The Glory Light Academy was originally to be arranged in Bauhinia Collar, but later considering the contradiction between the academy's land and the actual land acquisition of Bauhinia Collar, Edward changed his mind and moved the academy to Hungry Wolf Ridge. And considering the promotion of the college in the future, the Hungry Wolf Ridge was renamed Guangming Ridge. Today, under the condition of restoring and vigorously promoting farming, the territory has recovered a lot of vitality in this small half year. Originally because of the hungry wolf Sir Trulloff's violence. The people who fled and fled from the government also returned one after another after hearing the news, and the influx of large and small caravans that saw business opportunities really changed this territory dramatically.

Half a year of recuperation, naturally, it can't make the people rich enough, but at least in the cold winter season, they can be fed and clothed, and no one freezes to death. This is a big difference from what it used to be, but it is not the farming policies and related incentives that will have the greatest impact on the territory, but the establishment of an academy in the Bright Realm. It was also because of the relationship of this Glory Light Academy that Hungry Wolf Ridge had a promising name.

The Academy of Glory Light is located just over an hour south of the Bright Realm, just over an hour from Fenrir City. According to Baron Edward's original plan, the college building would fill the nearly 1,000 acres of land carved out of Fenrir City. It's just that considering the current tax and student staff of the territory, the academy was not built according to that grand blueprint. Baron Edward divided the blueprint into three phases, and the current completion of the college is only the first phase. Later, according to the actual situation of the territory tax and the actual situation of the students, the opportunity was chosen to expand, but even so, the layout of the college completed in the first phase also occupied about 200 acres. The building complex includes squares, bell towers, teaching areas, training grounds, dormitories for teachers and students, and other areas for different purposes.

Even though the current college is only a general framework, many functional areas need to be further improved. But the construction of this academy in just a few months is unheard of in the southern borders of the empire. For this project, Baron Edward tilted a lot of resources towards Guangming Ridge, not to mention, even the army was transferred to Guangming Ridge to participate in the construction of the academy under suitable circumstances.

This has brought incomparably brilliant business opportunities, among which the building materials and construction of the college are the most important. It's just that in view of the Viscount's skill, although the merchants smelled the fish, they didn't dare to make too much of a fuss about it, let alone cut corners. In the early stage of construction, there was a construction caravan that was shoddy, and as a result, the caravan leader was thrown directly into prison, and the caravan was heavily fined a lot of gold coins for violating the commercial laws of the territory. It can be regarded as a wake-up call for those mercenary merchants, and it also makes people see that both Edward and the viscount attach great importance to this academy.

There is no shortage of academies in the Empire.

Northland, in particular, has several well-known war colleges. Each year, these war academies supply a steady stream of officers and generals to all parts of the Empire. According to some statistics, from those war colleges, at least 600 generals have come out in 300 years, and there are many officers at all levels.

It's just that there are colleges in the north, but few in the south. In particular, the commercial atmosphere in the South, coupled with the lack of force, did not have a war college. It is not without far-sighted lords who want to set up such an academy in the past, but the amount of money involved is often prohibitive for lords below the earl.

There is a God of War Spear of a similar nature in Iron Spear Ridge, but the specifications of the God of War Gun are only less than half of the Glory Light, and it is compared to the first phase of the project. Moreover, this war spear academy is the same as those war colleges in the Northland, and most of the students recruited are from the military system or noble backgrounds. After the completion of the Glory Light, it was announced by Edward himself, and it was open to all classes of the people in the realm.

That is to say, it doesn't matter if you are a military veteran, an aristocratic gentleman, or a commoner and a consortium family. As long as you want, you can go to the academy to sign up for the assessment. As long as they pass the assessment, they can become the first batch of students of the college. In addition, students from poor families are exempt from tuition fees and receive a monthly subsistence allowance if it is verified. However, the condition is that these students must obey the assignment of the college after graduation. As for the allocation of the academy, it is nothing more than military or political service, and the length of service is five years. After five years, go and stay at will.

In this way, the academy is tantamount to opening a green road for civilians. In the past, ordinary lords either did farm work or joined the army with their heads on the waistbands of their trousers. But now, they not only have the opportunity to become a low-level military officer, but can even enter the political and legal organs, which was completely unimaginable before. Because of these positions, they are usually stared at by the children of the noble gate lords, and ordinary leaders can't even touch them, let alone intervene.

Of course, it is not so easy to rise to the top. Through the college assessment alone, seven or eight out of ten candidates will be brushed down. But in any case, it is an opportunity for ordinary people to change their fate after all. As long as they are of the right age, everyone will go to the academy with the idea of giving it a try. The college plans to officially open in the spring, and in this winter, the gates of the college are almost crowded by students who come to apply for the examination.

