Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Nine: The Training Method of the King of Shu
But Su Wen didn't dare to follow these old princes. Su Wen had also received some training these days.
Naturally, I understand that if I rush too hard at the beginning, I won’t be able to sustain it for a long time.
Therefore, at the beginning, Su Wen could only follow his own pace.
Su Wen still had a doubt in his heart. These old princes rushed so hard at the beginning. Can they really persevere?
Sure enough, after two laps, the two old princes slowed down and gasped for air.
It turns out that these princes are not much better at running than me!
Seeing this scene, Su Wen finally felt relieved.
At the same time, the strength of this group of players gave Su Wen confidence.
Gradually, Su Wen began to increase his speed, while the speed of several old princes gradually slowed down.
In the end, Su Wen easily surpassed several princes and occupied the first position.
Seeing that someone actually surpassed him, Cheng Yaojin and other veterans were naturally unconvinced.
He kicked off his legs and ran after him.
It didn't take long before they really caught up.
However, when they caught up, they were exhausted and had no energy at all. They held their knees and gasped for air.
Therefore, this time in the preliminaries, Su Wen easily achieved first place.
And the next time, it will be the semi-finals.
If you can still stand out in the semi-finals, you can enter the finals.
After this preliminary selection, Su Wen's confidence has increased a lot.
Finals, here I come!
After the game, Cheng Yaojin and other old guys were very angry.
I thought that for these competitions, it would be necessary to find people from all over the Tang Dynasty?
These veterans took action and covered all the competition events.
There is no need to compete at all, just send them to compete with the other fifteen countries.
But reality is like a slap in the face!
My face was swollen and it hurt so much!
In the other qualifiers that followed, they also suffered various losses.
This made a group of veterans who thought highly of themselves feel very angry.
Fortunately, in the end, they also signed up for the new Cuju competition.
Under Li Min's promotion, Cuju has become a very popular sport throughout the Tang Dynasty in recent years.
Because the entry barriers to this industry are very low.
As long as there is one Cuju and a small area, more than twenty people can play.
And I have to say that this sport is really a passionate, exciting, exciting and enjoyable game.
It makes people play passionately, heartily and unable to stop.
Cheng Yaojin and other old guys also formed a football team, and their name was the Killing God Combination.
There is actually nothing wrong with this name.
Because when they were young, they fought in all directions and were indeed a group of murderous gods.
And their killer combination, in some football matches in Chang'an City and nearby, really killed everyone and was invincible.
Therefore, even though Cheng Yaojin felt ashamed when the qualifiers for other events failed, they were still very confident about the new Cuju competition.
During this time, the teams from the other fifteen countries have already started to leave. I believe they will arrive in Yizhou in less than a month.
Li Min has been watching the qualifying matches during this period.
But for the qualifying matches, Li Min can really be described as being intolerable.
Just talk about the 100-meter and 400-meter running races. Can you believe that they start standing up?
Well, okay, in fact, in later generations, when the 100-meter dash race just started, it seemed that everyone started standing up.
It was not until later that some people achieved good results by starting in a squatting position, and then gradually everyone changed to starting in a squatting position.
There is also a high jump competition, which is really high jump!
They all jump with their legs upright, and no one jumps in the back-over style at all.
How high can you jump like this?
But don’t tell me yet, the masters are among the people!
In the preliminaries, there was one person who jumped the hardest, jumping to a height of two meters.
This made Li Min couldn't help but feel horrified.
This height may have broken the world record in later generations, and even exceeded it by a piece, right?
I have to say that in terms of physical fitness, some people in ancient times were really better than modern people.
But compared to the high jump, what does a height of two meters mean?
If we look at future generations, this result would not even qualify for the Olympic Games.
As for the other qualifiers, except for archery and martial arts, they are all lackluster and have a lot of room for improvement.
Of course, these can all be solved through short-term training, so Li Min is not in a hurry.
And Li Min firmly believed that this was true even in the Tang Dynasty, and probably even more so in the other fifteen countries.
During the qualifiers, tourists entered the stadium, which can accommodate 100,000 people, to watch the games.
The selection for the new Cuju competition has already begun.
Speaking of which, the selection process for the Cuju competition is the slowest.
Due to venue restrictions, we can only compete one game at a time.
