For every rank, there was a difference in the quality of the food. When it came to the rank of lieutenant, everyone was even given an aperitif. Apart from the fruit, the captain was also given an aperitif. Guderian and Reinhardt, on the other hand, were served by the head chef of the cafeteria.
Zhang Tie's vision was broadened.
"Isn't the empire worried that the soldiers would be separated from each other?" Zhang Tie curiously asked the second lieutenant who was having the meal with him. "What a strict hierarchy. Even when we eat, we eat according to our ranks.
"Of course not!" The second lieutenant glanced at Zhang Tie with a strange look, "Tell me the truth, what are you thinking about now?"
"I was thinking that it would be great if I could also have an aperitif fruit!" Zhang Tie answered honestly.
"That's right, because that's what I'm thinking too. Those first lieutenants and company commanders who are eating fruits must be thinking how good it would be if they could have a glass of aperitif, and those who are drinking aperitif must be envious of the treatment their bosses receive. The same goes for the soldiers below. The corporals wish that they could have meat in their dishes like the sergeants, the sergeants wish that they could have soup in their dishes like the sergeants, and the sergeants wish that they could have special treatment like us. They want to live in the officer's quarters, and they want beautiful slaves to warm their beds. Everyone has their own goals in front of them. If you want a better treatment, there's only one way in the army — to make meritorious deeds and improve your strength. Therefore, every meal is a process of motivation for everyone! "
After thinking for a short while, Zhang Tie realized that it was true. The ubiquitous hierarchical system was always stimulating people's motivation to move up and reminding them of their position all the time. Such a Norman Empire was really a bit terrifying.
Hierarchy is order, order is beauty!
Zhang Tie then thought of the famous saying that adviser Hans had told him, which was known to everyone in the Norman Empire.
"A country that even classified the materials used for officers' weapons is really unimaginable!" Zhang Tie thought. "Perhaps, since the moment people were born in this country, they had been clearly marked with different ranks and treatment labels. Many people might have been striving to improve their social status and ranks since they were young. "
The hierarchy of the Norman Empire was very famous across the Blackson Human Clan Corridor. Everything in this country was classified. From cities to people, they were all classified. The cities of the Norman Empire were classified from LV 1 to LV 9. People in this country were also classified into many classes and ranks. The lowest class was the class of sinful slaves, followed by the class of sinners, and above sinners were the class of commoners. Above commoners were the gentry, above which were the meritorious clans, above which were the noble clans, above which were the royal clans. Among the royal clans, the royal clan was the noblest, while the emperor of the Norman Empire stood at the top of the pyramid of power in the whole country.
This was only the superficial class division. Concrete, such as sinful slaves, were also classified into several classes.
In the same way, of sinful slaves, class 2, was more than class 3. As long as they made meritorious deeds, they could become sinners. Of sinful slaves could also be promoted to class 1. Sinful slaves would be free from their slave status and start to have some social rights. Similarly, class 2 sinful slaves had one more right than class 3 sinful slaves. As long as they made meritorious deeds, they could become class 1 sinful slaves. After becoming class 1 sinful slaves, as long as they didn't make any mistakes, their children could be promoted to class 1 sinful slaves and get rid of the status of slaves. When they reached the class of sinners, unless they made meritorious deeds for the country, they and their offsprings could become commoners. Commoners could have more social rights and promotion channels.
In the Norman Empire, if a person or a family was reduced to class 3 sinful slaves, it would take at least three generations of effort before this family could be allowed to enter the mainstream society.
Take Zhang Tie as an example. After being promoted to second lieutenant, Zhang Tie had actually become a member of the Norman Empire, a low-level member of the Norman Empire. In the Norman Empire, only those who were born in families above the level of the Norman Empire could become officials. Colonel Leibniz was also a member of the Norman Empire. Only when one became a major general could he become a meritorious person.
The social pyramid structure of the entire Norman Empire was as precise as a difference engine.
There was only one standard for becoming a noble, not only in the Norman Empire, but also in the entire human society — — human nobles could only be born in the wars against demons. Only those who proved themselves with the corpses and blood of demons and made great meritorious deeds in the wars against demons could gain the recognition of all the people. Only such a person could become a noble among humans and gain everyone's respect.
