Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 43: When friends come, we have wine; when jackals come, we have rockets!
"The military households are too energetic, which is also a problem."

Looking at the boxes of plastic and silicone products in front of him, Lin Dao frowned in thought.

"It's embarrassing to just hand these things out to the sergeants."

"Could it be that I have to demonstrate how to use it myself?"

Imagine yourself, in front of hundreds of men, holding plastic and silicone~~~
"Hiss~~~"

“I can’t fix it, I can’t fix it~~~”

Lin Dao shook his head repeatedly, he would never do such a thing even if he was beaten to death.

Once the news gets out, he will be almost socially dead in Yonghe time and space.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Dao called someone to call Jinlian into the bedroom.

He was in Xiangguo City in the Yonghe time and space, living in the Jiande rear hall.

It is not far from the ruins of the burned Taiwu Temple.

The Jiande Rear Hall is located behind the Jiande Hall. When Shi Le built the Xiangguo City, it was used as a sleeping palace.

Originally, there were many gold and silver utensils placed in the hall.

However, they were all crushed by Lin Dao and melted to make gold bars.

At this time, the hall was obviously empty.

Jinlian, with a blushing face, was delayed for a long time before coming.

It wasn't that he was joking, nor was it that he was too busy with work to get away, but that he was going to take a shower and change clothes.

She changed into a beautiful gown, and her pretty face was adorned with red makeup.

In her bun was inserted the golden hairpin that she had been thinking about so much.

When she entered the bedroom, Liu Hu, who was guarding the door, glanced at her and signaled the female official beside her to come forward and search her.

Even if they are summoned by the Lord, they still have to be searched.

This is actually pretty sloppy.

During the Qing Dynasty, they would be sent in cleanly wrapped in quilts.

The emperors of the Qing Dynasty were all afraid of death to the point of going crazy.

After confirming that there were no prohibited items, Liu Hu let them go.

Jinlian walked into the bedroom and saw her husband with his back to her, holding a strange object in his hand and blowing on it.

"Lord~~~"

Lin Dao stood up and tilted his head. "Are you here?"

"You're just in time, come and help me blow~~~"

Liu Hu outside has good hearing.

He heard a continuous "whoosh whoosh" sound coming from the dormitory, and was also puzzled.

'What is this doing?'

"Master, this thing~~~"

After finally blowing up the plastic, Jinlian blushed as she looked at the humanoid object in front of her.

"And this." Lin Dao took out a silicone object.

"Now I will teach you how to use these things."

He earnestly warned, "Remember, this is something only you know about. You must not say a single word about me."

He can't afford to lose face~~~
Ever since Lin Dao killed those Jie cavalry in Sanhe Village and avenged her father's death, Jinlian's loyalty has never wavered.

He immediately expressed his sincere attitude, "Don't worry, my lord, I will never tell you even if I die!"

"It's not that exaggerated."

Lin Dao waved his hand and explained to her how to use these things.

Jinlian's pretty face also flushed, and she was very embarrassed.

After the introduction, Jinlian lowered her head and asked, "My dear, I am a girl~~~"

I'm a woman. What's the use of knowing how to use these strange things?
My master gave me these things, but I don't need them.

"It's like this."

Lin Dao patiently explained, "Look for a group of women who have husbands and have given birth to children."

"Tell them how to use these things."

"Then they will tell their husbands how to use it."

"Gather all the people from these societies together, and I will assign them tasks later."

Jinlian came with great expectations and left in a daze.

When he left, he also took away a large bag of plastic and silicone products.

This is her teaching equipment.

She originally thought that the master called her to the bedroom because he wanted to favor her.
"Alas, when will the master be willing to accept me~~~"

'Boom!Bang!Bang! '

On the training ground, Qin Lang and others were curiously looking at the ball in Lin Dao's hand that was constantly hitting it.

"Lord, what is this?"

Lin Dao threw it casually into the air and said, "This is a basketball."

Pointing to the crude basketball hoop not far away, he said, "Throw this ball into the basket over there, that's why it's called basketball."

"This thing can only be used with hands, not feet."

Catching the falling basketball, Lin Dao took a shooting stance, exerted force with his wrist, and threw the basketball out beautifully.

There was no surprise in the three no-sticks.

Lin Dao, looking calm, took out a football from the bag at his feet and kicked it into the air.

"This is kicked with your feet, it's called a football."

"See that iron goal frame with the net over there? Just kick the ball in there."

"This thing can only be used with feet, not hands."

"I've seen you guys doing nothing after training before, just waiting for dinner."

"I made these things for you to play with."

The football fell, Lin Dao took a few steps forward and volleyed the ball into the air, and the ball whizzed into the plane.

After the Sima family put their weapons into storage and their horses into the mountains, the army's combat effectiveness and the quality of its soldiers declined rapidly.

Especially under the hereditary system of military households, the army was filled with a large number of old and weak people.

There are so many children from seven or eight years old to teenagers, and old people over fifty or sixty years old, everywhere in the army.

They lack training, have no food to eat, have untrained weapons, have low status, and are old and young.

It was only natural that such an army would be defeated by the Hu people.

Lin Dao learned from the collapse of the Jin Dynasty army and his army was composed of young and strong people.

