Zhu Gaoxu was eating raisins and watching the drill of a group of soldiers on the school field ahead, feeling very happy.
Throwing a raisin high, the beauty from the Western Regions next to her caught it with her mouth. She looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a shallow but flattering smile. Zhu Gaoxu patted her little face and said, "Good catch, thank you."
Zhu Gaoxu was ruthless in rewarding two types of people, one was a man who was good at fighting, and the other was a good-looking and groveling woman.
Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like women who are good-looking but arrogant. If you are arrogant in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu will not pay attention to you.
"Your Majesty the King, what are these soldiers practicing now? Why have you never seen this before?" The beauty gave Zhu Gaoxu a leg beating after receiving the reward, and then asked curiously.
"This is not called training, this thing these people practice is called football."
"Football? It's a bit like Cuju."
"Yes, what this guy Zhan Zhen created is that people from both sides kick the ball around on this field to see whoever scores more goals wins. It's quite interesting, but you're not allowed to bring a knife on the court, mother.
A little angry."
When Zhu Gaoxu first knew that this event was going to be held, he was actually not allowed to bring a knife to fight. It was very different. In his opinion, this kind of thing should not be fought to the death, right?
But after he gradually started to get in touch with it, he felt that this sport seemed pretty good, and it was very skillful and confrontational.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu took off his coat and said, "I will accompany you on the field to practice today."
While he was talking, Zhu Gaoxu also entered the court. Although he was a little older, he was a soldier who was physically strong after all, and ordinary young men may not have his physical strength.
Normally, within a large company, if a certain sport, whether it is basketball, football, badminton, table tennis, etc., is particularly popular, the reason must be that the top leaders like it and are willing to spend money to hold competitions and activate internal sports within the company.
environment.
Under such circumstances, the team put together by this company is still competitive at least in the ordinary level.
If the big leaders like it and are willing to spend money and energy to promote it, but the team they form can't win, let alone at the ordinary level, even if the number of people is less than one percent of yours, the money spent is less than yours.
One percent of the teams will beat you.
That means there must be something wrong with the person in charge.
Under the leadership of Zhu Gaoxu, the atmosphere of the entire Western Kingdom team is very enthusiastic, and with a wave of Zhu Gaoxu's hand, all the bonuses from the World Cup will be distributed to each player, and there are different awards and rewards in the Western Kingdom based on the different rankings obtained.
Quite rich.
For a time, the entire Western Kingdom, as long as they were males of appropriate age, whether ordinary people or soldiers, started playing football. Even prisoners were given a ball to look for talented people. As long as they were talented, they would be selected into the Western Kingdom.
The football team can even avoid jail time.
Except for the Western Kingdom, the situation is similar in other places. All over the world are preparing for the World Cup, especially Britain and France. They have just experienced war and now need a national carnival to boost their confidence.
Joan of Arc was not very good at these sports, but out of support for Zhu Zhanzhen, she still tried her best to promote football.
After the Lunar New Year, Zhu Zhanyi went to North America. The first place he came to was the Port of New York. Zhu Zhanyi still let it be called New York.
The port of New York is a high-quality deep-water port. In the era of great ocean trade, such a deep-water port has natural advantages. If there is no good port, its development potential is destined to be far behind those places with good ports at this stage.
Many people who came to North America to prospect for gold came ashore here. Although it is far away from the place where gold mines are rumored to be discovered, most of them came to North America for the first time. Those who were not familiar with the place first found a place to stay.
, in the port city built by Zhu Zhanzhen's orders, this is the place where ships come and go most frequently, so everyone naturally comes here.
Zhu Zhanzhen is quite satisfied with the construction of the new Shanghai City. At the same time, football stadiums have been built in several port cities along the coast. When the games are played in different places, it can boost local entertainment and economy.
In the administrative center of New York, Zhu Zhanzhen held a list in his hand and felt very headache. Chen Youshan also reported to Zhu Zhanzhen with a troubled face: "Your Highness, there are too many people smuggling over now, and we are now in North America.
