The two of them each held a shot and stood at opposite ends of the table.
After a brief explanation of the rules, we started swinging the racket!
Although Ying Feiyu was not a table tennis master in later generations, he was more than enough to deal with Huang Yuan who was just starting out!
After a few rounds, Huang Yuan was exhausted and gasping for breath!
"Haha! Your Highness, I never thought that such a small ball can really exercise your body. My arms are sore just now!"
Huang Yuan rubbed his arm and smiled helplessly.
It was his first time to play table tennis, and he hadn't mastered the strength yet. He was playing with brute force. It would be strange if he didn't get tired!
"Although it's a bit tiring, it's still very interesting! It's much more interesting than throwing pots or something like that!"
He rubbed his wrists and smiled with unfinished content.
"Yeah! As long as it's interesting!"
That old guy Ying Zheng asked him to come up with something interesting to distract the people, so they don't go to the brothel for nothing.
He thought that table tennis could not only provide entertainment but also exercise.
Seniors in their 60s and 70s, children as young as three years old, as long as they can still hold a racket, can play!
So let’s research this first!
"For people like us who are not into martial arts and don't have time to go out for exercise, table tennis is the most suitable. We can exercise our bodies in entertainment!"
Huang Yuan kept praising him.
"This is just the first step. There are several kinds of balls for you to make later!"
Ying Feiyu put down his racket and went to the study room to hand him all the drawings of basketball, football, and badminton.
The size and material of the ball are explained in detail above.
For the current Da Qin, I believe it will be completed soon!
"Your Highness, are these also balls? Are they also for exercise?"
Looking at the shape above, Huang Yuan asked doubtfully.
"That's right! The functions are the same. You can exercise during entertainment!"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly.
"This thing is very entertaining. If it is promoted, it will definitely be loved by the majority of people...!"
Huang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Highness, I wonder if these table tennis balls need to be mass-produced?"
"Well! Let's start production, and then let the court hold a prize-winning competition for the common people to participate!"
Ying Feiyu nodded and said.
"good!"
Huang Yuan responded and turned around to do it.
The manufacturing process of table tennis balls is not complicated. If you have enough people, you can produce quite a few in one day!
Then Ying Feiyu came to the newspaper office and recorded the gameplay of table tennis in detail!
Before table tennis came on the market, people started asking each other where they could buy it!
Three days later, Daqin’s first sporting goods store officially opened!
But now the store only has table tennis balls, rackets, and tables, and nothing else!
These are still in production and new ones will be released in the next few days!
"Let's go! The sports goods store is open. If you go there late, the table tennis balls will be sold out!"
On the day of the sale, people rushed to the sports store.
For this era, table tennis is definitely a new thing, and the price is not high. Each ball only costs ten cents, which is within the reach of every common person!
However, the racket and table need to use wood and carving technology, so the price is relatively higher!
Fortunately, people in this era have some skills, so making a few rackets is not a problem!
As for the table top, just go to the store and have a look, then go home and find a few stones to build one, that's what it sounds like!
In the following period, table tennis became a hot topic of discussion among people after dinner!
Who is good at table tennis?
Whose family was cured of years of waist and leg pain because of playing table tennis?
And after playing table tennis, so-and-so sleeps better than a pig at night, and there is no such thing as insomnia or dreaminess!
Words like this are spreading more and more widely, and the more they spread, the more evil they become.
Table tennis is even said to be a miracle cure for all diseases!
So much so that Ying Feiyu specifically refuted the rumor in the newspaper, saying that while table tennis is entertaining, it can only play a role in strengthening the body!
But people think that both are the same.
If you strengthen your body, your illness will naturally be cured, right?
Now even after Ying Zheng finished reviewing the memorial, he took Kelian'er to play table tennis together!
What can I say? Practicing Tai Chi before was so boring, not as interesting as table tennis!
Before this trend was over, badminton came out again, which brightened the eyes of the people and started buying badmintons one after another!
In the process of playing badminton, you need to keep running and jumping, which is very popular among young people!
Likewise, the price is not high and everyone can afford it!
Then there are basketball and football. These two sports require multiple people to compete and involve a lot of exercise. Children play more!
New tricks come out one after another, leaving people overwhelmed and worrying about what to play every day!
Also worried are the brothel madams!
They stood at the door one by one, with sad faces. When they saw a man passing by, they started to say hello, but it had no effect at all!
Calling all the beautiful girls in the family to the door to solicit customers, it still doesn't help!
"Hey, Shopkeeper Liu, you haven't been here for a long time, why don't you go in and have some fun? I'll arrange a new girl for you, I guarantee your satisfaction!"
Seeing a familiar figure passing by the door, the madam twisted her waist, waved her scented handkerchief, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile on her face.
No way, they haven't opened for several days.
Last time there was only one person who came to the business. He didn’t even order any food or drinks. He just hugged the girl and went upstairs. He didn’t make much money at all!
If this continues, we won’t even be able to provide food and drink for the girls!
"Mother Zhang, please pull me down quickly. I just played a game of badminton with them yesterday. I am so tired that my arms are sore and I can't hold on! My legs are also sore and soft from running. I can't stand it at all." If you don’t have that intention, let’s wait for two days!”
The man waved his hands, showing no interest at all, and at the same time quickened his pace and walked forward.
"well!"
The madam could only sigh deeply and helplessly return to the door of her brothel, constantly searching for targets to see if any acquaintances could come in and spend money.
But I stopped several people one after another, and they all gave similar reasons!
She never dreamed that the one who defeated their brothel was not another brothel, but a sporting goods store that was beyond their reach!
"Ouch! We've been standing here for a long time and no one has come to the door. I'm so tanned! It's better to go back and play a game of badminton with my sisters!"
"That's right! What's the use of standing here?"
Just when the madam was getting angry, the girls leaning on the railing behind her also started to complain.
All of them were holding silk handkerchiefs to block the sun, looking very impatient!
"Hmph! If you can't even afford food, why do you still play badminton? Don't you worry about getting tanned if you play badminton in the yard?"
The madam was furious.
For the sake of the brothel business, she almost knelt down and kowtowed to others.
It's a good thing for these guys, not only are they not in a hurry, they also want to play some badminton!
I was confused, what was so fun about that thing that it fascinated all the men, women and children in the city like this!
