Chapter 23 Levels Are Everywhere
The level differences in the Norman Empire are everywhere. In the same camp, when eating lunch, the canteen of the entire camp was actually divided into seven parts. Ordinary soldiers, corporals and corporals ate together, and sergeants and corporals ate together. Sergeants eat together, staff sergeant eats with staff sergeant, second lieutenant eats with second lieutenant, lieutenant eats with lieutenant, Major Guderian eats with Lieutenant Colonel Reinhardt, all while eating They are all distinct.
There are some differences in the quality of food and meals for each level of difference. At the rank of lieutenant, everyone even has a piece of fruit before meals. The captain actually has a glass of aperitif besides the fruit. Guderian and Rein Hart was served by the chef in the cafeteria himself.
Zhang Tie opened his eyes.
"Such a strict rank division, even when eating according to rank, isn't the empire worried that this will cause the hearts of the troops to be separated?" Zhang Tie asked the second lieutenant who was eating with him strangely.
"No!" The second lieutenant officer who was eating with Zhang Tie gave Zhang Tie a strange look, "Then tell the truth, what are you thinking now?"
"I was thinking that it would be great if I could also have a pre-dinner fruit!" Zhang Tie replied honestly.
"That's right, because I think so too, those lieutenants and company commanders who eat fruit must be thinking that they can have a glass of aperitif, and those guys drinking aperitif must envy the treatment of the boss, The same goes for the soldiers below. The corporals hope that their dishes can have as much meat as the sergeants, and the sergeants hope that their dishes can have as much soup as the sergeants. The sergeants are thinking of cooking like us. Xiao Zao, wanting to live in the officer's dormitory, wanting to have a beautiful criminal slave to warm his bed, everyone has immediate pursuits. But if you want better treatment, in the army, there is only one way, to make meritorious service and improve your own strength. So every meal is a motivating process for everyone!"
Zhang Tie thought for a while, and found that this was really the case. The ubiquitous hierarchical system stimulated everyone's upward motivation all the time, and reminded everyone of their own position all the time. Such a Norman Empire is really scary.
Hierarchy is order, and order is beauty!
Zhang Tie thought again of this famous saying that was familiar to everyone in the Norman Empire that Staff Hans told him.
A country where even the materials used for officers' weapons are graded is really unbelievable, Zhang Tie thought in his mind. Perhaps people in this country have been clearly marked with different levels and treatment labels since they were born. Many people estimate that they have been working hard to improve their social status and rank since their teenage years.
The Norman Empire's hierarchy is well known throughout the Blackson Terran Corridor. Everything in this country. From cities to people, there are grades. The cities of the Norman Empire are divided from the first level to the ninth level.
And the people in this country are also divided into many classes and levels. The lowest level is the class of criminal slaves, followed by the class of criminals, and above the class of criminals is the class of civilians. Above the common people is the gentry class, above the gentry is the honored family, above the honored family is the noble family, and above the noble family is the royal family. The royal family is the most honorable among the royal families, and the emperor of the Norman Empire stands at the top of the pyramid of national power.
This is only the most superficial class division, and specific individuals, such as sin slaves, are still divided into several classes.
In the Norman Empire, the lowest level of people is the third-level criminal slaves. If the third-level criminal slaves do not break the law all their lives, their children will be the second-level criminal slaves. The third-level criminal slaves are lifelong, but if they can make contributions, they The child of a child can change from a second-degree slave to a first-degree slave. In the same way, second-level criminal slaves have one more power than third-level criminal slaves. As long as they perform meritorious service, they can become first-level criminal slaves. Class, become criminals, get rid of slave status, and begin to have certain social rights. At the level of criminals, they and their descendants can only become civilians unless they have made meritorious service to the country, and civilians have more social rights and promotion paths.
In the Norman Empire, if a person or a family was beaten as a third-degree slave, it would take at least three generations of hard work for this family to be allowed to enter mainstream society.
Take Zhang Tie as an example. After becoming a second lieutenant officer, Zhang Tie has actually become a gentry in the Norman Empire—a low-ranking gentry. In the Norman Empire, only people from families above the gentry can become officials of the empire, Leib Colonel Nietz is also a gentry. Only when you reach the level of major general can you become a member of the honor family.
The social pyramid structure of the entire Norman Empire was as precise as a difference engine.