After the first holy war, the "Human Clan Radiant Magna Carta", which was formulated by all the countries, forces and religious groups across the human continents, clearly stated that "among humans, only those who killed demons could be awarded the title of nobility", which was recognized by all the people, countries and forces.
As they had not killed demons, even Marshal Lin Changjiang, the governor of the North Border of the Norman Empire, was only a meritorious person of the empire.
Human nobles in Black Iron Age were the representatives of real elites and heroes. They were absolutely different from the so-called "nobles" in the human history before the Catastrophe. They were like the sky and the earth. They couldn't be compared at all.
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Only after staying in the Iron-Blood Camp for one morning, Zhang Tie found that he had already fallen in love with it. Soldiers of the Norman Empire were treated very well. As the more special "Iron-Blood Camp" in the army of the Norman Empire, the treatment of military officers here was so good that it made people's hair stand on end.
In non-war time, the salary of all the soldiers of the Iron-Blood Camp was 1.5 times that of the other troops. In war time, the salary of all the soldiers of the Iron-Blood Camp was 2 times that of the other troops. As a second lieutenant, Zhang Tie could receive 8 gold coins per month. Before this, Zhang Tie had never imagined that he could receive 8 gold coins per month.
This was only one of the privileges of military officers of the Iron-Blood Camp. Besides gold coins, military officers of the Iron-Blood Camp could also receive some fixed military supplies every month, mainly cigarettes, sweets, and some other small items, which were in short supply everywhere.
Besides the abundant material treatment, the experience of the soldiers and military officers serving in the Iron-Blood Camp was also favored by the superiors. In the Iron-Horn Army, all the chief battle officers of regimental level had to have served in any Iron-Blood Camp for at least three years before they could be qualified. From this, Zhang Tie understood why there was a saying in the Iron-Blood Camp that they came here to be "gilded".
The Iron-Blood Camp of all the divisions of the Norman Empire had another name, the Double High Camp. The Double High Camp of the Iron-Blood Camp referred to the highest casualty rate and the highest chance of breaking through the bottlenecks of each section of the Iron-Blood Fist Skill. Because of the "Double High Camp", there were basically two types of soldiers in the Iron-Blood Camp.
There were two kinds of people. One was the troublemakers, bastards and ruffians in the army. Those who were disobedient and disobedient would usually be thrown into the Iron-Blood Camp, leaving them to fend for themselves. Besides these guys, there was another type of people in the Iron-Blood Camp, who were really violent and battle maniacs who dreamed of breaking through the bottlenecks of the Iron-Blood Fist Skill through hard training and battles in the Iron-Blood Camp.
These two kinds of people were what Zhang Tie had seen when he came to the Iron-Blood Camp for the first time. The first kind of people were lazily sleeping under trees in the hot weather, while the second kind of people were practicing the Crouching Tiger Skill on the training ground under the scorching sun, causing their skin to crack layer by layer before turning inside out.
In the Iron-Blood Camp, besides the 1 hour drill in the morning, there was basically no training arrangement for common soldiers. Everybody could do whatever they liked. If they wanted to train, they could do it. If they wanted to sleep, they could do it. Nobody would care about what they were doing. Because the battles that the Iron-Blood Camp had to experience were like sieves. Each time, those unqualified guys would be filtered out. You had your own abilities. If you didn't have the ability to protect yourself or kill enemies, it was normal for you to be eliminated. Don't blame others.
Since soldiers were so relaxed, of course, Zhang Tie, as a grass-roots military officer, was even more relaxed. He didn't have to worry about big things or small things. On the first day of registration in the Iron-Blood Camp, Zhang Tie found that he had nothing to do at all in the afternoon.
No. 39 Division of Blackhot City was now in the LV 2 combat readiness state. In the Iron-Blood Camp, all the soldiers in the LV 2 combat readiness state were not allowed to leave the camp without orders. Additionally, military officers followed the principle of "report in the morning, noon, and evening". The so-called "report in the morning" meant that military officers had to do 1 hour of morning drill with the soldiers; the so-called "report in the afternoon" meant that they had to eat lunch in the encampment; and the so-called "report in the evening" meant that they had to go back to their dormitories to sleep before 12 pm. Besides these, the Iron-Blood Camp had no other restrictions on Zhang Tie.
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