Yipin Tang

Chapter 170
Injured feet are troublesome. Many things are inconvenient to do. If you accidentally touch the injured foot, it will hurt badly. It will be very discordant all night...

This year's first snow finally quietly stopped.

Because I didn't go to bed until very late, and because my foot was injured and I couldn't practice Wu Qinxi, it was rare to sleep late on the second day. After waking up, just after washing up and preparing to have breakfast, the group of dudes from the Ju Bang brigade came to the door one after another.

Except for Cheng Chuliang, the rest of the dandy’s house didn’t have the habit of eating breakfast. Seeing the sumptuous breakfast in Lin Chuanhou’s mansion, Wang Xiang naturally had to entertain them. Although Cheng Chuliang came here after eating, it didn’t prevent him from eating two more drawers of cabbage. Mutton buns, Aunt Lin's task has suddenly increased a lot, but seeing so many young masters like to eat her mutton buns, Aunt Lin doesn't feel troublesome at all.

Seeing a group of voracious dandies, Wang Xiang smiled bitterly and asked, "Why are you here? Didn't I ask you to carry out cooperative training according to the method I said?"

Cheng Chuliang swallowed the cabbage and mutton bun in one gulp and said, "No training today."

"Why?" Wang Xiang was very puzzled. They were all in high spirits when they left yesterday, so why didn't they practice today.

Gao Zhenxing shook his head and said: "It's not that we don't want to train, it's just that we can't train today, the snow that fell yesterday melted, and the training ground is all muddy, so we can't train at all, so we discussed it and came to find Zixin. Continue to listen to you talk about that... the way of football."

Cheng Chuliang interjected: "Yeah, after I went back yesterday, I told our old man about the football you mentioned and other tactical rules. He said that your suggestion was very good. He will go to find it today Uncle Qin and Uncle Li discussed, maybe this year's Cuju competition will be done according to what you said, and the old man also asked people to try to improve the balls used in Cuju as you said."

"Uncle Cheng also knows Cuju?" Wang Xiang looked at Cheng Chuliang and remembered his mighty shoulder throw. It was hard to believe that Cheng Yaojin knew Cuju, civilized Cuju.

This time without Cheng Chuliang speaking, someone has already spoken for him: "Old General Cheng is a master of Cuju, he is known as the King of Ju in Chang'an, even His Majesty is full of praise for General Cheng's Cuju skills, he is the referee in the Cuju Competition every year .”

King Ju?Lao Cheng is so awesome?
Seeing Cheng Chuliang's triumphant look and the faces of all the dandies, it is not a lie to think that Lao Cheng's title of Ju Wang is not a lie. When he was young, Lao Cheng was good at eating, drinking and having fun, maybe he was really a master of Cuju.

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiang said: "Although cuju pays attention to tactics, it still relies on actual combat training after all. It's not enough to just talk about it on paper."

Cheng Chuliang said helplessly: "But the field is full of mud and it is impossible to train at all."

"It's not difficult, I have a way."

"What way?" These guys have long been eager to try after seeing Wang Xiang's performance yesterday.

"You go to Gewuyuan to find Li Daochang, and ask him to send someone to pull a few carts of cinders to your house... Forget it, let's take it to my farm. The stadium in your house is too small. I will find a place on the farm. Build a stadium for your training."

It would be a great thing to build a stadium in the mansion, so Xiao Cheng Chuliang didn't feel embarrassed when he heard Wang Xiang say about the stadium in his mansion, and asked curiously: "What is cinder?"

"You don't understand even if you say it, anyway, you can just tell Daochang Li like this."

The reason why he thought of building a stadium in Zhuangshang was firstly that the Jubo team could use it for training, and secondly, he thought of the group of black guards in Zhuangshang. The sport of Cuju might slowly change their character.

Gao Zhenxing asked, "Is Zixin also going to watch our training?"

Wang Xiang nodded and said, "Go, as a coach, of course you have to watch the players train."

