Chapter 311 Entertainment Prospers the Nation

Watch the fun!

It’s really lively!

This new law has been brewing for so long, and it is finally here.

Both the old and new factions have already gathered their strength and are ready to have a big fight with each other.

However, in history, Wang Anshi issued it directly through government decrees, rather than tabloids.

There is a huge difference between the two.

Because historically the conservatives were full of talented people, and the literati controlled public opinion, the debate at the time was mainly concentrated in the court, resulting in public opinion always being unfavorable to Wang Anshi and almost one-sided.

All the emperor heard was negative news about the new law.

The emergence of tabloids undoubtedly broke their monopoly on public opinion. Wang Anshi could face the people directly and clearly explain his ideas and the reasons for doing so in newspapers.

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In fact, the emergence of debate was already a victory for Wang Anshi.

As Zhang Fei said, this was a standard promotion and it was certainly effective, but it could have been done better.

"What's wrong?"

After leaving Pan Tower, Zhang Fei saw Xu Zhiqian was silent and couldn't help asking.

Xu Zhiqian glanced at him and said, "I have always thought that Wang Daxueshi's new law is almost perfect, but after listening to their debate just now, I think Mr. Su and his friends also have a point. If there is a disaster, the court should first think of reducing or exempting taxes, not deductions. The harm of deductions is known to everyone. Who can guarantee that there will be no corruption?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "No one is perfect, and no law is perfect. It all depends on how you choose. If there is no change, this system will not work at all. What Wang Daxueshi envisioned is to get money from the disaster-stricken areas, and then buy at a low price from the harvest areas. If we don't collect money here, how can we buy it there?"

The whole idea of ​​Wang Anshi's reform was to improve finances, not to improve people's livelihood. At most, it can be said that the country comes first and the people second. Looking at Wang Anshi's entire reform, there are many regulations that do reduce the burden on the people, but none of them is a direct tax cut.

The core is to make money for the country.

Of course, this is also the reason why Zhao Xu fully supported him.

"But.!"

"But, it's not our turn to make the decision on this matter. We can just watch the fun. I heard there's an interesting Cuju match today. It seems to be between Qiyun Society and Qingfeng Society. Let's go and take a look."

"A Cuju match?"

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei in surprise and asked, "When did you become interested in Cuju?"

Zhang Fei always says that she is a workaholic, but in fact, in her impression, Zhang Fei is also a workaholic.

Until now, all the memories they have together are about work.

I don’t know whether it is happy or sad.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I am not very interested in Cuju matches, but if I go to watch it with you, it will be different."

Xu Zhiqian was delighted, and glanced at Zhang Fei shyly. After a slight hesitation, she whispered, "How about we go next time? The office is so busy right now, and they don't have enough staff."

"Today is our last chance to catch our breath. Tomorrow will definitely be even busier. Besides, it's only one morning, so we won't be delayed."

"What respite?"

"Let's go!"

Zhang Fei took Xu Zhiqian's hand, got on the carriage, and headed straight for the Cuju field on Quyuan Street.

"good!"

“How beautiful!”

"What a great move! A shooting star chasing the moon."

As soon as I entered the Cuju field, I heard a deafening cheer.

"Is it that intense?"

Zhang Fei looked up and saw the area in the middle, which was probably only half the size of a football field. There were six people on each side, and a wooden frame was erected in the middle. In the middle of the frame was a net with a round hole in it. It was said that that was the famous Fengliuyan.

It looks a bit like volleyball, except that the ball cannot touch the ground. The only difference is that the ball is played with feet, not hands. The attacking side has to use their feet to kick the ball through the Fengliukou into the opponent's half.

This is much harder than volleyball.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums was heard, and the cheers from the sidelines suddenly became louder than ever.

"Did we score?"

Zhang Fei asked hurriedly.

Xu Zhiqian nodded: "Qiyun Society just scored a point."

"Qiyun Society?"

Zhang Fei took a look and asked, "Are they wearing blue and white uniforms?"

Xu Zhiqian hummed and asked again: "Don't you understand?"

“I don’t really understand.”

