Lan Tian had not returned to Laiwu for a long time, so Li Yang left him to stay in the village for a few days.
Lantian planned to stay in Linwu for two or three days and then return to Quanling via the northern waterway, so he asked Hao Pu to return to Chenxian first to handle county affairs without accompanying him in Xindengzhuang.
Returning to Xindengzhuang in the afternoon, Lantian asked Li Yang to find a few craftsmen to sew a round 'football' with animal skins according to his requirements. The inflated part of the center of the ball was filled with dry straw and other fluffy materials, and was used by others. Hemp ropes form huge nets.
Hearing that Lantian was making something new, which was a 'toy' for the children, Lu Lingqi watched for a while and then brought the children back from the street.
"Uncle, what kind of toy is this?" Adou asked curiously.
Lan Tian smiled and replied: "Football."
"Football? How to play football?" Adou asked again.
"I will teach you tomorrow." Lan Tian said kindly.
After learning that they could only play tomorrow morning, the five little ones dispersed in a hurry. Just after leaving the hospital, Lan Ji came back, tilted his head and asked: "Father, there are more of us, you should do more..."
After Lan Ji finished speaking, he ran away in a flash. Lan Tian smiled and ignored him.
Li Yang then said worriedly: "There are not many hunters left in Linwu County now. If we really want to ensure that every child in the village has a football, this animal skin is simply not enough..."
Lantian said with a smile: "These are enough for now. We will add more when there are more animal skins in the future. Now you come with me to choose a venue."
"Wei." Li Yang followed Lan Tian with a question mark on his face.
Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, Lantian and Li Yang found a relatively flat piece of grassland at the bottom of the uphill slope in the northwest of Xindengzhuang.
Lantian stood on the hillside and looked down. At the turn of autumn and winter, the weeds on the ground were withered and yellow, and smoke was rising from Xindengzhuang not far away.
"It's a really good location. The earth will be green again next spring, and it will be a good time for the children to play." Lantian said to himself.
Lan Tian took out a hand-drawn stadium drawing from his pocket, and asked people to use wooden sticks and twine to determine the boundaries of the stadium, determine the positions of the goals on both sides and the length of the fixed wooden bars, and finally asked the accompanying soldiers to move the stones inside. Clear All.
At dawn the next day, Lan Tian took the carpenters to the stadium to assemble the goals, and asked the painters to draw lines on the grass according to the drawings. A simple football field was quickly formed.
Around Chen time, Deng Ai brought many children to the football field, and the team of five little ones expanded quite quickly.
Seeing that there were only a few balls on the field, Lan Ji complained: "Father, why are there only so many toys? Look at how many of us there are..."
Lantian explained with a smile: "This game is called football. Twenty-two people play with one ball. Now I have prepared five balls which are more than enough."
The children were puzzled. What's the point of twenty-two people grabbing a ball?
Lan Tian found a few fire heads from the trapped troops to be the referees, and then he gave demonstrations and explained the rules. Both the fire heads and the children listened with half-understanding.
Then Lan Tian divided the children into groups according to height and size. The five little ones from Lingling, who were about the same age, happened to be in the same team.
Lan Tian asked for a whistle from Gao Shun and began to direct the first football game of the Three Kingdoms era as the referee. However, after the game started, except for the goalkeeper, the other twenty children swarmed to grab the football.
Beep beep... beep beep beep...
The whistles on the field kept blowing, and the people watching around were puzzled. Linwu Ling Xu An also came to the scene, thinking to himself, what kind of game is this, General Lan? Is it too complicated?
It is difficult to promote a sport, especially when teaching from scratch. Lan Tian did not fully follow the rules of modern football. He believed that men need some blood and physical collisions are essential.
Not long after the first game started, Lan Tian called the players aside.
He took out the formation diagram in his arms and introduced: "The offense and defense just now were unorganized. There is no point in gathering around and rushing. You have to kick the ball into the opponent's net. The eleven players on both sides have their own responsibilities. The forward , the center and the defender must work closely together, and can choose positions according to their respective advantages. For example, Ji'er can be a forward because he is flexible and fast, and Yuan'er has a calm personality and can be an organization center..."
"Uncle, I seem suitable to be a goalkeeper." Adou scratched his head and said.
Lan Tian nodded and said confidently that you really know how to choose. The goalkeepers of strong teams are indeed leisurely, but the goalkeepers of weak teams are very busy.
"You guys can adjust the division of labor again. Let's compete within half an hour. The other teams are still waiting in line." Lan Tian clapped his hands and said.
After being reminded by Lan Tian, the young players from the starting two teams finally started running decently. Gradually, they also cooperated in passing and receiving, and the viewing experience was much better than at the beginning.
The half-hour whistle sounded. Lan Ji scored two goals and Gan Gui scored one goal. The first game ended with a score of 3 to 1. Quanling's five-year-old team won.
Then the two teams of children from Xindengzhuang continued to play. They had just listened and watched and understood a general idea. Lan Tian also handed the referee's whistle to a fire head.
After the game, the five little ones went to the sidelines to drink water. While wiping Lan Ji's sweat, Lu Lingqi asked in confusion: "Twenty or so people are running around a ball. Look at how sweaty you all are. Is it really interesting?”
"Mom, this football is really fun. It's more fun than riding a wooden horse, hopscotch, or jumping goats, and it's not tiring at all." Lan Ji said excitedly.
"I'm not tired either." Adou said with a smile.
Lan Tian saw that the child wasn't even sweating, and thought to himself that as a goalkeeper, of course you are not tired.
Gao Shun looked at Lan Yuan who was drinking water and said: "Sir, this football match is like a battle between two armies. Both offense and defense seem to imply the art of war. Yuan'er just seemed like a general commanding an army..."
"I scored two goals, I am the general." Lan Ji quickly claimed the credit.
Gao Shun: "Well... Yuan'er is a general, Ji'er is a vanguard general..."
"Gan Gui is flexible and smart, Gaoling dares to rush and fight, Adou defends the goal well, and the children play well. Now we sit down to watch the game and learn from others' strengths and weaknesses by observing others." Lan Tian commented and praised like a head coach.
"Okay." The five little ones replied in unison.
Looking at the farm boy running on the field, Lan Tian thought to himself that I have pushed this sport forward again. People in the future want to live up to their expectations. Why don't they hold a World Cup in the Han Dynasty before unification?
Football has a large number of participants and takes a long time. There is no need to worry about safety when running on the grass. Li Yang happily came to Lantian and said, "Young Master, this football game is very good. In the future, the children will have another one to play with." place."
Lan Tian pointed to the surroundings and said: "This place is very close to Xindengzhuang. The school can be built here and the children can play while studying."
"Wonderful, I will start making arrangements tomorrow." Li Yang couldn't suppress the joy in his heart.
At noon in autumn, the sun is not very bright.
The sun shone on the golden millet and wheat fields, and every sight was filled with grain. Lan Tian suddenly fell into deep thought.
