early morning.
Xia Zuoyi woke up to the sound of seabirds, slowly crawled out of the bed, and hummed in a drowsy nasal voice: "Judit, I'm up."
"I'm here, my lord."
Judit's voice came from the foot of the bed.
Xia Zuoyi turned around, looked over in a daze, sat up with a small yawn, the soft pajamas were attached to the body, and the hem was slightly curled, revealing a white and tender belly.
Judit walked to the bed and gently pulled up his pajamas, saying, "Can I wash up? Your Excellency the Earl."
"Well." Xia Zuoyi nodded softly.
Judit then rang the rattle.
Soon.
Kelly pushed open the door and walked in with a basin of water and toiletries, Toby followed with a towel in hand.
Xia Zuoyi took the towel and wiped his face after washing his face, and asked vaguely, "Is Gibran taking a math test today?"
Toby: "Yes, Lord Earl, my brother got up early to go to Grandpa Nick's place."
Nick is the old treasurer's name.
In order to make Gibran study more efficiently, Xia Zuoyi mentioned a few words of the old finance without a trace, and asked him to make the knowledge to be assessed in the form of a test paper.
A small test every fortnight and a big test every month.
Gibran's day-to-day studies were packed to the brim - literacy, math, how to do business, etc.
Xia Zuoyi would sometimes go to class with him, pretending, after all, he couldn't be an illiterate lord.
He studied perfunctorily for three days and two days of fishing and netting, and he even got full marks in the exam.
The servants in the castle unanimously agreed that the little earl is a genius!
Judit helped Xia Zoey change her clothes and asked, "Sir, are you going to take the exam today?"
Xia Zuoyi shook his head: "No, let Nick keep the exam papers for me. I'll do it when I have time. I'll go to the alchemy room today."
He needs to use the reasons for alchemy experiments to show the efficacy of herbs bit by bit.
Before that, his preparation was to order people to excavate some uncommon or rare plants on Mount Parr and bring them to the castle.
After a period of time has passed, let the knights issue notices in the city.
It means that if commoners or slaves find or pick a plant of unknown species and name, they can use this plant to exchange for a certain amount of copper coins in the castle.
Over time, almost everyone in Wessas knew about it—Lord Lord seems to be studying the alchemy of what plants do.
After that, commoners or slaves often went up the mountain or searched elsewhere in exchange for copper coins, and the number of plants sent to the castle began to double.
Xia Zoe's method is very effective.
By comparing the pictures in "Compendium of Pictures and Detailed Explanations of Chinese Herbal Medicine", among the many plants, he soon discovered herbs such as mugwort, psyllium and nettle.
These days, I have been immersed in the room of alchemy experiments, and I am also studying how to make herbs into potions or ointments.
For this reason, he specially exchanged his reputation for the two books "Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula" and "Compendium of Chinese Herbal Ointments", and the study time of three days of fishing and two days of netting slowly passed in the system reading.
He is actually very hardworking and hardworking :)
Xia Zuoyi asked before going to the alchemy laboratory: "How long will the first training of the recruits be over?"
Judit: "There is still more than half a month, Lord Earl."
Xia Zoe: "I remember more than two months ago, Fernandi and Valk told me that some knights also wanted to join the training. Did they persevere?"
"They've been holding on, and they're trying to get a platoon commander or a company commander position."
"Oh, that's it." Xia Zuoyi said: "After the training is over, the assessment will be unified. I hope they don't feel ashamed."
Don't even compare civilians and slaves.
Soldiers have five days of training, two days of rest, and are not allowed to leave the training camp at will.
During the two-day rest period, soldiers can be allowed to go home to visit their parents and family members, but the number of people going out each time is not more than 30, and they will be executed in turns after approval.
At the beginning, many civilians and slaves were somewhat unable to adapt to the high-intensity training, and took a rest to recover their physical strength in two days.
After a period of getting used to it, some commoners and slaves did not relax their training during the rest period in order to win the position of squad leader or even platoon leader, so as not to let themselves relax in the slightest.
Mike Andrew is like that.
He has not been home for more than half a month. Today, he took advantage of the rest day to report and was approved quickly.
When passing a meat shop in the city, Mike Andrew spent eight copper coins to buy some pork back.
The neighbors of Mike Andrew's family were also slaves from Fort Comoy, and their son was in the boot camp, but he didn't come back today.
After seeing him, the neighbor's uncle Mok said hello: "Mike, your parents are working in the salt field today, and they didn't go home until the sun went down."
Mok worked on the line to purify refined salt, with one day off after every six days.
Today is his day off.
And Mike Andrew's parents will not rest until tomorrow.
Mike Andrew nodded: "Thank you, Uncle Mok."
"No thanks, come in quickly, old Andrew will be very happy when he sees you back." Mok laughed loudly.
After a few more conversations, Mike Andrew walked into the house.