Zhang Fei looked up again, but saw a large group of spectators wearing white clothes. "Are those wearing white clothes supporters of Qiyun Society?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded and said, "Qiyun Club's uniforms have always been based on blue sky and white clouds, so those who support Qiyun Club will wear white uniforms to show their support when they compete."

“Incredible!”

Zhang Fei was surprised and said: "This is incredible."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "What's incredible?"

"culture!"

"culture?"

"Yes! I never thought that the Cuju culture would develop so well."

"Don't you know this?"

Xu Zhiqian suddenly pointed to a high platform opposite, "Look over there."

Zhang Fei looked up and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"The people sitting on the stage are all royal relatives. Cuju is very popular both in the palace and among the people."

"Good! Very good!"

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.

"What's good?"

"Oh, nothing."

Zhang Fei shook his head, and suddenly fixed his eyes on a certain place. Then he walked over and came behind two young men in uniforms. He leaned his head between the two young men, tilted his head left and right, and glanced at them, "Hey, you two classes are not working, but you are here to watch the game?"

"ah!"

"Zhang San!"

"Third brother?"

These two people are Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi.

"Zhang San, why are you here?" Cao Dongdong said.

Zhang Fei said seriously: "Something happened at the police station, your father asked me to come find you."

Xu Zhiqian, who was standing behind him, smiled and thought, this guy can lie without batting an eyelid.

Cao Dongdong snorted, "Who are you trying to fool? My dad is sitting right across from me, watching the game with my aunt."

Zhang Fei was slightly surprised, "The Queen Mother also came to watch the game."

Cao Dongdong said: "This is the autumn finals. The officials were supposed to come to watch, but they didn't come because of something else."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Fei rubbed his chin, his eyes sparkling with joy.

"Sister Qian'er! Sister Qian'er!"

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard.

Zhang Fei looked back and saw a young girl waving at Xu Zhiqian in front of the wooden shed.

Xu Zhiqian whispered, "I'll go over first."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Okay."

When the girl shouted like that, many people noticed them.

"Madam Xu!"

"Oh! It's Madam Xu."

Many people in the stands looked at Xu Zhiqian with surprise.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are they so excited when they see Zhiqian?"

Cao Dongdong was surprised and said, "Don't you know that Madam Xu used to be one of the best female Cuju players in Tokyo. She was very famous."

Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "Is this true?"

Fu Shichun on the side suddenly said: "Cuju, Qiuqi, Chuiwan, Madam Xu is proficient in all of them."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but mutter to himself, why have I never seen her play these before, I have to interrogate her thoroughly later.

"Third brother, do you also like Cuju?" Ma Xiaoyi suddenly asked.

"Oh, I'm here to watch it with Zhiqian." Zhang Fei asked them again, "Do you like watching this Cuju game?"

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Who doesn't like it."

Cao Dongdong snorted, "I used to stay in Qiyun Society for some time, but unfortunately my father didn't allow me to do so. Otherwise, I would be the main force of Qiyun Society now."

Fu Shichun said: "Stop bragging. Have you ever defeated the Qi brothers?"

"I just stopped practicing later, otherwise I would definitely be stronger than them. Xiao Ma, is that what you mean?"

"I also think that the Qi brothers are more powerful."

"pony?"

"Brother, look, Qiyun Society has scored again."

"Bullshit! I solemnly declare that I will support Qingfeng Society from now on."

Zhang Fei, who was standing by, watched them bickering, and it was as if he was back in his student days, when he and his classmates were watching NBA on TV and arguing at the same time.

This kind of connection made him feel very wonderful.

Yes! In a commercial society, this kind of entertainment activity is bound to be popular. Zhang Fei looked at the audience in the stands again, thinking.

"Zhang San! Zhang San!"

"ah?"

Zhang Fei looked at Fu Shichun and asked, "What did you say?"

Fu Shichun asked curiously, "Are you not here to watch the game?"

Zhang Fei asked, "What do you mean?"

Fu Shichun smiled and said, "Your eyes seem to be always on the stands."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I just think that the audience in the stands seem to be dressed quite well, not like ordinary people."

Fu Shichun said: "This is the finals, how can ordinary people afford to watch it?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's true."

