Lantian said kindly.

Knowing that we could only play tomorrow morning, the five little ones scattered again. As soon as they were discharged from the hospital, Lan Ji turned back and tilted his head and told him, "Father, we have more people, you can do more..."

Lan Ji ran away after saying that, Lan Tian smiled slightly and ignored it.

Li Yang then said worriedly: "There are not many hunters left in Linwu County now. If you really want to ensure that each child in the village has a football, the skin is not enough..."

Lan Tian said with a smile: "These are enough now. I will replenish the skins when there are too many. Now you go with me to choose a venue."

"Vei." Li Yang followed Lantian with a question mark on his face.

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the sunset, Lantian and Li Yang found a relatively flat grassland northwest of Xindengzhuang in the northwest direction.

Lantian stood down the hillside and watched. When autumn and winter intersect, the wild grass on the ground was withered and yellow, and smoke rose from Xin Dengzhuang not far away.

"What a good location. I'll return to the earth in the spring next year, with green grass, which is a good time for the children to play." Lan Tian said to himself.

Lan Tian took out a hand-painted stadium drawing from his arms, and asked someone to use wooden sticks and twine to define the boundaries of the court, determine the positions of the goal on both sides and the length of the fixed wooden strips, and finally let the accompanying army clear all the stones inside.

At dawn the next day, Lantian took the carpenter to the stadium to assemble the goal and asked the painter to mark the lines on the grass according to the drawings. A simple football field was quickly formed.

Around Chen Shi, Deng Ai brought many children to the football field, and the team of five small people expanded quite quickly.

Seeing that there were only a few balls on the field, Lan Ji complained: "Father, why are there so many toys? Look at so many of us..."

Lan Tian smiled and explained: "This game is called football. Twenty-two people play one ball. Now I have more than enough to prepare five balls."

The children were confused when they heard this. What's the point of grabbing a ball with twenty-two people?

Lantian found a few fireheads from the army that were trapped as referees, and then he demonstrated the rules while demonstrating himself. Both the fireheads and the children listened without understanding.

Then Lantian grouped the children by height and size, and the five young people from Lingling were divided into the same team.

Lantian wanted a whistle from Gao Shun and began to command the first game of the Three Kingdoms era as the referee. However, after the opening, the other twenty children, except for the goalkeeper, all rushed to grab football.

Beep...beep...

The whistles on the field kept blew, and the people watching around were puzzled. Linwu Order Xu An also came to the scene, thinking to himself, General Lan was like a game? Isn’t it too complicated?

It is difficult to promote a sport, especially teaching from scratch. Lantian did not fully follow the rules of modern football. He believed that men need some blood and physical collisions are essential.

Not long after the first game began, Lantian called the players aside.

He took out the formation diagram in his arms and introduced: "The offense and defense were out of order just now, and there was no point in snatching together. You must kick the ball into the opponent's ball net. The eleven players on both sides have their own responsibilities. The forward, center, and guards must cooperate closely and choose positions based on their respective advantages. For example, Ji'er runs flexibly and quickly and can be a forward, and Yuan'er has a calm personality and can be a center organization..."

"Uncle, I seem to be the right goalkeeper." A Dou said scratching his head.

Lantian nodded and said, "You really know how to choose." The goalkeepers of strong teams are indeed leisurely, but the goalkeepers of weak teams are busy."

"You can adjust the division of labor. We will play the game within half an hour, and the rest of the teams are still waiting in line." Lantian clapped and said.

After Lantian reminded him, the young players of the starting team finally ran like a decent one. Gradually, they also had the passing and receiving balls, which made the viewing experience much better than before.

A whistle sounded in half an hour, Lan Ji scored two goals and Gan Gui scored one, ending the first game with a score of 3-1, and the team of the five small Quanling teams won.

Then the two children from Xin Dengzhuang continued to play. They just listened and understood the general idea. Lantian also handed over the referee's whistle to a hothead.

After the five little ones, they went to the sidelines to drink water. When Lu Lingqi was wiping the sweat for Lan Ji, she asked in confusion: "A dozen or so people ran around a ball. Look at you all sweating all over. Is it really interesting?"

"Mother, this football is really fun, it's fun than riding a Trojan horse, hopscotch, and goat jumping, and it's not tiring at all." Lan Ji said excitedly.

"I'm not tired either." A Dou smiled.

Seeing that the child was not sweating much, Lan Tian thought to himself that you, the goalkeeper, are not tired.

Gao Shun looked at Lan Yuan who was drinking water and said, "Sir, this football game is like a battle between two armies. Whether it is attacking or defense, it seems that the tactic of war is implicit. Yuan'er just seemed to be the general who commanded the army..."

"I scored two goals, and I am the general." Lan Ji quickly took credit.

Gao Shun: "Uh...Yuan'er is a general, Ji'er is a pioneer general..."

"Gan Gui is flexible and smart, Gaoling dares to fight, Adou goal guards well, and the children play well. Now let's sit down and watch the game and learn from others' strengths and weaknesses by observing others." Lantian commented and praised like the head coach.

"Okay." The five little ones answered in unison.

Looking at the farm boy running on the court, Lan Tian thought to himself that I have taken this sport forward again. Later people have to compete. Should they hold a World Cup in the Han Dynasty after the unification?

There are many people participating in football and it takes a long time to spend. There is no need to worry about safety when running on the grass. Li Yang happily came to Lantian, "Young owner, this football game is very good. In the future, the children will have another place to play."

Lantian pointed to the surroundings and said, "This place is very close to Xin Dengzhuang, and the school can be built here. Children can also play while studying."

"It's wonderful, I'll start to make arrangements tomorrow." Li Yang couldn't suppress his inner joy.

At noon in autumn, the sun is not hot.

The sun shines on the golden millet and wheat fields. Looking around, it is full of grains pressed against ears, Lantian suddenly falls into deep thought.
Chapter completed!