There is a sports competition to be held in the University Hall of Datang Anshi County, and it is also the most critical final, and the most important point is that Ang Lee will participate in person.

This made many officials who had just arrived here feel that this was a good opportunity, an important opportunity to build a good relationship with Ang Lee.

Therefore, before the start of the game, a large number of people had gathered inside and outside the school, the number of more than a hundred, both the Datang officials who had just arrived here, and the subordinates who followed Li An all the way.

The first county warden of Anshi County, surnamed Chen, was a middle-aged man in his thirties, without the slightest background in the scholar family, and was considered a person from a poor family.

Although there are great prospects for development overseas, compared with the richness of the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely fall behind, since the children of the scholar clan have a better development path, they are naturally unwilling to go thousands of miles away to suffer, what is the difference between this and distribution.

Anyway, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the officials are transferred to a far place, that is, it is no different from distribution, as long as there is an official with a background and a way out, they are not willing to go far away to develop, and only the frustrated people who are depressed and think they are talented will choose to stay away from their hometowns and go to a distant place to make a fortune.

Because they have no background, these Tang officials seem to be very well-behaved in Li An, and they don't have the slightest arrogance.

The venue for the finals is on the large playground of the University Hall of Anshi County, Datang, and the four games could have been held at the same time, but in order to increase the enjoyment, and also to avoid the situation that some schoolchildren participate in two competitions at the same time and cannot be separated, so it can only be like this.

The first game is shooting, which is also a sport that schoolchildren have practiced for the longest time, and the ten schoolchildren participating in the competition are all over ten years old, that is, none of the schoolchildren in class A and class B are in the top ten, after all, the children in these two classes are too young to compete with the older classes.

A row of tables and chairs was placed at the front of the classroom, and a shed was specially built to provide shade for high-ranking officials like Ang Lee, and in addition, enough snacks were prepared, and drinks such as iced tea and some delicious juices were prepared.

Before the start of the game, many officials beside Ang Lee were talking about various topics of interest, although they also talked a lot along the way, but they were all on the boat, and there were many officials who were not in the same boat, so after getting together, they always had endless topics to talk about.

"Li Shilang, everything is ready, and the competition can be played at any time, do you want to say a few words."

The master of the academy asked.

Li An nodded and stood up, and immediately everyone stood up.

"Sit down, all of you! You don't have to stand up with it. ”

Li An waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down, but no one dared to sit down, and all of them stood up straight, ready to listen to Li An's instructions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Datang Anshi University Hall has just been established, and the scale of the school is not large, but as long as it is through unremitting efforts, the official believes that in a few years, the Datang Anshi University Hall will become an enviable university hall, and a large number of talents will be cultivated here to be useful to Datang, and there will be more and more subjects in the school. It is the first competition in the University Hall, and the official has the honor to come to preside, and he is very happy in his heart, I hope the children can have fun and have fun, well, the official now announces that the first sports competition in the University Hall of Anshi County in the Tang Dynasty has officially begun. ”

Li Anzheng announced.

"Start playing."

The master shouted loudly and let the schoolchildren in.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

As a soundtrack sounded, 10 schoolchildren with good shooting scores walked into the arena and began to play a shooting competition.

The rules of the game have not changed in the slightest, and schoolchildren of different ages choose different shooting heights, but even so, the advantage of age is still somewhat obvious.

Ten schoolchildren were divided into five groups, five first and five later, and the height of the baskets was adjusted according to their height.

All five schoolchildren have to cast 30 coconut fruits, 10 at a time, and then switch to the next group, and after three consecutive rounds, whoever throws the most will get the final victory.

Coconut fruit is used for the game, of course, because it can be found everywhere in the area, and it costs almost nothing, and if you use cloth balls and leather balls, it will cost a lot of money.

The five schoolchildren are concentrating on shooting, Li An only needs to use his peripheral vision to see the scene of the game, he came to watch the game, mainly to show his support for the Tang Anshi University Hall, to understand the results of the game, to cheer for the master and the schoolchildren or something, and there is no need to watch the game attentively all the time.

In addition, there are so many officials around at the moment, some follow him, and some have just been transferred from the capital, chatting with these subordinate officials is the most interesting.

Although greeting each other is nonsense, it is also conducive to mutual contact and affection, and it is necessary for communication between officials, and there are many ideas, and Li Ang also wants to take this opportunity to solicit the opinions of officials.

For example, for the Maritime Silk Road proposed by themselves, what opinions these officials have in their hearts, and what opinions and suggestions they have, can be said, so that Ang Lee can understand how others view this issue.

In addition, many of Ang Lee's plans, such as building five fleets overseas, I don't know what kind of suggestions these people will have.

There is also the most critical point, that is, these officials are appointed to serve as officials overseas, what do they think in their hearts, whether they are happy or unhappy, whether they still think about returning to the capital for meritorious service, what to do when they are old, whether to return to their homeland to retire, or to die in a foreign land, what to do with their children, and whether their families who stay in Datang are still alive, these questions are very important, only by making these people feel at ease, can Datang's overseas territories be stable.

However, fortunately, the transportation equipment is becoming more and more advanced, even if these officials return to the mainland, it will not take too long, and it will not take a few days for the family members who stay in the homeland to come.

"How many years has Chen Tingshi been an official?"

Ang Lee glanced at the children's shots and asked sideways.

"Back to Li Shilang, Xia Guan has been a county magistrate for two years."

Chen Tingshi replied.

"A person like you who has no background in the noble clan will have a hard time in officialdom!"

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"It's okay, after winning the Jinshi, I stayed in the capital for six years, and then made up the county order in Yazhou, and I worked for two years, trusted by His Majesty, half a month ago, let the lower officials come to Anshi County to be the county guard."

