The level differences in the Norman Empire were everywhere. In the same camp, during 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. The sergeant ate together, the sergeant and the sergeant ate together, the second lieutenant and the second lieutenant ate together, the lieutenant and the lieutenant ate together, Major Guderian and Lieutenant Colonel Reinhardt ate together, everyone was eating They are all clearly distinguished.
At each level, there is some difference in the quality of food and meals. At the level of lieutenant, everyone even has a piece of fruit before meals. In addition to the fruit, the captain actually also has an aperitif. Guderian and Lain Hart was personally served by the chef of the cafeteria.
Zhang Tie was eye-opening.
"With such a strict hierarchical classification, even eating is done according to the hierarchical level. Isn't the empire worried that this will cause separation among the troops?" Zhang Tie asked the second lieutenant who was dining with him a little strangely.
"No!" The second lieutenant officer who was eating with Zhang Tie gave Zhang Tie a strange look, "Then to be honest, what are you thinking about now?"
"I'm thinking it would be great if I could also have a piece of fruit before meals!" Zhang Tie replied honestly.
"That's right, because I think so too. Those lieutenants and company commanders who are eating fruit must be wishing that they could have an aperitif, and those guys who are drinking aperitif must be envious of the boss's treatment. The same goes for the soldiers below. The corporals all 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 about having a meal like us. Xiaozao, everyone has immediate pursuits if they want to live in the officer's dormitory and have a beautiful slave to warm their bed. But if they want better treatment, there is only one way in the army, which is to perform meritorious service and improve their strength. So every time we eat, it is a motivating process for everyone!”
Zhang Tie thought about it and found that it was really like this. This ubiquitous hierarchy stimulates everyone's upward motivation all the time. Everyone is reminded of their position all the time. This kind of Norman Empire is really scary.
Level is order, order is beauty!
Zhang Tie thought again of the famous saying that Staff Officer Hans said to him, which is familiar to everyone in the Norman Empire.
It is really incredible for a country where even the materials used for officers’ weapons are graded. Zhang Tie thought in his mind that perhaps everyone in this country has been clearly labeled with different levels and treatment from birth. Many people have probably been working to improve their social status and level since they were teenagers. Try hard.
The hierarchy of the Norman Empire was well known throughout the Blackson Corridor. Everything in this country, from cities to people, is divided into classes. The cities of the Norman Empire were divided from level one to level nine. And people in this country are also divided into many classes and levels. The lowest level is the criminal slave class, followed by the criminal class. Above the criminal class is the civilian class, and above the common people is the gentry class. Above the noble clan is the noble clan, above the noble clan is the nobility, above the nobility is the royal family, and the most noble among the royal families is the royal family. The emperor of the Norman Empire stood at the top of the pyramid of power in the entire country.
This is only the most superficial class division, and it is specific to individuals. For example, sin slaves are still divided into several levels.
In the Norman Empire, the lowest class of people were third-level sin slaves. If the third-level sin slaves did not break the law throughout their lives, their children would be second-level sin slaves. The third-level sin slaves were lifelong, but if they could make meritorious deeds, they would A child can change from a second-level sin slave to a first-level sin slave. In the same way, second-level sin slaves have one more power than third-level sin slaves. As long as they perform meritorious services, they can become first-level sin slaves. After becoming first-level sin slaves, as long as they make no mistakes, their children can be promoted to first-level sin slaves. level, became criminals, got rid of their slave status, and began to have certain social rights. When they reach the criminal class, they and their descendants can become civilians unless they have made meritorious service to the country. Civilians have more social rights and promotion paths.
In the Norman Empire, if a person or a family was classified as a third-level criminal slave, it would take at least three generations of hard work before the family member would be allowed to enter mainstream society.
Take Zhang Tie as an example. After becoming a second lieutenant officer, Zhang Tie actually became a gentry - a low-level gentry in the Norman Empire. In the Norman Empire, only people with family backgrounds of gentry or above could become officials of the empire. Leibniz Colonel Ci is also a nobleman. Only when you reach the rank of major general can you become a noble clan member.
The social pyramid structure of the entire Norman Empire was as sophisticated as a difference engine.
To become a noble, 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, and only those who are proved by the corpses and blood of the demons Among our own people, only those who have made great achievements in the war against the demons will be recognized by everyone. Only such people can become nobles among humans and gain the respect of everyone.
After the First Holy War, the "Human Race of Light Magna Carta" formulated by all continental countries and major forces and religious groups of all mankind clearly stated that "among the human race, only those who kill demons can be knighted." The sealing law has been unanimously recognized by everyone, all countries, and all forces.
