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Chapter 169 The Real Big Business
Frederick made several comments in the post-war summary of the Six-Day War, among which were related to the sense of honor of soldiers, and various medals and orders were one of them.

After Frederick nodded, Metzger replied proudly: "This is my medal, which records my service experience and achievements."

After hearing this, the Grand Duke of Mainz asked with great interest: "Oh, tell us about it."

Metzger didn't lower his head, pointing to the three-white-star logo on a dark blue background in the middle of the top and said: "This is the chapter of a third-level soldier, the highest rank among soldiers."

"The black background with a white vertical bar on the right is my military service badge, and one year is a bar."

"The one on the left is the skill chapter, the green is the rifle shooter, and the deep red is the cherry gun shooter. Now I am going to take the medical soldier exam. If I pass, there will be a new color."

After introducing the first row, he pointed to the badge on the far left of the second row. This logo is a golden double-headed eagle with a red background and golden swords on both sides.

At this time, a very proud smile appeared on his face, and he said triumphantly: "This is the short medal of the Golden Eagle Medal, which is the highest honor for an individual in the entire army."

"Oh?" The Grand Duke of Mainz asked in surprise, "So, you have done a lot of credit?"

Frederick smiled and replied: "That's right, Metzger not only performed well in the battle, he was the one who killed Earl Reese."

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of exclamation around.

In the Six-Day War, dozens of knights and above nobles died in battle. Among the five earls with the highest titles, one of Frederick's ten thousand troops was killed, one was blown into briquettes while leading the cavalry charge, and one was killed by Frederick. Lanz was killed, and one was killed when he fled with the prince. Everyone knew that Earl Rees died when he was retreating, but there are different opinions on how he died.

Now that the person involved was right in front of him, someone asked him to tell what happened at that time.

"It's not urgent." The Grand Duke of Mainz said, "We can save this story tonight when we are drinking, and now we will continue to talk about these...a brief chapter."

Grand Duke Byrne also said: "Yes, how can such a story be done without wine."

When everyone heard it, they agreed.

Metzger was a little embarrassed, so he started to introduce the next chapter with a red background and four pairs of crossed swords: "This is our company's collective first-class merit chapter. The four swords next to it are combat experience chapters." , there is a logo for every battle you participate in. The bottom one is the commemorative badge of the 'Six Days of Defense War'."

After his introduction, Frederick noticed that Sforza suddenly showed a sneer, but it disappeared immediately.

Frederick thought to himself that he was probably unhappy because he didn't let those prisoners go back, so he was likely to cause trouble for himself.

But it doesn't matter, this is half of his home field, and it's a bit difficult to lose.

And now there is a shortage of labor in the territory, there is no reason to let those people go.

The attention of the Grand Duke of Mainz and others was on Metzger. They discussed the matter of the medal for a while, and they felt that this idea was quite good. It was good for pretending, and it was more convenient than wearing a medal that could be used as scale armor.

"But let's go and see where you live," said the Grand Duke of Mainz to Metzger.

Metzger looked at Frederick a little embarrassed, and dared to agree after the commander nodded.

Many people have noticed this, thinking that Duke Wesson's military skills are so good, and his subordinates dare not reply indiscriminately.

The Grand Duke of Mainz said to Metzger: "Let's go, lead the way."

But Metzger did not move, but asked everyone to wait a moment.

Franz Jr. was the commander of the operation, and the guests stood by as soon as they arrived. Upon seeing the situation, they immediately sent staff officers to the cafeteria to find someone to change the guard.

After a while, Bobo, the leader of the same team as Metzger, came with a soldier.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Metzger stood at attention, and saluted each other with guns after Bobo gave the command of "changing the sentry".

Metzger said: "Password!"

The soldiers who took over immediately replied: "Scallion fried eggs!"

Metzger replied immediately: "Vinegar braised beef!"

Frederick frowned and meowed, who came up with this password?

The succeeding soldier then said: "Sentinel, please get off the sentry."

Metzger replied: "There are outsiders visiting the water tower sentry today, and everything else is normal, please go to the sentry."

After the two sides exchanged positions, they saluted again with their guns. Metzger then saluted Popo and reported the situation of the post again. After Popo let him move freely, he said to the Grand Duke of Mainz: "My lord, please go this way."

The Grand Duke of Mainz and others saw the whole process of the changing of the sentries, and could see that the movements and conversations of the sentries were neat and smooth, and they were not rehearsed temporarily.

Someone in the crowd whispered to his companions: "It's very difficult to pretend to change the whistle."

Many people around nodded in agreement, seeing the big from the small, Duke Wesson's army was very disciplined.

Under the leadership of Metzger, everyone came to the tent where he lived. Once they entered, the big guys couldn't understand.

In a traditional tent, one to three pillars are erected in the middle according to the size to support the top, and then a lot of ropes are used to pull the top open like an umbrella, then hang the surrounding curtains, and finally fix the bottom of the curtains.

The tents here have no pillars, and are all supported by steel pipes. They look very spacious, and it is more convenient to enter and exit in an emergency.

