Chapter 168 Start Selling
The hunting camp was located dozens of kilometers southwest of the city of Mainz. When Frederick was waiting for the visitors to enter the city, in addition to the servants, the following troops went directly to the camp to set up camp.
When the Grand Duke of Mainz arrived at the camp with a group of guests, Duke Wesson's military camp instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.
When Sarah pulled Frederick and Maria to the Wesson family barracks, she found that her grandfather and Lord Byrne were leading a large group of people to study the walls of the barracks. He hurried over to say hello.
The corners of Frederick's mouth twitched slightly, and now business came to his door.
The perimeter of his military camp is not a wooden fence, but a barbed wire fence.
The facade is made of chain link wire. The processing machine is very simple. There is a sleeve with a spiral groove on the outside of the rotating steel bar. When the iron wire is wrapped around the steel bar, it is affected by the groove of the sleeve. The constraints become a flat wave-like "∽" shape.
The iron wire rotates when it comes out of the machine. As long as someone controls the clutch to control the length of the wavy iron wire and finally cuts it off, the iron wire can continuously pass through the previous iron wire while rotating, and cross each other laterally. Cross, and finally become a barbed wire fence.
A circle of razor wire was placed on the outside and top of the chain-link wire fence. Frederick was a little depressed. He had been thinking about the old-fashioned barbed wire, and only after the war did he think of this new type of barbed wire.
Razor wire mesh is not produced with iron wire, but with long thin iron sheets. First, a long strip with trapezoidal spiked blades on both sides is pressed by a machine, and finally a groove is pressed in the middle strip. Strengthen the structure.
In order to prevent rust, these wire mesh are hot-dip galvanized.
The Archduke of Mainz and a group of others were hiding there and studying the razor wire, all with solemn expressions.
Archduke Byrne pulled out a dagger and slashed at the barbed wire fence without using much force. As a result, the circle-like barbed wire absorbed some energy due to its deformation and its own elasticity, so it was not cut off at once.
Then he increased his strength and the barbed wire broke. However, due to the material, it only made a small opening and did not fall to the ground.
Maria was curious and wanted to reach out and touch it. Frederick grabbed her hand quickly and said, "Be careful, it's very sharp."
Archduke Byrne carefully observed the barbed wire fence and said to the people around him: "If more of these steel thorns are arranged, it will be difficult for humans and horses to pass."
Whether it is cavalry or infantry on the battlefield, mobile Sex is important.
The barbed wire fence is not indestructible, but it cannot be bypassed like obstacles such as wooden piles. The time required to destroy it is enough for the enemy to respond.
At this time, Frederick came to them and said with a smile: "Everyone is interested in this. Oh, this is not something powerful. It is just a way to prevent livestock from escaping in pastures and farms. Gadgets.”
“I am relatively poor, so I can only use these as walls.”
The Archduke of Byrne and the Archduke of Mainz gave him a blank look at the same time. The cargo ships traveling to and from Weissen State all passed through their territory. Just counting the number of ships can tell how prosperous this guy's business is.
After Frederick's reminder, everyone found that using this kind of steel thorns on pastures is really good, and can solve the problem of cattle and sheep running out of the fence.
Immediately someone asked about the price, and Frederick offered five times the price of the raw materials. A 100-meter-long razor wire mesh weighed about 7 kilograms, which was not too expensive compared to the fact that the cattle and sheep had run away and could not be recovered.
And it can also be used in some important places. Just looking at it can make some people give up the idea of climbing over the wall.
At this time, the Grand Duke of Mainz asked him: "Can I enter your military camp and have a look?"
Frederick immediately replied: "Yes, if you don't mind, you can have lunch like this."
It's okay if he didn't say anything, but when he mentioned the Grand Duke of Mainz, he said with a dark face: "You are What’s going on, you have to sing before dinner so early in the morning, and you’re not letting anyone sleep!”
A serious aristocratic life, drinking and dancing until late at night, and not getting up until almost noon, beautiful. Archduke Inz's camp is right next to it, and he has been awakened by singing for the past two days. As soon as he finished speaking, lunch began in the military camp, and singing came from the camp.
"Okay." The Grand Duke of Mainz said helplessly, "Sing it at noon and before dinner too."
Frederick just smiled and said nothing, and invited everyone to visit the camp.
“I’ve always wanted to ask.” Archduke Byrne pointed to a huge thing in the camp and said, “What is that thing?”
Frederick replied: “Let’s go over and take a look. That’s it.”
After a group of gentlemen walked over, their expressions were not very good, because there was a toilet sign on the tent not far away, and the tent opposite was a bathroom.
However, Archduke Byrne and some people who had gone out to fight did not take it seriously. They looked at it from the toilet to the bathroom to the sink next to the behemoth.
Archduke Byrne did not ask Frederick, but asked the soldiers standing guard: "Tell me what this big guy does?"
Metzger could tell at a glance that the old man opposite had a noble status, but He didn't answer, but looked at Frederick.
After Frederick nodded, Metzger replied: "Your Majesty, this is the water tower of our army, and these are the wash basins around it."
As soon as he said this, Many people understand that there are many fountains in cities now. The principle is to set up a high water tank at a high place and then connect it to the fountain, so that the fountain can spray water by itself.
This water tower is more than two meters high. Below it is an iron frame connected with bolts. Above it is a water tank made of thick tarpaulin, which can hold about 3 tons of water.
There is a well as thick as a human leg under the water tank. Mounds are piled around it to prevent the water from flowing in. Next to it is a reciprocating pump driven by a magic reciprocating machine that everyone is already familiar with. It supplies water to the water tank through a pipe. However, the water first passes through a hole next to the water pump. The iron box, no one knows what it is for.
Under Metzger's guidance, the gentlemen turned on the faucet, and clear water immediately flowed out.
“So clean?!” The Grand Duke of Mainz knew his territory well. The water from the well was not turbid, but the earthy smell could not escape.
Metzger pointed to the iron box next to the water pump and said: "The water we use has been purified and sterilized by the water purifier, so it has no peculiar smell and will not upset your stomach after drinking it."
The eyes of knowledgeable people instantly became sharp. When marching and fighting, they are most afraid of water pollution. There is no story about a king losing because of a horseshoe nail. There is no story of an empire erupting because of water pollution before the war. An example of destruction caused by disease.
At this time, some people have begun to advise the master that this filter is not only used in field operations, but can also be used in military camps and can be bought back.
This filter is also simple. The first layer is a fine mesh woven with fine copper wire, using the principle of a Y-shaped filter; the second layer is cotton, which filters out some larger impurities; the third layer is made of cotton. The third layer is activated carbon, and a necromantic magic circle is also installed for sterilization.
The corners of Frederick's mouth curved slightly. At present, the market for this water purifier is not very big. At most, it is just a knife on the filter material, but the meat on the mosquito's legs is also meat.
"Huh?" Sforza, the messenger from the Helvetia Federation, immediately attracted everyone's attention, "What are you wearing here?"
His voice was a bit loud. , pointing to Metzger’s left breast when asking the question.
Attracted by his question, everyone looked at Metzger's chest and found that he was wearing something colorful.
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(End of this chapter)