Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1832 Football
Zhou Xu initially wanted to work on basketball, feeling that the court was relatively smaller and more convenient.

But then I thought about it again, and realized that the main service group for this project is the soldiers in the military.

Most of the soldiers are young and energetic, and they can only stay in the military area on weekdays, so they can't move around freely. Their training is also very strict, so they are all on edge. Over time, their emotions inevitably become irritable.

But when you get angry, you're more likely to cause trouble.

Under this premise, they need a project to regulate their emotions, release their energy, and at the same time have a certain entertainment value.

Theoretically speaking, any sport is acceptable as long as these requirements are met.

But considering the large number of people in the military region, how many people can play in a basketball game? There are five people on a team, so there are only ten people in a game. Even if the number of people doubles to twenty, including halftime rotations, most people still won't get a turn.

In contrast, a football team consists of eleven players. If you include substitutes, the number can double to twenty-two. With both teams combined, a single match can exhaust forty or fifty players, making it undoubtedly a better choice.

Under these circumstances, the land outside Black Moon City had been vacant for a long time due to funding issues, and construction work had been delayed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Xu simply built the land into a football field.

Building a football stadium is much cheaper and simpler than building an entire city.

However, the football stadium is clearly not finished yet, and the surrounding stands haven't been arranged.

According to Zhou Xu's subsequent plan, after football is promoted in the military, the next step is to promote it to various cities so that the public can start to get in touch with football.

While promoting sports and increasing recreational activities for the people, it can also incidentally stimulate a wave of consumption.

Over the years, the living conditions of the people of Da Zhou have indeed been getting better and better.

However, Zhou Xu discovered that people who had some money either spent it all on food or simply saved it.

But if people don't consume, how can the economy be stimulated?

If successful, promoting football could undoubtedly become a breakthrough in boosting consumption.

When the time was right, he started organizing football matches, forming new business districts centered around football stadiums in various cities, which further boosted consumption.

At this moment, Zhou Xu had a very clear understanding of the entire plan in his mind.

Zhou Xu came over to check on the progress and, incidentally, to promote the product to his children.

Don't forget, Zhou Ye and Sigrun serve in two different military regions.

The first step in promoting football is to start with the military. With their help in promoting it within the military, the results will definitely be better.

Zhou Ye and Sigurd were still young, and as soon as they saw something new, they immediately came over.

Zhou Xu didn't tell them too many rules. If you tell newcomers a bunch of rules right away, it will only make them lose interest in the matter quickly.

So Zhou Xu gave the two a general explanation of how to play football, and then they began.

At first, Zhou Ye and Sigurd had mixed feelings after hearing about how to play football, since it didn't sound very fun.

But they clearly didn't want to spoil their father's fun, so they went along with it and started.

Little did they know that the more they kicked, the more excited they became, mainly because the two siblings started fighting again.

On the contrary, Zhou Xu, apart from kicking twice at the beginning, went to the side to rest.

From the very beginning, he wasn't interested in the football itself, but rather in the value behind it.

At this moment, looking at Zhou Ye and Sigurd who were tireless on the field, Zhou Xu found it hard to say whether they had fallen in love with football or were simply driven by their competitive spirit.

Zhou Xu felt that the latter probably accounted for the vast majority, but that made sense.

Why are some competitive sports so addictive?
In Zhou Xu's view, competitiveness is the key. Often, you simply want to win; winning makes you happy, not anything else. Neither Zhou Ye nor Sigurd had any experience in football; everyone was starting from scratch. Deviating from the usual one-sided matches, the siblings were locked in a fierce battle.

This made Sigrun even more obsessed with the sport.

During this time, Zhou Xu directly acted as a referee on the sidelines, occasionally reminding or supplementing them with a few rules to prevent them from playing too aggressively.

During this leave, the brother and sister only stayed at home for a week before returning to their respective military regions to report for duty.

After all, they are now on a new mission.

During this period, Zhou Xu also assigned the promotion of football to various military regions. Among them, the Grassland Military Region, being the closest military region, had its highest-ranking officer begin organizing manpower to carry out the work less than an hour after the order was issued.

At this moment, the soldiers in the grassland military region still hadn't figured out what was going on when the football field was already set up.

The matter itself is not complicated. Looking at the design drawings that were sent over, all they need to do is draw a few lines on their parade ground, build a couple of frames, and a simple football field will be completed, which will not affect their usual training at all.

Afterwards, the Grassland Military Region even set aside some time to formally promote football to the soldiers.

Upon hearing that it was a recreational activity during breaks from training, many soldiers became enthusiastic.

The unit is mostly made up of young people, who are still playful at heart and have a strong curiosity about new things.

However, after listening, each person had a rather subtle feeling.

"Does that mean two groups of people are fighting over one ball?"

"They say you can only kick it, only that... what's it called? Goalkeeper! Only the goalkeeper can catch the ball with his hands."

The soldiers' first reaction was, "What's so fun about this?"

However, having a project is better than having no project, so during their break, everyone went to the football field.

Who would have thought that they would arrive a step too late?

A female warrior soccer team led by Sigriun has already started playing against another team on this side.

The female warriors aren't really good at kicking, but Sigriun is!
In this situation where everyone was bad, thanks to the skills she honed in her one-on-one match with Zhou Ye, Sigurd dominated the game, often dribbling the ball alone and scoring one-on-one goals. In the blink of an eye, she was leading 7-0.

The soldiers who arrived later were already getting a bit annoyed just watching from the sidelines.

"Seriously? Are you guys even capable? Steal the ball from her!"

"Defense! Don't you understand defense?"

"Goalkeeper, are you spacing out?! How could that ball go in?!"

"..."

The players on the field were already in a bad mood from being beaten, and now they were being bossed around by the group of people on the sidelines, which made them explode.

We're all newbies, what are you pretending for?

"proceed if you can!"

"I'm on, I'm on!"

They'll start fighting at the drop of a hat here!
During this time, Sigurd and her team didn't seem to care about the opposing team's substitutions.

And it was from this moment that the war began!

(End of this chapter)