The wealthy families that Jose used to deliver goods to when he was a peddler knew that he had opened a store in the city. They found his sotre and asked servants to come to Jose's store every month to pick up goods, as well as the customers next door who bought jewelry would occasionally visit the store, and Thomas was also very talented in selling things. Slowly, the business got better. Although the current profit of the store is not much in a month, it still has more than thirty silver coins.
Coupled with the money earned from supplying goods to Pedro, the family's savings gradually accumulated a lot. With the savings, Maria came up with the idea of sending her daughter to study. Her daughter is now 15 years old. Before they had no conditions. Now that the have savings, they can support Selena to learn some skills.
Recently, she learned from the owner of the silk shop next door that there was a down-and-out aristocratic lady in this alley whose husband died of illness. She wanted to make some money and opened a family class with only 5 female students. She discussed it with Jose and decided to let her daughter go there to learn some cultural knowledge and some social etiquette, although she had to pay a monthly tuition of 10 silver coins.
10 silver coins were affordable, and it was not far from their home, and the way was very safe. Jose agreed without thinking. After Selena heard this, she originally wanted to say no, but she thought she could study. But when she thought about the need to develop a circle of friends,she agreed.
Ms. Victoria de la Bataillón is the youngest daughter of the Earl of Crestgate in the north. She was expelled from the family because she insisted on marrying a poor painter. Now that her husband has died, she wants to earn some tuition to support her daughter. Currently, only girls aged 12-18 are admitted.
Although it is impossible for a lady from an aristocratic family to go to Ms. Victoria's house to study, you can learn about some of the social etiquette of the aristocracy, and you can also make friends with some ladies from wealthy families near her home, and understand their needs for skin care and makeup, so that she can There is a market for products launched in the future.
Selena doesn't have much pocket money now. Although her mother loves her, she can't indulge in buying whatever she likes. So every time she sees something she likes but doesn't have the money to buy it, the idea of saving secret stash becomes stronger. It just so happens that this time This is a good opportunity. In a place where there are many rich girls, she doesn't have to worry about making money.
Thinking of this, Selena reached out and rummaged through her wallet. There is too little money in it, and she felt more and more that she could make some small things and sell them to her classmates to earn some money.
The reputation of the Capital Knights is known to all men in the Seuropaste state who want to gain official positions through military exploits. That is the famous Iron-blooded Knights Legion. All the knights in the Capital Knights Legion are extremely extraordinary. If you choose any one at random, you can fight one against ten outside.
And they only need to obey the king's orders. This attracted numerous people to participate in the election. They all want to become a member of the Capital Knights through election and gain cross-class opportunities, but imagination is always beautiful. Only by being there can they experience the pain and suffering that ordinary people cannot imagine.
It is true to say that the Capital Knights are an iron-blooded army. Those people train people like machines. However, it has only been two years since I joined, and the original recruits are now all reborn and active. Everyone who enters the Capital Knights must go through hard work day and night regardless of wind or sun. They get injured almost every day from training. After all, if you want to stay in the Capital Knights, you can only become like Iron Man, fearless of wind and rain, and not afraid of difficulties.
These two years have passed, and of the 800 knights who were carefully selected from among the many people at the beginning, only 300 remain. The Capital Knights are very strict in recruiting knights. In addition to requiring good hair and good teeth, they also have certain requirements for height, waist circumference and leg. If any of the conditions are not met, all will be eliminated. So in the first step of the selection process, candidates are asked to strip naked and undergo a full-body examination. Only if they passed the comprehensive examination could they officially become a member of the Capital Knights and begin training.
It wasn't until later that they learned why hair and teeth were listed as screening criteria. This is because the state of the hair and teeth can reveal the internal state of the body. If the hair and teeth are not good, it means that your physical foundation is not strong enough when they are not suitable for joining the army.
When they go to the battlefield, they may be among the first to be killed due to lack of physical strength. The purpose of measuring body height and waist-to-leg ratio is to eliminate people with poor toughness and weak explosive power. In other words, according to the golden ratio, what is left behind must be a physical soldier with strong waist toughness, sufficient explosive power, and excellent endurance.
Only with a strong physique and excellent endurance can you have the conditions to persist on the battlefield until the end. Facts have also proven this.For two years, ordinary people could not endure the iron-blooded training for even one hour, but these people survived more than 700 days and nights. Some of the spoiled, violent, injured and seriously ill people were eliminated from these eight hundred people. The remaining three hundred people were undoubtedly the top part of the knights.
Ten people wearing white surcoat, stood behind the chair with serious expressions and hands behind their backs. Sitting on the chair was a man in his forties wearing a gold surcoat, with an eagle embroidered on his chest.
He looked at the list in his hand, and the man's voice was low: "Commander Gawain, I am here because of the king's order, asking me to select the best of your chosen knights to train alone for three years, so that they can become the king's accompanying knights, protect the king personally, and be incorporated into the Royal Knights. I Seeing that you have 300 knights here who have just gone through two years of training. Time is running out, just let the top 100 in the knight assessment come out…"
In one sentence, 1/3 of the results of two years of hard work by Commander Gawain were taken away, and it's still the best 100. He couldn't hide the distressed look on his face, but what could he do? He could not disobey the king's orders. And Tristan, the knight leader of the king's personal cavalry in front of him, is not easy to mess with, he is very cruel and ruthless.
Although Gawain was heartbroken, he could only ask his subordinates to get the results of the last competition and circle the names of the top 100.
Tristan looked at the list and asked, "But they are all people with innocent family backgrounds?" An innocent family background is the most important condition for entering the Knights. Everyone who enters the Kyoto Knights is carefully inspected. Only if there are no problems will you be admitted. Such careful inspection is to prevent foreign spies from being mixed into the Capital Knights.
Gawain was about to reply "Yes", but suddenly thought of something and retracted his words. He pointed at the first and third place and said: "These two people have a slightly flawed background."
"Oh?" The man in the golden knight uniform became interested and looked up at Gawain. So Gawain had no choice but to said: "Before participating in the knight selection, these two people once went to smuggle furs. "
This kind of thing can be big or small. How to judge specifically depends on the thoughts of the superior.
Gawain originally thought that Tristan would disqualify these two people, but Tristan said: "So, these two people are not only extremely courageous, but they can also cross the border between the two countries with the power of their legs and avoid fighting between the two sides escaping from the pursuit of the border guards. These two people are extremely courageous, brave, and resourceful. Okay, I will take these two people with me..."
After speaking, he looked at the two names pointed out by Gawain: "Lucio, Hector?"
Gawain was even more heartbroken. He originally valued these two people very much, but they were were robbed before they were officially incorporated into the team he managed.
Seeing Gawain's heartbroken expression,Tristan showed a smile of satisfaction basing his happiness on the pain of others. But it was his favorite thing to do. He sat down and admired it for a while, then turned around and ordered the knight in white said: "Gawain will hand over the person to you later. You must check the person one by one to avoid being impersonated..."
Before he finished speaking, Gawain showed angry glare that he couldn't help but want to draw their swords. This kind of words was an insult to all the knight.
Tristan seemed to be waiting for them to draw their swords and deliberately paused. His tone suddenly became very serious and said to the ten royal knight captains: "I will give you three years. If the person I choose after three years has not been reviewed, you also need to take the blame and resign from the Royal Knights. "