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274 Marriage
The urban construction of De'an is entirely in accordance with Cheng Jinzhou's preferences.

He never had the ambition to transform the world, nor did he have a vision for the four modernizations.In the process of spending money to build De'an, all his goals are to be able to live comfortably. Under this premise, if it can benefit the masses, it is naturally the best, and if it is not possible, he will not force it.

Because of this, he spent a lot of money to expand the county office, turning it into an enlarged version of a modern villa—the area has been increased by about 100 times, the moat water has been introduced, and appropriate sewer roads and drinking water systems have been added, such as There are more leisure villas than houses.

In addition to this big project, the racecourse in the eastern suburbs of the city is Cheng Jinzhou's second amusement project, and its main function is to be used for polo matches.

When he first arrived in Daxia, Cheng Jinzhou wanted to rediscover the old way of playing games in terms of entertainment. He had tried chess and poker.After arriving in Lin'an, he even made basketball for himself, asked the servants to learn it, and even planed a field for himself, and taught miners and soldiers to learn football, but he soon discovered that the 17th century sport itself was very interesting. In particular, the sports that the nobles like are actually chosen after a lot of hard work. Polo is one of the favorites of Cheng Jinzhou. Competing the speed of horses, engaging in fierce competition, coupled with skillful swings, these All very interesting things.

As for the so-called five major ball sports, Cheng Jinzhou had long put them aside.

Although popular sports are interesting, they are more interesting because of the participation of many people, not the sports themselves. More in-depth, popular sports are cheap sports first, and interesting sports second, just like Ping-pong was once popular in China, and football was as popular in Africa as in South America—assuming that the price of wood in China rose tenfold in the 70s, it would be good if only one-tenth of the people left to participate in the game.

On the contrary, no matter in the world of the 17th century or the 21st century, the aristocratic movement is an interesting movement first, and then popularization is considered - if necessary, the aristocrats will naturally find playmates.

Hunting, fencing, sailing, hot air ballooning, golf, tennis, polo.These are all sports that may not necessarily look good, but are fun to participate in, of course without considering the price.

Within the conceivable range, Cheng Jinzhou naturally chose polo.Because the nobles of Great Xia had their own similar movement.

Horses worth more than 100 taels of silver, polo clubs worth more than 10 taels of silver, polo balls worth more than 1 tael of silver, and polo boots worth more than 30 taels of silver. .

There was no polo in Shaonan in the past, and in De'an two months ago. In Jinchuan Province, it was the exclusive sport of Nanling nobles.

But since Cheng Jinzhou came here, there are star warlocks from all over the world, and businessmen from all over the world, naturally there will be countless speculators looking for life, and after he built the racetrack, it is even more indispensable. Aristocrats from other places came to try it out.

When there are no spontaneous games, Cheng Jinzhou will run on the field with his team of government officials.He is about to turn 15, which is the time of puberty. In addition, he eats real rice every day, and his body has grown rapidly. He is already able to compete equally with others on the court.

Sometimes, the playful star warlock apprentice will also come to the racetrack to play.But just like most astrologers, they spend most of their time on mathematical research and star array practice, and they don't have Cheng Jinzhou's leisure at all.

After a long series of bloody battles, Xiao Cheng felt that he was also qualified to apply for a long vacation.

It's a pity that Li Shaolin Shangshu doesn't think so.

He came to the racecourse in the eastern suburbs of the city early in the sedan chair, and Xu Guinian had to follow him, greeting every official around him humbly.

The 50-year-old county magistrate was originally very happy. Among the tens of thousands of households in the county, one person was less than ten thousand.It is normal for county magistrates to rotate every three years, but he has been the second oldest for ten thousand years, deeply rooted and enjoying incense and worship.

It's a pity that in the officialdom of Daxia, the official rank of the county magistrate is extremely low.In addition to the master book of Zhengjiupin and the canonical history of Congjiupin, Xiancheng is the coelenterate phylum in the official biology world, and the older ones don't even have the chance to evolve.

Among a group of officials who were either brought by Jin Mang or Yu Mang, only Li Shangshu smiled at Xu Guinian and said, "Master Cheng is here?"

"Master Cheng likes to sleep a little longer, but Madam usually comes earlier." Xu Guinian wiped the sweat off his face. Among a group of third- and fourth-rank officials, he always sweated more easily.

"Oh." Li Shangshu nodded, looking straight at Xu Guinian.

It took half a minute for the magistrate to understand the meaning, and he said quickly: "Your Majesty will take you inside to wait."

A group of Beijing officials next to him shook their heads, wondering why they had been hanging out in the local area for so long, and their reactions were so slow.

Inside the racecourse, the ground is covered with fresh grass, exuding a strong grassy fragrance.Along the edge of the venue, there is a circle of about ten rows of seats. The entire venue can accommodate about 1500 people. In the north of the venue, there is a rostrum for about 200 people, which is regarded as a VIP seat, followed by changing clothes. Wait.

At this moment, both teams running on the field are heroes.There were 8 ladies in total, all wearing white breeches, black hats, red or yellow tops with narrow cuffs, holding polo sticks and dripping with sweat, looking heroic.

Due to the influence of the Far West, the atmosphere in Daxia is relatively open, and even the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette have a favorable attitude towards the activities of obviously noble ladies.

You come and go, the fight is fierce but not angry, and the beauties and fierce horses are even more heroic.

Because of Li Shaolin's presence, although everyone didn't dare to shout blatantly, they all showed great interest.

