Chapter 137 Winter is approaching
"Your Majesty, although this flying ball seems to be a game, it implies the avenue of military tactics. The soldiers cooperate and cover each other must pay attention to certain rules. In addition, the personnel ratio, although the soldiers of Duke Cheng are all strong and brave, they are behind Duke Qi. The Duke Qi's offensive team's soldiers are flexible and can shuttle between... This method can promote tacit understanding between the soldiers, increase the victory or defeat, and make the soldiers more eager to win or defeat..."
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this method can be promoted throughout the army and will hold competitions between the sixteen guards regularly, so that you can..."
After hearing this, Yu Zhigan's eyes lit up. He really wanted to have a pillow when he wanted to fall asleep. He coughed gently and stood up: "Father, I think General Sun's proposal is very good. We can rely on the sixteen guards to form a league and compete every year!"
"Oh? Say it!"
"The father is like this. The Sixteen Guards take the Right Guard as an example. They hold competitions once a week and challenge each other. They can play at the Right Guard's field and then play at the opponent's field to win the team to get three points, and the teams that lose zero points. If they draw, they will each get one point. In this way, the father can personally commend the team with the most total scores in each year. Of course, this kind of reward is an honor. What I, Yu Tang, attaches the most importance to is military merits!"
Yu Zhigan simply copied the rules of the future generations. After hearing this, the emperor nodded in thought: "This plan is good, but will it take up the training time of soldiers and waste the military preparations?"
"This is not the case. This game requires a high level of physical fitness for soldiers and can even improve the enthusiasm of soldiers. The elimination system is adopted. The soldiers in the team can enjoy some food subsidies, and the training intensity is higher than that of ordinary soldiers..."
"Will that increase military spending?"
"Father, my son-in-law thinks that today's ticket sales method is very feasible. It allows the people to enter the venue to watch, and part of the income is regarded as military expenses. This not only increases military expenses, but also allows the people of Chang'an to have some entertainment activities!"
The emperor glanced at Yu Zhigan, squinted his eyes, and finally nodded slowly: "Well, the palace also counted one!"
"good!"
Yu Zhigan didn't have much objection to the money, otherwise the ticket revenue would be in the future. Those guys in the army would get used to it. If they had to take the blame for their father, the generals would not dare to say anything.
"Tickets are all small income, sponsorship, spinach income is the big one!"
Yu Zhigan was already full of joy, and then he felt something was wrong. He seemed to be moving the Yu Tang Empire further and further on a certain road that deviated from the trajectory, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad!
When Yu Zhigan and others discussed the matter, the second half had already begun. After seeing the backwardness, Cheng Yaojin took the field in person in the second half. When the soldiers of Qianniu Guard saw Cheng Yaojin at first, they were a little timid and refused to let go of Cheng Yaojin. After all, they were the general, so they still had to give face!
After seeing the tied score, Yuchi Gong cursed Cheng Yaojin angrily while taking off his clothes and going on the field in person. After seeing Yuchi Gong on the field, the entire Qianniu Guard soldiers also let go.
"The competition is over!"
After hearing the game, Yu Zhigan turned his head curiously and saw that the two sides had a draw, ending at 40 to 40. He was stunned at first, and then he became furious inside. He made money by himself! He also made a lot of money.
"Your Majesty, I, Lao Cheng, are not convinced. I am asking for a fight!"
After the draw, Cheng Yaojin immediately started to make a fuss. This guy is a dog-tempered person and is unwilling to admit defeat. He wants to be the first in everything he does. If he meets someone, this guy will make trouble and let it go, but he just meets Yuchi Gong, both of whom are unwilling to admit defeat!
"Your Majesty, I also request a rematch!"
The emperor looked at the sky. The sun had already set westward and the weather began to cool down a little. He waved his hand: "To this position today, we will be expelled from the winner next time!"
After saying that, he stood up and left.
After Yu Zhigan watched his father leave, his eyes immediately narrowed, then took out the previous note, and found the dozen ministers who had flattened with a smile. The most of these people was 1,000 taels, one to pay two, plus the principal was only 2,000 taels. As for the rest, Yu Zhigan took everything!
"It seems that it's time to do it!"
Yu Zhigan looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.
A few days later.
The weather in Chang'an City gradually became colder, and the people began to be reluctant to go out. Even if they went out, they would chat about gossip in teahouses or small wine houses in front of the house.
There are two biggest news in Chang'an City these days. One is the game at the West School. After watching the game, the people who watched the game began to publicize their experiences. It was originally a simple game, and it was rumored to be magical.
Cheng Yaojin, one man, was the best in the three armies, and the hundreds of people who broke through Yuchi Gong and others, had already scored all over the sky. The people didn't know how many people were on the field of the game. The ancients liked to use imaginary numbers, and all the black and thick squads in the field were people. This kind of publicity method was too common.