He turned his gaze back to the field and saw the ball bouncing around under the feet and above the heads of the players on both sides, like a butterfly flying through flowers.

To be honest, Zhang Fei asked himself if he could play it so well even with his hands, and thought, this is too difficult.

I saw a handsome man in the field suddenly flip sideways and kick the ball.

The little ball passed through Fengliu's eye like a meteor.

Zhang Fei was stunned. Is this Kung Fu Football?

Ma Xiaoyi jumped up and said, "It appears. A white rainbow pierces the sun."

The atmosphere on the sidelines also exploded.

The audience shouted in unison, "Qi Bai."

"It has that taste. It has that taste." Zhang Fei nodded with a smile.

In the end, Qiyun Society defeated Qingfeng Society by three points and defended its reputation as the number one society in Tokyo.

Just like in later generations, these spectators were still not satisfied and went to nearby pubs to drink and talk about the game.

Xu Zhiqian was pulled away by her sisters, and Zhang Fei could only follow Cao Dongdong and the others to find a pub nearby.

Zhang Fei looked at the surrounding tables, all of which were filled with rich food, and said, "It seems like they are all rich people!"

Fu Shichun laughed and said, "Don't you know that Cuju was originally only popular in the palace, and it has only been gradually introduced to the public in recent years. Therefore, those who love to watch Cuju games the most are naturally the children of wealthy families."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Fei said: "I really don't know. Tell me about this Cuju game."

Ma Xiaoyi immediately began to introduce the Cuju game to Zhang Fei in a torrent of words.

There are a total of 18 clubs in Tokyo. Just like the military, they have their own coaches. Each club has its own rules and regulations, a special publicity team, and organizes competitions every year.

Not only that, every one or two years, there are international competitions between Song and Liao, symbolizing the friendship between the two countries, but last year it was held in Liao.

"I didn't expect it to be so perfect." Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Is there any bonus or something for winning the finals?"

Cao Dongdong said: "Of course there are! And there are a lot of them."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Fei asked: "Where does this bonus come from?"

Cao Dongdong said: "Many dignitaries will give them a lot of money every year. In addition, it costs money to enter the venue. The winner will take 50% of the money, and the loser can only take 20%. The remaining 30% will be given to the guild to hold the competition."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Fu Shichun asked in confusion: "Zhang San, you are not here to watch the game today, are you?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "I plan to invest heavily in this Cuju competition."

"ah?"

Ma Xiaoyi asked in surprise: "Third brother, are you going to hold a competition?"

Zhang Fei said: "To be precise, it's not me, but us."

"us?"

"Yes, Charity."

"That's a good idea." Cao Dongdong's eyes lit up, "Why have I never thought of organizing a Cuju competition myself?"

Fu Shichun laughed and said, "You are daydreaming. The Cuju competition has always been monopolized by their guild. It is impossible for them to give you a share of the spoils."

Zhang Fei said: "What if it is a new type of Cuju? Then we can bypass the guild."

"What's the new style of Cuju?"

Ma Xiaoyi kicked his feet excitedly and squatted directly on the chair.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "We'll find a venue and discuss it later."

The key to a charity is investment, it has to make money, and currently the most profitable industry is real estate. However, due to institutional problems, real estate has always been controlled by high-ranking officials and real estate tycoons.

Even the last bit of pie was given to the Ma family.

The real estate industry is no longer profitable.

There is no place to talk about real estate.

As for production, all products that are in demand have been divided up by the workshops.

Nowadays, Tokyo even has public carriages and taxis. If productivity does not increase, there is almost nothing to gain.

So does that mean we have to invent a piece of glass to make money?

Although Zhang Fei knows the most basic principles of glass, he uses current technology to produce it and eventually mass-produce it.

This requires a lot of money, a long time, and may not necessarily produce results.

The movable type printing technology almost made Zhang Fei bankrupt.

Zhang Fei didn't even dare to think about it.

By that time, the charity may have been wiped out.

After much deliberation, Zhang Fei finally decided to enter the entertainment industry.

Because Tokyo Bianliang has all the conditions for developing the entertainment industry, with a large number of citizens, many wealthy people, a commercial society, and an urban economy.

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