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Chapter 330 Building the backbone of the Han family
Not the end of time.

At this time, a strange scene appeared on Panjiadong Street. Many bigwigs who usually lived in seclusion and rarely got a glimpse of their true faces appeared on this street that was less than [-] feet long.

Fan Gongzhi, Prime Minister of Qi, Zhang Chunxiao, Minister of War, Xu Derang, Minister of Rites, as well as Daxing Prefecture Yin of Jin Dynasty and Gao Qingyi, Deputy Envoy of Jin Dynasty this time
Their appearance was naturally due to the confrontation between the king of Chu and the envoy Li Chu of the state of Jin.

Diplomacy is no small matter. Normally, after both parties know each other's identities, they should change to a slightly more private setting to discuss what is right and wrong today. However, Gao Qingyi's attitude was quite tough, and the King of Chu refused to give in. As a result, they were deadlocked on the spot. I have no interest in talking in detail.

At the same time, the good seat by the window on the second floor of the street-facing tea house welcomed several groups of guests dressed in different styles.

On the second floor of Qingya Hall, sitting is Chen Chengzhi, the Minister of Rites of Zhou Dynasty.

Next door, on the second floor of Mingjing Building, Jiao Jingyan, a scholar from Xia Guohanlin, appeared.

Naturally, they had the mentality of watching a show, wishing that the two sides would fight on the spot, and then start a full-scale war to kill you and me.

Below, as the person in charge of the reception of the mission, Xu Derang, the Minister of Rites, kept shuttling between the confrontation between Jin and Qi.

However, due to habit, Xu Shangshu would always bend down subconsciously when facing the Jin envoy. When he turned around and relayed Shangguo's words to the ministers of Qi, his waist would straighten involuntarily.

For a moment, I couldn't tell which side he was from.

After running back and forth several times, Xu Derang wiped the sweat from his forehead in annoyance, and said to Fan Gong full of resentment: "Xiang Fan, isn't it obvious that what happened today was right or wrong? The sergeant of Baoan Prefecture caused trouble first, and Li Zhigao was magnanimous. I have forgiven the Huaibei sergeant. I only need to hand over the Baoan Prefecture sergeant to the superior envoy and pay some compensation for the soup and medicine, and the matter will be over. But I don’t know what you are still hesitating about? Have you really forgotten the power of the Jin army?"

Fan Gongzhi still remembers the great power of the Jin army, but he can't decide on this matter!

The king of Chu next to him, who was sitting on a chair in the street, with someone helping him to hold an umbrella, and six generals' sons standing behind him, didn't say anything. How could he, Fan Gongzhi, have the ability to hand over three Baoan Prefecture sergeants.

Moreover, the King of Chu really has the right to intervene in this matter. The privy envoy is nominally in charge of the country's troops. The three sergeants in Bao'an Prefecture are naturally under his jurisdiction. He insists not to surrender, so what can I, Old Fan, do.

Next to him, Zhang Chunxiao came to Fan Gongzhi's rescue and said: "Xu Shangshu, please have a good talk with the envoy. The envoy's guards were not seriously injured. Let's forget about the three soldiers from Baoan Prefecture. How about paying more for the decoction and medicine."

Xu Derang frowned, glanced at the leisurely "troublemaker" Chen Chu, paused, sighed, and turned to Li Chou.

As expected, when Gao Qingyi, the deputy envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, heard what Xu Derang conveyed, he immediately scolded Xu Derang with sarcasm and fright.

The latter only smiled apologetically and let the spit spray all over his face without daring to wipe it.

In short, Gao Qingyi kept saying the following words over and over: "It's disrespectful to go down to the country" and "If Dajin gets angry and raises an army, he will kill you thousands of miles away."
But Li Chu next to him knew that Gao Qingyi was just bluffing.

In today's Jin Kingdom, the same problems persist in the court.

A few years ago, the prince died of illness. Since then, Emperor Wanyan's temperament has changed drastically. He indulged in alcoholism and sexual pleasure, and often killed people while drunk.

The emperor's younger brothers Wanyan Yuan, Wanyan Chala, Queen Pei Manshi and many of his concubines were all killed, and all the officials were horrified.

