I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 94 New Business

Originally, Cuju had a very strong mass base in the Ming Dynasty. The battalion commanders of the Twelve Regiments and the Shenji Camp were all marquises, representing a noble family. When the noble families saw that the emperor liked this new style of Cuju so much, they all wanted to show their faces in front of the emperor.

Although the East Factory, the West Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard have no noble families behind them, they are more powerful and they want to show their faces in front of the emperor.

Even if one doesn't want to show his face, he doesn't want to be the last one, so as not to leave a bad impression on the emperor.

Therefore, this relatively primitive league entered the era of money-driven football at the very beginning. The nobles spent a lot of money to recruit people who were proficient in Cuju, and also spent a lot of effort to study new rules and tactics.

Therefore, the level of competition presented in the league was very high from the very beginning, because all the Cuju experts in the entire capital had been gathered together, and the new rules made the competition more intense and exciting, which made men, women, young and old in the capital all enjoy the competition.

Among them, the players who performed well were particularly favored by the people.

Li Gui was one of them. With his strong physique and daring fighting style of play, he adapted very well to this new form of Cuju and even survived each round of eliminations of his team.

He galloped on the court, and every fierce fight was greeted with cheers. He enjoyed the feeling of running on the court immensely. He suddenly felt that the first twenty years of his life had been lived in vain. Now he was living like a human being. The new style of Cuju gave him a new life.

After the game, there were always people who loved him waiting for him outside the stadium. When he walked on the street, he was no longer invisible like before. People could always recognize him easily and look at him with admiration. Although he was a bachelor, people who wanted to marry him had already stepped through the door of his house. Even Wuding Hou Guo Houye personally toasted him after a victory.
The new style of Cuju has changed many people and things. Merchants who advertised in the league were surprised to find that their sales have ushered in a huge increase. Many people would rather walk a long way to buy things in their shops.
Businesses suddenly realized that they no longer needed to slowly build up word of mouth, as advertising was much more useful.

Therefore, the price of jersey advertising also rose sharply. The strongest team's jersey advertising has been hyped up to 8000 taels of silver a year, and the worst team has 2000 taels of silver a year. The annual income from jersey advertising alone is almost 10 taels of silver. However, Zhu Houxuan did not take all the jersey advertising for himself, but split it - with various nobles. The advertising money was not a lot, but not a little either. It was just a good relationship between everyone.

After three games, tickets for the stadium began to be charged. The cheapest ticket was 100 wen each, but it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of men, women, and children in Beijing.

Of course, selling tickets doesn’t make much money. The stadium is still too small and there are not enough seats. It’s not that we don’t dare to build it higher, but we are still worried about accidents with the wooden stands.

The money from buying tickets can only be used to maintain the stadium and pay the salaries of relevant staff.

The bulk of the league’s revenue still comes from another item – gambling!
Limited by current technical conditions, the income of the bookmaker is only about 20 taels per year. This profit still needs to be distributed, and half of it needs to be distributed to the Five Cities Army and the nobles and eunuchs behind the sixteen teams, because they are the main law enforcement force in the capital.

Only by sharing the profits with them would they have the motivation to clear out the gambling houses that secretly set up football betting in and outside the capital again and again, allowing Zhu Houxun's league to actually form a monopoly on football betting. Men, women, young and old in the capital who wanted to bet on football could only go to him, thus ensuring high profits from football betting.

We must learn to share the benefits equally in everything. Those who try to eat alone usually won't go far.

So Zhu Houxun built up an industry with an annual income of 15 taels of silver in just one month. During the whole process, he did not spend much money or put in much effort. He built this industry just by relying on his forward-looking vision.

Everyone in the capital who knew the inside story of the league looked at Zhu Houchun with admiration. The annual income of 15 taels of silver was a huge sum of money no matter where it was placed, and the scale of this industry was constantly expanding. It was not that no one had evil intentions towards this industry, but those who had such evil intentions had to consider whether they could suppress everyone and satisfy all parties if they were in Zhu Houchun's position.

If it can't be suppressed, it will be overturned.

Zhu Houxuan's identity and status can suppress all partners and allow everyone to share a piece of the cake in an orderly manner.

Zhu Houzhao didn't notice how much money the league made, and the people around him didn't seem to mention it to him. Anyway, Zhu Houzhao watched many league games and just kept complaining about why he wasn't allowed to build a Leopard House team.

Zhu Houxuan quickly held him down. Once his Leopard Team went up, there was no suspense in the game.

After the league situation stabilized, Zhu Houxuan began to rehearse the new play patiently. It must be said that the bell and drum department, which gathered the best musicians and actors in the country, was very powerful and the rehearsal progress was very fast.

At this moment, he suddenly received a message from Qin Ming.

"Is everything done?" Zhu Houxun raised his eyebrows and said.

"It's all done!" Qin Ming said respectfully, "I've brought back all the samples."

"Let's go and take a look!" Zhu Houxuan greeted Qin Yuelan with his eyes and left.

He came to the study, where a stack of slightly yellowed papers lay on the table. He picked up a piece of paper, carefully observed the fibers on it, then flicked it twice with his fingers, and the paper made a crisp "rustling" sound.

"Not bad! It's getting that feeling." Zhu Houxuan exclaimed, then picked up the inkstone and poured some ink on it. He observed the paper's absorption of ink and found that it absorbed the ink well.

Finally, he crumpled the paper into a ball, then unfolded it again, and found that the paper was not torn. He finally nodded with satisfaction.

"This was produced in a very remote paper mill. Cotton and linen were used according to your requirements, and it was tested many times," Qin Ming said softly.

"We can let them produce in large quantities now," Zhu Houxuan said.

"Your Highness, please look. This is the ink made according to your recipe. I haven't found ink of this color on the market." Qin Ming took out a bottle of ink and dripped it on white paper. The color was very unique.

Zhu Houxuan picked up a strange metal part on the desk, dipped it in ink and printed it on white paper. The numbers on it were clearly visible.

"How many colors can a printing craftsman print at most?" Zhu Houxuan continued to ask.

"We can do five-color overprinting at most, but the cost is a bit high. The cost of three colors is relatively low." Qin Ming said respectfully.

"Three colors are enough! The printing cost of this thing can't be too high. Do you have a printed pattern?"

Qin Ming quickly handed over a stack of papers. The papers were not big, only the size of a palm.

"Not bad, the effect looks good." Zhu Houzhao took the paper and looked at it for a while before covering the metal parts on the white paper. Two rows of identical Chinese numbers were printed on it, one above the other, separated by a dotted line.
Looking up, the top of the three-color printed paper clearly reads: Daming Welfare Lottery.
This is the fourth update. I am thinking whether to write in detail about the performance process of "Legend of White Snake", because this play can no longer greatly advance the plot like "The Kingdom of Women". But if I write briefly, I feel that many people will prefer to watch this kind of plot.
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(End of this chapter)