The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 76: Cuju Game in the Sky

After the Laiyang bandits retreated, the villagers of Mengjiazhuang returned to their village and brought back the furniture the bandits had thrown out of their houses. They put it back in its proper place. Even if tables and cabinets were broken, that was no big deal. In those days, wooden furniture wasn't very valuable, and any man in any household knew a little basic carpentry and could repair it themselves.

Wu Jialiang's men and the rebel scouts also returned to the village. The two watched the villagers busy at work, and then looked at each other.

The rebel scout chuckled and said, "I bet if County Magistrate Wu can defeat this gang of Laiyang bandits, this village will submit to the government."

Wu Jialiang's men chuckled, "No need to guess, this is almost certain. I'll go back and report to County Magistrate Wu, and we'll devise a clever plan to apprehend these thieves."

The rebel scout chuckled, "I heard that County Magistrate Wu has only recruited less than two hundred archers. Can he handle five hundred bandits?"

Wu Jialiang's people said: "The palace king's people don't need to worry about that."

The two men did not quarrel. After glaring at each other, they rode away, one heading towards the county town and the other towards Dongmiaozi Village.
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At the same time, Dongmiaozi Village was bustling with activity.

A large number of rebel soldiers and villagers gathered around a football field, ready to watch the Cuju game.

In the past ten days, Qian Zhuoqun and a group of soldiers who like Cuju have been working hard in their spare time after "getting off work" every day, moving stones, carrying soil, leveling the ground, and planting grass. Finally, they built a football field on the open space outside the village.

The size of the football field was based on the later standard football field specifications: 105 meters long and 68 meters wide, equivalent to 12.2 Song Dynasty mu. (A standard football field is equivalent to 10.7 modern mu, and one Song Dynasty mu is equivalent to 0.87 modern mu.)
Although they tried their best, the ground still could not be made completely flat.

The entire course has a slight undulation, but fortunately the slope does not have much impact.

Yue Wenxuan also set up his camera and cell phone outside the sandbox...

This time, he planned to do something fancy and deliberately placed a camera far away so that he could be included in the picture.

He first faced the camera and smiled, "Hi everyone! I'm the UP host of Plastic World, my name is Xuanxuan. Thank you for your continued attention to the updates of Plastic World. A few days ago, I've been making videos about ancient times for you, but after watching ancient times for too long, you'll get tired of it. Starting today, I've produced a special program called Plastic Football World... Everyone, watch it and don't blink."

After saying that, he took out a Ronaldo figure from the box in front of the camera and placed it on the sand table.

Later, this video will be processed to give his hand a close-up, and the camera will follow his hand into the sandbox, put Ronaldo down, and then the Ronaldo figure will "come alive"...

This level of "special effects" is common in American blockbusters and AI videos, so he didn't have to worry about the audience figuring out the sand table was a dimensional prop. Oh, and the camera deliberately gave a close-up of the box, which had the words "Autumn God Light Sculpture Co., Ltd." and the official authorization logo on it.

At this time... the camera has entered the sandbox...

Madam Gong Er was sitting next to the football field, with Qian Zhuoqun sitting on her left, and Wang You, Zhang Dalang, Zhang Dashu, Zhang Wazi, Wu Zhan and others sitting behind her. All the famous and renowned figures in the rebel army were present.

The football field was surrounded by ordinary people, many of whom even came from Guanhai Salt Field, Chengyang Coal Mine, Wangzhuang Town Iron Mine and other places. There were almost no entertainment activities in rural areas these days. When people heard that Dongmiaozi Village was going to hold a large-scale Cuju competition, and that it would be performed by the "Heavenly Cuju Club", they became even more interested and would stop working to come and watch.

Thousands of people gathered around the stadium...

In this highly anticipated scene, Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a Real Madrid jersey, fell from the sky and was the first to land on the field.

Then Messi, wearing a Barcelona jersey, came down and stood opposite.

As soon as the two appeared, Qian Zhuoqun and other rebel soldiers who had seen them once roared wildly: "Here they come! Here they come! The Cuju Club from Heaven is here!"

When the people saw the two men falling from the sky, they cheered even louder.

In this lively atmosphere, the stars of both teams came onto the court one after another.

In the end, even a bald referee came down.

It's a pity that there is no commentary, because commentary requires microphones, speakers and other things to comment on football, but these "high-tech" things require too much command power, so they cannot be put in now.

At this time, Qian Zhuoqun stood up and cleared his throat. "The Cuju game in the Immortal Realm is about to begin. The True Lord was afraid that everyone might not understand, so he asked me to explain the rules. We'll go through the details as we watch, but let's talk about the most important rules first. Cuju in the Immortal Realm is divided into two teams. You get a point by kicking the ball into the opponent's goal..."

When he said this, only those around him could hear it, but the audience passed it on to each other, and the rules were simply passed on. The audience understood the basic rules and turned to look at the goals on both sides, and they understood it at a glance.

Looking at the positions of the players on both sides, it seemed like they were in a battle formation.

The audience understood immediately. No wonder the True Lord wanted everyone to play this. This was clearly a method of training soldiers.

The bald referee blew the whistle...

As soon as the game started, the two teams began to fight fiercely.

The collision of bodies was ten thousand times more intense than the Cuju of the Song Dynasty, and the audience was stunned for a moment.

The situation between these two sides is more fierce than war!

Qian Zhuoqun and other real Cuju enthusiasts almost popped their eyes out of their sockets as they watched.

"Is this a kick or a hit?"

"Fuck, that's crazy!"

"Everyone flew away after the collision."

They were just watching for fun, but Yue Wenxuan, who was outside the sandbox, saw something different.

The two teams' figures he put in were all the original players of Real Madrid vs. Barcelona in the 12-13 season. However, the game played by the original players of these two teams in the sandbox did not go in the same direction as the game in history.

Even if it is two exactly the same groups of people, they cannot play two identical games.

This is actually a brand new game!

Now, not only were the rebels watching with great interest, even Yue Wenxuan noticed the interest. It was like watching a brand new fantasy derby in the VIP seat without spending a penny on the ticket. It was a huge profit.

After watching the game for more than an hour, Yue Wenxuan was very excited.

The rebels and civilians in the sandbox were also fascinated by the scene.

No matter which team reaches the penalty area, the audience will cheer loudly, and once a goal is scored, the audience will be even more jubilant than the players.

When the game was over, Yue Wenxuan took all the plastic people back to the sky.

The audience, who were close friends, couldn't help but gather together and whispered: "The Cuju in the sky is so interesting. I can't just watch, I want to go on the field and play."

"Me too, let's form a Cuju team."

"A team needs more than a dozen people! Where can we find so many people?"

"Aren't there more than a dozen soldiers in our village?"

The villagers were discussing, and the rebel soldiers were also discussing...

The rebels were easier to form a team than the villagers because they already had their own mandarin duck teams, each consisting of 12 people who ate, lived and slept together and had very good relationships. Now, after watching the Cuju match, the 12 people were just the right size to form a team.

In a corner of the audience, Zhang Dalang said solemnly to the Zhangjia Village team, "Our Zhangjia Village Cuju Club is officially established today! I'll be the midfielder, Zhang Dashu will be the striker, and Zhang Wazi, you'll be the goalkeeper."

(End of this chapter)