We also don’t have enough manpower, and the coastline is too long, so there’s nothing we can do to stop them from trying to sneak in.”
Although it is troublesome, it is an expected trouble. Zhu Zhanzhen frowned slightly: "From another perspective, it also shows that everyone is very enthusiastic about going to North America."
"But Your Highness, these people are a mixed bag, and it's not impossible for desperadoes to sneak in."
"In our event where people are rewarded for arresting people, a few days ago a man came with two corpses and said that the corpses were stowaways, because there is a regulation that only those who are caught alive can be rewarded. When I checked, I found out that the two people who were killed were both
They came through normal channels, but it was stowaways who arrested people to collect rewards."
"The plot is so bad, just kill him."
"I understand, but Your Highness, this is not a long-term solution."
Zhu Zhanzhen frowned. He understood, but there was no particularly good way to solve it now.
"There is another matter. Your Highness, the aborigines living in North America had a lot of conflicts some time ago. We finally came forward to evaluate the matter. However, due to differences in cultural habits, the conflicts between the aborigines and the newcomers will definitely continue.
break out."
"Among our people there are people from the Ming Dynasty, people from Nanyang, people from the Ottoman Empire, and people from England and France. Our cultures are also very different, but we can still coexist."
"But the indigenous people of North America are very territorial and will attack immediately if they get close."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Chen Youshan hesitated for a while and said, "Your Highness, why not conquer?"
Zhu Zhanzhen stood up and waved his hands: "There is no enmity between us. If I exterminate his family, I will be the most evil person in the world. This is something that does not exist in our culture. Such actions are insulting to the national customs."
"
"Let's do this. You send people to discuss with them and delineate some places as their scope. We will conduct equal trade with them and at the same time teach them the culture of the Ming Dynasty. Although it is more troublesome, we have a clear conscience."
"It's Your Highness."
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A few months later, in the summer, warm cheers could be heard in Neptune Garden Plaza next to First People's Square in New York.
This is an arena that can accommodate nearly 3,000 people. The technology of this era is very advanced. There is a large group of people outside the stadium. Because they don’t have tickets, they can only listen to the goings on inside.
"Buy the ball, buy the ball, and you'll make a lot of money."
"I buy the French team and I buy the English team."
"The French team must win."
"With generous gifts and special blood, Yinggelan will win."
No matter how the external environment of this world changes, the relationship between England and France will always be so harmonious.
Zhu Zhanzhen also specially arranged for the opening ceremony of the World Cup to be a battle between England and France. One is because it is a gimmick, and the other is because there are currently a huge number of English and French people in North America.
The two are closest to each other. The Ming Dynasty is far enough to come to North America, but England and France are much closer, so countless people come here to prospect for gold.
At this time, the stadium was packed with people. Nearly a year of competition promotion has made many people come into contact with the sport of football. This sport that can bring people happiness in their spare time can quickly become popular without too much promotion.
became popular.
And now in many places in North America, it is very convenient to set up two goals instead of laying lawns, and a football game can be played.
Today's World Cup opening ceremony was extremely lively. In addition to the audience inside the stadium, there were many people outside the stadium. Although they couldn't see it, they could come and feel the lively atmosphere.
Zhu Zhanzhen arranged for several hosts outside the venue to explain to people outside the venue what was happening inside the venue through quick note messages. This should be regarded as the earliest graphic and text broadcast, and it was also the first broadcast in the UK, France, Ming Dynasty, etc.
Language, according to different languages, divides people into several groups.
Of course, in addition to watching the game, the World Cup is my eternal friend, gambling. Gambling also came into being. Nowadays, betting on peripheral ports is very lively.
This matter was also reported to Zhu Zhanxi, who was watching the opening ceremony in the infield. After Zhu Zhanxi heard what happened, he nodded and whispered a few words to the visitor before continuing to watch the game.
"What's wrong?" asked Zhu Gaoxu, a football fan who had come all the way to North America to participate in the World Cup.
"It's not a big deal. There are people betting on football outside. It's not a big deal."
"Aren't you allowed to gamble? Then I'll ask someone to accept it."