You can't pre-qualify for running or something, and you can have more than a dozen people competing on a track.
Li Min had to open five more Cuju courts outside Yizhou New City for pre-selection.
There are a total of six Cuju venues, and selections are conducted non-stop for ten hours a day, which is quite fast.
A game lasts an hour and a half, and six games can be played in a day.
Six competition venues equal thirty-six games.
The qualifiers are single-elimination matches, so they proceed very quickly.
After six days, the first round of knockout rounds was over, with 240 teams left.
In the first round of elimination, the God-killing team composed of veterans such as Cheng Yaojin used overwhelming force to win with a score of thirty-eight to fifteen.
This victory also allowed Cheng Yaojin and other old guys to regain their confidence.
It turns out that their strength has always been in Cuju. In the past, their strength was simply used in the wrong place.
And then, the second round of qualifiers began again.
The second round of qualifying is still a knockout round. This time it only takes 120 games to complete, which takes less than four days.
At this time, the top three places in other events have all been competed for.
These are the top three in the Tang Dynasty. Every award is presented by Li Min personally.
The award ceremony attracted countless people to watch.
Among these award-winning contestants, Li Min saw a most special existence.
This person is Su Wen.
He is the only person to win three championships by himself.
Su Wen's talent in running is indeed very terrifying. It can be said that he was born to run.
Coupled with the subsequent professional training, his running ability has been fully utilized.
Originally, Su Wen was worried that since he had won three running championships by himself, he might not be given so much success. It would be nice to be given one reward, after all, he won it alone.
Although half a million dollars is already a lot.
But thinking about missing out on one million dollars, Su Wen felt quite disappointed.
But it turned out that his worries were completely unnecessary.
The championship in three events, three gold medals, and a reward of 1.5 million yuan were distributed to him in large sums.
Of course, because the amount of money is too large, it is of course impossible to directly bring the big money to the site for distribution.
What the King of Shu distributed on the spot were all banknotes.
But now banknotes have spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.
Datang banks have spread all over the Tang Dynasty.
Qi Wang, the fifth surname, had the courage to attack the shops of China Commercial Bank, but if they were given another courage, they would not dare to attack Datang Bank.
Because the person standing behind the Tang Dynasty Bank was not only the King of Shu, but also the Tang Emperor Li Shimin.
With these banknotes, you can spend them directly within the territory of Datang.
Even when visiting neighboring countries such as Tubo and Tuyuhun, some shops accept Tang Dynasty banknotes.
Because of these neighboring countries, many merchants were doing business in Datang.
Their shops accept Tang Dynasty banknotes.
In these countries, there is also the problem of inconvenience in carrying money.
And no merchant in their country has the ability to make banknotes.
Therefore, Tang Dynasty banknotes have slowly begun to be used in their country.
The popularity of banknotes also greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient coins in the Tang Dynasty.
Because banknotes are so convenient, everyone is now accustomed to carrying banknotes with them when going out in addition to giving change.
Who would go out with a big bag of money on their back?
This problem that had troubled Li Shimin and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue for many years was easily solved by the King of Shu and his bank.
Of course, there are problems.
After all, these banknotes were not issued by the state, but by Datang Bank.
At the same time, banknotes are not issued unlimitedly.
It's about how many copper coins customers deposit, plus how many coins they come to exchange for banknotes, how much they can print.
The amount of banknotes is actually still affected by the amount of copper coins.
The emergence of banknotes only facilitated the people and temporarily covered up the problem of lack of copper coins.
In fact, Datang's current situation of being short of money still exists.
Therefore, in recent years, Li Shimin has also been actively looking for silver mines and actively mining them.
At present, a lot of extracted silver bullion has been accumulated.
However, the quantity is still too small to be promoted as the main currency for the time being.
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After the rewards are distributed, other athletes who have not achieved rankings can go home.
Only the top two athletes are eligible to participate in the Sixteen Nations Games.
Li Min, on the other hand, gathered everyone together for intensive training.
Of course, it mainly focuses on running, high jump, long jump, weightlifting, iron ball and javelin throw.
As for equestrian, Cuju, archery, and martial arts, Li Min actually doesn't understand them himself, and it's difficult to give them suggestions. Just let them train on their own.
In several events such as running, because the athletes' postures are extremely irregular, performance can be greatly improved through short-term training.
