The big man has a living father

Chapter 236 Solving the Problem of Excessive Energy

One-year-old Huo Yan is very fun to tease.

Huo Yan, who was three and a half years old, disappeared if you didn't look at him for a second!
Huo Hai chased Huo Yan back huffing and puffing, then wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Run again!"

Huo Yan stood upright, but his eyes had followed the butterfly and drifted off to who knows where.

Huo Yan was relatively okay, he could already speak and have conversations, he barely knew that being beaten hurt, so he could be scared now.

However, two-year-old Huo Xuan was not so obedient.

When Huo Yan was asked to stand there and not move, Huo Hai looked back and found that Huo Xuan was not at the place where he had just put him down. He didn't know where he had gone.

Looking around, Huo Xuan was standing on tiptoe to pull arrows out of the quiver hanging on the wall.

As the saying goes, if a child is not making trouble, he must be making trouble.

When Huo Hai looked over, Huo Xuan had already succeeded. He pulled out the arrows from the quiver and ran to the other side quickly.

Huo Hai already understood what he was going to do.

He wanted to use the tail of his arrow to sweep the macaw hanging on the rack.

Is that something children can play with?
A macaw can tear a child's entire palm open with just one claw.

What's more, Huo Xuan used the tail of the arrow to sweep the parrot, and the arrow head was facing himself. If the parrot pecked at the tail of the arrow casually, wouldn't the arrow head hit Huo Xuan's face? !

Huo Hai dropped Huo Yan and quickly grabbed Huo Xuan before Huo Xuan successfully poked the parrot.

Then he turned around and lifted the two brothers out, one in his left hand and one in his right hand.

This is Huo Hai’s office, which was only put into use last year.

No servants are allowed to enter here.

Every document here is an Imperial secret.

Every map may show a county's police deployment and clearing missions, or even the distribution of local forces in the county.

And on each document, it was written what method Huo Hai estimated could be used to limit the number of people who would pass the next imperial examination in a certain county.

If any of these documents were to get out, the Han Dynasty would be in turmoil.

Anyone who gets a copy of the document can create a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of minutes based on the information revealed in the document.

Therefore, no servants were allowed to enter this room. The only ones who could enter were Huo Hai, Huo Hai's coachman Jiang Buyi, and Huo Hai's military advisor Liu Hongping.

Of course, in addition to these people who come in frequently, sometimes various officials who come to report their tasks, super-meeting officials, or the eldest princess also come in frequently.

The reason why the two guys came here when Huo Hai was working.

It was purely because Princess Wei Chang and Liu Xijun went out to play mahjong.

Mahjong is particularly popular in shipping.

On the ship, if the ship goes fast, it will take more than a month to reach North America. If you want to save coal, it will take more than half a year.

The return trip is even longer.

The boredom of sailing over such a long distance is simply amazing.

Although the Han Dynasty has solved various problems in sea transportation in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, only eighty-nine out of every hundred people who go to North America can arrive, and only eighty-five can return to the Han Dynasty.

This mortality rate is really high.

Fortunately, this is the mortality rate for the first timer. If you are a veteran, the rate will be much better.

After a long time, when everyone on the ship is a veteran, they are not so concerned about many tasks. Anyway, they can drive the boat just by doing the job. Life is boring anyway, so why work so hard?
When a person has free time, he has more time, and with more time he has to find fun things to do.

And almost all the fun is on the boat, which is all wasted.

Only playing cards can still make the boat fun.

Ordinary cards will become boring after a few days of playing. Only mahjong with small stakes can be played every day.

The crew members were used to playing mahjong and they often played it after returning to shore.

Many crew members are addicted to playing mahjong and are not very good at it, but the key is that each of them is extremely rich!

With such a high mortality rate and low income, would anyone go there?

So, when playing cards with them, you win eight times out of ten.

As a result, three types of mahjong with different rules spread from the ports in the north and south, as well as a string of docks along the river in Shu County.

In the south, it is popular to hit the east, west, south, and north winds and to shoot all kinds of birds.

The battle along the river in Shu County was a bloody one to the end. It was not over until three out of four families won. Only one family could be unlucky, and the other three families could be happy.

As for Qiancheng in the northern base, they must draw by themselves.

As for Chang'an, there are all three types of play.

Because it spreads so quickly, and because there are more and more rich people and wealthy wives, playing cards as a pastime has become very popular very quickly.

As soon as Huo Hai came out, he met Huangfu Hua head-on.

Huangfu Hua stepped forward and said: "Grand Minister of Agriculture..."

Huo Hai: "What's so big...Catch this kid first."

Huo Yan likes Huangfu Hua the most because he has the highest fighting ability among the people Huo Yan often comes into contact with.