The impact of the Glory Light Academy was far-reaching, not only for the people, but also for the nobles of the realm. The nobles are most worried about the impact and changes that the academy students will bring to the power structure of the territory in a few years. It is conceivable that when a large number of commoners poured into the circle of power that should belong to them, even if they could not reach the upper echelons of this power pyramid in the early stage, the impact on the children of the nobles at the bottom was huge and even fatal.

You must know that the reason why those noble children can sit in the existing positions in the power structure is that they rely on their own true talents and scholars are only one-two-tenth, and more are from the shadow of the family. When Edward's first speech at the academy was over, the Lord's Mansion at Dawning Castle was almost completely surrounded by nobles. But at that time, Edward only coldly dropped one sentence: "This matter is imperative, for fear of being squeezed out, just ask your sons and grandsons to apply for the academy." Or do you so-called aristocrats dare not compete with even the commoners? ”

After that, several lords who were vassal of Allen sent their school-age children to the academy to register for the examination, and even the youngest lord of Fenrir City, Os, also participated in the academy's examination and successfully became a new student in the academy. With these big nobles setting an example, it is equivalent to supporting Edward's decision, and the other nobles can't say anything more, so they can only follow the general trend.

Soon, the independent special practice of the Glory Light Academy soon spread throughout the southern realm. Some people raised their hands to praise it, but more laughed at it and did not look favorably at the college. This is because according to the way the college is run in this way, even if it is an earldom, it is difficult to maintain its operation. What's more, Alan is only a viscount.

This morning, the students who were cleaning the gate of the academy saw a horse-drawn carriage with no signs coming. Several students looked at each other, they were all from poor families, let alone riding in a carriage, and they had rarely even seen each other in the past. After being successfully admitted to the academy, I finally saw the pomp and circumstance of those noble children. However, this carriage has neither logos nor ornaments, and seems to be just an ordinary wealthy family. But even so, it is not something that they civilians can hope for.

Now the college has opened the door for poor students to pay them tuition fees and pay them a monthly living allowance. They are also provided with a large number of job opportunities in the college, most of which are the foundation of the college. Cumbersome but not burdensome, and students can support themselves, during the study period can not use a copper plate for the family, if some can save some money to subsidize the family, which is completely unimaginable in the past.

For this reason, the cadets from the civilian background have a heartfelt reverence for Edward and the Viscount.

The carriage drove past the gate.

The groom was a young man with striking silver hair, dressed in plain clothes, only narrow trousers as common to ordinary warriors, and covered with simple light armor, making him look like he was both a groom and a guard. The carriage came to a halt in an open space behind the academy gates, and the young groom jumped out of the carriage, opened the door, and a woman in a cloak stepped out of the carriage.

The woman was very tall, and although the cloak tightly covered her whole body, it was not difficult to imagine that under the cloak was a hot body. It's just that the woman dragged a big sword when she got out of the car, and when she paused the scabbard lightly, the ground was slightly sunken, and it was a heavy sword of two pounds. The heavy sword was carried behind the woman with a casual attitude, so the eyes of the passing men looking at the woman were not as hot as before.

A woman who can dance such a heavy weapon, even if she is not a master or a strong person, is definitely not something that ordinary people like them can afford to provoke.

Then another girl came down from the carriage, her long golden hair tied into two ponytails, her green eyes were clear, her beautiful facial features and dignified temperament made people believe that this was a noble young lady. In this way, the combination of a female guard who is good at the heavy sword and a young and handsome groom seems reasonable.

It's just that to outsiders, it seems that the horseman does not act as a subordinate self-consciousness. He did not serve the young and beautiful hostess, but pointed at the academy, and laughed from time to time. It was also the young lady who was good-natured, and did not reprimand, but chuckled beside her. Only the female guards standing behind them were quite in line with their words and deeds. But in this way, the impudence of the young groom became even more flattering.

People passing by can be sure that the blonde lady should be a noble lady who went to the academy to study, and the other two are naturally followers. The academy did not object to the children of the nobility bringing their retinue to school, but there were strict restrictions. And the retinue must pay the same fee, regardless of whether he wants to study or not. In this regard, the academy has no accommodation at all, and such a measure, in order to limit the number of followers, also makes the academy a small suspicion.

So it's not uncommon for the blonde lady in front of her to have two entourage.

As passers-by expected, the trio lingered for a moment before heading down the main road of the academy towards the teaching area.

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