Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 286 Li Shimin Likes Dunhuafang
A straight concrete road, the carriage is driving slowly on the concrete road, you can't feel any bumps, and rows of poplars and willows are planted on both sides of the cement road.

Two kinds of trees are lush and lush. Walking on this straight concrete road is like walking on a tree-lined path.

On both sides of the cement road, there were new-style houses, which made Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji in the carriage stunned. After arriving at Dunhuafang, they all felt that they were no longer in Chang'an.

Different from the antique buildings in Chang’an, Dunhuafang has undergone a long period of renovation. Basically, the wooden houses have been replaced by concrete houses. Li You used a residential layout to build Dunhuafang. .

So Dunhuafang is very different from other workshops in Chang'an.

If there is a modern person who travels to Chang'an at this time, he will definitely think that this place is modern, not ancient.

"Sorbet. Sorbet!"

Where the carriage passed by, a resident of Dunhuafang sat in front of a wooden box and yelled ice cream.

Fang Xuanling came and asked with interest: "Your Highness, what is ice cream?"

"Ah sorbet!" Li Mingda grinned, and then shouted to the driver in front: "Stop, stop...!" The carriage stopped quickly, and Li Mingda stuck his little head out of the carriage. : "Master, give me four sorbets."

"So it's Her Royal Highness, good, good. Four sorbets!" As he spoke, he saw the slightly older man below, quickly rummaging through the wooden box for a while, and then took out four sorbets. In fact, the so-called sorbet is an ice cube made of milk, water and sugar, with a stick inserted on it, just like the popsicles sold by bicycles in the fields when the post-[-]s were young.

Of course, it's just that Dunhuafang's ice cream is free of charge, and a person can get one of them a day with his ID card. As for Li Mingda, he can have as many ice creams as he wants.

"Eat it!" Li Mingda took four ice creams into his hands, and gave out one to each of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji. Afterwards, Li Shimin and others followed Li Mingda's method and put the ice cream out of the ice cream. A layer of paper was torn off.

Then they ate together.

"Yo, this tastes good. It smells like milk. It's sweet and refreshing. Your Highness, how much does this sorbet cost?" Changsun Wuji gave a slight admiration after taking a bite of the sorbet.

"No money. Crap!" Li Mingda took a bite of the hard sorbet and said, "The sorbet is free, as long as you have our Dunhuafang ID card, you can get one a day!"

"It's free!" Fang Xuanling said with a slight smile, "It is said that His Royal Highness King Qi loves the people like a child, but now it seems that what he said is true!"

"Yeah, not bad, no wonder the heat disaster came, no one in Dunhuafang was killed by the heat, Li Youzhi is very good!" Li Shimin nodded slightly after taking a bite of the ice cream.

Li Mingda smiled sweetly when he heard his father praise his fifth brother. At this moment, suddenly, there was a burst of noisy children outside the carriage.

"Send it, pass it on!"

Then there was a 'bang', followed by the sound of a child shouting for a good ball, and after a while, the child shouted excitedly: "Defend, defend!"

"Block him and don't let him break through!"

"Shoot!"

These voices were heard by the three of Li Shimin, Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda strangely, Li Mingda smiled and said in an instant: "Oh, you must want to ask what's going on outside?
Hehe, they are playing football, um. By the way, it is similar to cuju, but it is not the same as our cuju. It does not need such good skills. Anyone can play as long as they want to play! "

The biggest difference between football and Cuju may be that one requires high skill, but the other can be played by anyone. In fact, during the Han Dynasty, Cuju culture was vigorously developed.

The second vigorous development was during the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Because during the Tang and Song Dynasties, Cuju developed from using solid balls stuffed with hair to inflatable balls (inflatable balls appeared after the Southern Dynasties). Of course, it is definitely not as good as Li You's football.

Moreover, it is too difficult to play cuju. When building the ball, two three-foot-high clubs are erected in the center of the court. The upper goal is about one foot in diameter, called "Merry Eyes".

Cuju is to kick the ball into the Merry Eye, and the Merry Eye is three feet high. The harsh difficulty limits the development of Cuju.

You said that the commoner played Cuju with a flirtatious eye, which is still three feet high, which is too unrealistic, but football is different. It is enough to use two stones for the goal, and there is no need for difficult movements. You can run and kick with your legs.

Cuju is completely different. The rule is that you have to bounce the ball several times before passing it to the vice-captain. The vice-captain waits for the ball to be upright and stable, and then passes it to the captain. The captain kicks the ball towards the romantic eye.

The same is true for the right team to get the ball.At the end, the winner is determined by the number of balls passed. The winner is rewarded, and the loser is punished. The captain has to eat a whip and paint his face with white powder.

God, you said that common people can play?

The carriage stopped again, Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Changsun Wuji were sitting in the carriage, watching outside the carriage, a group of children were running back and forth on a playground chasing a ball, kicking extremely fiercely.

I don't know why. I watched it with gusto for a while.

Only Li Mingda said impatiently: "Father, why don't you go away? What's so interesting about this? A group of brats are kicking around. If Father really likes to watch it, let Fifth Brother send his guards to him." Pull it out, the way they kick is intense."

"Really?" Li Shimin became interested: "Then Li You can arrange a game for Father to watch next time. It's very interesting to play football."

"It's not bad." Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling nodded together, they were full of praise for the football, Li Shimin even wanted to ask Li You for a football later, and go back to play by himself.

Looking along the way, Li You's Dunhuafang once again gave Li Shimin and others a different feeling. After arriving at Li You's home, Li You greeted him immediately.

"Li You. Greet Your Majesty!"

When Li Shimin got off the carriage, Li You hurriedly bowed to salute.

Looking at Li You, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Excuse me, today I came to your Dunhua workshop, I benefited a lot, and when I come here, I have to take something like you, but I don't know if you are willing to part with it!"

"Li You's life was given by His Majesty, so everything in Dunhuafang belongs to His Majesty. As long as His Majesty wants, everything in Dunhuafang belongs to His Majesty!"

After Li You finished speaking, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and then they all laughed. The words sounded nice, and it warmed my heart.

"Well, I won't beat around the bush with you. I'm here to ask for your method of making ice with saltpeter. I don't know if King Qi is willing to part with you!" Li Shimin smiled faintly.

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