"Football couldn't make everyone like it, but there was one thing I believed ninety-nine percent of people would like."
On a new day, in the side hall, Zhou Xu was discussing the plans for what came next with the newly appointed head of the Football Association.
Zhou Xu did indeed attach great importance to football-related matters, but he was ultimately the ruler of a nation, with a great many other things waiting for him to handle. He couldn't spend all day tinkering with this.
So he needed a suitable person to act as executor and faithfully carry out his plans.
"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."
"Making money."
"Huh?"
"Ninety-nine percent of the people in this world should like making money!"
"..."
The head of the Football Association agreed inwardly, but he didn't dare voice it.
In their Great Zhou, people who liked making money too much had all been invited by the Investigative Department to drink tea...
Zhou Xu, however, didn't care much about the other man's reaction. He simply had one of his guards hand over the proposal he had already written.
"I plan to introduce a new game called the 'Football Lottery.' Basically, it will let spectators place bets on which of two competing teams wins or loses."
"At the most basic level, they can guess which team will win. Going further, they can guess how many goals a team will win by, or even the exact score. The higher the difficulty, the greater the odds."
"The exact odds will be adjusted according to the strength of both teams, as well as the betting situation on that day."
"Of course, I don't like people gambling too heavily, so one bet will cost two Copper Coins, and each person can buy at most ten bets."
Clearly, Zhou Xu didn't