But problems also arise.

Young people are hot-tempered and cannot train all the time. That would be exhausting and would also have an impact on their psychological side.

We need to relieve stress while training soldiers. Exercise is a very good choice.

The rules of football and basketball are very simple, simple after Lin Dao simplified them himself.

"Basketball, all you have to do is throw the ball into the other team's basket."

"In football, all you have to do is kick the ball into the opponent's goal."

In addition to basketball, which cannot be played with your feet, football, which cannot be played with your hands, is also not allowed.

Apart from not being able to maliciously injure others, there are no other fouls or rules.

It is simple and crude, letting the energetic soldiers grab, fight and crash into each other.

After training and exercising until I’m sweaty and exhausted, all I want to do is eat and sleep.

After listening to Lin Dao's explanation of the rules, people soon started to play the game.

The team is the unit, and each team sends a corresponding number of players to the field.

On Lin Dao's side, he was still adding fuel to the fire.

"Whoever wins will receive a reward."

"Qin Lang, light some incense."

Hearing that there would be rewards, the soldiers became even more motivated.

Lin Dao found a place to sit down and watched the game with great interest.

"Master Lang."

Jinlian came over with a dozen men carrying boxes to pay their respects.

"Are you here?" Lin Dao nodded, "Put your things down first. We'll talk after the game is over."

Jinlian walked forward and knelt beside him, gently rubbing his shoulders to serve him.

There is no professional venue, just racks and goals.

The two sides didn't even have clothing to distinguish their teammates.

Anyway, the teammates are all comrades in the same team, and they can be recognized at a glance.

The competition is competitive and lacks rules.

After a while, conflicts were inevitable.

In other words, they all knew that the master was watching, so they resisted the urge to beat each other.

However, strong collisions, trash talk, kicking, throwing and hitting people are all happening all the time.

Lin Dao waved to Qin Lang.

Looking at Qin Lang who was kneeling beside him, Lin Dao instructed, "Arrange for the captain of another team to be the referee."

"The action was directly aimed at injuring others, so he was sent off."

"Here~~~"

As for the rules and such, just be sure to avoid serious injuries.

Essentially, it is to provide soldiers with a channel to vent their energy, not to create a professional team.

As long as there is no serious injury, it's fine.

As for technology, there is definitely none.

Whether it is basketball or football, it basically relies on the body to do the work.

At least from Lindau's perspective, it felt more like a wrestling match.

As the incense stick burned out, Lin Dao stood up and stopped the game.

The four teams on both sides gathered in front of him. Although they were panting and covered in heavy clothes, they were in good spirits.

"The victorious ones come forward."

One team each of basketball and football players stood up.

There was an obvious look of satisfaction on his face.

"Ah."

Lin Dao gestured to Jin Lian, "Here are some prizes, just take them."

Jinlian waved her hand, and the dozen or so big men who came with boxes leaned over and picked up the boxes, leading the puzzled soldiers back to the barracks.

Lin Dao instructed Qin Lang, "After the training, you can organize competitions between the teams."

“Others can also look on and cheer.”

"Try to let them focus all their energy on training and the court."

"I have arranged rewards for the winning team."

"By the way, no rewards will be given to those with families. You need to inform us of this in advance."

Qin Lang nodded repeatedly "Yes~~~"

A few days later, traces of Jie cavalry began to appear around Xiangguo City.

Qin Lang led the cavalry out of the city to drive them out, but the Jie cavalry did not fight back but retreated on their own initiative.

But as time went on, more and more Jiehu appeared.

They blocked roads, built camps, and stockpiled supplies, clearly intending to maintain a long-term siege.

"Recall all the scouts outside the city."

Lin Dao, who was standing on the top of the city wall, withdrew his gaze and said, "Each unit should take turns guarding the city at night. We must not allow the Jiehu to launch a surprise attack."

Lin Dao was not afraid of defending the city.

There are plenty of industrial products in the modern world, and even if Shi Hu sent a million troops, it would be enough to deal with them.

What he was worried about was that the city would be suddenly breached and a large number of Jiehu would rush into the city.

Although Lin Dao himself is definitely fine, the worst that can happen is that he can run back to the modern world.

No matter how good the Jiehu are at fighting, can they break through the barriers of time and space and chase us into the modern world?

The ones who suffered the most were the beggars in the city.

Given the brutality of the Jiehu, both men and women would suffer a miserable fate.

Lin Dao’s ability to travel through time and space cannot carry creatures with souls, so he cannot save people.

For Lin Dao, the only concern in this battle to defend the city was to avoid being ambushed and allowing the Jiehu to rush into the city.

After arranging some city defense tasks, Lin Dao set out to return to the modern world.

When I arrived at the warehouse, I looked at the piles of gas cylinders, barbed wire, lime powder, fireworks and other supplies.

A smile appeared on his face.

In order to welcome Jie Hu, many good things were specially ordered.

Now is the time to bring it over.

He squatted down and reached out to pat the steel pipe in front of him.

His fingers slid across the words "Laiyang Iron and Steel Plant" printed on the steel pipe.

"When friends come, we have wine; when jackals come, we have rockets!"

(End of this chapter)