Wang Xiang was really worried if he didn't look at them. He was really worried about the Jubo team and these Cuju hooligans, but it was very cool to have a team of his own to live the addiction of coaching.

Cheng Chuliang took people to Gewuyuan to ask Li Chunfeng for cinders, while Wang Xiang and others went to the village to choose a place to build the stadium.

As soon as the snow melted, the ground was immediately muddy. Even though Aqinu's driving skills were good, the wounded Wang Xiang was still jolting. Fortunately, Zhuangzi was not very far from Chang'an City.

Not long after choosing a good place, Cheng Chuliang brought the cinder pullers over. To Wang Xiang's surprise, Old Cheng and Qin Qiong also came.

"Zixin, I heard that you are going to build a stadium to train the Cuju team. Uncle Qin and I will come over to have a look. Are your feet okay?"

"Thank you, Uncle Cheng, for your concern. A little injury is nothing serious."

"Haha, your body is too weak, you can even hurt your feet in Cuju."

Wang Xiang touched his nose in embarrassment.

Qin Qiong asked: "I heard from Chu Liang that you asked him to bring these... cinders here?" He didn't know what cinders were, they looked like dirt.

Wang Xiang explained: "The heavy snow melts and the muddy ground makes it impossible for the team to train, but these cinders absorb water and are non-slip, so they won't affect the team's training if they are laid on the ground."

"I see." Qin Qiong nodded.

Gewuyuan used a lot of coal mines to make glass and forge weapons. Cheng Chuliang brought all the leftover cinders. There were several carts. .After the three-inch thick cinder was laid, the ground suddenly became dry and flat. Cheng Chuliang stepped hard on the court and looked very satisfied.

The size of the stadium was built according to the size of the Cuju competition field, which is much smaller than the football fields of later generations. Wang Xiang did not intend to turn Cuju into football.

Just after the stadium was paved, Lao Cheng yelled for Wang Xiang to start training. He and Qin Qiong came to see how he trained the team. Yesterday, after Cheng Chuliang returned home, he told Lao Cheng what Wang Xiang said about the extravagant hype. , making Lao Cheng, the Chang'an Ju Wang, stunned.Early this morning, Lao Cheng ran to Qin Qiong's mansion and told Qin Qiong more emphatically, and the two of them planned to come over to have a look after discussing it.

Every year at the Great Court Meeting, the foreign countries will go to Chang'an to meet Li Er. At that time, Li Er will definitely show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty to those foreign countries. It is harmful to use weapons, so Cuju has become a way to show Tang Wei.

Since it is to show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, the Cuju competition with the foreign countries is naturally impossible to lose. This is why the Chang'an Cuju Competition is held every year. Zhan Tang Wei.

It is a great honor to be able to represent Datang in the Great Court Meeting, no wonder Cheng Chuliang cares so much about the first place in the Cuju Competition.

No one can guarantee things on the field, and a veteran like Lao Cheng can't play in person, otherwise he will be suspected of deceiving others.Turks will also come to this year's Great Court Meeting. It is rumored that the Turkic Cuju team is led by Tulu, the first Turkic warrior who was redeemed, and the pressure is very high.

In the past, Old Cheng certainly would not have thought that Wang Xiang would have any solutions, but it is different now. Since the Jinguang Lake Poetry Association, it seems that there is nothing that Wang Xiang cannot do, and the various tactics he told those dudes yesterday sound really effective. Some truth.

Seeing that Cheng Chuliang and the others were ready and Lao Cheng and Qin Qiong had no intention of leaving, Wang Xiang asked Cheng Chuliang and Gao Zhenxing to choose their team and start training.

"Before I start, let me emphasize again that you are not allowed to use sweeping legs and over-the-shoulder throws, and you are not allowed to pull or hug people. Remember that Cuju is not a sport for one person. You must pay attention to the cooperation between each other. Do you understand? ?”

"Understood!"

Wang Xiang nodded in satisfaction, picked up the gavel he had prepared long ago, and knocked on the small gong next to him. The first actual combat training began.

(End of this chapter)