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Chapter 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 the idea of ​​four modernizations. In the process of spending money to build De'an, all his goals are to live a comfortable life. Under this premise, if it can benefit the people, then it is naturally the best. If not, he will not force it.

Because of this, he spent a lot of money to expand the county government office and turned it into an enlarged version of a modern villa - the area was increased by about 100 times, moat water was introduced, and appropriate sewer roads and drinking water systems were added, like There are more leisure villas than houses.

In addition to this major project, the racecourse on the eastern outskirts of the city is Cheng Jinzhou's second recreational project. Its main function is for polo matches.

When he first arrived in Daxia, Cheng Jinzhou wanted to rediscover his old game methods in terms of entertainment. He had tried chess and poker. After arriving in Lin'an, he even built a basketball for himself, asked his servants to learn from it, dug a court for himself, and taught the miners and soldiers to learn football. But he soon discovered that the sport itself in the 17th century was actually very interesting. In particular, the sports that the nobles like are actually chosen after thousands of times. Polo is Cheng Jinzhou's favorite among them. Competing with the speed of horses, fierce fighting, and skillful swings, these It's all very interesting stuff.

As for the so-called five major sports, Cheng Jinzhou has long left them aside.

Although popular sports are interesting, they are more interesting because of the participation of everyone, not the sports themselves. To put it more deeply, popular sports are cheap sports first, and interesting sports secondly, just like Table tennis was once popular in China, as was football in Africa and South America - assuming that the price of wood in China increased tenfold in the 1970s, it would be good to have one in ten people left to participate in the game.

On the contrary, whether it is in the 17th century world or the 21st century world, aristocratic sports are interesting sports first, and then they consider popularization - if necessary, aristocrats can 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.

Among the categories that could be thought of, Cheng Jinzhou naturally chose polo. Because the nobles of Daxia themselves had similar movements.

Horses costing more than 100 taels of silver, polo clubs costing more than 10 taels of silver, polo balls costing more than 1 tael of silver, and polo boots costing more than 30 taels of silver. Even the small local nobles cannot even think of participating in this sport. .

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

But since Cheng Jinzhou arrived here, there have been star warlocks and businessmen from all over the world, and there have naturally been countless speculators looking for a living, and after he built the racecourse, they were even more indispensable. Nobles 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 fun Star Warlock Apprentice will come to the racecourse to play. But just like most star warlocks, they spend most of their time on mathematical research and star array practice, and they are not as leisurely as Cheng Jinzhou.

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

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

He arrived early in a sedan chair at the racecourse on the eastern outskirts of the city. Xu Guinian had to follow him and greet 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 is a pity that in the officialdom of Daxia, the official title of county magistrate is extremely low. Except for the master book of Zhengjiupin and the classic history of Congjiupin, the county magistrate is the coelenterate phylum in the official world of biology. The older ones do not even have a chance to evolve.

Among a group of officials who were either from Jin Mang or Yu Mang, only Li Shangshu smiled at Xu Guinian and said, "Is Mr. Cheng here?"

"Master Cheng likes to sleep a little longer, but Madam usually comes earlier." Xu Guinian wiped the sweat from his face. Among a group of third- and fourth-grade officials, he was always more prone to sweating.

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

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

A group of officials from the capital nearby looked at him and shook their heads, thinking that no wonder they had been hanging around for so long and their reaction was too 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 1,500 people. In the north of the venue, there is a rostrum for about 200 people, which is considered a VIP seat. After that, there is a place to change 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.

The two sides fought back and forth, fighting fiercely but without anger, and the beautiful women and strong horses showed even more heroic spirit.

Since Li Shaolin was present, although everyone did not dare to shout openly, they all showed great interest.

What was unexpected was that Master Shangshu was really not afraid of embarrassment. After figuring out who Liu Qingshuang was under Xu Guinian's guidance, he took the lead in shouting "Hello" when she scored a goal.

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 is not over yet. Seeing the polo players taking sides, he clapped his hands and rushed into the field, actually stepping on the turf.

Walking on the turf is also a very interesting part of polo. It is also a habit brought back from the far west. Due to the galloping and sudden stops of horse racing, a lot of turf will be dug up in each game. Therefore, when the game is at halftime, fans sitting around the stadium will come on the field one after another, find the upturned turf, and then step back on it. far away to make it flat. Due to the kicking and jumping movements and the atmosphere of active participation, the activity of turf treading quickly spread after it was 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 came from Daliang. I heard that the grass produced in Bianjing in Daliang is the best." Xu Guinian said calmly, and the kicking official next to him almost fell to the ground.

If you use an airship to transport lawns, how expensive will the lawns be?

The corner of Li Shaolin's mouth twitched, and he pretended to smile indifferently: "It's a pity that I'm old, otherwise I would have played on the court myself for a while and tried the turf in Bianjing.

He really didn't care about any face. If the censors knew what I said today - and they would definitely know - the impeachment memorials would be all over 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 show Cheng Jinzhou.

This wait took another whole morning.

The accompanying officials had already pinned Xu Guinian to death on the spot with their eyes. Li Shaolin looked calm and unhurried, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.

Cheng Jinzhou had a comfortable sleep and just got up from bed. After lunch and rebellion, he slowly came to the racecourse. He didn't need to fly, he just rode Yueying. The tall horse looked very energetic.

A group of Beijing officials had been waiting all morning, as wilted as cucumbers that had been squeezed by abuse, withering. When they saw Cheng Jinzhou entering, they all saluted.

Cheng Jinzhou pretended not to see it, walked in, threw a ball on the ground, and started practicing.

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 from his horse to rest, and then he winked at Xu Guinian.

The latter had no choice but to lead him over and make an introduction.

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 identity as the county magistrate, and began to compliment the Star Warlock in his mouth: "The Star Warlock has excellent skills..."

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

Dr. Cheng Da sat on the chair, enjoying the kneading of the two professional masseurs. He was a little reluctant to pay attention to him, and frowned: "Master Li, what's the important thing here? Could it be that he wants to take over my land again?" "

"No, it's a good thing, it's a good thing." Li Shaolin said, waving the official behind him away and saying, "Master Star Warlock, I'm going to be 15 this year."

Cheng Jinzhou simply ignored him, closed his eyes and said, "If you have anything to do, Mr. Li, please write a document and give it to me."

Li Shaolin didn't care about his face. Seeing Cheng Jinzhou's cold attitude, he gritted his teeth and bent down and said, "Master Cheng, I have a marriage matter that I want to talk to Master Cheng about."

Liu Qingshuang, who was nearby, turned pale.

Marriage has always been the ultimate strategy for the royal family. There have been many powerful families that have risen and fallen through marriages one after another.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyelids slightly.

When Liu Kuang was unable to contain Cheng Jinzhou, Emperor Lizong naturally thought of marriage tactics. He has given birth to so many princesses. If you don’t need them now, let’s wait until later.

Seeing Cheng Jinzhou's reaction, Li Shaolin smiled happily and said, "Sixth princess, Princess Jialing and Princess Roufu are all of the right age. In addition, the emperor heard that Mr. Star Warlock has an in-law, and he has given special permission to marry him at the same time. In no particular order, big or small.”

Such a big matter should have been dealt with more seriously. But Li Shaolin waited for a month without seeing 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 was a moment that could determine the future of their empire.

Cheng Jinzhou seemed unaware, but shrugged his shoulders and urged the masseur: "Don't stop, be 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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