The Rise of the European Emperor

In order to facilitate the care of sweet potatoes, Marin simply lived in the empty house on the Xiannong'an side during this period of time to facilitate the care of sweet potatoes. What's more, he plans to avoid the storm that brought down Liu Jin in August.

Because Ma Lin gave Liu Jin tens of thousands of taels of silver, he has a relatively close relationship with Liu Jin. Although Liu Jin is greedy, he is still willing to do things when he takes money. After receiving so much money from Ma Lin, Liu Jin saw Ma Lin smiling and very kind.

But Marin knew that with the outbreak of the anti-Liu Jin incident in August, the close relationship between him and Liu Jin would become an unstable factor. Therefore, Marin recently hid in the Xiannongtan in the west of the city in the name of taking care of sweet potatoes.

Xiannongtan was originally a royal sacrificial place, and Marin, an outsider, could not easily enter. But the sweet potatoes offered by Ma Lin were too important, and with Liu Jin's help to speak, Ma Lin was specially approved by Zhengde to move in. However, in order to avoid losing people's tongue, Marin did not dare to live in the palace of Xiannongtan, but lived in the dormitory area of ​​ordinary officials on duty at Xiannongtan.

When he is free, Marin will personally come to the sweet potato area of ​​"one-acre three-point land" to observe the growth of sweet potatoes. At the same time, build a pond nearby to process the manure. The processing method is very simple, that is, mix the collected feces with plant ash and fish pond mud, and then put them in the pond for composting. However, it will be covered to prevent rainwater from entering the pond and dissolve the salt in the three fertilizers. These salts, including nitrates and potassium salts, are important fertilizer costs and cannot be washed away by rainwater. Moreover, the newly collected feces cannot be directly put into the field, otherwise it is easy to burn the seedlings.

In addition to these three main fertilizers, Marin also asked people to add the cut grass and dead leaves to the pond for soaking and fermentation together. These withered grass and dead leaves contain various ingredients. If they are burned, plant ash will be produced. Therefore, after the withered grass and leaves rot in the pond, it actually increases the fertility...

Everything Marin did was recorded in detail by a small official in charge of agriculture sent by the Daming Household Department, and it was used as an important reference for Daming to promote the cultivation of sweet potatoes in the future.

Now Marin seems to have really become a farmer, spending all day on "one acre and three points of land". One day, after Marin came back from the field, he drank the imperial wine given by Zhengde, a little absent-minded...

As Marin thought, these royal wines are not high-alcohol wines that are popular in later generations, but ordinary low-to-medium alcohol wines. Among them, rice wine and rice wine are more common. After all, in this era, under the influence of literati, people in the Ming Dynasty did not like high-alcohol wine very much, but like ordinary literati and poets, they liked wine with lower alcohol content.

One day, when Marin was drinking, he suddenly remembered—how good would it be to eat raw yellow rice when drinking?

Then, Marin suddenly remembered that when he came to Daming, he seemed to have brought hundreds of catties of peanuts with him. And these peanuts are indeed the best appetizers...

So, Marin tried to find a way to send people back to the wharf at Dagukou in Tianjin Wei, and brought hundreds of catties of peanuts on board to the capital...

Soon, hundreds of catties of peanuts were sent to the capital. Ma Lin didn't say anything this time, just picked out some peanuts, made some fried peanuts, and sprinkled some salt and pepper on them...

Suddenly, a strong aroma came from the imperial dining room in the palace...

The aroma of fried peanuts is very strong, and it tastes very fragrant. For a long time, Marin felt that frying peanuts in oil was the best appetizer. After tasting it, Zhengde, the outstanding representative of bear children, quickly fell in love with this taste...

In addition to the ordinary fried peanuts in salt and pepper oil, Marin also asked people to take some chili sauce from the boat to make fried peanuts in spicy oil...

In this way, peanuts and peppers, two important foods, suddenly appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and they were quite valued by Emperor Zhengde.

Of course, in terms of meaning, peanuts and peppers cannot be compared with sweet potatoes and potatoes. However, when it comes to the popularity of the two, it must surpass sweet potatoes. Then, peanuts and peppers naturally became the second important crops ordered by Emperor Zhengde.

However, because there is no time to sow seeds now, Marin cannot sow them now. Unless, you can build a warm house, so you don't care about the climate, and you can grow peanuts and peppers as usual even in the winter...

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At this time, the whereabouts of the nine Galapagos tortoises presented by Marin were also determined-they were placed in the Kunning Gate (Shunzhen Gate) near the North Gate of the Forbidden City. Andian...

Qin'an Hall is dedicated to the northern god Xuantian God in Taoism, also known as Xuanwu Emperor, or Zhenwu Emperor. Of course, Emperor Zhenwu was actually forced to change from "Emperor Xuanwu" to "Emperor Zhenwu" in order to avoid the taboo of Kang Mazi's name "Xuan Ye" during the Qing Dynasty.

And what is Xuanwu? It's a turtle! Therefore, these nine Galapagos giant tortoises, which represent black tortoises, are enshrined in the Qin'an Hall near the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the Forbidden City, which is a good choice. After all, the Hall of Qin'an was originally dedicated to Emperor Xuanwu, and now there are 9 mysterious turtles, which is very suitable.

But at this time, Marin suddenly remembered—no, I almost forgot the living habits of the Galapagos tortoise...

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After all, the Galapagos tortoise is a tropical tortoise from near the equator. It is summer now, so everything is easy to say. But when autumn and winter come, these tortoises that have adapted to the tropical climate are likely to freeze to death...

And if it freezes to death, then something serious will happen...

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From the perspective of modern people, perhaps the Galapagos tortoise offered by Marin is far less practical than the high-yielding sweet potato. However, in the superstitious ancient times, the top-level auspicious "xuangui" that can make the emperor look more "destined" is obviously more important than the more practical sweet potato...

Marin suddenly started to sweat coldly on his forehead...

Therefore, Marin hurriedly went to Emperor Zhengde to ask for help to build a comfortable residence for the nine black turtles that "like spring all the year round"...

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What is "comfortable accommodation"? In fact, to put it bluntly, Marin plans to build a glass greenhouse for 9 Galapagos tortoises. In this way, even if the cold winter in the north comes, there is no need to worry about nine Galapagos tortoises freezing to death...

Emperor Zhengde was a very curious child. After seeing Marin's application, he quickly sent them from Xiannongtan to Qin'an Hall in the Forbidden City. Then, he came here personally to observe how Marin helped the 9 "black turtles" build a comfortable residence that is "like spring in all seasons"...

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How difficult is it to build a glass greenhouse? On the one hand, Marin sent people back to the ship to transport the flat glass brought from Taiwan Island to the capital, and on the other hand, he personally led a group of masons from the Ministry of Industry to the Qin'an Palace in the north of the Forbidden City, and started the construction of the glass greenhouse... …

In order to ensure the successful construction of the glass greenhouse, Marin personally went into battle and directed the masons dispatched by the announcement to build the glass greenhouse. That posture... Ma Lin has transformed directly from "Master Ma" into a professional "Foreman Horse" who builds greenhouses...

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