[KCD2] help for a newbie

i've had it up to here with this game, i'm at kuttenburg and i got my blacksmithing house up and running at the lowest. I can barely do any outside quest that demand fighting here cause the enemies are so OP and im broke so i cant train much, im selling and making wares at my home just to get coins. Is there any way to get better at fighting early on so i can continue my quest, im dying constantly just fighting bandits on the random roads to a quest or treasure map.