In addition to playing, Ang Lee also attached great importance to exercise. However, if it was just a simple exercise, it would be too boring. Only by combining exercise with fun would the exercise be more interesting and easier for people to persevere.
For example, if a person were to run alone, it would be a form of exercise. However, if it was only one person running, most people would not be able to persevere. This was because it was too tedious and boring.
However, if a group of people were allowed to run together and chase each other, the effect would be different. It would be more fun and easier for people to persevere.
However, running was less confrontational, so the fun was limited. On the other hand, more intense sports competitions would be more interesting, such as kickball and polo competitions, which would make people feel more fun.
Ang Lee set up a beach kickball game at the beach of Aden City's harbor, and the polo match was held in an open space outside the city. After all, polo matches required a lot of space. The space inside the city was very limited, so it would be too crowded. On the other hand, there was enough space outside the city to satisfy the needs of polo matches and spectators.
Cuju was football. It was a very ancient sport. It had been around since the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period. By the time it was developed in the Great Tang Dynasty, it was already very perfect. The rules were getting more and more perfect, and the quality of Cuju was getting better and better.
However, it was Li An's invention of the all-rubber Cuju, as well as his formulation of the Cuju rules, that signaled the development of Cuju into a new era. It also made Cuju even more fun.
The history of Kickball's development originated from the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, Kickball became a sport that no one played. However, after the rise of the Han Dynasty, Kickball became popular again. The emperor of the Han Dynasty valued martial arts and saw Kickball as the way to rule the country. Kickball was not only widely spread in the army, but also in the palace and nobles. It became a very popular sport.
One of the more famous stories was about Liu Bang's father. This old man was used to living in the countryside and couldn't adapt to the life in the palace. He was depressed all day and couldn't be happy at all. In order to make his old father happy, Liu Bang built a new city similar to Pei County a hundred miles away from Chang 'an City and moved all the people in his hometown to this new city. Old Liu and his wife also moved there. Every day, people would play Kickball in this new city, just like the scene in Pei County. Hence, Old Liu became happy. This showed how popular Kickball was, especially among the people of the lower class. It had even become an essential entertainment for the ancient people when they traveled.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a talented and bold emperor, also often held Kickball meetings in the palace.
Dong Xian, the favored minister of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, even specially raised Kickball, which was equivalent to a football star in the future. This showed how popular Kickball was in the Han Dynasty.
Because Kickball was so popular in the Han Dynasty, there were even many people who specialized in Kickball and even published books. For example, Kickball 25 was the earliest professional sports book in Hua Xia and the first professional sports book in the world. Ban Gu even listed Kickball 25 as a military book and saw it as an essential training skill for soldiers. Unfortunately, it was lost later on.
The Han Dynasty people were obsessed with Kickball. In the end, they vomited blood and died from exhaustion. This showed their obsession with Kickball.
During the Three Kingdoms, Two Jin Dynasties, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, because of the frequent wars and invasions of foreign tribes, the people's lives were extremely poor. Kickball gradually declined and people became motherless children.
But in the era of the Great Tang, as the country gradually grew stronger, the chaos of war gradually subsided. Thus, cuju, this popular sport, once again flourished.
Moreover, the Kickball technology of the Tang Dynasty was much better than that of the Han Dynasty. First, eight pieces of pointed skin were used to replace the previous two pieces of skin, making the ball look rounder.
Secondly, the ball shell was replaced by a urine bubble filled with hair. It became an inflatable Kickball, which was far ahead of other countries in the world.
Because the ball was lighter, the Great Tang's Cuju could be kicked higher, making it even more enjoyable to play.
Of course, after Ang Lee invented the rubber football, the effect went further. The inner was made of solid rubber material, and the outer layer was also made of wear-resistant and soft rubber. In this way, Kickball became lighter and easier to use, and it was more enjoyable to play.
The biggest improvement of the Tang Dynasty was that women joined the game of football. However, women did not need a goal to play football. They were good at kicking high and playing tricks. There were even female football stars with superb skills. In order to please the guests, the brothel women also learned to play football. Moreover, they played it quite well.
"Kickball passes the flying birds time and time again, the swing rises in the weeping poplar."
This was a poem by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. From the first half of the sentence, it could be seen how high Kickball could be kicked. It was even higher than the birds in the sky.
There was also a sentence in Du Fu's Qingming poem, "Ten years of Kickball will make the chicks far away, ten thousand miles of swing customs will be the same." This sentence fully explained the popularity of Kickball.
There was also a poem by Lu You, "Cold food in the hundreds of thousands of households in Liang Province, the swing and Kickball are luxurious. The road into Liang Province is flat, the swing and Kickball take advantage of Qingming."
These famous poems all pointed out the popularity of Kickball in the Tang Dynasty. It was also because the people of the Tang Dynasty loved Kickball that the physique of the people of the Tang Dynasty was strengthened and the army of the Tang Dynasty was invincible. If it were not for the separation of the feudal towns, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would have been able to conquer the world.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, even the emperor was addicted to football. Tang Wenzong often climbed up the Qinzheng Building alone and watched people play Kickball and wrestle from above. This was not bad. Later, Tang Xizong personally participated in Kickball and cockfighting. He was simply an emperor in the marketplace.
When the last emperor, Zhaozong, was in trouble, the six armies all ran away, leaving only a group of playboys who usually played Kickball with him. It could be seen what the emperor usually did.
The Great Song Dynasty was an era that valued the civil and despised the military. The enthusiasm of the people to join the army was much weaker than in the Tang Dynasty. However, the development of Kickball in the Great Song Dynasty was not affected by the emphasis on the civil and despised the military. Even the emperor liked Kickball.
