The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, although what Marin said was a bit exaggerated, it did not exist. Generally, the shelf life of fresh water is only about one week. If it exceeds one week, the fresh water will become smelly. Because there are a lot of bacteria growing in it, it is no longer drinkable.

Later, people brought a strong drink like rum and drank it with some spoiled fresh water, which was barely enough. Because rum is strong alcohol, it has a certain bactericidal effect, so drinking it will not spoil your stomach. But sometimes, things go wrong, and many sailors die just like that.

And during the voyage, collecting rainwater is indeed a very important means of fresh water replenishment. But if you are unlucky and have long-term sunny weather, and you are in the middle of the sea, drinking urine is really a helpless choice.

However, this problem does not exist in the North Sea State. Because, Marin has long thought of the method of steaming canned food to obtain "canned water" that can be stored for a long time, which perfectly solves this problem. Moreover, when encountering fine weather for a long time, Marin also has a trump card - the solar cooker...

As long as the seawater is boiled with a solar cooker, and then passed through a simple circulation condensing device, the water vapor after the seawater is boiled can be condensed into clean distilled water, which can be used for drinking.

Of course, none of these Marin would tell Magellan. Because, he is not his own person yet. However, it seems that it is not difficult to make Magellan his own. From the original history, Magellan decisively abandoned Portugal and switched to the arms of Spain. It can be concluded that this guy is not patriotic, but only loves the future. Therefore, Marin began to win over...

"Mr. Magellan, we in Beihai are short of nautical talents, and we need navigation professionals like you to join us. Are you willing to come to Beihai to help me?" Marin smiled kindly and spoke sincerely. In this day and age, it is simply a very polite and virtuous corporal.

Magellan hesitated for a moment, as if he was somewhat reluctant to part with the ideal of sailing around the world. However, he then thought - I want to sail around the world, isn't it just for fame and fortune? Well, let's see the other party's sincerity first...

To be honest, in the age of great voyages, each of those navigators was noble. They are either keen on fame and fortune, or they are part of the pirates. In short, there are no good people.

Marin also guessed what the other party was thinking. After pondering for a while, he said:

"Our North Sea country has a special commercial route with Egypt. Recently, the commander of this route, the Maurice Hereditary Knight, is unwell and plans to retire within a few years."

"Well, I will appoint you as the captain of one of the galleys first, and get used to the route to Egypt first. After running a few times and getting familiar with it, I will slowly arrange you to be the deputy of the great knight Maurice, and gradually take over within a few years The affairs of the entire Egyptian route, become the general manager of this route..."

The price offered by Marin is not low,

The Egyptian route is very important to the North Sea country. Because most of the soda needed for the North Sea glass industry and the thenardite (sodium sulfate) needed for papermaking are imported from Egypt.

Fortunately for the glass industry, if the source of Glauber's salt is cut off, the paper industry in Canada will come to a halt immediately, and the consequences will be serious.

Of course, Marin actually has other choices now. For example, Glauber's salt was imported from the Ming Dynasty for chemical pulping in papermaking. But Marin currently needs to support the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty against the expansion of Ottoman Turkey. Therefore, he had to continue to purchase high-priced thenardite from Egypt to support Egypt in a disguised form.

At the same time, Marin also deliberately purchased a large number of trained Mamluk slaves from Egypt, allowing the Egyptian Mamluk nobles to earn benefits. At the same time, camels were even imported from Egypt...

Frankly speaking, the camel is really useless to Marin. Because most of his lands are rich in water sources, and there are very few dry areas.

However, in semi-arid areas such as the Pampas grasslands, camels can be used to cultivate land. After all, camels are not weak, and they are faster than cattle.

But the problem is that camels cannot adapt to the climate in humid areas and are prone to diseases. Therefore, when Marin bought camels, he was actually worried about what to do with them.

At present, the camels bought by Egypt are mainly used for the Sahara Desert trade route from Laayoune to Timbuktu. This is the most contracted place, and it is also the place where the Egyptian dromedary can best display its abilities.

