Football is no longer a new thing in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Kuan made it out more than ten years ago and also built a very standard football stadium at Guanshishan Academy.

The Chang'an City Football League is held every year and has now formed a relatively large influence.

Generally speaking, group competitions will begin after spring and continue until autumn.

During this period, many businesses will be attracted to go to the stadium to advertise and attract the people to watch the game.

The main academies in Chang'an City basically have their own football teams.

Some large workshops also have their own football teams.

It can be said that the football atmosphere in Chang'an City is still quite strong.

Of course, compared to football, basketball is basketball, and the scale of various basketball teams will only be larger and not smaller.

"Brother Yuchi, the rubber we smelted over the past few days may not be very suitable for making raincoats.

But if it is used to make basketball or football, it should be very suitable, right?"

Although the sales of basketball and football are probably not as good as raincoats, Cheng Chucai thinks that the future of this thing is actually quite good.

"You mean we don't make raincoats first, but try to make a batch of football and basketball?"

Yuchi Hui thought that the rubber he made in the laboratory these days seemed to be used to make football or basketball.

After special treatment, these rubbers have significantly improved their elasticity, and judging from the current test data, they are also very tough.

After a little processing, it was really a good football and basketball.

"Yes, the family asked us to be responsible for the workshop. In fact, it was mainly to hope to increase the output of rubber products as soon as possible, not to say that we had to make raincoats.

Of course, we must continue to study raincoats, but before studying raincoats, we will make other things first.

Let our Yuchicheng rubber workshop run normally, and everyone will be more confident in our workshop.

Otherwise, they spend money on experiments every day, and craftsmen are actually very worried.

If this continues, sooner or later, people will never be retained."

Cheng Chucai added the reason why he thought he could do football and basketball.

"Now there are more and more academies and schools in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, and the demand for basketball and football is also very strong.

If we can produce products with better performance, the sales should be good.”

Yuchi Hui said this basically means that he has agreed to Cheng Chucai's suggestions.

In fact, he had no reason to object.

Although the two people represent the interests of their respective families, their interests are completely consistent in the development of the Yuchi Cheng rubber workshop.

"Yes, I'll try to start making basketball and football later, and strive to let the football teams in various academies and workshops in Chang'an City change the current ball first.

In addition, we can also go to the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty and recommend our new basketball and football to them.

The enthusiasm of the army for these two ball sports is higher than that of many workshops in Chang'an City."

Cheng Chucai didn't feel embarrassed to take advantage of the convenience of Aye being responsible for the logistics department in the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty.

In this era, people basically like to find relationships when doing things.

In this world, what is more reliable than a father-son relationship?

In this way, in addition to continuing to study rubber processing technology, Yuchi Cheng rubber workshop first began to produce basketball and football.

This unexpected change made Yuchi Cheng Rubber Workshop the largest sports goods company in the future.

It is probably a scene that Yuchi Hui and Cheng Chucai had never thought of.

...

Since Cheng Jingwen married Li Kuan, she has rarely gone home.

On the one hand, women in this era have the saying that "the water splashed by the married daughter" and after getting married, they mainly focus on the affairs of their husband's family.

On the other hand, Cheng Jingwen still has a lot of things to worry about.

Although Wu Meiniang is responsible for many things, she can't really ignore anything.

However, although she didn't go back to her parents' home many times, she was still very concerned about the matters at the Duke of Su's mansion.

After getting along with Li Kuan over the years, she also knew that Li Kuan had a different idea from ordinary men. He didn't mind Cheng Jingwen using the power of the Chu Prince's Mansion or the Eastern Palace to help the Cheng family.

Recently, the Cheng family and the Yuchi family have cooperated to establish the Yuchi Cheng rubber workshop, and she naturally knows this.

Taking advantage of Cheng Chumo's opportunity to come to the East Palace to talk to her, she also talked to her elder brother specifically.

"Brother, according to your statement, Aye will build such a rubber workshop with Uncle Yuchi. The reason is that the rubber planting industry in Nanyang has begun to harvest rubber one after another, so I am worried that the price of rubber will plummet, which will affect the development of the rubber planting industry in Nanyang by then?"

After listening to Cheng Chumo talk for a long time, Cheng Jingwen finally understood the story behind this rubber workshop.