The famous Grand Commandant of the Song Dynasty, Gao Qiu, played Kickball with Emperor Huizong of Song and established a good relationship. That was how he rose to the top and became a Grand Commandant of the Great Song Dynasty.
Cuju still existed in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, but it was no longer as popular and its influence was greatly reduced. When it came to the Qing Dynasty, Cuju almost completely disappeared. There were almost no records of Cuju in the history books of the Qing Dynasty.
In other words, Kickball appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and experienced the glory of the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, Kickball had completely declined and no one cared about it.
The later Hua Xia began to pay attention to Kickball. However, no matter how much manpower, money, and material resources were invested, the level of Hua Xia's football did not improve much. It seemed that it would never be able to reproduce the glory of the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty.
Of course, in the process of Kickball's decline, there were more human factors. It was not that the sport was really unpopular.
Ang Lee had not played Kickball for a long time. This time, on the beach in Aden City, he was going to do his best to show his subordinates that he was not old.
The terrain of the beach was not very suitable for Kickball, but there was a lot of space. Moreover, it was inevitable that one would fall while playing Kickball. With the soft sand as a cushion, the chances of injury would be reduced. It was much less troublesome than spending time and energy to pave the grass.
The rules that Ang Lee had set were completely the rules of football in the modern era. Each team had ten players and one goalkeeper, so there were a total of twenty-two players on each team.
Although it was just for fun, if there was no support from the audience, it would not be very interesting. The fun of the game would be reduced by a lot, especially with young and beautiful girls. When watching the game, if they cheered, it would definitely greatly stimulate the passion and potential of the players, making the players work harder in the game.
In order to accommodate more people to watch the competition at the same time, the spectator stands were built around the competition venue. The other three sides were still fine, but the side closest to the sea was built directly in the sea. Anyway, the water by the sea wasn't very deep. Even if someone accidentally fell into the sea, it wouldn't be a big deal. They could just swim to the sea and be fine.
The most luxurious spectator stands were naturally on the highest shore, which was opposite the spectator stands in the sea. It was easier to build more luxurious stands and all kinds of facilities on land, such as shading facilities, chairs, and tables, etc.
The spectator stands on both sides of the shore only had seats. The spectator stands in the sea were stacks of stairs. There were no chairs, so the spectators could only stand and watch the game.
Of course, the price of the tickets was different. The front tickets were the highest, the sides were the cheapest, and the ones standing in the sea were even cheaper. People of different classes could come in and watch the game.
During the few days of the trial opening, the Tang Empire's soccer players were performing. There were quite a lot of spectators, and there were spectators of all levels. There were spectators from all directions.
As the wonderful football performances spread, the number of spectators began to increase. After all, Aden was a commercial city. There were many rich and idle people. It was a good choice to watch a sports game when they were bored.
On the tenth day of the game, Ang Lee was going to show his skills in person. He had already advertised that he was going to participate in the football game.
This news was very sensational. Hearing that Ang Lee was going to participate in the game, all the nobles in Aden were interested. Some of them had never had a chance to see Ang Lee. This was good news!
As for some young ladies who were in love, they had long heard that Li An was handsome and dashing, and that he was a rare hero. Their hearts had long been set on him, and if they didn't take this opportunity to take a look at Li An, they would be letting themselves down.
As a result, the tickets were quickly sold out. As a result, some businessmen who did not manage to buy tickets would pay a high price to buy tickets from others. As a result, scalpers were created. They were responsible for buying tickets from people who had tickets and then selling them to people who needed them at a high price, thus earning the difference in price.
"Assistant Minister Li, the game is going to start in half an hour. Should we prepare?"
Nan Xia walked over and said.
Ang Lee washed his face and nodded. "You go to the field first. I'll go after changing."
After Yun 'er and the others helped Ang Lee change, Ang Lee looked at them and said, "You guys go too. Cheer for me in the spectator stands. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Alang. We understand. Hehehe!"
The four girls all grinned.
When Ang Lee arrived at the game field, the audience inside was almost full. There were 100 soldiers of the Tang dynasty in charge of maintaining order, which could ensure the smooth progress of the game.
Ang Lee looked up and found that all the seats were occupied by the audience. There was no empty seat. It could be seen that the local people loved football.
"Big Brother, we are opponents today. Let's see who can win the game."
Li Feiyu also participated in the game. Moreover, he brought several skilled subordinates with him. It seemed that he would not stop until he won the championship.
Of course, this was just a joke. He didn't want to beat Ang Lee. After all, Ang Lee's current status was much higher than his, and his prestige was far beyond his reach. In order to maintain Ang Lee's image, he would not beat Ang Lee in the game. He just said this to create an atmosphere. After all, since the audience had bought tickets, they had to play seriously. At least, they had to let the audience see a satisfactory game.
Ang Lee laughed and said, "I have the help of the Southern Army. Do you think I'm afraid of you? Hahahaha!"
This was also a joke. The Southern Army's level of Cuju was good, but it couldn't guarantee that they would win. However, Ang Lee still believed in his own strength. As long as he played seriously, he should be able to beat Li Feiyu's team.
"Look, there are quite a lot of people in the audience. Many of them are daughters of businessmen. We have to perform well. We can't let the audience down. Haha! "
Ang Lee said with a smile.
"Big Brother is right. Southern Army General, you can't let me win! I've long wanted to experience your Cuju level. "
Li Feiyu said.
Southern Army laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you win. I won't let you enter a single group. Haha!"
After everyone discussed for a while, they sat on the stools at the side and waited for the game to officially start.
Ang Lee raised his eyes and glanced. On the viewing platform, Yun 'er and the others were already in position. When they saw Ang Lee's gaze, they quickly waved their hands in excitement.
Beside Yun 'er were many young ladies. This was also the humanized side of the viewing platform. The male and female audience were separated. This way, harassment could be greatly avoided.
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