In addition, Marin also tried to exchange horses with camels and Arabs in North Africa. Arabs in North Africa generally keep horses of Arabian blood. Although the pedigree is not as pure as the Arabian horses on the Arabian Peninsula, it is still a very good breed.

However, the herdsmen in North Africa are also very cunning. They are unwilling to exchange one with Marin, only willing to exchange two camels for one horse. Strictly speaking, Marin is losing money. Because a good horse is worth a little more than a camel in North Africa, but it is far from the point where two camels are exchanged for one horse. After all, horses are also worthless among North African nomads.

But it's useless for Marin to want camels, and horses are more useful. Therefore, he would rather lose money than exchange camels from Egypt for horses with North Africans in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. As for the Libya area, he tried changing horses, but he gave up quickly...

why? Because the Libya area is close to Egypt. Before that, Marin let the merchant ship dock to exchange the Egyptian camels for the local herdsmen. As a result, these herdsmen turned around and sold the camels to Egyptian merchants. Then, Marin's men saw the camels that had been replaced before in the Egyptian market...

This was obviously a bit of a trick to himself, so Marin later stopped letting people do this kind of business in Libya, which is close to Egypt. Moreover, Libya is extremely short of water, and there are actually not many horses.

But even so, Marin bought too many Egyptian camels, and there were still too many to put them. In desperation, Marin had no choice but to order the camel to be slaughtered and made into camel meat.

Marin remembered that the hump seemed to be a famous dish in later generations. Let the imperial chef recruited by Daming make it, and it is really delicious!

But the rest of the camel meat has a bit of a strong smell (the dromedary lives in extremely hot areas all the year round, so it has a bit of a strong smell). Although it is not mutton, it is also a bit strange, just like the curry smell on Indians.

However, it's not impossible. For example, you can learn from the young people in the Northwest of later generations and use cumin to taste. Moreover, Egypt is already rich in cumin, and it is also the origin of cumin. Therefore, Marin directly placed an order with the locals to import a large amount of cumin powder.

You know, cumin powder is an artifact of barbecue and an artifact of deodorization. Ordinary camel meat, sprinkled with cumin, accompanied by chili powder or pepper, immediately becomes fragrant.

Later, Marin simply established a processing base, slaughtered the surplus camels imported from Egypt, and made them into roasted camel meat. Then, heat it up in an oiled paper bag and seal it. In this way, a very delicious roasted camel jerky is made, which can be sold as a delicacy. Or, it can also be used as military rations.

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This time, Magellan was sent to Egypt by Malinzhi to be in charge of trade with Egypt, and was responsible for importing Egyptian natural soda, Glauber's salt, slaves, camels, and cumin powder.

The reason for this choice is that Marin wanted to dispel Magellan's idea of ​​going on a great voyage and work for him with peace of mind. Moreover, in order to attract Magellan's interest, Marin also told Magellan about the pyramids and the Sphinx in Egypt.

In these days, the colonists had not yet entered Egypt, and they did not know much about Egypt. Therefore, this knowledge is very new to ordinary Europeans, and Magellan also listened to it with relish.

After listening to Marin's story, Magellan really became very interested in Egypt, an ancient civilization, and even planned to visit the pyramids and the Sphinx.

However, before agreeing to Marin's solicitation, Magellan cautiously asked the answer he wanted to know the most - what are the benefits of being the person in charge of the Egyptian route...

Marin smiled and said to Magellan:

"If you become a captain, you have a high chance of being canonized as a third-level knight, that is, an ordinary knight who is not hereditary; if you become an adjutant of the fleet, you have a high chance of being canonized as a second-level knight, which can be hereditary for three generations; The person in charge of the route is at least a second-level knight, and it is very likely that he will be named a first-level hereditary knight like Morris, that is, a great knight. If there is any great credit, he can even be promoted to a baron..."

"Great knight... the baron..." Magellan, who was keen on fame and fortune, was jealous...

"Okay, I did it!"

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The Rise of the Emperor

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