The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, the price of eggs in Beihai is already very cheap. Because food was plentiful ten years ago, Beihai raised more chickens, and eggs were naturally cheap. After all, raising chickens consumes a lot of food.

In other food-deficient countries, raising chickens is a luxury. But let the chickens go to the wild to find food to eat, without a meal, the chickens are so hungry that they are malnourished, how can they lay eggs normally?

Like London, a dozen eggs are worth 2p these days. Hundreds of years ago, one penny could buy 2 dozen eggs, but later, because of rising prices and the silver content of silver coins has been reduced by half, the price of a dozen eggs has soared to 2 pence, which is equivalent to more than one penny silver coin in the previous group value. point.

Beihai country is currently rich in food, so it is not a pity to feed chickens with wheat bran. The wheat bran is nutritious, plus some earthworms are fed from time to time, and the reed chicken has a high egg production rate. When the number of reed chickens increases, it is estimated that the price of eggs in Beihai will be reduced to one fenney, two dozen or even three dozen eggs, so that all citizens can afford it.

This is the benefit of having more food. If there is more food, the wheat bran will be wasted and fed to pigs and chickens. If there is less food, these wheat bran will definitely be mixed into black bread and regarded as treasure. At least, wheat bran is also a grain, which is much stronger than the added wood chips, soil and stones.

But in this era, food is more difficult to sell. Why? Because there is no shortage of food for rich people, such as those nobles and wealthy businessmen. Needless to say, the nobles have a lot of fiefdoms in their families. And rich businessmen don't eat much even if they eat bread, as long as they are full, it is enough. And those poor people who don't have enough to eat want to buy food but have no money...

Only Spain, Venice and other commercial countries with large populations and poor agriculture but not short of money will spend a lot of money to buy food.

But the by-products of grain production are different, such as eggs, which are very popular. Because, even ordinary people can buy a dozen eggs and go home by gritting their teeth. Maybe adults are reluctant to eat, but they still need to supplement nutrition for children. Beef and mutton can't be eaten with a few Finneys a pound, and ordinary people can afford one or two Finneys a dozen eggs. Moreover, if a child eats an egg a day, it can be regarded as satisfying his hunger. In addition, the poor who are sick can also buy eggs to supplement their nutrition. Even cattle and horses in the plowing season can eat eggs to supplement nutrition.

Of course, the shelf life of eggs is not long, so it is difficult to sell them abroad as commodities. Moreover, eggs cannot withstand collisions and are easily broken during transportation.

So, Marin thought of a way - to process the eggs into chicken cakes, and then put them in oiled paper bags, seal them and heat them from the air, so they can be stored for a long time.

In his previous life, when he was a child, Old Li in Marin Village was a professional baker of chicken cakes. Marin saw with his own eyes that he added eggs, flour, and sugar together, stirred vigorously, and then put them in an electric oven to bake the chicken cake that Marin liked to eat when he was a child.

Right now, although Marin doesn't have an electric oven, he can find a professional master baker. Then, with simple means, a sugared egg cake was made. Even milk-flavored chicken cakes can be made.

Among them, the milk-flavored sweet egg cake with milk has become one of the most popular snacks in the Aurich Palace. Not only a bunch of children love it, but even Angela and Felice often eat it.

This egg cake with milk and sugar tastes as good as the queen's bread that medieval soldiers liked to eat. Moreover, because eggs are added, it is more nutritious.

Anyway, it is a bit difficult to sell food now, so Marin plans to,

In addition to brewing wine, all grains should be made into non-staple foods such as chicken cakes, vacuum-packed in oiled paper bags, and sold to various countries. After being heated against the air, the chicken cake will last for at least several months and is very suitable for sale as a commodity. Moreover, the price is relatively high.

For example, the cost of a 250-gram milk egg cake is less than one pfennig, but in the European market, it can be sold for three pfennigs per bag. Even the wholesale price is at least 2 pfennig per bag.

Moreover, sales of milk cakes are booming. And Marin also put the "Queen" brand on the milk chicken cake, reminiscent of the famous "Queen's White Bread" in the Middle Ages.

