Chapter five hundred and forty-two: the prototype of the Asian Games
Early the next morning, Yizhou Monthly was selling like hotcakes throughout Jiannan Road.
This is of course due to the good road transportation conditions throughout Jiannan Road. Before dawn, newspapers begin to be delivered to various states and counties.
As for the people in Chang'an, they can only read newspapers in the afternoon.
For other channels, it may take one or two days, even three to five days, ten days or even one or two months before you can see the newspaper.
There is no other way. In Datang, where the road conditions are extremely poor, I can't get up even if I want to.
However, this situation can be greatly improved after the trains from Hangzhou to Yizhou and the trains from Hangzhou to Chang'an pass.
It is impossible for the vast majority of people in Jiannan Road to go to Yizhou to watch the game in person.
Not to mention the expensive tickets, travel expenses and time, it was decided that they would not be able to go to the venue.
If you want to know the situation of the competition, you can only do it through Yizhou Monthly Report.
Therefore, the sales of this issue of Yizhou Monthly were particularly hot and it was robbed.
Soon, they learned about the competition situation of yesterday's Sixteen Nations Games through Yizhou Monthly News.
Yesterday, Datang had a great harvest.
In addition to the Cuju competition, a total of four events were competed yesterday.
Datang won three gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal.
With an absolute lead, he topped the medal list.
With this number of medals, there is even a chance to lock in the top spot in advance.
Not to mention, there are still two days left in the competition, and they can still win more medals.
The details of the game also deeply attracted them.
It turns out that the Sixteen Nations Games are so interesting and exciting!
Next time I have a chance, I will definitely go and see it in person.
In the Tang Dynasty, where entertainment activities were relatively lacking, this kind of sports meeting was really a rare event in a century.
The strength of Datang athletes also made them feel sincerely proud.
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The competitions on the second day were iron ball, javelin throw, weightlifting and 800-meter long-distance running.
Datang athletes participating in the iron ball and javelin competitions have all been trained by Li Minde.
After a month of taking advantage of their skills, they easily won the first and second place in the two events.
Athletes from the other fifteen countries learned lessons from yesterday's competition.
They know that the movements of Datang athletes are more effective.
Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty athletes completed this action, they followed suit one after another.
However, just a few attempts were not enough for them to achieve breakthrough results.
As for the weightlifting competition, although Li Min also provided technical training to the two athletes.
But when it comes to weightlifting, it all depends on your own strength.
In the end, the championship was taken away by a player from Western Turkestan who weighed almost 300 kilograms.
Datang only won the championship and runner-up.
In the 800-meter race, 17 athletes from 16 countries all started in a squatting position.
Through yesterday's competition, they all know that squatting starts can allow them to accelerate in a shorter time and increase their speed faster.
Don't underestimate this little time, it is enough to determine the outcome of the game.
Well, actually, the squatting start has the most obvious impact on the 100 meters and 200 meters.
Four hundred meters also has a certain impact, but as for eight hundred meters, the effect is already very limited.
As a result of the competition, Su Wen's strength was outstanding and he lived up to expectations and finally won another gold medal.
The second and third places were taken away by Pishan Kingdom and Guizi Kingdom respectively.
At this point, all competition events for the second day are over.
It’s time for the Cuju competition on the second day, and this is also the favorite column for viewers.
There are seventeen teams in total. They played eight games yesterday and eight teams were eliminated.
There are nine teams left today, and one of these nine teams will still have a bye today.
Then there were four games first, and after four teams were eliminated, there were still five teams left.
The next five teams will still have a bye and will play two more games to determine the top three.
Tomorrow, the match between the three teams will no longer be a knockout match, but a round-robin match.
The three teams will compete with the other two teams to determine the champion, runner-up and third runner-up.
In other words, there will be a total of six games today.
As a team that just refused to accept the bye yesterday, it will naturally not have another bye today.
Soon, the captains of the nine teams came forward to draw lots.
And the one who got the bye draw today was actually the Huya team.
Two days of competition, two byes, and all were drawn by Datang's team.
To say that there is nothing fishy in it is hard to believe.
In fact, there is really nothing wrong with this.
Li Min believed in the strength of the Huya team very much and did not even bother to interfere in this aspect.
But who made Datang the host team?