At the same time, the ground is covered with a thick waterproof cloth, and there are reverse sides around it to connect with the steel frame. As long as the water outside does not cross the threshold, it will not be flooded inside.

In the tent are 12 beds supported by steel pipes, which Metzger demonstrates can be folded away.

There is an inflatable pillow on the bed, a neatly folded sleeping bag, a yellow plastic basin under the end of the bed, a pair of slippers, water cups, toothbrushes and towels in the plastic basin, and a marching backpack next to the bed. It looks very neat.

In the deepest part of the tent, there is a samovar commonly used by the Ante people in the east. There is an iron pipe in the middle of this large teapot, which can be used to put ice cubes in summer and burn charcoal in winter.

Metzger walked to the samovar and introduced: "We have a certain amount of tea and sugar every day, and everyone put them together to make tea."

The Grand Duke of Mainz looked directly at Frederick, and found that this guy was still holding Maria's hand. It seemed that he had been pulling Maria's hand since he was studying steel thorns on the Internet just now, so he gave him a hard look. .

But business is important, the Grand Duke asked him: "How much will this set cost?"

Frederick replied with a smile: "Compared with the health of the soldiers, this money is nothing. We have done research, and in a traditional camp for more than a month, one in ten soldiers will suffer from illness and reduce their combat effectiveness. After more than three months, the number of sick people will exceed four, and one of them is seriously ill. We have improved the camp according to the cause of the illness. Before that, soldiers were stationed in the new camp for 7 consecutive months from July to September , only five out of a hundred fell ill and were cured within three days."

People with marching experience kept nodding. During long-term combat, the longer the time, the more serious the non-combat attrition will be.

Frederick heard the sound of soldiers walking out of the cafeteria after lunch from the cafeteria, and said, "I think everyone is hungry, let's go to lunch first."

The Grand Duke of Mainz nodded and followed him out of the tent.

Frederick did not take them to the cafeteria, but came to a very huge and luxurious tent.

The tent is built with I-beam, channel steel and steel pipes, and it is enough to fit a standard basketball court inside, plus a place for spectators to stand around it.

Frederick is no stranger to this kind of large tent. In his previous life, a relative used this kind of big tent to hold funerals and banquets in the village. He has helped out several times.

In addition to the tarpaulins around the big tent, a wooden floor was laid on the ground. The floor was covered with soft woolen carpets. The surrounding walls were hung with exquisite silk tapestries, and several crystal hanging lamps were hung above the head.

Long tables were set up on three sides of the tent. After everyone was seated, Ah Fu brought the maids to wash their hands with kettles, basins, and towels, and then served lunch.

Soon, the table was filled with Wesson buns, Wesson chicken wraps, fried chicken nuggets, French fries and tomato sauce, and a black bubbly drink.

Maria and Frederick were separated by the Grand Duke of Mainz. When she saw the black drink, she laughed happily and took a big sip from the cup.

On the long table on the other side, Philip agreed to pick up the drink with a smile and drank it.

Everyone had to look at the father and daughter, and with them taking the lead, they tried to take a sip from their cups.

The Grand Duke of Mainz tried it and asked Frederick in surprise: "What is this?"

Frederick smiled and replied, "Happy water."

Then he said to Maria, "Don't drink too much."

Maria immediately replied depressedly: "Got it!"

There is no way to completely reproduce the happy water. At the beginning, Psyche was formed in hot water by using a small amount of white sugar extracted from sweet radish juice, caramel, lemon juice, lime juice, and phosphorus pentoxide produced by burning phosphorus. Spices such as phosphoric acid and sesame oil distilled from orange blossoms were added to soda water to make a dark drink.

It wasn't until Psyche discovered a kind of medicinal material that Imhotep and the others brought when they came to Wessenburg from the south, that made the happy water taste like that.

Frederick would not forget Maria when he had such a good thing, so he sent a few barrels to their family for a test drink, and the feedback was good.

The Grand Duke of Mainz imitated Frederick and picked up French fries dipped in red tomato sauce and ate them. He thought it was not bad, and asked, "What is this?"

Maria rushed to answer: "I know, these are French fries made by Elizabeth potatoes!"

Frederick went on to say: "This year's Elizabeth potato harvest is very good, enough to promote next year, let's use some to eat."

The Grand Duke of Mainz didn't pay much attention to food matters, and asked while eating: "I have a discussion with you, can you help me train the army."

Grand Duke Bain, who was sitting on the other side of Frederick, also said, "Help me train if you can."

They are all knowledgeable and understand that an army does not just need new weapons, and the training of the army is also crucial.

Many people have done a review of the Six-Day War and found that the key to Wessen State's ability to defeat an enemy several times its own is that this army can conduct continuous high-intensity and large-scale operations, and gradually eliminate relatively weak enemies before the enemy reacts. Finally surround the strongest enemy.

Such an army cannot be piled up with money, and there is a whole set of military management methods behind it, such as the medals seen today, the steps of changing the guard, and camps.

The corners of Frederick's mouth twitched slightly, the real big business finally came.

(End of this chapter)