However, this kind of milk egg cake is a high-end product that only nobles and wealthy businessmen can afford. Although the sales are hot, it is only popular in the circle of nobles and wealthy businessmen. As for the common people, it is unbearable. Because, a bag of 250 grams of milk egg cake is not enough to eat. But the starting value exceeds the daily wages of ordinary people. If the family doesn't have a lot of money, they will never buy it. At most, just buy a bag once in a while to satisfy your hunger.

If you want to spread it out in an all-round way, you have to rely on low prices to increase volume. Therefore, Marin introduced another food processed from grains-biscuits.

Originally, Marin planned to launch milk sweet biscuits that are common in later generations. However, if a lot of milk and sucrose are added, according to the cost of this era, it seems to be a bit high, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

So, after much deliberation, Malin came up with another kind of biscuit—scallion-flavored salty biscuit...

The cunning Marin, when making biscuits, added 30% green onions, and also added some salt and yeast powder. This kind of biscuit, in later generations, is very conscientious. Because, in later generations, the price of green onions is higher than that of grain.

However, in this era of Europe...

At present, a pound of rye in Germany is worth 1 pfennig, and green onions...a pfennig can buy several pounds...

Therefore, Marin is an absolute profiteer! Used 30% shallots, replaced a lot of flour. However, because the workmanship is good. As a result, it tastes very refreshing, like pancakes wrapped with scallions, which is very suitable for Europeans of this era.

Then, a pound of scallion crackers costs about one pfennig. However, the one-pound scallion-flavored salty crackers sold by Marin cost 1.5 pfennig...

This profit may not be comparable to the profit of nautical trade. However, for the grain processing industry, it is definitely a huge profit.

Moreover, it is only 1.5 pfennig per bag, which is affordable for ordinary people, and the taste is not bad. So, sell well.

In particular, sales were better in places where grain prices were higher, such as England and Spain. The price of food in England was as high as 1.5 pence per pound. The price of these onion-flavored salty biscuits was about the same as the price of food, and they were very popular.

As for Spain, where food prices are higher, it is more popular. Because, buying this kind of biscuits is not only cheap and delicious, but also, even if 30% green onion leaves are mixed in the biscuits, it is much better than those mixed with sawdust and soil. For Spanish civilians, this is conscience food! In addition, this kind of biscuit also contains salt, which can save the cost of buying salt...

However, there is a place in Spain that gives Marin a headache-local people like to use Malawi copper coins to buy onion-flavored salty crackers. But this copper coin was also recognized in Spain. Outside of Spain, other countries do not recognize it. For international settlement, gold and silver are the hard currency...

No way, Marin had to send a group of spies to convert the Spanish Malawi copper coins exchanged into gold and silver coins before bringing them back to the country.

If he didn't know that the price of copper in the East was low, Marin might have accepted Spanish copper coins. But Marin knew that the price of copper in the Ming Dynasty and India was relatively low, so the copper coins will definitely depreciate significantly in the future. That's why he refused to accept copper coins and insisted on exchanging Spanish copper coins for gold and silver coins before shipping them back.

However, what Marin did not expect was that the onion-flavored salty biscuits produced by the food processing industry in order to sell the food in every possible way were designated as military rations by the rich and powerful Spanish military because they were easy to carry and not easy to break. A large number of purchases made Marin a lot of money.

Spain is now teaming up with Portugal to steal the Venetian's spice business, so there is no shortage of money now. Spices shipped back from India can always be exchanged for more gold and silver from European countries. Therefore, the Spaniards are not short of money. It is not surprising that Marin's sealed packaged onion-flavored salty biscuits have the functions of food and salt supplementation, and are favored by the Spanish military who want to save trouble.

Even the Spanish sailors later fell in love with this scallion-flavored salty cracker. Because it is difficult to cook on board, and the food is easy to spoil. And Marin made this easy-to-preserve and delicious biscuit, which is indeed very suitable for the crew to carry and eat.

In this way, relying on the grain processing industry, Marin sold a lot of accumulated old grain, and made a lot more than selling grain alone. In exchange for a lot of cash, it solved the money shortage problem in Beihai...