"Yes, the Saburo of the Yuchi family is now the city lord of Puluo, responsible for the overall coordination of Nanyang rubber planting.

His Highness the Prince attaches great importance to the expansion and development of rubber plantations. If the price of rubber plummets, it will definitely cause the development of rubber planting in Nanyang to be frustrated.

This is a scene that the Yuchi family does not want to see, and it is also a scene that our Cheng family and the East Palace do not want to see.

So Aye and Uncle Yuchi thought of expanding the scale of rubber use, so that the Tang Dynasty's demand for rubber would further increase, so that prices would plummet because of the Nanyang area.

Of course, we are not doing this to keep the price of rubber at a high level and make huge profits from it.

We just hope that the scale of rubber plantations can continue to expand, so that the price of rubber will slowly decline, and finally achieve a balance."

As the eldest son of the Cheng family, Cheng Chumo is not directly responsible for the family's industry, but he naturally has an understanding of the situation of the rubber workshop.

"Then Yuchi Cheng Rubber Workshop has selected products now. What are you going to do on a large scale?"

Cheng Jingwen's question made Cheng Chumo feel a little embarrassed.

There is no way. According to what he learned, although Yuchi Cheng Rubber Workshop has recruited a group of craftsmen, there are no products except for doing research all day long.

"The early product was a raincoat, but it was still under research. It is still uncertain when mass production will begin."

No matter how embarrassed he was, he had nothing to hide in front of his sister. Cheng Chumo told the truth directly.

"I'll ask my husband to see if he has any good suggestions.

According to my understanding, if my husband attaches so much importance to the construction of rubber plantations, then this rubber is definitely a very important substance.

He should know some application scenarios that we don’t know yet, so he can give him some advice, so your workshop doesn’t have to take so many detours.”

Cheng Jingwen is still willing to do this thing that is obviously in line with Li Kuan's development policy and can make her mother's family profitable.

...

"Michelin, I heard that several craftsmen in your workshop were poached?"

In the Rubber Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy, Wang Heng was busy with bloodshot face.

When he saw Michelin appearing in the laboratory, he couldn't help but care.

Craftsmen of this era will not easily change jobs after entering a workshop unless the workshop goes bankrupt.

Although most workshop shopkeepers can’t care much about the employees, they won’t be desperate to exploit them.

In addition, the business development of the Tang Dynasty has been very fast in recent years, and most workshops have lived quite well, so there will be no easy layoffs.

So Wang Heng also felt a little strange to know that several craftsmen in Michelin's workshop had changed jobs.

"The salary paid directly by Yuchi Cheng's rubber workshop has doubled. There are two Dukes behind them, so the craftsmen naturally went to their new jobs happily."

Michelin obviously already knows where his craftsmen went after changing jobs and why they changed jobs.

But he couldn't do anything. Apart from sulking, he couldn't do anything with the rubber workshop of Yuchi Cheng at all.

"The wages are doubled, so exaggerated? What is the origin of this Yuchi Cheng rubber workshop? How can there be such a thing?"

Wang Heng has also had a close cooperation with Michelin rubber workshops, especially during this period when he was studying pneumatic tires, and his relationship with Michelin has become closer.

"You can tell by looking at the name. This is a workshop jointly established by the Yuchi family and the Cheng family.

Actually, I am not worried about leaving a few craftsmen. What I am worried about is that by then, they will produce exactly the same thing as us.

That's a problem. With their relationship with the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop, the Steam Engine Institute, and the Permanent Bicycle workshop, we can replace our orders in minutes."

Michelin complained very distressedly.

He had tried the fruit of victory, so he naturally didn't want to see his rubber workshop surpassed so quickly.

The most important thing is that this kind of transcendence is based on the premise that others imitate you, which is even more unacceptable.

"This... shouldn't be so? Although the reputation of Su Guogong and his country did not seem to be particularly good, they have never heard of them being oppressed by the people."

Wang Heng said something uncertain.

There is no way, his level is a bit low, obviously he can't get in touch with a person of Cheng Yaojin's level.

So much of the news he has mastered is heard from the crowd.

"It's hard to say. The rubber workshop in Yuchicheng has not shipped out any goods these days. I asked someone for some information, but I didn't find any useful news.

Obviously, people have done relevant confidentiality work in a targeted manner, and it will be even more difficult for us to know their movements in the future."
To be continued...