Therefore, these projects are the focus of Li Min's training.
The first is the running event. Li Min will gather the top two in the 100-meter and 400-meter races together.
Well, there are actually three people in total, because one of them, Su Wen, won the first place in these two projects at the same time.
Li Min took them to the track and ordered people to install running aids for running.
"There are now less than twenty days left before the Sixteen Nations Games. During this period, in addition to maintaining basic training and maintaining adequate physical functions, you will start training."
"Your explosive power and endurance are both good, but when it comes to starting, you are a complete mess! Now, I am going to teach you the best way to start, which is to start in a squatting position! Come on, put on the props!"
Under Li Min's order, servants soon brought the running gear up and placed it behind the starting point of the runway.
The three people, headed by Su Wen, looked at the running machine with confusion in their eyes.
Li Min pointed to the running aid and said, "Did you see it? This is the running aid, and when you start running, you need to adopt this posture."
After saying that, Li Min squatted down, with his left foot in a lunge and his right foot on the running machine.
"When you hear the command to prepare, your whole body tenses up, ready to pop out at any time. When you hear the command to start, hit the running gear with your right foot, explode with all your strength, and pop your body out."
After that, Li Min showed them a starting movement.
"This is the starting movement that I want to teach you. Next, you all have to demonstrate it."
None of the three people agreed with the starting movements that King Shu wanted to teach them.
What they were thinking about was how fast they could run standing up.
If you have to squat down to run, don't you also need to stand up? Isn't this slower?
However, even though I don’t understand it in my heart.
But the person standing in front of them is the King of Shu who descended from heaven!
To them, the King of Shu was not only a god descending from heaven, but also their benefactor!
The family conditions of the three of them are not very good.
It was because of a suggestion from the King of Shu and because of this Sixteen Nations Games that their lives had undergone earth-shaking changes.
If it weren't for the King of Shu, they would have remained obscure and poor throughout their lives.
But now, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Therefore, since it was the King of Shu's order, no matter whether it was right or wrong, they would carry it out to the letter without any complaints.
After the first test, they felt decisively that the effect was really not good and it was really not as fast as they could run while standing.
The King of Shu, however, seemed to directly ignore this point and directly corrected the shortcomings in their actions.
Then let them continue practicing.
Next, Li Min gave guidance on the long jump.
The problem with long jump is that they don't know enough about the approach and they don't use the speed of the approach.
Their victory depends entirely on personal physical fitness.
Regarding this point, Li Min couldn't demonstrate it, after all, he didn't understand it himself.
Li Min could only tell them the correct method and let them experience it themselves.
But this time, after Li Min's guidance, these athletes achieved immediate results.
After trying two or three times, I achieved a significant breakthrough.
This made them admire King Shu even more and train even harder.
Next, it is for the high jump competition, which is also a key point.
The champion of the high jump competition is a fierce man who can jump two meters high with both feet on the spot. His name is Song Chao.
The second placer can only jump to a height of 1.5 meters, and his name is Meng Hu.
However, even with a height of 1.5 meters, if we look at future generations, he would still be a fierce man.
Li Min called Song Chao and Meng Hu to his side, and then said to them: "Next, I will give you a demonstration. I will challenge the height of 1.7 meters."
What?
After hearing Li Min's words, both Song Chao and Meng Hu had expressions of disbelief on their faces.
The two of them were fierce men selected from the entire Tang Dynasty through layers of screening.
Although the height of 1.7 meters is not higher than the height of the first place Song Chao.
But it is already 1.5 meters taller than the second-placed Meng Hu.
They all couldn't believe that His Highness could be so powerful.
Although His Highness is a god descending to earth, it is manifested in intelligence, not in physical ability.
Li Min didn't do too much with them in time, but turned around and walked about forty or fifty steps to the side.
Seeing this scene, Song Chao and Meng Hu were stunned again.
Huh?
What is the King of Shu doing?
Isn't it true that in high jump, you just take off and jump directly from the same place?
Next, I saw King Shu starting to run faster and faster.
Not long after, he ran under the crossbar. Next, King Shu made a diving leap, starting from his head, his whole body jumped over the crossbar, and fell onto the sofa behind.
Li Min is now fourteen years old, and his height is more than 1.6 meters and less than 1.7 meters tall.
