The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 67

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As soon as the cabin door was opened, a smell of salted pig's feet came to the face, coupled with the strange and disgusting smell, it stunned a musician who had a good relationship with Friedrich on the spot.

However, Friedrich did not shrink back. He held his chest up and walked in against the stench, but his feet slipped when he entered the door. After a closer look, it turned out to be a pool of unidentified vomit. The vomit was still dripping downwards.

Friedrich himself picked up the mop on the side and cleaned up the vomit, which of course was for the officers to see.

The officers also understood, and immediately took clean water and cleaning tools, ready to clean the cabin.

The sailors slept in the hammocks, which were densely packed like spider webs. When the sailors heard the officer coming, they turned over and got out of the hammocks immediately. Many of them had no clothes on, so they could only temporarily use things like rice bowls to cover them.

Almost all of them smelled bad, and one of the sailors reported that he couldn't hold it back and wanted to make things easier.

Friedrich naturally had no reason to refuse, but he saw the sailor running over like the bow of a ship.

He asked very puzzled, "How did he get to the bow? Isn't the toilet at the stern?"

In fact, Friedrich has a special toilet and a special toilet.

At this time, an officer reminded.

"The toilets for soldiers are at the bow, and the toilets for officers are at the stern."

Friedrich thought that it was too unsanitary to be convenient in the bow, and he felt that he had to check it out.

In fact, the soldiers' toilets have always been at the bow, because this is the easiest place to clean the entire ship. After all, there are waves on the sea. It has a flushing function, and you don't need to press the button, but it's just for specific flushing. The time depends on the mood of nature.

There are also battleships of this era, called sail battleships, as the name implies, rely on the wind, so although they are at the bow, they are at the downwind position, and will not blow those strange smells back to the faces of the crew.

This was the first time Friedrich knew that the platform under the bow was for this purpose.

After witnessing the living conditions of the crew, Friedrich made the bold decision to follow the example of his father and eldest brother.

Friedrich's father, Archduke Karl, the commander-in-chief of the Austrian Empire, the first man to end the myth of Napoleon's invincibility.

Friedrich's elder brother, Archduke Albrecht, the hero in the two Italian wars in history, and the last famous general of the Austrian Empire, was hailed as the future of the Austrian Imperial Army at this time.

They all ate and lived with the soldiers, because Grand Duke Karl once said that to understand the combat effectiveness of soldiers, one only needs to eat their food, wear their clothes, and live in their houses.

So Friedrich hung a hammock on the deck to experience the feeling of the crew. Although he was badly tanned by the sun, he resolutely refused to rest in the cabin, which was too smelly.

However, the wind and waves soon taught him a lesson. In the past, the scope of action of the Austrian Navy was only in the Adriatic Gulf. Riedrich flew out of the boat. It was sunny just now, but it will rain heavily in a blink of an eye.

What really made him desperate was the food. The crew couldn't make a small difference. What they ate was some moldy bread, stinky beef, and yogurt that stuck to something.

The most frightening thing was the constant oatmeal every day. Oatmeal was actually horse feed in the eyes of the nobles. The ship doctor had to ask Archduke Friedrich for examination frequently in order to bring him some "real" food.

By the end, Friedrich had grown accustomed to finding the occasional rat droppings in oatmeal and half-remained maggots in moldy bread.

Of course, if you think that's all there is to it, you'd be wrong.

The water on board was even more terrifying. The water that Friedrich drank before was distilled and filtered with a special device, and then precipitated with a special device. After that, sugar, lemon and a little tea were added, and then it was usually used to make tea or brew coffee.

The crew's drinking water is usually stored in large wooden barrels, and bacteria will inevitably enter every time they are taken. The water will usually stink within fifteen to twenty days. At this time, the crew often consider using beer instead of drinking water .

After the beer was exhausted, the rum carried by the sailors appeared.

This thing is an artifact that can cure scurvy, but it also has a special task at this time, which is to purify the water source.

After all, after the water in those wooden barrels has been left for a month, they are already full of all kinds of microorganisms, and even the whole barrel may be covered with green moss.

As for the water quality inside, refer to the fish tank that has not changed the water for a month.

That kind of full of flavor, sticky and creamy taste is not acceptable to ordinary people.

Add some rum, which can kill bacteria, mask the smell, and prevent scurvy. It's perfect.

This is why, sailors in this era always look dizzy, and almost no one is not an alcoholic.

A classic image of a sailor at this time is tall, slow-moving, always looking very melancholy, wearing a blue-collared white shirt, a greasy and dirty scarf around his neck, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com His hands are rough, With a scar on his face, he drank a bottle of rum in his hand and didn't care if the liquid trickled down his beard.

For Friedrich, the most unfortunate thing was that once he went to the toilet at the bow of the ship, a wave happened to hit him, throwing the unlucky boy into the arms of the sea.

When the crew saw that Archduke Friedrich had fallen into the water, they threw out cables to rescue him, but Archduke Friedrich refused to grab the rope.

So a large group of officers jumped into the sea to rescue the unfortunate Grand Duke, only to find that the Grand Duke's trousers were washed away by the sea. For the sake of the Grand Duke's face, they had to claim that the Grand Duke was just swimming, and then found a flag to capture the Grand Duke's trousers. Wrap up your lower body before returning to the boat.

Of course, Friedrich would not say all these words to Franz face to face, after all, Thalia was there.

In front of women, a man can't lose face if he loses anything. This is a matter of principle.

Vienna, Imperial Garden.

Franz observed a three-second silence for Friedrich's misfortune.

"Now, do you understand the importance of steam warships? If you use steam warships this time, the voyage will be much less, and you won't have to suffer so much. By the way, those soldiers now treat you as Are you on your own?"

asked Franz, only to hear Friedrich cry again with a "wow".

"They said I was a fool."

Adjani spread out the fan in her hand to block her smiling face, so as not to hurt Archduke Friedrich's self-esteem.

Thalia also imitated Adjani's appearance, but her movements were not very elegant.

At this time, Friedrich also saw Adjani, and he only had one thought in his mind, Mrs. Sophie was so kind to Franz.

Chapter end