The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, Marin now has a huge gap in the army. In addition to preparing 3,200 black soldiers for Gan Fuxinchang, he also had to prepare a 10,000-strong colonial army in the North American colonies. In addition to being responsible for the expansion of the North American colonies, this colonial army will also be transferred back to the mainland to fight when the religious war breaks out.

In order not to affect the development of local agriculture, Marin will not recruit troops locally. Therefore, recruiting soldiers from other states has become an ideal choice for Marin.

In fact, Marin can also choose to recruit troops in Ukraine. However, Marin didn't quite trust those Ukrainians. After all, the phrase "people who are not my race must have a different heart" was deeply engraved in Marin's mind. Especially in North America, a place far overseas. If it is handed over to foreign troops to garrison, what should those foreign soldiers do if they have a different heart?

Therefore, Marin can accept the integration of Ukrainians into the local society, but does not allow foreigners to gain a foothold in the American colonies alone. Even if foreigners are allowed to go to the American colonies, the premise is that the Germans and English must have a numerical advantage there. In this way, people of other nationalities will not be able to make waves. As for the most important armed force, it must be in the hands of one's own people.

Therefore, Marin sent a large number of people to recruit soldiers and horses in southern Germany in the name of "replacing veterans".

At the beginning, many princes were not happy, but Marin explained that the first batch of veterans who followed him were old and had to retire, so those princes were willing to let go.

Moreover, Marin was smarter this time, and focused his recruitment on the territory of those church vassal states. As for the obstruction of the church princes? This is too easy, a bribe can solve it. After all, the top church leaders in this era love corruption. They spent so much money to compete for the position of bishop, didn't they just want to get back the cost and make some money? As long as Marin gave money, they would turn a blind eye.

The final result is that, except for a small number of bishops from some princely families who are hostile to Marin, most of the bishops have released Marin's recruitment team. After all, having money can make ghosts turn a millstone, and the bishop "turns a millstone" like giving money...

After getting permission, a large number of recruiting teams were sent to various places to advertise the recruitment of recruits. But after Schwartz, who was in charge of this matter, sent a recruiting team, he discovered the difficulty—it seems that those vassal states have carried out counter-propaganda...

The so-called anti-propaganda refers to negative propaganda against Marin's propaganda, or slander. After all, those princes and Marin were not the same people. Even if they allowed Marin to send a recruiting team, they had already sent people to spread the news and speak ill of Marin.

For example, in the Electorate of Saxony, the local government announced that the army of the North Sea State does not treat soldiers as human beings. Moreover, I usually eat very badly, and soldiers often have their teeth broken by the stones in the bread when they eat bread...

Although the recruiting team sent to explain everything,

And took out the soft "Kohler bread" to prove that the North Sea Army ate well. However, the young people in the various vassal states still don't believe it. After all, in their eyes, the reputation of the local nobles is better.

The news was sent back to Aurich, and Schwartz was so angry that he wanted to send a team of chefs to show young people everywhere what Chinese fast food is...

But Kohler vetoed Schwartz's idea, mainly because the cost was too high...

First of all, there are not many chefs in the military who can cook Chinese fast food. If they are sent out, what will the lieutenant soldiers eat? Moreover, those chefs need a lot of vegetables and meat to cook. It is expensive to buy locally. Unlike in the mainland of Beihai, because of the planting center and the greatly increased production of fertilizers, the cost is relatively low.

If so many chefs are sent to various places to make Chinese fast food promotion, the cost is too high, and the mobility is poor, which is inconvenient...

"How about using compressed biscuits mixed with maple syrup to promote? This thing is easy to carry and delicious..." Schwartz suggested.

Kohler nodded, and Marin agreed. This year, the Canadian colony sent another 15,000 barrels of maple syrup, which can't be used up. It is no problem to take out a large amount of maple syrup to make compressed biscuits.

At this time, Kohler suddenly said:

"By the way, this time Cape Breton Island not only sent back 15,000 barrels of maple syrup, but also sent back several boats of dried salted fish. Why don't you bring some dried salted fish and show them to those recruits?"