Until last year, a Taoist named Xuantong was recommended by King Hailing and offered the Holy Spirit Meeting Sanqing Fruit to the emperor.
After Jin Di chewed 36 pieces of Liuliu in one day, he entered a mysterious state of ecstasy and could vaguely communicate with immortals and gods.

Jin Emperor Long Yan was delighted, and he was granted the title of Master of Protecting the Country by the Xuan Pass.
Not only can this national master refine the Shenhui Sanqing Fruit, but he also has a magic weapon that can make fire out of thin air. With these two magical powers, Xuantong has countless fans among the nobles of the Jin Kingdom.

Although Emperor Jin still ignored government affairs, after obtaining the Shenhui Sanqing Fruit, he no longer drank and killed people.

Therefore, some ministers who do not believe in ghosts and gods turn a blind eye to the existence of Xuantong.

Unexpectedly, this evil spirit presented two more portraits of the so-called "Nine Heavenly Mysteries" to the Emperor of Jin this year, and said: If we can travel east to Fusang and invite the two Xuannv to come to the Kingdom of Jin to practice yin and yang with the emperor, it will increase the emperor's happiness and longevity.
Emperor Jin, who had long believed in Xuantong, started to recruit craftsmen from all over the country to build ships in Jinzhou with only two portraits.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to demolish the beams and columns of the minister's house to obtain materials.

This move naturally caused a lot of complaints. If it were not for the hard support of King Hailing, the Jin Dynasty would have been in chaos.

All of the above are reasons why Daikin should not start a war at this time.

Furthermore, what happened today is not a big deal in the final analysis. As long as the Qi State takes care of the Jin State's face, it will not lead to a sword fight.

What's more, I just received the benefits from Chen Jingan yesterday, and today I have to make a difference for him.

After thinking clearly about this, Li Chu left Xu Derang and Gao Qingyi who were bargaining, walked out of the crowd and walked to a distance of ten feet in front of Chen Chu. He looked at Chen Chu first, then at Chen Jing'an, and said: "Jin Yuqi, you have The grace of creation. The two countries are father and son, and they are also friends. I really don’t want to damage the friendship between the two countries over some trivial matters."

Seeing that the other party had given him a step, Chen Jing'an said first, "Li Zhigao has the power of a prime minister! In that case, let's let this matter go. We are willing to pay ten thousand taels of silver to compensate the angel guards for making the soup."

No wonder Chen Jing'an was anxious to talk, what he was most worried about was that Chen Chu would kick the steps Li Chuan handed him to pieces.

He is not aware of the current turmoil in the Jin Kingdom's court.

Chen Jingan still didn't understand why Chen Chu had a conflict with the envoys of the Jin Kingdom so early. After all, Chen Chu was far from digesting the Qi Kingdom.

What the Huaibei system needs most is time for development.

Turning big things into small things has naturally become the best solution in Chen Jing'an's mind. Compared with the big things that are developing step by step, losing a little money is nothing!
Chen Jingan was even prepared to take the blame for Chen Chu's "weakness" so as not to affect the latter's heroic image in Huaibei and among the soldiers.

These are all psychological activities that were too late to be discussed in detail with Chen Chu, but after Chen Chu pondered for a moment, he understood Lao Chen's painstaking efforts.

On the other side, Li Chu, who also didn't want to make the matter a big deal, thought for a few moments, then nodded and said: "That's good, it's in line with the saying of turning war into friendship."

The compensation was 1 taels. There were only ten Jin guards involved in the fight today. Each of them could get a thousand taels, which was barely enough.

Hearing this, Zhe Yanwen, Tong Qi, Jing Peng and others standing behind Chen Chu all breathed a sigh of relief.

For them, 1 taels was not too much to save the life of the Baoan Prefecture sergeant without making the matter a big deal.

However, Mao Dan, who was holding the umbrella for Chen Chu, felt a little uncomfortable. Our Huaibei Army has always only asked people to compensate us. When have we ever compensated others?
Even if the Huaibei Army didn't have to pay for the money, Mao Dan would still be unhappy.

At this moment, Chen Chu, who had been silent for a long time, smiled and added, "Ten thousand taels of silver cannot show our sincerity. How about this, add a thousand taels of gold and a thousand catties of copper. What does Li Zhigao think?"

