Song Sanhu and others were having a meal and chatting, but unexpectedly the manager suddenly announced: "Most of the brothers are poor people. Although the industry is different, they mostly rely on their strength to make a living. We have to stay at sea for a few days, so the prince consort has an order to hold a wrist-breaking competition on each ship to see who has the greatest strength. The winner will be given real money and silver!"

The manager said and posted a notice on the mast of the deck. The person who had good things immediately came forward and read it. It said the method of the competition and the winner's reward. For example, everyone can sign up. Each boat will decide the top three. The first place will get one thousand yuan, the second place will get eight hundred yuan, and the third place will get five hundred yuan.

The so-called one thousand is the one thousand documents issued by the bank. Don’t underestimate this thousand documents. The prices in the Ming Dynasty are now extremely low, which is enough for a family of five to spend a month on food and clothing, so this is a considerable surprise for many.

The notice also said that after the winner is decided on each ship, the top three of each ship will compete again and determine the top three of the entire fleet, and the rewards for these three places will be even more generous.

As soon as the news came out, the entire boat immediately became excited, and everyone was rushing to sign up. After all, most of the people on the boat were craftsmen. Whether they were blacksmiths, carpenters, or bricklayers, they all needed all their strength. Even if some people looked quite thin, they were not small at all.

Most of the people on the fleet are young people, and they are more competitive, not to mention that they still have money to win. In addition, they are really nothing to do when they stay on the boat, and they only eat or sleep. Now there is something to do now, which will naturally attract everyone to sign up.

Song Sanhu was almost the first to sign up. He was tall and powerful. In addition, he worked all year round and sometimes could use three people alone. After all, his appetite was not for nothing.

That night, the registration results were counted, and the competition officially started the next day. The competition was an elimination style. The two had three chances of the match and won two games in three games.

Of course, such a knockout round is not very fair. For example, if someone is too strong, his opponent will be in trouble. Even if he is just a little less powerful than him, he may be eliminated in advance and miss the last top three.

However, this is just a temporary competition organized by the fleet, so it is naturally impossible to be as fair as the Olympics in later generations. Moreover, the craftsmen are not so particular. Everyone assigned their opponents and then went to the deck to compete one by one. Tables and chairs were also arranged on the deck, and there were managers next to them to supervise them personally to prevent both parties from cheating.

Song Sanhu almost pushed the ball all the way, but he met more than a dozen opponents but failed to win a game. Even several officers and soldiers responsible for order on the ship lost to him, so he finally successfully reached the final.

This time, Song Sanhu finally met his opponent. The nickname of Hei Niu, he really looked as strong as a cow. Guanglun's body was no worse than him. Moreover, the other party was a stonemason. He used to deal with stones every day and practiced a lot of strength.

However, Song Sanhu finally won the opponent with two wins and one loss because he had an advantage over Hei Niu. Because he was a blacksmith, he swung the hammer with his right arm every day, so his right hand was already stronger, but he also used his right hand to pull the wrist, so he narrowly defeated the opponent in the last game.

Similar wrist-strengthening competitions were also staged on other boats, and even Li Jie came to compete with others in person. Although he exercised regularly and was very nutritious, he was still not as strong as those who worked all year round, so he was eliminated in the first round.

In the end, the champion on Li Jie's ship was quickly awarded, but the winner was not the craftsman, but a guard named Wang Bao next to Li Jie. After all, no matter where Li Jie goes, he is protected by the elite troops around him. Wang Bao has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, swinging stone locks every day to make strength, and can usually dance hundreds of kilograms of big swords to make a fortune.

Although the craftsmen were very strong, their daily diet was far inferior to Wang Bao. Even though some craftsmen were taller than Wang Bao, they were not as strong as Wang Bao. So Wang Bao eventually defeated everyone and won the championship.

The top three were decided on each ship, but this was just the beginning, and the highlight was the next one. Li Jie decided to make the competition more fair in a round-robin manner, and each person only competed one game a day, which could ensure the participants' physical strength and also make the competition more interesting.

In fact, for Li Jie, the competition itself is not important. What is important is to let everyone in the fleet participate. Now his goal has been achieved. With the decision of the top three of each ship and the organization of the entire fleet's competition, people on each ship were discussing the competition, and some even privately opened the handicap to bet on the final winner.

"Your method is indeed effective. Now everyone on the boats are discussing the competition, and many people even discussing it when they don't sleep at night. They are no longer as tense as before." Yang Shiqi said to Li Jie with admiration.

The method of the wrist-shaking competition was taught by Li Jie. At that time, Yang Shiqi was a little suspicious, but he didn't expect that after he did as Li Jie said, the effect was surprisingly good, even far beyond his expectations. For example, someone started fighting because of the competition yesterday, but it caused people on the boat to burst into laughter. No one cared about it at all, and he would not cause trouble because of it.

"Compared with rest and work, entertainment is also essential, so it is also very important to find a time-consuming entertainment in the long and boring journey. It can be a wrist-shaking or playing cards. The way of the competition is not important. As long as it is simple and easy to understand and can allow everyone to participate, it will attract their attention and thus there will be no other thoughts." Li Jie also smiled and said to Yang Shiqi.

Li Jie did not learn psychology, nor did he understand social psychology. However, in the environment of later generations, he could still get in touch with some of this. Moreover, later generations were an era of entertainment until death, so Li Jie considered the issue of entertainment. In this era, entertainment was a luxury, and many people were not qualified or had time to participate.

"The competition method is not important, what is important is to let everyone participate!" Yang Shiqi repeated Li Jie's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately saluted Li Jie again, "Thank you for your advice, the emperor has benefited a lot!"

"Okay, you don't have to worry about the game anymore. When the game is over, we will almost go to the fourth uncle's side. You must prepare for the handover." Li Jie immediately patted Yang Shiqi's shoulder and ordered again.
Chapter completed!