Marin nodded, thinking that this is not a bad idea. After all, Marin's colony in Canada now relies on the Newfoundland fishing ground, the world's top fishing ground, with a very high catch. If fishing is open, it is estimated that the entire Beihai country will not be able to eat it all.

Moreover, it is close to the boiling salt base, so it is very convenient to pickle salted fish with salt. And salted fish is very popular in Europe at present. After all, there are many religious regulations in this period, and fasting is required for nearly half of the year. During the fasting period, it is forbidden to eat "red meat", even for the nobles. But fish is not within the scope of fasting, so this led to the prevalence of salted fish trade in this era. And Lüneburg also made a fortune by supplying salt for salted fish.

But because the price of salt is not cheap, common people in Europe don't eat salted fish very often, and they usually use it as a big meal to improve their meals. People in the coastal areas are better off. If you can eat salted fish in the inland areas, you are simply rich locals...

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Therefore, Marin made a decision directly - when he went to recruit soldiers, let the recruit team wear a lot of maple sugar compressed biscuits and smoked and baked dried salted fish. As long as you are willing to come to Beihai to serve as a soldier, you will directly promise Dundon biscuits and salted fish...

This condition, in future generations, is estimated to be sprayed in the face. However, in this day and age, is it really a good treatment that is more attractive than the five insurances and one housing fund for later generations...

After all, being able to eat salted fish every day is a life only nobles can live...

In order to improve the taste, Marin plans to send people to Daming next time to find cumin seeds and bring them back for large-scale planting. In the future, when grilling salted fish, sprinkle some cumin powder to enhance the taste...

"No! It seems that it is originally from Egypt..." Marin remembered that it seemed that it was originally from Egypt, and then spread to the western border of China. So, just go straight to Egypt and buy ground cumin…

At that time, when roasting the salted fish, sprinkle some cumin powder, then sprinkle some chili powder, and make a spicy fish dry, don't be too cool...

Although it is not possible to achieve the level of canned beef in Dun Dun like American soldiers in later generations, Marin feels that the level of spicy salted fish in Dun Dun is still achievable. With this standard, she is definitely the leader in this era...

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On the Cuban side, it seems that peppers have been introduced from Mexico and planted. Once the scale expanded, Marin decided to mass-produce chili powder and ship it back to the local market as an important seasoning. Europeans in this era generally have heavy tastes. Pepper powder can be eaten directly with bread and barbecue, and chili powder is not a problem...

Well, there are also tomatoes, which seem to be cultivated too?

Suddenly, Marin thought of a dominant seasoning that became popular in the European and American world in later generations-ketchup!

Ketchup appeared very late, until the end of the 19th century. It was inspired by the Chinese workers who immigrated to the United States. In other words, the Chinese from Fujian and Guangdong to the west coast of the United States brought the idea of ​​marinated tomato sauce, which was then used and carried forward by the old Americans.

Later, with the global popularity of KFC and McDonald's, ketchup quickly became one of the most popular condiments in European and American countries. And if there is no ketchup, there is no famous ketchup for French fries.

The sweet and sour taste of tomato sauce is very popular in European and American countries. In later generations, Yankees like to smear ketchup on everything they eat. Authentic Chinese restaurants, in the United States, are also forced to use ketchup instead of original classic seasonings such as chili sauce.

Many people feel that Chinese food is not authentic when they go abroad, because many condiments have been replaced with tomato sauce. But that's also something that can't be helped—foreigners just take a bite, what can you do? Most of those Chinese restaurants that stick to the original flavor have closed down happily...

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Marin suddenly felt that maybe, the tomato sauce business is good. Not to mention foreigners, I also like to eat French fries with ketchup. Even if you use tomato sauce to pour it on the bread, it seems to be quite delicious. Many burgers will have ketchup on top of the lettuce to increase the deliciousness.

Taking advantage of the fact that Europeans have not seen tomatoes, Marin can completely monopolize the production and sales of tomato sauce...