Children in Germany have a lot of holidays, mainly because the confederations of the German Empire treat children's holidays very willfully.

First of all, religious holidays must be closed, such as Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, etc., must be closed.

Secondly, during the busy farming season, such as harvesting wheat, hay, grapes, potatoes, and horse manure, the school must also give students holidays.

Finally, although the German Empire had a unified Ministry of Education, the specific educational policy was in the hands of each member of the Confederation, that is, each kingdom, principality, and free city could set its own school holidays.

In Berlin, where Joey went to school, for example, primary and secondary schools in Berlin generally open in early September, with two weeks of autumn break at the end of October, another two weeks of Christmas break at the end of December, one week of winter break in early February, two weeks of Easter break beckoning from March to April, a one-day closure in mid-May, another day off for Advent in May or June, and a six-week summer vacation in July.

This is only Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia, if you go south to Württemberg and the Kingdom of Bavaria, not only will the summer vacation start half a month later than Berlin, but also the Ascension Day holiday, which will last longer than the students of the Kingdom of Prussia on the Day of the Holy Spirit (corresponding to the Protestant Advent Sunday), which is three days.

The history of holidays for primary and secondary school students in Germany dates back to the time of Frederick the Great, and the purpose of the holidays was not to reduce the academic burden of children, but to meet the needs of labor for agricultural production in Germany.

Before industrialization, agricultural labor required a large amount of labor, and Frederick the Great required every German child to go into the classroom to be educated at the same time, but also to ensure that the labor productivity of each German family was not lost, so under mutual compromise, the German education department prepared a large number of holidays for German children.

In fact, in the eyes of the German children who are desperately helping their families during the holidays, these holidays just look good.

The children of ordinary German families have to help their parents during the holidays, either working in the fields or doing part-time work in the factories of the towns, while the children of aristocratic families are also not idle, and they have a lot of knowledge and skills to learn.

As the aristocracy of the ruling class of a country, there are many things to learn, and in short, they need to know everything, even the most bizarre knowledge or skills, they must know and even master.

In the nineteenth century, holidays practically did not exist for the children of commoners and aristocrats.

In addition to learning European history and various scientific cultures, such as physical classes, etiquette classes, dance classes, and music classes are also compulsory, and aristocratic sports such as fencing, shooting, horseback riding, swimming, and polo must be mastered, and even tennis, which is now popular among the European aristocracy, has two classes a week.

In short, there are countless lessons waiting for Joey in order to be able to interact gracefully with all kinds of people.

The cultivation of a nobleman is by no means innate, but educated, but also piled up by money, money and education are the fertile soil for cultivating a nobleman, and it is also the only secret to continue the noble bloodline of a family.

Fortunately, there was no opportunity to receive aristocratic education in the previous life, but in this life, Joey is quite happy to have this opportunity, but in the Charlottenburg Palace and the Imperial Palace, those who are familiar with Joey's homework think that Joey's learning attitude is very good, as for his academic performance.....

According to the evaluation of Joey's two younger sisters, in addition to his grades in cultural classes, his music is also a little interesting, the etiquette is also so-so, and the dance is a little funny.

Take the fencing match in front of them, on the lawn of Charlottenburg Palace, for example, the two princesses have made a clear conclusion.

"Maggie, if you must choose a princess's guardian knight, my advice is to choose Big J, don't think about Jojo." Princess Alice looked at the pair of swordsmen who were competing in the fencing arena, and said solemnly to her sister Princess Fiodora, who was standing beside her.

Princess Fiodora puffed out her face and waited for the final result of the game to come out, but she hesitated for a while, sighed, and nodded vigorously.

The big J in Princess Alice's mouth is the son of the "blood prince" Carl about Achim, and now the little ones in the womb like to call the tall Joachim the big J in private.

The swordsman standing opposite the tall Joachim was none other than Joachim the younger of the Frederick family, Joey.

To be fair, Joey is not short at all, but compared to Joey, who already has a faint beard on his lips and a body skeleton that has begun to grow, and is obviously in the stage of puberty development, Joey, who has just begun puberty, is obviously much shorter and has shorter arms.

Fencing, about Achim and Joey, was an ancient European aristocratic sport, and Greek nobles from as far back as BC had records of fencing lessons.

Hoods, gloves, protective clothing, foils, epee and sabers with holsters on the tips of the swords have all appeared, the only difference from modern fencing is that the fencer does not have a long wire dragging behind his back.