Even if the other fifteen countries have doubts in their hearts, they can only endure it.
The next first game was to compete with the Pishan team from Pishan country.
The leader of the Pishan team is surprisingly Pi Xiake, a representative who proposed for marriage last time.
Unexpectedly, this Pi Xiake turned out to be a man of literary and military character.
The Pishan team is very strong, and although the team that specializes in doing things but not obeying is also very strong, they are not sure of victory.
Soon, athletes from both sides entered the arena and the game began.
He specializes in fighting against the team and is good at attacking.
Their cooperation was tacit, their offense was smooth and sharp, and they were the first to win a city, and bursts of cheers erupted from the scene.
The Pishan team is both offensive and defensive.
After losing a goal, they did not panic, but defended patiently.
After defending against several unfaithful attacks, Zhan Gan suddenly launched an attack and also scored a goal. The two sides fought to a one-on-one draw.
Next, the two sides went back and forth, the score increased alternately, and the battle situation was extremely anxious.
The mood of the audience at the scene also fluctuated up and down as the game progressed.
After the second half, the Pishan team's defense suddenly strengthened.
If you only work hard but don't belong to the team for a while, you won't be able to adapt to the opponent's rhythm.
At the critical moment, they blocked two goals from Cheng Chuliang and quickly launched a counterattack, scoring two goals in a row to open the score.
In the following time, Zhuangan was anxious and eager to score goals, but in the end, the Pishan team seized the opportunity and scored two goals again.
In the end, the Pishan team won the game with a four-point lead.
There was a lot of regret at the competition site.
The audience also did not expect that the favorite who they thought was the favorite to win the championship would be eliminated in the first game.
In Cuju competition, it is really difficult to predict the outcome of the competition.
As a result, the only team left in Datang was the Huya Team.
After half a day, all four games were completed.
There are five teams left on the scene.
These five teams will draw lots again to decide the afternoon game.
Of course, with this draw, the Huya team will no longer have a bye.
Each team has only one bye opportunity.
In the afternoon, the Huya team was the first to play and compete with the Guizi team from Guizi country.
This is the only remaining team in the Tang Dynasty, and the audience places all their hopes on the Huya team.
The Huya team lived up to expectations and beat the Guizi team so hard that they couldn't find the north.
In the end, they won with a huge disparity of 18 to 0.
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The third day is also the last day of competition in the Sixteen Nations Games.
This time the competition includes five categories: archery, triple jump, 10,000-meter competition, martial arts and Cuju.
The first competition is a 10,000-meter long-distance race.
Seventeen athletes from sixteen countries quickly arrived at the competition site to prepare for the competition.
When the referee ordered these athletes to prepare, athletes from the other fifteen countries lay on the ground and started in a squatting position to prepare.
Starting in a squatting position can shorten the starting speed. If you want to achieve good results, you must start in a squatting position.
However, what surprised them was that the two athletes from Datang were still standing and did not squat.
Why is this?
They originally invented the squat start, so why don't they use it now?
The referee did not give them too much time to be surprised and blew the whistle in time.
The athletes from the other fifteen countries, after hearing the whistle, quickly kicked off the ground and rushed out.
I was still sighing in my heart, this squatting starting speed is so fast!
However, they didn't go very far when they vaguely felt something was wrong.
Huh? That’s not right!
This is a 10,000-meter race!
In a 10,000-meter race, is there any reason to sprint right from the start?
If you sprint like this, you will definitely not be able to make it to the finish line.
Now, they finally realized why the two athletes from Datang did not start in a squatting position.
It turns out that the squatting starting method is only suitable for short distances.
But for long-distance running, there is no need for it at all.
In the 10,000-meter long-distance race, Su Wen finally won the first place with an absolute advantage.
The second and third places were won by Turks and Tibet respectively.
In the following triple jump, the first and second places were also won by players from Datang.
After all, Datang's athletes have been training for the long jump for a month or two.
And they only found out the day before yesterday that they could actually jump like this in the long jump.
In two days, they have made considerable progress.
But compared with the Tang Dynasty athletes, there is still a big gap.
In the next martial arts competition, Li Yuanfang won the championship without any suspense.
In the archery competition, Xue Rengui also won the championship.
At this point, all competitions except the Cuju competition have been completed.