Li Chuan was startled. When they met just now, it was the young prime minister who announced his family status that brought the matter to a point where it was difficult for both parties to step down.

Even by the smell, you can smell the domineering smell on him.

How could such a person take the initiative to increase compensation?
Chen Jing'an was also anxious, fearing that Chen Chu would be stubborn and ruin Huaibei's hard-earned foundation.

Chen Chu seemed to feel his emotions and turned his head and smiled at Chen Jing'an. The latter saw that his eyes were deep and did not look like he was talking nonsense in anger, so he suppressed his words.

Li Chang thought for a while, but couldn't figure out what Chen Chu meant, so he smiled and said, "Then let's follow the wishes of the King of Chu."

Chen Chu nodded, but then said: "However, the Book of Rites says that a gentleman will not eat what he has received. If gold and silver are given directly to the warriors of the Jin Kingdom, it may detract from the personality of the warriors of the Jin Kingdom."

'These savages who drank hair and blood 20 years ago are really gentlemen! '

If Li Chou had not been a minister of the Jin Dynasty, he would have thrown this sentence in Chen Chu's face on the spot. However, Li Chou could not say that he denied that his country's soldiers were not gentlemen.

Before Li Chuan could react, Chen Chu suddenly stood up, stood with his hands behind his back, looked around at the bustling people, as well as the scholars, officials, envoys and foreign generals in the teahouse, and said loudly: "I have heard for a long time that the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom are unparalleled in bravery. Why don't we Just use this amount of gold and silver as the starting point to make hundreds of gold, silver, and bronze medals to reward the first, second, and third place.”

Next to him, the Jin people had their own translator, who translated Chen Chu's words to the Jin soldiers.

The Jin people swept through the Liao and Zhou Dynasties in just ten years, and they were extremely proud of their own prowess. As soon as the translator spoke, some Jin people stood up and started making noises, as if they were eager to compete with the delicate Han people on the spot to show them what they had to do. Called a warrior.

Li Chuan looked back and saw that the guard was extremely excited, but he frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "I wonder what the King of Chu wants to compete with? I, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, are here to express my condolences to the Emperor of Qi. It may not be appropriate if there are casualties in the Kingdom of Qi." "

Chen Chu laughed and said: "That's right. If you compete with a knife and a gun, wouldn't it be a war? It's really inappropriate. Why not, let's compete in Cuju, the [-]-foot dash, the [-]-feet times four relay race, Two hundred feet to shoot arrows, lift stone locks, and throw javelins.”

In a short while, Chen Chu mentioned a variety of projects, no less than twenty.

Li Chuan had heard of some, but had never heard of others. But he, an industrious scholar, wanted to know that the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom were brave and brave. In these games of competition of brute force and leg strength, the Jin people would naturally have an advantage!
Furthermore, if he dare not agree in front of the people of the whole city, it would seem that the Jin Kingdom is afraid.

So, Li Qian nodded intuitively and said, "Okay! Let's choose a day and a place to compete!"

"Okay! A gentleman's words are hard to follow!" Chen Chu smiled cheerfully and suddenly turned his head to look at the second floor of the teahouse facing the street. He greeted the Xia envoy Jiao Jingyan and the Zhou envoy Chen Chengzhi who were pretending to be spectators and said loudly: "Master Chen, Master Jiao, Do you dare to send the sergeants in your mission to compete with me, the son of Qi State?"

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Watching the excitement, I saw my own head.

The people downstairs all raised their heads and looked over.
Jiao and Chen had no choice but to stand up. Between countries, what they compete for is momentum. If they shrink back in full view of the public, they will inevitably be cited by officials as "damaging the national character" after returning home.

And Tokyo people, who always like to watch the excitement the most, are already making noise downstairs.

The shouts of "Do you dare to compete with me, Qi Guoerlang?" resounded through Panjiadong Street.

Seeing this, the envoys of the two countries who were being held up finally raised their hands to Chen Chu and said: "That's fine, I, the Zhou Dynasty, will use this to compete with our friends."

"Count me in Daxia."

July [-], at three o'clock in the morning, Panjiadong Street, Tokyo City.