Perhaps in Eastern fencing, it is will, not height, that determines the victory or defeat of a sword fighting match, but in Western fencing, in many cases, height and arm length can dominate the game and decide everything.

The competition between Joachim and Joachim is a good example of the law that fencing is determined by the elders.

The first game started with the sabre, which should actually be called a sabre, in fact it evolved from the Arab scimitar, so the saber can be stabbed or slashed, and the entire sword body can be attacked, and the target of the attack is the entire upper body of the opponent, and the head, hands and torso are all scoring points.

Joey could easily reach Joey's upper body, which was short, but Joey couldn't touch the corners of Joey's clothes, and Joey, who was sad, kept being hit on the head and wrist by Joachim to score.

Sabre failed miserably in the first round.

Again!

The second game is a heavy sword, compared with the sabre, the origin of the heavy sword is the spear of the European knights, so it can only stab the opponent, but it has an advantage over the sabre, that is, it can attack the opponent's whole body, even if Joey stabs the toe of Joan with the heavy sword, it will be counted.

Actually, Joey did the same, about Achim, aren't you the length of your hand, my hand is too flexible for me to hit, and my body is too far for me to reach, but you make a lunge, and put your foot in front of you, hmph, I'll stab your foot.

But the truth tells Joey that when you're about to stab someone's foot, your head is usually handed out first, so Achim's foot is safe, but Joey's head is not safe at all, and the hood keeps getting hit.

In the second round of epee, the defeat continued.

Again! Get on the foil!

Compared with sabers and spears, foils, or light swords, are indeed swords, the lightest in weight, the shortest in the body, can not be chopped but only stabbed, and the target of the attack can only be the torso, and the limbs and head are not the target.

Joey, who lost two sets in a row, decided to use his wisdom to save face, since the foil only counts when it hits the torso, I will put on an En garde, with a small body and a small body, plus a sideways body to reduce the area of the torso to meet the enemy, first do a good job of defense and set up the bus, ready to defend and counterattack to steal one.

Defend the chest, but can't guard the back, Joey then remembered, the back is also part of the torso, about Achim never paid attention to Joey's heavily guarded chest, just kept the light sword, throwing Joey's defenseless back.

In the third round of foil, the defeated cannot be defeated again.

Looking at Achim, who was innocent, with a mask in his hand, and his two sisters spreading his arms and shrugging his shoulders, Joey was furious.

Usually if you lose, you lose, Joey doesn't take it seriously, but losing in front of her two sisters is equivalent to losing face in London, and the two best gossipy little princesses will definitely write their embarrassment to Mary in London.

When it comes to dignity, there is no room for Joey to be sloppy.

"Big J, are you interested in a pistol battle?" Joey raised his fist and said defiantly, "At the newly built obstacle course!" ”

"In the shooting range of the palace, where you asked the carpenters to erect those planks and shelves?"

"That's right, that's it, let's have a contest about pistol shooting."

"Jojo, I entered the military colonel at the age of six, and after graduating this summer, I have already determined that I will be assigned to the 6th Infantry Division of the Royal Prussian Army." Achim's face lit up, and his words were not without pride in his words.

"Mandolfil Infantry Division?"

Joey, who was quite familiar with the history of the Western Front in World War I in his previous life, couldn't help blurting out when he heard this familiar name.

"No, Jojo, you're talking about Field Marshal Mandolfel's 1st Division of the Royal Prussian Guard, and I'm going to the 6th Division of the Royal Prussian Army in Lorraine." Achim explained seriously, and after hesitating for a moment, he continued with little confidence, "The Sixth Infantry Division is also the elite unit of the Empire, and it is almost at the same level as the Praetorian Guard and the Royal Bavarian Infantry Division. ”

"Hmm!" Joey nodded heavily and agreed, "The Sixth Infantry Division is definitely an ace division!" ”

"On the battlefield of the Western Front in World War I, the army of the Entente was extremely feared by the ace division." Joy secretly affirmed in his heart, "It's just the name of this Mantufir Division, is it?" ”

"Hi Jojo!" A call came from afar.

Behind the oak tree at the end of the boulevard, two people, one tall and one short, walked out, the short one was obviously a teenager, and when he saw Joey and Joachim, he couldn't help but jump up with joy, and the tall young man, obviously more calm, noticed that the two princesses were in the backfield, and held down the cheerful jumping boy with one hand, signaling the boy to pay attention to the occasion and his identity.

"Hi, Brother Mandolfil!" Joey smiled silently when he saw the familiar figures.