With this height, coupled with the continuous practice of Yi Jin Jing in the past few years, Li Min's physical fitness is quite good.
It was easy to jump over a height of 1.7 meters.
Li Min even felt that after a period of practice, he could challenge the height of 1.81.9 meters, or even two meters.
After getting up from the mat, Li Min clapped his hands and said, "How is it? Is it easy for me to dance?"
Song Chao and Meng Hu were stunned and said: "Your Highness, but, but you didn't jump over at all!"
I knew you would say this.
Li Min asked with a smile: "Then tell me, what are the rules of the high jump?"
Hearing Li Min's inquiry, Song Chao couldn't help but said: "The rules of high jump are that the height of the body must exceed the pole, and no part of the body can touch the pole or knock the pole off."
Li Min shrugged his shoulders and asked: "Then I ask you, is my action a foul?"
"This..." Song Chao and Meng Hu thought for a while before shaking their heads and saying, "No!"
Li Min couldn't help laughing and said: "Look, since I don't have any violations, why can't I jump like this? If you adopt my posture, when the competition comes, the first and second place will still be different.
Aren’t they all in your pocket?”
After hearing Li Min's words, Song Chao and Meng Hu couldn't help but suddenly realized, and couldn't help but nodded excitedly.
Yes, although the two of them are already the two most powerful in the Tang Dynasty.
But there are heroes and talented people in the world. Who knows that there are no more powerful characters in the other fifteen countries?
To be honest, their results are not safe at the Sixteen Nations Games.
But if they adopt His Highness's high jump method, their results will definitely be able to break through again and reach a new height.
At that time, the championship and runner-up will really be theirs.
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly asked the King of Shu for advice on the skills of the cross-over high jump, and then started training hard.
Of course, there are always problems of one kind or another in the first ten jumps.
It's not because my body is uncoordinated and I can't grasp the best time to take off.
It means the body hits the support pole.
However, they were not discouraged. Finally, on the eleventh try, Song Chao made a breakthrough first, and his height increased by at least ten centimeters.
Moreover, this height should not be his limit yet, he still has room for improvement.
Not long after, Meng Hu also broke through. This time he broke through and reached a height of 1.8 meters.
It can be said that the progress is extremely amazing.
Seeing this scene, Li Min couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Li Min feels that it is not a big problem for Song Chao to eventually reach a height of 2.2 meters, and even 2.3 or 2.4 meters is not impossible.
As for Meng Hu, he can definitely exceed the height of two meters.
These two people are basically very stable in the top two in the high jump.
Next are the three events of weightlifting, iron ball and javelin throw.
In these three projects, Li Min really has no experience.
Fortunately, he has various experiences from later generations.
The time for the Sixteen Nations Games is now very close, and it is definitely too late for systematic training.
But some basic posture changes are still easy to make.
And as long as you change some postures, your results will be easily achieved.
Under Li Min's guidance, the six athletes in these three events also made rapid progress.
After several days of training, Su Wen and the other two second-place finishers finally felt the benefits of squatting.
It turns out that squatting starts can indeed provide a better approach and accelerate faster than standing starts.
At least it can cover a distance of several meters quickly.
At this time, they discovered that His Highness the King of Shu was the correct one.
And they had even doubted His Highness the King of Shu before, which was really inappropriate!
After discovering this, they trained even harder.
At this time, the second round of the Cuju competition elimination round has also ended.
There were originally 240 teams, but now there are only 120 left.
These 120 teams will compete in the third round of knockout rounds.
After another sixty games, there will be sixty teams left.
This process only takes two days to complete.
After two days, only thirty teams were left.
None of the remaining teams is weak.
The weak teams have already been eliminated in the early stages.
Nowadays, countless people come to watch every Cuju competition.
There are many people who like Cuju in the Tang Dynasty, but there are not so many competitions, let alone those between strong teams.
Nowadays, the successive games are a feast for the eyes of these spectators.
And they also selected the five favorite teams to win the championship.
The first team is the Killing God Team. This team is really fierce. They have been killing everyone since the game.
The members of the Killing God Team are some old princes. These old princes have swords that never grow old. They are also murderous in the competition venue.
The weaker teams didn't even dare to look at them.
Almost everyone is optimistic that they can win the championship.