William's vision was to build several institutions of higher learning and military academies in his domain, but this was unrealistic for now.

This is not to say that William does not have the financial resources to support the construction of institutions of higher learning and military academies, but that William is too short of talents.

Now the talents in William's entrainment are basically sent out by William, and even nearly half of the personal guard partner cavalry under his command has been sent to the army to become a grassroots officer such as a company captain, don't look at the number of partner cavalry under William's command It seems that the number has not changed, but the old people who follow William only account for less than half, and the rest are the children of knights and nobles from the local area of Evre.

Therefore, in the face of such an embarrassing talent dilemma, William only planned to set up a small academy that taught both cultural knowledge and military skills, and it would not be too late to split it up when the knight academy expanded in the future.

In fact, this small knight academy is not difficult to run, and it is equivalent to an expanded training school for squire knights.

William planned to divide the academy into two branches, the squire and the squire, with the squire branch mainly admitting young children from poor families who would be taught by William and his fellow cavalrymen to learn cultural knowledge and horseback riding.

Raising young children from poor families was a painstaking task, but it ensured their loyalty to William.

As for the chamberlain, the children of the local noble families of Evre will be recruited, and they will be able to learn cultural knowledge and martial arts and riding skills from their fathers, so these recruited knights will be taught by Sir Hubert, Osborne Butler and other noble generals and officials, and learn professional management knowledge and military tactics.

Of course, the Squire and Squire are not independent of each other, and the students who excel in the Squire Branch will be promoted to the Squire Branch, and they will be treated the same as those who are knights.

After the squire knights of the chamberlain branch graduate from the academy, they will be assigned to the army or government departments as petty officers and officials according to their examination results, and gradually support the management of the army and government in William's domain.

The best of them will be the squire knights, who will enter William's companion cavalry unit and receive direct guidance from William and other high-ranking noble generals, and when they pass the examination, they will serve as mid-level officers above the rank of company commander.

Doing it when you think of it is a very good quality, especially for domination.

William immediately opened up a huge academy near the Duke's Palace in Fort Vernon, and hundreds of workers were organized by William's appointed stewards to begin the construction of a large schoolhouse, pastures, and dormitory buildings.

At the same time, William also issued an order to his various territories, announcing that the newly built Knight Academy would admit poor young children and young squires, and asked local officials to organize the recruitment of cadets of the Knight Academy.

The Squire Branch said that there were young children from poor backgrounds everywhere, and they could be recruited as long as they issued an order, but the recruitment of the Squire Academy made it difficult for William.

Now the knights in William's domain are not only scarce, but also generally young, and their family is destined to have few qualified children for William to recruit.

In order to recruit enough students, William had to expand the scope of the Squire Academy to the vicinity of Evreux and the Paris area, where the knights' estates were concentrated, and there was no shortage of qualified school-age children in their families.

Although it was difficult for the newly established Knight Academy to recruit colleges, William would not relax the admission standards, and both poor children and knights had to be assessed before they could enroll.

Strictly speaking, the admission of the squire branch is not limited to the children of knights, but the children of merchants, gentry and peasants have the opportunity to participate in the entrance selection, but it is limited to the admission standards set by William, and the children of commoners who do not have a cultural foundation and riding skills cannot compete with the children of knights.

Of course, this situation is temporary, as long as William's squire is promoted to the squire academy to become a squire, the situation of the knight's family will change.

Although William solved the problem of difficulty in recruiting students to the Knight Academy, the situation of difficult teachers was also placed in front of William.

Hundreds of pre-recruited squires could barely teach under the guidance of William and his fellow cavalrymen, but the upcoming hundreds of squires made it difficult for William, and William alone could not teach these knights.

William, as the headmaster of the Knight Academy, had to bring in Sir Hubert as the vice-rector and Osborne as the provost, while all the generals and high-ranking officials in the realm took one or two days a week to come to the Knight Academy to teach the students.

This is not a hard and fast rule, and at present, several of William's domains are in a state of ruin, except for the Barony of Alençon and the Barony of Vernon, and many local generals and officials cannot leave to come to Fort Vernon to teach.

Of course, in terms of the current number of cadets, the current faculty is still sufficient, not only William and his partner cavalry, but also experienced military generals and government officials such as Sir Hubert, Steward Osborne, Knight Nelson, and Sir Ronald, which is enough to ensure that enough courses can be arranged for the academy every day of the week.

A week later, after William's intense preparations, the Knight Academy finally took shape.

Outside the corridor of the Chamberlain's Chamber, William, Sir Hubert, and Steward Osborne walked all the way to the classroom, watching their earnest fellow cavalrymen occasionally write letters on wooden boards with charcoal, while the boys below practiced with sticks on a plate of sand.

William could not provide expensive parchment and papyrus for the academy at all, so he had to use sand tables, charcoal, and wooden castles instead of paper, after all, just a few hundred pieces of parchment required hundreds of lambs, which were enough to buy a manor, and the papyrus imported from Egypt was even more expensive, and even William was reluctant to use papyrus every day.

"Not bad, not bad!" William nodded in admiration, "Sir Hubert, Steward Osborne, do the children study hard?" ”

"Your Highness William, these children study very hard, and no one is lazy and naughty. They all come from poor families and cherish the opportunity to join the Knight Academy. Sir Hubert Jue nodded in reply.

"Let's go to the meadows of the Waiters' Branch, and see how they practice riding."

William and the others walked through the school building to a wide meadow not far away, where they could see a large number of children practicing in a procession organized by their fellow cavalrymen, and some children were sitting on wooden horses practicing riding.

"I'm very satisfied, Sir Hubert and Steward Osborne, the Knight Academy will be in your hands, and I hope that the students here will be useful to me." William said solemnly.

"I will live up to your trust, His Highness William!" Sir Hubert and Steward Osborne replied in unison.