In the end, only three teams were left to compete for the championship and runner-up in the Cuju competition.
Due to time issues, one team will have to compete with two teams today. There is only a short one-hour rest period in between, and it is difficult to fully recover physically.
Originally, according to the referee's wishes, the order of the teams was decided by drawing lots.
But in the end, the host took the initiative against the Huya team and asked them to compete first.
This move of the Huya Team made the other fifteen countries look at Datang with admiration.
Look, this is what the host team should look like.
Next, the Huya team played two games with the other two teams, with only an hour's rest in between.
This time, the Huya team fully demonstrated what absolute defense means.
In the first game, a quarter of an hour before the end, the Huya team defended with all their strength, but the opponent failed to score a single goal.
In the end, the Huya team pressed in, catching them off guard and winning with a score of 1-0.
In the second game, the Huya team still focused on defense.
However, in the second half, the Huya team still maintained good physical strength and started a defensive counterattack.
In the end, they won the championship with a score of ten to zero!
In the afternoon, the other two teams will compete to determine the champion and third place.
After the afternoon games ended, this Sixteen Nations Games came to a perfect conclusion.
In this sports meeting, the biggest winner is of course Datang.
There are thirteen gold medals in total, and they won ten.
Most of the silver and bronze medals are also carried around the waist.
After the game, representatives from sixteen countries gathered together and held a special meeting.
The remaining fifteen countries all feel that the Sixteen Nations Games are very meaningful.
They all want to fight for the right to host the Sixteen Nations Games.
Moreover, they also felt that thirteen projects were too few and some more projects should be added.
This meeting is mainly to discuss these issues.
After thinking about it, Li Min took the lead in giving his own suggestions.
"The Sixteen Nations Games can be held on a rotating basis. The competition events can also be continuously added. Of course, there must be a charter."
"First of all, I suggest that the name of the 16-nation Games be changed. In the future, it will no longer be limited to our 16 countries, but all countries can participate. Therefore, the name of the Games can be changed. Well, it is better to call it the Asian Games.
What will happen?”
"Asian Games? Why is it called the Asian Games?"
"Does the Asian Games have any special meaning?"
After coughing twice, Li Min couldn't help but explain: "The world is very big. In addition to our countries, there is an endless ocean outside, and there are other continents outside the ocean. And our countries are all in a
On the continent, this continent is called the Asian continent.”
"The Asian Games means a sports meeting held by all countries in Asia. We can notify other countries and they can join as long as they are willing to participate."
After listening to Li Min's explanation, representatives from the other fifteen countries nodded.
"Okay, if that's the case, then it's settled."
"Asian Games, the name is quite nice!"
"Then it will be called the Asian Games from now on!"
First, the name was decided, and then Li Min said: "The next step is to hold it every few years. My suggestion is to hold it every four years."
"Because our territory is very vast, it takes a long time just to travel. If it were held once a year, some countries would probably spend more time on the road."
After Li Min finished speaking, the representatives of the other fifteen countries all had thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Yes, this is indeed true.
This proposal was unanimously approved again.
Li Min continued: "There is also the issue of competition items. My suggestion is that every country can propose to add some competition items. However, this proposal must be supported by more than 80% of the countries before it can be finally passed. And it needs to be
Apply in advance.”
"The last problem is the number of participating athletes. My suggestion is that we can first specify a standard. For example, in the 100-meter race, you must have the ability to run within twelve seconds to be eligible.
Participate."
"If you don't have this strength, you will not be eligible to participate. As long as you have this strength, a country can participate no matter how many athletes meet the standards."
"Of course, twelve seconds is just an example I gave. The specific number needs to be discussed together. I wonder what you think of my suggestion?"
I have to say that all the suggestions put forward by His Royal Highness the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty were very constructive.
Some of these problems were on their mind, but they could not find a better solution.
Others are things they haven't even thought about.
In their opinion, the solution given by the King of Shu was very complete and perfect, and they had no reason or excuse to oppose it.
After a brief discussion, all the suggestions put forward by the King of Shu were unanimously approved.
Finally, Li Min continued: "Of course, there may be various new problems here. Therefore, I suggest that each country sends one or several people to form an Asian Games arbitration committee.