"Second uncle, is he yours?" Zhu Zhanzhen was speechless.
"There are a few of them. I specially asked them to gamble on the outside. You don't know that this business can make money much faster than other businesses." Zhu Gaoxu said with a red face. Sure enough, the second uncle was eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and he was not ashamed.
On the contrary, I am proud of it.
"Second uncle, gambling and manipulating games is not a good thing."
"What is the purpose of manipulating the game? There is no need to manipulate the game. I established a football league in the Western Kingdom. As for the odds of the game, there is no need to control it at all. It is basically impossible for the bookmaker to lose money. I ordered others not to start betting privately.
You can only gamble on football in my casino and make huge profits, but football activities are becoming more and more lively, and people who don’t play often come to join in the fun."
Zhu Zhanzhen was inspired by Zhu Gaoxu. This thing cannot be stopped, but if it is allowed to develop, many bad things may happen, and it may even lead to the death of some ordinary people.
"Let's see, I'll create a place where you can buy football and scores, but except for this place, any other behavior of buying football is prohibited."
Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "My second uncle has experience in this matter. My second uncle will send someone to do it with you."
"Okay, since my second uncle also has an idea, let's cooperate."
Zhu Zhanzhen did not reject it. After all, as long as it was this kind of thing, the second uncle had some unique opinions of his own, which were often very useful.
"Who will win, England or France? Let's have a go at it, uncle and nephew." Zhu Gaoxu got excited and wanted to gamble with Zhu Zhanzhen.
"The French have better physical fitness and better tactical coordination, especially the kid named Mbappe. Although he is not very good-looking, he has good footwork and extremely fast speed. I am ready to introduce him after the World Cup.
He has come to our Western Kingdom to play football. I want to train a star. I bet on France to win and win two goals."
"My second uncle and I have different opinions. I think Ying Gelan will win."
"Hahaha, Zhan Chen, although you initiated the World Cup, it seems you still don't know much about football. England's tactics, movement, and player abilities are not on the same level as France."
At this moment, Zhu Zhanzhen waved to the attendants around him and lowered their heads. Zhu Zhanzhen said: "Excuse me, I will let England beat France 3:1 later."
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Zhanzhen in surprise: "Good boy, you are so blatantly playing tricks."
"Second uncle, how can this be called cheating? Your off-field strength is also part of your strength."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said nothing. Anyway, he didn't say anything about the bet, it was just about winning or losing.
I just want everyone to know one thing: Zhu Zhanzhen has the final say in matters.
The next direction of the game finally led to the result mentioned by Zhu Zhanzhen. Everyone was opposed to someone manipulating the game and manipulating the score, except for those who could manipulate the game.
The next thing that gets the most attention is the Ming Dynasty football team. This huge country has sent the strongest team and is ambitious to win the final victory of the game.
But what is surprising is that the Daming football team, which has a well-organized staff, well-equipped equipment, and very high salaries, was actually beaten 5:0 and 8:0 in the group stage.
They were all dumbfounded.
"This shouldn't be done, this shouldn't be done." Zhu Zhanzhen even suspected that someone was manipulating the game behind his back, so after the second game, he immediately ordered people to investigate and investigate to the death to see what was going on.
Although theoretically speaking, the Ming Dynasty football team is not Zhu Zhanzhen's home team, but he is an out-and-out Ming Dynasty man, and he still has to lose face when his own country's team plays like this.
The expenses of the Ming Dynasty football team are more than those of England, England and France combined. Ming Dynasty has a large population and a strong army. How can it be possible to play like this?
Soon the news came and the root cause was found.
"Your Highness, we found it. Among the members of the Daming football team, No. 3 is the coach's brother-in-law, No. 5 is the coach's second brother-in-law, No. 10 is the coach's brother-in-law's brother-in-law, and there is also the goalkeeper, that is the coach's sister-in-law's brother-in-law.
illegitimate son."
Zhu Zhanzhen was furious: "Whoever is in charge will almost make it a family affair. Heck, if you win, drag him out to jail. No one will be spared."