And to become a nobleman, not only in the Norman Empire, but also in the entire human society, there is only one standard - human nobles can only be produced in the war with the demons, only those who use the corpses and blood of the demons Those who prove themselves, only those who have made great achievements in the war against the demons will be recognized by everyone. Only such a person can become a noble among human beings and gain the respect of everyone.
After the first jihad, the "Human Race Bright Charter" formulated by countries on all continents, major forces, and religious groups clearly stated that "among the human race, only those who kill demons can be awarded titles" by human aristocrats. The law of sealing has been unanimously approved by everyone, all countries, and all forces.
Because the demons had never been exterminated, even Marshal Lin Changjiang, the governor of the northern border of the Norman Empire, was only a noble family of the empire, not an aristocrat.
The human aristocrats of the Black Iron Age are representatives of the true elites and heroes of mankind. They are absolutely different from the so-called "nobles" that appeared in human history before the cataclysm.
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After only staying in Iron Blood Camp for one morning, Zhang Tie found that he seemed to have fallen in love with it. The treatment of soldiers in the Norman Empire was already very high, but as a special "Iron Blood Battalion" in the Norman Empire Army, the treatment of officers here is simply outrageous.
During non-combat times, the salary of everyone in the Iron-Blooded Battalion is 1.5 times that of other troops. During wartime, the salary of everyone in the Iron-Blooded Battalion is twice that of other troops. The military salary that Tie can receive every month is exactly 8 gold coins. Before that, Zhang Tieke never dreamed that he could receive 8 gold coins a month.
This is just one of the privileges of the officers of the Iron Blood Camp. Other than gold coins, the officers of the Iron Blood Camp can also receive some fixed labor supplies every month. The most important of these labor supplies are cigarettes and candies, and A few other little things that are in short supply anywhere.
In addition to the abundance of material benefits, the seniority accumulation of soldiers and officers serving in the Iron-Blooded Battalion is also highly valued by the higher-ups. In the Iron Horn Legion, all combat officers at the first level of the regiment must at least have served in any Iron-Blooded Battalion More than three years of experience to be competent. From this, Zhang Tie also understood why there was a saying in the Iron Blood Camp that he came here to "plate gold".
The Iron Blood Battalion of all divisions in the entire Norman Empire has another name called the Shuanggao Battalion—the double height of the Iron Blood Battalion, one refers to the highest casualty rate here, and the other refers to breaking through the bottlenecks of the Iron Blood God Fist here. is also most likely. Because of the "double heights", there are basically only two types of soldiers in the Iron Blood Battalion.
These two kinds of people, one is the thorn in the army, the bastard and the soldier, those who are not liked by the officers and who are rebellious, will usually be thrown into the Iron Blood Camp and let them fend for themselves. In addition to these guys, there is another kind of people in the Iron Blood Camp, who are the real violent and war madmen who dream of breaking through the bottleneck of the Iron Blood God Fist through hard training and fighting in the Iron Blood Camp.
These two kinds of people are what Zhang Tie saw when he came to Iron Blood Camp for the first time. Under the scorching sun, they practiced Crouching Tiger Kungfu one by one on the training ground, and the skin all over their bodies turned up after being cracked layer by layer by the sun.
In the Jagged Camp, except for the one-hour exercise in the morning, for the rest of the time, there are basically no training arrangements for ordinary soldiers. Everyone can do what they like to do. Go to training, if you want to sleep, go to sleep, no one will care what you are doing. Because the battles that the Iron Blood Battalion has to go through are like a sieve, and those who are not qualified will be screened out every time. Your ability is your own. If you don’t have the ability to save your life and kill the enemy, you will be eliminated It is also a normal thing, don't blame others.
The soldiers are so relaxed. As a grassroots officer, Zhang Tie is of course even more relaxed. He does not have to worry about big things, and he does not need to worry about small things. Nothing to do.
The 39th Division of Heiyan City is now in the second level of combat readiness. This second level of combat readiness, in the Iron Blood Battalion, means that after the rest, all soldiers are not allowed to leave the camp without orders, and the officers implement the "morning, middle and evening three reports" The so-called early means that officers must go out for morning exercises with soldiers for an hour in the morning; the so-called middle means that they have to eat at the garrison at noon; overnight. Apart from this, the Jagged Blood Camp had no other constraints on Zhang Tie.
In this way, Zhang Tie found that the life in Iron Blood Camp was actually not as boring as he imagined. Before leaving for Karur, he had almost two weeks in Black Flame City to do many things... (unfinished to be continued..)