Although Huo Yan was only three and a half years old, he was already very eager to learn martial arts.

It’s nothing to say, after all, it’s Huo Yan’s character armor.

Huangfu Hua held Huo Yan and followed Huo Hai out.

When Huo Hai walked past a frame, he picked up the ball inside, then walked to a patch of grass, threw the ball down, and then let Huo Xuan down.

As soon as he stood firm, Huo Xuan went to grab the ball.

After Huo Yan was put down, he also ran to chase the ball.

When Huo Yan saw that Huo Xuan was about to catch the ball, he kicked the ball away and then ran over to chase him.

Huo Xuan burst into tears.

However, after crying twice and seeing that Huo Hai ignored her, she gave up her acting and ran to chase the ball.

Huangfu Hua turned around and said, "Grand Minister of Agriculture, the tasks have become increasingly heavy recently."

The population of Chang'an city is growing.

It was fine when there were no police, but now that they are here, we find that many problems are getting bigger and bigger.

Huo Hai asked the servant to bring tea, and then he saw a few people chasing Huo Xuan and Huo Yan, so he felt relieved and turned back to drink tea, while asking: "What's going on?"

Huangfu Hua: "This week alone, we have destroyed seven underground casinos in Chang'an and seized more than three million in gambling funds."

"In addition to casinos, we have caught more than 30 cases of people gambling at home."

After Mahjong became popular, is it only played by women? Only by rich wives?

That's not it.

When men start playing, they become more addicted.

First, these men are workers, have money, and can play with money.

Second, unlike before when they were farming and had unstable working hours, they now have two days off every week.

Many workers did not get married or find women, so they easily learned how to gamble and began to gamble like crazy.

They gambled and no one cared about them, but when there were more people like this, the morale would be corrupted.

Once one-tenth of a group of people are gambling, how long will it take for the rest of the people to be trapped?

Huo Hai took a sip of tea, spat out some tea leaves, and then said, "Keep catching."

"I have already mentioned this to His Majesty. His Majesty will set up a special city to allow gambling, and all other places will be prohibited from gambling."

This city can be anywhere, but it definitely cannot be Chang'an.

In fact, it is best to go to a very poor place with no one around.

Because gambling will definitely breed evil, and if there is no one around, these problems can be prevented from spilling over.

Gambling is part of human nature and cannot be suppressed. Therefore, it is imperative to establish a city where gambling is allowed.

But gambling in other cities cannot be allowed.

Huangfu Hua: "Is there any way to get those workers who have nowhere to expend their energy to do something else?"

For other people, this problem is a sign of a thriving society, but for Huangfu Hua, a police captain, it is a huge nightmare.

There are too many workers, most of whom are men, and they all have holidays. Every day, two-sevenths of the workers are not at work.

This cannot be cancelled because the court needs workers to consume, drive demand and expand the market.

The imperial court even had the idea of ​​having three days off a week to continue expanding consumer demand.

However, Huo Hai rejected this.

Taking one more day off will not lead to more consumption, because for those who should consume, two days of vacation is enough to spend all their money, and for those who do not consume, even if they have one more day off... they still will not consume.

On the contrary, after he had more rest time, he no longer needed to hire others to do many things. He would do those jobs himself, such as painting the walls and laying floor tiles.

Over time, it will actually reduce consumption levels.

So, the holiday must be taken, but these men, who are full of energy during their rest period, cannot appear in the casino.

This is Huangfu Hua’s dilemma.

Huangfu Hua has been in office for more than a year, and over time, his head has started to become bald.

As he was speaking, Huo Yan kicked the ball over.

Huangfu Hua was about to reach out to pick it up.

Huo Hai hooked the ball with his foot and it flew up. Huo Hai bumped it with his knee and stopped the ball on the grass with the instep of his foot. He gently pushed it out and let Huo Yan chase it.

When making toys for Huo Yan and the others, Huo Hai made quite a few.

When I was a child, the stroller I used to have was decorated with a manually rotating toy plate, various balls, rattles, and stuffed dolls.

They're all out.

When the ball was made, Huo Hai would kick it for fun when he had nothing to do.

Now that Huangfu Hua has mentioned this, I remembered the original purpose of the ball: "That's it, let them play with it."

Huangfu Hua was puzzled: "Playing with this? Grand Minister of Agriculture, are you talking about the ball?"

"Those workers are at least sixteen years old, grown men. How can they play this?"

Huo Hai: "As long as the rules are in place and the confrontation can be portrayed, of course we will play it."

Huo Hai explained the rules of football to Huangfu Hua.

To be honest, football is a by-product of workers.

The problem to be solved is the problem of having too many workers and nothing to do.

You know, it would be a terrifying thing if a large group of young and strong people gathered together and had nothing to do.