Li An nodded and said, "From the capital to Yazhou, from Yazhou to Anshi County, you are doing farther and farther!" Do you feel like you're being distributed? ”

Chen Tingshi suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "How dare you, how dare you, Your Majesty's ability to appoint a subordinate official is a trust in the subordinate official, how dare the subordinate have complaints, besides, it is the same wherever you are an official, as long as you do the thing at hand." ”

"Is the family here?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Only the wife and young son came, and the mother was old, so I was afraid that she couldn't withstand the bumps in the journey, and she stayed in Yazhou."

Li An looked up at the children's competition and shot, and said softly: "For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, there are so many people who endure the pain of ignoring and cannot reunite with their families from time to time, and they are all heroes of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"It's all what a courtier should do, how dare we take credit."

Li An nodded and said, "How long do you plan to stay in Anshi County, and are you willing to stay for the rest of your life?" ”

"Everything is an order of the imperial court, where is Your Majesty willing to let the lower officials go, the lower officials will never give up, how dare they make their own decisions."

Chen Tingshi said solemnly.

"Chen Tingshi is very loyal, as long as you do a good job, Your Majesty will definitely not let you stay overseas all the time, and sooner or later you will be transferred back to Datang Mainland."

Li An opened his mouth to comfort him, paused, and then asked, "How much does Chen Tingshi know about the Maritime Silk Road proposed by this official, and what do you think?" ”

Chen Tingshi thought for a moment and said: "Xiaguan knows little and no less about the Maritime Silk Road, and understands Li Shilang's painstaking efforts, as far as Xiaguan is concerned, it is extremely necessary for Datang to build the Maritime Silk Road, and this kind of communication will be of great benefit to the people of Datang and the people of all countries along the way." ”

"Do you really think so?"

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"Yes, Li Shilang, Xia Guan really thinks that Li Shilang's proposal of the Maritime Silk Road is quite necessary, of course, if it was ten years ago, Xia Guan would not have recognized, but now the situation is different, under the leadership of Li Shilang, Datang has invented more and more rare items, there are trains on the ground that travel thousands of miles a day, there are steam ships that travel thousands of miles a day in the sea, and the power of artillery is unmatched by all small countries, with these, Datang has the capital to open up the Maritime Silk Road, and it is completely able to control this sea route. In the future, the source of wealth will inevitably be endless. ”

Chen Tingshi was a little excited as he spoke.

Li An was naturally very happy to be recognized by his subordinate officials, which is enough to show that the Maritime Silk Road he proposed was recognized by the vast majority of officials, and the businessmen were even more happy.

"Very good, you can realize the importance of the Datang Maritime Silk Road, which is very good, however, it is relatively simple to open up the Datang Maritime Silk Road, but it is not easy to guard this sea route, you officials, you have a lot of courage! We must do our best to govern the overseas land for the Tang Empire, so that the local people will gradually turn their hearts to the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li An opened his mouth to encourage.

"Li Shilang rest assured, Xia Guan will definitely govern Anshi County wholeheartedly, and he will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust and Li Shilang's expectations."

Chen Tingshi happily responded.

Li Anyi was happy, took out the miniature version of the world map that he had hidden close to him, and put it on the table in front of him, so that Chen Tingshi and the little officials behind him could take a look.

"This is a map of the world today, Chen Tingshi must have seen it!"

Li An said.

"Xiaguan's yamen is not equipped with this kind of map, but every time Xiaguan goes to the state government office, he will definitely look at this map, and he has seen it at least five or six times, but there are too many small countries in it, and Xiaguan does not completely remember it, only remembering important big countries and small countries close to the Tang Dynasty."

Chen Tingshi replied truthfully.

"Yes! Only the yamen of the state and county can belong to the world map in the office area, and the county government does not have it, but Anshi County is also a state county! You are now the lord of a state, and the yamen should belong to the world map, and besides, it has to fight a lot more than the one in the hands of this official, and the court has not issued it? ”

Ang Lee asked.

Chen Tingshi shook his head for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because Anshi County has just been established!" The world map has not yet had time to be distributed. ”

"It doesn't matter, it will always be distributed, the location of our Anshi County, where is it on the map, does Chen Tingshi know?"

Ang Lee asked.

Chen Tingshi looked at the map for a while, pointed to a location, and said: "Xiaguan remembers that this island is the Lion Country, and Anshi County is the land north of the Lion Country, plus many ports in the south of South Tianzhu, so our location should be here, hey, there is also a four marked here." ”

"Haha! That's right, this is Anshi County, and underneath this prominent line is our Anshi City. ”

Li An happily pointed out the specific location, and then pointed out another location, and said: "This is Malacca, these islands are the islands you passed through when you came, the next step, this official is going to go here, here, and here, this official intends to garrison soldiers and horses in these five important areas, as the five states and counties of the Tang Dynasty overseas, each state and county must garrison a fleet, only in this way can we fully control the maritime Silk Road that has been established with great difficulty, and also ensure your safety." ”

The map was drawn by Li Ang himself, and according to his own ideas, some simple marks were made on it, such as the five overseas counties of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ang marked five numbers in the core of these five states and counties, which were marked in order from far to near, and the order of the five overseas fleets will also be established according to this marking.

"One, two, three, four, five, from far to near, Anshi County is the fourth state county, and Li Shilang has to open up three more counties, it's really hard!"

Looking at the map of time, all the officials sighed that the world was so big, much bigger than they imagined.

"Opening up is always only the first step, only if you officials perform their duties and guard the Silk Road opened up by the officials, the hard work of the officials will not be in vain, you are also very important, and you will also work very hard."

Li An said.