"Next group, Ek, Sendy, Jack, Allen......" Jack, who was listening carefully to the words of the Alexander knight, finally waited for him, and couldn't help grinning and laughing happily.

"Hey! Alan, it's our turn! Jack patted his friend who was in a daze and happily reminded.

"Oh! Is it? It's a real delight. Alan touched his long black hair, looking a little nervous, "Jack, do you think we can get by?" ”

Seeing his friend's nervous look, Jack couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, knowing that his friend was no longer confident.

"Alan, normally we run five miles (8 kilometers) and it takes less than half an hour, but now as long as the two of us run hard, we will definitely be in the top 50!"

This time, fifty of the orphans were recruited as guards, and the others all joined the Darkblade and became one of them, after all, these people were the most loyal.

"However, we both know that many of the more than 100 people are faster than me, and I feel ......."

Hearing his friend who has been with him for the past few years say this, Jack knows that it is useless to say more, it is a truth after all.

"Don't be discouraged, although you may not be able to join the Guard, you can still become a member of the Darkblade, which is also a decent profession!"

Jack had no choice but to comfort.

"Besides, the chief instructor said that you can also become a knight after joining the Dark Blade!"

"Is this true? Jack! Hearing this, Alan asked in surprise in a tone of self-pity.

"Of course, this is what Knight Alexander said to me personally, so is it false?"

"If that's the case, then I'm much better!"

Looking at Alan's relieved expression, Jack expressed his understanding, and from the hard life, he deeply understood how eager their group of street children were to become the upper class.

This represents endless food, a large bed that is stable and warm, and the pain of not being driven away by others in the cold winter months.

Soon, adjusting their mentality, Alan and Jack came to the starting point together, and they were the last group.

It was an oval track of more than 1,300 feet (400 meters), designed and built by Edward's standards to the standards of later generations, paved with gravel, exactly what was the playground he used to attend elementary school as a child.

The group was close to twenty people, and Jack and Allen couldn't find a good spot, so they had to settle into the second row, and it was a remote position on the left.

"Alan, I'm sorry, it's all my fault!"

"It's nothing, in the end, I still rely on strength to speak!" Regarding Allen's apology, Jack said indifferently, his face full of indifference.

"That's it! When I say 'start,' you're ready to run!" ”

Knight Alexander sat on his horse, waved his sword in his hand, and said in a loud voice.

"Begin—" Alexander said, swinging his sword upwards with great momentum.

Hearing the opening words, Jack rushed forward and quickly ran into the top ten, while his partner Alan still struggled in the last few places.

Jack can't take care of this now, he has only one thought in his mind at this time, run, run hard, run into the first fifty lives, become a majestic royal guard, become a high-class person.

Jack was about six feet tall at this time, and one step over, two steps was basically equivalent to three steps for others, and the advantage was great.

But he still didn't dare to relax a point, and he wouldn't slow down until the end.

Soon, Jack felt his steps slowly heavi, his lungs like a dry desert, a strong wind rolling, and his throat was directly like a desire for water.

He didn't know how long it was, until he threw himself into the wall of a group of people, his body's consciousness slowly uncontrolled, his eyes slowly closed, and he only knew that he had reached the finish line.

I don't know how long it took, Jack only felt that he was tired, and he tried to open his eyes, and he vaguely saw Alan's dark green eyes, and couldn't help but crack his lips and smile.

"Have I passed? Allan! Jack felt like a fire in his throat, and he had trouble speaking.

"Jack, you're scaring me to death! You passed, you are the first, and you will be a guard to protect His Majesty the King from now on! ”

Alan said to him happily, but his red eyes couldn't hide it.

"Haven't you been?" Jack asked, lifting his somewhat heavy head, as he leaned up.

"No, but it's okay, I'll see you later!" Alan smiled bitterly and said with a pretending indifference.

"Yes, Jack, you gave a surprise, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, twenty-six minutes and thirty-seven seconds, that's an amazing number!"

The smile on the face of the Alexander knight who walked over meant that Jack was completely qualified as a guard.

As he spoke, he placed the small mechanical clock in his hand in front of Jack's eyes, and Jack's eyes couldn't help but watch, and the minute hand and seconds stayed at twenty-six and thirty-seven.