The first Four Nations Games was decided under unexpected circumstances.
Only Chen Jingan was thoughtful.

that day.

Zhe Yanwen and others followed Chen Chu back to the house. When Chen Chu served food and wine again, Tong Qi, the youngest, knelt on one knee on the spot regardless of others, and called out with a trembling voice, "Thank you, brother, for the rescue!"

When Chen Chu helped him up, Tong Qi was already in tears.

Young people are prone to emotions. This is also the first time that he has gone out to work for the family alone, without the protection of his father's wings. Today, seeing Tong Kefeng, who he grew up with, narrowly escaped death, this is the prime minister who has no relationship with him. The people who came out to protect his Tong family also protected the face of his Tong family.

This feeling is hard to describe, a bit like the feeling given to him by his father and brother at home.

Seeing Tong Qi's true feelings, Jing Peng also stepped forward with a playful smile and called "brother", followed by Kuang Siliang.

But these two guys are several years older than Chen Chu.
Zhe Yanwen looked at this scene with a smile. Although he could not be so flexible, he also understood that the few people chose not to call Chu King or Prime Minister, but elder brother. This meant that they were separated from the superior-subordinate relationship of Daqi. personal relationship.

These generals each live in a corner, with no ambition to compete in the world, and they are just looking for a good master to live in.

This King of Chu is not only willing to give wheat seeds to Huaibei, but also willing to speak out for his brothers when trouble comes. He can eat meat without being aggrieved by following him. He is no better than the regent beside the dragon chair who can only say, "It is as the King of Chu wishes." Does the princess smell good?
It was night, and several people drank heavily until midnight.

The drunken Chen Chu returned to the bedroom. He originally planned to pretend to go back to the house and then turn off the lights and go to Ayu's house in the back house, but he didn't expect that Chen Jingan was waiting in his study in the courtyard.

Chen Jing'an guessed that the sports meeting scheduled today was not Chen Chu's impromptu idea. He was afraid that he had already planned it and just took advantage of this unexpected incident to implement it.

Chen Chu didn't hide it from him, and explained: "The son of the Han family, Lang Jing, has been as afraid of the Jin people as a tiger since he was defeated by the city of Tokyo. I need a game to restore my backbone to the son of the Han family!"

"Can the Han people not be afraid of the Jin people by running around and lifting stone locks?" Chen Jingan was not very confident about the effectiveness of the sports games.

Chen Chu said: "Sports games are naturally not as good as fighting with real swords and guns to boost the morale of the people. But it is still a beginning. If Han'er wins, we can at least make the people understand that our physical fitness and skills are not as good as those of the Jin and Xia people." Oh no, the Jin Renxia people are not invincible! Moreover, this is a competition between races. Maybe after a sports event, they will be more proud of the identity of the Han family and have more cohesion."

Chen Jing'an thought about this for a while before he understood what Chen Chu meant. Han people attach great importance to clan blood. People of the same clan are naturally closer than those with other surnames, and those from the same village are closer than those from other villages.

When considering this concept from a macro perspective, when the Han and Jin people compete, they will unconsciously look towards Han'er and hope that Han'er will win.

Chen Jing'an couldn't help but sigh, thinking of all the things happening on Pan's street today, and said, "Yuan Zhang, is it because the people are watching indifferently today and no one is willing to testify for the three sergeants in Baoan Prefecture that you think of this?"

Chen Chu nodded, but then shook his head and sighed: "Everyone in the world is proud of studying and being an official, and they secretly belittle the sergeants. If things go on like this, how can the sergeants have the confidence to protect their homes and the country? The common people only see the Donghua Gate. The No. [-] scholar who was parading his horse in the street was proud of his success, but he couldn't see what the soldiers who were wrapped in horse leather on the battlefield had to do to protect the peace of their homes. I think that through the sports games, I can compensate the soldiers for the glory they deserve."

Scholars have always been very guarded about improving the status of military men, but in today's troubled times, the Huaibei clan relied heavily on martial arts to get started. Even Chen Chu was born as a military leader.

Naturally, Chen Jing'an couldn't say anything. One thing he knew clearly was that if he suppressed the warriors too much when conquering the world, he would definitely be killed.