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"All issues and disputes encountered in the Asian Games, including referees, will be resolved by the Asian Games Arbitration Committee. And all members will not have any objection to the arbitration by the arbitration department."
This proposal was naturally approved unanimously.
After setting these rules, the next thing to discuss is which country will hold the next Asian Games.
After voting by sixteen countries, the final result was that Pishan State won.
Four years later, the second Asian Games will be held in Pishan.
And now, they will notify other countries besides the sixteen countries that they can participate in the next Asian Games.
At the same time, their countries are constantly proposing new competition events that will be added to the second Asian Games.
Eventually, the number of competition events in the second Asian Games will reach 50.
The events proposed by these countries are naturally competition events that their countries have had, but other countries basically do not have.
Of course, Li Min actually knows all of these projects, and he understands them quite well.
There is no way, the competition events they proposed cannot be separated from the scope of future competition events.
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The first Sixteen Nations Games, or the first Asian Games, has come to a successful conclusion.
Of course, the impact of the first Asian Games will last for a long time in Datang.
The Yizhou Monthly News for three consecutive days made countless people in Tang Dynasty feel excited and passionate about this sports meeting.
After the first Asian Games came to an end, the steam plow developed by Di Renjie and his colleagues was officially launched after continuous testing and improvement.
Of course, because of the technology, the cost of building a steam plow is very high.
The price of a steam plow is 100,000 yuan.
Not many people can afford this price.
In other words, even though Di Renjie and others developed the steam plow, they could greatly improve the efficiency of farming.
But in fact, its practicality is not high.
The cost is too high, ordinary people cannot afford to use it, and it cannot be promoted at all.
As for those big landowners, they can certainly afford it.
But when labor is cheap, the cost of buying a steam plow is much higher than hiring labor.
In this case, how could they buy a steam plow?
Ultimately, their research results proved useless.
So many days of research, so many days of hard work, all in vain.
Such a result made them very frustrated.
Li Min comforted them and said: "Don't be discouraged. This is something that must be experienced on the road of scientific research."
"You must remember that this road will be full of setbacks and ups and downs, and it will not always be smooth sailing. Don't be devastated by failure."
"Furthermore, your research may not necessarily be a failure. Because this is only the first generation of steam plows. Since the cost of the first generation of steam plows is too high, why don't you try to reduce its cost? Ben
Wang believes that steam plowing has promise if experiments are done properly."
After Li Min's comfort, Di Renjie and the others regained their confidence and continued to improve the steam plow.
At this time, graduates from Yizhou University appeared again.
This time, after Li Min's strict selection of graduates, twenty people were finally selected and added to the scientific research institute.
All the remaining graduates have joined the ranks of teachers.
In recent years, due to the serious shortage of teachers, Wang Xiaotong and others have been really tired.
Now, graduates can serve as teachers after passing training.
Wang Xiaotong and the others could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The Scientific Research Institute has now reached a scale of twenty-five due to the addition of twenty people.
With so many people, we can group them for research.
Next, Li Min gave Di Renjie a new research topic.
This new research topic is electricity.
When Di Renjie heard about this research topic, his big eyes were shining.
"Master, the electricity you are talking about is the thunder and lightning that strikes on rainy days? These thunder and lightning can also be drawn down from the sky for trial use? Can they be drawn down to kill people? If it can be used in the battle between two armies, it will definitely be a sharp weapon.
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Let me stop you, what kind of brain circuit do you have?
Isn’t this too big of an idea?
Li Min couldn't help but said speechlessly: "The electricity I mentioned is indeed the kind of thunder and lightning, but it does not bring down the thunder and lightning from the sky. With our current ability, of course we can bring down the thunder and lightning, but it is not possible at all.
Unable to save."
"The subject I am talking about is to generate electricity ourselves. And the purpose of electricity is not for military use, but for civilian use. Electricity can emit light and can also be used as power. It has many functions."
"So, our next topic is to study electricity. In order to allow you to observe electricity more intuitively, I will do an experiment for you below."
Next, Li Min took out a potato, a piece of wire, and a small light bulb.
Next, Li Min cut the potatoes into pieces, dug a hole in one of them, and put salt on both sides.
After a while, insert several metal pieces into the potato and connect the wires to the light bulb.
Then, a magical scene occurred and the light bulb actually lit up.
