Regardless of whether they are in Rigar or Crescent Continent, any army that is slightly more formalized and more elite will often have certain restrictions on the height and weight of the candidates.
"Only those whose height is between a certain level and a certain level and whose weight is between a certain level and a certain level can join the army." Similar words are used in the recruitment of the Duke's personal soldiers in Rigar or the expansion of Ashigaru in the Moon Country. ——Although Xinjing rarely does this now due to the lack of war, it can often be found in announcements.
Ordinary people rarely understand why there are such restrictions, and some people who have been banned from entering may even feel resentful.
And when these people who knew little about it and even harbored hostile prejudices saw those outstanding elite soldiers with bright uniforms, similar builds and heights, who were just like they were carved from the same mold, marching in excellent and neat steps during the military parade - —
Conclusions such as "Oh, just to look good." will be made with a hint of contempt.
Humans are very superficial creatures, always good at judging others by their appearance, and applying their superficial knowledge to things they cannot understand: they make up stories of life and death without authorization for animals to be involved in human emotional entanglements; or they use vulgar Insights think you are far better than real professionals.
Soldiers are a profession that goes into battle to kill the enemy.
Even though many things have indeed lost their original meaning with the advent of peace, height and weight are limited to one level and do not only have the meaning of showing off by looking uniform during military parades.
Those who have experienced battle will deeply understand the meaning of all this——
"Get moving!" The oiran's somewhat impatient words echoed through the alley.
Mira and her party are all women. Among them, Ms. Doctor and Lulu are only less than 1.5 meters tall and are very petite.
Although Sakura is tall, she is very slender and is not a very strong person. The only one who can be considered to have relatively good physical strength is our Luoan girl, who is similar in stature to her but is well-trained.
But she needs to take charge of the fight.
Yajiro's whole body was stunned. His body was as stiff as a puppet and he couldn't move his legs. It's really shocking that this usually arrogant young master turned into such a useless person after seeing blood, but now is not the time to ridicule him, they need to get out of danger.
He is 1.7 meters tall and exercises regularly and is well-nourished as a young master. Although Yajiro does not look very tall under the loose clothes, he still weighs more than 60 kilograms.
Such a big living person can't walk because his legs are numb. He can't run very fast just with the help of the petite doctor lady, Lulu, and the tall and slender oiran. Moreover, they don't run very far before they become I was exhausted and out of breath.
Mira looked behind with some anxiety. The new gangsters who appeared were indeed the accomplices of the man on the ground, because two of them immediately squatted down and started to untie the man after they appeared. Some of them were young and some were middle-aged, but without exception they were all strong adult men.
"Can I handle this number of people by myself?" The answer was obviously no, and the girl Luo An felt very uneasy. It wouldn't matter if she had other types of weapons in her hand. All she had with her was a short one-handed knife. The attack range of this self-defense weapon was too short. It was fine for one or two people, but seven or eight people at this level. With so many people, she rushed over and was probably surrounded before she could swing her sword a few times.
This is why Mira immediately made the decision to escape. If you can fight more than three people by yourself, you must have advantages in many aspects: such as wearing armor and using heavy main battle weapons with higher length and weight. , riding a horse, or possessing overwhelming superiority in physique and skill.
Yajiro was an example of someone who didn't have a clear understanding of his own strength, leading to things that were different from what he expected, and that caused things to go wrong. Mira didn't want to follow in his footsteps.
"Why are you running? Can you run away? The surrounding area is the territory of our Qingshan people, do you understand?"
"You're making trouble here without even understanding the situation?"
Two different but equally rude voices sounded one after another, and because of these words, the Luoan girl finally began to pay attention to her surroundings——
The houses here are relatively dilapidated and old. Although Kazuto's houses are basically made of wood and paper, many houses here even have holes in the window paper that have been filled in. It is obviously the so-called slum street.
But more importantly, there are not no people here. In fact, when she glanced back, many people looked outside through the cracks in their windows or doors and met Mira's eyes. In an instant they all hid back.
——No one is going to help them. These people are afraid of those gangsters.
The performance of the nearby residents confirmed the clamor of the gangsters who call themselves Qingshan Zhong - this is indeed the territory of these people - but there is no doctorate lady like the Luoan girl who learned from the sage and has the ability to grasp the situation as sharply as possible, but she is still there. Knocking on doors trying to find help.
"Help us!" Ling looked pitiful and her tone was very sincere. It's just that even if her doctor's robe can gain the respect of most people, it doesn't seem to have much effect in a place like this.
The gangsters did not rush forward quickly, but stayed close to their companions. This display of leisure further proved their confidence in their own territory. The group of five people turned into the alley at a very slow speed. Although it was only a two-minute sprint, the other three women except Mira were already out of breath, while Yajiro was still shaking with a dull look on his face.
"Help us, is anyone at home?" Ling still refused to give up. After taking a few breaths, she tried to knock on the door of a house.
"It's useless." Sakura said impatiently, but her words were echoed by a voice in the corner.
Ling stopped what she was doing, and several people looked over.
It was an old woman in rags sitting in the garbage.