The two were silent for a moment, and Chen Chu, who was still drunk, suddenly sighed, as if admonishing or lamenting: "The Han family's elegance for generations needs scholars to record and pass on, but the backbone of the Han family needs soldiers to forge it with iron and blood. "

On July [-], notices for the Shikoku Games were posted everywhere in Tokyo.

The competition items, competition rules and competition time are listed above.

In the morning of that day, a pigeon letter was sent to recruit Jiang Huaixiong, the commander of Caizhou's left-behind division, to come to Beijing to participate in the sixty-breath shooting and two-hundred-foot fixed shooting competitions, and to recruit Ningjiang Army Shi Xiaosan and Shi Xiaoliu to participate in the relay swimming.

This is where Chen Chu’s confidence lies!
For the selection of team members on the Qi side, there is a talent pool of [-] Huaibei Army, as well as several other generals and thousands of accompanying escort sergeants as backup.

In the Jin, Xia, Zhou and other countries, there were only [-] to [-] escort sergeants to choose from.

Under this situation, if Qi can't win more than [-]% of the gold medals, then it can go to hell!

For a time, the imperial camp where the Huaibei Army was mainly stationed was filled with people who were trying to lift stone locks, race runners, and throw stone balls.
The selection of the Shisuo Suo was the most unsuspicious. Yao Changzi qualified to represent the Qi National Weightlifting Team with a score far exceeding No. 2.

In the high jump selection, White-haired Rat narrowly defeated Dabaojian. The latter had no choice but to switch to the long jump event.

As for the 150-foot and [-]-foot swimming representatives, they are led by Shi Xiaowu and Shi Xiaoqi.

The preparations here are in full swing, and Jin, Xia, and Zhou are not idle over there.

Fighting for the country, no defeat allowed!

The Kingdom of Jin has great confidence in archery, horse racing, stone locks, racing, javelin and other events. The warriors of the Kingdom of Jin are invincible in the world!Can you still lose to a weak guy?
Xia Guo is also full of confidence in archery, horse racing, and various running and jumping events. Even though he cannot compare with Jin Guo, he cannot lose to the Han people of Qi and Zhou. Winning a silver medal is not bad.

However, the Zhou State knew how to exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. They focused on swimming, Cuju and other sports. When it comes to swimming, northerners are not good at water and cannot compare with southerners.

However, Northerners are also good at Cuju, and besides, they have too many people to choose from!
This was unfair. After Chen Chengzhi of Zhou State realized this, he immediately brought in envoys of Jin and Xia to put pressure on Qi State and not allow Qi State to select Cuju talents on a large scale.

Finally, Chen Chengzhi came up with a bad idea and asked the generals who had appeared on Panjiadong Street on the [-]th to play in person.

After hearing the news, Chen Chu thought that Zhe Yanwen and the others would hesitate to shirk, but a few of them screamed excitedly, which also made Chen Chu excited and agreed to participate in this important event of the sports meeting together.

For the sake of fairness, time is set aside for all parties to practice and become familiar with the rules, and the games are scheduled to open on July 25.

In the remaining days, the entire city of Tokyo became restless.

Gambling houses, large and small, have opened winning odds for various events.

Outside the imperial camp, the people were surrounded all day long. Whenever they met a soldier who was out, the people would shout: "Sir, we must win!"

"Hero, I won the championship over our great Qi Cuju, but I must win!"

Although Tokyo is rich and prosperous, it is also like an old man, slow and numb.

But the upcoming sports meeting is like the breeze ruffling a pool of spring water.
In the hearts of restless people, there is still a glimmer of unspeakable expectation and faint hope.

As for what they expect and hope for, many people themselves don’t know.

Do you hope that the Han family will feel proud and proud?
Do you hope that the Han army, which has been repeatedly defeated in front of foreigners, can win once?
No one dared to say this kind of expectation and hope, just because their own soldiers had let them down too many times.

However, it cannot stop people from secretly having such extravagant hopes.

After all, everyone in this city had experienced the Dingwei Rebellion 11 years ago. Whose house had not been robbed?Whose family has never had anyone die?

Naturally, they want to see their soldiers win.

After losing so many times, it would be nice to win just once on the sports field.
(End of this chapter)