Although the residents living here have actually been brainwashed by Zhang Maocai's wife, the proprietress, every day these days, saying that Zhang Maocai's team is superior, I hope everyone will pay more attention to it.
Of course, in addition to Zhang Maocai, Han Yonghe and Cao Yan, two powerful figures in the government, the residents also paid attention to Wang Da.
Although Wang Da is from the palace and is also the captain of the royal Cuju team, his official position is not high. In terms of grade, Wang Da and Lu Yao's current idle positions are actually of the same grade.
But even so, Wang Da has still become a major concern for the people in the city since they learned about the news that the new Cuju competition was about to start.
Of course, Wang Da has been engaged in Cuju work, and ordinary people have no chance to see the performances of their Royal Cuju team. They only perform specially for Zhao Zhen and a very small number during festivals.
The ministers of the imperial court watched it.
The reason why Wang Da'er received such high attention is mainly because the people felt that they and Wang Da did not have the same sense of distance as they did with other officials. The sense of distance is difficult to explain clearly, even for Lu Yao
, now he works a part-time job, and basically spends the whole day wandering around the city, dealing with various things. In fact, Lu Yao has a lot of opportunities to show his face, and he can often be seen by people in the streets and alleys.
he.
But why don't these people have the same mentality towards Lu Yao as Wang Da? This is caused by the sense of distance.
Although it is true that Lu Yao himself is not a high-ranking official, and he is relatively casual, he would not say that because of his family background, he feels that he is superior like Han Wenyuan.
But in the final analysis, the Lu family is still behind Lu Yao. Most people still think that Lu Yao is behind Lu Xu, and with Lu Xu in charge, even if Lu Yao can get along with the people on weekdays, in the eyes of these people
, in fact, it is more likely that Lu Yao is deliberately hiding his identity. In comparison, they feel that it is normal for Han Wenyuan not to hide it at all. This is the way of the world today.
However, compared with Lu Yao, Wang Da is really much closer to the people. Even though Wang Da lives in the palace all year round and has an official position, in the eyes of the people, Wang Da
He was still the same boy who performed and played Cuju in the outer city many years ago.
Wang Da came from a humble background. When he was a child, he followed his father in the juggling troupe and played Cuju. However, sometimes, the chance to change a person's life often requires a little bit of luck.
Originally, Wang Da thought that it would be good for him to play Cuju for the rest of his life, earn some money, eat and drink enough, and make the whole family happy. However, it was the Dragon Boat Festival that year, and Emperor Zhao Zhen suddenly wanted to go to the outer city.
Look, there were so many people watching the juggling on this day's festival. Zhao Zhen naturally left the palace incognito, so he was attracted. After that, he admired Wang Da's ability to play Cuju, so,
He sent someone to invite Wang Da back to the palace. After that, the Royal Cuju Team was officially established. Including Wang Da, there are currently six people in the Royal Cuju Team. They all came from the common people in the outer city and later became members of the Royal Cuju Team.
A member of the royal Cuju team.
The people in the outer city, and even in Bianliang City, naturally know Wang Da better than they know Lu Yao. Precisely because they were also born in the outer city, the people actually know Wang Da more or less.
There is a sense of sustenance. They always feel that as long as they work hard, even though they are in the outer city, one day they will be appreciated by the emperor and hold an official position like Wang Da.
Since Wang Da became the captain of the Royal Cuju Team, stories about his youth have been circulated from time to time. Even Lu Yao once went to Jiuzhongxian for a drink and heard that there was a
The man is telling Wang Da's story.
Therefore, among the eight teams, the one that attracts the most attention from the people may not really be the pure common people team composed of Chen Chen and the Cao family. Instead, it is this Royal Cuju team, which is also a grassroots team in a sense, and is more capable.
Get people's attention.
Wang Da doesn't think it matters. After all, he has lived in the palace for a long time. He doesn't care at all about what kind of stories about him are spread outside the palace. What he thinks is that he is walking the right path, so naturally he is not afraid of being said by others.
Because of this, the negative rumors about Wang Da in Bianliang City quickly dissipated, and what has been passed down are the good stories between Zhao Zhen and him.
So at this moment, Wang Da led his twelve team members to the door of Fulai Inn. Before Lu Yao and the others could speak, the voices of the residents came from inside the inn.
"Wang Da, where do you plan to get this time?"
