Lord of Industrialization

“A-choo… A-choo… A-choo!!!”

Frederick didn’t expect that he would sneeze in the warm bed.

Now the temperature outside is close to minus 20 degrees, the temperature in the long house is around 10 degrees, and the temperature inside the bed is more than 20 degrees.

“Caught a cold?” Jin Li, who was reading “Detective Fox Holmes and Bloody Footprints” for the third time, was a little nervous, “Do you feel dizzy?”

She climbed on Frederick and put her forehead against his forehead to see if he had a fever.

Herri, on the other side, put down the book and said, “I don’t think it’s a big problem. I’ll cook some sweat-inducing food later. After eating, go to the steam room and steam for a while.”

This is the way to treat colds, and the effect is pretty good.

Jin Li said to Herri, “It’s your turn to go to the steam room today, so you naturally think it’s better to stay longer.”

Herri laughed “hehehe”.

Frederick continued to mark the places where iron ore was found on the map. These days, he found a main vein and more than 20 small veins in the Grouse Forest. The ore is of high quality and has high mining value.

Now there are only four hours of daylight, and the polar night will come soon. Outdoor activities basically stop, and everyone starts to stay in the winter.

But in the Duchy of Wessen, the army still has to train in the snowy winter.

Metzger wore a blue-black double-breasted officer's dress uniform, with a medal hanging on his left chest that was slightly larger than others. He looked at the more than 100 soldiers of his company in front of him with full spirit.

He should have been a platoon leader now, but Eugene asked for him by name when forming a new team and gave him the position of company commander.

According to the military system of the Wessen Army, the company commander already belongs to the aristocratic class, with the title of knight, no fiefdom, but a high salary.

There were not many nobles in the Duchy of Wessen originally. Later, Frederick established his own noble management agency, the Heraldry Bureau, with reference to the Heraldry Academy, and this department was led by himself.

Metzger's enthronement documents went through the process quickly because his resume was too perfect.

He is the most authentic old Wessen man. Before the Wessen family came, his ancestors raised and slaughtered pigs in the countryside near the city of Wessenburg.

He had made outstanding military achievements, killing a count and an emperor successively. In the Battle of the Trade Route, with the help of Hoffman, he captured a bunch of small nobles who escaped from the battlefield.

Moreover, he had good grades in the military academy and had a promising future.

So after coming to the new unit, Metzger became a company commander, with three infantry platoons, a pea Gatling squad, two communicators and four military doctors, more than a hundred people.

Now these more than a hundred people stood in a neat line in front of him, which made him feel very stressed.

Some of the recruits in this company were new recruits, and others were transferred from other troops. The platoon leaders were all acquaintances who had experienced the Six Days' Defense War. The squad leaders at least followed Frederick to defeat 100,000 with 800 soldiers on the Elbe River, and the veterans had participated in the Battle of the Restoration of Constantine.

What Metzger had to do now was to convince those veterans. They were the backbone of the company. If there was a problem with the bones, no matter how many muscles there were, it would be useless.

"You..." He looked at the three platoon leaders, "Is there anyone who doesn't accept me as the company commander?"

The three platoon leaders and most of the squad leaders all stood straight, looking straight ahead, not daring to breathe heavily.

Zoppel stood next to squad leader Krom, and seeing the squad leader like this, he was also very nervous.

Metzger looked very satisfied. The first thing they did when they met for the first time today went well.

He nodded and continued, "From today on, we are half-brothers. Now everyone come to the front and introduce yourself to the brothers."

"I'll start first. I'm Metzger. I'm 32 years old. I'm from Weisenberg. I was a pig butcher before I joined the army..."

Starting with him, one soldier after another came forward to introduce themselves.

"My name is Zopel." He is the biggest among the recruits. "I am 20 years old this year, from the Wessen-Bockner shipyard, and was a shipyard worker before joining the army."

After him, a tall and thin young man came forward. When he stood up, his head was full of sweat. He said stumblingly: "I... my name is Zikel, I am... 18 years old this year, from the cliff village in Putz, and used to be... a herb collector."

Metzger had read the information of everyone in the company earlier. Among dozens of recruits, only Zikel was from Putz. He is good at climbing cliffs. It is said that climbing up and down cliffs hundreds of meters high is as easy as climbing a tree.

This military camp is stationed with a regiment, including 3,000 affiliated units, and has facilities such as live-fire shooting ranges, football fields, obstacle courses, and teaching buildings.

Today is the first day of the company's official establishment. After everyone introduced themselves, Metzger took the whole company to recognize the military camp, and finally gathered in front of the cafeteria to prepare for lunch.

The recruits had gone through two and a half months of recruit training before, and they were used to singing before lunch.

Zikel followed his class in the queue to get lunch.

The main dish for lunch today was noodles. A ball of 500 grams of noodles was placed in a mesh spoon, boiled and poured into a bowl, followed by a spoonful of about 150 grams of minced pork, a large spoonful of red tomato sauce, a spoonful of 30 grams of oil, and various additives.

Zikel found something in the bowl that he had never seen before, a golden piece that looked like it should be eaten.

He picked it up with a fork and observed it for a long time. Zopel, who was sitting next to him, saw it and said to him: "This is fried bean cheese, it's delicious."

"Beans can be made into cheese?" Zikel was surprised. This was something he had never heard of. "You people outside the mountain are really omnipotent. I wouldn't be surprised if you can fly in the sky one day."

Zoppel said while eating: "I have flown in the sky."

The squad leader Krom, who was sitting on the other side of him, smiled and said: "You went to Nanhu Park to ride a hot air balloon. Zikel, don't think he can fly very well. I will invite you to fly once when you are on vacation."

Zoppel said: "Squad leader, I am not talking about a hot air balloon or a hot airship, but something else."

"That is a confidential military project. The commander personally took charge of it. Master Psyche often went to see it. I also helped to make it. If it wasn't in the barracks, I wouldn't say it."

"Alas, it's a pity that I am overweight, otherwise I would have joined the Air Force. There are many beautiful female soldiers there."

He said and sighed at his thick arms.

The shipyard itself is profitable. As a skilled worker from a technical school run by the Carpenters' Guild, his salary is not low. He is also a person who feeds the whole family. After work, he spends his money on fitness and food.

Krom looked at him carefully for a while and said with certainty: "You must have fallen in love with a female soldier in the Air Force. Tell me who it is and I will help you find out who her boyfriend is so that you can give up."

Zoppel replied with a frown: "Sergeant, if you do this on the battlefield, you will be shot from behind."

Zickel on the side felt that he could not understand what they were saying.