War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

As soon as the cabin door was opened, the smell of pickled pig's feet hit the nostrils. Coupled with the strange and disgusting smell, a musician who was close to Friedrich fainted on the spot.

However, Friedrich did not shrink back. He held his chest up and raised his head, facing the stench and walked in. However, as soon as he entered the door, his feet slipped and he took a closer look. It turned out to be a pool of unknown vomit. Due to the stuffy heat and humidity in the cabin, the The beach vomit was still dripping down.

Friedrich personally picked up the mop nearby and cleaned up the vomit. This was of course done for the officers to see.

The officers also understood and immediately took water and cleaning tools to prepare for a good cleaning of the cabin.

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

Almost everyone smelled bad, and one of the sailors reported that he couldn't hold it in anymore and wanted to take advantage of it.

Friedrich naturally had no reason to refuse, but when he saw the sailor actually ran towards the bow of the ship.

He asked very puzzledly, "How does he get to the bow of the ship? Isn't the toilet at the stern of the ship?"

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

At this time, an officer reminded.

"The soldiers' toilets are at the bow of the ship, and the officers' toilets are at the stern."

Friedrich thought that it was too unsanitary to defecate in the bow of the ship, and he felt that he had to check it out.

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

There are also battleships of this era, called sailing battleships. As the name suggests, they rely on the wind, so although they are at the bow, they are in the leeward, so that the strange smell will not be blown back to the faces of the crew.

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

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

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

Friedrich's eldest brother, Archduke Albrecht, was a hero in the two Italian Wars in history and the last famous general of the Austrian Empire. He was now hailed as the future of the Austrian Imperial Army.

They all ate and lived with the soldiers, because Archduke Karl once said that to understand the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, you only need to eat their food, wear their clothes, and live in their rooms.

So Friedrich hung a hammock on the deck to experience the feeling of the crew. Although he was burned by the sun, he was determined not to rest in the cabin because it was too smelly.

However, the wind and waves soon taught him a lesson. In the past, the Austrian Navy's range of operations was only in the Adriatic Gulf. Although there were wind and waves, compared with the wind and waves in the Atlantic, it was just playing house. A big wave would almost cover the entire area. Riderich flew out of the boat. It was sunny just a moment ago, but it would rain heavily in the blink of an eye.

What really made him despair was the food. The crew could not cook a small stove. They ate some moldy bread, stinky beef, and sour cheese that was stuck together with something unknown.

The most terrifying thing was the oatmeal that remained unchanged every day. In the eyes of the nobles, oats were actually horse feed. The ship's doctor had to often ask Archduke Friedrich to check up on him in order to bring him some "real" food.

By the end, Friedrich had become accustomed to the occasional discovery of rat droppings in oatmeal and half-cut maggots in moldy bread.

Of course, if you think that’s all, you’d be totally wrong.

The water on the ship was even more terrifying. The water Friedrich drank before was distilled, filtered and precipitated using a special device. After that, sugar, lemon and a little tea were added, and 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 it is taken. The water usually becomes smelly within fifteen to twenty days. At this time, the crew often considers using beer instead of drinking water. .

After the beer was gone, the rum that the sailors carried with them came on stage.

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

After all, after the water in those wooden barrels had been left for a month, it was filled with various microorganisms, and the entire barrel might even be covered with green moss.

As for the water quality inside, take a look at a fish tank that hasn’t had its water changed for a month.

That kind of flavorful, sticky and creamy texture is not something that most people can tolerate.

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

This is why sailors in this era always look dizzy, and almost none of them are not drunkards.

A classic image of a sailor at this time is that he is tall, moves slowly, and always looks very melancholy. He wears a blue-collar white shirt, a greasy and dirty scarf tied around his neck, his hands are rough, his face is scarred, and he holds a He drank a bottle of rum in one gulp, not caring that the liquid flowed down his beard.

The most unfortunate thing for Friedrich was that one time he was going to the toilet on the bow of the ship, and a wave happened to hit him, throwing the unlucky child into the embrace of the sea.

When the crew saw Archduke Friedrich falling into the water, they threw out ropes to rescue him, but Archduke Friedrich refused to grab the rope.

So a large group of officers jumped into the sea to save the unfortunate Grand Duke, only to find that the Grand Duke's trousers had been washed away by the sea water. For the Grand Duke's face, they had to claim that the Grand Duke was just swimming, and then found a flag to cover the Grand Duke's trousers. The lower body was wrapped up before returning to the boat.

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

In front of women, men cannot lose face even if they lose anything. This is a matter of principle.

Vienna, Royal Garden.

Franz observed three seconds of silence for Friedrich's misfortune.

"Now, do you understand the importance of steam battleships? If you use a steam battleship this time, the voyage will be much shorter, and you won't have to endure so much hardship. By the way, those soldiers now regard you as Are you one of your own?"

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

"They said I was a fool."

Adjani unfolded the fan in her hand and blocked her smiling face to prevent her from hurting Archduke Friedrich's self-esteem.

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

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

Because a certain book friend always chatted with me privately and asked me to write a tasteful article, so I wrote a tasteful chapter.