Where they live now has changed dramatically from when they first came to Visas.
Old Andrew's carpentry is good.
In the beginning, there were only simple beds in the house, not even a desk.
Today, it is warm and complete, filled with necessary furniture and decorations, some wild flowers are dotted by the window, the petals tremble slightly in the soft wind, and you can smell a scent in the nose.
Mike Andrew was in a good mood, and when he saw this, he couldn't help tidying up the house.
Before the sun went down, old Andrew's loud and cheerful voice sounded outside the door.
After rejoicing.
Mike Andrew chatted with his father while his mother went to prepare dinner.
Old Andrew: "I heard from Mel that you have added a lot of items to your training. You are exhausted every day. You can usually eat two large pieces of brown bread when you go to the cafeteria. The cafeteria also provides some meat, right?"
Mel is Uncle Mok's son.
Mike Andrew hummed: "The food in the cafeteria is very sufficient, and you can eat enough every day. The training program is indeed increasing slowly, and some Knights have also joined in."
Because of this, he felt a lot of urgency, fearing that he would not even be able to meet the standard of becoming a squad leader.
Old Andrew asked curiously, "You said before that the training items were made by the Lord, what did you add this time?"
Mike Andrew: "The 5,000-foot run around the mountain, the 200-foot sprint, the sit-ups, the push-ups...wrestling, grappling, practicing the great sword, stabbing with guns, crawling and climbing...I persevered. "
Mike Andrew applied for a lot of projects. Hearing old Andrew's complexion, distressed and relieved, mixed with pride for his son.
After entering the soldier's training camp.
Every time he came back, he saw that his son had changed visible to the naked eye, his body was taller and stronger, and his waist was straight when he walked.
Not to mention the son's changes, their changes are also obvious.
The same slave, the same work for the manor.
But in Wessas, they have a set working hours, and they have a day off after every six days, and they earn a lot more copper coins than before. This kind of life is a beautiful life that they could not even dream of before.
"Oh, thank the Lord for his kindness!" Old Andrew couldn't help saying.
He now prays to the God of Creation every day, hoping that the Lord will be healthy and grow up safely.
"Yes, thank you Lord Lord!" Mike Andrew said reverently.
Three months of training is over.
Xia Zoe came over again to review the results.
The reserve soldiers were uniformly dressed in black and stood neatly behind Fernandi Edward, and the ordinary soldiers were uniformly dressed in white and stood neatly behind Valk William.
Xia Zuoyi waved his little hand, and the greetings were uniform, resounding through the mountains and forests.
The first time Gibran came, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Toby was so shocked that he opened his mouth and couldn't close it for a while.
Xia Zuoyi sat on the platform built, looked down and said, "It's time to start."
The reserve soldiers conduct the exercise first, in groups of 12, Fernandi Edward is responsible for recording the first place in each exercise, followed by the ordinary soldiers, who also record the first place by Valk Wilhelm.
After the drill finally ended, the sun was about to go down.
Judit brought the parchment with the name down in front of Xia Zoe.
Xia Zuoyi took the parchment, stood up from the chair and walked to the edge of the table: "I am very satisfied with the results of your exercise this time, I believe you can also feel how much progress you have made..."
"I have the list of the first-place personnel in each exercise, and then each person will be rewarded with 20 copper coins..."
Before the words were finished, the following suddenly became lively.
Valk Wilhelm struck the gong to silence them.
Xia Zoe continued: "There is another list in the hands of Chief Fernandi and Chief Valk."
"It records how each of you performed on weekdays and how your training results for a month... Your supervisors will be divided into classes based on these two lists, and the one with the most outstanding performance will be the monitor of each class."
"As for the platoon and company commanders, unfortunately, only a very few knights have reached the standard."
The commoners and slaves did not feel regret, but aroused competition in their hearts.
In particular, some people who almost reached the standard of becoming a squad leader, and those who won the second place in the exercise were even more embarrassed.
Xia Zuoyi: "The position of squad leader and even company commander is not static."
"Each quarter's assessment is divided into normal grades and practice grades. If the squad leader fails, or your grades exceed the squad leader, then you can also become the squad leader or even the company leader."
"As long as you work hard, anything is possible."
The soldiers heard the heartbeat below.
Fernandi and Valk took some time to sort out the classes and announced who would be the leader of each class.
Mike Andrew was there, and he became the squad leader of the first class.
Finally, Fernandi Edward stepped forward and shouted: "I hope you will not forget who brought this honor today, precisely because you live in Wessas, because you have a wise and forgiving lord. !"
"Swear! You will always be loyal to Lord Desinia!"
The soldiers on both sides straightened their bodies, clenched their right fists on their left chests, and solemnly swore an oath.
- "I will be loyal to the Lord of Desinia for the rest of my life! I will defend the glory and glory of Desinia to the death!"
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