"Your Royal Cuju team is so good. I only heard about it before but never saw it. You must show us your skills in this competition."
"Since we are the Royal Cuju Team, we must be able to win."
"That's natural. Look at their opponents, who are made up of people from thirteen outer city districts. What kind of climate can they have?"
Chen Chen was standing next to the team led by Wang Da. Listening to these harsh sounds, Chen Chen seemed very calm.
Chen Chen thought in his mind that Wang Da, like himself, also came from a business background. Maybe Wang Da's family conditions were not as good as his own. The reason why he is so beautiful now is not because he had an opportunity to meet him.
emperor?
So for me, who is the person who gave me this opportunity?
It's Lu Yao. In fact, after Chen Chen returned home last night, he and his parents abandoned their old house overnight, took all their things, came to the inner city, and stayed in an ordinary inn. Now
Thinking about it, Lao Chen was already wandering around the edge of the inner city, starting to look for where to build a new house. Eighty-year-old, although he couldn't build a big house, he could build a family of three on the edge of the inner city.
The small bungalow is more than enough, and my mother is already thinking about doing some business.
It can be said that the life trajectory of Chen Chen's family of three was completely changed by the eighty guan of money given by Lu Yao. Therefore, Chen Chen's gratitude to Lu Yao was no less than the emperor's kindness to Wang Da.
Although Wang Da seems to be very popular among the people now, it is because they actually work hard all their lives.
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Because of their own limitations, they may not reach Wang Da's current status, so they choose Wang Da as their spiritual sustenance. They feel that Wang Da represents the people in the inner city like them and is a symbol.
However, now Chen Chen feels that it is time to adjust the inherent impression of these people. He is also from the outer city, and he does not have the same opportunities as Wang Da. He must use his own efforts to prove that he
He can't do any worse than Wang Da.
And the best chance to prove himself is the first round of Cuju competition. Listening to the jeers from the residents of Fulai Inn, Chen Chen secretly made up his mind to defeat Wang in the first round.
Check out some colors.
As for Wang Da, as a typical straight man, he naturally doesn't think so much, because he met Chen Chen last night, but Wang Da also knows that he can't say something unpleasant, so he has to say something to reply.
Guests, you can't say in front of Chen Chen and all the other teams that you will definitely win, so Wang Da said: "I just do my job well, and this is a new Cuju competition, every time
Every team starts with no knowledge of anything, they all have to participate in training, and they don’t have any privileges.”
After Wang Da finished speaking, he didn't forget to look at Chen Chen and nodded very politely.
All this was seen by Lu Yao, but Lu Yao felt that it would not be a bad thing to have some gunpowder before training to stimulate fighting spirit.
Then, after all the residents calmed down, Lu Yao walked up.
As mentioned before, Lu Yao had never seen the Zhao family team that Pan Wen hired before. There is actually a slight problem with this statement. In fact, the Wang family Cuju team led by Wang Da, except for the previous
Except for captain Wang Da, Lu Yao had never seen any other team members before today, so naturally he had to go up and take a look.
Not only Lu Yao, but also the leaders of all other teams: Cao You, Han Wenyuan, Pan Wen, Zhang Maocai, and even the housekeeper Liu Bo came to the side of Wangda's Cuju team and began to size up the members of this team.
It seems that in their view, Wang Da's Royal Cuju team is the best candidate for the winning team and is also the biggest competitor of their own team.
Lu Yao naturally ignored them, but Cao Yi came forward and said to Wang Da: "Master Wang, it's really like today's gathering. Your team is from the palace, so there is really no need to do this.
After a while, we came out of the palace and gathered at the Fulai Inn, and then we will go into the palace with us soon, so you can just wait in the palace."
Wang Da smiled and shook his head, looked at Cao Yi and said: "Master Cao doesn't know something. In fact, not all of the thirteen people in my team are from the previous Royal Cuju Team. Including me, there are a total of
Seven people were former performance members of the Royal Cuju Team. Because there was an age limit to participate in this new Cuju competition, and some people did not plan to participate in this competition, so in the end, only seven people were former Royal Cuju team members.
Members of the Cuju team. The other six people are all common people I recruited from the inner city to participate in the competition. But now they can also be regarded as members of my Royal Cuju team. The reason why I came out of the palace to gather here today is
It’s also to make it more convenient for them.”
