German children have a lot of holidays, mainly because they are very willful in the various federations of the German Empire.

First of all, there are religious festivals, such as Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter, etc., and must be on holidays.

Secondly, during busy farming seasons, such as cutting wheat, harvesting hay, cutting grapes, digging potatoes, and picking horse manure, the school must also give students a holiday.

Finally, although the German Empire had a unified Ministry of Education, the specific education policy was in the hands of every federal member, that is, every kingdom, principality, and free city could set their own school holidays.

Take Berlin where Joey goes to school as an example. Berlin's primary and secondary schools usually start school in early September, and will have two weeks of autumn break at the end of October, and will have two weeks of Christmas break at the end of December. In early February, it will have one week of winter break. From March to April, there will be two weeks of Easter holidays. In mid-May, there will be another day of class suspension. In May or June, there will be another day of holiday. In July, it will have six weeks of summer break.

This is just Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia. If you go south to Württemberg and Bavaria, not only will the summer vacation start half a month later than Berlin, but there will also be an additional holiday for the Ascension Festival. The holiday on the Day of the Holy Spirit (corresponding to the Protestant Advent) is longer than that of the students in the Kingdom of Prussia, which is three days.

The history of vacations for primary and secondary school students in Germany almost dates back to the time of Frederick the Great. The purpose of the holidays originally formulated was of course not to reduce the academic burden of children, but to the need for labor in Germany's agricultural production.

Agricultural labor before industrialization required a large amount of labor. While Frederick the Great asked every German child to go to the classroom for education, he also had to ensure that the labor productivity of each German family was not lost. Therefore, under mutual compromise, the German education department prepared a large number of holidays for German children.

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

Children from ordinary German families have to help their parents during holidays, either working in farmland or working in factories in towns. Children from noble families cannot be idle either and have a lot of knowledge and skills that they need to learn.

As a nobleman in the ruling class of a country, he has to learn a lot. Simply put, he needs to know everything. Even no matter how strange the knowledge or skills are, he must know or even master it.

In the nineteenth century, holidays actually did not exist for the children of civilians and nobles.

When Joey came to the first summer vacation of 1879, he basically ran between the Prince's Palace and the Charlottemberg Palace. In addition to learning European history and various scientific cultures, such as body classes, etiquette classes, dance classes, music classes, etc., aristocratic sports must be mastered. Even tennis, which is popular among the European aristocratic classes, has two lessons a week.

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

The cultivation of a noble is by no means born, but is educated, and it is piled up by money. Money and education are the fertile ground for cultivating a noble, and the only secret to the continuation of a family's aristocratic bloodline.

Fortunately, I didn’t have the chance to receive aristocratic education in my previous life. In this life, Joey is very happy. But in Charlottemberg Palace and the Prince’s Palace, those who are familiar with Joey’s homework think that Joey’s learning attitude is very good. As for academic performance...

According to Joey's two sisters, his brother was not only good at cultural courses, but also had some musical meaning, his etiquette was also sloppy, and his dance was a bit funny, but his level was worrying in other courses.

Take the fencing competition in front of you, on the lawn of Charlottemberg Palace, for example, the two princesses have already made clear conclusions.

"Maggie, if you have to choose a princess's guardian knight, my suggestion is to choose Big J. Don't consider Jojo." Princess Alice looked at the fencing competition field, and a pair of swordsmen who were competing, said seriously to her sister Princess Fiodora, who was standing beside her.

Princess Fiodora bulged her face and waited for the final match to come out. She just hesitated for a while, sighed and nodded vigorously.

The big j in Princess Alice's mouth is Ashim, the son of "Blood Prince" Carl. Now, the little guys in the prince's uterus all like to call the tall big j.

The swordsman standing opposite Ahim, who was tall, was Joey, the little Joachim of Frederick's family.

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

The fencing where Ashim and Joey competed was an ancient European aristocratic movement. There were records of fencing lessons from Greek aristocrats from BC.

The hood, gloves, protective clothing, floral swords with leather hoods on the tip of the sword, heavy swords and swords have all appeared. The only difference from modern fencing competitions is that there is no long wire dragging behind the swordsman.

Perhaps in Eastern swordsmanship, will rather than height can determine the victory or defeat of a swordsmanship competition. However, in Western fencing, many times, height and long arms can dominate the competition and determine everything.