"Hey, hey! I didn't expect that either! It's just running hard! Jack touched the back of his head embarrassedly and smiled stupidly.

In fact, it was China that invented the earliest mechanical clock.

Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty made a leaky armillary sphere, and used a gear system to connect the armillary image with the timing leaky pot, and the leaky pot dripped water to promote the armillary image to rotate evenly, and the day just turned around for a week, which was the earliest mechanical clock to appear.

In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1088), Su Song and Han Gonglian created the water transport instrument elephant platform, and the escapement mechanism was used.

In the West, in 1350, Dandi of Italy made the first simple mechanical dotting tower clock, with a daily difference of 15~30 minutes, and the indicating mechanism only had an hour hand; In 1500~1510, Henlaith of Germany first used steel clockwork instead of heavy hammers to create a small mechanical clock with a corona-shaped escapement; Around 1582, Galileo Galilei of Italy invented the gravitational pendulum; In 1657, Huygens of the Netherlands introduced gravity pendulum into mechanical clocks and created pendulum clocks.

It's a pity that such a good technology was ruined by the war.

Running is the only thing here in Windsor Castle, because all the orphans have already learned how to ride, but in Lancaster, the riding competition is in full swing.

"My sir, I didn't expect that so many people in the entire duke would be ready to participate in the selection!"

Looking at the group of ants in front of him, Baron Smith couldn't help but sigh.

"What's the matter, there are still a lot of gentlemen and freedmen who have been slow to receive the news, and they don't have time to come, otherwise there will be more of them!"

Sir John was very unimpressed by the baron's exclamation.

"When are we going to get so many people? Let's do a little screening! You tell me? Mr. Jazz! ”

Baron Smith shook his head, looking at the thousands of people in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a headache, there are so many people in one Lancaster Territory alone, and there is also a Duchy of Cornwall, this is the rhythm of human life?

"Lord Baron, your opinion is exactly what I want, it's better to screen it in advance!"

Sir John couldn't help but nod when he heard Baron Smith say this.

"Go and tell those people that they don't have their own horses and leave on their own!"

Baron Smith turned to the tall, thin guard beside him.

"My lord, why do you want to exclude those who don't have horses?"

Mr. Sir was a little curious about Baron Smith's order.

"Sir Sir, you want to! How can a man who does not have a horse be able to ride as well as those who have a horse? It's better to let them leave early and save us some time! ”

The two laughed, and in this way, the fate of many people was decided.

By the time Baron Smith's order was delivered, the crowd was boiling and noisy.

Soon, however, the voices of discontent were quickly quelled by the threats of the guards and the bombardment of some of the participants who owned the horses.

In just a while, most of the people who were originally full left at once, and the remaining number could exceed a thousand.

Best came from a wealthy Yomannon family, and his father not only cultivated thirty acres of land for his family, but also rented more than a hundred acres of land for the aristocratic lord. That's why he was able to buy a horse and stay up to standard.

Seeing that the middle-aged nobleman standing on the high platform was about to start talking again, Best was afraid that there would be some conditions to brush him down.

"That's it! Now you can play, this time the rules are a bit special, you need to choose one of the more than 100 knights! ”

Hearing the middle-aged aristocrat start talking about the rules, Best held his breath and listened carefully.

"You choose one of the more than 100 knights to fight alone, as long as you survive the three moves, you can become a guard to protect the royal family!"

Baron Smith announced the rules that Edward had come up with, leaving everyone in the audience puzzled.

They had never heard of the rules of the game and felt a little incredible.

"Also, only fifty people are allowed to challenge at a time!"

As he spoke, Baron Smith pointed to the more than a hundred armor-clad guards behind him, his face full of the taste of watching a good show.

As one of the first to go up, Thomas chose a knight who looked shorter, and he felt that it was not bad to have a little advantage in height!

Riding on his horse, he lifted the long javelin wrapped in linen in front of him, put on his armor with the help of his servants, and through the mask, Thomas looked at the javelin-like knight not far away, and gradually calmed down.

"That's it! Ready, begin—"

Hearing the middle-aged man's voice, Thomas, like the fifty participants present, rushed to start.

The short knight on the opposite side glanced disdainfully and kicked up as well.

Between the electric sparks, the two approached, and bang-

The sound of shields colliding reached Thomas's ears, and a tremendous force pressed against his heart.

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