In addition to this version, there is also a version about Yuchi Gong. Anyway, the truth is no longer important. The most important thing is that after listening to it, the people talked about it with relish. One transmission of ten or ten transmissions of hundreds, and the entire Chang'an City knew it. In the era of lack of entertainment, it has become a topic of conversation for everyone.
The second thing is also a major event in Chang'an City recently. The Prince's Mansion collapsed. The Prince's Mansion was pushed down by Yu Zhigan and began to rebuild the intensive reconstruction project. Yu Zhigan did not have much demand for the new Prince's Mansion. He first created some houses that should not be collapsed, and the rest of the houses will be rebuilt after winter.
The money Yu Zhigan earned for selling tickets and serving as a farmer, except for some of the money he made was left to spare, all of the rest were used to renovate the East Palace. Yu Zhigan was preparing to build a two-story building, and in addition, he also had to level the land, etc. It has entered the construction stage, and everyone in the Prince's Mansion has been mobilized.
"Try to move bricks, get promoted and raise salary!"
"The East Palace is my home, and it depends on everyone to build it!"
"Everyone has the responsibility to build the East Palace!"
Yu Zhigan walked into the construction site of the East Palace and nodded with satisfaction. It was not bad, looking at Chen Wansan: "What should we do if we are enthusiastic about our work?"
"It's not bad, because your highness pays thirty cents a day, and he works very hard, but your highness doesn't have to spend this money..."
Yu Zhigan glanced at Chen Wansan, and the guy said, "Wansan, do you know that if I don't give this money, these people would not work so hard. The first phase of our plan may be postponed. I will marry Duke Cheng's daughter next month. What if the East Palace is in a dilapidated manner!"
After saying that, Yu Zhigan took the lead in entering the East Palace, and there was another sentence that Yu Zhigan didn't say, that was, the wages were deducted from the money sent by Cheng Yaojin.
Now Yu Zhigan has made some changes to Cheng Yaojin. Although this guy is rough and careless, he really has nothing to say about his daughter. When he learned that Yu Zhigan renovated the East Palace because he wanted to marry his daughter, he sent someone to deliver 10,000 taels of silver without saying a word, which is much more reliable than his father.
In the Eastern Palace, several major buildings are still there after entering the door, and some places in the back bedroom have been pushed down. A clearing of open space has been cleared, and a group of civilians, guards and others are speeding up construction.
Yu Zhigan did not use a wooden structure, but made a brick house, and the bed was directly built into a kang. It was really too cold. Yu Zhigan's bedroom was covered with a thick quilt. If he didn't hug someone at night, Yu Zhigan would feel cold all over.
In addition, Yu Zhigan took some of the glass burned in the fire cellar to the East Palace. This time he did not plan to use ordinary wooden windows, but glass windows. However, Yu Zhigan is not as rich as a rich man to use high-transparent glass that can be used as mirrors. Most of them are failed items, but this thing is also glass, and you can make a lot of money by taking it out.
"It's time to build a greenhouse. You can grow some vegetables in winter. Now I feel that there are fewer and fewer foods on the dining table!"
After the weather became colder, Yu Zhigan also discovered a very serious problem, that is, the food on the table began to increase and more meat, and vegetables began to become extremely precious. At lunch today, there was a dish of cabbage, and the rest were meat, such as barbecue and stewed meat. What do you know how Su Dongpo and Gou Huanyu made the meat into more than a dozen different ways to eat it.
"It seems that selling watermelon, cabbage and other things in winter should be very profitable!"
Yu Zhigan began to think about it again. Yu Zhigan felt that he was always short of money. He had just made some money and was not cheated away, so he immediately spent it.
After the winter began, in the business that Yu Zhi is doing, the only one who can make money can be sold is selling coal balls and honeycomb coal. However, it seems that someone has discovered this business opportunity and transported coal from other places to sell. The price is similar to that of Yu Zhi, and it has divided part of Yu Zhi’s profit.
In addition, the mahjong has completely lost profits. Two days before Yu Zhi started, he cursed the guy who pirated his mahjong and gave birth to a baby. I don’t know if it is useful.
The glass mirror is still the same. The Hu people in the West Market have not come yet, and the Hu people are not buying on a large scale. Thank you for selling a few dollars a day.
However, there is also good news, it is cold, and people in Chang'an don't like to go out very much. Yu Zhi's buffet business has been much worse, and he has lost a little less every day.
But now the East Palace is in the East Palace, and spending money every day is like flowing water. Although there is no shortage of money for the time being, Yu Zhigan is still a little worried. If there is no new entry, the East Palace may go bankrupt again before the beginning of spring.
"As a matter of course, people can't spend impulse. In the past, they bought a house on Double Eleven, but now they bought a house. The budget was only 50,000 taels, but now it's almost 80,000 taels. Is it that expensive to build a house?"
Yu Zhigan looked at the busy crowd on the construction site and was somewhat suspicious that the supervisor Heshen had committed an old problem again!
Chapter completed!