Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 363 World Cup

Zhu Gaoxu was enjoying himself while eating raisins and watching a group of soldiers drill on the school field ahead.

Throwing a raisin high, the beauty from the Western Regions next to her caught it with her mouth, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a shallow but flattering smile. Zhu Gaoxu patted her face and said, "Good catch, thanks."

Zhu Gaoxu was merciless when rewarding two kinds of people, one was a man who was good at fighting, and the other was a good-looking and servile woman.

Zhu Gaoxu doesn't like that kind of good-looking but arrogant woman. If you are arrogant in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu will ignore you.

"Your Highness, what kind of sport are these soldiers practicing now? Why have you never seen this before?" The beauty gave Zhu Gaoxu a leg-beating after receiving a reward, and asked curiously.

"This is not called training. What these people practice is called football."

"Football? It's a bit like Cuju."

"Yes, what this kid Zhan Yan created is that people from both sides are on this field, kicking the ball around to see whoever scores more goals wins. The meaning is quite interesting, but he is not allowed to bring a knife on the field, mother I'm a little angry."

When Zhu Gaoxu first knew that this event was going to be held, he couldn't bring a knife to fight.

But after he gradually started to get in touch with it, he felt that this sport seemed to be pretty good, with strong skills and confrontation.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu took off his coat: "I will accompany you to practice today."

While speaking, Zhu Gaoxu also filled the field. Although he was a bit older, he was a strong soldier after all, and ordinary boys might not have his stamina.

Generally speaking, within a large company, a certain sport is particularly popular, whether it is basketball, football, badminton, table tennis, etc., the reason must be that the big leaders like it and are willing to spend money to hold games to activate the company's internal sports environment.

Under such circumstances, the team assembled by this company still has a certain degree of competitiveness at least at the ordinary level.

If the big leaders like it, they are willing to spend money and energy to promote it, but the team formed will pull the horse out, let alone at the ordinary level, even if the number of those people is less than [-]% of yours, the money spent is less than yours. One percent of the teams will play you according to the rules.

That means that there must be something wrong with the person in charge in the middle.

Under the leadership of Zhu Gaoxu, the team atmosphere of the entire Western Region Kingdom is very enthusiastic, and with a wave of Zhu Gaoxu's hand, all the prize money won by the World Cup will be distributed to each player, and according to the different rankings obtained, the Western Region Kingdom also has different rewards, rewards Quite rich.

For a time, the entire Western Kingdom, as long as they were men of the right age, whether they were ordinary people or soldiers, started to play football, and even prisoners gave them a ball, looking for talented people, as long as they were talented, they were selected into the Western Kingdom football team, and even avoid jail time.

Except for the Kingdom of the Western Regions, the situation is similar in other places. All parts of the world are preparing for the World Cup, especially Britain and France. They have just experienced wars, and now they need a national carnival to boost their confidence.

Joan of Arc is not very good at these sports, but out of support for Zhu Zhanqian, she still tried her best to promote football.

After the Lunar New Year, Zhu Zhanqian went to North America, and the first place he came to was New York Harbor. Zhu Zhanqian still called it 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 these places with good ports at this stage.

Many people who come to North America to pan for gold come ashore from here. Although it is far away from the place where the gold mine is rumored to be found, most of them are coming to North America for the first time. Those who are not familiar with the place should find a place to settle down Among the port cities built by Zhu Zhanqian's orders, this is the place where ships come and go most frequently, so everyone naturally comes here.

Zhu Zhanqian is quite satisfied with the construction of the new Shanghai city. At the same time, football fields have been built in several port cities along the coast. When the game is played in different places, it can drive local entertainment and economy.

In the administrative center of New York, Zhu Zhanqian was holding a list in his hand, and he was very headache. Chen Youshan also reported to Zhu Zhanqin with a look of embarrassment: "Your Highness, there are too many people smuggling here, and North America now we The manpower is also insufficient, and the coastline is too long, and there is no way to stop them from sneaking in."

Although it is troublesome, it is an expected trouble, Zhu Zhanqin frowned slightly: "From another perspective, it also shows that everyone is very enthusiastic about going to North America now."

"But Your Highness, among these people there are mixed fish and dragons, and it is not impossible for desperadoes to mix in."

"Our activity of rewarding people for catching people came a few days ago with two corpses and said that the corpses were smugglers, because there is a rule that only people who are alive will be rewarded. After investigation, it was discovered that the two people who were killed were both They came here through normal channels, but those who caught people to receive the rewards were stowaways."

"The plot is so bad, just cut it off."

"Understood, but this is not a long-term solution, Your Highness."

Zhu Zhan frowned, and he understood, but there is no particularly good way to solve it now.

"There is another thing, Your Highness, the aborigines living in North America had a lot of conflicts some time ago, and we finally came forward to evaluate the matter, but because of the differences in cultural habits, the conflicts between the aborigines and the newcomers will definitely continue. break out."

"There are Ming people, Nanyang people, Ottoman people, and Ingoland French people among our people. Our cultures are also very different, and we can still coexist together."

"But the aborigines in North America have a very strong sense of territory, and they will attack immediately when they get close."

"Then what do you think should be done?"

Chen Youshan hesitated for a while and said, "Your Highness, why don't you attack?"

Zhu Zhanqian stood up and waved his hands: "We have no grievances or enmity, if I exterminate his family, I will be the number one villain in the world, something that does not exist in our culture, this is an insult to the national ethos. "

"How about this, you send people to discuss with them, and delineate some places as their scope. We will conduct equal business and trade with them, and at the same time teach them the culture of Ming Dynasty. Although it is troublesome, we have a clear conscience."

"It's Your Highness."

……

A few months later, it was summer, and warm cheers came from Neptune Garden Plaza next to No.1 People's Square in New York.

