Chapter 111 Friedrich's Fantastic Journey

As soon as the cabin door was opened, the smell of pickled pork feet hit us, and the strange, disgusting smell made a musician who had a good relationship with Friedrich faint on the spot.

However, Friedrich did not retreat. He held his chest and raised his head, and walked in against the stench. But as soon as he entered the door, his feet slipped. When he looked closely, he found that it was a pool of unknown vomit. Because the cabin was hot and humid, the vomit was still dripping down.

Friedrich personally picked up the mop beside him and cleaned up the vomit. Of course, this was done for the officers to see.

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

The sailors slept in hammocks. The densely packed hammocks were like spider webs. When the sailors heard that the chief was coming, they immediately turned over and got off the hammocks. Many people were not wearing clothes, so they could only temporarily cover themselves with things like rice bowls.

Almost everyone exuded a stench. One of the sailors reported that he really couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to go to the bathroom.

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

He asked in confusion, "How can he go 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 him.

"The soldiers' toilet is at the bow, and the officers' toilet is at the stern."

Friedrich thought that it was too unhygienic to go to 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 comes with a flushing function, and you don't have to press the button with effort, but the specific flushing time depends on the mood of nature.

There are also warships 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 side, and will not blow those strange smells back to the crew's faces.

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

After seeing the living environment of the crew, Friedrich made a bold decision and decided to follow the example of his father and elder 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 elder brother, Archduke Albrecht, was a hero in the two Italian wars in history and the last famous general of the Austrian Empire. At this time, he was 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 feelings of the crew. Although he was exposed to 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 Bay. Although there were wind and waves, compared with the wind and waves in the Atlantic Ocean, it was just playing house. A big wave came and almost knocked Friedrich off the ship. It was sunny just now, and it would rain heavily in a blink of an eye.

What really made him desperate was the food. The crew could not cook for themselves. They ate some moldy bread, smelly beef, and sour cheese that was stuck with something unknown.

The most terrible thing was the oatmeal porridge that did not change every day. In the eyes of the nobles, oats were actually horse feed. The ship's doctor had to ask Archduke Frederick to check frequently so that he could bring him some "real" food.

In the end, Frederick was no longer surprised to occasionally find rat feces in the oatmeal porridge and only half of the maggots left in the moldy bread.

Of course, if you think that's all, you're wrong.

The water on the ship was even more terrible. The water that Friedrich drank before was distilled and filtered with a special device, and then precipitated with a special device, and then added with white sugar, lemon and a little tea, and then usually used to make tea or coffee.

The crew's drinking water was usually stored in large wooden barrels. Every time it was taken, bacteria would inevitably enter. The water would usually stink within fifteen to twenty days. At this time, the crew often considered using beer instead of drinking water.

After the beer was consumed, the rum that the sailors carried with them came on the scene.

This thing is a magical tool 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, it is already full of various 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.

The taste is full of flavor, sticky and greasy, which is not acceptable to ordinary people.

Adding some rum can not only kill bacteria, but also cover up the smell, and prevent and treat scurvy, which is perfect.

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

A classic image of a sailor at this time is that he is tall, slow in movement, always looks very melancholy, wearing a blue-collared white shirt, a greasy and dirty scarf around his neck, rough hands, scars on his face, holding a bottle of rum in his hand and drinking it all, and the liquor flows down his beard without caring.

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 suffer so much. By the way, those soldiers now treat 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 really 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.