Unexpectedly, Master Shang Shu was really not afraid of losing face, after finding out who Liu Qingshuang was under Xu Guinian's guidance, he took advantage of her to score a goal, and even took the lead in shouting hello.

Shangshu shouted "Okay", and other officials dared not to shout, and the atmosphere on the court was intense.Liu Qingshuang was a little shy, so she left the stage amidst the shouts of everyone and went back to rest.

Li Shaolin's flattery did not end.Seeing the polo players stand up one after another, he clapped his hands and rushed into the field, stepping on the turf.

Stepping on the turf is also a very interesting part of polo.It is also a habit passed down from the Far West.Due to the galloping and emergency stops of the horse races, a lot of turf will be dug up in each game. Therefore, during the intermission of the game, fans sitting around the stadium will come to the field one after another, find the turned up turf, and then step on it. far away, to bring it back to normal.Due to the action of kicking and jumping, as well as the atmosphere of actively participating in it, the activity of stepping on the turf spread quickly after it was first introduced.

However, Liu Qingshuang was obviously not ready to continue the game, and Li Shaolin still ran up and stepped on the lawn. The traditional factor was no longer important.

While stepping on the lawn, he smiled at Xu Guinian and said, "The best lawn belongs to De'an?"

"The airship was transported from Daliang. I heard that the grass produced in Bianjing in Daliang is the best." Xu Guinian said calmly, and the officials who kicked beside him nearly fell to the ground.

How expensive is the lawn if it is transported by airship.

The corner of Li Shaolin's mouth twitched, pretending to be indifferent and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I'm old, otherwise I would definitely play on the field for a while and try the turf in Bianjing.

He really didn't care about any face.If the censors know what I said today—they will know—the impeachment memorial will be full on Emperor Lizong’s desk.

Censors rely on finding faults to make a living. Usually only the best in the Hanlin Academy can become censors. On this shortcut to promotion, no one cares about the authority of the political hall. They are like shameless gossip weekly magazines. If they can Having a court case with the princes of Zhengshitang is the real way to become famous.

It's a pity that Li Shaolin's flattery still didn't capture Cheng Jinzhou.

Waiting for another whole morning.

The accompanying officials had pinned Xu Guinian to death with their eyes long ago, but Li Shaolin had a calm appearance, as for what was going on in his heart, no one knew.

Cheng Jinzhou had a comfortable late sleep, and just now he got up from the bed in fear, and after lunch and rebellion, he came to the racecourse leisurely.He doesn't need to fly, he just rides Yueying, his tall horse looks very energetic.

A group of Beijing officials waited for the whole morning, wilting like cucumbers squeezed by abuse, sluggish.Seeing Cheng Jinzhou enter the arena, they saluted one after another.

Cheng Jinzhou pretended not to notice, entered the arena, threw a ball on the ground, and practiced.

A team of several minor nobles quickly came on stage to serve as Cheng Jinzhou's sparring partner.Liu Qingshuang also reappeared to cheer on the sidelines.

After a whole year of recuperation, Cheng Jinzhou's body has gradually strengthened, like a healthy noble boy.

Watching the vigorous polo flying around, Li Shaolin obediently waited until Cheng Jinzhou got tired and dismounted to rest, then he winked at Xu Guinian.

The latter had no choice but to lead him over and introduce him.

According to the official style of Daxia, if there is a person who succeeds, they seem to get close to him all of a sudden.

Li Shaolin seemed to have completely forgotten Cheng Jinzhou's status as the magistrate of Cheng Jinzhou, and complimented Mr. Star Warlock one by one: "Mr. Star Warlock has excellent skills..."

"Master Star Warlock is really in high spirits..."

Dr. Cheng Da was sitting on a chair, enjoying the kneading by two professional masseurs, he was a little reluctant to talk to him, and frowned, "Master Li, what's the matter here? Could it be that you want to take my land again? "

"Where is it, it's a good thing, it's a good thing." Li Shaolin said, waved away the officials behind him and said, "My lord Star Warlock, I'm going to be 15 this year."

Cheng Jinzhou simply ignored him, closed his eyes and said, "If Mr. Li has something to do, please write it down for me."

Li Shaolin didn't care about face, seeing Cheng Jinzhou's indifferent attitude, he gritted his teeth and bent over, "Master Cheng, I have a marriage, I want to talk to Master Cheng."

Liu Qingshuang, who was nearby, turned pale.

Marriage has always been the ultimate move of the royal family.How many powerful families used to rise and fall in the process of getting married again and again.

Cheng Jinzhou slightly raised his eyelids.

With Liu Kuang unable to contain Cheng Jinzhou, Emperor Lizong naturally thought of the trick of marriage.He has given birth to so many princesses, if they are not used now, let alone when.

Seeing Cheng Jinzhou's reaction, Li Shaolin smiled happily and said, "Princess Six, princesses Jialing and Princess Roufu are both at the right age. Besides, the emperor heard that Master Star Warlock has an in-law, so he can grant marriage at the same time. Regardless of size."

For such a big matter, it should have been more solemn.But Li Shaolin waited for a month and didn't see Cheng Jinzhou, so how could he wait.

Liu Qingshuang, on the other hand, was a little nervous and a little relieved, looking at Cheng Jinzhou's answer with watery eyes.

A group of officials were waiting for Cheng Jinzhou's answer.For them, this is a moment that could define the future of the empire.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't realize it, but shrugged his shoulders and urged the masseur: "Don't stop, go harder."

After saying that, he closed his eyes again and said calmly: "Princess, there is no need to give it away. If you have good polo clubs, it would be a good thing to get a few for me."

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