Because he had never killed any demons, even Marshal Lin Changjiang, the governor of Northern Xinjiang of the Norman Empire, was only a noble clan member of the empire, not a noble.
The human aristocrats of the Black Iron Age, who were representatives of the true elites and heroes of mankind, are absolutely two different things from the so-called "nobles" that appeared in human history before the Cataclysm. One is in the sky and the other is on the earth. There is no comparison at all.
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After only one morning in the Iron Blood Camp, Zhang Tie found that he seemed to like it already. The treatment of soldiers in the Norman Empire is already very high, but as the more special "Iron Blood Battalion" in the Norman Empire army, the treatment of officers here is simply outrageous.
During non-war times, the salary of everyone in the Iron Blood Battalion is 1.5 times that of other troops. During wartime, the salary of everyone in the Iron Blood Battalion is twice that of other troops. As a second lieutenant officer, the so-called double salary is Zhang The military pay that Tie could receive every month was exactly 8 gold coins. Before this, Zhang Tieke had never dreamed that he would be able to receive 8 gold coins in a month.
This is only one of the privileges of the officers of the Iron Blood Battalion. In addition to gold coins, the officers of the Iron Blood Battalion can also receive some fixed labor supplies every month. The most important of these labor supplies are cigarettes and candies, as well as A few other little things that are in short supply everywhere.
In addition to the abundant material benefits, the seniority accumulation of soldiers and officers serving in the Iron-blooded Battalion is also highly regarded by the superiors. In the Iron-Horned Legion, all regiment-level combat chiefs must at least have served in any Iron-Blooded Battalion. More than three years of experience is required. From this, Zhang Tie also understood why there was a saying in the Iron Blood Camp that people came here to "gold plate".
The Iron-Blooded Battalion of all the divisions in the Norman Empire also has another name called the Double-High Battalion - the Double-High of the Iron-Blooded Battalion. One refers to the highest casualty rate here, and the other refers to breaking through the bottlenecks of the Iron-Blooded Divine Fist here. The probability is also the highest. Because of the "double height", there are basically only two types of soldiers in the Iron Blood Battalion.
These two types of people are the thorns in the army, the bastards and the ruffians. Those who are not welcomed by the superiors and are unruly will usually be thrown into the Iron Blood Camp and left to fend for themselves. In addition to these guys, there is another kind of person in the Iron-Blooded Camp who is the kind of real violence and war maniac who dreams of breaking through the bottleneck of the Iron-Blooded God Fist through hard training and fighting again and again in the Iron-Blooded Camp.
These two types of people are what Zhang Tie saw when he first came to Iron Blood Camp - the first type of people lazily enjoying the cool under the trees and falling asleep on a hot day, and the second type of people. Under the scorching sun, everyone was practicing Crouching Tiger Kung Fu on the training ground. The skin all over their bodies was cracked and turned over by the sun.
In the Iron-Blooded Camp, except for the prescribed one-hour exercise in the morning, there are basically no training arrangements for ordinary soldiers during the rest of the time. Everyone can do what they like to do, and if you want to train, you can Go to training, if you want to take a nap, just take a nap, no one will care what you are doing. Because the battles the Iron Blood Battalion has to go through are like a sieve, each time it will filter out those unqualified guys. Your ability is your own. If you don’t have the ability to kill the enemy with your life, you will be eliminated. It's a completely normal thing, don't blame others.
Soldiers are so relaxed. As a grassroots officer, Zhang Tie is of course even more relaxed. Big things are not his turn, and small things don't have to worry about him. On the first day of reporting to the Iron Blood Camp, Zhang Tie found that in the afternoon, he didn't have anything to worry about. Nothing to do.
The Thirty-ninth Division of Black Flame City is currently in a level-two combat readiness state. In the Iron-Blooded Camp, this level-two combat readiness state means that all soldiers after rest are not allowed to leave the camp without orders, and the officers are enforcing the "morning, noon, and evening report" "Principle", the so-called early means that officers must go out for morning exercises with the soldiers for an hour in the morning, the so-called noon means that they have to eat at the station at noon, and the so-called late means that they must return to the dormitory to sleep before twelve o'clock in the evening and are not allowed to go out. overnight. Apart from this, the Iron Blood Camp had no other restrictions on Zhang Tie.
In this way, Zhang Tie discovered that life in the Iron Blood Camp was not as boring as he imagined. Before leaving for Karur, he had almost two weeks to do a lot of things in Black Flame City...