Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 229 Making Rugby

In Gao Ming's mind, football is a sport that emphasizes cooperation and is also very confrontational. It may be biased to say it is rude, but it is too false to say it is elegant.

But Gao Ming believed that Hegan Chengji had no guts to lie to him, so he immediately became suspicious.

"Is there really that big difference between Datang's cuju and football?"

With such doubts in mind, Gao Ming returned to the East Palace, and he was surprised to find that the difference between modern football and Tang Cuju is really great, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the difference is sky and earth.

Cuju was brought by Li Mingda from a concubine. Looking at this light and flimsy thing, Gao Ming felt that even if Beckham came, he would not be able to complete the feat of 50-meter long-range shooting.

To be precise, this kind of ball, let alone a long-range goal, even if it is kicked, it will not fly 30 meters.

"No wonder those foreigners in later generations refuse to admit that football was invented in China. Isn't the difference too big? No, I have to find some professional people to play it!"

In order to prove his conjecture, Gao Ming specially invited a few court ladies to demonstrate how to kick Cuju.

Then, Gao Ming saw the scene where the court ladies kicked Cuju as a shuttlecock. Seeing this scene, Gao Ming sighed helplessly.

"Oh, it's no wonder that Hegan Chengji said that Cuju is an elegant thing. In my opinion, he was very polite without saying that it is something for women."

Seeing the court ladies happily playing, Gao Ming immediately gave up the idea of ​​developing football to Datang.

The reasons for giving up are firstly the limitations of football materials, and secondly Gao Ming doesn't know much about the rules of football.

Most importantly, Gao Ming finds it troublesome.

"Isn't it just to find a game for the soldiers to play? Does it need to be so complicated? Since they think cuju is too elegant, why don't I just find a rude one for them?"

In Gao Ming's mind, there are two kinds of sports suitable for the army, individual wrestling and group rugby.

In fact, wrestling was already very popular in the Tang Dynasty, but people didn't care that this kind of sport was called wrestling, but called "Jiaodi" or "Sumo".

That's right, the most popular wrestling sport of two big fat men in the later island countries was actually passed down in the Tang Dynasty, and the name has not been changed for more than 1000 years.

Gao Ming despises such behavior, so he has made up his mind that in the future, the dwarves of the Wa country must pay a "property fee".

Gao Ming did not intend to train fat people to play sumo in Datang, and the barracks had already started training soldiers in wrestling and fighting, so there was no need for Gao Ming to popularize it.

Therefore, Gao Ming put his attention on rugby.

Rugby football originated in England, formerly known as Rugby football, because the shape of the ball resembles an olive, so it is called rugby in our country.

When Gao Ming is idle and bored, he occasionally watches rugby games. In his opinion, the so-called rugby games are actually a game of a burly man holding a ball and rushing all the way to the end.

Simple, direct and brutal.

And when the time comes, as long as the soldiers of the Hundred Cavalry Guards put on their stomachs, they can go directly to play rugby without even the protective gear.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

"That's it!"

Gao Ming's temper has always been to do as soon as he thinks about it. After making a decision, he immediately asked the waiter to find a piece of deerskin, and then cut two large oval pieces of material from it by himself.

Seeing Gao Ming's actions, Shi Shu's face suddenly showed a hint of distress.

In the palace, deerskin is generally made into jackets or boots, and those who are qualified to wear deerskin products, except for the emperor, are only princes and princesses like Gao Ming, and even some unfavored concubines are Can't wear it, let alone an ordinary court lady.

But now, Gao Ming has cut two big holes in this big piece of deerskin. It is impossible to make jackets and boots, which makes Shishu very distressed.

"What a pity!"

At this time Gao Ming was in the midst of excitement, he didn't notice Shi Shu's expression, after he cut off the deerskin he needed, he smiled at Shi Shu.

"Haha, that's all right, waiter, go get me some needles and thread, remember the thread should be stronger."

"Yes!"

The servant quickly found the needle and thread, and Gao Ming took the needle and thread and started to sew the football. Seeing his crappy needlework, the servant immediately covered his mouth and laughed.

"Hee hee, His Royal Highness is making a bag, right? Let the servant girl come!"

Hearing the servant's laughter, Gao Ming immediately laughed too.

"Okay, since you will, you can come, here!"

After saying that, Gao Ming gave the deerskin and needle and thread to Shi Shu, who immediately started to sew after taking the needle and thread.

Unlike Gao Ming, who is an amateur "handicraft enthusiast", Shi Shu is very professional. In her hands, the needles and threads are constantly interspersed, and the stitches are very neat, as if they were sewn by a machine. Seeing Gao Ming stunned.

"Amazing!"