"Antara." She said. This somewhat rude term is a folk term in the Kingdom of the Moon, and it probably means "you guys."
"Must be from the north."
The old beggar woman continued: "Businessmen who have failed in their business, workers who have been injured and cannot work."
"This is a place where these people who can't survive gather, and there are also refugees from the feudal areas. They can only get half the pay for twice the work."
"Many people have given up and stayed at home, borrowing loans from Qingshan people to live off their lives."
"Those guys are responsible for collecting debts. The woman your young master thought he saved just now is too lazy to pay debts for several years and is unwilling to sell herself."
"Who will help you? If you help, you will cut off your family's source of livelihood and ask for trouble." After ridiculing, the old woman stood up and walked into the depths of the alley with a cane.
"This." This was obviously a world that Ling had never been exposed to before, and she was speechless for a moment. Mira didn't say anything. This type of situation exists all over the world. It's natural that there are people in the Moon Country with serious class divisions. She has a deep understanding of how indifferent people are who find it difficult to break through the status quo and therefore become muddle along.
Even if people live in different places and receive different cultural education, they still have many things in common.
After being here for more than a season, although she still hasn't met many people, she has gained more or less an outsider's perspective on this country.
The Kingdom of the Moon is a polarized society that lacks flexibility to a certain extent.
On the plus side, their various social infrastructure and systems, their emphasis on knowledge, and their relatively efficient government are indeed much better than the chaotic Rigal world.
But on the other hand, the people here are more indifferent and conservative than the people in Rigar.
The history of the Qingtian family's fortune is a good example, but most Kazuto would not try it.
After experiencing places such as the Rigal Southern City-State Alliance and the Padrosi Empire, which have very developed commercial atmosphere, Mira has a deeper understanding of the completely different cultures.
She couldn't tell whether the conservative culture of the Moon Kingdom, which was repressive and lacked innovation and dared not try, was better; or the speculative culture of the Lamanites, where once one person succeeded, a large number of people followed suit and tried to copy the other person's success.
Don't think too much about problems that you can't figure out, and problems that have nothing to do with the present.
Focus on the current dilemma.
——No one will help them, they can only find a way to break out on their own.
There are plans.
"These people are probably supported by the official background here, but even so, they will not break their faces." Although it is in the Kingdom of the Moon, the unspoken rules of many things are universal, and Mira learned from Henry's customary rules. The pattern unfolded and analyzed:
"It should only be the forces in the town who are covering us. If we break into a busy street, they will probably stop. Because if the matter gets bigger and attracts the attention of the higher-ups, even the government itself will suffer."
Her statement aroused the agreement of others, but even though she knew how to break through the current situation, there were still two points that were difficult to solve -
The first one was naturally Yajiro, who was still sluggish and panicked and couldn't move because of what happened a few minutes ago. Young women like them, who are not good at physical strength, can't drag a big man like him very far.
The reason why various armies pursue the height and physique of their soldiers is also the reason why they try to make most people have similar figures. If the gap between physique and physical ability is too big, if your teammate falls, it will be difficult for you to pull him or carry him on your back to escape.
The second reason is a problem that was temporarily forgotten under the tension, but is undoubtedly still unresolved——
They are lost.
It was because he was lost that he met Yajiro in the first place. How could he not suddenly stop getting lost after saving him?
It sounds easy to escape to the busy streets, but where do you actually go?
Anshang is a pretty big place, and a few of us are new here. Although the regular towns in the Kingdom of the Moon are planned by the land doctor and are relatively orderly, this is only the beginning of the city's construction. As time goes by, many patterns will be different from the original ones - it is for this reason that Aya That was why she failed to use her knowledge.
Even though she is not a land doctor who specializes in planning, Ling is from an academy, so she still understands some basic principles through hearing and seeing.
But Anshang is a place with a long history that far outweighs the knowledge of youth. The managers of the local government's land bureau do not have the knowledge level of a land doctorate. After all, if there are only one doctorate per capita, the doctorate will have no value.
People live here, people come and go, a new member is added to the family or a family wants to do business, there will be a need for accommodation. When approving the purchase of land and building houses, they may not strictly follow the original city-state plan. Therefore, the internal structure of a city-state with a longer history will be more complicated. The highway that was thought to be accessible according to the plan has become impassable and rerouted for some reason. Locals who have lived for a long time may know how to go, but they cannot.
If you walk blindly, you may get lost more seriously. If you are surrounded, you will have to fight head-on.
But the odds are low.
The other party acted so generously, so he must have seen through these points.
How to do?
Mira looked at Sakura, Aya and Lulu who were panting, and then at Yajiro who had a dull look on his face.
The speed of thinking is lightning fast, in short——
"Snapped!"
With a loud slap, Yajiro's eyes widened as the other three people watched in stunned silence, and a bright red handprint gradually appeared on the left side of his face.
"Man!" The Luoan girl, who was not from the Moon Country and knew nothing about the so-called reserved culture of local women, used the most direct and straightforward way to wake up this young man who was suffering from a collapse of self-confidence.