This is an arena that can accommodate nearly 3000 people. The technology of this era is already very advanced. There are still a large group of people outside the stadium. Because there are no tickets, they can only listen to the movement inside.

"Buy the ball, buy the ball, a lot of money."

"I buy France, I buy Ingoland."

"France must win."

"Great gift and blood special, Yinggelan will win."

No matter how the external environment of this world changes, the relationship between Ingoland and France will always be so harmonious.

Zhu Zhanqian also specially arranged for the opening ceremony of the World Cup to be a war between Britain and France. One is because of gimmicks, and the other is because there are a huge number of English and French people in North America.

The distance between the two is the closest. Daming is far enough to come to North America, while Ingoland and France are much closer, so countless people come here to pan for gold.

At this time, the venues are overcrowded, and the promotion of the game for nearly a year has brought many people into contact with the sport of football. This kind of sport that can bring people happiness in their spare time can be quickly spread without too much promotion. It's all the rage.

And now that there are many places in North America, not to mention laying lawns, just set up two goals, and it is very convenient to run a football game.

Today's World Cup opening ceremony was extremely lively. Apart from the audience inside, there were many people outside the stadium. Although they couldn't see it, they could come and feel the lively atmosphere.

Zhu Zhanqian arranged for a few hosts to be outside the arena, and to explain what happened inside the arena to people outside the arena through the fast-delivered note messages. Language, according to different languages, divides people into several groups.

Of course, in addition to watching the game, friends forever in the World Cup, gambling bah, gambling has also emerged as the times require, and now peripheral port betting is very lively.

This matter was also reported to Zhu Zhanqian who was watching the opening ceremony in the infield. After Zhu Zhanqian heard the incident, he nodded and whispered a few words to the visitor before continuing to watch the game.

"What's the matter?" asked Zhu Gaoxu, a football fan who came to North America to participate in the World Cup.

"It's not a big deal, there are people gambling outside, it's no big deal."

"Aren't you allowed to gamble? Then I'll ask someone to accept it."

"Second Uncle, is this your man?" Zhu Zhanqian was speechless.

"There are a few. I specially asked them to gamble outside. You don't know that this business can bring in money much faster than other businesses." Zhu Gaoxu said with a blushing face. I am proud of it.

"Second Uncle, gambling and manipulating the game is not a good thing."

"What do you mean by manipulating the game? I also use manipulating the game. I set up a football league in the Kingdom of the Western Regions. As far as the odds of the game are concerned, there is no need to manipulate the game. It is basically impossible for the banker to lose money. I ordered other people not to start gambling without permission. You can only gamble in my casino, and you can make a lot of money, but football activities are getting more and more lively, and people who don’t play often come to make up the number.”

Zhu Zhanqian was inspired by Zhu Gaoxu. This thing cannot be stopped, but if it is allowed to develop, many bad things may happen, and even lead to the destruction of some ordinary people's families.

"How about this, I will create a place where you can buy football and scores, but except for this place, any other places are prohibited from buying football."

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Second Uncle has experience in this matter, Second Uncle can send someone to do it with you."

"Okay, since the second uncle also has an idea, let's cooperate."

Zhu Zhanqian doesn't reject it either, after all, as long as it's this kind of thing, the second uncle has some unique opinions of his own, and they are often very useful.

"Who will win, Yinggelan or France? Our uncle and nephew will fight each other." Zhu Gaoxu got excited and wanted to gamble with Zhu Zhanqian.

Zhu Zhanqian asked back: "Second uncle, let's choose first."

"The French have better physical fitness and better tactical coordination, especially the kid named Mbappé. He has come to our Western Region Kingdom to play football, I want to train a star, I bet France wins, win two goals."

"My second uncle and I have different opinions. I think Ingeland will win."

"Hahaha, Zhan Yan, although you initiated the World Cup, it seems that you still don't know much about football. Ingolan's tactics, running positions, and player abilities are not at the same level as France."

At this moment, Zhu Zhanqian beckoned and the attendants around him lowered their heads, and Zhu Zhanqian said, "Please, I will let Ingoland win France 3:1 later."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Zhanqian in surprise: "Good boy, you are so blatantly playing tricks."

"Second Uncle, how can this be called playful? Off-court strength is also a part of strength."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and didn't say anything. Anyway, he didn't say anything about gambling, it was just a win or loss.

Just to let everyone know a truth: in the end, Zhu Zhanqian has the final say.

Then the direction of the game finally came to the result that Zhu Zhanqian said. Everyone was opposed to someone manipulating the game and manipulating the score, except for those who could manipulate the game.

The next thing that attracted the most attention was the Daming football team, a huge country that sent the strongest team, ambitious to win the final victory of the game.

But what is surprising is that the Daming football team, which is well-organized, well-equipped, and well-paid, was kicked 5:0 and 8:0 in the group stage in succession. All look silly.

"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be." Zhu Zhanqian even suspected that someone was manipulating the game behind his back, so he ordered someone to investigate immediately after the second game, to check the situation to the death.

Although theoretically speaking, the Daming football team is not Zhu Zhanqian's home team, but he is an out-and-out Daming person, and he would lose face if his own country's team played like this.

The cost of the Daming football team is more than that of Ingoland and France combined. Daming has a large population and a strong army. How can it be played like this?

The news came soon and the root cause was found.

"Your Highness, I found it. Among the members of the Daming football team, No. [-] is the coach's brother-in-law, No. [-] is the coach's second brother-in-law, No. [-] is the coach's brother-in-law's brother-in-law, and the goalkeeper is the coach's sister-in-law's brother-in-law." illegitimate child."

Zhu Zhan was furious: "Whoever is in charge will soon make it into a family affair. If you win, you will be damned. Drag me out and go to prison. No one will be spared."

(End of this chapter)