The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Yuan listened carefully to Li Fu's story and found it quite interesting.

"Can't we make more of this trophy? Do we have to take it back the next year?" Li Yuan smiled and said, "It seems a bit stingy."

"That won't work. If there are more, it will not be valuable. If there is only one, it will be valuable. Our trophy should be made of solid materials, such as pure gold." Li Fu said, "How precious it is."

"Wow, pure gold, yes, it is really precious." Li Yuan smiled.

"Moreover, engraving the name of the team on the trophy will give the team a kind of honor. Whether it can keep this honor next year is also a kind of pressure for a team. There is motivation only when there is pressure." Li Fu smiled and explained, "Uncle, think about it. Your team won the trophy this year and the trophy is placed in the study. If it is defeated by another team next year and the trophy is taken away, how will you feel?"

Li Yuan took a breath of cold air. This... this this this!

The players who played polo must be scolded.

What the hell, they actually lost to last year's defeated opponents. What have they done this year?

Just thinking about it is enough to make me angry.

"Do you understand this? There is only one trophy. If you want to keep the honor, you have to fight for it." Li Fu took out a few pieces of paper from his arms with a calm expression, and said to Li Yuan while looking at them.

Li Yuan saw that his nephew even took out this thing, and he knew that he was serious.

"I was thinking, since the polo match is held in Chang'an and the champion gets a trophy, the name of the match should be called Chang'an Cup." Li Fu said, pulling out a picture from the pile of papers.

"Uncle, look, this is the trophy drawing designed by my nephew. When the time comes, let the craftsmen make it according to this." Li Fu said.

This trophy shape has never appeared in the Tang Dynasty or before the Tang Dynasty.

In the future, one or two thousand years later, it will give a small shock to the modern archaeological community.

Li Yuan took the blueprint and looked at it.

"Why is it so weird?"

"It's a figure of a man riding a horse and holding a polo stick. The base is made bigger so that it will be easier to engrave names on it in the future." Li Fu said, "The Chang'an Cup is held once a year. It will take decades for the base of such a trophy to be engraved."

"If there are competitions held in the local area in the future that imitate the Chang'an Cup, it can also be called the Luoyang Cup, or a competition named after another prosperous city, and surrounding teams can participate in local competitions." Li Fu said, "If this thing is really held, maybe we can also hold a Tang Cup in the future. The Chang'an Cup only means that the first place is won in the area of ​​Chang'an City. The Tang Cup is to determine the most powerful team in the entire Tang Dynasty. This kind of competition cannot be held once a year, but once every four years."

"Your idea is not bad, but according to what you said, we have to build a special polo stadium?" Li Yuan said, "That will probably cost a lot of money. You know, the requirements for the venue of polo are also It's very strict. You saw the martial arts field in the palace yesterday, right? The martial arts field in the palace is usually maintained by the people in the palace. Even so, before the polo match, the ground must be leveled.

It's a piece of cake to build the field, but the subsequent maintenance is a big problem. "

"That's right." Li Fu said: "Therefore, we also need to make money to hold the competition, and the money is used to maintain the field. After the field is built, the subsequent maintenance requires manpower. These people, we will hire from Chang'an City, so that we can provide some work positions for the people of Chang'an, so that they can earn money to support their families.

The principle is the same as recruiting people to work on my nephew's farm and paying them wages. "

"In Chang'an City, not everyone has land, and not everyone has a livelihood to support their families. Recruiting some idle people, letting them work in the field, and earning money to support their families with their own hands, also helps many families. "

Are the people of the Tang Dynasty not hardworking? Give them a job, let them earn money to support their families, they are more hardworking than anyone else.

"How do you calculate this fee?" Li Yuan asked curiously, "Are you going to pay for it yourself? And how do you make money from this? Playing polo itself is a sport that costs money, do you want the team to pay?"

"Registration fee is one aspect." Li Fu smiled and said, "In addition to the registration fee, when there is a game, you can sell tickets. Whoever wants to watch the game will buy a ticket first. At that time, you can enter the venue with the ticket to watch the game. At that time, the ticket alone will be enough to balance the maintenance costs of the venue.""Didn't you say that people in the Tang Dynasty like to watch polo? But not everyone has the conditions. When the time comes, there will be a special venue with seats set up around the venue. A venue can accommodate thousands of people. Even if the cheapest ticket is sold for one penny, after a game, the ticket revenue alone will be several guan. Moreover, the ticket prices are different for different seats."

As Li Fu spoke, he took out a drawing from the pile of papers.

"This is a relatively simple site drawing, oval, with a polo field in the middle." Li Fu explained: "A little bit outside, it is the preparation area for the team."

"The first three rows on the top have one price, and the price can be set a little higher. The rich people in Chang'an City don't lack this little money. If you like to watch polo, you will naturally spend money to buy the best seats."

"The further back and up, the cheaper it is. The highest in the entire venue is as high as a two-story house, and the seats are higher in one row than another, so they won't block the view."

"The higher it is, the farther the position is, and the cheaper the ticket is accordingly. When the area is determined, when there is a game, someone will be sent to the audience area to guide and seat according to the ticket position." Li Fu said: "What do you think?"

The more Li Yuan looked at it, the more he felt that Li Fu's idea was really novel.

Including this venue.

Chang'an City already has two polo venues, which are just a piece of open space surrounded by wooden fences, very simple.

The dedicated venue proposed by Li Fu seemed much more professional.

Moreover, according to his plan, holding a polo match could really make money.

What the "organizer" he mentioned needed to pay was a venue and a high price for craftsmen to build a championship trophy.

"Chang'an Cup..." Li Yuan also began to have a higher interest.