"I see, it's really hard work, Mr. Wang." Cao Yan said from the side.
"Huh, I don't know anything, but I'm really good at flattering people." Han Yonghe cursed at the side. No one else heard this, but Pan Wen stopped him and laughed a little from ear to ear.
Lu Yao asked about the business first.
"Master Wang, I wonder if I can see which six people you recruited from this city to participate in the competition?" Lu Yao cleared his throat and said.
When the others saw Lu Yao speaking, they all went back to their respective teams. Han Yonghe glared at Cao Yi and also went back.
After all, although the nominal organizer of this competition is Zhao Zhen, in fact, all matters are handled by Lu Yao. Since the person in charge has spoken, he naturally has no part in joining in the fun, and everyone is very knowledgeable.
Wang Da was a little grateful to Lu Yao in his heart. If Lu Yao hadn't spoken now, he doesn't know how long these people would have been keeping an eye on these thirteen people.
Wang Da pointed to the end of the team and said: "Six from the end of the team to the front, they are all my newly recruited team members. Mr. Lu, go take a look, are you satisfied?"
Lu Yao nodded and walked towards the end of the team. The reason why he wanted to see what these six people looked like was to test Wang Da's selection criteria through this incident. After all, Wang Da had always been a member of the royal family before.
He is the captain of the Cuju team, so when he selects people, it stands to reason that he will not be in the same situation as Han Wenyuan, where a few burly men take part in the competition.
On the other hand, Lu Yao also wanted to see how different the grassroots team he selected and led by Chen Chen was compared to Wang Da's team.
Lu Yao looked over from behind and kept nodding. He said to himself that Wang Da really had two skills. Although he had never been exposed to the new type of Cuju, to put it bluntly, Wang Da had a very deep understanding of Cuju.
, Lu Yao saw that the seven people in front can be said to be strength athletes, and although they live in the palace, from a physical point of view, you basically continue to train every day, and your physique is very good, and
The upper body is very developed. On the other hand, the six people behind Wang Da found, although they have certain disadvantages in height and body shape compared to the seven people in front, at first glance, these people are the so-called people who rely on their brains to play football.
, although in terms of strength they may not be comparable to the first seven people, in terms of speed and dexterity, Lu Yao could tell at a glance that these people were far better than the first seven people.
If I have to say it, the royal Cuju team formed by Wang Da is neither a team composed of tough guys like the Han family, nor a grassroots team like Chen Chen with zero foundation, but the composition of the members.
It was a half-and-half structure, with both experienced and powerful former Cuju players and ordinary people joining in. This actually made Lu Yao interested in this contest between Chen Chen's grassroots team and the Royal Cuju team.
However, Wang Da naturally did not know what Lu Yao was thinking. In fact, Wang Da felt a little uneasy at this time. In fact, he and Lu Yao had only met each other a few times. The first tripartite talks conference
,when
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At that time, he just listened to Lu Yao briefly talk about the process and rules of the competition. Then yesterday, he went to the outer city with Lu Yao to find Chen Chen's team. In fact, privately, Wang Da was not like Han.
Like Yonghe or Cao Yi, they still interact with Lu Yao in daily life. The two of them are basically friends of gentlemen.
Therefore, Wang Da's understanding of Lu Yao is still very limited, and he doesn't know what Lu Yao thinks about the six players he selected. Originally, Wang Da planned to select eleven from his Royal Cuju team.
People came to participate in the competition, but when these people heard that they had to face high-intensity training, and that the winning football lottery management rights had nothing to do with them, they all expressed their intention not to participate in the competition.
There are a few people who are getting older and will basically retire from the palace and go home in another year, and they don’t want to do anything so-called this year.
Wang Da, who is also from the outer city, can understand the different ideas of these people, so he does not force others to do anything. But how to find the other team members has become a problem. As for Wang Da himself, although he lives in the palace all year round,
However, he himself did not have to go to court, and in the eyes of some officials, he was still a clown playing Cuju in the vaudeville troupe. He just put a nice hat on the clown's head.
Of course, Wang Da couldn't possibly not know what these officials were thinking, so he gave up the idea of asking them. At that time, when Wang Da was looking for team members, Lu Yao's idea of focusing on finding common people to become team members was not yet mature.