The competition between Joachim and Joachim just reflected the rule that fencing was determined by the leader.

The initial game started with a sword. The sword should actually be called a saber. In fact, it evolved from an Arab scimitar, so the sword can be stabbed or chopped, and the entire sword body can attack. Moreover, during the game, the target of the attack is the opponent's entire upper body, head, hands and torso are scoring points.

About Ashim could easily reach Joey's upper body with a short hand, but Joey couldn't touch Ashim's corner of his clothes. The sad Joey kept hitting Ashim on the head and wrist and scoring.

The first round of the sword was defeated.

Come again!

The second game was a heavy sword. Compared with the sword, the origin of the heavy sword is the spear of the European Knights, so they can only stab the opponent, but there is an advantage over the sword, which is that they can attack the opponent's whole body. Even if Joey stabs approximately Ashim's toes with the heavy sword, it will be considered a score.

In fact, Joey did the same. Ahim, don’t you have long hands? I can’t hit my hands too flexible, and I can’t reach my body too far. But you put your lunge step and put your feet in front of you. Hum, I’ll stab your feet.

But the facts tell Joey that when you are about to stab someone else's feet, your head is usually handed out first, so Ashim's feet are safe, but Joey's head is not safe at all, and the hood is constantly hit.

The second round of heavy sword continued to defeat.

Come again! Get the flower sword!

Compared with sabers and spears, foil swords, or light swords, are the exact swords that are lightest and have the shortest body. They cannot chop and can only stab and attack. Moreover, the target of attack can only be the torso, while limbs and head are not targets.

Joey, who lost two sets in a row, decided to use wisdom to save face. Since the foil only counts when hitting the torso, I will make an engarde move. With my small body and small body, I will reduce the area of ​​the torso to meet the enemy with my body. I will first make a defense and set up a bus, and prepare to defend and counterattack and steal one.

He could not defend his chest, but could not defend his back. Joey then remembered that his back was part of his torso. Ashim never paid attention to Joey's heavy army's front chest, but just kept lightning swords, slamming Joey's unprepared back.

In the third round of Flower Sword, those who are defeated cannot be defeated again.

Joey was furious as he looked at the innocent, holding a mask in his hand, spreading his arms out of his two sisters and shrugging his shoulders.

Usually, he loses if he loses, but losing in front of his two sisters is equivalent to losing face to London. These two little princesses who are the best at gossip will definitely write their embarrassment to Mary in London.

It is a matter of dignity that Joey cannot be careless.

"Big J, are you interested in a pistol contest?" Joey raised his fist and said provokingly, "In the newly built obstacle shooting range!"

"It's the place where you asked the carpenters to erect those wooden boards and wooden shelves in the shooting range of the palace?"

"Yes, that's right, let's have a game about pistol shooting."

"Jojo, I entered the military academy at the age of six. After graduation this summer, I have confirmed that I will be assigned to the Sixth Infantry Division of the Royal Prussian Army." About Ahim's face was shining, and he showed off with pride in his words, "Are you sure that you, a first-year student in the military academy, will win me in the pistol competition?"

"Mandofir Infantry Division?"

Joey, who was quite familiar with the history of the Western Front in his previous life, heard this familiar number and completely ignored Ahshim's counterattack and couldn't help but blurt out.

"No, Jojo, you are talking about the First Division of the Prussian Royal Guards of Marshal Mandofir. I am going to be the Sixth Division of the Prussian Royal Army in Lorraine." About Ahim explained seriously. After hesitating for a while, he continued with little confidence. "The Sixth Infantry Division is also an elite unit of the Empire. Compared with the Imperial Guards and the Royal Bavarian Infantry Division, it is almost on the same level."

"Yeah!" Joey nodded heavily and agreed, "The Sixth Infantry Division is definitely the ace division!"

"On the battlefield of the Western Front, the Allies' army was extremely afraid of the ace division." Joey said secretly in his heart, "It's just the name of this Mandofir Division, is it?"

"Hi, Qiao Qiao!" A call came from a distance.

Behind the oak tree at the end of the tree-lined avenue, two people, one tall and one short, were obviously a teenager. Seeing Joey and Ahme, they couldn't help but jump up happily. The tall young man was obviously more calm and noticed that the two princesses were in the backcourt, and the top leader held the jumping boy happily, signaling the boy to pay attention to the occasion and his identity.
Chapter completed!