Every time there is a large-scale corvee, there will always be people who instigate rebellion.

There will definitely be people secretly stirring up trouble, fanning the flames, and looking for opportunities to rebel.

The story of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang is there, and the experience of Emperor Gaozu is there.

There is never a shortage of ambitious people in the world.

What is even more abundant than ambitious people is ambitious and reckless men. There must be one such person among every three people.

If three people without ambition are put together, one ambitious person will inevitably emerge.

Because this thing is a social product and cannot be avoided.

So, it is dangerous for a large group of people to gather together.

Why were the coal mines so good in the past that almost all the Huns and refugees who had just gone to the coal mines never had a good life in their entire lives, but there were still Yulin Guards guarding every mining area?
It's experience.

After a long time, no matter how good the days are, you will have other thoughts in your mind.

It would be fine if no one instigated it, but once someone instigated it, problems would arise.

And there is no shortage of agitators in the world.

Football can solve this problem.

It's terrifying that ten thousand people have nothing to do.

Ten thousand people gathered together and watched the game in different camps...it wouldn't be scary.

Whatever they do, they will never do something that will suddenly make someone say, "It's absurd! Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers of different races?"

As long as no one engages in the "Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers who are not of the same species" exercise every day, even if both sides are watching the fight, it is considered a minor problem.

Winning, drawing or losing in football all has its effect, it can vent people's aggressiveness.

Most people are not that aggressive, so they don’t need to vent so much, so they don’t need to kick themselves, they can vent their anger by just watching.

And those who are particularly aggressive will naturally organize their own team to play.

And those who play against worse teams cannot vent their aggressiveness, so their performance will naturally improve.

If they want to improve their abilities, they have to spend twice as much time on this matter, and eventually they will have no time to do other aggressive things.

If a team can qualify as the most aggressive team and win the most, there will be no other challenges.

That's good, because this team will help more people vent their emotions.

And football is not just a way to vent aggressive emotions.

It can also build a sense of identity in the community.

Because you want to challenge stronger opponents, you at least need a relatively stable environment and a relatively stable lineup.

Where does the lineup come from?

Do you go to another city to practice every day? Or do you live in the east and go to the west to see your teammates every day?

how is this possible.

There is only one possibility, and that is to live on the street in your neighborhood, with like-minded people.

Only when we move on to a bigger stage and represent regions in competitions, will we need people from further away to play football together.

At this time, the more time it takes and the higher the cost, the more you invest.

Huangfu Hua didn't quite understand: "Indeed, if this is true, then venting aggressive emotions is indeed useful, but what use is regional identity to us in managing workers?"

Huo Hai: "It's not good for management. But it's good for expanding the group."

You heard that the football team on your street is fighting with the football team on the street next door. Who do you support?
If you have the ability to replace the worst player in your area's team, and your neighborhood team loses to someone else, would you offer to play football yourself and make sure to beat the opponent?
After a long time, the teams are divided by regions, and people are forced to have the concept that "this is the local team" and "I should support him".

Many people who don’t watch or love football will become fans.

Football matches are held very frequently, every week.

In this way, the response to emotions is particularly fast.

It is easy to get involved and easy to gain something from it, so it will develop very rapidly.

And it can even attract like-minded people across regions.

"For example, this block is full of workers, and they organized a team. Another street is full of rich people, and they organized a rich people's team. Although you are from the second street, you are a worker. Who do you support?"

Huangfu Hua: "I might support the workers."

Because the worker's sense of identity is a sense of honor and is stronger than the sense of identity as a neighbor.

“But that’s not the case for everyone.”

Huo Hai nodded: "So, in the process of evolution, football will become more and more complicated. When it becomes complicated, there will be more and more conflicts. When there are more and more conflicts, then..."

Huangfu Hua: "I understand. These people don't have time to stir up trouble. Even if ambitious people instigate them, they won't do anything because they have to spend their time on football."

Huangfu Hua thought for a while: "If in the future, a large number of people like football and no one is easily instigated, and at this time, people in every neighborhood often fight because of fighting on the field, how to solve the problem of fighting?"

In the past, we were worried about people rebelling, but when no one rebelled, it became obvious that group fights became a problem.

Huo Hai: "Then call on them to focus on the fight on the field, on cheering for their beloved team, instead of fighting after the game. Declare that those who fight are football hooligans, which goes against the original intention of football, and suppress them."

Huangfu Hua stared.

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I'll take a break after writing two 4,000-word chapters. I'll resume writing big chapters the day after tomorrow.

The traffic plummeted during the winter vacation. I recommended it, but the effect is probably half as bad as usual! It's a bit annoying. This may be the last or second to last recommendation.

But it is still worth commemorating, the first major promotion!

(End of this chapter)