After all, Lu Yao hadn't gone to Cao's house to have that argument with Cao Ping at that time. Therefore, it was more difficult for Wang Da to find team members who fit Lu Yao's appetite by guessing Lu Yao's thoughts. After thinking about it again and again,
Next, Wang Da had no choice but to find a few people in the inner city who were in good physical condition to join the team. However, Wang Da was also someone who often played Cuju, and he also knew that no matter what the current Cuju was,
This is the new type of Cuju that Lu Yao wants to come up with. There is no way to win the final game just by relying on tall people and big horses. Therefore, Wang Da also follows this principle when looking for team members among the common people. Their Cuju team was originally going to participate in the competition.
Each of the seven players is extremely powerful, but their running speed is a bit slower, and they also lack a lot of flexibility in the game. Therefore, when Wang Da selected the last six players, he focused more on skills and skills.
Considering the two aspects of speed, I want to make my team's ability more even.
These six common people were actually in the inner city, and they had a fairly good relationship with Wang Da. They either often got together to drink, or they were like-minded friends. When they heard that there was an opportunity to make a fortune, they just needed to go
After playing a few games of Cuju, he happily agreed to Wang Da's request.
What happened later made Wang Da feel more relieved. At the beginning, Zhao Zhen also asked whether Wang Da should take the team members to see Lu Yao, but considering that the team members he selected might not be very good at Lu Yao,
He liked it, so Wang Da tried his best to persuade Zhao Zhen.
However, that day Wang Da and Lu Yao went to the outer city to look for the last team, which was Chen Chen's team.
Seeing that Lu Yao seemed to be very satisfied with Chen Chen's team, Wang Da was relieved. At least, if Lu Yao knew that the six team members he was looking for were ordinary people, he would not be angry.
Therefore, on the way to Fulai Inn today, Wang Da could be said to be full of confidence.
After seeing Wang Da's team, only one of the eight teams was not present.
At this time, it was less than a quarter of an hour before the prescribed gathering time.
Lu Yao first asked Tang Xi and Zhe Kexing to do some statistics and count the number of people, and then waited for the last team to arrive before setting off.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Han Qi and his team appear in Lu Yao's field of vision.
As the Privy Councilor, Han Qi had a kind of arrogance in his bones. When he saw some residents looking out, Han Qi just sneered without saying anything. With just this one move, the residents looked at him.
The team that was brought in completely lost interest.
Han Qi saw that his team was the last one to arrive, so he walked to Lu Yao and said, "Master Lu, I'm really sorry. I had to handle some official business before going home. Moreover, these team members are also soldiers. If you want to gather together at once, it's better."
It’s a little difficult.”
Lu Yao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as you arrive within the specified time."
After saying this, Lu Yao looked at Zhe Kexing and Tang Xi. After counting, the two determined the number of people present.
Among them, the Pan family's team, the Zhao family's team, Zhang Maocai's team, and Chen Chen's team are all composed of fifteen people, while the remaining Cao family, Royal Cuju team, Han Qi's team, and Han
Yonghe's team is composed of thirteen people.
Half and half, this is best, so that Cao Guojiu and Han Yonghe don't have to talk about the number of people.
Lu Yao saw that the number of people had been counted, so he asked Zhe Kexing and Tang Xi to lead them towards the palace.
Unexpectedly, Han Qi stopped him.
Lu Yao was a little confused and said, "What, Mr. Han, do you still have something to say?"
Han Qi said: "Master Lu, nearly a hundred people have gathered here, do you want to say something before entering the palace?"
Lu Yao slapped his forehead, wondering why he had forgotten this matter. After all, this new type of Cuju was also a big event, and not to mention the distance, there were also many residents of Fulai Inn and the people watching around. If he started from
If you leave here and go directly to the palace, it will be like thunder and rain, and the people will think that this Cuju competition is nothing special.
To put it bluntly, it is just a process of building momentum.
Thinking of this, Lu Yao couldn't help but thank Han Qi. No one else present had thought of this, and they all wanted to follow Lu Yao directly into the palace.
So, Lu Yao bowed to Han Qi and said, "Thank you, Mr. Han, for reminding me."
However, because he was not prepared in advance, Lu Yao didn't know what to say for a while, but then he came up with an idea. First, let each of the eight teams choose a name, and then let each team member speak out loud.
name, so that I can take advantage of this time to design a speech.