Hearing Gao Ming's compliment, Shi Shu blushed immediately, she bit her lip, and started to sew even harder.

With the efforts of Shi Shu, the football made of deerskin was quickly formed. When there was only one hole left, Shi Shu stopped and smiled at Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, your buckskin bag is finished!"

Hearing Shishu's words, Gao Ming immediately reacted and nodded towards Shishu.

"Well, you wait for a while!"

As he said that, Gao Ming picked up the scissors again, and cut all the remaining deerskin into pieces. Seeing Gao Ming's "prodigal" behavior, the servant suddenly opened his mouth in shock.

Seeing Shi Shu's surprised expression, Gao Ming suddenly smiled and patted her little face.

"Don't be dazed, turn over the deerskin bag quickly, and stuff all the deerskins into it."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Shi Shu finally came to his senses and nodded quickly.

"Yes, the maid understands."

Although the secretary didn't understand why Gao Ming got a deerskin bag, and he didn't understand why he cut up the deerskin and stuffed it into the bag, but this didn't prevent her from completing the tasks assigned by Gao Ming to the letter.

Because it is her responsibility!

Soon, the waiter stuffed more than half of the deerskin into the deerskin bag, and she shook her head at Gao Ming when she couldn't put it in.

"His Royal Highness, I can't pretend to go in!"

At this time, the buckskin bag has changed a lot, from a shriveled buckskin bag to a football.

Gao Ming pressed the buckskin football with his hand, and found that the inside was indeed tight enough, so he nodded in satisfaction.

"Well, yes, Shi Shu, now you can sew up this hole."

"Yes!"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Shi Shu immediately sewed up the hole in the football.

Looking at the fully formed rugby in front of him, Gao Ming immediately burst out laughing happily.

"Hahahaha, that's great, it's just as I imagined, Shi Shu, thank you very much!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Shi Shu's face turned red again, and she quickly bent down and gave Gao Ming a blessing.

"This is what a servant girl should do, as long as His Royal Highness is happy."

Seeing her humble expression, Gao Ming immediately smacked his lips.

"Tsk tsk... What a sensible girl, if the crown prince doesn't reward you, it's really unreasonable. Come on, give me a boo, huh!"

"..."

At first, when Gao Ming said that he wanted to reward himself, Shi Shu thought about whether to refuse, but before she could react, Gao Ming kissed her on the face, feeling the warmth on his face , Shi Shu's face turned red again.

"His Royal Highness..."

Looking at Shishu with flushed cheeks, Gao Ming suddenly smiled triumphantly.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with this reward?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Shi Shu didn't know how to answer. He said he was happy, but he seemed a little unreserved, and he said he was not happy, and worried that Gao Ming would be angry.

Just when the waiter didn't know how to answer, Gao Ming spoke again.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. The thing I asked you to sew today is called rugby. You will teach the other court ladies later, and then sew a hundred of them for me!"

"a hundred?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Shi Shu's eyes widened with a shy face, showing shock on his face.

"His Royal Highness, there are not a hundred buckskins in our East Palace!"

Seeing Shishu's surprised look, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't have buckskin. You can use any cowhide and sheepskin, as long as you can make a football."

Hearing that Gao Ming said that deerskin is not needed, Shishu also heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately nodded.

"The servant girl understands. Your Highness, please rest assured. Before noon tomorrow, the servant girl must prepare a hundred rugby balls for the Prince."

"Well, it doesn't matter if you're late, let's go!"

"Yes!"

The waiter agreed and went down, while Gao Ming was tired after wandering around the barracks all afternoon, so he took a rest after washing.

The next morning, when Gao Ming finished his radio gymnastics and started to eat breakfast, he saw Shi Jian instructing several eunuchs to move things.

Gao Ming took a closer look and found that what they were carrying was rugby!
"How could it be done so quickly?"

I saw that these rugby balls were placed in big bamboo baskets, each with more than a dozen bamboo baskets, and seven or eight bamboo baskets were moved into the yard at this time, and the people behind were still moving. !
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

"This is an overfulfilled task. Let me see how the quality of the item is!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately stepped forward, took out a football from the bamboo basket, and inspected it carefully.

After checking more than a dozen in a row, Gao Ming found that the footballs made of sheepskin were not only of good quality, but also of very uniform size, and there was no difference in size.

"That's right, it seems that the little girl Shishu is quite capable of handling things!"

Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction while speaking.

Shi Shu was instructing the eunuchs to move the rugby at the gate of the yard, and when Gao Ming praised her, two red clouds appeared on her pretty face again, and her heart was pounding like a deer.

"His Royal Highness is really gentle!"

(End of this chapter)