I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"Gift? Haha, no problem.

Someone, come here, serve tea to these gentlemen. How can you have no eyesight at all?

What about the hospitality of my Ji Wangfu?"

Li Shen shouted to the maids beside him.

"Your Majesty, you're welcome."

“You’re welcome, it’s all as it should be.

My dear brothers, you can spare some time from your busy schedule to think about this little thing of mine.

This really touched me from the bottom of my heart."

Li Shen said as he wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.

"Hey? Your Majesty, there is no need for you to say this to us.

If it weren't for the prince's support, how could we have achieved such success?

I won’t live such a comfortable life anymore.”

Tang Shanshi stood up and said.

"Yes, if it weren't for the prince, we wouldn't be where we are today."

Cheng Chuliang also followed suit.

"My brothers, please don't do this. Even without me, you would still have achieved what you have today.

You are all descendants of famous families, sons of generals, with both moral integrity and talent, both virtuous and artistic, and both civil and military.

Simply put, it is the best among people, the dragon and phoenix among people.

The civil servants can rule the world with their pens, and the military servants can rule the world with their horses. "

If Li Shen hadn't been disabled in his movements, he would have stood up and waved his fists twice.

The few playboys were immediately delighted by Li Shen's praise.

"No, no, Your Majesty, you are too kind. We are not that good either."

Several people waved their hands.

"I am just speaking the truth. If there is anything wrong, I hope you brothers will forgive me."

Li Shen shook his head apologetically.

"If it weren't for your help, my Lord, we wouldn't have achieved this."

The business mutual praise mode lasted for a cup of tea, and Tang Songling, as the representative, stood up.

"Your Majesty, apart from this matter today, we have another thing we would like to ask you for advice."

"Whether you want advice or not, just tell me."

"Your Majesty, we, the second generation descendants who stayed in Chang'an City, would like to have a competition.

It’s the football game that you, Your Majesty, invented.

We plan to hold a football match in Chang'an City and we will charge tickets.

Your Highness should be quite familiar with this, so I would like to ask Your Highness Prince Ji if he has any good suggestions."

After Tang Shanshi finished speaking, everyone looked at Li Shen.

Prince Ji Li Shen is the God of Wealth and is quite good at doing business and making money.

The current development of Prince Ji’s Mansion alone is enough to show that Prince Ji’s Mansion has rarely been sold in recent years.

Prince Ji either does not take action, or if he does, it will hurt people.

These playboys had blind admiration and trust for Li Shen.

"You guys want to have a football game?"

"Exactly, we usually go play football together when we are free.

I am quite interested in this activity that you, Your Majesty, have improved.

So we thought, if people come to watch, we can charge a certain amount of admission fee per person.

It would also be a good way to make money.”

"So that's it."

After getting the exact answer, Li Shen stroked his chin and began to think.

He had wanted to organize the World Cup for a long time, but it was too far away and inconvenient, so he wanted to hold a football match across the entire Tang Dynasty.

There was no opportunity before, but now Tang Songling has brought it up, asking Li Shen whether he wants to cooperate with them.

The profits here are actually huge.

"Your Majesty, how is it? I don't know if it will work."

Cheng Chuliang asked.

"Okay, but if you're going to do it, make it big." Li Shen nodded and replied.

"Big? How to big?"

"My intention is not to limit it to Chang'an City, but to make it bigger and bring in the entire Tang Dynasty."

Li Shen said proudly.

"We're going to bring in all of Tang? But Your Majesty, we don't know how many players there are in the football team yet. We don't know if it's a lot or a little."

Tang Shanshi asked.

"Isn't this easy? We will give monetary rewards to the winning team. The first place winner will be awarded 5,000 strings of cash.

The second place received 3,000 strings of cash, and the third place received 1,000 strings of cash.

The top ten will also receive a reward of 500 strings of cash.

By then, there will definitely be a lot of people forming teams.

I'll leave this matter to you. If there are more teams in a certain path, let them compete among themselves first.

If the number is not enough, we can also select strong teams from other paths to join.

Finally, we selected a total of 32 teams from each province to compete in Chang'an.

I will have a football field built quickly.

By then we will have many ways to make money, and ticket sales will only be a small part of it.

We can also set up bets on who will win and who will lose.”

Li Shen became more and more excited as he spoke. Isn't this a way to make money?

"Your Highness, we will definitely make money from the tickets, but I'm afraid we won't make much from the gambling."

Cheng Chusi said.

"Why is that? The bet should have made more money."

Li Shen couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Your Highness, there are several gambling houses in Chang'an City, including underground gambling houses. They will definitely learn from us how to bet on football."

Cheng Chusi explained.

“That’s what I mean. It’s okay. I have already thought about it. The court must crack down on illegal gambling.

Especially underground gambling houses, places where ordinary people lose so much that they have to sell their children.

We must resolutely crack down on it and show no leniency.”

"But Your Majesty, they all have very strong backgrounds, otherwise they wouldn't dare to open a gambling house in Chang'an City."

Tang Shanshi said carefully.

"Background, how can it be bigger than yours? How can it be bigger than my background?

I don't even need a background, a background board can sweep them away.

Is there anyone in the Tang Dynasty that we cannot afford to offend?"

Li Shen said disdainfully.

In this Tang Dynasty, who can have a strong background? My father is the emperor.

Even if he is just a background board, he is still a prince. Who dares to mess with him?

"Yes, what the prince said makes sense. I just don't believe that anyone else has a background as deep as ours."

Cheng Chuliang echoed,

He didn't care about the other party's background. As long as King Ji was in front, they were not afraid of anyone.

"Okay, in that case, let's stick to the old rules. You take 50%.

I will pay and you will do the work. The football field will be built by my Ji Palace.

I will write a charter later, and then the king will write a charter, and you can just follow the charter."

Li Shen finally made the decision and said that there were still many things he had not said yet, and he planned to use them later.

"Yes, then we will wait for your good news, Your Majesty."

None of them had any objections. This was how business was done in the past: Prince Ji’s Mansion provided the money and they provided the labor.

"Okay, then it's settled. I will write a set of rules and send them to you as soon as possible.

I will let Wang Hongfu do this.

Your task is to distribute notices in various districts, and I will also have people talk about this matter in the newspapers.

The team selection will begin in April next year. After the selection is completed, the 32 teams that pass the test will be selected.

We will come to Chang'an in July to have the final game here.

Therefore, you must ensure that all localities have formed teams before March and report team information.”